Chapter 53

【Ding! Successfully killed Rank 1 Patterned Steel-Toothed Leopard *1, your Immortal Examination score has increased!】

Following the system notification, the last Flower Arm Brother on the periphery of the cave entrance also roared unwillingly, fell heavily to the ground, and finally turned into spiritual energy and dissipated in the air.

Until confirming that there were no monster beasts at the cave entrance, a figure quietly sneaked in from the shadows outside the cave.

"Very good, more than half of the true qi remains!"

Lin Mo said with a satisfied expression.

Just the first wave of clearing monsters, the number exceeded thirty, which was five more than the first time clearing the Mystical Realm.

If the settlement were done now, the score would definitely be higher than before, but Lin Mo was not so easily satisfied.

"Since I'm here, why not farm a full score before leaving?"

After the killing efficiency skyrocketed, Lin Mo's confidence also skyrocketed.

However, the number of Flower Arm Brothers at the cave entrance is limited; if he wants to continue farming points, he must go deeper inside.

The corners of his mouth curled into a √, and he gave a *heh*:

"Mere Flower Arm brat, dare to stop me?"

Just after finishing speaking, the next second he very honestly lightened his footsteps and sneaked inside.

A moment later, thunder crackled, accompanied by bursts of beast roars coming from the cave.

【Ding! Successfully killed Rank 1 Patterned Steel-Toothed Leopard *1, your Immortal Examination score has increased!】

【Ding! Successfully killed Rank 1 Patterned Steel...】

【……】

Continuous killing notifications reached Lin Mo's ears.

He was focused, pinching Dao seals with one hand, constantly releasing the Heavenly Thunder Incantation.

"ROAR!"

A patterned steel-toothed leopard finally discovered Lin Mo, who was hiding in the dark as an old 6, and roared as it rushed toward this side.

"Heavenly thunder is rumbling... go!"

The second thunderbolt was instantly flicked out, shooting straight into the center of the patterned steel-toothed leopard's eyebrows.

"Crack!"

The patterned steel-toothed leopard's skull shattered in response, its head instantly hung down like a lump of rotten meat, and its body also lost balance, tilted two steps to the side, and fell to the ground with a "thump."

【Ding! Successfully killed Rank 1 Patterned Steel-Toothed Leopard *1, your Immortal Examination score has increased!】

The system notification followed, but Lin Mo didn't even take a look, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Because more patterned steel-toothed leopards discovered his position, let out bursts of roars, and rushed toward this side.

"It seems it's still unavoidable..."

He muttered in his heart, and the last bit of frivolity in his eyes disappeared:

"Since that's the case, then let's fight!"

After saying that, he pinched Dao seals with one hand, held a Dao sword with the other, and began to walk flexibly.

"Kui Star Stepping, Nine Turns Flying Star, Big Dipper Swimming Dragon..."

After the proficiency of 【Kui Star Stance】 was maxed out, his footsteps were extremely flexible, and even these fierce patterned steel-toothed leopards found it difficult to get within a few meters of him.

Even if one or two sneaked up, they would be slashed by him with two sword strikes, easily blocked and dismantled back.

Most of these patterned steel-toothed leopards' cultivation had only just entered the late stage of Qi Refinement; now that he had been upgraded to Qi Refinement Level 8, his strength was definitely above theirs.

He could even use flexible movement techniques to grind some of the patterned steel-toothed leopards to death.

"Very good, as long as I don't get surrounded and control the true qi value well, it's not impossible to fight."

Lin Mo became more confident the more he fought, and the seals and Dao sword in his hands also became a bit faster, while he laughed loudly:

"Come again, Flower Arm brat!"

After finishing, he raised the Dao sword in his hand to slash; a patterned steel-toothed leopard subconsciously wanted to dodge, but found that a thunderbolt instantly flicked out from the other party's fingers.

"Crackling!"

The thunder slashed fiercely on the patterned steel-toothed leopard, and a numbing sensation instantly spread to its whole body; before falling to the ground, it heard Lin Mo's mockery:

"Fierce is a bit fierce, but the brain doesn't seem to be very useful..."

The patterned steel-toothed leopard whimpered unwillingly twice and died with hatred.

After it, more brothers also rushed toward this side one after another, but welcoming them was one thunderbolt after another flashing with blue light...

One day later——

【Congratulations to the candidate for successfully clearing the Mystical Realm Cloud Hidden Valley, Mystical Realm rating: Jia (Medium), score obtained: 480 points.】

Lin Mo looked silently at the system notification on the panel; after a long while, he suddenly exploded and cursed:

"Damn it, it was just a few short!"

He clenched his palms in regret; just now there were only a few three or four steel-toothed leopards left in the entire cave, and without exception, all of them had several extremely deep wounds slashed by him.

If it weren't for the true qi value being brushed away long ago, perhaps after two thunderbolts, they would have died.

"Even if I didn't use the Heavenly Thunder Incantation, if the sword were a few points faster... sigh!"

He sighed helplessly.

After all, it was the first time "fighting to the end" and he had no experience; killing to the end, Lin Mo even felt a bit exhausted and didn't control the rhythm well.

Once the rhythm was messed up, it just happened to let the remaining Flower Arm Brothers save their little lives.

However, after this round of fighting, the evaluation rules of the Immortal Examination Mystical Realm were already very obvious.

The further back the assessment score is, the harder it is to obtain.

Lin Mo killed 28 Flower Arm Brothers in the first round and obtained 217 points.

The Flower Arm Brothers killed in this round were more than a hundred, but still didn't reach the full score.

It is very clear that only by killing all the patterned steel-toothed leopards in the cave within the specified time can one obtain the Jia-Upper rating and get the full score for the Mystical Realm assessment.

Lin Mo looked at the 480-point score on the panel with a tangled face and fell into thought.

Although it was almost the full score, the missing 20 points looked annoying no matter how he looked at it.

"How many points did Chu Wange farm..."

For some reason, he suddenly thought of that bright red robe, and the answer came out immediately:

"Must be a full score, needless to say."

Qi Refinement Perfection, plus so many perfect-realm sword arts, I'm afraid that with one person and one sword, she could farm the Mystical Realm several times back and forth.

Maybe she would farm a few more times to see if there are any hidden levels... Lin Mo muttered in his heart.

"No, the full score must be taken."

He took a deep breath, already made a decision in his heart, immediately sat cross-legged to meditate and adjust his breath, and at the same time didn't forget to slightly bend and straighten his index finger——

【Merit +1】

"If the proficiency of the Basic Sword Art is improved a bit more, it should be more stable."

While adjusting his breath, he calculated in his heart, and then smoothly invested the merit points he had secretly accumulated during the battle gaps into the spell:

【Ding! You have invested 600 merit points into "Basic Sword Art", cultivation technique experience +120】

【Ding! "Basic Sword Art" proficiency improved to Minor Accomplishment.】

Sure enough, training muscle memory is a good thing.

Even during the battle, his index finger would twitch from time to time, completing the press of 1.

"It's just that the finger releasing the Heavenly Thunder Incantation is slightly repetitive; can the Dao seals be pinched with another finger..."

He muttered to himself.

……

Early the next morning, Lin Mo woke up from the backpack.

He stood up and stretched, and after his true qi was fully restored, he even took time to rest for a few hours; now he only felt full of energy and in a full state.

Lin Mo stretched his body slightly, picked up the Dao sword in his hand again, and invested the merit points accumulated yesterday into the panel again:

【Ding! You have invested 1000 merit points into "Basic Sword Art", cultivation technique experience +200】

【Ding! "Basic Sword Art" proficiency improved to Great Accomplishment.】

Those simplest stabs, slashes, points, and flicks... were clearly enlightened in Lin Mo's mind, and the Dao sword in his hand also danced lightly.

He closed his eyes and reviewed yesterday's battle in his mind: if this slash were faster, that sword strike more precise, and the final stab more nimble...

A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled into a √:

"Done!"

The current Lin Mo's state has almost reached the peak of his life; he even feels that the current him can beat two "protagonists" with one hand!

He moved his muscles and bones slightly and chose 【Try Again】 on the panel again.

Following the confirmation of the choice, the air wall of the panel disappeared again, and familiar beast roars reached his ears.

While picking up the Dao sword and swinging a beautiful sword flower, he pinched Dao seals in his hand and walked straight toward the inside of the cave entrance:

"Flower Arm brat, fight another three hundred rounds with Grandpa, hahaha!"