The Illusion Realm, Juku Island.
On the plains southeast of Senluo Valley, the air was thick with purple-black Extreme Yin Power.
A Spirit Umbrella floated behind Zhong Yi as he made his way slowly through the poison zone.
Once ranked mode opened, cultivators began devising all sorts of ways to scrape together points.
Of them all, the poison-soaking strategy Zhong Yi developed was the easiest ride.
Pick Hu Tao, drop at the edge of the map, then soak in the poison zone.
Lose health?
Hu Tao could heal it back.
And while he stayed in the poison zone, no one would go to the trouble of hunting him down.
Even if he did run into someone, he could charge up his ultimate for a burst of healing and sprint the other way.
Anyone who chased him would die with him in the poison zone. No one would do that.
By the time he emerged from the third poison zone, there generally weren't many people left alive outside.
In this kind of Battle Royale, placement carried a lot of weight in the points calculation.
So he could earn a decent number of points without needing much skill.
Even with his hopeless hands, Zhong Yi had ridden this strategy all the way to Meteor rank.
At this point, the highest rank in solo mode was only Eclipsed Moon.
Zhong Yi loved sharing tips, and once he posted the strategy on the Forum, hordes of cultivators rushed to copy it.
For a while, Hu Taos were everywhere in the poison zone...
Right now, for instance, another Hu Tao stood off to Zhong Yi's left, watching him from a distance.
"Wonder if this fellow cultivator has murder on his mind..."
Zhong Yi muttered to himself, then sent an emote.
An image of Hu Tao