497: Chapter 497 The Di Chuan in a Hurry, the Holy Mountain Challenge Reopens!

In a corner of the starfield, on a star not too far from Li Fan, Han Luo, and the others.

Di Chuan and the four other contemporary prodigies of the Di Family were currently frowning deeply, exchanging silent glances, their faces filled with shock.

That's right.

They too had seen the situation on the leaderboard and learned of Li Fan's record-breaking feat.

Their original plan had been to help their youngest brother, Di Chuan, find Li Fan and settle the score.

But now,

seeing Li Fan's record-breaking point total,

the hearts of the several brothers couldn't help but waver somewhat.

"This Li Fan can actually break a Sacred Mountain record. It seems his strength shouldn't be lacking, and is most likely even above what we anticipated. Perhaps we should consider not provoking Li Fan for now, and focus on acquiring more points first."

After a long silence, one of Di Chuan's elder brothers spoke slowly, his expression slightly grave.

Upon hearing this,

the other three elder brothers also nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, for Li Fan to acquire 500,000 points so quickly and even break a record, his strength has likely undergone a tremendous change recently. There's no need for us to take the risk of provoking him."

"Forget it. Revenge can come at any time. Let's spare Li Fan for now and observe him for a while longer!"

"Hmm, shall we change direction for our hunting then?"

...

Listening to the words of his four elder brothers, Di Chuan on the side was growing extremely anxious.

Before the grand assembly began, he had heard all four brothers vow to help him get revenge.

Yet now, one by one, they were backing down.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you mustn't be fooled by this Li Fan! His talent is indeed good, enough to potentially break records, but his actual combat power right now absolutely can't be that impressive!"

"Think back. Li Fan's 600,000 points shot up almost instantly. Does that mean his strength could be stronger than Bai Chenfeng or even Uncle Yunfu? Obviously impossible!"

"Li Fan must have found a shortcut to quickly gain points. His strength definitely isn't much to speak of!"

"Just think about it. Less than half a year has passed since the Hunting Assembly began. In just half a year, even if Li Fan had a massive amount of resources poured into him and incredible talent, how strong could he possibly become?"

"In my opinion, we should press our advantage now. We mustn't be blinded by Li Fan's achievements. Let's take a gamble. We might just seize the over 100 million points he has on him!"

Di Chuan said with a face full of anxiety, continuously analyzing Li Fan's situation for his brothers.

As someone who had fought Li Fan, he believed he understood him.

He acknowledged Li Fan's high talent, but he absolutely refused to believe Li Fan could have grown that much stronger in such a short time.

And Di Chuan's words

did indeed make the others fall into thought, feeling somewhat enlightened.

Then, after pondering for a moment, the eldest brother was actually persuaded. He looked at Di Chuan and nodded,

"What you say does have some merit. Perhaps I was overthinking it!

It's only been half a year. In half a year, this Li Fan can't be too strong. Even at the absolute peak, he should only be at Domain Lord Tier Two at most. At that level, we can still handle him easily.

If our gamble is right, we really could pocket the over 100 million points he has!"

Seeing the eldest brother speak like this, the thinking of the other three brothers naturally began to shift in that direction as well.

Hearing about the over 100 million points, a glint even flashed in their eyes.

"Let's do it then!"

"Do it!"

"We took the same passage as that Li Fan. In theory, we shouldn't be too far apart..."

Soon,

the group regained their objective and prepared to continue searching for traces of Li Fan.

...

In the blink of an eye,

two days quietly passed.

During these two days, Li Fan basically spent his time leisurely slaughtering beasts with Han Luo and the others while snatching points from anyone they encountered. One could say he was slacking off quite a bit.

This caused the public outside who had been closely watching Li Fan to shift their gaze elsewhere.

It couldn't be helped.

Watching Li Fan slack off was rather boring.

Rather than watch Li Fan slack off, it was better to watch the battlefield of Bai Chenfeng, Qi Daotian, and the others on the other side.

These top-tier prodigies were still pushing for 500,000 points, wanting to become the second to open the Sacred Mountain Challenge and catch up to, or even surpass, Li Fan's points!

So they were basically going all out, slaughtering beasts and snatching points from other Contestants they met along the way. The spectacle was clearly far more exciting than Li Fan's side.

It must be said,

after two days of observation,

the combat power of top-tier prodigies like Bai Chenfeng and Qi Daotian was truly terrifying.

Now, the public's expectations for them were growing higher and higher.

Although the visual impact they delivered might not compare to the shock of Li Fan's earlier star-shattering punch and breaking the Extreme Realm of Strength,

the combat prowess they displayed genuinely gave the public the feeling that they too might break records, each exuding an aura of invincibility!

And it's worth noting that,

due to Li Fan's slacking off over the past two days and his slowed point accumulation, many prodigies became even more convinced that Li Fan's earlier rapid point gain wasn't purely due to strength, but rather a lucky, clever method.

Because of this, it wasn't just Di Chuan's group that now harbored thoughts of snatching Li Fan's points.

Even some other prodigies from the Hidden Family had begun to entertain such ideas.

This scene was truly both amusing and frustrating for the public with their god's-eye view.

Although they also didn't know why Li Fan seemed so unconcerned about gaining points these days, Li Fan truly had the strength!

If these other prodigies planned to go cause trouble for Li Fan, that idea was probably a rather poor one.

And just as the various prodigies across the starfield were going all out, slaughtering beasts and acquiring points,

a terrifying Daoist resonance suddenly boomed from the central Sacred Mountain Projection.

"The Sacred Mountain Challenge has opened!"

Instantly,

all the prodigies immediately opened the leaderboard, wanting to see which prodigy had opened the Sacred Mountain Challenge.

This time, it was no surprise to them.

This time, it was none other than the one they had the highest hopes for—Bai Chenfeng!

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