68: Seed Encounter

“It seems tomorrow I’ll have to improve my efficiency to catch up with everyone else’s speed…” The Boxing Bear exploded, throwing a punch that shattered the cage woven from Green Feast’s Insect Silk.

But Li Wen showed no surprise, because everything was intentional on their part.

The next second, a strong electric current swept through the Boxing Bear’s entire body; its original brown fur turned completely black, and it collapsed on the spot.

This was Green Feast’s new move, “Faraday Cage,” composed of Insect Silk and the Path of Thunder, inflicting considerable damage.

In the past two days, it had helped Li Wen defeat no fewer than ten advanced-level wild pet beasts.

As three days had already passed, everyone on the field had an additional 200 non-transferable points, so the contestants began to become aggressive.

In these past few days, no fewer than fifty people had been forcibly “invested” in by Li Wen.

Furthermore, whether to speed up the competition or to stir things up, real-time score rankings became visible at various supply points starting today.

First place naturally went to Li Hanqing; although everyone was avoiding her, she was the only one on the field capable of clearing a Commander-level Boss without taking damage. After defeating four Commander-level bosses, she firmly secured first place with 2200 points.

Second place was Meng Chen, who, relying on his completely damage-free, tricky trait, managed to wear down a Commander whose offensive capabilities were lacking, temporarily holding second place with 1970 points.

Third place was Li Wen, with twelve advanced-level pet beasts, each worth 50 points, providing him with 600 points, plus 1150 points “dividends” from other contestants through his own long-term investment vision, placing him third with 1950 points.

Fourth was Lu Chen, who, with the strength of his Vine Snake and his diligent search for pet beasts, ranked fourth with 1880 points.

Most of those behind him were not far off; it could be said that a difference of just five or ten points could move one up a rank.

Inside a supply point, five seed contestants, roughly ranked around twentieth, sat together, communicating with their classmates from the same school.

Shareholder A: “That Li Wen is just too much! Stealing bells is one thing, but he also has to say something about everything being for sustainable development.”

Shareholder B: “What’s that compared to mine! Ten times, a full ten times! In just four days, he robbed me ten times, and when he left, he even said…”

“Actually, I don’t want to keep robbing the same person, but you’re just too unlucky, always running into me, so I’m sorry.”

Shareholder C: “I’m not much better. After the first time he robbed me, every time he encountered me afterward and saw my bell count, he’d just say…”

“Buddy, you have too few. Keep them for now; I’ll come back when you’ve fattened up.”

“That’s so f*cking insulting!”

Several seed contestants also got emotional.

“Since he started a good trend, we might as well go all out. The few of us should start hunting other seed contestants. If we can’t beat them one-on-one, can’t we beat them five-on-one?”

“Exactly! Right here, we’ll guard this stronghold, ignoring everything else. Whichever seed contestant comes, we’ll forcibly eliminate him.”

Li Wen, who was still strolling leisurely at this moment, suddenly sneezed.

“Someone’s thinking about me? That shouldn’t be; how could a great philanthropist like me be thought of like that? It’s probably just a chill.”

Just as he was about to continue searching for advanced-level pet beasts, a jade-like pet beast resembling a Bisharp suddenly appeared in his sight.

The three little ones immediately switched to an alert state, waiting for the opponent to appear.

“Don’t worry, I’m not interested in you right now.”

“I’m only interested in that lineage inheritor right now, so I just want to discuss something with you.”

“I’m planning to challenge her, so I hope those who pose a threat to me won’t interfere. Everyone else has already agreed; you’re the only one left.”

Li Wen: ???

Are all you beast-taming geniuses’ thought processes so erratic? Because someone is strong, you want to challenge them? Shouldn’t this be the time to fight for resources?

“Lu Chen, what do you say?”

Meng Chen replied, “He said it doesn’t matter.”

“Then it doesn’t matter to me either. I only want resources now, so I’m very happy for you to challenge her. Good luck.”

Heavenly King Yan, who had been watching all the top-ranked seed contestants via video, asked a question.

“Old Meng, your son seems to have stopped hunting pet beasts and is instead going to find other seed contestants one by one, but there haven’t been any fights. What’s going on?”

Otherwise, why say no one knows a son better than his father?

After closing his eyes for a moment, Heavenly King Meng spoke.

“From what I know of him, he’s probably going to challenge the strongest person, clearing the field for himself.”

“Your son’s temperament is quite similar to yours; you kept challenging me back then.”

Heavenly King He intervened again, ending the conversation.

Compared to the calm of the referee team, the official forum’s live stream comments outside had nearly exploded.

The Skyeye director, for some reason, perfectly focused the camera on Li Wen and Meng Chen’s conversation, and then their respective departures.

Netizen A: I have a premonition, something big is definitely going to happen.

Netizen B: Second place looking for third place, could it be to team up against first place?

Netizen C: This second place is my senior; according to his school exploits, he’s probably going to challenge first place to a duel.

Netizen D: Who cares if it’s a duel or a group fight, there’s definitely going to be an exciting showdown, I’m really looking forward to it.

As the comment thread grew, the screen suddenly switched to Lu Chen.

“What are you guys blocking me for? I need to enter the supply point.”

Those few people took up their stances and said.

“Anyone can enter the supply point, but today, if you want to enter, you must first pass us.”

Lu Chen nodded and said.

“I understand. You want to steal my bells, right?”

“Vine Snake, Growth.”

After evolving, not only did its physical strength increase, but its size also grew. Now, calling it a snake is no longer quite enough; calling it a python might be more appropriate.

With the increase in base size, the effect of Growth was even more terrifying.

The opponent’s five pet beasts all seemed somewhat small in front of the Vine Snake. With one sweep of its tail, dust flew everywhere.

However, the opponents weren’t too weak; all of them were advanced-level, merely sent flying backward without losing their combat ability.

This tail whip also woke up the five opponents; they had already hunted four seed contestants and were gradually becoming somewhat arrogant.

But now they understood the gap between the top ten and themselves, and they brought out their prepared cooperation once more.

“Red String Bell, Emotion Amplification.”

“Flower Spirit, Enthusiasm Enhancement.”

Under their amplification, the Vine Snake glowed red, enduring the Skills of the five pet beasts and using Vine Whip.

With the lashing of the Vine Whip and the opponents’ Skills, the battlefield became completely obscured. When the dust settled, all five pet beasts had fallen, and the Vine Snake’s injuries were not light; it was almost about to collapse.