Chapter 69: Is Outnumbering the Enemy Dishonorable? Lin Yi: Indeed!

An hour had already passed since the dungeon began.

The time for the release of the first wave of rankings had also arrived.

After carefully inspecting the top ten of the leaderboard, Lin Yi was slightly taken aback.

Then, a faint smile appeared on his lips: "Interesting."

"It seems those who made it to the fifth round really have some genuine capability."

Looking at the leaderboard:

The person occupying the top spot was not Lin Yi.

Nor was he even in second place.

Instead, the top two spots belonged to unfamiliar names.

[Current Points Leaderboard:]

[First Place: Xia Yuyan, Points Earned: 11,467, Squad: None, Region: Desert Region]

[Second Place: Lu Yu, Points Earned: 8,433, Squad: None, Region: Noah's Wreckage Region]

[Third Place: Lin Yi, Points Earned: 7,219, Squad: None, Region: Hilly Region]

[Fourth Place: Chu Ran, Points Earned: 1,329, Squad: Chu Ran Squad, Team Size: 13 members, Region: Noah's Wreckage Region]

……

Lin Yi was neither angry nor anxious.

He had never assumed that simply because he happened to teleport right next to the Golden-Winged鹏 King's lair, he would automatically secure some sort of preemptive advantage.

After all, during this past hour, those with genuine ability didn't need luck; they could actively challenge powerful monsters and fierce beasts of their own accord to earn points.

Furthermore, the entire fifth round would last for 24 hours. Getting onto the leaderboard within the very first hour was not a good thing.

It would only turn one into a hunting target for others.

If Lin Yi were to click on any name on the leaderboard right now, a tracking interface would pop up.

A spiritual crystal light curtain would project an arrow, continuously tracking his chosen target for him.

As for the seven-plus thousand points Lin Yi currently possessed, they had been earned by Lin You as she hunted other monsters afterward.

The family of the Golden-Winged鹏 King alone could only have provided him with a little over three thousand points.

Clang!

Lin Yi heard the ringing sound of a sword beside his ear.

Glancing over at Lin You, he saw that she had already drawn the Song of the Soul and assumed a defensive posture.

"Someone is coming."

Lin Yi looked up at the sky.

He spotted a juvenile Silver-Feathered Roc circling continuously in the airspace directly above them.

It seemed the warning signal had been sent by it, and Lin You had received it instantly.

"There are many of them, and they've formed a party."

Lin You continued, having just received further information from the aerial scout above.

"Are they coming for us?"

Lin You closed her eyes, seemingly sharing the field of vision of the juvenile Silver-Feathered Roc overhead.

A moment later, she opened her eyes: "Eleven people in total, and they are heading straight toward us."

Lin Yi and Lin You had been resting in this spot for over half an hour.

Earlier, Lin You had mentioned to him that there were traces of past battles in the distance.

This indicated that someone had indeed hunted monsters here—perhaps a lone wolf like himself, or perhaps a team.

Now, it appeared to be a team.

And after he climbed to third place on the leaderboard, he had inevitably become that team's hunting target.

To be honest, at this stage, Lin Yi preferred not to come into conflict with other examinees.

For one thing, at this point in time, the points carried by these people certainly weren't high. Even if he eliminated them, the points gained wouldn't be substantial.

It would be better to let them foster their own competition, allowing this batch of weaklings to thin each other out first. Once the slightly stronger ones emerged through mutual elimination, Lin Yi could take them out and reap far more points.

For another, his primary purpose in entering this dungeon was actually to level up.

Especially to raise Lin You's level as quickly as possible.

He couldn't be bothered to trigger such redundant battles.

However, since someone had proactively knocked on his door, Lin Yi had no intention of running away.

Lin Yi heard the sound of dense footsteps approaching from the small woods nearby.

Soon, several figures emerged from the forest and appeared before him.

"It really is you?!"

One person in the crowd looked extremely shocked upon seeing Lin Yi.

Lin Yi glanced over and was likewise momentarily stunned.

That person was none other than Li Zerui, who had made no secret of his dislike for Lin Yi outside the dungeon earlier.

Standing beside him, Lin Yi also recognized a few others who had secured top ten finishes in the Jiangnan provincial examinations.

However, there were unfamiliar faces among them as well.

Lin Yi didn't know what had happened to the Jiangnan provincial team, but for now, Li Zerui had only brought a small fraction of them here.

Moreover, it was obvious that Li Zerui himself was not the leader of this squad.

The leader of this group stood at the front of the formation, turned his head, and asked, "What is his class, and what skills does he have? Give us a rundown."

Li Zerui felt a twinge of guilt. After all, Lin Yi was, strictly speaking, someone from their own province of Jiangnan.

Ideally, they should stick together.

Yet here he was, about to expose Lin Yi's class and skill trump cards to outsiders.

He couldn't shake a certain sense of remorse.

However, recalling the suppression he had suffered at Lin Yi's hands, hatred flared up in Li Zerui's heart once again, and he ultimately chose to expose Lin Yi's class.

"A common class?"

"You must be joking, right?"

"So what if he has multiple specializations!"

"Your Jiangnan province truly gets worse with every passing year!"

Hearing Li Zerui's words, the expressions of the entire squad relaxed noticeably.

Most people suffered from a fixed mindset:

Namely, the rarity tier of a class was almost directly proportional to the strength of its user.

At least at their current first-awakening stage, this was invariably the case.

Common, Rare, Uncommon, Legendary, Epic!

Among these five class rarity tiers, the common tier was undoubtedly at the very bottom.

Placed alongside their group of legendary classes, someone like that would simply have no face to show!

"Don't be careless. After all, he managed to earn over 7,000 points within the first hour. His strength probably isn't too weak."

"Caution is paramount!"

The leader of the group was named Fang Ming, an archer-class professional dressed in light gear.

From the perspective of Lin Yi's [Omniscient Eye]:

This person was at level 37, having clearly completed their second awakening as well.

Furthermore, his skill specializations were quite formidable.

His own class was also of the legendary tier, making his combat prowess genuinely respectable among this rabble.

"Maybe he just got lucky!"

"Blind cats occasionally catch dead mice, don't they?"

Someone else wanted to chime in, but was silenced by a glare from Fang Ming, after which they immediately shut their mouths.

It appeared that Fang Ming held considerable prestige among this group.

At the very least, he knew how to keep people in line.

Fang Ming looked at Lin Yi and negotiated, "Friend, as you can see, I've brought a dozen or so brothers to hunt monsters and score points in this region. With so many people splitting them up, points are hard to come by."

"So, how about this: hand over seventy percent of your points to us, and we'll let you leave."

"That would be best for both of us."

"Otherwise, we'll have no choice but to resort to blades."

"Using numbers to overwhelm a single person is hardly an honorable feat, and I truly wish to avoid reaching that point."

Fang Ming's words almost made Lin Yi laugh out loud.

"You find it difficult to earn points, so you think the points I earned fell from the sky?"

"Though, you did say one thing that was entirely correct."

"Using numbers to bully the few is indeed dishonorable."

The next instant, Lin Yi snapped his fingers.

Around him, hideous-looking summoned beasts began to materialize one after another!

"Screech—!"

The Golden-Winged鹏 King made its grand entrance.

Followed closely by the Hilly Tiger King, the Snow Mountain Giant, the Mutated Bear Monster...

All of these monsters were souls that had perished beneath Lin You's sword over the past hour.

Now manipulated by Lin You, they formed a veritable army of natural disaster!

Lin Yi had previously stored them all within his necromancy space.

Now, he released them all at once.

Their numbers totaled forty to fifty, and every single one of them possessed terrifying combat capability.

Lin Yi flashed a wide grin and added, "However, I am more than happy to reach that point."