After the terrifying display of power, the area was left riddled with craters. The hundreds of Tier Six and Tier Seven Flame Rock Beasts within the zone had been reduced to piles of rubble and lava. Soul essences floated into the air, not absorbed by Zhang Ye, but waiting to be drawn in by the lamp.
Zhang Ye and Lina stared blankly for two seconds before simultaneously letting out a cheer.
“Nice!” Zhang Ye pumped his fist. This method worked! With this, their farming efficiency would increase exponentially!
“Brother Ye, you’re amazing!” Lina jumped up in excitement. She had never cast such a powerful spell before. Wiping out every living thing within a radius of eight hundred meters in an instant was truly incredible!
Zhang Ye grinned. “Of course. I’m even stronger than you imagine. Do you believe I can take you to the top three now?”
“Mhm, I believe you!” Lina was beyond thrilled.
Zhang Ye was also very happy. His biggest problem right now was that the Tier Nine and Tier Ten spells in his body were still being analyzed. High-tier spells were exactly what he lacked. He hadn’t expected Lina to bring so many high-level Treasures, even Saint artifacts! He could completely copy the Tier Ten spells from these Treasures to crush his opposition!
With that, what was there to fear from those Tier Nines?
Others couldn't cast Tier Ten spells, but he could. Even if they could use a pseudo-Saint artifact to cast one, he could cast another after just a few seconds of meditation. Could they?
Hehehe!
He was practically invincible!
Zhang Ye felt that the top three in the Freshman Rankings was already in the bag!
Little Lina was the best!
Little rich girls were the best!
After casting that Tier Ten spell, the mana in Zhang Ye’s body was nearly depleted, with about eighty to ninety percent gone. Thus, after every cast, he needed to meditate for a few seconds to recover.
But a few seconds was nothing!
Next, Lina ran over to collect all the soul essences. Looking at the brightening Soul Essence Lamp, she couldn't stop smiling.
“With this many essences, I’ll definitely pass the test!” Lina said happily.
Zhang Ye nodded and then added, “But our goal isn’t just to pass; it’s the top three!”
At this point, he chuckled. “I’ll be first, and you’ll be second!”
Lina nodded excitedly. She had complete trust in Zhang Ye now.
He was powerful and meticulous. Moreover, even after she had revealed so many high-level Treasures—even Saint artifacts—Zhang Ye hadn't shown even a hint of wanting to steal or claim them for himself. This made her trust in him skyrocket.
Just as she had said, she could see good people.
In her eyes, Zhang Ye was a very, very good person!
“Here’s the plan for the next round. First, we’ll charge the staff. Then, I’ll go lure the magical beasts and gather them together. When I give the command, you release the spell. Got it?” Zhang Ye said.
By injecting mana into the staff beforehand, the energy could be stored for a period, which was enough time for Zhang Ye to lure and group the monsters.
Lina nodded. “Mhm, I understand!”
“Then let’s do it. Charging first.”
“Okay!”
“I’m coming in now?”
“Come on in, Brother Ye, I can’t wait!”
“Alright, here I come!”
“Mm... ah-ha~”
“Lina.”
“Yeah?”
“I think... you could be a bit more restrained.”
“Restrained about what?”
“Well... your... voice.”
He couldn't help it; this girl’s moans really... made one’s imagination run wild. You wouldn't be able to recover even with three gallons of milk after hearing that once.
“It feels too good, I can’t help it...” Lina giggled. “Brother Ye and I are such a perfect match. I’ve never received such compatible mana before. There’s no conflict at all, and it’s so pure. I can control it however I want!”
Zhang Ye chuckled. “Of course. I’m a treasure of a man... Alright, let’s get started!”
As he spoke, he set up several defensive magic circles on the ground. “Stay inside the magic circles so nothing unexpected happens, okay?”
Seeing Zhang Ye’s protective nature, Lina smiled brightly. “Mhm!”
Then Zhang Ye ran off to lure the monsters, while Lina held the staff, happily humming a song.
Since meeting Zhang Ye, she had become happier and happier. Unlike in the palace, her smiles here were from the bottom of her heart.
After ten minutes, Lina suddenly felt the ground begin to vibrate. She looked into the distance in confusion and immediately spotted Zhang Ye.
However, the boy was running toward her with a dead serious expression, not daring to stop for a second.
Behind him, lava was flying everywhere as Flame Rock Beasts roared and chased him. Among them were two exceptionally massive ones, standing a full fifteen meters tall!
Lina was dumbfounded.
Did Brother Ye... poke a hornet’s nest of rock beasts?
How did he lure so many?!
Heh, she had actually guessed right!
Zhang Ye had indeed poked a nest.
He had been looking for a place where Flame Rock Beasts gathered. Once he expanded his mana perception, he discovered a massive space underground with dense fire-element fluctuations and life energy. He guessed there was a lair down there with plenty of beasts.
So, he cast a spell to blast through the surface, and then... things got very awkward.
Two Tier Nine Flame Rock Beasts were currently “getting busy.”
A gorilla-shaped Flame Rock Beast was on top of a boar-shaped one. Zhang Ye felt his pure soul had been polluted, so he indignantly fired a 100x power Light Ray at the connection point between the two rock beasts. It was a total cheap shot!
Good heavens, even the Flame Rock Beasts thought it was a low blow!
Their hostility level immediately jumped from “General Hostility” to “Relentless.”
The two beasts instantly summoned their entire tribe and began chasing Zhang Ye down.
Zhang Ye looked back.
It was a dense swarm behind him—at least a thousand of them!
The eight-hundred-meter range probably wouldn't be enough!
Ehh... whatever. He’d kill as many as he could!
“Lina, get ready to fire!” Zhang Ye shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Ah... okay!” Lina immediately looked nervous and shouted back, “Brother Ye, where should I aim?”
“Aim at the top of my head!” Zhang Ye roared as he led the stampede. At this moment, all the monsters’ aggro was on him, and they weren't paying any attention to Lina in the distance.
“What?” Lina was shocked, thinking she had misheard.
“Fire now!” Zhang Ye was being chased so hard by the two Tier Nine beasts that he was jumping all over the place. These big guys could also summon fire rocks to fall from the sky, and Zhang Ye had nearly been hit several times.
If it weren't for the sake of gathering them all together, he would have bolted long ago.
“But you’ll get hurt!” Lina cried out.
This Pseudo-Holy Rain Judgment didn't distinguish between friend and foe. If Zhang Ye was caught in it, something terrible would happen!
“Trust me, I’ll be fine!” Zhang Ye dodged another falling fire rock and yelled, “Fire!”
Hearing this, Lina struggled for a moment before gritting her teeth. “Fine!”
She trusted Zhang Ye. Since he told her to fire, she would fire!
Ding!
A massive golden magic circle appeared above Zhang Ye and the swarm of beasts.
Instantly, the monsters felt an unprecedented sense of crisis, but it was too late to flee.
Light rain crashed toward the ground like meteors. Lina stared fixedly at Zhang Ye’s silhouette.
Suddenly, Zhang Ye’s figure vanished. The entire area was completely covered by the light rain. The screams of the rock beasts rose one after another. Even the two Tier Nine Flame Rock Beasts only resisted for a few seconds before being swallowed by the rain.
Ten seconds later, silence returned.
The coverage of the light rain wasn't enough to wipe out every single beast, but the remaining three hundred or so were scared out of their wits and scattered in all directions.
In that area, nothing remained but a cratered landscape and a mess of rubble and lava.
Soul essences began to condense, with two of them shining the brightest.
But at this moment, Lina didn't care about the essences. She only cared about whether Zhang Ye had escaped.
“Brother Ye? Brother Ye!” Lina couldn't help but shout, tears of anxiety nearly welling up.
“Over here, over here!” Suddenly, Zhang Ye’s voice came from behind her. Lina spun around and saw him running toward her from a distance.
He was perfectly fine.
Lina’s heart finally settled back into her chest.
She patted her well-developed chest, still feeling the lingering fear. “You scared me to death. I thought you didn't make it out. You really scared me...”
Seeing her like this, Zhang Ye laughed. “Don’t worry, I’ve got more tricks up my sleeve than you think!”
He said that, but he had actually broken a sweat just now.
The light rain fell faster than he had anticipated; it was over his head in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, he had relied on the Blink spell he had analyzed from Lina to teleport out of the area, successfully escaping.
However, because time was so tight, he hadn't been able to adjust his direction and had blinked quite a distance away.
But overall, it was great. These soul essences... there had to be seven or eight hundred of them!
He’d struck it rich!
He had truly earned a fortune!
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