While Xiao Xing was racking his brains about how to deal with Lin Xu, Lin Xu had already led the island to conquer several more golden ruins.
However, Xiao Xing's ranking points are getting higher and higher, and he can still surpass Lin Xu by a little.
After all, even though Xiao Xing lost half of his men, the remaining half was still very strong, especially skilled at this kind of scattered attack on ruins.
Lin Xu didn't care about Xiao Xing's ranking and points, but went to the last part of the Black Goat Ruins first.
He realized that although he was very strong, he still couldn't completely overwhelm Xiao Xing and his group.
Therefore, he needs to further improve his own strength.
The Black Goat Ruins were now fully revealed in the void; they were not exploratory ruins, but rather wilderness ruins.
The entire ruins are situated on a large expanse of scorched earth blocks, with only one monster on top of them.
They are the Flame Demon Shadow Clan who merged with the ruins.
The Phantom recognized the Flame Demon's identity as someone from the same era as her.
But at this moment, the Balrog had lost all reason and only knew how to frantically attack everything around it, constantly releasing flames.
Lin Xu and the women joined forces to defeat the Flame Demon.
As he was about to kill the Flame Demon, Lin Xu remembered his earlier guess.
If his enlightenment ability were used on the Shadow Clan, it might produce special effects.
He then directly cast the Enlightenment spell on the Flame Demon.
The next moment, the Flame Demon vanished into thin air.
Lin Xu directly inherited the Flame Demon's abilities, gaining the power to manipulate ash flames, and possessing a stronger physique and spirit. He can also heal himself through fire.
Lin Xu's previously acquired soul and spatial abilities were awakened at this time due to the acquisition of fire-type power.
He thus gained the ability to teleport and the power of soul flames.
Lin Xu received another reward from the ruins: a special and wondrous key.
The Phantom remembered the key, but then fell into amnesia and couldn't recall how to use it.
Lin Xu was quite satisfied with his harvest. After collecting the scorched earth blocks, he continued to explore the surrounding area.
As the beginner challenge time gradually passed, Lin Xu continued to work with his classmates to acquire Golden Thread Robes.
Xiao Xing also became much quieter, and all that could be seen was his score steadily increasing.
By the last day, Xiao Xing's score had surpassed Lin Xu's by 30,000 points.
At this moment, in a secluded corner of the newbie zone, Xiao Xing and his companions were gathered together.
Some nobles looked smug, saying that Lin Xu was so arrogant, but he was still the number one rookie they had ever gotten.
Their plan can proceed smoothly, and once they have forged their own authority, Lin Xu, a commoner, will ultimately be nothing but a useless piece of trash.
Everyone is now very wary of Lin Xu, but they can't help but belittle him in their words to avoid appearing incompetent.
Xiao Xing's expression darkened when he heard Lin Xu's name, but he maintained order and said that the ceremony was about to begin, and they were preparing to cast the authority.
However, just as the ceremony was halfway through, an aerial island rushed over at an alarming speed and fired straight at Xiao Xing and his group.
It was Lin Xu.
Xiao Xing and his group have been avoiding Lin Xu these past few days, and have almost never revealed their whereabouts.
However, these people did not know that Lin Xu possessed a compass, which allowed him to easily locate them.
At this moment, Lin Xu also estimated that the rankings would be fixed, and now was the last chance to forge authority, which is why he launched a surprise attack at this time.
Over the past few days, his island has produced even more heavy machine guns, not only increasing the number of guns but also increasing the number of stacked layers.
Now, the range of several of his cannons has been increased again, exceeding the range of the Blue Silk Void Vortex.
The ritual of Xiao Xing and his group was interrupted by the long-range bombardment. Their faces were extremely grim as they questioned Lin Xu about how he had managed to find their way here.
But before they could find the person in charge, Lin Xu piloted a void flying machine across the void, and then flames suddenly burst into flames on his body.
Lin Xu used flames to teleport directly to the island where Xiao Xing was.
He headed straight for Xiao Xing, intending to launch a decapitation strike.
Xiao Xing summoned many nobles and immediately prepared to use his authority.
However, Lin Xu took out a scroll and tore it open.
The power of all authority must be prevented from erupting.
The faces of the many nobles changed drastically, and they exclaimed that their authority had failed.
Lin Xu discovered that his hands seemed to be tainted by something, and he experienced a strange sensation in his body.
Recalling the instructions when using this scroll, this third-order authority seems to be infectious, capable of infecting those who wield this power.
However, Lin Xu did not feel any discomfort. Time was of the essence, so he rushed forward to fight Xiao Xing and the others.
Xiao Xing and his group joined forces to fight against Lin Xu.
Having lost their power, ordinary nobles were no match for Lin Xu, and a large number of them were eliminated.
As for Xiao Xing, he displayed astonishing strength, managing to hold his own against Lin Xu for a few moves.
However, as the battle continued, Lin Xu's overwhelming power became increasingly exaggerated. Even though Xiao Xing's strength far surpassed that of ordinary nobles, he was still no match for Lin Xu.
In the end, Lin Xu took out his sword and was about to cut off Xiao Xing's head. Xiao Xing gave him a final warning: the ritual that Lin Xu was disrupting now involved a very far-reaching plan.
This price is not something Lin Xu can afford.
Lin Xu ignored him and beheaded Xiao Xing with a single blow.
The remaining nobles didn't struggle for long either. Apart from the White Bird and a few nobles who fled in advance when things turned bad, the rest were all killed by Lin Xu.
The white bird looked at Lin Xu with a complicated expression, saying that it was unexpected that even with such a noble and outstanding person as Xiao Xing organizing so many of his own kind, he still couldn't stop Lin Xu.
She said Lin Xu was an unprecedented monster.
Lin Xu smiled nonchalantly.
As long as he can achieve his ambitions, what does it matter if he's called a monster?
He began examining the instrument base that Xiao Xing had left behind, wanting to recreate the ritual that Xiao Xing and his group had performed.
However, at this moment, Lin Xu discovered that Xiao Xing's name had not turned dark, indicating that Xiao Xing had not lost his status as the island lord at all.
Lin Xu immediately realized the reason: Xiao Xing had already established a branch island.
After Xiao Xing was killed, he was resurrected on the branch island.
Xiao Xing still has the Golden Thread Robe as points, so he remains in first place.
Perhaps Xiao Xing could continue the ceremony.
Sure enough, after Xiao Xing was resurrected on a hidden island, his expression was ferocious for a moment, and then he revealed a look of confidence.
Although he was killed by Lin Xu and lost most of the nobles who were the cornerstones of his family, he could still barely forcefully carry out the creation of authority and first obtain the benefits of this novice period.
As for Lin Xu, he will slowly take his revenge once he reaches the official island master world.
As Xiao Xing prepared to perform the ceremony, he began to take out the 33 pieces of golden brocade robes he had collected.
He looked at the tattered clothes with a smug expression.
No matter how strong Lin Xu is, the number of Golden Thread Robes is limited; there are only 65 in total. Obtaining these robes means he has secured the majority of the points, guaranteeing him the top spot on the leaderboard.
No matter how powerless and furious Lin Xu is now, he must watch as Lin Xu forges authority and obtains the greatest reward from this round of novice trials.
Thinking of Lin Xu's furious expression, Xiao Xing felt a sense of satisfaction.
Previously, he would disregard any changes in the commoner's mindset and ignore them.
But now that Lin Xu had personally beheaded him, Xiao Xing's mindset had changed. He would be very happy if he could anger Lin Xu.
However, just as Xiao Xing was confidently preparing for the ceremony, his expression suddenly froze.
Because his ranking had changed at some point, dropping from first to second.
Lin Xu's score had reached an unbelievable level, tens of thousands of times higher than Lin Xu's.
"That's impossible!"
Xiao Xing exclaimed in surprise.
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