Tong Tian Pagoda

Lin Xiao stared at the two of them expressionlessly until they grew even more uneasy. After a moment, he said, "You can choose to stay behind."

"Big Brother!"

"Listen to me."

Lin Xiao raised a hand to cut them off. "Leaving this place will be dangerous. No one can guarantee the safety of two common people. Rather than take that risk, you two should stay. The Teaching Building probably won't hold for much longer before it collapses, but there's a very sturdy Underground Laboratory behind the school. You can move there. If that doesn't work, join up with Class Three. They have several Evolvers, and together you'll have enough people to protect them."

What a joke. It was already generous enough for him to take them along, and now they wanted him to bring a bunch of deadweight too? He didn't mind them looking for women—he himself already had Zhuo Jing—but at least the other boys in the team had paired up with girls from the team. They were all Evolvers, so no one was a burden.

Without hesitation, he firmly talked the two of them out of coming, then led the remaining two men and three women out of the school toward the Tong Tian Pillar of Light, which remained highly conspicuous even in daylight.

There was nothing worth lingering over in the novice area. After wandering through the forest these past few days, he had not explored every corner, but he had roughly figured out the strength of the monsters within. The giant beasts he had killed before were among the strongest types. Their Evolution Point yield was decent, but there were too few of them. Who knew how long it would take to accumulate enough Evolution Points to advance to Tier Three?

For him, the best choice