Before the formidable spiritual power of a Seventh-Rank Alchemist Grandmaster, even a forest this vast lay fully exposed. Given Xiao Yan's personality, he naturally wouldn't let these senior students walk away with the final reward, so Elder Bai's words weren't a breach of the rules.
And if they really could escape Xiao Yan, that alone would be something to take pride in. Even if he awarded them five hundred fire energy points, the Grand Elder probably wouldn't object.
"Hell difficulty, huh-"
Elder Bai let out a wistful sigh.
He waved a hand. "In that case, let us begin."
With that, he turned and left with Hu Gan and the others.
Numerous elders and enforcers patrolled the vast forest. In the past, they had been there to keep the senior students from bullying the newcomers too brutally, but now-they were there to protect the senior students.
Inside the forest.
A young man who looked like a new student was sent flying backward, smashing through several Silver Trees before hitting the ground. He spat blood, glaring with savage fury at the senior student slowly approaching him.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. This year's newcomers really are stubborn. I wonder what Elder Bai was thinking, setting up rewards like that for us. Did he think we senior students had it too hard and decide to show some mercy by letting us earn a little extra?"
The senior student crouched down with a smile, snatched the newcomer's Black Card, and transferred all its points onto his own card.
"Tsk, I still have to leave two points-"
Then he grumbled, "What kind of lousy rule is that? Why can't we pick them clean? Entering the Fire Energy Hunting Competition costs fire energy points to begin with, and they won't even let us make a killing."
"Just you