End of the first round
Day four of the tournament.
The trio managed to find a bunch of herbs containing 'fire' elements.
So, their harvest was quite decent and they earned 500 points.
The days passed on. They would be lucky someday and unlucky the next.
Just like that, the end of the first round was coming closer, and the disciples were getting desperate.
***
Day 9 of the tournament.
The trio had managed to gather a total of 5500 points.
They were going on business as usual. However, they came across a team that tried to steal herbs from them. The trio made quick work of them.
It was happening all over the forest.
Instead of searching for the herbs, more than half of the disciples had decided to rob others.
Chaos was ensuing everywhere.
***
The trio held a meeting to discuss their further actions.
Grim voiced his opinion first.
"Why don't we rob others too?"
But, both Gu Lan and Ren Dan objected to the idea.
Then, Grim gave a suggestion. "Why don't we rob the thieves instead?"
They all agreed to the suggestion.
"How are we going to do that?"
Gu Lan asked.
Grim replied. "We just pretend like we are searching for the herbs. I'm sure we'll come across them eventually."
All of them agreed to the plan and made their move.
***
The trio went around pretending to search for the herbs.
No one followed them for some time. However, it all changed in the fourth hour.
A group was starting to follow the team.
"A fish has taken the bait."
They whispered to each other.
The trio moved in random directions to make sure they were being followed, and their conclusion was on point.
"Let's attack."
Suddenly, the trio stopped and turned toward the thieves.
Grim was the first to engage with the enemy.
'Dash'
Grim appeared in front of the closest enemy.
'Vigor'
He multiplied the strength by 40x and kicked him.
Bang!
The impact sent the guy flying toward his team.
The group was left bewildered. Everything happened in a blink of an eye.
One of the guys couldn't help but blurt out.
"What the hell happened."
By the time they had regained sense, another attack came.
It was the 'lightning slash' released by Ren Dan.
Soon 'fire arrows' rained down on them.
The group was in a panic. So, they tried to flee.
Ren Dan shouted. "Get them"
So, Grim followed them with the attacks.
It took them half an hour to deal with the group.
***
Grim started searching for everyone's belonging.
He came across a pouch in one of the guys.
He checked the contents of the pouch. The pouch was filled with herbs. So, he poured them out.
There were five mid-evolution-grade herbs and seven entry-evolution-grade herbs.
They had earned 710 points from the group.
"Let's go for another."
***
It was nighttime.
The trio were sitting around the campfire inside a small cave.
Everyone was in a happy mood.
They had managed to deal with three groups.
The latter two groups had more points. So, they managed to earn a total of 3000 points today.
***
The final day of the tournament.
The competition was getting even more fiercer.
There was battle ensuing everywhere.
Grim and his team were not an exception.
They would come across the opponents every few hours.
They dealt with the ones they could and ran away from those they couldn't.
They had managed to earn 4000 points on the last day.
The competition came to an end in the evening when it was announced by the evaluators.
Everyone returned to the arena and checked their rankings on the leaderboard.
The rank in the leaderboard was as follows.
1. Meng Zhou - 14,000 points
2. Shao Cai - 12,000 points
3. Liu Fang - 11,900 points
4. Tang Ling - 11,000 points
5. Peng Xun - 10,800 points
40. Yuan Chang - 7000 points
100. Grim - 3820 points
101. Ren Dan - 3810 points
102. Gu Lang - 3800 points
200. Xia Peng - 1800 points
210. Shao Zexi - 1710 points
***
Top seat.
"Congratulations, Sect leader. The 3rd young master will be the champion of the tournament."
Everyone in the room started congratulating the sect leader.
"Thank you, everyone."
Yao Zhou was satisfied with the results of the first round.
[Evo points left: 178,750]