An astonishing haul

"I'm here to hand over the mission!"

Chen Lie, carrying the animal skin bag, arrived at the mission handover area.

The person in charge of the handover glanced at Chen Lie and pointed to a device next to him, saying, "We need to test your martial arts strength before the handover. Go over to this device!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Lie didn't say anything more and simply walked over to the nearby instrument.

At that moment, the instrument suddenly made a sound.

"The Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm - Earth Aperture Stage!"

"What? The Earth Aperture Stage?"

Han Keke taken aback. How could it be the Earth Aperture Stage?

Earth Aperture Stage can smash a Tier 3 Desolate Beast with a single punch, and easily defeat an entry-level Heaven Aperture Stage Martial Artist in battle?

If that's really the case, then this combat power is simply too overpowered!

It's already difficult for a Qi and Blood Martial Artist to fight beyond their level, so what does it mean that Earth Aperture Stage easily defeated Heaven Aperture Stage who had entered the next level?

That's probably the standard that even the most outstanding geniuses in the Ten-Star Alliance can reach.

It seems that my elder brother is not only outstanding in Mental Power, but also in martial arts. No wonder he was able to fight his way up from the small East River Province.

"Give me the Beast Core you obtained from hunting Wild Beast!"

"That's what the person at the handover office said."

Chen Lie immediately handed over the animal skin bag.

The man poured out the Beast Core from the animal skin bag, and was slightly surprised afterward.

"They're all Tier 3 Desolate Beast Core?"

After a careful count, the number of people responsible for the task handover, excluding Chen Lie, totaled 125 Tier 3 Desolate Beast Core.

"A Martial Artist at the Earth Aperture Stage has harvested 125 Beast Core of Tier 3 Desolate Beast beasts in less than a day. Young man, did some other powerful figure help you hunt them? For example, a very powerful martial arts genius from Canglong Star or the Ten-Star Alliance?"

The person in charge of the handover could never have imagined that Chen Lie, with his Earth Aperture Stage strength, could hunt so many Tier 3 Desolate Beast in a single day. He must have had the help of a top genius, at least one of the top ten geniuses on the Credit Rankings; otherwise, it would have been impossible.

Chen Lie directly denied it. "No!"

"Don't worry, Starry Sky University doesn't crack down on this kind of behavior. The fact that you can find someone to help you hunt for them shows that you have the ability."

During the freshman mission period, non-freshmen are not allowed to enter or leave the Wasteland. Everyone here is doing missions; if someone helps you, they will have fewer missions. From Starry Sky University's perspective, everyone is treated the same, so it's tacitly allowed."

The person in charge of the handover said, "125 Tier 3 Desolate Beast Core were originally worth 125,000 Credit, but since you are only at the Earth Aperture Stage and have crossed two realms, we will Credit it at 120%, so you will ultimately receive 150,000 Credit!"

"Take out your Star Card, and I'll give you Credit."

Chen Lie directly gave the person his exclusive Star Card Star Card, and soon after, 150,000 Credit were recorded on it.

After Chen Lie handed over the task, it was Han Keke's turn. Han Keke walked over to the instrument next to her, and the instrument detected Han Keke cultivation level as "Blood-Qi Like Slurry Realm - Blood Refining Stage".

"Take out your Beast Core!" said the person in charge of the handover.

Han Keke immediately handed over her animal skin bag.

The person at the handover point took the animal skin bag, poured out the beast Beast Core inside, and counted them.

"This... which planet are you from?"

Upon seeing the more than one hundred beast cores of Wild Beast Core in Han Keke skin bag, the people at the mission handover office were immediately stunned.

Han Keke, a mere Blood Refining Stage, couldn't possibly be a match for Tier 2 Desolate Beast. Yet, most of these Beast Core were from Tier 3 Desolate Beast Core, with Tier 2 Desolate Beast Core making up only a small portion.

"Mentor, do we need to state where we're from when we hand over a mission?" Han Keke asked.

"No, you were all together. How could you possibly hunt so many Tier 3 Desolate Beast in such a short time?"

I'm a little confused, so I'm asking."

"What does this have to do with which planet we belong to?"

"Generally, only those on planets within the Ten-Star Alliance, those at the Upper Three Stars, have the chance to know people ranked high on the Credit Rankings. Without the help of such people, how could you, a mere Blood Refining Stage, have acquired so many Tier 3 Beast Core in a single day?"

Han Keke said, "This mentor does have a powerful person helping me hunt Wild Beast, but I cannot say who it is."

"There are only a handful of people who can hunt down so many Tier 3 Desolate Beast in a single day. I can probably guess even if you don't tell me."

The man took stock of the Beast Core that Han Keke had handed over and found that there were 60 Tier 3 Desolate Beast Core and 35 Tier 2 Desolate Beast Core.

"You are in the Blood Refining Stage. Since you have submitted so many second and Tier 3 Desolate Beast Core, we can only calculate the Credit increase based on the highest amount. The highest increase for the Blood Refining Stage is the ability to hunt Tier 2 Desolate Beast, which will grant you an additional 30% Credit. This is because a second-tier B-level Wild Beast is equivalent to the Earth Aperture Stage of the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm."

In total, you've earned 82,550 Credit this time. Show me your Star Card, and I'll add it to your credits."

Han Keke handed over the Star Card directly.

The 80,000 Credit were quickly credited, Han Keke Star Card, feeling a sense of amazement.

In one day, she exceeded the elimination task of Starry Sky University. If she could do this every day, she could accumulate a million Credit in just over ten days, enter the top 100 of the Credit Rankings, and get a spot in the Void Heaven Pagoda.

Before that, if she could increase her Strength Value tenfold and break through to the Heaven Aperture Stage on her own, then she could also try to break through to the Primordial Aperture.

Ji Lingxuan was also the last to hand over the mission, and 100,000 Credit were added to her Star Card.

Chen Lie took a focused look at Ji Lingxuan Ji Lingxuan found that she was indeed in the Blood Refining Stage, but had not yet broken through to the Small Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi.

After the three of them finished handing over their missions, they left the Wasteland fortress through Space Wormhole.

After returning to the Earth First Campus, Ji Lingxuan said, "Chen Lie, you are very knowledgeable."

Could I come with you to the Transmission Pavilion to choose a Qi and Blood cultivation method?

"You need the Qi and Blood cultivation method?" Chen Lie asked, puzzled.

"Of course, my Strength Value has been unable to break through ten times for a long time, and I urgently need a qi and blood cultivation method to improve the purity of my qi and blood."

"Didn't you ask your mother for help? To teach you some techniques?" Chen Lie asked curiously.

"My mother? She doesn't know anything about Qi and blood cultivation, how could she teach me?"

Are you sure your mother doesn't understand? Or haven't you asked her?

"My mother said that she doesn't know martial arts, and before I left for Starry Sky University, she repeatedly told me to study the advanced Martial Arts Knowledge from Outer Stars."

Chen Lie was deeply puzzled. Ji Lingxuan's mother was definitely not an ordinary person. Why did she claim that she didn't know anything about martial arts? And why didn't she teach her daughter everything she knew?

"Okay, I'll go with you!"

Although he didn't know the details of Ji Lingxuan's mother's situation, Chen Lie wouldn't refuse since Ji Lingxuan had brought it up.

At this moment, Han Keke, who was standing nearby, also said, "Big brother, I also need a cultivation technique now. Could you pick one out for me while you're at it?"

"Okay, let's go together!"

After Chen Lie responded, he went to the Transmission Pavilion on the Earth First Campus with Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke.

Upon arriving at the Transmission Pavilion, Chen Lie immediately noticed that all the cultivation techniques were for the Blood-Qi Stage. He selected a suitable technique for both Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke.

The two techniques cost each of them 50,000 Credit.

After purchasing the cultivation technique, Chen Lie went to the restaurant.

He broke through to the Earth Aperture Stage yesterday, and it was the Blood Qi Value. So when he arrived at the restaurant, he ordered a Spirit Medicine Meal worth 3,000 Credit, which included meat from a fifth-tier Wild Beast.

This time, Han Keke and Ji Lingxuan did not follow Chen Lie's example. They had not yet entered the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi, and their Strength Value had not yet stabilized. Therefore, they had to control their Blood Qi Value; otherwise, if their Qi Blood Qi Value were too high, their Strength Value would definitely drop.

For several days in a row, Chen Lie led Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke to hunt Wild Beast.

There are many fortresses and strongholds in the Wasteland, and each time you travel to the Wasteland via a wormhole, you will reach a different fortress.

In just a few days, Chen Lie hunted down thousands of Wild Beast, earning over 800,000 Credit and ranking among the top 500 on the Credit Rankings, very close to the top 100.

Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke have both accumulated over 700,000 Credit.

These past few days have made the two realize that obtaining Beast Core Wild Beast beasts is not an easy job.

On this day, Chen Lie and his two companions arrived at a new fortified stronghold.

After leaving the fortress, Chen Lie, Ji Lingxuan, and Han Keke quickly ventured 150 miles into the Wasteland and began a large-scale hunt for Wild Beast.

Upon arriving at the canyon surrounded by Wild Beast, Chen Lie activated his Mental Power, simultaneously operating the Consciousness Sea World of the Eastern Heavenly Seven Mansions and the Seven Mansions of the Southern Sky. As his Mental Power attacks swept across, one after another, massive Wild Beast fell to the ground.

Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke also followed along to retrieve the Beast Core.

Soon, Chen Lie arrived at the depths of the canyon and was slightly taken aback when he saw the ferocious beasts gathered ahead.

"So many Scarlet-Gold Macaque!"

The Wild Beast gathered deep in the canyon were a large number of ferocious monkeys, numbering at least twenty or thirty.

"Looks like we've run into a pack of Wild Beast, which saves us a lot of trouble!"

Chen Lie unleashed dozens of Mental Power Impact simultaneously.

The immense Mental Power instantly shattered the Wild Beast's blood barrier, erasing Wild Beast intelligence.

Twenty or thirty Wild Beast died at the same time, their enormous bodies collapsing to the ground.

"Take the Beast Core!"

Chen Lie gave a signal and beckoned Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke retrieve the Beast Core of the Wild Beast beasts.

Upon hearing this, Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke immediately stepped forward, and the three of them worked together to dissect the beast and extract its core.

After obtaining the Beast Core, Chen Lie continued his journey, hunting down prey along the way.

His Mental Power attacks were invincible against the Wild Beast. Along the way, the ground was littered with beast corpses. In many places where hunting was intensive, huge beast corpses piled up into mountains of corpses tens of meters high, and the stench of blood permeated the air, as if it were a living hell.

And so, Chen Lie led Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke to the depths of the Wasteland, a distance of three hundred miles, for the first time.

At that moment, a gigantic ape, over twenty meters tall, walked past in the dense forest ahead.

Upon seeing this, Han Keke's heart skipped a beat. "B-Big Brother, that giant ape just now, was it Grandmaster- level Wild Beast? Did we go too deep?"

"It shouldn't be an eighth-tier Grandmaster- level Wild Beast, but rather Seventh Tier Wild Beast."

Chen Lie glanced at the giant ape from afar and said.

"Should we retreat a bit? It's too dangerous here. Even a Seventh Tier Wild Beast could crush us with a single stomp!"

"Alright, let's go!"

Chen Lie was aware of the danger of Seventh Tier Wild Beast. Even if his Mental Power broke through two levels, his Mental Power attack would never be able to penetrate the blood barrier of a Seventh Tier Wild Beast. When encountering Wild Beast of this level, he could only retreat.

After retreating nearly a hundred miles, Ji Lingxuan asked, "Coco, count how many Beast Core we've harvested so far today!"

Han Keke quickly responded and began counting the number of Beast Core inside the animal skin bag.

After counting the number, she was astonished. "Big brother, you've performed exceptionally well today! You've already used over five hundred Wild Beast Core, and the vast majority of them are Tier 3 Desolate Beast Core!"

"Five hundred? That's too many! If we keep hunting like this for a month, wouldn't the final Credit be... fifteen million?"

They've surpassed the top spot on the Credit Rankings!

Ji Lingxuan asked in surprise.

"What's so strange about that? The student with the highest Credit is named Gu Tianji, isn't he?"

"Mentor Zhou Yixi said his Consciousness Spirit is among the top ten Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit in the Canglan Star Domain. How can that compare to Big Brother?" Han Keke said.

"Do you know about Chen Lie's Consciousness Spirit?" Ji Lingxuan asked.

"This..."

Although Ji Lingxuan has now witnessed Chen Lie's extraordinary abilities, she dares not casually reveal the matter of the Consciousness Spirit.

"Chen Lie, the types of Consciousness Spirit are indeed very secretive to Divine Sense Master. I can understand your desire to keep it a secret, but how did Han Keke find out?"

Ji Lingxuan turned her gaze to Chen Lie.

Chen Liedao, "She just made wild guesses. She always thought my Consciousness Spirit was some kind of Dark Ghost Dragon, but actually my Consciousness Spirit is from an outer Consciousness Spirit."

"Oh, I see."

Han Keke dismissed Chen Lie's words. Based on Chen Lie's performance in hunting Wild Beast, even if his Consciousness Spirit wasn't that of the Dark Ghost Dragon, it was certainly no worse than that of the Dark Ghost Dragon.

"Five hundred Wild Beast Core, almost all of them from Tier 3 Desolate Beast, worth 500,000 Credit. It would be too ostentatious for us to use this for the handover," Ji Lingxuan said, frowning.

"Yes, at this rate, in just one month, we'll surpass the top Credit Rankings."

No one would believe we were helped by some powerful figure, because even the top Credit Rankings couldn't achieve this score. Otherwise, should we keep a copy of this Beast Core?"Han Keke suggested.

"Those that can't be left behind can be detected by instruments at the mission handover point. The Beast Core hunted in this Wasteland belong to Canglong Star, and taking them out is illegal," Chen Liedao.

"What should we do then? Bury the Beast Core underground first, and take it with us next time we come?"

"The wormhole teleportation seems to be random; we might not be able to come to this fortress again next time," Ji Lingxuan said.

Chen Liedao, "Let's go back first, we'll talk about it then!"

Ji Lingxuan and Han Keke nodded, and the three of them returned to the fortress together.

At this moment, several young men and women arrived from a distance at the place where Chen Lie and the others had just hunted the Wild Beast.

Upon seeing the mountain of giant beast carcasses, the group of young people were momentarily stunned.

"How come there are so many animal corpses? They've piled up into a mountain of corpses. Who did this?"

"Could it be that someone hunted down so many Wild Beast in such a short time? That's impossible, isn't it?"

As the group continued forward, they came to a sight of countless animal carcasses scattered across the ground, filling them with great confusion.

"Could it be that someone really has the ability to hunt down so many Wild Beast in such a short time, and they're all Tier 3 Desolate Beast?"

"People at the Blood-Qi Stage probably can't do this, right? Only strong people like Wei Xiong'an Wen Ruying can do it."

But this is the period of elimination for new recruits, so these people shouldn't be able to get in, right?

A young girl shook her head and said, "No! There are also people in the Blood-Qi Stage who can hunt down hundreds of Tier 3 Desolate Beast in a short time. Have you forgotten Gu Tianji and Shen Jiuxi?"

"Could it be that Gu Tianji or Shen Jiuxi did this?" a young man asked, puzzled.

"Gu Tianji and Shen Jiuxi have already gone to the Ancient Star Secret Realm. The person who hunted the Wild Beast here just now must be someone else, but it must be someone who is among the top in the Credit Rankings. Even Wenren Qingyue and Gu Changhe, who are ranked outside the top five in the Credit Rankings, may not have this ability."

The young people suddenly realized.

On the other side, Chen Lie, Ji Lingxuan, and Han Keke saw several people from Blue Star and Red Flame Planet on their way back to the fortress. From Blue Star, there were Zuo Yuan'er and Hao Yulong, and from Red Flame Planet, there were Zhu Jingfei, Yang Jiannan, Zhu Jingshu.

At this moment, these people were besieging a Tier 2 Desolate Beast. The Wild Beast's defenses were strong, and although Wild Beast two-star individuals were suppressing it by taking turns attacking, they were unable to truly break through its defenses.

As Chen Lie passed by, the Tier 2 Desolate Beast broke through the encirclement of Zuo Yuan'er, Zhu Jingfei, and the others, and charged towards Chen Lie.

As the Wild Beast approached, Chen Lie unleashed a punch.

With a loud "boom!"

The Tier 2 Desolate Beast was sent flying hundreds of meters by Chen Lie's punch, crashing to the ground lifeless.