Chapter 498: Chapter 262: Battle for Points

’Since that was just called the first stage, there must be a second and third stage to follow.’

Lu Cang had originally planned to level up his Warrior profession after completing his Death Priest profession.

He had even already prepared a Dungeon to Sacrifice for it.

He had planned to go and uphold the tenets of a Warrior after leveling up.

However, An Su’s appearance had disrupted Lu Cang’s original plans.

Otherwise, he would already be a Level 5 Warrior by now.

Lu Cang was even more surprised that he would have to fight other people so soon.

’I really can’t guess what its next move will be.’

’Winning lets you take other people’s points.’

’I wonder what use these points will have later on.’

’It seems everyone has already claimed the first round of rewards, which means the points have already served one purpose.’

’Apparently, this rule also suggests the points will have some greater use later on.’

’Hmm... that’s the logical conclusion.’

’But since it acts chaotically, it won’t necessarily follow logic, so it’s really hard to say what might happen.’

’What if the purpose of these points really is just something it came up with on a whim?’

’What if, in reality, the only final purpose of these points is to look good?’

’An unpredictable entity is the most troublesome.’

At this very moment, the faces of everyone present were revealed.

’Among the fourteen people here, including myself, ten are complete strangers.’

Aigemisa’s body pulsed.

Although its appearance hadn’t changed, Lu Cang vaguely sensed that this thing seemed to have swapped its inside and outside, as if it had flipped its inner layer of mist to the exterior.

It spoke again. "However, the phase where people are eliminated isn’t during the challenges."

"It’s afterward."

"Those who fail in these challenges will only lose their points."

It let out a sinister chuckle. "All of you here are someone’s Inheritor."

"I imagine you all will have the chance to meet again in the real world soon enough."

Within Aigemisa’s black mist, finger-like shapes intertwined.

"For the next little while, I’ll leave things to you."

"You may all communicate freely. If you’re impatient to challenge someone, you can point them out to me by name."

"Oh, and you only get one chance to challenge. After all, there’s no penalty for doing so. If you were to endlessly challenge the same person, it would be a nuisance for them."

After saying this, Aigemisa’s presence gradually faded.

It eventually turned into a formless gray mist and vanished from everyone’s sight.

Everyone soon realized that the focus was no longer on Aigemisa, but on them.

Lu Cang’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He subtly activated his "Divine Level Unsolvable Mystery" a little more.

At this very moment, Lu Cang still had the highest score, but no one could remember his name anymore.

Even Yelieya and Rhine, who had known Lu Cang’s name before, had now forgotten it.

The Inheritors of the various Divine Spirits on the field all glanced at each other.

But no one broke the silence.

Rhine looked from side to side, only to find that everyone’s gazes had, by unspoken agreement, converged on him.

Rhine’s mouth twitched.

Although his personality was quite lively, the current atmosphere was clearly not a cheerful one.

All eyes were on him.

Rhine could only scratch his head in resignation and take two steps forward.

"Uh, hello everyone? I’m Rhine, from the Lucky Church..."

Rhine was the first to step forward.

But before he could finish speaking, he saw Xie Chen, who was ranked thirteenth in points, pointing at him.

"I challenge you."

"Aigemisa, I want to challenge this guy. That should be fine, right?"

A faint thought emanated from Aigemisa’s gray shadow: "Tell me the specific name."

Xie Chen crossed his arms and said arrogantly, "The one I challenge is Rhine!"

A faint thought came from the gray shadow: "Mm, Rhine, you have been challenged."

"Huh?!"

The corners of Rhine’s eyes and mouth both twitched.

"Dude, we don’t have any beef with each other, do we?"

Xie Chen stretched his arms, showing off his well-toned muscles.

"What are you talking about, grudges? I just want to fight!"

"You look like the strongest one here! So I’m going to fight you!"

Rhine sighed.

’How do I look like the strongest one here?’

’There’s something wrong with your judgment.’

’The high scores here have nothing to do with strength, right?’

Rhine said, "You saw it yourself, my score was boosted."

VMMMM—

However, Rhine was given no chance to explain.

The field began to stretch, and the once-small plaza transformed into a magnificent battlefield as vast as a city.

Between heaven and earth, a faint curtain of light formed.

Outside the curtain of light, Lu Cang and the others stood floating in the air, looking down on the battle from above.

Aigemisa’s voice echoed from all around.

"The challenge has begun."

Lu Cang looked down at the two men below.

’There’s even a battlefield and spectator seats?’

’How interesting.’

’I wonder what the true strength of these people is really like.’

’Especially Rhine.’

’In all those simulations, I’ve never actually seen Rhine’s true strength.’

’I really have no idea how he fights.’

"Sigh."

"I’m really not good at fighting," Rhine sighed.

BANG!

An explosive shockwave erupted from where Xie Chen stood!

And the next second, Rhine was hit by a punch!

A straight punch landed squarely on Rhine’s face!

BOOM—

Rhine shot backward like a spinning top, spiraling into the distance!

"I surrender!"

SWISH!

Just as Xie Chen chased after the flying Rhine, preparing to follow up with a stormy barrage of attacks—

Rhine surrendered!

BOOM!

His pursuing fist smashed down!

However, a black mist spread out and enveloped his descending fist.

RUMBLE—

In the distance, a massive crater suddenly appeared in the ground.

The earth cracked, the fissures stretching for dozens of kilometers.

"The battle is over."

"Xie Chen, you win."

"These two hundred million, two thousand, five hundred points are now yours."

SWOOSH!

Rhine’s point total above his head was wiped clean, instantly transferring to Xie Chen.

Rhine touched his face...

"Hiss—"

"Ow, that really hurt."

Looking at Rhine, who was acting as if nothing had happened, Xie Chen asked in a cold voice, "Why didn’t you fight back?"

"Why would I fight back when I can’t beat you?"

Xie Chen’s voice was tinged with anger. "You don’t fight back because you can’t win? What kind of logic is that! If I were trying to kill you, would you just stand there and let me do it?"

Rhine’s tone was clearly helpless. "I surrendered precisely because I was afraid you’d kill me."

Xie Chen was furious. "Why won’t you fight!"

"I’m not good at fighting, so how am I supposed to fight..."

Xie Chen: "How can you be born into this world and not be good at fighting!"

Rhine: "Why does being born into this world mean you have to know how to fight? There are always people who aren’t good at it..."

’It’s impossible to reason with this guy.’

However, Lu Cang, watching from the sky, actually found what Xie Chen said to be quite reasonable.

’If this were my past life, fine.’

’But this world is overrun with Demons, and Rhine is an Inheritor of a Divine Spirit.’

’Saying you can’t fight here is like saying you can’t do arithmetic at a Mathematics Olympiad.’

’It makes no sense...’

But no matter how the two argued, the final result was that Rhine had lost, forfeiting all of his points.

But just as this challenge ended, another voice came from the sky.

"Aigemisa, I want to challenge him."

"Challenge the one named Xie Chen."

Lu Cang followed the voice and saw that it was Yelieya speaking.

’Oh~’

’Looks like the disputes have begun.’

’Surely they’ll actually fight this time, right?’

’Let’s see what their strength is really like, and I can also gauge the gap between myself and them.’

Yelieya appeared in the center of the battlefield, and before Xie Chen could even speak—

a golden light exploded right before his eyes, and his entire body was instantly engulfed in blazing golden Holy Flame.

The blade’s light cut through Xie Chen’s seemingly indestructible body as easily as cutting through tofu!

This slash was incredibly fast!

It was not only fast but also so devastatingly sharp that it was impossible to block!

All anyone saw was the look of astonishment in his eyes and the fleeting gleam of Yelieya’s blade as she passed by, slicing straight through him!

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