409: Chasing at night

Inside the camp.

Pei Qian looked at his friend’s indignant expression, feeling a bit speechless.

"How many years has this selection method been in use?"

"Even if you make minor changes, you can’t alter the general direction."

"Besides..."

As he spoke, Pei Qian paused, reaching out to pat Lei Meng’s shoulder:

"Wang Chen is unique; not everyone is as monstrous as he is!"

"If you change the rules, you’ll weaken other professions that rely on beast companions and summoned creatures for combat."

"Sigh!"

Hearing this, Lei Meng sighed, slumping into his chair.

"I know that already."

"But the problem is..."

He pointed to the monitoring screen, which showed other students from Qingquan City scurrying around like headless flies, searching for the whereabouts of Holy Blood Church remnants.

"Wang Chen’s actions have wiped out seventy to eighty percent of the Holy Blood Church remnants in Qingquan City."

"It’s become incredibly difficult for other students to accumulate enough points to enter the top hundred."

"This means many students who originally had the strength to be in the top hundred will be eliminated in the first selection."

As he spoke, Lei Meng rubbed his temples in frustration.

"There’s nothing that can be done."

Pei Qian chuckled lightly, his expression quite calm:

"They can only blame their bad luck for choosing the same city as Wang Chen."

"Besides, students in other cities aren’t doing much better. Chu Youxiong, Chai Yue, and Du Jijun have been stimulated by Wang Chen and are now frantically searching for those Holy Blood Church remnants. Other students following behind them are lucky to even pick up a few scraps."

"After all, Old Lei, you must understand, a Genius always makes those of the same era feel like there’s no way out!"

Hearing Pei Qian’s words, Lei Meng scratched his head, and after a moment of silence, he said with emotion:

"You’re right. I went through the same thing back in the day. Seeing these young ones reminds me of those opponents I left far behind."

"This..."

Pei Qian’s mouth twitched, and his eyes instantly became very speechless.

"Old Lei!"

"Lin Feng said it best, you... are truly shameless!"

"It’s just the two of us, no outsiders, so can you please stop flattering yourself?"

"If Wang Chen were born in our era, you would probably be in the third tier."

With that, Pei Qian stood up and walked towards the barracks.

"Hey?"

"You’re exposing my shortcomings too much!"

Lei Meng grumbled discontentedly:

"The selection isn’t over yet. Are you planning to slack off?"

"You watch it yourself."

Pei Qian waved his hand without looking back:

"The Holy Blood Church strongholds in Qingquan City and Blackwood City have been eradicated. The other two cities should be soon as well."

"The first round of selection basically has a result now. The remaining Holy Blood Church remnants pose no threat to those young ones anymore!"

...

...

Qingquan City.

As Wang Chen rooted out the Holy Blood Church strongholds, the lives of other students participating in the selection became increasingly 'difficult'.

In their imagination, this selection should have involved various ambushes by Holy Blood Church remnants upon entering the city, followed by them breaking through layers of encirclement, slaughtering all in their path, and successfully securing a promotion spot.

But the result...

In the vast city, the number of Holy Blood Church remnants was pitifully small, and when one was occasionally found, they had to 'share' it with others.

The experience was terrible!!

...

As night fell, sporadic sounds of battle echoed through the city, and occasional explosions lit up the night sky.

The students who entered Qingquan City moved through the darkness, busily searching for traces of Holy Blood Church remnants.

Whenever they opened their data terminals and saw the name at the top of the leaderboard, they couldn’t help but grit their teeth in hatred.

Wang Chen was simply too outrageous!

He accumulated so many points by himself, not even leaving a drop of soup for them.

His whopping nine thousand-plus points made their eyes red with envy and jealousy, and at the same time, spurred them to work even harder.

...

Boom!!

In the night, a violent blaze shot into the sky.

A six-story building in the very center of Qingquan City, under the furious explosion, developed horrifying cracks on its surface, then collapsed like building blocks.

Whoosh!

From the shattered ruins, a figure enveloped in bloody light burst out, rushing into the darkness without looking back.

"Damn it!"

"Buying so many explosives in their own lair, these Holy Blood Church remnants are indeed lunatics!!"

Just as the figure rushed out, a Dirty figure jumped out of the ruins with a bang.

"Ptooey ptooey ptooey!!"

Cao Jianfei spat out the dust he accidentally inhaled, his expression extremely speechless.

He had finally found a Six-Turn Holy Blood Church priest, intending to play the long game, follow the clues, and get more points.

But he never expected this Six-Turn Holy Blood Church priest to be incredibly wary and extremely cautious.

As soon as he followed him to his hiding place, his tracks were discovered.

And this Six-Turn priest was also incredibly cunning!

They didn't even exchange blows upon meeting; he directly detonated the pile of explosives in his hiding place.

Simply, dishonorable!

"Bastard!"

"Don’t run, this young master will definitely avenge this explosion today!"

Wiping the dust from his face, Cao Jianfei looked at the Holy Blood Church priest fleeing in the distance and gritted his teeth as he chased after him.

Currently, in Qingquan City, Holy Blood Church remnants were highly sought after, and he felt that if he didn't deal with it quickly, others might jump in and interfere.

Whoosh whoosh!

The two, one chasing and one fleeing, were both extremely fast, crossing half the urban area in a few minutes.

"Damn!"

"A persistent little brat!"

Turning his head to look at the figure relentlessly pursuing him, the Holy Blood Church priest Claude’s eyes were ice-cold.

He never expected that despite hiding so well, he would still be discovered by these little brats from Dragon Country.

Moreover, the one who came was a formidable young man.

The moment Claude saw Cao Jianfei, he felt an intense sense of danger. Even though his Rank was higher than Cao Jianfei's, he decisively chose to detonate the bombs and flee.

"Damn it!"

"Looks like I’ll have to lead him to the stronghold. Otherwise, with my strength alone, I’m no match for him."

"Besides..."

While running at top speed, Claude had already noticed several strong Qi rapidly approaching, clearly those Dragon Country brats had been drawn by the commotion.

"Chase all you want, chase away. Once we reach the stronghold, when the Bishop makes his move, all you guys will become blood sacrifices!"

With a cold snort in his heart, Claude couldn't be bothered with Cao Jianfei's shouts behind him, and he sped up, rushing towards the underground light rail station platform.