Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 78: This Woman Really Isn’t That Smart!
Apart from Chen Nuoyi and Zhang Jun, the only outstanding candidate left was the transfer student.
On the leaderboard, Xiao Kong was sitting at the top with an impressive score of 2,400 points.
Just defeating the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer Zhang Jun earned him a thousand points.
Keep in mind, only half an hour had passed since the exam started.
Next were Wu Ziying and Chen Nuoyi.
Then, in fourth place on the leaderboard was Su Yuan.
According to the judgment of the Taixu Illusion Realm, the Black-backed Bull, obscured by a mosaic, was dead, accounting for 700 points for Su Yuan as it was at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.
If you also consider Jin Hao, who could be converted into points at any time, Su Yuan’s score could immediately soar to second place on the leaderboard.
As for Chu Lanxi, Wu Xingqi, and other students from the school, they were still in the exploration phase and hadn’t earned many points yet.
So, looking at the leaderboard rankings alone, the only one holding the fort for the school was Su Yuan.
No matter how defiant they felt Su Yuan was acting, when the mosaic disappeared from the screen showing him, the school leaders couldn’t help but focus their gaze on him.
At that moment, Su Yuan was sitting atop a Blood Bull that looked identical to the Black-backed Bull, only slightly smaller.
He was leisurely leading Jin Hao while strolling forward.
What to say about this scene?
The impact was slightly less than when Jin Hao was transformed into a Walking Corpse just before.
But what neither the school leaders nor Taibai Phecda noticed was that among the scattered remains of bullhide and bones on the ground, all spiritual power material was gone.
Because when Su Yuan was refining the Blood Beast just now, he also casually used the Demon Technique·Finger Spirit.
The Spirit Pill made from the Black-backed Bull wasn’t in Su Yuan’s possession anymore; it had already been fed to Jin Hao right beside him.
Jin Hao’s body surface now had a faint, barely noticeable iron-blue hue, with a subtle metallic sheen under certain lighting.
The Spirit Pill’s effect was as follows:
[Unnamed Black Pill: Greatly increases skin toughness, significantly boosts strength and endurance, lasts for twelve hours!]
The Black-backed Bull had produced an excellent Spirit Pill, inheriting nearly all its thick skin and brute strength, along with the endurance commonly seen in cattle.
But with Jin Hao available as a ready "steed," Su Yuan naturally wouldn’t take the pill himself and instead used it to enhance Jin Hao’s strength.
Next, he would continue accumulating points and developing his steeds.
Perhaps because both of his steeds were drenched in the scent of blood, it wasn’t long before a Spirit Beast, smelling the scent, came along.
This time, it was a completely jet-black tiger, exuding an extremely fierce aura, likely at least at the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.
Without a word, Su Yuan immediately ordered his steeds to charge into battle.
Ten minutes later, the battle ended, and the screen was covered in mosaic.
Twenty minutes later, a Blood Tiger had become Su Yuan’s new steed, and the Jin Hao Walking Corpse also gained the Tiger Power enhancement.
Su Yuan estimated that the corpse’s strength was now on par with a university student at the Qi Cultivation Peak, just getting an early taste of university life, while Jin Hao’s spirit, trapped inside the corpse, could only secretly rejoice.
Meanwhile, Su Yuan reaped 800 points, instantly rising to third place on the leaderboard.
But during the process of dealing with the Black Tiger’s corpse, because he lingered too long in place, a light signal nearby was actively approaching Su Yuan.
Seeing that someone was daring enough to disturb his growth, Su Yuan felt more excitement than alarm.
What’s the point in fighting NPCs? His steeds were in dire need of a head-to-head battle, and hopefully, a skilled opponent would come. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
If it were a transfer student, that would be perfect.
After all, being turned into a Walking Corpse was rather painful, and if it were a fellow schoolmate, Su Yuan wouldn’t bear to do it and would rather end their misery quickly.
But for those transfer students who bullied his classmates, Su Yuan had no such reservations.
Su Yuan was just such a person, clear on what’s right and wrong.
Then, crouched in the bushes, Su Yuan saw a beautiful girl with a cold jade face and long purple hair appearing in his sight.
Wu Ziying!
The academy’s second most influential person after Xiao Kong, a master at the Qi Cultivation Peak!
Why did the boss appear right at the start?
Moreover, what shocked Su Yuan even more was the piece of colorful black scale the size of a palm hanging from her waist.
It looked like the Reversed Scale of a Black Stone Flood Dragon, and the power of a Black Stone Flood Dragon... even a sub-adult one had the strength of the Qi Cultivation Peak and could easily defeat three or five ordinary cultivators at the same level with just ordinary Magical Treasures.
Su Yuan quickly took another look at the points leaderboard, seeing that Wu Ziying’s score had somehow skyrocketed to 3,700 points.
This woman definitely took down a Black Stone Flood Dragon just now.
Holy crap! No way I can beat that!
Su Yuan immediately pulled his head back and couldn’t help but glance at the Chi Yuan Sword.
The good news was that even though he couldn’t win, he could escape by merging with the Chi Yuan Sword and using it to fly away.
Although Wu Ziying was stronger than him, her Magical Treasure was just a Standard Flying Sword and, unless pushed past its limits, couldn’t catch up with him no matter how hard she tried.
This felt like being hunted by an Emperor Dou while not panicking because the Emperor Dou’s steed wasn’t as fast as his own—what kind of déjà vu was this?
Unfortunately, doing that would mean wasting all his accumulated resources and starting over.
He couldn’t bear that!
And as for Taibai Phecda and the school leaders wondering about Su Yuan facing Wu Ziying?
Though a bit unkind, they secretly hoped to see Su Yuan face some setbacks.
Perhaps this was the natural duty of a Righteous Cultivator to punish the wicked and eliminate evil.
Within the Taixu Illusion Realm, Wu Ziying glanced at the minimap, her beautiful eyes coldly glancing in the direction of the bush where Su Yuan was hiding.
"I don’t care who you are, come out on your own."
The bushes remained silent.
Wu Ziying frowned and coldly said:
"If you don’t want to come out with dignity, then I’ll help you do so."
Saying this, the Standard Flying Sword behind her hovered in the air, its tip aimed at the bushes, its body accumulating mounds of energy, ready to blast at any moment.
Finally, a figure slowly emerged from the bushes:
"Sister Wu! Don’t draw your sword; it’s me!"
The figure stood up, and a muffled voice sounded.
Wu Ziying was slightly taken aback, looking at that familiar yet gaunt face across from her.
"Jin Hao?"
"Yes, it’s me! I’m one of us!"
"Jin Hao" said sincerely.
Wu Ziying glanced at the minimap once more, finding only one candidate’s marker in front of her; since Jin Hao was standing there alive, this marker could only be Jin Hao.
But why did she feel something was off?
She carefully scrutinized the other and asked cautiously:
"Jin Hao, why does your face look so pale and green, like a dead person?"
"That’s because I was so scared after barely escaping alive from being hunted."
"Why is your body covered in a bloody smell?"
"I... I got injured while being chased; it’s normal to have this kind of smell."
"Why is your voice so hoarse and muffled?"
"I was yelling a lot when I was being hunted and hurt my throat..."
After these explanations, Wu Ziying found a bit of sense in them, nodded, and was mostly relieved of her suspicions.
Hiding in the bushes behind "Jin Hao," Su Yuan, imitating Jin Hao’s speech, let out a long breath of relief.
At the crucial moment, fortunately, he remembered Wu Xingqi’s assessment of Wu Ziying.
A strong woman but not so smart.
Since Wu Xingqi could trick Wu Ziying into buying all the pastries and bread from her family, why couldn’t he also deceive her?
And judging by the outcome, he succeeded—Wu Ziying really wasn’t that smart.
Taibai Phecda and the school leaders in the audience were once again caught in silence.
