Outside the pass.
Four days passed in the blink of an eye.
Lin An spent most of the last four days outside the pass, only returning to Heavenly Vault Pass once, because his storage ring was full.
"This Charm Snake Bell is quite useful."
Having once again cleared out the Sin Beast from a mountain range, Lin An looked at the Charm Snake Bell in his hand and thought to himself.
This was the fourth Sin Beast Mountain Range he had cleared. He was able to clear the Sin Beast so quickly mainly thanks to the help of the Charm Snake Bell.
Otherwise, even if he were very strong, it would be difficult for him to quickly gather a large number of Sin Beast.
"Tomorrow is April 1st, and the leaderboard will be recalculated again tonight."
Lin An looked at his ten secondary professions. Apart from the array master and puppeteer, the other eight secondary professions were only at the Bronze Tier.
"You can upgrade all eight secondary professions to Gold Tier, and you'll also get more attribute points at the end of the game."
Thinking it over, Lin An immediately got to work.
[Your secondary profession, Alchemist, has been upgraded to Gold Tier.]
[Your secondary profession Spirit Mark Master, has been upgraded to Gold Tier.]
[Your secondary profession, Runemaster, has been upgraded to Gold Tier.]
A series of notifications sounded.
It only takes 1100 attribute points to upgrade a secondary profession from Bronze Tier to Gold Tier, so even eight of them would only require 8800 attribute points.
However, on the leaderboard, a Gold Tier secondary profession can earn 3000 attribute points, which is definitely a profit.
After upgrading their secondary professions, the hundreds of puppets quickly disposed of the corpses in front of them.
"We can wipe out another mountain stronghold."
Seeing that there was still plenty of space in his storage ring, Lin An opened the map and quickly located another nearby hill.
That very night, the hilltop was transformed into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
While waiting for the puppet to continue processing the corpses of the Sin Beast, dawn broke, and it became April 1st.
There are only five months left until the players arrive.
[Leaderboard rankings are being calculated... Calculation successful.]
[You are ranked number one on eleven leaderboards. Please select the type of reward you wish to receive.]
"Attribute points," Lin An said.
[Selection successful. You have gained a total of 49,000 attribute points.]
As the system finished speaking, Lin An looked at his attribute points.
He has gained over 100,000 attribute points from hunting Sin Beast in the past few days. Combined with the 100,000 he already had, his current total attribute points have reached 363,217.
"Not bad. Even if I do nothing for the next five months, I'll still get nearly 50,000 attribute points each month, which adds up to over 200,000. That's much faster than other players who have to work hard to hunt down Sin Beast."
Lin An smiled and waited for the puppet to finish processing the materials from the Sin Beast before flying off to the next mountain.
In the Sin Abyss, the night is always much more dangerous than the day, and many Sin Beast prefer to roam at night.
But this is just right for Lin An. As long as he doesn't encounter Epic Realm Sin Beast, they pose little threat to him.
The Heavenly Vault Army, stationed here, naturally cleared the area first, ensuring that no Epic Realm Sin Beast would appear.
Time passed slowly.
Ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.
After wiping out a mountain stronghold that day, Lin An, though his storage ring wasn't full yet, planned to return to Heavenly Vault Pass.
This is simply because it's the last day of the competition, and the results will be announced tomorrow.
Lin An glanced at the token containing tens of millions of military merits; it seemed no one could surpass him.
"There are also attribute points."
Through his tireless efforts over the past two weeks, his attribute points have increased significantly, and he now has over 900,000 attribute points.
"After returning, you can upgrade the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to the minor level."
The Lin Clan Cultivation Technique, a Mythic Rank technique, requires a full 600,000 attribute points to master from the initial stage.
However, although a lot of attribute points are required, his cultivation speed will increase by 256 times after the upgrade.
"Once the competition results are out, I'll go to the Spirit Cleansing Pool anyway, and I'll break through to the Diamond Realm while I'm at it."
Thinking this, Lin An also flew towards the direction of Heavenly Vault Pass.
After returning to Heavenly Vault Pass, Lin An went to the Mission Hall and Exchange Hall as usual. Only after finishing this mission did he return to his residence.
With the Aura Concealment Formation activated, Lin An opened the panel and began to improve the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique.
[You have consumed 600,000 attribute points, increasing your proficiency in the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to minor mastery.]
[Cultivation Technique] Mythical Lin Clan Cultivation Technique (Minor Success 0/1.5 Million Attribute Points)
Looking at the attribute points needed to upgrade to the Great Perfection, Lin An's lips twitched. Although the effects of the Mythic Rank cultivation technique were powerful, nurturing it was too much of a hassle.
He has spent a total of 900,000 attribute points to go from beginner to intermediate level.
To reach the perfect level, you'd probably need another four to five million attribute points.
"Let's leave it at that for now, we'll talk about it later."
Lin An closed the control panel and began to rest, waiting for the competition to end tomorrow.
Morning has arrived.
There was a knock on the door.
Upon opening the door, they found it was Zhou Tao, the team leader.
To be honest, Lin An hadn't seen the other party for the past three months, except for the first day when they were brought to their residence.
Of course, the main reason is that Lin An rarely appears in Heavenly Vault Pass. He stayed indoors in seclusion for the first two months, and spent most of the last month hunting Sin Beast outside.
"I'm so glad that after three months, everyone in our team is still alive."
Zhou Tao looked at the ten people and said, "And it's clear that you've all made great progress in these three months."
Three months ago, among the ten people, only Lin An, He Changshan, Shang Minghai, and Zhuang Qing'er reached the Platinum Realm.
But now all ten of them are at the Platinum Realm, with the lowest being Platinum Second Grade.
Combat can indeed rapidly accelerate the improvement of everyone's cultivation level.
"As you all know, today is the day the competition ends. Now, come with me to attend the closing ceremony, where your military achievements over the past three months will be ranked."
As Zhou Tao spoke, he waved his hand and led everyone outside, with the crowd following closely behind.
Other teams can also be seen along the way, heading in the same direction.
Fifteen minutes later, the group arrived at a square.
By this time, there were already quite a few people in the square, and everyone waited quietly without saying a word.
Lin An also saw Zhou Ping, Shi Shan, and the others, and they nodded to each other as a greeting.
Then Lin An looked at the high platform in front of the square, where more than ten people were standing. Judging from their clothes, they were obviously high-ranking members of the Heavenly Vault Army.
"The strong."
Lin An's gaze fell on the middle-aged man at the head of the group. He could barely sense the man's presence, as if he didn't exist.
He had seen Epic Realm experts before, but this person was clearly beyond the Epic Realm, at least Legendary Realm expert.
This was definitely the strongest being he had seen in the three months since he entered the Heavenly Vault Pass.
He also noticed that when Zhou Tao saw this person, his pupils contracted slightly, and then his face was filled with admiration.
While Lin An was trying to figure out the other person's identity, another half hour passed.
Everyone who participated in the competition came; those who didn't must have died outside.
At this moment, the middle-aged man on the platform spoke.
"Hello everyone, let me introduce myself. I am Zheng Tang, the commander of the Third Legion," the middle-aged man said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, everyone present was taken aback, as they had not expected the legion commander to arrive in person.