1546
Chapter 1546: You Actually Used the Grand Formation as a Test Subject
While Lin Moyu tirelessly teased the stone stele and the guardian beast, several other groups were engaged in fierce battles. Lin Qingfei and Zhuang Bi tried their best to surround and kill the guardian beast, but their progress was very slow.
Shuizilan and Chuxiong, along with Shui Xing, were dealing with the incoming reinforcements.
The battle had been going on for a long time, during which another fixed group of enemies appeared, also intercepted by the trio.
The fighting was intense on all sides, with no respite.
Though the process was arduous, at least they still held the upper hand.
The situation for Dongfang Ze and Wei Bowen was no better, even more strenuous than Qingfei and the others.
Relying on their formidable strength, the two barely managed to hold an advantage against the guardian beast.
The two from the White Tiger Star Domain had already basically given up.
They found a stone stele, activated it, and then discovered they were no match for the guardian beast.
They knew they should have been eliminated in the second layer; even though they bought tokens from Lin Moyu to barely reach the first layer, they were still destined to be eliminated due to their lack of strength.
Ultimately, it was due to insufficient strength.
Even using opportunistic methods to reach the first layer was futile.
Except for Lin Moyu, all parties fought extremely hard to advance to the first layer.
The four domain masters kept rolling their eyes.
Bai Bing'er looked at her side being on the verge of elimination and then at Lin Moyu repeatedly teasing the stone stele and the guardian beast, almost grinding her teeth, "What is this kid doing?"
Ye Qingxuan shook his head, "I can't understand, can't understand!"
Wu Da imitated Ye Qingxuan, "Can't understand, can't understand!"
The three of them simultaneously focused on Zhu Tian, who shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, I don't know what he's doing either. Maybe he finds it fun."
Finds it fun...
Isn't this explanation too far-fetched?
Among the five, only Elder Xu understood what Lin Moyu was doing.
At this moment, his face remained calm, but inside he was incredibly shocked, mixed with a bit of amusement.
This was a very peculiar emotion; Elder Xu couldn't remember the last time he felt this way.
"He really understands."
"This guy is a genius to be able to understand."
"Obviously, he wanted to use them to experiment with the imitation spirit formation, but he turned it around and used the imitation spirit formation as a test subject."
For a moment, Elder Xu didn't know how to describe Lin Moyu, finally summing it up with two words: weirdo!
In the first layer arena, another batch of enemies appeared.
This batch of enemies came 50 minutes after the last one.
This was the 10th batch, with each batch appearing one minute sooner than the previous one.
Calculating this, a total of 60 batches of enemies would appear in the first layer arena.
The further it went, the shorter the intervals, and the higher the difficulty.
Qingfei and the others had already begun fighting the second guardian beast.
They had five people and needed to kill five guardian beasts to obtain five tokens.
This was their agreement: either they all won together, or they all lost together; no one would advance alone.
While attacking the guardian beast, Qingfei said, "We don't have much time. I've calculated that with our strength, if the enemies reach the last 20 batches, we'll only be able to cope with difficulty."
Zhuang Bi said in a deep voice, "That's about what I calculated too. We still have a chance. In the worst-case scenario, we can get four tokens. I'll stay behind, and you go to the next stage!"
Qingfei was stunned for half a second, looking at Zhuang Bi.
Zhuang Bi smiled, showing his white teeth, looking very handsome.
Qingfei withdrew her gaze, saying nothing, but her attacks became even fiercer.
At this moment, they suddenly received a message.
[Contestant No. 3 has advanced.]
Chuxiong shouted, "Dongfang Ze advanced!"
Shuizilan, who was right beside him, frowned and said, "Lower your voice, my ears hurt!"
A minor deity saying her ears hurt was hard to believe.
However, Chuxiong instinctively replied, "Alright, alright, I'll be quieter."
Shuizilan's crisp voice came through, "Dongfang Ze and the others have three people, now only Dongfang Ze advanced, he might have abandoned the other two."
Previously, Shuizilan used a small red sprite to find the stone stele and also scouted the movements of the others.
Chuxiong snorted disdainfully, "Abandoning teammates, what a jerk."
Shuizilan rebutted, "It might not necessarily be abandoning teammates, maybe it was a mutual decision. But that's their internal matter, we don't need to interfere."
Chuxiong agreed, "Shuizilan is right, we just need to take care of ourselves."
Chuxiong, with his thick-skinned personality, basically agreed with whatever Shuizilan said.
However, Shuizilan was indeed right; Dongfang Ze had discussed it with the others.
The three of them came from Shencheng, with Dongfang Ze being the strongest, but the other two did not necessarily follow his lead.
They naturally formed a group since they came from the same place.
The three were in a cooperative relationship.
Clearly, the three of them were running out of time, so Dongfang Ze made a suggestion.
...Requesting flowers...
He promised to give each of them 50 Shencheng merits, allowing him to use the token to advance.
In this way, the two had actually given up the competition.
They thought it through, realizing there wasn't enough time, and they could at most get one more token.
Dongfang Ze would definitely take one slot, so who would get the other?
The two were not much different in strength, so there was unlikely to be a clear winner.
Faced with the temptation of 50 Shencheng merits, they chose to accept.
Qingfei and the others continued to hunt the guardian beasts, becoming more coordinated and efficient.
With Shui Xing's healing arts as support, their sustained combat ability was very strong, without diminishing their fighting power.
When the 30th batch of fixed enemies appeared, they had just finished killing the fourth guardian beast, only one token short of the required five.
...
At this moment, the Renhuang network sent another reminder.
[Contestant No. 6 has advanced.]
The group paused for a moment, and Zhuang Bi said, "Wei Bowen also advanced."
A red light flashed in the air, and the small red sprite returned with the latest information.
Shuizilan said, "Wei Bowen abandoned the other one and advanced directly. Bai Xiao and Hu Tian from the White Tiger Star Domain have given up."
Chuxiong asked, "What about Junior Brother Lin?"
They hadn't heard from Lin Moyu for a long time, and Lin Moyu hadn't advanced yet, which made Chuxiong a bit worried, fearing something unexpected had happened.
Actually, everyone knew that with Lin Moyu's strength, there was almost no chance of an accident.
Shuizilan shook her head, "Junior Brother Lin should be fine, but the little red sprite is afraid of his skeletons and didn't dare get close."
"However, the little red sprite said Junior Brother Lin seemed to be in the same place for a long time without moving."
Chuxiong scratched his head, not knowing what Lin Moyu was doing.
Zhuang Bi said, "Maybe Junior Brother Lin has something of his own to do. Let's find the last token first. Don't worry about Junior Brother Lin; he won't have any problems."
Shuizilan nodded, "Follow me!"
They had already located the last stone stele and rushed over immediately.
This stone stele was quite far, and by the time they arrived, the 33rd batch of enemies had appeared.
At this point, the interval between each batch of enemies had shortened to 26 minutes, with increasing frequency.
Given their speed in killing the guardian beasts, they had to face over six batches of fixed enemies, plus the reinforcements summoned by the guardian beasts.
The pressure was immense.
Qingfei took a deep breath, "Let's start!"
Zhuang Bi nodded and activated the stone stele, beginning the battle!
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