15: Chapter 15 I not only steal points, but also equipment.

"Attack! Don't give him a chance to draw his blade!"

The leader, a man with short axes, roared and made the first move.

After all, he was a first-tier beginner martial artist. He stomped his feet hard against the ground, and the two short axes in his hands traced two intersecting arcs of cold light in the air, aimed directly at Lin Yuan's shoulders.

This move was vicious to the extreme. If it landed, even if Lin Yuan's arms weren't crippled, they would be severely damaged.

The remaining four lackeys also circled in a fan formation, brandishing steel pipes and daggers, clearly intending to hack Lin Yuan to pieces.

Facing this overwhelming onslaught, Lin Yuan stood where he was without even blinking.

"Too slow."

Lin Yuan softly spat out the two words.

Lin Yuan stepped forward!

This single step put him right into the blind spot of the short-axe man's attack.

Immediately after, Lin Yuan raised his right hand. He simply mobilized the terrifying blood energy within his body...

Whoosh!

He slapped out!

Striking after, but arriving first!

Slap!!!

A massive force erupted instantly. The short-axe man didn't even have time to scream; his entire face twisted and collapsed instantly, and several bloody teeth mixed with saliva sprayed out.

Boom!

The short-axe man slammed heavily into a load-bearing pillar, his eyes rolling back as he fainted on the spot.

The remaining four lackeys, who had been charging aggressively, froze in unison.

They held their weapons high, looking at their boss who was dead or alive, and then at Lin Yuan, who remained in his slapping pose with a calm expression. Their eyeballs were about to pop out.

This... this damn thing was just a slap?

"Why did you stop?"

"Continue. Didn't you want to break my legs?"

The four of them gulped, their legs starting to tremble uncontrollably.

F-grade talent? Trash?

To hell with that intel! What kind of F-grade can slap a first-tier martial artist away? This is clearly an ancient ferocious beast wearing human skin!

"Run! Run quickly!!"

One of them finally broke down, dropped his steel pipe, and turned to run.

"Now that you're here, what's the rush?"

Fleeting Shadow Trail!

Swish!

His figure vanished into thin air.

The next second, the fleeing student felt his neck tighten, and then he was slammed ruthlessly into the ground.

Bang!

The ground shook. He felt as if every bone in his body was about to fall apart.

Immediately after, Lin Yuan was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Ten seconds. Just ten seconds later.

The originally arrogant five-man scavenger team was now lying neatly on the ground, either clutching their legs and wailing or twitching while holding their stomachs; not a single one could stand.

"Just now, you said, what was it you wanted me to hand over?"

The short-axe man trembled all over and hurriedly raised his left hand: "Points! I'll give them! I'll give them all! Take my wristband and scan it!"

"That's more like it."

Lin Yuan didn't stand on ceremony. He took his own wristband and scanned the short-axe man's wristband.

Beep! Plunder successful! Points obtained: 280 (half of the opponent's total of 560).

"Oh, that's a decent amount of points." Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised. "Looks like you guys haven't robbed few people."

These five were clearly repeat offenders who had been robbing people along the way, but they hadn't expected to fall into Lin Yuan's hands at the end.

Lin Yuan scanned the other four people's wristbands one by one, and several hundred more points were added to his account.

But it wasn't over yet. Lin Yuan's gaze fell on the short-axe man's arms, where a pair of silver-gray metal armguards were worn, expertly crafted.

"These armguards are made of C-grade alloy, right? The defense is pretty good." Lin Yuan rubbed his chin. "I'll take them."

"Ah?" The short-axe man was stunned. "This... this is something I borrowed from my family..."

"Take them off." Lin Yuan applied a little pressure with his foot.

"Take them off! I'll take them off!" The short-axe man was in so much pain he bared his teeth, and hurriedly took off the armguards and handed them to Lin Yuan.

"Are those Wind-Chasing Boots? I've been wanting to buy this brand for a long time. It just so happens my shoes are dirty. Take them off."

"And you, that tactical vest is quite bulletproof. Take it off."

"You, the material of your pants is good, wear-resistant. Take them off."

The five quasi-martial artists, who had originally been armed to the teeth, were now left with only their underwear, shivering in the cold wind of the ruins.

"Although they're second-hand, they can still be sold for a good price after a wash."

Lin Yuan looked at the five shivering unlucky souls and waved his hand:

"Alright, stop crying. Leaving you your underwear is already my greatest act of mercy. After all, this is being broadcast live, so one must be mindful of the impact."

At this moment, the military base plaza was in complete uproar.

Originally, the director was still rotating between the battle footage of various geniuses, but just now, intense energy fluctuations were detected in Ruins No. 09, so the director subconsciously cut to that feed.

Consequently, the tens of thousands of spectators in the audience, including military bigwigs, school principals, and even citizens watching the live stream online, all witnessed this jaw-dropping scene—

A teenager in a school uniform, like a bully, stripped five burly men down to their underwear, then counted his spoils of war as if nothing had happened and walked away.

"Holy crap!! Who is that ruthless guy?!"

"Is this really an exam? This is basically shopping!"

"Too brutal! Too shameless! But I love it!"

"Is that Lin Yuan from Jianghai No. 3 High School? Didn't they say he was an F-grade piece of trash? You call slapping a first-tier martial artist away 'trash'???"

On the podium, Captain Qin Hu looked at the familiar back on the screen, and the cigar at the corner of his mouth was about to fall off from laughing.

"This kid..." Captain Qin Hu shook his head, his eyes full of admiration. "Ruthless enough, greedy enough, shameless enough. This personality is simply born for the battlefield."

Even the stern Commander Lei Dong had the corners of his mouth twitching, and it took him a while to squeeze out a sentence:

"Add this candidate to the priority watch list. Also... notify the logistics department to prepare a few sets of clothes and send them in. Don't let those five streakers embarrass the joint exam."

Lin Yuan didn't know how much of a sensation he had caused on the outside.

He found a quiet place, tidied up the looted equipment a little, and then looked at the point leaderboard on his wrist.

That "robbery" just now had earned him nearly a thousand points!

【Real-time Point Leaderboard】

NO.1 Lin Yuan (Jianghai No. 3 High School) — Points: 1250

NO.2 Lei Potian (Jianghai No. 1 High School) — Points: 890

NO.3 Zhao Feiyan (Jianghai No. 1 High School) — Points: 650

"Already number one?"

Lin Yuan looked at the name high above and shook his head with a sense of boredom.

"Only a thousand-something points. It's still far from being a guaranteed first place. An S-grade like Lei Potian has a very fast point-farming speed; if I slack off even a little, I'll be overtaken."

Lin Yuan closed the leaderboard and looked up, his gaze passing over the layers of ruins toward the central area of the city.

That was the core area of Abandoned City No. 09, and also the place with the strongest monsters and the highest points.

Similarly, it was also the default decisive battle circle for those top geniuses from No. 1 High and No. 2 High.

"Just robbing a few small fry doesn't yield much profit."

Lin Yuan touched the black moon battle blade on his back, a dangerous light flashing in his eyes:

"If I'm going to rob, I have to rob the big fish."

"I heard Lei Potian is the young master of the Lei family. The equipment on him should be worth more, right?"

Lin Yuan licked his lips, transformed into a blur, and charged straight toward the "rich district" in the center of the map.