“Three hundred thousand? Have they all gone crazy?”
Zhang Yaozu’s eyes widened when he heard the news.
Shi Tailang shrugged, “Coal Ball, keep your voice down. Yelling louder won’t help. I just spent a while asking around and finally understood: after the final test ranking is settled, the top ten rewards are incredibly generous. This inevitably led many to have ulterior motives.”
“Before, I said the first place in the final test might reach over 200,000 points. Now, it seems someone has already hit 300,000 before it even started! This is absolutely outrageous! These bastards are no different from those who game the system!”
“This is cheating! This is too unfair, won’t the officials do anything about it?” Zhang Yaozu frowned, feeling indignant.
Shi Tailang chuckled at his words, “Fair? Fairness is a fairy tale told by the strong to the weak! What do you mean by cheating? Background is also a part of strength! Anyone who can instantly produce 300,000 god and demon marrow certainly won't have a weak background! And this is just what we’ve heard so far; we don’t know the specifics yet. This struggle for the top ten on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings will definitely be a fierce and lively battle.”
“This is too unfair! These people are truly shameless! How is this any different from using hacks to cheat?” Zhang Yaozu said indignantly.
Fang Xin also clenched his fist and punched the air, “Exactly! Damn it! A final test turned into a cheating convention! Is there still law, is there still justice! Now it’s rumored someone can produce 300,000, but in reality, some might produce even more! How are others supposed to live like this!”
Seeing Fang Xin so angry, Zhang Yaozu quickly patted Fang Xin’s back, “Xin Ge, let’s not get angry. You have strength, and you can also use hacks in the God and Demon Ruins! The few of us will work together to ensure you get into the top ten. We can’t lose this spirit! We absolutely cannot lose to these bastards who cheat with hundreds of thousands of god and demon marrow before the exam even starts!”
Fang Xin cleared his throat unnaturally, but then he thought that Zhang Yaozu was scolding the bastards who took hundreds of thousands of god and demon marrow, which had nothing to do with him taking over ten million!
He had originally thought that having twelve million before the exam made him a bit suspicious of cheating and felt a little guilty. Now it seems everyone is cheating. Since it's a competition of cheating, then he, this old man, will have to show these cheating brats what real cheating is!
Jiang Xiaocha stood beside Fang Xin. After hearing these words, she turned her head and looked at Fang Xin expectantly.
She knew clearly that back in the God and Demon Ruins, Fang Xin’s spatial ring contained eight million god and demon marrow.
Seeing Fang Xin also angry, Jiang Xiaocha couldn't help but smile.
Although the matter of some people acquiring god and demon marrow in advance was exposed.
But no one ran to the officials to complain. Many people tacitly accepted this kind of thing. After all, those who were really competing were the ones at the top of the rankings. As for everyone else, they only needed to reach the designated passing line set by their respective families to officially start their jobs. So, to reach the passing line, they would more or less pull some small strings, and those above would turn a blind eye. If they didn't even have such small tricks, then what would be the point of trying to get ahead in the future?
Xiao Lu Jie walked over, “Everyone, prepare yourselves, we are about to enter the God and Demon Ruins!”
When a spatial vortex appeared in the distance, everyone rushed into it in sequence.
A sense of weightlessness swept through their bodies, and then their feet touched the ground.
Fang Xin looked at the surrounding mist. Many people had a natural sense of fear towards the God and Demon Ruins, but Fang Xin felt absolutely none of that.
With Situ Shenshu as his cheat, Fang Xin was still prepared to follow the old recipe: have Situ Shenshu’s former subordinates lead the team to scour for god and demon marrow.
Fang Xin glanced at the points ring distributed upon entry.
At this moment, the first-place holder had already deposited over thirty thousand god and demon marrow into it.
“Damn, are they not even pretending anymore?” Shi Tailang muttered as he looked at the rankings.
Li Bao’er puffed out her cheeks, eating something like a little rabbit. Seeing the first-place person playing like this, Li Bao’er didn't waste any words. She immediately stuffed all the god and demon marrow she had obtained in the God and Demon Ruins, as well as the god and demon marrow rewarded by the academy, into her points ring.
Immediately after, Li Bao’er’s points soared to over eighty thousand, directly skyrocketing her to first place.
The others looked at Li Bao’er, both amused and exasperated.
Li Bao’er’s thought process was always a bit different from normal people’s.
The team quickly moved forward.
Fang Xin lagged at the back of the team, with Jiang Xiaocha walking parallel to him, “Brother! Are those few million god and demon marrow you had still there?”
“Those few million are almost all gone,” Fang Xin said truthfully.
Jiang Xiaocha was stunned. A few million god and demon marrow were actually used up just like that. “Then the competition for the top spots on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings will definitely be fierce this time. You…”
“Those few million are used up, but it doesn’t affect me having over ten million again.”
Jiang Xiaocha stood rooted to the spot.
She knew Fang Xin couldn’t lie to her. She opened her mouth, but for a long time, she couldn’t decide what to say.
Others prepared hundreds of thousands in advance, and many considered that an astronomical figure.
Fang Xin, on the other hand, had prepared over ten million. Damn it, this time, those people were probably going to be outmatched.
“Then how much do you plan to put into the points ring at that time?”
Fang Xin thought for a moment, “That depends on the situation. I’d love to throw in over ten million and potentially rake in over fifty million, but that’s impossible. Even some major powers might not be able to produce fifty million god and demon marrow in one go. So, it really depends on how much these cheaters can bring out. The more they bring, the happier I’ll be!”
Outside the God and Demon Ruins.
A palace-shaped treasure floated in mid-air.
The leaders of various factions were all seated here.
Someone glanced at the Dragon-Tiger Rankings above, “How did Li Bao’er from the Ninth Division get over eighty thousand god and demon marrow as soon as she entered? Isn’t this cheating?”
Hearing this, many people looked towards the Ninth Division’s direction.
The person in charge from the Ninth Division this time was an unkempt young man. The young man only arrived after the final test began. After arriving, he was silent and taciturn, sitting there like a transparent person.
The young man had messy long hair, an ordinary appearance, and a pale complexion. He wore a tattered short-sleeved shirt with a stretched-out collar and pants stained with mud. On his feet were a pair of old cloth shoes with layered soles.
He sat in the chair, dozing off, looking as if he hadn't fully woken up.
Someone quietly asked, “Who is this?”
“Damn it! You don’t even know who this is? This person is Tai Shi Bo, the young killing god from the Ninth Division, whose combat power is second only to that white-haired Jie Liu Zi among the younger generation.”
“Why haven’t I seen him before?”
“It’s normal not to have an impression. Mainly, that white-haired one has been too prominent, but this one should not be underestimated either. As the saying goes, a biting dog doesn’t bark. Don’t let his quiet demeanor fool you; he’s ruthless. Much more so than that white-haired Jie Liu Zi. The white-haired one might smile and say a few good words to plead, leaving room for maneuver, but this one leaves no room for maneuver at all.”
“Before, near the border, there was a group of rather large bandits who burned, killed, plundered, raped, and abducted people in several villages there, causing many deaths. This person directly led people across the border and massacred that group of bandits and all their beneficiaries. Over forty thousand people, not a single living soul was left.”
“It’s normal that you haven’t seen him; precisely because of that incident, he was locked up to reflect and repent. He should have just been released not long ago.”
Tai Shi Bo dozed off, then his sleepy eyes looked towards the person who had just raised the question.
“What did you just say about the people from the Ninth Division?”