25: Chapter 25: Climbing to the Top 1000, Segmented Missions Activated

Lin Yuan killed over fifty Body Tempering Initial Stage fierce beasts along the way and also encountered many other examinees, most of whom were teaming up to kill fierce beasts.

So, without needing to act himself, he devoured quite a few soul bodies.

"It's been an hour, and I've devoured over two hundred soul bodies. The speed is still a bit slow; I need to pick it up."

Thinking this, Lin Yuan accelerated, moving rapidly around the periphery.

Killing a Body Tempering Initial Stage fierce beast gives 1 point, Body Tempering Mid-stage 10 points, Body Tempering Peak 50 points, First Order Initial Stage 300 points, First Order Mid-stage 800 points, and First Order Peak 2000 points.

The higher the level of the fierce beast, the more points it yields.

Lin Yuan, wielding the floating snow longsword, was like a phantom moving through the mountains. Wherever he passed, a few fierce beast corpses would be left behind, their soul bodies completely devoured.

Another hour passed. Lin Yuan had killed 120 Body Tempering Initial Stage fierce beasts. His points reached 120, actually pushing him into the thousandth spot on the city-level Top Thousand List.

[Ding! Segmented quest activated. First stage quest: Achieve first place in the provincial ranking. Reward: one Martial Arts technique.]

"It's actually a segmented quest. The reward for the first stage must be the worst, yet it's a Martial Arts technique. The Martial Arts techniques given by the system are at least A-rank. It seems I must prioritize the quest first.

These soul bodies won't dissipate anyway. It'll be fine if I come back to devour them after completing all the quests."

With this in mind, Lin Yuan no longer lingered in the periphery and rushed directly towards the area marked "Difficult."

Hao Qiang and Jiang Sheng had been keeping an eye on the rankings. At this moment, Hao Qiang had climbed to over thirtieth place, and Jiang Sheng was also in the forties.

"Lin Yuan, you're really pathetic. You've only just made it onto the Top Thousand List. You're only at this level. The number one genius of No. 6 High School is indeed me. What right do you have to compare yourself to me?"

Hao Qiang looked at Lin Yuan's name at the thousandth spot, sneered, and then continued to lead his team to kill fierce beasts.

Jiang Sheng glanced at Lin Yuan's ranking but didn't take it seriously. His eyes were only on Hao Qiang, who was ahead of him. Hao Qiang had always been his goal to surpass.

Outside the examination hall, Chief Instructor excitedly pointed at the large screen behind him, "Principal, Lin Yuan is on the list! One thousandth place! Look quickly!"

Principal heard this and immediately looked at the city-level Top Thousand List. Sure enough, Lin Yuan's name appeared in the one thousandth spot.

"Finally on the list! Good lad, I knew he could do it," Principal said excitedly.

"Hehe... one thousandth place, and look how excited you are. One thousandth place is only good enough for an ordinary university. I thought your No. 6 High School had produced some extraordinary genius," a teacher from No. 5 High School said sarcastically.

"Look! His ranking is rising! So fast!"

Suddenly, a voice came, and everyone looked at the city-level Top Thousand List again.

Indeed, Lin Yuan's name began to jump forward rapidly.

Nine hundred...

Eight hundred...

Five hundred...

Three hundred...

...

"This... so fast. Are the fierce beasts standing still waiting for him to kill them?"

The previous teacher from No. 5 High School widened his eyes and muttered to himself.

Principal and Chief Instructor's eyes, however, were filled with excitement.

And Lin Yuan's homeroom teacher, Wu Ze, now had wide eyes and his lips constantly trembled.

"This... so strong?"

The last time Wu Ze saw Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan was only at Body Tempering Mid-stage strength, with combat power vaguely reaching Body Tempering Peak. He didn't expect that in just over half a month, Lin Yuan could reach such a level.

After Lin Yuan's floating snow sword technique was upgraded to advanced, it was simply superb. The sword moves were elegant and agile, with a sense of using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds.

Although fierce beasts were huge and powerful, he could often easily kill them with a casual stab or point.

After entering the "Difficult" area, he had already easily taken down over twenty Body Tempering Mid-stage fierce beasts.

With his strength, the fierce beasts in this Martial Arts Examination were simply there to provide points and ability points.

Pfft!

Lin Yuan's sword pierced the head of a Flame Tiger, and the huge tiger-shaped fierce beast crashed to the ground. This was a Body Tempering Mid-stage fierce beast, and Lin Yuan swallowed its soul in one gulp.

At this point, his ability points had accumulated to 18,000 points.

Continuing forward, fifty meters away, he encountered a small team, which was Xia Yuhan's team, three males and two females. At this moment, they also saw Lin Yuan.

"Lin Yuan, what a coincidence to meet you here," Xia Yuhan's heart unconsciously sped up when she saw Lin Yuan.

"Indeed, it's quite a coincidence," Lin Yuan also smiled.

"Lin Yuan, you actually managed to come to this area. This area is very dangerous, full of Body Tempering Mid-stage fierce beasts. Even with our team, we have to be careful. You should go back to the 'Easy' area; this is not the place for you to show off."

Li Ying walked over, frowning. She felt that Lin Yuan at most had Body Tempering Initial Stage strength, and coming here alone was simply courting death.

"Hehe... it's fine. I'm just looking around here. Yuhan, be careful. I'll be going now."

Lin Yuan was still quite friendly towards Xia Yuhan. Regardless of whether she liked him or not, at least her attitude was good.

"You take care too," Xia Yuhan waved at him.

"Let's go, Yuhan. You two aren't from the same world. You're destined to enter a key university, while he'd be lucky to get into any university."

Li Ying pulled Xia Yuhan's hand, and the five continued to walk forward, while Xia Yuhan reluctantly looked back at Lin Yuan's retreating figure.

"Oh? There's a fierce beast here that was just killed. It's a sword wound," Li Ying said, looking at the Flame Tiger corpse in front of them.

"Didn't see anyone nearby," a boy said.

"Could it be Lin Yuan? He seems to be carrying a sword," another boy said.

"How is that possible? Isn't he an F-rank Ability user?" the third boy said.

Xia Yuhan hastily pulled up the ranking on her wristband: Lin Yuan, forty-fifth place, total points 435.

Xia Yuhan immediately covered her mouth in shock. Among her team, her points were the highest, only ranking in the eighties, but Lin Yuan, by himself, ranked so much higher than her.

"It seems I misunderstood him. He really is a lone wolf. Yuhan, you really have good judgment," Li Ying said guiltily.

"Xiao Ying, what nonsense are you talking about?" Xia Yuhan's face instantly turned red, and she chided her.

Seeing this, the other three boys' eyes immediately flashed with a hint of jealousy and anger.

...

Lin Yuan did not continue searching in the "Difficult" area but directly rushed into the "Dangerous" area. This was the area for Body Tempering Peak fierce beasts, and far fewer people could come to this area.

After killing three Body Tempering Peak fierce beasts, Lin Yuan saw a small team fighting a Wasteland Bear.

Although this Wasteland Bear was at Body Tempering Peak, its defense was extremely strong, and its strength was not something a Body Tempering Peak cultivator should possess.

It forced the five-person team to retreat repeatedly, each of them bearing injuries.

All five members of the team were at Body Tempering Mid-stage strength. Teaming up to kill a Body Tempering Peak fierce beast shouldn't be too difficult, but unfortunately, they provoked a monstrous fierce beast like the Wasteland Bear...