"Are points assigned according to demonic beast rank?"
"Tier 1 Demonic Beasts are worth ten, thirty, and fifty points respectively."
"Tier 2 Demonic Beasts increase to one hundred, three hundred, and five hundred points."
"If we judge by the difficulty of earning points, hunting Late Tier 1 Demonic Beasts is the best method."
Lin Tian walked deeper into the forest while checking the information on his wristwatch.
The demonic beasts along the route he passed had already been hunted by the examinees ahead of him.
If he wanted to raise his points quickly, Late Tier 1 Demonic Beasts worth fifty points were the best choice.
With his current strength, beasts of that rank would go down with a single punch.
"But that's only wishful thinking. Demonic beasts of that rank have probably already been swept clean by the other examinees. I'd better go take a look at the Tier 2 Demonic Beasts."
Lin Tian continued strolling forward at an unhurried pace, not anxious in the slightest.
The valuable demonic beasts were all deep in the forest, where not just any examinee had the ability to enter.
Meanwhile, the viewers watching the livestream had already erupted in curses.
"What kind of trash is this Lin Tian? Why does he get listed separately? He's still at zero points even now. Is he here to be a joke?"
"With treatment like this, could Lin Tian be some big shot's biological son? But they can't be this brazen about it, can they?"
"If Qing Province can't even understand something this simple, who would still dare go to Qing Province?"
Amid the flood of abusive comments, posts about Lin Tian and Qing Province quickly surged to the top of Dragon Nation's trending searches.
Many believed that Lin Tian was the son of some Qing Province big shot and was receiving special treatment during the college entrance examination.
Then, at this critical moment, someone exposed the matter of a traitor within the Qing Province Garrison Army, attaching several photos of Garrison Army vehicles that had been blasted into fragments.
In an instant, this ignited the emotions of the Dragon Nation's populace.
The Garrison Army was the guardian deity of every province. Yet a traitor existed within the Qing Province Garrison Army. Once this matter was exposed, Qing Province was undoubtedly being roasted over the fire.
Qing Province's higher-ups were also overwhelmed with worry.
"Too many people witnessed that explosion back then, and some of them were rats hiding in the shadows. There's no way to investigate them all."
At the college entrance examination site, Green Light Martial Saint saw the news as well and felt utterly helpless.
"The person who released this news is deliberately steering the situation."
"This information never says who was in the vehicle, nor why the Garrison Army traitor would risk exposure to make a move."
"They're targeting your Qing Province."
As Martial Saint Yuanming spoke, he abruptly shifted the topic.
"But this is also an opportunity. Qing Province listing Lin Tian separately on the livestream has likewise stirred up public outrage."
"The Dragon Nation higher-ups intend to announce Lin Tian's identity as an Extreme Martial Artist after the college entrance examination ends. You can take this opportunity to reveal that Lin Tian was in the blasted vehicle."
"That way, the public will turn their attention toward the traitor. If you capture the traitor quickly, you'll be able to escape your current predicament."
Martial Saint Yuanming's words made Green Light Martial Saint feel as though clouds had parted to reveal the sun.
"In the end, it all still depends on Lin Tian. But why is this brat still strolling along even now?!"
Green Light Martial Saint watched the screen before him and cursed with a laugh.
There were numerous displays on the screen before him. The largest showed the drone following Lin Tian, followed in order by Jiang Mingyue and Geng Xian.
Only after the three of them came the top ten on the rankings.
The college entrance examination had only just begun, and the Experimental Class students had yet to exert themselves.
As noon drew closer, many people on the leaderboards across the livestreams changed.
Several students from Qing Province's Experimental Class had already appeared in the top ten.
Viewers who understood this sent comments at that moment.
"Dragon Nation's college entrance examination lasts for two days. Only after noon on the first day will powerful geniuses begin appearing on the rankings."
"They disdain competing with ordinary examinees for weak demonic beasts. By noon, they can advance into the territory of Late Tier 1 Demonic Beasts. That's when they truly begin to show their strength."
"So that's how it is. Thanks!"
Comments expressing thanks kept appearing, but soon another wave of comments floated by, still centered on Lin Tian.
"This Lin Tian from Qing Province is still at zero points. Does he think he's already invincible and plans to start exerting himself only on the second day?"
"With a gap of several hundred points, he can only make it up by relying on Tier 2 Demonic Beasts if he starts on the second day."
"But even Martial Dao Second Layer martial artists need to expend plenty of effort to hunt Tier 2 Demonic Beasts. This Lin Tian has probably just given up."
When evening arrived, Lin Tian, who had been strolling along all this time, finally spotted his first demonic beast.
"A Late Tier 1 giant wild boar. Looks like it was captured and brought into this forest."
"This would make excellent ingredients. Too bad I don't have any seasonings."
Lin Tian looked at the two-meter-tall giant wild boar before him and felt some regret. As an orphan, he was naturally exceptionally skilled at cooking.
"Snort!"
The giant wild boar that spotted Lin Tian had already prepared to launch its attack.
But at that moment, Lin Tian had already walked before it. He threw a simple punch, and the two-meter-tall giant was sent flying backward, toppling the surrounding trees.
"Not having a weapon really is inconvenient. Hunting demonic beasts gets blood all over me, so I can only avoid it this way."
Lin Tian was quite helpless. He did not want to be covered in demonic beast blood; it was sticky and uncomfortable.
He had other methods to avoid the demonic beasts' blood and qi, but they consumed too much energy and were not worth using against ordinary demonic beasts.
"Quick, look! Lin Tian's points moved—fifty points!"
The instant Lin Tian's score changed, a sharp-eyed viewer noticed it.
"His points increased by fifty at once. Lin Tian hunted a Late Tier 1 Demonic Beast! His strength should be considered quite formidable in Qing Province."
The movement on Lin Tian's points ranking brought a bit of popularity back to Qing Province's livestream, which had been cold and desolate apart from curses.
It formed a stark contrast with the other four wildly popular livestreams.
"So what if he hunted a Late Tier 1 Demonic Beast? That's probably Lin Tian's limit. I really don't understand why Qing Province put on this show. Aren't they just asking for trouble?"
"There's even a traitor in Qing Province's Garrison Army. What a garbage place."
Another wave of mocking comments appeared.
Green Light Martial Saint saw all of this in the camp, but there was nothing he could do.
"Lin Tian, you brat, hurry up and make a move! You're worrying me to death."
He and the other three Martial Saints from the Garrison Army were nearly worried sick, all waiting for Lin Tian to erupt and slap those livestream viewers in the face.
"That brat is probably doing this on purpose, just to disgust you."
"That kid is rotten to the core."
Martial Saint Yuanming, who understood Lin Tian's personality, laughed. Just the few days he had spent with Lin Tian had made him realize that Lin Tian was not someone to be trifled with.
The appearance of a traitor within the Qing Province Garrison Army was indeed not something Qing Province could control, but that did not stop Lin Tian from taking a little revenge.
"Looks like if we want to obtain this brat's forgiveness, we'll need to add a little more to the compensation we prepared."
Green Light Martial Saint was quite helpless after hearing that.
The five Martial Saints continued watching the footage transmitted by the drone until the morning of the second day.
By then, Lin Tian's points had reached two hundred, but he was still a full thousand points behind Jiang Mingyue in first place, and his name was not even on the leaderboard.
"It's the second day. This brat is finally going to exert himself!"
In the camp, Green Light Martial Saint and the others finally laughed as they watched Lin Tian sprinting through the Tier 2 Demonic Beast area on the screen.
Within the Tier 2 Demonic Beast area, Lin Tian was unstoppable. Every Tier 2 Demonic Beast he encountered was instantly killed with one punch.
"I only encountered one Mid Tier 2 Demonic Beast. Added to the few Early Tier 2 Demonic Beasts I hunted earlier, my points have reached eight hundred."
When Lin Tian checked his points, his ranking immediately shot up to tenth place on the leaderboard.
Eight hundred points happened to push Jiang Cheng, who had originally been tenth, down.
This scene directly caused the livestream viewers to explode.
"No, what's going on? I only slept for one night. How did Lin Tian get into the top ten on the leaderboard?"
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