Chapter 978 - 630: I Have a Plan_2

After gesturing, it suddenly went "boom," turning into a stone strand of hair.

"Let's cut the chit-chat; another wave of magical beasts is approaching."

Fu Dusheng looked at Yu Duoduo.

"How about a little competition to see who can take down more beasts?"

Yu Duoduo smiled slightly.

"Are you sure?"

Fu Dusheng rolled up his sleeves, revealing a gleam of eagerness in his eyes: "I'm not the same as I was half a year ago."

"Look at you, it's just because you became a level 6 Summoner."

Yu Duoduo, facing this defeated opponent, chuckled with her cigarette: "You think you can fly now?"

As she said that, she was surprised to find that he indeed flew.

It was the kind of literal flying, feet off the ground.

"Hey? Hey? Hey?"

The one who reacted the most was naturally Fu Dusheng himself.

"What the heck is happening!"

Yu Duoduo quickly responded, commanding several murlocs to grab onto his feet.

Two weren't enough, three weren't enough, four weren't enough.

More and more murlocs grabbed onto Fu Dusheng's legs, like grapes hanging in clusters.

"What is this situation?!"

Fu Dusheng was only hovering a few meters, but then he started soaring faster and faster.

5 meters, 10 meters, 20 meters...

These murlocs were reliable, as they still clung tightly to Fu Dusheng despite everything.

Thud! xN

But eventually, they couldn't hold on and fell down.

The two murlocs at the top, holding onto Fu Dusheng's pants legs, were still clutching a pant leg each.

"Uh..."

Yu Duoduo looked at the pant legs, pieced together they just formed a pair of pants.

"I'm okay!"

Up above, Fu Dusheng was covering his crotch, so she didn't bother to look up.

The reason he said that is because he saw a familiar face.

Number 2 was floating in the sky a hundred meters up, with Li Pu standing there.

"Senior, why aren't you wearing pants."

Li Pu greeted the other with a smile.

"You dare say that! Couldn't you give me a heads-up first!"

"I just wanted to give you a surprise."

Li Pu couldn't touch the ground; the moment he did, Demon Cactus would appear.

So he could only drag Fu Dusheng up.

"Senior, actually, I have a favor to ask; here's the situation..."

From the start, his target was Fu Dusheng.

"What? You're the one who provoked the Demon Cactus?"

"What are you going to do with the purple mirror?"

"It's not impossible..."

"But are you sure?"

Fu Dusheng heard to the end, left in suspense.

He felt like he might have guessed what Li Pu wanted to do.

But... isn't it too big of a risk?

This is an astounding plan.

And it's a plan he absolutely doesn't want to be part of.

"I'm sure, trust me."

Li Pu smiled and patted the other's shoulder.

Suspiciously watching Li Pu for a while, Fu Dusheng finally confirmed the guy wasn't crazy.

"Actually, you never intended to ask for my permission, did you?"

He said sulkily as he put his pants back on.

Because only now did he realize, while they were talking, the scarecrow had already used vines to tie up the purple mirror.

How is this different from kidnapping?

"Of course not, with your instructions, it'll cooperate better."

Li Pu touched the mirror surface fondly.

[...]

The purple mirror couldn't speak.

But actually, it wanted to say that with Brother Scarecrow around, it didn't dare not cooperate.

So with the purple mirror, Number 2 flew off into the distance again.

This time, he planned to go big.

Since hunting was one of the main ways to gain points in this round.

Wouldn't hunting the Master of Sacred Void be a bit much?

No one said you could only hunt magical beasts within the Gobi area.

As long as he didn't leave the Gobi area, then all would be well.

Of course, whether he could defeat the Master of Sacred Void, Li Pu wasn't certain.

Actually, his plan wasn't truly to take down that guy, given the obvious power disparity.

But if he could use the Master of Sacred Void to eliminate those pesky Demon Cacti.

Or shift their target of hatred onto him, it'd be much more convenient for Li Pu later.

With this thought, Li Pu arrived at a barren place in the Gobi.

Before this, he'd confirmed that there were no teams within 10 kilometers around.

After some instructions, he had the scarecrow lower the purple mirror again.

Then he took out several fragments of virtual jade and a Void Coin, placing them before the mirror.

The virtual jade was taken from the Master of Sacred Void's bed.

And the Void Coin was the last one left after the scarecrow had spent them.

The scarecrow had secretly stored it in its head, but forgot about it later.

Upon returning, Li Pu confiscated it.

"I heard dragons like treasure. Will these things, which originally belonged to it, attract it?"

Li Pu stood in front of the mirror, rubbing his chin.

The Demon Cacti would soon detect his presence, giving him only a few minutes. If the Master of Sacred Void couldn't be lured, he'd have to think of something else.

"Dragon? What dragon?"

At this moment, Chai Pan was still confused.

Li Pu didn't answer to this.

Instead, he just smiled slightly, signaling Chai Pan to step back.

Then he had the purple mirror open the passage.

...

In the suspended car, inside the referee group workspace.

A group of staff members were working with their respective camera arrays.

These camera arrays would act as sentries around the teams they were responsible for, notifying accompanying referees and competitors of any special occurrences.

This was merely a precaution.

Actually, throughout the fifth round, this warning system hadn't been triggered a single time.

Besides warnings, they would also update teams' statuses and scores in real-time based on reports given by accompanying referees.

Judge Wang sat in the center, browsing each screen with her arms crossed.

On the screens were the real-time scores of 15 teams.

Temporarily leading was the Repeater Adventure Group's team.

In the past few days, they had hunted down two A-grade level 6 lordly beasts.

Note this wasn't a full team adventure; it was just a duo team.

So being able to defeat beasts of this caliber suggested deep strength.

Finding and encountering such beasts also required luck.

Meaning this team had both strength and luck, so being first was reasonable.

Second place was occupied by the High Soaring Bird Adventure Group's team.

In such a vast space, their bird summons had a natural advantage.

Their ability to find powerful beasts was decent, having discovered four lordly beasts thus far.

Unlike Liu Jisheng's team, they only scouted and collected information rather than attacking.

Their strategy was conservative but wise.

With birds' mobility, they mainly earned points through exploration.

Third place was held by the Eternally Alone Adventure Group's team.

This team covered the least distance in comparison to others, focusing on detailed hunting strategy.

Within a 5-kilometer radius, they'd thoroughly cleared all beasts and gained substantial materials.

That's the advantage of Burst Soldier Style; other teams couldn't achieve such meticulousness.

"Looks like this year, the seasoned teams have a higher chance of winning."

An older male referee beside Judge Wang agreed as he watched the scores.

Typically, teams performing well are those from the veteran group.

"Too soon to be sure,"

Judge Wang shook her head.

"I heard from some referees that rookie teams have begun encountering each other, planning to seize points from veteran teams."

She stated.

"Teaming up to grab points, huh? Not a bad idea."

"But some teams probably can't be saved no matter how many points they snatch."

The referee's eyes fell on the scoreboard's last place.

This was the only remaining solo team of the 15, with only a few sad points.

The score showed they'd only hunted the most pathetic small beasts.

Rumors had it the solo player slept on the car's roof last night and was kicked off this morning.

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