158: Lin Yuan's Grass-Mowing Game

He looked up and gazed outside the base. The headless remnant body of the Sun-Eater Star-Devouring Beast still floated in the air, resembling the cruelest monument, radiating heart-pounding residual might. The ground below was scarred and devastated, and abysses corroded by dark gold beast blood were smoking. But the Strange Beasts... were not extinct! In the depths of the distant ruins, more roars were sounding, drawn by the aura and stench of blood from the fallen high-level existence! The nests still existed!

The trial was not over!

Lin Yuan's gaze instantly regained its coldness and resolve. The terror of the Sun-Eater Star-Devouring Beast and the great power of the Heavenly Stele allowed him to understand the hierarchy of power more deeply. However, this did not frighten him; instead, it ignited an even stronger desire to become powerful! Acquiring more glory points and exchanging them for stronger resources was the ladder to a higher level!

He ignored the noisy discussions inside the base and the exchanges of those who had survived the calamity. Under the gaze of countless eyes filled with awe, complexity, and even a hint of jealousy, Lin Yuan stepped out of the Light Screen, his figure merging once again into the ruins that had been baptized by death and destruction.

This time, his goal was clearer, and his efficiency was even more astonishing!

Mowing!

Lin Yuan, like the most precise harvesting machine, began sweeping the ruins of Thousand Absolute Star City. He no longer ventured into the most dangerous core areas but instead targeted the Tier 5 and Tier 6 nest clusters marked on the Intelligence Light Screen, scattered throughout the ruins!

A Tier 5 Nest located deep within the twisted metal jungle: Mechanical Furnace.

A cluster of Tier 5 Nests surrounded by a poisonous swamp: Corrupted Broodnest.

A Tier 6 Nest hidden in an underground canyon: Earth Vein Core.

Lin Yuan was like a tireless phantom, traversing every corner of the ruins. The light spot representing his position on the Intelligence Light Screen flickered frequently, and every flash meant the annihilation of a high-level nest cluster. His glory points skyrocketed like they were on a rocket! His accumulated merit points also reached an astronomical figure!

Inside the base, the area in front of the Intelligence Light Screen was always crowded with people. The terrifying numbers of merit points and glory points next to Lin Yuan's name on the Leaderboard were like an insurmountable mountain, heavily weighing on everyone's hearts and bringing endless shock.

"Another... another Tier 6 Nest has been destroyed! One hundred thousand glory points added!" A Trial Participant watched the jump in Lin Yuan's glory points on the Intelligence Light Screen, his voice trembling.

"How long has it been? Half a day? The number of high-level nests he has destroyed is more than ten times the total of all of ours combined, right?" Another person looked at Lin Yuan's leading score, which was like a natural chasm, his face full of bitterness.

"Look! His position is at 'Boneyard Canyon'! It is said that there is a large Tier 5 nest cluster there with more than a dozen sub-nests!"

"It's over, the merit and glory from that place are going to be completely monopolized by him again..."

The top Prodigies were also constantly paying attention to the Leaderboard. Their expressions were extremely solemn, even carrying a hint of frustration.

In a ruin burning with undying flames.

"Destruction: World-Severing Slash!" Rahu roared, and the Giant Axe of Destruction in his hand erupted with dazzling black and red light! An axe light spanning several kilometers violently struck the energy shield of a heavily scarred Tier 5 Nest: Blazing Melting Pool!

Boom—!!!

The shield fluctuated violently, covered in cracks, but did not shatter! Even hotter streams of lava erupted from inside the nest, counterattacking! Rahu gasped, the Aura of Destruction surging around him, indicating significant exhaustion. He glanced at the slowly increasing glory points on his Wristband, then at Lin Yuan's astronomical score on the Intelligence Light Screen, a flicker of unwillingness and deep apprehension flashing in his eyes. "The gap... is too huge! How exactly is he doing this?!"

A temporary camp shrouded in Eternal Light.

Luo Shen maintained the massive Eternal Barrier with both hands, the milky-white Light Screen resisting the continuous onslaught of Strange Beasts from outside. Inside the barrier, dozens of Eternal Temple Disciples and some injured Trial Participants were sheltered. Her face was slightly pale, and the Light Screen constantly rippled under the fierce attacks of several Tier 5 Strange Beasts. "The consumption of the Eternal Barrier is too great... I simply cannot move freely and efficiently hunt high-level nests like he can." She looked at her glory points on the Leaderboard—though ranked high, the gap between her and Lin Yuan was like the difference between clouds and mud—and her heart was filled with helplessness.

Above a ruin where space was chaotic.

Clear Emptiness's figure flickered erratically, and he formed hand seals. Silver-gray spatial power sliced the Strange Beasts below. He had just used a spatial trap to ambush and kill a Tier 5 Strange Beast and destroy a Tier 4 Nest, earning several thousand glory points. "Spatial Slicing is reasonably efficient against isolated targets, but against a Beast Tide commanded by high-level nests, or targets with extremely strong defenses, it falls short." He watched Lin Yuan's glory points on the Intelligence Light Screen jump by a large margin almost every so often, his brows tightly furrowed. "Is that large-scale destructive power of his an Origin Dharma Body? And what about that terrifying amplification Spell? What Origin Law did he comprehend exactly?" Clear Emptiness's heart was filled with questions and shock.

Time flowed by amid the slaughter and destruction. One day, two days... Lin Yuan's tactics became increasingly proficient. He precisely calculated the daily usage limits of his Origin Spells (Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel 10 times, Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel 5 times, Soul Devouring Seal 5 times), striving to achieve maximum returns with minimal consumption. Against Tier 5 nest clusters, he could easily solve them by using the chaos heavenly extreme sword combined with tactical Sword Qi, only deploying the precious Life and Death Wheel when facing Tier 6 Nests and their guardians.

On the Intelligence Light Screen, the percentage of [Nest Destruction Degree] began to increase at a visible rate! From the initial insignificance to 1%, then 3%, 5%... In contrast, the growth rate of [Strange Beast Count] noticeably slowed down, even starting to show negative growth in some areas!

As for the [glory points] on Lin Yuan's Wristband, they had long surpassed the million mark and were still accumulating at an astonishing speed! His [merit points] reached tens of millions! His contribution alone was nearly equal to the combined total of several million ordinary Trial Participants!

The atmosphere within the base was also quietly changing. The initial shock and despair were gradually replaced by a numb reverence and a sense of powerlessness to catch up. Lin Yuan, this name (or codename), had already become a legend, an unrepeatable myth.

When the faint light filtering through the dark red sky curtain barely scattered down on the seventh day.

Lin Yuan had just destroyed a Tier 6 Nest located in an underground cave with one strike of the Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel, earning one hundred thousand glory points. He stood at the exit of the cave, bathing in the weak light. His Origin Dharma Body was retracted, and his aura was deep and condensed like an abyss. Seven consecutive days of frantic slaughter and destruction had not exhausted him; instead, under the continuous effect of the Innate Dao Body, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit became more contained and refined, as if he had undergone tempering.

He looked up toward the central area of the ruins. There, the energy reaction displayed on the Intelligence Light Screen was the most concentrated and massive, like a huge vortex, attracting the energy of all high-level Strange Beasts and nests. Even from a distance, Lin Yuan could feel a hidden, heart-pounding fluctuation far exceeding Tier 6.

"Core... Broodnest..." A sharp light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. The scattered nests marked on the Intelligence Light Screen had been mostly cleared by him, and the bulk of the remaining merit and glory points must be within that final fortress!

"It's time to meet the final 'heart' of Thousand Absolute Star City." Lin Yuan did not linger. His figure transformed into a gray bolt of lightning, tearing through the dim sky curtain, and he sped toward the very center of the ruins, that area resembling a dark abyss.