Two Choices

With the skill boost, conquering cities... no, conquering villages is incredibly easy.

So in the next few hours, Yu Mo noticed that their Points were increasing rapidly.

"Holy crap! Did Boss Jiu Chen wipe out all the defending villages in one fell swoop?"

Yin stared at the Points on the Leaderboard, her jaw nearly dropping in astonishment.

In just four hours, their Points reached 3098, and their ranking rose to 911th.

"Not enough! Still not enough! It's too slow."

Xiao Fan looked at the Leaderboard with a solemn and cold expression, his eyes surging with barely suppressed urgency.

Fortunately, his mission progress has reached 29/50.

"To get higher Points, you need to go to the higher-ranked areas."

Only...

Yu Mo and the others are becoming a bit of a burden.

Once Jian Qingfeng and his team acquire skills, their strength will be enough to sweep across the entire Lower Lower Stream without any problem.

However, the strength of Yu Mo's team starts to falter if they go any further.

Teach them to create skills? Xiao Fan shook his head; it was impossible for him to do that before he left the secret realm.

He didn't want to create a potential enemy for himself.

After all, he still hadn't found out the details of the feud between the Apostle and the Pseudo-Apostle.

This is also why Xiao Fan dared not give up on Yu Mo and the others directly.

If Yu Mo were to reveal their identities, they might be hunted down by the entire Trial Land.

Xiao Fan frowned.

What method can be used to make Yu Mo and the others win without lifting a finger?

It was already late at night, and Xiao Fan did not take anyone back to the village.

Based on his experience, the attacking Apostle would most likely return to their villages to rest at night, which would be the best time to eliminate them.

Sure enough, when Xiao Fan arrived at a nearby village that had been attacked, he happened to meet the returning Apostle.

The God-Tier Skill is used as the starting move, instantly imprisoning the opponent and unleashing a barrage of skills on the opposing Apostle.

Before they could react, the entire village had already been eliminated from the Trial Land.

"It still comes down to skills!"

Xiao Fan sighed.

Meanwhile, Yu Mo's team had already returned to the village.

Not seeing Xiao Fan, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Hasn't Boss Jiu Chen and the others returned yet?"

One of the Apostle in the group, who had been staring at the Leaderboard, immediately spoke up upon hearing this, his tone full of excitement.

"The leaders and the others are still fighting. I just saw that their Points has increased by another hundred points! That's too fast! Too fast! At this rate, maybe we can really squeeze into the top ten after the Combat Mode ends."

After hearing what this person said...

Hearing this, the others immediately looked at the Leaderboard. In that short time, they discovered that their Points had increased by more than a hundred. They were all flushed with excitement.

"It's gone up again! The boss and the others must have run into a united village, haha."

"This feeling of ranking up while lying down is so awesome!"

"Stop being so happy. Haven't you noticed something's wrong?"

Yin's voice interrupted the group's revelry. The Apostle turned around and found Yu Mo and his sister, along with Yin and the other two, with grim expressions.

"Huh? Something's not right? What's wrong?"

"I didn't notice. Aren't the Points increasing incredibly fast?"

The others asked, puzzled.

"It's abnormal that the price is rising too fast!"

"Jiu Chen's skills are powerful, but they have a one-hour cooldown. We've only been separated for six hours, which means he can use his skills to attack six villages six times. His current Points has clearly exceeded six times."

Hearing Yin say this, the others also sensed something was wrong, but they didn't think much of it.

"Perhaps other weaker villages don't have the skills," one of the Apostle said.

Yu Mo shook her head.

"Although those Pseudo-Apostle are numerous, none of them are at max level. While Jiu Chen's skills are powerful, his attack power is limited. Even if they could defeat those weak villages, they couldn't possibly be this fast."

"Besides, there aren't that many weak villages in this area."

Everyone fell silent; what Yu Mo said seemed to make some sense.

But...

Points don't lie.

One of the Apostle realized what was happening.

"Brother Mo, do you mean those Pseudo-Apostle were hiding their true strength?"

"No way, if they were really that powerful, how could they have been captured and imprisoned in the Lost Land? If we hadn't rescued them, they would be dead by now."

This was something Yu Mo couldn't understand.

Those Pseudo-Apostle are truly weak. Even if Jiu Chen's skills are incredibly powerful, he can't possibly lead them to fight against a whole group.

"Lingling, what do you think happened?"

Yu Mo subconsciously looked at her younger sister, Yu Ling, who was Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart and the smartest person in the village.

The usually lively Yu Ling appeared somewhat calm at this moment. After listening to Yu Mo's words, she slowly raised her eyes.

"There's not much to guess. Jiu Chen's creation skills are so powerful, either he secretly created even more powerful Elemental Skill behind our backs, or he helped those Pseudo-Apostle create Elemental Skill."

"Judging from the current situation, I suspect it's the latter."

Upon hearing this, everyone's first reaction was disbelief.

Elemental Skill are incredibly rare; perhaps only one in ten thousand Apostle can successfully create one. How could Jiu Chen possibly create another?

As for helping others create skills, that's even more impossible.

Isn't that stupid?

But upon closer reflection, Yu Ling's words made sense.

Jiu Chen succeeded in creating a skill on his first try, and the skill he created was so powerful that it was unheard of. It seems normal that he can create more skills.

"But... how could he help those Pseudo-Apostle create skills?"

An Apostle countered with a question.

"Why not?" Yu Ling raised an eyebrow at him.

The man was startled, then suddenly realized what was happening.

Jiu Chen seems to be a Pseudo-Apostle as well, so it makes sense that he would help Pseudo-Apostle create skills.

At this moment, everyone had mixed feelings.

Why is Jiu Chen Pseudo-Apostle, and why hasn't he repented and reformed?

They've all forgiven him so many times.

"Lingling, what do we do now?"

Yu Mo took a deep breath and said helplessly.

Yu Ling extended two fingers,

"First, we'll play dumb and reap the benefits from both Lower Stream operations; second, we'll expose the identities of these Pseudo-Apostle."

The team fell silent once again, everyone's face showing conflicted emotions.

"Lingling, you're the smartest among us, which one do you think we should choose?"

Everyone looked at Yu Ling, waiting for her answer.

Yu Ling lowered her eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

After a long pause, she slowly spoke.

"Play dumb and you'll win without lifting a finger."

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

Although doing this might go against the instructions of our ancestors, what else could they do? Lying down is just so comfortable!

It wasn't until late at night that Xiao Fan led Jian Qingfeng and the others back to the village.

"There aren't many Apostle Villages left in this area. Instead of searching for those few missed villages, why not just switch areas and fight? Otherwise, they'll all be wiped out by their own villages. What do you think?"

Xiao Fan ultimately decided to take everyone with him on the journey, figuring they could always split up and fight in other areas if necessary.

There are too many uncertainties if we separate now.

"Alright, it's settled then. Everyone go and get some rest. We'll leave first thing tomorrow morning."

Xiao Fan waved his hand, finalizing the matter before anyone else could speak.