Look at Xin Xia's heart! The Black Vatican reveals itself! Lin Yu arrives!

"Five people to a team!"

"We've got four here!"

"That's enough!"

Ai Tu Tu counted and then looked directly at Lin Yu.

"Pretty much. First place gets a chance to train in the Three-Step Tower."

"The Three-Step Tower!"

Mu Nu Jiao said the same on the other side.

Ever since she learned that Lin Yu had entered the Three-Step Tower and his strength had skyrocketed again, Mu Nu Jiao had grown quite interested in this treasure of Pearl Institute.

Of course, it could also be said that any freshman at Pearl Institute wanted to enter the Three-Step Tower at least once.

She wasn't the only one!

"No worries."

"Once they find the Shadow Beast, we'll just go snatch it from them!"

Lin Yu chuckled on the side, looking directly at the three girls.

"Brother Lin Yu is so bad!"

Ye Xin Xia murmured softly beside him.

"What's wrong, Xin Xia? Don't you like me like this?"

Lin Yu crouched down in front of Ye Xin Xia, studying her with a curious look.

Seeing Lin Yu lean in closer, Xin Xia immediately lowered her head.

"How could I not like it!"

Xin Xia's cheeks flushed red as she thought to herself, then shyly glanced up at Lin Yu before quickly looking down again.

Lin Yu found Xin Xia like this unbearably cute.

So he took the chance to tease her a few more times.

"Sister Mu, I think you need to pick up the pace!"

"Look at Xin Xia."

Ai Tu Tu whispered beside Mu Nu Jiao.

"Tu Tu!"

Mu Nu Jiao was exasperated.

But her gaze never left those two.

Ai Tu Tu clearly noticed this too and grinned without saying another word.

The four of them, each lost in their own thoughts, returned to the villa.

Among the thousand-plus intermediate-level students vying for the first-place reward, the resources they could mobilize behind the scenes were terrifyingly vast.

There was no surprise there.

A creature like the Shadow Beast really couldn't escape.

But something unexpected happened to Lin Yu.

Just as he was eating with the three girls, that guy Mo Fan suddenly called.

"Mo Fan, what's up?"

Lin Yu picked up a chicken leg and munched as he asked.

"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, save us!"

"Mad, those damn Black Vatican bastards!"

"They're surrounding Xu Zhaoting and me. We're at—bang!"

A sharp explosion sounded from the other end of the line, and the call cut off.

Hearing this, Lin Yu furrowed his brow.

He knew that ever since he'd transmigrated here, the butterfly effect from killing Yu Ang had already kicked in.

The situation was veering out of control.

"Lin Yu? What's wrong?"

Xin Xia looked at him with concern. She knew that whenever Lin Yu wore that expression, something had definitely happened.

Mu Nu Jiao and Ai Tu Tu also turned their eyes to him.

"It's nothing. Here's the plan."

"You all keep eating. I'm going to find that bastard Mo Fan."

Lin Yu shook his head and said directly.

With that, he walked out of the villa and dialed Ling Ling's number.

"Ling Ling, check the last location where Mo Fan's phone made a call."

"Got it. I have a tracker on that rookie Mo Fan's phone."

"On it!"

Sure enough, within five seconds, Lin Yu received the location of Mo Fan's phone.

He immediately activated a basic Wind Element Magic spell and sped toward the target location.

Inside the room, the three women watched Lin Yu's retreating figure with worried expressions.

They wanted to follow, but how could they ever keep up with Lin Yu's speed?

Meanwhile, in a factory elsewhere.

"Tell me, why did you come looking for trouble with the Black Vatican all by yourself?"

Mo Fan and Xu Zhaoting stood back to back, Mo Fan speaking with a helpless tone.

Around them, a crowd of Gray Robes and dozens of Black Beast Demons were closing in, their eyes fixed on the pair.

"I know the Black Vatican had a hand in what happened in Bo City!"

"I have to kill these bastards!"

Xu Zhaoting's face was a mix of anger and exhaustion—anger from the countless tragedies he'd witnessed in Bo City.

Exhaustion from the fact that he'd already been fighting these fiends before Mo Fan arrived.

His magic energy was nearly spent.

"Haha, a leftover piece of trash from Bo City still dares to come after us!"

"Today, you'll join the dead and be buried with them!"

"And you, Mo Fan—the Earth Sacred Spring is definitely on you!"

At that moment, a figure in a Black Robe stood on the second floor of the factory, looking down at the two below.

In those blood-red eyes, Mo Fan could see a mad, bloodthirsty gleam. The Black Vatican was nothing but a bunch of insane bastards!

"Dimensional Summon!"

Mo Fan glared at the surrounding Black Beast Demons, fury burning in his eyes. With a wave of his hand, moon-white Star Particles formed a star track, and the Ghost Wolf Beast slowly stepped out of the summoning passage.

The aura of the magic wolf instantly overpowered the Black Beast Demons across from it.

"Hmph, just a Servant Level Summoned Beast."

The Black Robe on the second floor sneered at Mo Fan, then waved his hand.

Two blood-red spatial passages opened, and two Cursed Beast Demons exuding Commander Level auras slowly emerged.

"Go on, you two, give your junior schoolmates a proper welcome."

The Black Robe ordered directly.

The two Cursed Beast Demons obeyed and charged forward.

Mo Fan's Ghost Wolf Beast was utterly powerless against the two Commander Level Cursed Beast Demons.

Unable to bear it, Mo Fan quickly recalled the Ghost Wolf Beast.

By now, both he and Xu Zhaoting were covered in wounds.

It was a good thing they had survived the Bo City disaster—their mental fortitude far exceeded that of ordinary people.

"Haha, I heard you survivors all became top students at Pearl Institute, right?"

"Especially that guy Lin Yu—even I've heard of his name!"

"Pearl Institute? Hmph!"

"A bunch of blind fools. You'll die first, and others will come to keep you company!"

When the Black Robe mentioned Pearl Institute, the hatred in his voice was impossible to hide.

Especially after looking at his two Cursed Beast Demons, he lashed a whip directly across their bodies.

"The Black Vatican really is full of sickos."

Mo Fan and Xu Zhaoting exchanged a glance, both thinking the same thing.

"Enough talk."

"Time for you to die."

The Black Robe's face twisted with rage as he ordered his Cursed Beast Demons to attack.

"Azure Profound · Blazing Fist · Earth Fiend!"

But just then, bursts of scorching azure Earth Fiend flames erupted throughout the factory.

Those Earth Fiend flames struck with pinpoint accuracy, hitting the Black Beast Demons and Gray Robes.

In an instant, the factory was filled with screams rising one after another.

It was like a demon punishing humanity.