For a moment, Jiang Shuoxue stood rooted to the spot as though turned to stone, only murmuring in a trembling voice:
"It actually... actually went up by a full ninety thousand points at once!"
But scarcely had her words fallen when the points after Xu Taiping's name increased by another full forty thousand.
Before she could even blink, another nine thousand followed that increase of forty thousand.
After those nine thousand, however, the points after Xu Taiping's name stopped rising.
For a moment, the previously silent Demon-Slaying Platform erupted in deafening cries of astonishment:
"Xu Taiping gained a hundred and thirty-nine thousand points?"
"He barely entered or left the Seal Land later on. How could he have gained so many?"
"Two hundred and seventy-nine thousand points! That score could probably rank in the top ten of all past Chaotic Stars Assemblies, couldn't it?"
"Top ten? Even the top five is possible!"
Amid the cries of astonishment, almost every cultivator standing around Xu Taiping turned to look at him, apart from Lin Buyu.
Disbelief filled all their eyes.
In fact, it was not just them. Even Xu Taiping himself found it somewhat strange.
In his view, he should at most have gained forty-odd thousand points, just like Lin Buyu.
He had never imagined he could gain so many at once.
So, somewhat doubtful, he asked Lin Buyu inwardly:
"Junior Sister Buyu, have there ever been cases of Demon-Slaying Tokens tallying scores incorrectly in past Chaotic Stars Assemblies?"
Lin Buyu answered decisively:
"No."
Xu Taiping immediately frowned.
"That makes this rather strange."
Just as everyone on the Demon-Slaying Platform was discussing it, a somewhat shrill woman's voice suddenly drowned them out:
"Court Lord Fenghuang! There must be something wrong with Xu Taiping's score! He barely entered the Seal Land during that later