Chapter 296: Challenge Qualification Basically Confirmed
Chapter 296: Challenge Qualification Basically Confirmed
There were indeed numerous demons outside Red Maple City, and Du Yan's team had already engaged in battles.
Su Chen witnessed their strength, and Du Yan was at the Initial Seventh Stage.
His spear techniques seemed more formidable than Hui Yilian's.
However, overall, he was still only at the Initial Seventh Stage.
The other two had reached around the Perfect Eighth Stage.
Based on their assessment, Du Yan was at the peak of the Gate-Breaking Realm, while the other two were at the initial stage of the Gate-Breaking Realm.
From these cultivation realms, Su Chen found it challenging to gauge the strength of the experts in this region.
The Mountain Lord of the fifth layer of Millennium Mountain was at the peak of the Inner Mansion Realm.
After the Gate-Breaking Realm was the Inner Mansion Realm, and only after that came the Heaven Sun Realm.
Hearing this, Su Chen also struggled to judge the true power of the Heaven Sun Realm.
But from his perception, the warriors in this region didn't seem exceptionally powerful.
The warriors in this land had far superior toxic resistance compared to the Great Zhou and Jin Kingdoms.
The environment nurtures its inhabitants, and in this region, their ancestors had also developed the ability to resist poison fog.
They spent over four hours in the wilderness.
Led by Du Yan, the group managed to slay four Great Demons.
They encountered many demons, but most of them were Lesser Demons.
For the Millennium Mountain Challenge, the number of Lesser Demons slain didn't matter.
The City Lord's Manor of Red Maple City had already taken these factors into account.
To slay Golden Demons and Great Demons, they had to face Lesser Demons as well.
Even if warriors weren't tasked with killing Lesser Demons, they would still engage them.
Otherwise, if they were entangled by the Lesser Demons, dealing with Golden Demons and Great Demons would become extremely troublesome.
Around noon, Du Yan led the team back.
There were only twelve days left until the full moon.
Even if they slew four Great Demons every day, they wouldn't be able to accumulate sixty Great Demon kills.
Moreover, Du Yan didn't have the confidence to lead the team in slaying four Great Demons daily.
As they returned, Du Yan furrowed his brows and began to recount the day's events.
During their encounters, they had let three Great Demons escape.
Du Yan complained about this, seemingly summarizing their experience but more like shifting blame onto his subordinates.
After his speech, Du Yan turned his gaze towards Su Chen.
"After entering the wilderness, I said that everyone should follow my commands.
I gave you the simplest tasks, so why couldn't you handle them properly?"
Hearing Du Yan's accusation, Su Chen was a bit surprised.
After some thought, Su Chen simply nodded, not arguing with him.
As a team member, he followed the assigned tasks.
Su Chen agreed with this.
But Du Yan's command skills were truly lacking.
If not for Su Chen's reminders, they might have suffered more injuries.
Su Chen didn't want to undermine Du Yan's authority and disrupt his plans.
However, for future encounters, Su Chen knew he had to take charge.
Relying on just the three of them, they wouldn't have a chance in the upcoming Millennium Mountain Challenge.
Su Chen couldn't afford to waste time here.
As long as he captured one demon and added it to the four Great Demon kills, it should be enough to qualify for the Millennium Mountain Challenge.
After resting for the night, the four of them set out again the next day.
Outside Red Maple City, there were many warriors, but the demons in the wilderness were kept to a certain number.
In the wilderness, Su Chen and Du Yan encountered Hui Yilian's group.
After a brief discussion, they decided to search for demons together in the wilderness.
Their cultivation realms were not particularly impressive, and they were not adept at hiding their presence from demons.
However, there was a significant issue with Du Yan's team; their ability to conceal themselves was rather poor.
Unconsciously, they would make noises and fail to conceal their movements.
Both Du Yan and Hui Yilian had limited leadership skills.
They also lacked sufficient understanding of the demons' movements.
During the first few hours in the wilderness, Su Chen tried to offer suggestions to Du Yan.
Du Yan would simply acknowledge with a grunt and continue with his own approach.
Seeing this, Su Chen stopped offering advice.
For someone like Du Yan, the more suggestions given, the more he felt that you were trying to harm him.
If it was difficult to obtain the qualification for the Millennium Mountain Challenge, Su Chen decided to plan and take action himself.
Before understanding the top powerhouses in this region, Su Chen was well aware that he needed to conceal his identity.
If his identity as an outsider was discovered, these powerhouses would likely interrogate him thoroughly.
The area was enveloped in poison fog, and it didn't seem like a suitable place for humans to survive.
Even earth demons avoided this place, which spoke volumes about its inhospitable nature.
If they knew that to the west lay a vast expanse of habitable land for humans, and the top powerhouses gathered there to resist the demons, what would they do?
Before figuring that out, it was better to remain calm.
On this day's demon-slaying mission in the wilderness, Su Chen saved Hui Yilian for the second time.
A great demon stood in the bushes beside her, yet she was completely unaware, even exposing her back to the demon.
Su Chen easily completed all the tasks assigned by Du Yan.
In total, they had slain five great demons that day.
With this success, if there were no unexpected events the next day, both sides would likely separate and continue their demon-slaying missions independently.
As expected, on the second day, both sides tacitly agreed not to discuss cooperating in demon-slaying again.
Observing their demon-slaying abilities, Su Chen couldn't help but feel impatient.
He started setting up some traps and ambushes.
With these traps and ambushes, he effortlessly slew two great demons.
After witnessing Su Chen's abilities, Du Yan and the others slightly changed their impression of him.
They also began to rely on Su Chen's traps and ambushes in their planning.
Du Yan and his two teammates felt that Su Chen's traps and ambushes were quite impressive.
Unbeknownst to them, the effectiveness of Su Chen's traps and ambushes stemmed from his excellent ability to track and understand the demons' movements.
Su Chen would first analyze where the demons would appear and then set up his traps and ambushes accordingly.
It seemed like his traps and ambushes were exceptional, always trapping the demons.
In reality, Su Chen's superior ability to investigate and track the demons' trails was the key.
With such skills, even without relying on traps and ambushes, he could probably handle the demons with ease by lying in wait.
With Su Chen's assistance, the daily number of slain demons began to increase significantly.
Previously, they could only manage to kill a maximum of four great demons per day.
But recently, they often exceeded ten.
With this daily success, the task of slaying enough demons to meet the challenge requirements became less challenging.
There were only five days left until mid-May, and the number of slain great demons had already reached fifty-two.
Du Yan's team began to get busy, searching for additional teammates.
Currently, there were only four members in the team, and they needed one more to participate in the Millennium Mountain Challenge in mid-May.
With the qualification for the challenge almost certain, finding teammates at this point was much easier.
They also had more options to choose from.
After all, those who hadn't contributed to demon-slaying could still reap the benefits.
Of course, they needed to have sufficient strength to be chosen.
(End of Chapter)
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