Each Green Fire Python was worth 64,000 points.
By nightfall, Lu Chong had taken down five Green Fire Pythons in the Level 2, Eighth Stage Exotic Beast zone.
His total score had finally broken one million, reaching 1,035,926—an amount the other students could only dream of catching up to.
The Combat Assessment was barely halfway over, with a full three days still to go.
But whether they were candidates in the Hunting Ground or viewers watching the livestreams, everyone knew that even if Lu Chong were eliminated now, he would still sit firmly at the top of the rankings.
Li Ganzhong, in second place, had only just passed 120,000 points. Even if he stayed up around the clock for the remaining three days, he couldn't reach half of Lu Chong's score.
What was more, Lu Chong had nearly swept clean every Exotic Beast zone from Level 2, Stage 3 onward.
The only high-scoring zones left were the Level 2, Ninth Stage Exotic Beasts and the even more terrifying Level 3 Exotic Beasts. Would Li Ganzhong dare challenge them?
Forget him—even if he managed to rally every other Martial Artist candidate, they still might not dare venture in.
After all, the candidates were there to earn points for themselves. No one wanted to be a disposable pawn sent charging into battle.
"Is he going to keep challenging the Ninth Stage beasts?"
That question arose not only in the major livestreams, but among the half of the candidates still in the Hunting Ground, too.
The candidates actually hoped Lu Chong would keep challenging stronger Exotic Beasts, since those points had never been within their reach anyway.
Besides, if Lu Chong got eliminated for biting off more than he could chew, he wouldn't come back to compete with them for points in the