In the case of the Relying on Heaven Sword theft, Yan Qing had the most Thief Points remaining in the entire field—30 points. Yaoshi Yuan came second with 20 points. The gap between them had always been small.
Although Yan Qing had killed the three Divine Marquis Manor constables during this mission, Yaoshi Yuan had also killed Duke of Wei Chu Luoyan. The difficulty of the two feats was roughly equal. However, Yaoshi Yuan had taken responsibility for the mission's most important step: obtaining Exotic Iron from the magma pool.
Safeguarding mission items was already the mission's biggest source of bonus points, let alone when obtaining them was so difficult. No one besides Yaoshi Yuan had been willing to do it, so it was only natural that she had earned a great many points here. Later, she had even kicked Yan Qing away to protect her teammates, only to be bound by Golden Locks. Disguise, combat, acquisition, protection—she had participated in every stage of the mission. With all those contributions added together, it was hardly strange for her to have earned 100 points.
By rights, since their point totals were equal, that meant both of them were qualified to compete for the Legendary Relic awarded for this mission.
But the atmosphere in Thieves' Hall was rather delicate at that moment. Ying Ru Shi and Shang Xin Lei's gazes swept back and forth between the two of them, their words caught somewhere between wanting to be spoken and wanting to be swallowed.
Judging solely by their contributions to this mission, Yaoshi Yuan was unquestionably in first place with 80 points. Judging by her past accumulation, she had never slacked off during a mission. Judging by strength, she had even absorbed the Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend and reached the third transformation,