Chapter 189

"My lord, they're closing in!"

"No, I've got no stamina left."

"Me too, so tired."

"Shall we rest a bit longer?"

"Yeah, pushing too hard."

Yuan Zhao frowned and kept retreating.

Morale was low now, and no one had much will to fight.

This round might be hopeless...

Puff puff puff!

Boom boom boom!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

As their stamina ran dry, the Shi Laimu drew closer and closer, already pursuing them into attack range, and all the large Shi Laimu of different colors began to attack.

Fireballs, ice arrows, lightning, toxic fog — everything came raining down.

Although the 24 Shi Laimu were now a bit smaller in size, the power of these skills was still very strong.

Under these circumstances, hoping to kill even one more was unrealistic.

Forget it.

Yuan Zhao raised his hand.

"Instructor, requesting support."

Bang! Bang bang bang bang bang!

Chief Instructor Zhang Shouning descended, and all the Shi Laimu turned into liquid, pooling all over the ground.

Elsewhere.

A territory of rolling mountains.

Zhou Lue rode on the back of a griffin.

Several dozen griffins flew all around him.

Below were 26 large Shi Laimu, all following the griffins in the sky, bouncing along as they moved.

Zhou Lue frowned.

These Shi Laimu's recovery ability was too strong.

When the Emperor Shi Laimu appeared, those several dozen griffins dove down to attack in sequence.

The result was that the Emperor Shi Laimu merely splashed out a good deal of slime, its body shrinking by a large margin, with nothing else happening at all.

But the griffins' feathers had been left all sticky, badly affecting their flight.

Afterwards the Emperor Shi Laimu split into 3, then split into 9, and now, all the way to this point, had split into 27.

These 27 large Shi Laimu were slightly weaker.

Now they could finally kill one large Shi Laimu per diving pass.

But the price paid was 2 griffins dead and 3 injured.

Once they dove, those Shi Laimu would all use their skills.

These griffins had to charge down through various spiritual techniques. Before they even hit the enemy, they themselves took a barrage of attacks first.

Griffins were strong.

Especially in mobility.

But their attack methods were very limited.

Usually it was a high-speed dive, a single strike against the enemy, or even a single sneak attack.

Not many people could withstand it.

But the disadvantage was also very clear.

It was only a single strike.

If the strike missed, or failed to instantly kill the enemy, then they'd have to wait for the enemy's counterattack.

Griffins needed to coordinate with other troop types to bring out their maximum advantage.

Now the griffins' speed was clearly much slower, and their wingbeats were labored.

The griffins' attack method meant they couldn't sustain high-intensity combat either.

"My lord, look quickly, those Shi Laimu are trembling again."

From the back of another griffin, Zhou Lue's original hero said.

Zhou Lue nodded: "Let's see if there's a chance in a bit, but I think this round might just be like this — time is almost at 30 minutes."

The remaining 26 Shi Laimu below split once more.

In the end, 78 medium Shi Laimu of various colors appeared.

They crowded together, bouncing around as they chased Zhou Lue in the sky.

Zhou Lue never dared to give the order to attack.

After all, these medium Shi Laimu weren't small either; charging down would mean various spiritual techniques coming at them — absolute suicide.

Second by second, Zhou Lue only found 2 chances, killing 2 medium Shi Laimu.

30 minutes had arrived.

Chief Instructor Li Yin appeared on the ground.

The next moment, all the Shi Laimu launched their attacks.

But Li Yin neither dodged nor avoided, countering head-on.

A few seconds later, the battle ended.

"Zhou Lue, the test is over, come out!"

Li Yin vanished.

Zhou Lue sighed: "Looks like the ninth floor is my limit. I wonder what my ranking is."

Zhou Lue opened the rankings.

Zhao Chi also opened the rankings.

After Li Ruanyu left, Zhao Chi received a system notification.

【Ninth Floor Not Passed】

【You Have Exited the Test】

【Defeat】 Prevented 3 splits, obtained the Original Shi Laimu Bloodline

【Time Used】 22 minutes 22 seconds

【Score】 42 points

【Total Score】 603 points

【Ranking】 1st

Huh?

Seeing this score, Zhao Chi sat straight up from Gu Qing's soft embrace.

I'm first?

Why?

I didn't pass this floor, and I didn't even kill that Emperor Shi Laimu.

And I still got 42 points?

But in the Defeat column, it read: "Prevented 3 splits, obtained the Original Shi Laimu Bloodline."

So preventing splits, and obtaining the bloodline, also count toward the score?

But none of that matters anymore.

He had never imagined he could take first place.

First place for the entire grade.

And first place in actual combat.

Besides the score, there was an unexpected surprise this time.

That was the Original Shi Laimu Bloodline.