144: Chapter 144 The Bait, the Fish Took the Bait

Xia Jin glanced at the number '15' on his token. Without a hint of attachment, he flicked his finger.

The token flashed slightly, and several points of light drifted out, merging into the tokens of Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman beside him.

"Benefactor Xia, what are you doing…?" Venerable Miaodi saw Xia Jin's actions, then looked down at his token, which now displayed the number '3', a flash of astonishment crossing his eyes.

The Grey-robed Swordsman also noticed the change on his own token and looked at Xia Jin with equal confusion.

"Don't overthink it!!" Xia Jin glanced at their reactions and said indifferently, "Since this Prince has promised to lead you both to sweep the top three spots, I will naturally keep my word. These points will definitely be shared with you!"

As he spoke, he changed the subject, a hint of calculation flashing in his eyes.

"If you don't have any points on you, how can you act as bait later? You have to let the fish believe there is bait to eat before you can catch them all in one net."

Although the latter half of his words sounded a bit harsh, Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman did not find anything wrong with it.

The two looked at each other, seeing gratitude in each other's eyes, and nodded at Xia Jin.

Over the next two days, under Xia Jin's leadership, they frantically harvested points.

The overwhelming strength Xia Jin displayed made Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman completely acknowledge his status.

Two days later, the number on the token at Xia Jin's waist had exceeded one hundred, while Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman's points had reached fifty.

However, Xia Jin was still not satisfied in the slightest, and his expression was even a bit grim.

"For two whole days, the area we have hunted and cleared is not small, but… we haven't encountered anyone from other continents even once. Just how big is this ancient battlefield?"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Miaodi pressed his palms together, a trace of solemnity appearing between his brows.

A sharp light flashed in Xia Jin's eyes: "Relying solely on hunting to gain points is too slow. If teams from other continents also have their own methods of accumulating points, or have even started plundering points from other teams, I'm afraid we might not be able to secure the top three spots."

After pondering for a moment, he made a decision: "We cannot go on like this. We only have one day left. On this day, we won't do anything else, just one thing—find people!"

Venerable Miaodi and his companion naturally would not refuse Xia Jin's words.

Soon, Xia Jin concealed his aura and directed Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman to head in one direction, while he followed slowly behind.

Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman made no attempt to conceal their presence, fully releasing their auras to attract those teams from other continents.

This method proved effective.

One hour later, while flying over an area of craggy, strange rocks, Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman stopped simultaneously.

They had already sensed four powerful auras in the distance, rapidly approaching them from different directions!

"It seems Brother Xia's method worked! Those people really came!" The Grey-robed Swordsman looked at Venerable Miaodi beside him and said with a solemn expression.

"Amitabha! We must be careful later. Although Benefactor Xia is nearby, these people are also experts from various continents, and their strength is no weaker than yours or mine!" Venerable Miaodi was also extremely cautious.

A dozen breaths later, the sound of air being torn apart rang out, and four figures appeared simultaneously, surrounding the two in the center.

The clothing worn by these four people clearly indicated they were all from the Qinglan Continent.

While the opponents were sizing them up, Venerable Miaodi and his companion were also observing the four who had suddenly appeared.

A child, appearing to be seven or eight years old, was wearing a red bellyband and sitting barefoot on the shoulders of a giant man, playing with a string of skull prayer beads in his hands while wearing an innocent smile on his face.

The other two were a pair of short, fat men who looked almost identical. They were both wearing wide, earthy-yellow robes with round faces and small eyes, looking at Venerable Miaodi and his companion with a hint of ruthlessness flashing in their eyes from time to time.

"Hehe, good luck. I didn't expect to encounter two fat sheep right near the end." The child sitting on the giant's shoulder spoke with a smile.

His gaze immediately locked onto the tokens at the waists of Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman, and when he saw the number '50', the greed in his eyes was undisguised.

The Grey-robed Swordsman looked at the four people surrounding him, feigning a grim expression: "Everyone, what is the meaning of this??"

"What is the meaning of this?" The child toyed with the skull prayer beads in his hand and smiled, "Hand over your tokens obediently. If I am in a good mood, I might spare your lives."

"Amitabha." Venerable Miaodi pressed his palms together, looking at them with some trepidation, "Benefactors, your greed is intense; I fear you will fall into the Avici Hell."

"Elder Tong, why waste words with them!" The short, fat figure on the left said impatiently, shouting, "Just slaughter them and take the tokens!"

Elder Tong waved his hand, his small face revealing a calculation: "Big Fatty, what's the rush? I recall that there were three people from the Dongxuan Continent who entered this time."

"If we just slaughter these two, the points in their tokens will naturally be ours. But what about the remaining guy? Wouldn't the points on him be wasted?"

"Keep these two alive, lure the remaining one out, and the points of all three of them will be ours. This is called… catching them all in one net."

After speaking, Elder Tong smiled even more innocently.

Under his signal, Big Fatty gave a sinister look to the figure beside him: "Second Fatty, let's attack together! Take them down, but don't kill them!"

"Alright, Brother!" Second Fatty nodded, and the two moved almost simultaneously.

Despite their short, fat stature, their movements were shockingly fast, like two rolling meat balls, pouncing toward Venerable Miaodi and the Grey-robed Swordsman from the left and right.

"These bastards! Do they really think we are made of clay!" The Grey-robed Swordsman shouted angrily, and the rusty iron sword in his arms suddenly unsheathed!

Two streaks of Sword Qi tore through the air, slashing directly toward the pouncing Big Fatty and Second Fatty.

However, a bizarre scene occurred next.

Just as the Sword Qi was about to touch their bodies, the space around them seemed to twist slightly, as if a powerful force field had appeared.

The trajectories of those two streaks of Sword Qi were bizarrely deflected!

They flew past the edges of their clothes, silently slicing two large boulders not far behind them into two halves.