156: Provisional list, Lin Ling is at the bottom?
“Good heavens, Tu Nanyi prepared quite thoroughly for Tu Fei; he even has a sacred set that can be worn up to Seven Turns.
The value of these items is immeasurable. Tu Nanyi probably never imagined, even in death, that these things would end up in my hands. A Mythic-grade item, what is this?”
“Divine Sense Truffle (Mythic)”
“Top-tier item from a blind box”
“Item Analysis: After a Professional consumes it, if their mental strength reaches 1000, consuming it will permanently increase it by +1000 points.”
“Do you wish to consume it?”
Lin Ling’s mouth curved into a high arc.
“Yes!”
“Consumption successful, mental strength +1000, mental strength: 6300.”
… …
Rain poured down.
Dragon Nest Cafeteria.
At this moment, apart from Lin Ling, the other nineteen contestants participating in the re-evaluation were all seated in the cafeteria.
Most of the people participating in the re-evaluation only had one chance left to enter the tempering instance.
The scheduled deadline for the second assessment was seven days, and everyone unanimously decided to save their last chance to enter the tempering room for the final day.
These past few days, everyone had been fully focused on rushing the experience instances.
These people, who were originally elites, had made rapid progress in these few days.
Dragon Nest had compiled statistics for everyone and temporarily created a ranking to motivate them.
“First Place: Ling Qiye, Level 85, Mental Strength: 1210”
“Second Place: Zhang Ziye, Level 80, Mental Strength: 750”
“Third Place: Zhou Mengyan, Level 79, Mental Strength: 700”
“Fourth Place: Qin Xuan, Level 77, Mental Strength: 685”
“Fifth Place: Ji Mo, Level 77, Mental Strength: 650”
Those ranked lower had basically reached Level 70, and their mental strength generally exceeded 500.
Lin Ling, who was originally ranked first, was now at the bottom.
“Twentieth Place: Lin Ling, Level 75, Mental Strength: 358”
At this moment, even Ji Mo and others, who had always believed in Lin Ling, couldn't sit still.
They wanted to ask Jiang Shan Yi to come forward and understand the situation, but Jiang Shan Yi had been nowhere to be seen these past few days.
“That’s Ling Qiye. I heard he’s already easily cleared the Level 4 difficulty.”
“He’s too strong. I’m almost Five-turn and can only do Level 3 difficulty.”
“He’s definitely going to be this year’s national champion. Haven’t you seen his level is already 85 on the rookie list? I heard he can solo the difficult experience instance in half an hour now.”
Listening to the cafeteria staff chatting, Zhou Mengyan and the others looked at the table full of food but couldn't eat a bite.
As if noticing the oppressive atmosphere on their side, Zhang Ziye suddenly stood up and said with a smile, “Why are you still worrying about that good-for-nothing? If you ask me, geniuses should stand with geniuses.
Zhou Mengyan, why don’t you three join our squad? Seven Nights has already been internally designated as the War God Squad’s captain. We’ll all be in the same squad sooner or later.”
“Shut your stinking mouth!”
Zhou Mengyan suddenly stood up and roared at Zhang Ziye.
Zhang Ziye’s face instantly darkened at being scolded.
But thinking of a rumor from the past few days, he suppressed his anger again.
“I can’t let my relationship with Zhou Mengyan sour. If she really is the Hall Master’s daughter, that would be incredible.
It seems she’s angry because Seven Nights is the War God Squad’s captain. There’s nothing I can do about that. Who told Seven Nights to be the strongest?”
Zhang Ziye thought to himself, forcing out a faint smile. Unfortunately, what he never expected was that the real reason for Zhou Mengyan’s anger was his remark, “good-for-nothing.”
“If you’re willing to come, I can talk to Seven Nights. Maybe he’ll agree to let you be the captain. Actually, Seven Nights isn’t bad either; he’s much stronger than that good-for-nothing Lin Ling.”
As soon as Zhang Ziye finished speaking, his pupils suddenly contracted.
An extremely dangerous aura suddenly appeared beside him.
He sharply leaned back, and a black dagger appeared out of thin air, stabbing towards the spot where his neck had been.
Zhang Ziye, still shaken, suddenly looked at the black figure.
“Ji Mo, what are you doing?”
“Say my boss is a good-for-nothing again, and I’ll kill you!” Ji Mo’s cold voice rang out.
“What? Did I say something wrong? Leilei, go take a picture now and let them see Lin Ling’s scores on the screen outside his tempering room!”
Zhang Ziye shouted coldly, and a minion nearby showed a sinister smile and immediately rushed into the night.
And at this moment, in the rainy night, a squad of patrolling soldiers just happened to arrive near the Mental Strength Tempering Room.
The one leading them was precisely Left Rush.
“Captain, there are a few good rookies this time. Should we try to recruit them?” one of Left Rush’s trusted subordinates quietly asked.
“Hmm, Ling Qiye and Zhang Ziye are good. Zhou Mengyan and that Ji Mo also have great potential.
Let’s try to make contact tomorrow. These people are all prodigies. As long as we maintain good relations with them, they could all become our backers in the future.”
“Captain, do we still need to recruit that Lin Ling?” the soldier asked again.
Ever since being knocked out by Lin Ling with a single blow, Left Rush immediately realized that he had underestimated Lin Ling.
How could one make an enemy of such a person? This kind of prodigy absolutely needed to be recruited.
Even if it meant apologizing, he had to maintain good relations. This was Left Rush’s principle for dealing with people.
Never miss an opportunity to befriend a big shot, even a future big shot.
He had instructed his team members to notify him as soon as Lin Ling appeared, but unexpectedly, after so many days, he still hadn’t seen Lin Ling.
At this moment, hearing his team member’s question, Left Rush suddenly felt how ridiculous his previous thoughts were. He had even treated him as a big shot.
“Lin Ling, I almost forgot about him. We don’t need to pay attention to him anymore,” Left Rush said.
“Captain, that Lin Ling looked pretty fierce, but I didn’t expect him to be so useless,” a soldier said.
“Hmph!” Left Rush’s face flashed with a hint of smugness, “If your mental strength isn’t good, no matter how strong you are, it’s useless. Haven’t you seen that the seniors of the Twelve Zodiacs and the Hall Master have all left these past few days? Clearly, they all…”
As Left Rush spoke, his gaze swept towards the screen of Lin Ling’s tempering room.
At this moment, his words abruptly stopped, and his forward movement suddenly froze in place.