novellaaa Chapter 262 Military Merit Points Ranking
Chapter 262 Military Merit Points Ranking
Chapter 262 Military Merit Points Ranking
At this moment, a tall girl from the special admissions program in southern Jiangsu Province took a step forward.
"They are truly traitors, enjoying the resources of southern Jiangsu Province, but when it's time for them to contribute to southern Jiangsu Province, they go and help special students from other provinces."
As she spoke, the tall girl glanced at a man from southern Jiangsu province standing next to her and said, "Don't you think so?"
The specially admitted student was just a member of the Jiangsu Province Genius Training Camp, so of course he couldn't afford to offend the members of the genius group, and could only stammer and try to get by.
"Go tell Captain Yue that Ruan Liusu is a traitor who neglects our self-reflection military training and instead goes to help a poor province."
"this----"
"What? Does my word not carry weight?"
The tall girl's face turned cold.
"I'll go right away, right away!"
The specially admitted student immediately jogged to the shelter, which was ten kilometers away.
Bai Qianqian glanced coldly at the special student from Dongchuan Province who was hunting strange beasts, then walked away with her arms crossed.
After hunting down the twenty strange beasts, Chen Lie and the other two groups of Dongchuan Province members recovered their strength and then summoned the four Qi and Blood Realm experts.
"You've already become familiar with the techniques for hunting strange beasts, so you can go on your own this afternoon."
Hunt as many beasts as you can, and I'll make up the rest. Just make sure there are no casualties.
I'm going to go and check out the place, about ten kilometers away from the shelter.
"good!"
Luo Zhixun and Wang Dongting responded one after another.
Ruan Liusu approached Chen Lie and asked, "Are you going to a place ten kilometers away from the shelter?"
"Yes!" Chen Lie nodded.
"There are traces of second-tier beasts ten kilometers away, but with your strength, if the two of us cooperate well, we have a chance to hunt down a second-tier beast."
Chen Lie nodded, and after giving instructions to the special recruits from Dongchuan Province, he continued to move forward with Ruan Liusu.
It took Chen Lie almost half an hour to reach a place ten kilometers away from the shelter.
A huge warning sign was erected at the dividing line.
The warning sign reads: "More than 10 kilometers from the shelter. This is a dangerous zone in the military training area. Beware of Tier 2 monsters."
"There are flying monsters in the danger zone. Please be careful of attacks from flying monsters."
Upon seeing the warning sign, Chen Lie couldn't help but ask, "Are there flying beasts here?"
"Yes, flying beasts are terrifying. Even a single Tier 1 flying beast poses a far greater threat to the special admissions students than a Tier 2 beast."
Faced with flying beasts, we can only passively take the hits; if we encounter one, we should simply run away.
Ruan Liusu replied.
"Okay, I understand!" Chen Lie nodded.
In the danger zone of the military training ground, the density of strange beasts was much higher. After walking around in the danger zone, Chen Lie saw no fewer than ten strange beasts.
As they walked through a stone forest, a strange beast, seemingly nearly 4 meters in size and resembling a mutated giant rat, suddenly attacked Chen Lie, lunging towards him.
"Chen Lie, be careful!" Ruan Liusu immediately exclaimed in alarm.
As the mutated giant rat pounced, its claws, nearly half a meter long, reached for Chen Lie.
Chen Lie shifted his body to the side, and the mutated giant rat's claws slashed at the nearby stone.
With a loud bang, the stone was instantly shattered by the mutated behemoth's claws.
"Squeak squeak ————"
The mutated giant rat let out a strange cry and its sharp claws reached for Chen Lie again.
Chen Lie instantly threw a punch, a punch with a force of nearly 20,000 jin, which struck the giant rat's sharp teeth.
With a "bang," Chen Lie broke one of the giant rat's two sharp teeth.
Ruan Liusu wanted to step forward to help, but she saw that Chen Lie's moves were fierce. After breaking off one of the giant beast's sharp teeth, he attacked again, throwing several punches in succession. Finally, he seized the opportunity and smashed half of the giant rat's head with a punch to its jawbone.
The giant beast died instantly and fell to the ground.
In just a few dozen seconds, before Ruan Liusu could even find an opportunity to make a move, Chen Lie had successfully hunted down a first-tier beast.
She couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "Chen Lie, your skills in hunting exotic beasts are simply too amazing!"
This superb skill allows one to hunt a first-tier alien beast with only one-tenth the effort of an ordinary person, making them more efficient at hunting alien beasts than the military training team leader of their southern Jiangsu province.
Why would I need to help? Chen Lie can complete the military training mission in Dongchuan Province entirely on his own.
If it weren't for the day and half-day lost yesterday, Chen Lie would have had a real chance of winning the honor of individual general.
"Practice makes perfect," Chen Lie said.
"Practice makes perfect? Do you have exotic beasts in Dongchuan Province for you to practice on?" Ruan Liusu asked.
"Of course not." Chen Lie shook his head.
"What a pity, you wasted more than a day. Otherwise, with your skills in hunting alien beasts, you might have even won a personal general star."
"How many points are needed to obtain a personal general star?" Chen Lie asked.
"According to last year's record, the one with the fewest Northwest Generals among the seven individuals had 900 military merit points."
That translates to 900 Tier 1 beasts, or 450 Tier 2 beasts, or 180 Tier 3 beasts.
The number might increase further today, as the ten-day period is only halfway over, and some people have already surpassed 600 points.
indivual."
"Oh? Are there still people at the military training ground who are capable of hunting third-tier alien beasts?" Chen Lie asked.
"Third-tier beasts are no match for even ordinary fifth-tier martial artists. Even if they are hunted, it would be done by the geniuses of the top ten provinces working together. It's unlikely that an individual could do it alone. After all, we are only at the Qi and Blood stage."
After answering, Ruan Liusu asked suspiciously, "You don't really want to compete for the title of one of the Seven Great Generals, do you?"
"Why not?"
"Your skills in hunting exotic beasts are very strong, but the selection of generals is a ten-day process. You have already wasted about two days. There is also a group of special recruits from Dongchuan Province that you need to take care of. You can't catch up with their points."
The people with the most military merit points are almost all the martial arts champions from the top ten provinces on Blue Star. Their provinces have strong overall strength, so the team members will not let them get distracted and can provide more help.
"With you alone and a bunch of people holding you back, it's going to be very difficult for you to win the personal general star."
"It's not that bad. According to you, 1000 points should be enough to secure a general's star. From now on, I can just hunt 120 first-tier beasts every day, right?"
"Hunting 120 animals a day? Is that even possible?"
Ruan Liusu couldn't help but ask in return.
For several days, even with the help of her teammates, she had only managed to hunt down a mere 100 strange beasts.
It's ridiculous for one person to hunt 120 animals a day. Even if Chen Lie is as efficient as he was just now, can he keep up with the physical demands?
Ruan Liusu could tell that although Chen Lie had only made a dozen or so moves, he had gone all out.
It looks simple, but it takes at least one-tenth of your physical strength.
The beast's hide is tough and its flesh is hard; even if you find the vital point, you can't break through its defenses without going all out.
"If it's not possible, I won't say it."
"How can I see the scores of the top seven players right now?" Chen Lie asked.
"Further ahead, about 15 kilometers from the shelter, at the very center of the second military training ground, there is a large screen displaying military merit data that is updated in real time, showing the top seven rankings of the province's total points and individual total points."
Shall I take you there?
"good!"
Chen Lie nodded and walked forward with Ruan Liusu.
After walking for about ten minutes, Chen Lie finally saw a screen that was about 500 inches in size.
"Look, there it is!"
Ruan Liusu arrived at the large screen before Chen Lie and introduced it to him: "This screen is made of extraterrestrial material, which is extremely hard. It is very difficult for anyone below the Grandmaster level to damage it."
On either side of the screen are displayed the seven provinces with the most military merit points and the seven individuals with the most military merit points.
Chen Lie went to the big screen and glanced at the rankings.
On the left side of the screen is the province with the highest total score: Lingnan Province (3471 points).
Second place: Dongzhe Province (3156 points)
Third place: Ancient Yue Province (2986 points)
Fourth place: Shenzhou Province (2871 points)
Fifth place: Sudong Province (2668 points)
Sixth place: Nanjiang Province (2494 points)
7th Place: Tianjin-Haizhou Province (2266 points)
On the right side of the screen is the individual points leaderboard, where the top scorer is Shao Keyu (735 points).
Second place: Yan Feng (693 points)
Third place: Zhou Yang (675 points)
Fourth place: Xu Wanqing (659 points)
Fifth place: Zheng Zhongming (633 points)
Sixth place: Wang Tianen (points 610)
7th place: Han Keke (578 points)
"Look at Chen Lie, he's seventh on the individual points leaderboard, almost at 600 points. The ten-day period is only six days in, and when the final rankings are determined, even 1000 points might not be enough to win the Northwest General Star title," Ruan Liusu said.
"How is the ten-day period calculated?" Chen Lie asked.
"The provinces on the list are all among the top 20 provinces in the world."
Since the establishment of the Northwest General Star system, the provinces and individuals who have obtained the Northwest General Star have all come from the top twenty provinces of the planet.
The top 20 provinces on Earth all arrived in the Northwest on the same day. Today is the sixth day since they first entered the military training ground.
The provinces that followed entered in batches, especially Dongchuan Province, which was among the last to receive visitors.
"The ten-day competition for the Northwest General Star is underway, and you're already on the second day. You've wasted a day and a half, making it very difficult to catch up with them," Ruan Liusu said.
"You won't say that anymore in a little while."
Ruan Liusu found it strange.
However, the top seven on the list are almost all martial arts champions from the top ten provinces of the planet. Their martial arts skills are far ahead of countless peers. It seems unrealistic to compete for the top seven solely based on hunting skills.
Fifteen kilometers from the shelter lies the depths of a danger zone, a place sparsely populated, frequented only by exceptionally talented students with a blood energy level exceeding 4000 to hunt exotic beasts, but even they are few and far between.
As soon as Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu left the leaderboard screen and walked to the side of a hill, a huge wolf with a massive body and green eyes approached them.
"That's an Ironbacked Grey Wolf, a top-tier second-tier beast!"
Ruan Liusu exclaimed in alarm, "Chen Lie, this kind of beast is not easy to hunt. It's incredibly fast, strong, and its defense is even stronger than that of a typical third-tier beast. Even hunters from the top ten provinces of Blue Star would avoid it. We'd better retreat quickly!"
Seeing the Ironbacked Wolf approaching step by step, Chen Lie said, "We can't retreat now. This beast has its eyes on us."
Ruan Liusu also noticed the giant wolf's cold, greenish gaze: "It seems this beast sees us as prey. Let's make it suffer!"
In Ruan Liusu's view, dealing with such a beast that has almost no weaknesses and amazing defensive capabilities is a losing proposition. It would be better to hunt down a few first-tier beasts instead of using the time to deal with it.
However, now that this Ironbacked Wolf has its eye on them, they have no choice but to take action.
As the beast closed in step by step, Ruan Liusu took the initiative and unleashed a set of S-shaped punches.
"Shadow Fist!"
Ruan Liusu's fist shadows appeared, and more than a dozen fist shadows with a force of 20,000 jin landed all at once on the weak spot in the giant wolf's eyes.
The giant wolf roared in pain and lunged at Ruan Liusu with a claw.
Seeing this, Chen Lie punched the giant wolf in the throat. The force of the punch exploded, and the giant wolf roared in pain, but only suffered minor damage to its fur.
"This is bad. This beast is probably already a top-tier second-tier beast. Even with all our strength focused on its vital points, we still can't break through its defenses."
Ruan Liusu was startled. She leaped up and landed on the giant wolf's head, repeatedly pounding her fists on its head.
The giant wolf immediately struggled, its huge head swaying from side to side, throwing Ruan Liusu aside.
Landing on the giant wolf's head, Ruan Liusu saw that the wolf's back seemed to be made of iron armor, and its fur was like steel wires. She felt a sudden sense of powerlessness.
Breaking through the defenses of such a powerful beast is extremely difficult.
On the other side, Chen Lie saw Ruan Liusu being thrown off by the giant wolf, so he immediately flew forward and began to fight the giant wolf.
He scanned the area with his divine sense and knew that this giant wolf was almost indestructible, with its real weakness being its waist and abdomen.
So, taking advantage of the giant wolf's pounce, he unleashed a palm strike, and the powerful blade of blood energy instantly slashed through the giant wolf's abdomen.
"So that's where the giant wolf's weak point is!"
Ruan Liusu's eyes lit up, and she immediately flew forward to cooperate with Chen Lie in attacking the giant wolf's abdomen.
"roar----"
The giant wolf roared, and, severely injured, it immediately turned and ran away.
"It's trying to escape, don't let it get away!"
Ruan Liusu leaped dozens of meters and jumped in front of the giant wolf, blocking its path.
We finally managed to severely injure this beast; wouldn't it be a waste to let it escape like this?
The giant wolf roared and engaged Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu in battle once again.
After half an hour of advanced training, the giant wolf, which had been constantly attacked in the abdomen, finally collapsed to the ground, barely alive.
Ruan Liusu looked delighted and said to Chen Lie with a smile, "I didn't expect that our first collaboration would be so well-coordinated."
We actually managed to hunt down this powerful beast!
Ruan Liusu made a gesture, signaling Chen Lie to kill the strange beast.
The alien beast radar they wear will credit the points to the person who actually hunts the alien beast.
Chen Lie shook his head: "Why don't you kill him?"
"Huh? Why? Didn't we agree that I would help you?" Ruan Liusu was taken aback.
"I see that you've come to help us today, but there's been some criticism among the special recruits in your Jiangsu Province. Having you hunt this strange beast is a way to give us some closure."
"Why should I care about them? I don't believe those people would dare to question me to my face."
Seeing that Chen Lie was so considerate of her, Ruan Liusu couldn't help but smile.
She wanted to refuse, but Chen Lie insisted that she hunt down the strange beast.
She could only say, "Alright then, I'll let it go this time. The monsters we hunt together later will all be credited to you."
After saying that, Ruan Liusu made her move and ended the life of the Ironback Wolf.
In their southern Jiangsu province, hunting second-tier exotic beasts requires the deployment of three experts at the Refining stage, and the success rate is less than 50%.
The fact that the two of them successfully hunted down a top-tier second-order alien beast is something to celebrate.
Just as Ruan Liusu was about to speak, her expression suddenly changed: "Be careful!"
Chen Lie looked up and saw a black shadow suddenly swooping down from a height of 100 meters.
With a "whoosh".
A strange beast, resembling a large vulture, reached out with its claws towards Chen Lie.
Chen Lie flashed, causing the beast to miss its target.
The beast let out a loud cry and its two-meter-long wings flapped towards Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu.
With a "bang," Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu were both knocked back more than ten meters by the wings of the large vulture.
"Chirp—" The vulture let out a strange cry, flapped its wings again, and flew into the sky.
"It's a Tier 1 flying beast. These beasts have the advantage of flight, and we can't do anything about them. We need to get rid of them as soon as possible."
Ruan Liusu looked up at the sky, her expression solemn.
The large vulture, having missed its first strike, continued to circle at a height of 100 meters, clearly not giving up on its target.
"What bad luck! I actually ran into the rarest flying beast in the military training field."
"Being targeted by this strange beast would take at least half a day to get rid of, and we've wasted a whole day!" Ruan Liusu couldn't help but say.
"Be careful, it won't be a waste of time."
Chen Lie looked up at the strange beast circling high in the sky.
After observing for several minutes, Ruan Liusu finally made a judgment: "Be careful, Chen Lie, the beasts are about to start their swooping attack again."
Above them, a strange beast resembling a large vulture circled once, opened its sharp claws, and swooped down on Chen Lie again.
As Chen Lie saw the strange beast rapidly descend and advance twenty meters above him, he quickly activated his divine sense and unleashed a mental attack.
"boom!"
A spiritual force as sharp as a sword pierced directly through the beast's weak intelligence.
The large bald man instantly lost consciousness and fell from a height of more than ten meters.
With a "thump".
The strange beast, with wingspans of seven or eight meters, fell to the ground.
"Huh? Why did this strange beast suddenly fall down?"
Ruan Liusu immediately ran over, full of doubt.
"I remember telling you that I am a mind-controller."
"A mind control master?" Ruan Liusu exclaimed in surprise, "Did you do the strange beast that suddenly fell down?"
Chen Lie nodded slightly: "The beasts are mentally deficient; a single mental attack from me can instantly cause them to lose their will."
"How is that possible? We have a Divine Sense Master in our Sunan Province Genius Group, and he's even reached the advanced level. He always follows behind when hunting strange beasts. I don't think he has that kind of ability."
"Oh, because I've mastered a secret technique of mental power that can specifically attack a person's mind," Chen Lie said.
"That amazing?"
Ruan Liusu thought of Chen Lie's strange appearance on the fighting stage at the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament, when the champion of Yunchuan Martial Arts, whose strength was no less than her own, was left with no apparent advantage.
It's clear that they were defeated because they suffered a heavy blow in terms of their mindset.
With this ability, as long as the difference in strength is not too great, one will be absolutely invincible in battle.
"Then your mental power technique can't be used without limit, right?"
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"Of course not." Chen Lie shook his head.
Ruan Liusu breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, it couldn't be, otherwise, how would others live?
No wonder the Blue Star government values Divine Sense Masters so much; it turns out they have such powerful abilities.
"You can only use mental power techniques a maximum of one hundred times a day."
"What? You can use it a hundred times a day? What's the difference between that and using it indefinitely?"
Ruan Liusu was shocked again. Are Divine Sense Masters really this unreasonable?
"To achieve 100 times a day is a stretch, it's very mentally taxing. You can do it once in a while, but you can't do it for a long time."
In fact, Chen Lie's current spiritual power is indeed so strong that he can use it without limit, but saying that would be too shocking, so he had to add a restriction.
"Your mental strength talent must be quite good, right?" Ruan Liusu couldn't help but ask.
Of all the spiritual masters she had ever met, none were like Chen Lie.
She had fought against mentalists before and knew that at crucial moments in a battle, a mentalist's mental attacks could affect the opponent's consciousness for a moment. But she had never heard of Chen Lie directly striking an opponent to the point of losing consciousness at the mental level.
"That's good," Chen Lie said.
Ruan Liusu pursed her lips; she could tell from Chen Lie's perfunctory reply.
That makes sense, though. As far as Chen Lie is concerned, he's only known her for a short time, so of course he wouldn't open up and reveal his secrets.
"Is this flying beast already dead?"
Ruan Liusu then looked at the large vulture falling from the sky.
"No, he's just temporarily unconscious. He should wake up in half an hour at most."
In fact, Chen Lie could erase the consciousness of the alien beast at the mental level, but this would require him to exert all his strength, which would be exhausting. Moreover, even if the alien beast were to perish at the mental level, the alien beast radar might not be able to detect it.
So he held back, only using his mental energy to temporarily knock the beast unconscious before finishing it off manually, so that the beast's radar could detect it.
After saying that, Chen Lie stepped forward and smashed the bird's head off with a single punch.
Now that he had revealed his mental abilities, Chen Lie had no intention of hiding them any longer.
Centered on the large screen displaying military merit points, he searched for the strange beasts, but found none. Before Ruan Liusu could even make a move, he unleashed a wave of mental energy, causing the strange beast to lose consciousness, and then personally killed it.
In just one afternoon, Chen Lie used his mental power to hunt down 71 strange beasts.
Ruan Liusu, who came to help, had a complicated expression. She came to help, but she never expected to benefit from Chen Lie's help.
Of the 71 strange beasts, Chen Lie directly gave her 20.
Working with her two teammates, she could only hunt a maximum of 30 beasts a day. But by following Chen Lie and finishing off the beasts after they lost consciousness, she managed to hunt 20 beasts all by herself in one day, plus the second-tier beast she had just encountered.
This is more efficient than the hunting with assistance a few days ago.
When they reached the 72nd beast, Chen Lie wanted Ruan Liusu to finish it off, but Ruan Liusu quickly waved her hand and refused, saying, "I've already killed enough beasts today, you go ahead."
"Aren't you also vying for the Northwest General Star title?"
Ruan Liusu originally thought that Chen Lie had no chance of competing for the Northwest General Star, but now it seems that he was indeed too simplistic.