79: Chapter 79: A Stunning Radiance Appears!

"Bang!!!"

Inside a dilapidated canyon on the outskirts of the Crimson Wasteland, a spine-chilling roar suddenly exploded.

Amidst the flying ice chips and gravel, more than a dozen Frost Spirits, whose bodies were entirely condensed from pure frost elements, were heavily struck by a bone club as thick as a water vat.

Accompanied by a harsh shattering sound, these peak tier-one Frost Spirits didn't even manage to let out a scream before they were directly transformed into flying ice powder under the violent force, scattering with the wind.

"Damn it! How can this monster's strength be so great!"

Behind a giant rock not far from the battlefield, Liu Ting's ethereal and refined face was completely devoid of color at this moment, her eyes fixed deadly on the terrifying giant beast in the center of the canyon that resembled a demon god, her pearly white teeth almost biting her lower lip until it bled.

Ahead of her line of sight, a Blood-Eyed Demon Ape over ten meters tall, its entire body covered in dark red long fur, was frantically pounding its chest, emitting a deafening roar.

Mid-grade tier-two fierce beast!

As the Creator of the frost divine kingdom, Liu Ting's talent was definitely among the best among the newcomers.

Relying on her outstanding command ability and the tacit cooperation among the Frost Spirits, after descending upon the wasteland, she forcibly withstood the suppression of the environmental laws, successfully hunting down several tier-one fierce beast groups, and even barely strangling a lone low-grade tier-two fierce beast.

Her performance was countless times stronger than the likes of Zhang Hao and Wang Han, who had been miserably eliminated right after landing.

But her luck seemed to end here.

While exploring this canyon, she inadvertently awakened this sleeping Blood-Eyed Demon Ape!

"Form array! Ice barrier!"

Enduring the stabbing pain transmitted from her consciousness projection, Liu Ting frantically waved her arms, commanding the remaining four hundred or so Frost Spirits to defend.

However, the omnipresent Blood Demon Power in the Crimson Wasteland was like a bone-gnawing maggot, constantly eroding the elemental cores of the Frost Spirits at every moment.

The ice barrier that should have been indestructible became extremely sluggish in condensation speed under this scorching and irritable environment, and its thickness was also greatly reduced.

"Roar!!!"

The Blood-Eyed Demon Ape leaped high into the air once again, looking at her lewdly with its crimson eyes, and the bone club in its hand carried the momentum of Mount Tai pressing down, heavily smashing toward the newly formed ice-blue shield.

"Boom!!!"

The violent shockwave swept outward.

The ice barrier supported itself for less than two seconds before it was covered in dense cracks, and then collapsed with a crash!

The rebound force was transmitted along the spiritual link, Liu Ting let out a muffled groan, a trace of crimson blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth, and her consciousness projection even became somewhat illusory.

"We can't block it. Under the environmental suppression, the Frost Spirits can't even display half of their usual combat power, making it completely impossible to resist a mid-grade tier-two fierce beast!"

Looking at the demon ape that raised its club again, preparing to start a new round of slaughter, a flash of deep unwillingness flickered in Liu Ting's eyes.

She wanted to shine brightly on this stage, she wanted to go higher!

However, the cruelty of the wild divine kingdom unreservedly tore apart all her pride.

Could it be that her path stopped here?

Amidst hesitation, she saw the fierce ape's pair of ill-intentioned, appraising eyes. One could imagine that if she fell into the giant ape's hands, death would be better than life!

"Retreat!"

Liu Ting closed her eyes, a tear of unwillingness slipping from the corner of her eye, and her fingers forcefully exerted strength.

"Crack!"

The silver life-saving jade talisman shattered in response.

A dazzling white light of space descended from the sky, enveloping Liu Ting and the remaining Frost Spirits entirely before the bone club fell.

The light flickered, and the figures disappeared.

Leaving only that Blood-Eyed Demon Ape emitting an angry roar in the empty canyon.

At this moment, on the other end of the Crimson Wasteland.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The dull and neat footsteps, like the war drums of the Grim Reaper, beat frantically across this dark red wasteland.

One thousand Azure Dragon Guardss draped in heavy star armor did not scatter to fight on their own like the dependents of other examinees; instead, they tightly contracted together, transforming into an indestructible steel sharp arrow!

High Priest Xi held a bone staff, standing steadily at the very center of the battle array.

With every wave of the bone staff in his hand, the blood Qi power on the Azure Dragon Guardss would undergo a subtle resonance.

"Arrowhead formation! Pierce through them!"

Xi's slightly hoarse voice, under the blessing of blood Qi, clearly entered the ears of every Azure Dragon Guards.

"Kill!"

One thousand heavy star battle blades waved simultaneously, and the deep blue blade light converged into a terrifying blade radiance tens of meters long, fiercely hacking into a charging formation composed of hundreds of Bloody-Horned Rhinos ahead like cutting tofu!

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and broken limbs fell like raindrops.

Those Bloody-Horned Rhinos, which were usually thick-skinned and could hard-resist even ordinary tier-two spells, were simply as fragile as vulnerable before the Azure Dragon Guards's meat-grinder-like battle array.

Grand Commander Yushi didn't even make a move, merely suspended in mid-air, coldly watching the movements around him.

And Lin Yunfei looked down like a lofty monarch, overlooking this hunting ground belonging to him.

"Exhilarating! This is true legion combat!"

Lin Yunfei looked at the frantically jumping points on the holographic terminal, excitement flashing in his eyes.

He didn't let the Azure Dragon Guards open the Azure Dragon Nine Transformations Array right from the start to carry out large-scale clearing. Although that method was exhilarating, the consumption of the dependents' stamina and blood Qi was too great, which was undoubtedly a very foolish behavior in this perilous wasteland.

What he chose was the most reasonable lineup control.

With Xi coordinating from the center, utilizing the characteristics of an array master, the power of a thousand people was twisted into a single rope.

Encountering tier-one or low-grade tier-two fierce beast groups, they would directly crush past with the arrowhead formation, without even needing to pause their footsteps!

"Lord God, fifteen kilometers to the front right, a powerful energy fluctuation is sensed, it seems to be a peak tier-two fierce beast fighting with other creatures."

High Priest Xi suddenly raised his head, reporting the information he sensed to Lin Yunfei.

Lin Yunfei's divine sense moved slightly, and sure enough, he felt a heart-palpitating, violent aura raging in the distance.

"Bypass it."

Lin Yunfei decisively issued the command.

The grand competition had a full five days, and the core task now was to collect resources and points to the maximum extent.

Although that peak tier-two fierce beast had high points, once a battle commenced, it would inevitably delay a lot of time and might even cause casualties to the Azure Dragon Guards.

The loss outweighed the gain!

"Our target is to sweep across all resource points on the outskirts, do not waste stamina on meaningless battles!"

Following Lin Yunfei's order, the massive battle array of the Azure Dragon Guards, like a flexible giant python, carved a graceful arc across the wasteland, perfectly avoiding that high-risk area.

"Rumble!"

The army swept horizontally all the way, and wherever they passed, not a single blade of grass grew.

More than half a day passed, and the number of fierce beasts that died under the blades of the Azure Dragon Guards was countless.

[Ding! Killed a low-grade tier-two fierce beast, obtained 50 points!]

[Ding! Killed a peak tier-one fierce beast, obtained 10 points!]...

Lin Yunfei's points had already broken through the 30,000 mark, and his ranking soared like riding a rocket, directly breaking into the top fifty of the Heaven's Pride List!

What him even more pleasantly surprised was that while frantically slaughtering, they scavenged unimaginable and bountiful resources in this wasteland.

"Stop!"

The vanguard Commander Qing Yi ahead suddenly raised his right arm, and the entire army instantly froze, their movements uniform and consistent, displaying terrifying tactical literacy.

"Lord God, an exposed hematite mineral vein has been discovered ahead! There are hundreds of companion fierce beasts guarding around it!" Commander Qing Yi reported.

Lin Yunfei fixed his gaze and looked over, seeing that a low mountain ahead was almost entirely composed of dark red ore, emitting a rich metal-attribute aura.

"Good stuff! This kind of hematite is tainted with the wasteland's laws; although it can't compare to my own Star Mineral Vein, selling it on the market can still fetch a good price!"

Brilliant light flashed in Lin Yunfei's eyes.

"Yushi, clear the field!"

"Understood!"

Yushi in mid-air finally made a move, waving his fair hand, and the sky full of xuanming heavy water transformed into countless pitch-black ice cones, pouring down overwhelmingly.

Those hundreds of companion fierce beasts didn't even have a chance to resist before they were instantly corroded into pus all over the ground by the heavy water.

"Machines enter, dig for me!"

Lin Yunfei's mind stirred, directly communicating with the divine kingdom passage.

Accompanied by a low mechanical roaring sound, twenty Magic Crystal Rock-Breaking Machines with ferocious designs and flashing magical brilliance slowly drove out from the void.

This was the logistical sharp weapon he had spent a huge amount of money to build previously!

"Buzz buzz buzz!!!"

The huge drill bits of the twenty rock-breaking machines spun frantically, piercing fiercely into the hematite mineral vein.

Under the dual strangulation of machinery and magic, the hard ores turned into uniformly sized ore blocks one after another, continuously being transported back to the Calamity Divine Kingdom.

This feeling of slaughtering on one side and restocking on the other filled Lin Yunfei's heart with indescribable comfort.

To others, this Crimson Wasteland was a cruel hell.

But to Lin Yunfei, this was simply an undefended giant treasury!

After the army took a short rest and the mineral vein was completely emptied, Lin Yunfei ordered to continue forward.

When the Azure Dragon Guards crossed a towering dark red ridge ahead.

Suddenly, a drastic change abruptly occurred!

"Boom——!!!"

At the end of the line of sight, which was the intersection of the Crimson Wasteland's middle domain, an incomparably dazzling and extremely blinding five-colored treasure light shot into the sky without any warning!

That pillar of light was incomparably thick, resembling a sky-piercing sharp sword. Not only did it forcibly pierce through the lead-thick blood-colored clouds above the firmament, but it also caused the laws within a radius of hundreds of miles to produce a violent resonance!

An extremely rich exotic fragrance instantly swept across the entire wasteland along with the violent wind.

"This is..."

High Priest Xi suddenly widened his eyes, and even his breathing became rapid.

"Such intense law fluctuations! This is definitely an extremely rare heaven and earth oddity."

Lin Yunfei stood tall at a high place, feeling that heart-accelerating energy fluctuation, and carefully pondered in his heart!

That was a huge piece of fatty meat, and also a terrifying meat grinder!

"All troops listen to the order."

Lin Yunfei slowly pulled out the longsword at his waist, the blade pointing directly at that heaven-soaring five-colored treasure light, a bloodthirsty and crazy smile hooking the corner of his mouth.

"Target, the location of the five-colored treasure light!"