Lu Ye withdrew his gaze and continued racing onward.
Half an hour later, he found a mountain cave, slipped inside, and began setting up Formations.
The Heaven-Sent Spirit Signs had ended, and the Five-Colored Cloud had vanished, but the fighting had not subsided. Earlier, those Tier Eight and Tier Nine cultivators had been competing for Spirit Signs and had not wished to invite unnecessary trouble. Now that their hands were free, they naturally would not hold back any longer.
People were killed from time to time, and names rose and fell continuously upon the Hunting Rankings.
For cultivators of low cultivation, the Hunting Ground was indeed dangerous. Yet the various Opportunities here constantly drew them in from outside, so as time passed, the total number of cultivators in the Hunting Ground not only failed to decrease—it showed signs of steadily growing.
Most cultivators were not aiming for the Hunting Rankings, because they lacked the qualifications to make the list. Besides, even if they barely managed to enter it, they would receive little reward if their ranking was not high enough. The true value of the Hunting Rankings lay in the top twenty; as long as one entered the top twenty, they would receive a varying number of Golden Spirit Signs.
Their target was not even the Heaven-Sent Spirit Signs. Every appearance of Heaven-Sent Spirit Signs was a chaotic affair, a stage for the many powerful cultivators to flex their skills. For cultivators with low cultivation, participation was what mattered. It was best if they could snatch one, but they lost nothing if they could not. Keeping their lives was enough.
Their true goal was the various Opportunities scattered throughout the Hunting Ground!
Just like now. After Lu Ye set up the Teleportation Array, he tested the Formation and confirmed that