Published: February 19, 2025
A Single Strike of Destruction (Seeking Monthly Votes)
Seeing the three people approaching, Chen Chu paused in surprise, “Squad Leader, Lin Yu.”
Lin Xue, equally surprised to encounter Chen Chu, exclaimed, “Chen Chu, didn’t you just enter the mountains this morning? Why are you back so soon?”
Chen Chu smiled, “I had good luck today. I traveled a few hundred kilometers and ran into a fourth-level mutated beast, which I killed easily. But bringing it back was a bit of a hassle.”
“I spent almost half a day dragging the mutated beast's body back, and then I used my contributions to exchange for a few anti-gravity disks. This way, it will be much easier for me next time.”
... He casually killed a fourth-level mutated beast. Lin Xue looked up at the sky, temporarily not wanting to talk to Chen Chu.
At this moment, Lin Yu gently smiled, “Chen Chu, let me introduce you. This is Lin Mei, a senior from the third year. Senior, this is my sister's classmate, Chen Chu.”
“... Lin Mei, the one ranked thirty-fifth on the genius ranking?” Chen Chu was surprised and turned to look at the smiling woman beside him.
This senior was around 1.8 meters tall, wearing battle boots, with a graceful figure and refined features. Especially her beautiful phoenix eyes, narrow and bright, made one want to take a second glance.
She was dressed in a stylish set of Extraordinary Battle Armor made primarily of small black scales, with mysterious patterns flowing on it, emanating a halo of black and gold.
Most importantly, when Chen Chu noticed her, he sensed a subtle yet heavy and terrifying aura emanating from her.
This senior is very strong! Chen Chu's gaze sharpened slightly.
Lin Mei smiled brightly, “I finally get to meet you in person! Chen Chu, you’re amazing! You just entered the Exotic Beast Battlefield for two days and you’ve already made it to the top thousand on the achievement ranking.”
Chen Chu humbly replied, “Not at all. My achievements are far behind yours, Senior.”
Lin Mei was not only on the third-year genius ranking, but her achievements were also in the top fifty. Although her cultivation was only at the late stage of four heavens, her combat power must have crossed into the fifth heaven.
However, since Chen Chu was not familiar with her, after greeting, he prepared to leave.
“Squad Leader, Lin Yu, Senior, I have some matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving. See you again.”
“Goodbye, Junior.”
As they watched Chen Chu leave, Lin Mei pondered, “It seems like this junior is heading down the mountain. He just got back and is preparing to enter the mountains again?”
Lin Xue nodded, “It should be for that purpose.”
“This guy seems steady on the surface, but he has a firm will and a spirit of adventure. He definitely wants to kill more mutated beasts to accumulate contribution points now that he’s here.”
“Xue, you seem to know this junior quite well,” Lin Mei said with a smile in her eyes.
“... What do you mean know? We are classmates, and it’s normal to know what his personality is like, isn’t it?” Lin Xue calmly explained.
Lin Mei smiled and nodded, “Yes, very normal.”
As for Lin Yu, he wore a gentle smile but did not say anything.
……
With a subsonic speed of two hundred meters per second, Chen Chu quickly crossed over five hundred kilometers and arrived at the vertical end of the Nine Ring Mountain Range before nightfall.
He stopped at the edge of a cliff.
On the opposite side was the even more dangerous Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
It spanned over two thousand kilometers deep and thousands of kilometers wide, located in the mid-late section of the Exotic Beast Battlefield.
This cliff acted like a dividing line, with mountains stretching across the horizon, canyons and ravines everywhere, and towering ancient trees that were hundreds of meters high, hiding countless mutated creatures.
Moreover, with the mist surrounding it and the fluctuations of the spatial magnetic field, even the Tianji Eye couldn’t monitor it.