226: Chapter 226 The Sprout of Divine Sense

The mountain peak.

Morning light pierced through the clouds, spilling over Lin Yun.

Lin Yun sat cross-legged, thick cosmic energy swirling around him.

As the first ray of the morning sun fell upon his brow.

He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

Today was the final day of the Hunting Competition.

After the frantic hunting of the previous two days.

Whether it was the individual rankings or the prefecture rankings, he was already far ahead.

The name Lin Yun had long since resounded throughout the entire Minglu Planet.

If before.

The tales of him passing the Emperor Star test and his Heaven-Defying cultivation speed.

Were only spreading within the borders of Tianshui Prefecture.

Then now.

Every martial dao high school and every Martial Artist Family across the eight prefectures.

Was talking about this Heaven-Defying Genius from Tianshui Prefecture.

A legend who, in the guise of a sixth-grade Void Core (hidden strength), had single-handedly killed a late-stage third-order Yao Beast, leading the points by a massive gap.

Lin Yun stood up, gazing at the morning sun slowly rising in the distance.

Suddenly, he felt something quietly sprouting in the depths of his Soul.

It was a sensation even more profound than the Micro-Perception Realm.

Vague yet real.

Much like...

Much like the transparency and sharpness he felt back when his Micro-Perception Realm was not yet stable, and Shen Qingqiu used her Divine Thought to guide his perception of the energy flow.

Divine Thought?!

Lin Yun suddenly realized.

His Soul consciousness was actually transforming into Divine Thought!

Under the influence of the Ninth-Grade Void Core...

No, after reaching the ninth grade, his Void Core had consumed two more drops of martial dao golden core liquid.

The Void Core had been steadily progressing toward the Ten-Perfect Dao Pill.

His Soul consciousness had also grown stronger under the nourishment of the Void Core.

Now, it had finally reached the critical point of qualitative change and began to transform into Divine Thought.

Lin Yun soared into the air, heading straight for the heavens.

Ten thousand meters, twenty thousand meters...

He continued to ascend, passing through layers of clouds until he reached the high altitude where there was no air, yet he still didn't stop.

Finally, he stopped.

Looking down.

The entire panorama of Minglu Planet was laid out before his eyes.

The blue planet slowly rotated in the darkness.

In the distance, the star emitted a scorching radiance.

Further away, the spaceport hung quietly in suspension, with ships occasionally entering and leaving.

Looking at all this, an indescribable feeling welled up in Lin Yun's heart.

Small, yet grand.

After a long time, he finally flew back down.

...

The Monster Continent was too vast.

In these two days, Lin Yun hadn't encountered a single other contestant.

Although the officials strictly controlled the number of Yao Beasts killed each year to ensure sustainable resources.

But even though Lin Yun had scoured more than half of the Monster Continent over these two days, he still hadn't encountered a single Third-Stage Perfection Yao Beast.

He did, however, run into two late-stage third-order Yao Beasts.

Lin Yun didn't reveal his full strength, still suppressing it at the sixth-grade Void Core Realm.

With the precise control of the Micro-Perception Realm and his mystic grade mid-tier Perfection Combat Techniques, he easily dealt with them.

Gaining 200 points all at once.

After landing, Lin Yun released his aura and flew freely.

This was the fastest method he had discovered over the last two days to find Yao Beasts at Second-Stage Perfection or above.

Low-tier Yao Beasts would freeze in terror upon sensing his aura, not daring to move.

But Yao Beasts at Second-Stage Perfection or above would sense danger and immediately flee.

As soon as they moved, Lin Yun would detect them.

Then he would execute the "Phantom Shadow Evasion" to easily catch up and kill them.

As he was flying, the familiar cry of a deer came from ahead.

Lin Yun was overjoyed.

Ming Deer always moved in herds and were numerous.

In these two days, the creatures he had encountered most were Ming Deer.

This was also the result of intentional human control—allowing them to breed and then hunting them.

The Ming Deer were simply no match for Lin Yun's speed.

A few minutes later, it was done.

Two early-stage third-order, and forty-five Second-Stage Perfection.

105 points obtained.

...

His points were already far ahead.

Lin Yun suddenly remembered something...

He had promised to catch a pretty little Yao Beast for Feifei, but he hadn't caught one yet.

He slowed down and began to search.

His points were still rising.

But he hadn't seen any pretty, small Yao Beasts.

Yao Beasts were generally very large.

Lin Yun had encountered a "small" kitten, and even it was half a meter tall.

How was he supposed to catch that?

After dealing with another large Yao Beast, Lin Yun glanced casually into the distance.

On the cliff, there was a small clump of white.

He looked closely.

A Moon Velvet Spirit Mink!

Pure white and fluffy, about the size of a palm, it was huddled in a hollow in the cliff wall, looking around warily.

Lin Yun was delighted and flew straight toward it!

Seeing him, the Moon Velvet Spirit Mink was so frightened that it turned and scurried into a small hole!

Without a word, Lin Yun immediately unleashed the Gale Shadowless Sword!

The sword light was like the wind, slicing through the rock as if it were tofu!

He locked onto the Moon Velvet Spirit Mink's aura and pursued it rapidly!

...

On Guanyao Island, countless people stared at the holographic images.

There was one screen specifically tracking Lin Yun.

After all, he was the biggest dark horse of this competition and the most watched contestant.

Seeing him chasing a little mink into a hole, the tourists burst into laughter.

"Haha, even geniuses like cute things!"

"So cute, chasing a little thing like that!"

"Wow, I really want to raise a Moon Velvet Spirit Mink!"

The eyes of many female tourists lit up.

"Lin Yun! Go for it! Catch it!"

"Aaaah, he's so cute!"

Qiao Feifei also cried out with a look of infatuation:

"Husband~ Go for it!"

Su Yingxue:

"Don't worry, Husband is so powerful, he'll definitely catch it."

...

After chasing it for over a thousand meters, Lin Yun finally caught the Moon Velvet Spirit Mink.

The little fellow was held in his palm, a fluffy little ball that felt wonderful to the touch.

But it remained motionless, eyes tightly shut, with its tongue even sticking out.

Playing dead.

Lin Yun looked at it and suddenly said:

"Huh~ Why isn't it moving? Could it be dead? That's perfect then, I'll just roast and eat it."

As soon as he spoke, the Moon Velvet Spirit Mink instantly panicked.

It snapped its eyes open and let out a "squeak-squeak" cry.

Its little head rubbed rapidly against Lin Yun's palm.

Its eyes were full of pleading; there wasn't a trace of it playing dead anymore.

Lin Yun laughed:

"Oh? So you're not dead, you were acting quite well."

He flicked its head a few times:

"Follow me from now on, I'll take you to meet a little girl who likes you."

The Moon Velvet Spirit Mink seemed to understand his words and hurriedly nodded its little head.

Its little tail wagged gently, making it look even more well-behaved.

Lin Yun placed it on his shoulder, and the little fellow lay there obediently, not daring to move.

...

Lin Yun observed his surroundings.

This was a karst cave, with the hole he had burrowed through right next to it.

He tapped the school badge on his chest.

The light came on.

This specially made school badge was also one of the items issued, capable of real-time image transmission and providing illumination.

The karst cave was huge and looked magnificent under the light.

Stalactites stood in clusters, stalagmites hung suspended, crystal clear and multicolored.

Lin Yun was mesmerized by the sight.

Since he was already far ahead, he planned to take a stroll along the karst cave.

...

On Guanyao Island, the Governor of Minglu Planet grew anxious:

"What are you strolling for? What's so good about a cave? Old Yang, call him out quickly, tell him to hurry up and hunt Yao Beasts!"

As Principal Yang Qi was about to take out his Communicator, a cough came from beside him.

The Imperial Star Instructor said slowly:

"Contestants have the right to act freely; you cannot interfere."

The Governor glared:

"Don't listen to him! What does he know!"

The Instructor continued unhurriedly:

"The number of kills by the students this time is too high."

The Governor was stunned:

"Is it high? Where is it high? It's not high at all!"

The Instructor looked at him:

"If you really let Lin Yun continue hunting, once the Emperor Star sees the hunting data this time, do you think the subsequent share quotas will still be as relaxed as they are now?"

The Governor fell silent.

After a good while, he muttered:

"Surely not... it's just this once... would the Emperor Star... really be that serious about it?"

The Instructor said indifferently:

"One time equals ten years of share quotas."

The Governor:

"In ten years, Lin Yun will have broken through long ago."

The Instructor just looked at him, only speaking after a while:

"Fine then, you call him out to continue."

Principal Yang Qi: "Then I..."

The Governor coughed:

"Forget it, forget it. The contestant is acting freely; why should we care so much?"