61: Chapter 61 The Reaper Under the Waterfall

In the dense forest of a Level 3 Floating Island.

Soldier King Xu Haifeng was curled up inside the hollow of a giant tree, using broad leaves and vines to seal the entrance.

Before dark, out of a soldier's alertness to danger, he decisively abandoned staying in the ruins and retreated to the surrounding forest.

He tightened his sleeping bag, summoned his Challenger light screen, and checked the leaderboard.

The light screen flashed, and the data refreshed.

[ No. 1: Scott (USA) — Points: 388 ]

[ No. 2: Ivan (Russia) — Points: 206 ]

[ No. 3: Lin Ye (Great Xia) — Points: 194 ]

[ No. 4: Soldier King Xu Haifeng (Great Xia) — Points: 182 ]

Soldier King Xu Haifeng's brows twitched, and he was stunned.

Just this evening, Lin Ye was still in 9th place; how did he suddenly gain 100 points and force himself down to fourth place!

However, he didn't feel any jealousy in his heart.

It was a good thing for the entire country that Great Xia people could occupy two of the top five spots.

He was just feeling dejected.

"I've been working my butt off all day long!"

"Is this kid crazy? It's pitch black outside, and he's still grinding monsters?"

Soldier King Xu Haifeng shook his head and couldn't help but grumble:

"He's really damn hardworking, working overtime for his life in the middle of the night!"

"Sigh! Young people nowadays can't escape the fate of being workhorses no matter where they go!"

In his exclusive Great Xia Live Stream, netizens saw his frustrated and helpless expression, and the bullet comments immediately became lively.

[ Old Xu has broken down; a whole day of work for nothing! He's been backstabbed! And by one of his own people! ]

[ Old Xu will never guess in his life how Brother Eye got those points! ]

[ Soldier King Xu Haifeng: My third-place spot wasn't even warmed up yet; this young man doesn't play by the rules! ]

[ Brother Eye: Sorry Old Xu, I was just passing by; these points were picked up along the way. ]

[ Old Xu, just go to sleep; you can't out-grind that sneaky bastard! ]

The Great Xia side was having a merry time, while the overseas livestreams collectively broke down.

[ Island Nation: Baka! That cripple got lucky and picked up two corpses! ]

[ USA: Fuck! God is blind! That Great Xia person has no skill at all! ]

[ India: Great Xia people can only rely on these petty tricks! ]

...

Waterfall cave.

Lin Ye sat cross-legged at the cave entrance.

Through the gaps in the waterfall, the edge of the Water Pool below had completely turned into a slaughterhouse.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and severed limbs were scattered all over the ground.

To compete for the corpses of the Silver-Backed Mad Ape and the Armored Water Rhino, dozens of exotic beasts were killing each other in a frenzy.

Lin Ye instantly activated his Eye of Destiny.

In his field of vision, red halos were layered on top of each other below.

He keenly noticed that as the exotic beasts bit each other, several of the red light points were fading.

A Wind Spirit Wolf had half its neck bitten off, lying in the blood and twitching, the red halo on its body nearly extinguished.

Lin Ye picked up the crossbow beside him and loaded a bone-made wooden arrow into the groove.

He aimed and locked on with his left eye.

He pulled the trigger.

"Whoosh."

The wooden arrow shot out, precisely piercing the Wind Spirit Wolf's head.

The thing kicked its hind legs and was dead.

A notification popped up on the light screen.

[ Killed a medium-sized exotic beast, points +5 ]

Without any effort, the kill was in his hands.

"Good, good, good, I like this!"

Lin Ye loaded a second wooden arrow into the groove.

From this moment on, he transformed into a heartless finishing-move machine.

He specifically picked out the low-health exotic beasts that were missing limbs and had only one breath left.

"Whoosh!"

[ Killed a medium-sized exotic beast, points +5 ]

"Whoosh!"

[ Killed a small-sized exotic beast, points +2 ]

This group of exotic beasts were killing themselves working for free below, and in the end, they all became fish on Lin Ye's chopping block.

With every pull of the trigger, the numbers on the leaderboard began to jump frantically.

199 points.

209 points.

216 points.

237 points.

Lin Ye easily surpassed Ivan from Russia and directly occupied second place on the leaderboard.

The Great Xia Live Stream atmosphere immediately became heated.

[ Is this survival? This is literally hiding in the bushes in a MOBA game to steal kills! ]

[ Showing off against low-health enemies everywhere; Brother Eye: I'm a professional at bullying the weak! ]

[ I'm dying of laughter; the monsters are working below, and Brother Eye is collecting taxes from above! ]

[ Soldier King Xu Haifeng: Why is everyone else surviving, but you get to freeload! ]

[ I would call Brother Eye the K-Kill King of the Otherworldly Canyon! ]

The Great Xia audience felt completely relieved, and laughter erupted one after another outside the screens.

...

On the other side, in a building within the ruins.

Inside a compartment on the top floor, only a faint gleam of firelight was lit.

Outside the window, it was deathly silent, and occasionally, screams from other Challengers could be heard from the shadows of the ruins in the distance.

Liu Tingting wrapped herself in a coat, hiding in a corner and shivering.

Meanwhile, Zhao Mengmeng was covered in sweat, slowly moving a metal cabinet to block the door.

Her originally fair hands were covered in bloody abrasions.

During the day, the two used the positioning advantage in the building to kill a few Small Pale Ones together, both meeting the 20-point minimum requirement.

Zhao Mengmeng suggested at the time that they should quickly retreat from the ruins before it got dark.

But Liu Tingting was tempted by the double points and refused to leave, insisting on taking down a few more monsters.

As a result, they delayed and delayed, and by the time they wanted to retreat, it was already dark.

The two missed the best time to leave and were stuck in this building.

Zhao Mengmeng turned around and stared coldly at her teammate in the corner.

"If it weren't for you being greedy for those few points, we would have already returned to the forest to spend the night."

Facing the accusation, Liu Tingting didn't feel a shred of guilt; instead, she rolled her eyes.

"Blame me? How was I supposed to know the monsters would become like this after dark?"

She summoned the light screen nonchalantly.

Seeing the name ranked second on the leaderboard, Liu Tingting's eyes widened.

"Lin Ye? He actually rushed to second place! It's already night, and he's still killing monsters?"

Zhao Mengmeng closed her eyes, suppressing her anger:

"Just because he has the strength doesn't mean you do too."

Liu Tingting ignored her, staring fixedly at Lin Ye's two hundred-plus points, her eyes almost glowing green.

"If only I could team up with Lin Ye."

She straightened her back and spoke righteously:

"We are all Great Xia people; shouldn't he help me share some of the pressure?"

"Since he's so strong, he should just beat the monsters until they're crippled, let me get the finishing hits, and give all the points and food to me."

"If he pushes me onto the leaderboard, wouldn't Great Xia get an extra reward?"

Hearing this absurd statement, Zhao Mengmeng opened her eyes.

"Is your brain filled with water?"

She looked at Liu Tingting with the gaze one would use for a moron.

"The rule here is survival of the fittest; why should he accommodate a useless person who drags him down?"

The word "useless" hit Liu Tingting's sore spot, and she jumped up as if her tail had been stepped on.

Her face flushed red, and her voice was sharp.

"What do you know! I'm a girl!"

"He's a grown man, what's wrong with sharing a little bit of resources with me? Isn't it only natural for him to take care of me, a girl?"

"Why does he get to eat and drink well with so many points, while I have to suffer here?"

"If he dares to ignore my plight, when I get out, I'll write a post online and expose him to the whole internet!"

Zhao Mengmeng rolled her eyes and completely gave up the thought of communicating with such a weirdo.

The Great Xia Live Stream was set on fire, and the bullet comments were scrolling so fast they were blurring.

[ Damn! What kind of heaven-defying nonsense did I just hear! ]

[ Is this woman sick? Does she think everyone in the world is her father! ]

[ I'm a woman too, but I just want to rush into the screen and slap her twice! ]

[ Run, Mengmeng! You'll be screwed to death sooner or later if you stay with such a disaster! ]

[ Where are the Pale Species outside? Hurry up and come in to take this thing away, I'm begging you! ]

[ Can someone above directly revoke this person's citizenship! Don't let her embarrass us here anymore! ]

Liu Tingting raised her chin, wanting to continue her rant.

Just as she opened her mouth...

"Thump, thump, thump."

A dull sound of footsteps came from the corridor outside the door.

Liu Tingting's voice stopped abruptly, and her eyes looked at the door in terror.

Zhao Mengmeng gripped her dagger, holding her breath.