70: Take the initiative

He watched helplessly as his teammates were caught and then eliminated one by one.

Lin Ye felt a sense of powerlessness.

In less than a day, four members were down.

The Glutton was furious when he saw his cooked duck fly away again, +3 to his anger.

He immediately pursued Lin Ye, intending to kill him.

But Lin Ye, without his teammates, was completely unleashed.

With Teleportation, Starlight Miles, and Escape Void, Lin Ye was truly in a league of his own.

After escaping the Glutton, he found a hidden corner to conceal himself.

The Glutton tried to search but couldn't detect any trace of Lin Ye's aura, only raging in impotent fury.

Still feeling unappeased, he grabbed an unfortunate alien beast and unleashed a barrage of attacks.

This unknown alien beast was naturally not to be trifled with; it seemed to say, 'You couldn't bully the two-legged beast, so you're bullying me, right?' The two beasts began to fight.

Lin Ye was recovering his Star Power.

He had used too much Star Power to escape earlier, and now he had less than forty percent left.

Fortunately, his recovery speed was fast; in less than ten minutes, he had fully recovered his massive Star Power.

The perfected Star Child and the masterful Gas Source Flow.

These allowed him to possess nearly a hundred times more Star Power than a normal Fourth-Order practitioner.

His recovery speed also left ordinary Fourth-Order practitioners light years behind.

After recovering, he began to consider his next steps.

His luck was bad this time, encountering two BOSS-level Seventh-Order beings consecutively, and his teammates were eliminated early. Even if he tried his best to survive for five full days, he wasn't confident about qualifying.

Alas, he was still too weak.

If he were Sixth-Order, he could beat the Glutton's guts out.

Star Power, Star Power, always Star Power.

Star Power level was too important.

Because of his perfected Energy Diagram, combined with Star Child and Gas Source Flow, he cultivated very quickly. He was now at the peak of Fourth-Order, and his strength already surpassed Chen Ou.

He hoped to break through to Fifth-Order soon.

With Fifth-Order strength, he might even be able to contend with those dominant combatants.

Although he might still be weaker than them, he probably needed to reach Fifth-Order peak to truly rival them.

With nothing else to do, Lin Ye thoroughly investigated the surroundings to prepare for any potential crises.

He remained hidden like this for over two days, and on the third day, a special situation finally occurred.

"It's the Takamagahara team and the Alpha team," Lin Ye said with interest.

These two teams had also suffered significant casualties; even working together, they had fewer than three members left.

Lin Ye primarily focused on the Takamagahara team because they had two members still alive.

If they were allowed to continue surviving, wouldn't their Prosperity points surpass theirs?

In the eight-to-four elimination, barring any accidents, the top three teams with dominant combatants would easily secure their spots.

The remaining one spot would be contested by the other five teams.

Naturally, if he could play dirty, he would.

Moreover, if asked which country Xia Guo disliked the most, almost everyone would choose Yamato.

Lin Ye was no exception.

These two had survived for three days; they could not be allowed to continue.

He quietly snuck to the hiding place of the alien beast that had fought the Glutton a few days ago.

This was a very special type of Life, an elemental Life.

It stood three meters tall, its entire body composed of a green tornado, resembling a humanoid but without facial features or lower limbs.

Elemental Life was very peculiar, a darling of the elements, with terrifying combat power. In terms of challenge level, it was even higher than the Glutton, but because it was countered, it suffered a significant loss in its last fight with the Glutton.

It was still extremely frustrated.

The forms of elemental Life after birth were diverse, so they were uniformly named according to 'Child of Element'.

This wind-attributed one was the Child of Storm.

Lin Ye planned his escape route, then launched a Vacuum Wave directly at the Child of Storm's face.

The Child of Storm instantly erupted, unleashing terrifying speed, and the surrounding area was engulfed in a fierce gale.

Lin Ye teleported to dodge and activated Starlight Miles to flee.

So fast, the Child of Storm was too fast.

In just an instant, Lin Ye was caught. The Child of Storm's arm transformed into a terrifying storm vortex, attempting to tear Lin Ye apart.

Lin Ye teleported to dodge.

Several wind blades pursued him.

Teleport.

After a period of evasion, Lin Ye, with his Star Eyes activated, finally saw his neighbors and friends.

Good brothers, I'm leaving this to you, Ganbaru.

He used Escape Void, completely disappearing.

The Child of Storm controlled the storm, searching everywhere, but couldn't find the two-legged beast that had provoked him.

Alright, alright, if I can't deal with him, I'll take it out on his kin.

The three friends looked utterly bewildered.

A furious elemental Life suddenly charged out?

Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck.

They tried to run, but the Child of Storm was too fast.

Lin Ye sought out the Child of Storm precisely to leave no survivors.

He didn't trust other alien beasts as much.

As expected.

The three were eliminated by the Child of Storm.

Lin Ye, observing from the shadows, nodded in satisfaction. As expected of the beast he favored, it handled things efficiently.

He quietly moved away from the crime scene.

The Child of Storm was still fuming, so it was better to stay far away.

The Dark Abyss was truly dangerous.

Although the density of alien beasts wasn't high, their strength was incredibly formidable.

While searching for a hiding place, Lin Ye even discovered a sleeping Eighth-Order alien beast.

He didn't even dare to breathe.

Fortunately, he didn't disturb it.

He found a good hiding spot and endured the final two days.

When the competition ended and the Star Gate teleported him back, he finally relaxed completely.

Only three left?

Lin Ye was a little surprised.

Only Zhang Tianci, himself, and Ilich remained.

"Lin Ye," Zhang Tianci greeted him, the bigFat Man (fatty) filled with surprise.

"Zhang Tianci," Lin Ye knew Zhang Tianci. The Xia Guo teams participating in the World Competition had interacted with each other.

Due to his Glutton profession, Zhang Tianci was 1.8 meters tall, but also 1.8 meters wide, making him look like a sphere.

This was a special characteristic of the Glutton: they could store energy and special substances in their enhanced fat, significantly increasing their strength, defense, and stamina, and also manipulate the stored substances to form protective armor.

Zhang Tianci's body fat was all formed from ingested special materials, providing top-tier enhancements to strength, defense, and stamina. Once his armor was formed, it was virtually impenetrable.

"You actually survived until the end, that's impressive," Zhang Tianci said with a chuckle, his eyes narrowed.

His narrowed eyes weren't a sign of looking down on anyone; it was mainly because he had too much fat.

"Not at all, I just relied on teleportation to escape," Lin Ye said modestly.

Ilich wasn't familiar with them and didn't join the conversation.

After the Star Gate was ready, the staff led the three back to Blue Star.

His teammates and Prosperity's logistics team enthusiastically welcomed them.

"How many points do we have?" Lin Ye asked.

"Hey, don't worry, the statistics were just compiled as soon as it ended, we're fourth!" Zhao Wenlong beamed, delighted that they had made it into the top four of the World Competition.

This was an unprecedented achievement in Prosperity's history.

Lin Ye's hanging heart finally settled.

Prosperity had reached their absolute limit of what they could do; going further would only depend on luck.

The top three teams were not ones they could challenge.

If Lin Ye reached Fifth-Order peak, he might be able to contend, but for now, he was far from it.