The grand competition of Leiyun Academy is still in full swing. Many powerful disciples of Leiyun Academy are full of energy and use all means to increase the number of token keepsakes of their own teams.
Hunting magical beasts and robbing on the way, as long as one can obtain token keepsakes, people basically stop at nothing. In the face of absolute interests, anything can be put aside for the time being. Even those who are very close on ordinary days will fight to the death at this time without any affection to speak of.
Of course, in the later stage, it is not so easy to rob others. After all, no one is a fool and it is impossible to swagger in front of others all day. Therefore, the most direct way at present is to hunt magical beasts. Because as long as one can hunt a powerful magical beast, one will definitely be able to obtain token keepsakes.
At this time, the gap can be seen. After all, not everyone can hunt magical beasts. Especially hunting magical beasts above the second rank can basically only be done by those who are at the peak of the True Yuan Realm. As for those teams at the middle or early stage of the True Yuan Realm, they can only look on helplessly and have no way.
The dean of Leiyun Academy conducts the grand competition in this way. Of course, it is not just to test whose luck is good. The token keepsakes randomly hidden everywhere before are nothing more than to increase some motivation for those disciples who are not very confident. After all, if they don't even have a single token keepsake, they are unlikely to take risks to hunt magical beasts.
Speaking of which, what Feng Qian Gu wants to test most is those stronger disciples. As for those ordinary disciples, to put it bluntly, they are just foils.
As time passes, the one-month period of the grand competition is coming to an end. During this period, the entire Jinshi Mountain is extremely lively. Many powerful magical beasts have become the souls under the swords of many disciples of Leiyun Academy. Of course, some disciples with bad luck are injured by magical beasts or even become the food of magical beasts.
It can be said that after this grand competition of Leiyun Academy, the number of magical beasts in Jinshi Mountain has 锐减. Perhaps after the grand competition is over, those ordinary people can enter Jinshi Mountain to look for some spiritual herbs without worrying about being attacked by magical beasts.
As a large number of magical beasts are killed, some magical beasts with keen senses obviously feel the danger. Many magical beasts at this time choose to leave their hard-earned nests and hide deeper into Jinshi Mountain.
These magical beasts usually do not dare to enter the core area of Jinshi Mountain. Because once they enter the core area of Jinshi Mountain, they will have to bear the risk of being devoured by powerful magical beasts. But under the current situation, they clearly know that entering the core area of Jinshi Mountain still has a chance to survive. But if they stay outside, it is basically difficult to escape being hunted.
When a large number of magical beasts move to the core area of Jinshi Mountain, it becomes more and more difficult for the disciples of Leiyun Academy to find some magical beasts to hunt.
In normal times, one can hunt several second or third rank magical beasts in a day. But later, some powerful teams can't even hunt a single magical beast in a day. And this situation is encountered by every team, including Yun Xiao.
"Alas, another empty nest. This is already the third empty nest I've seen today. It seems that the magical beasts at this depth have probably all run away!!"
In a deep valley, Yun Xiao observed at the entrance of a cave for a long time. In the end, he shook his head with a wry smile and sighed long.
In the past two days, the number of magical beasts he can hunt is also getting fewer and fewer. Basically, all the nests found by following the clues are empty. Judging from the situation near the nest, there is obviously no trace of fighting. Obviously, the owners of these nests must have left on their own.
"The disciples of Leiyun Academy are hunting magical beasts on a large scale this time. The commotion during this period is really a bit too big. It seems that if one wants to hunt magical beasts, one must go to the deeper core area of Jinshi Mountain!"
In the recent day, he hasn't found a single magical beast, so naturally there is no token keepsake coming in. Calculating the time, there are still seven full days until the end of the grand competition. If there is no harvest in these seven days, then the first place in the grand competition may still have some variable.
"I have one hundred and thirty token keepsakes on me now. If I can collect fifty more in the last few days, there will definitely be no problem in the top three of the grand competition. I just don't know if I can collect so many in these few days."
Frowning tightly, he has to reconsider his action strategy next to maintain his advantage.
In the past few days, he has hunted several third-rank magical beasts again. As for magical beasts below the third rank, he basically won't deliberately look for them. If there wasn't this situation now, he is confident that he can maintain his advantage until the end and make it impossible for anyone to catch up with him.
But now these magical beasts have run away overnight, which brings some uncontrollable factors.
The core area of Jinshi Mountain is different from the periphery. The magical beasts there are not comparable to those second or third rank magical beasts outside. Even there will be quite a few spiritual rank magical beasts. And spiritual rank magical beasts are powerful and are terrifying existences equivalent to Yuan Dan Realm powerhouses. If one encounters a powerful fellow of that level, even he will have a hard time dealing with it.
Powerhouses in the Yuan Dan Realm can release true qi to evolve various killing moves. The same is true for spiritual rank magical beasts. They can emit the unique gang qi of magical beasts. The power is no worse than the true qi of Yuan Dan Realm powerhouses. In the face of gang qi attacks, those below the Yuan Dan Realm have no ability to resist at all.
"Judging from the current situation, if everyone wants to obtain token keepsakes from magical beasts, then they must go to the deeper core area. I don't know if others will take the risk and go there."
Holding his chin with one hand, he has to think clearly at this time.
If others enter the core area of Jinshi Mountain while he stays outside, then the number of his token keepsakes is likely to be surpassed. After all, in a few days, a lot of things can be done.
In addition, he doesn't know if the dean has made arrangements in the depths of Jinshi Mountain. Maybe there will be more token keepsakes waiting for everyone to compete for in the depths of Jinshi Mountain. If he doesn't go, he will suffer a big loss.
He has also calculated secretly. At present, he has more than one hundred and thirty token keepsakes on him. The teams under the three elders should have about one hundred token keepsakes on average for each team. Added together, it is less than five hundred. For the remaining more than five hundred, it is impossible for the other teams to find them all. In all likelihood, there will also be token keepsakes in the core area of Jinshi Mountain, and the number may not be too small.
"Riches and honor are sought in danger. It has come to this point. If I lose the first place in the grand competition, it is really a pity. Moreover, I have mental power to assist me. My ability to sense danger is much stronger than others. Even if I really encounter a spiritual rank magical beast, I can avoid it in advance and not confront that level of magical beast head-on."
After thinking for a long time, he finally decided to continue to go deeper into Jinshi Mountain. One is to collect more token keepsakes and maintain his first place. The other is to exercise himself and accumulate more experience.
"That's it. It's still early. I'll go around the core area of this Jinshi Mountain to see if I can find a few more token keepsakes."
Having made a decision in his heart, he no longer hesitated. With a determined look, he rushed straight towards the core area of Jinshi Mountain.
In fact, any deep mountain and old forest is similar in structure. Basically, it is divided into three levels. The first is the outermost marginal level, then the deep part of the mountain forest, and finally the core area.
The outermost level only has some ordinary wild animals and some first-rank magical beasts with low strength. In the deep part of the mountain forest are second and third rank magical beasts. As for the core area, that is where the strongest magical beasts in the entire Jinshi Mountain are located. As for how strong the strongest one is, probably no one knows.
Yun Xiao stepped through the middle area of Jinshi Mountain and soon arrived at the location of the core area of Jinshi Mountain. When he entered the core area of Jinshi Mountain, the atmosphere around him suddenly became different. That faint sense of danger made him have to be on high alert and not relax at all.
The core area of the entire Jinshi Mountain is also an extremely vast area. Unlike outside, second and third rank magical beasts can be seen everywhere. Even if many magical beasts outside have run to this area, they probably have already hidden in extremely hidden places and cannot be seen casually.
When Yun Xiao came to this extremely dangerous area, he instantly became vigilant. He didn't rush to look for magical beasts. Instead, he carefully familiarized himself with the situation in the core area.
As a hunter, he deeply knows the importance of being familiar with the terrain. This place is not like outside. If he really encounters a powerful magical beast, he must know how to escape safely. To put it bluntly, he must find a way out for himself first.
If he encounters a spiritual rank magical beast, it will be quite difficult for him to escape with his strength. Therefore, he must figure out the terrain and then use geographical conditions to increase his chances of escape.
Speaking of which, Grandpa Yun Jin didn't teach him many hunting skills, but there are definitely many escape skills. Many of them are to use the geographical environment to finally achieve the purpose of getting out of danger.
Of course, while familiarizing himself with the topography and features of the deep part of Jinshi Mountain, he did not forget his original intention. Let alone,while familiarizing with the terrain, he soon found traces of magical beasts and finally found two second-rank magical beasts and one third-rank magical beast. However, that third-rank magical beast seemed to have discovered him in advance and was ultimately not hunted successfully.
In any case, after finding these three magical beasts, he can be sure that those magical beasts from the periphery have indeed hidden here. And what needs to be done next is to find these hidden magical beasts one by one as carefully as possible and find ways to hunt them.
This operation is undoubtedly much more difficult than before. You know, there are also many magical beasts in the deep part of Jinshi Mountain. But generally, there are no token keepsakes on these magical beasts. Sometimes even if they are killed, it is just a waste of effort.
And those second and third rank magical beasts that have run here with token keepsakes have no regular hiding places. Some magical beasts may even run to the territory of super magical beasts due to panic. And if a battle is launched on the territory of that level of magical beast, heaven knows what the result will be.
Yun Xiao is very careful. With his keen sense of smell as a hunter, he can more or less sense where there will be powerful magical beasts. And once he senses an existence that he cannot provoke, he will choose to withdraw immediately. Even if he finds a target with token keepsakes, he will not hesitate to give up.
To put it bluntly, hunting magical beasts in the core area of Jinshi Mountain is like dancing on the tip of a knife. One careless move and it will be a disastrous end.
As the saying goes, contentment leads to happiness. He didn't expect to get too many token keepsakes here. Because he believes that even if other teams also enter this area, it will be equally difficult to get too many. What he has to do is just not be worse than others.