Chapter 78

The name Hei Yue had already spread, and everyone participating in the trial already knew that she had found and killed the Shadow Clan's intelligent mutant on her own.

What made Young Master Xu even angrier was that the rumors also said that she was originally on his side.

A follower of Young Master Xu, who had abandoned him to kill the intelligent mutant alone, was this not slapping Young Master Xu in the face?

Young Master Xu couldn't even intimidate someone as unknown as Hei Yue.

This was betrayal, unforgivable betrayal!

Hei Yue's team leader was called over. He was a cultivator at the first level of Earth Venerable, a disciple of Southeast Xiang Mountain. Facing Young Master Xu was nothing to him, and facing many second-level Earth Venerable peers was also nothing.

So Young Master Xu didn't even remember his name, only having a vague impression of his appearance.

"Sir, Hei Yue is his person."

"Yours? Not bad, very good!" Young Master Xu still pressed on the back of the human from Seed Star, panting heavily, but everyone could hear the anger in his voice.

"Sir, please forgive me! I don't know Hei Yue well. She is introverted and aloof. Even though she's not impressive, we teamed up because she's from Southeast Xiang Mountain. I'm not familiar with her at all. I never thought she would be so bold and reckless! Sir, rest assured, she is only at the first level of Earth Venerable. I guarantee to bring her to you and let you deal with her!" The man, scared and sweating, hurriedly explained and promised.

"Get out! If I don't see her tomorrow, don't even think about returning to Peak Sect alive!" Young Master Xu angrily shouted, not wanting to waste another word on him.

The man quickly and earnestly promised, then hurriedly called the three surviving team members and urgently contacted Hei Yue through the trial bead.

"Hei Yue, where are you? We are a team, we should act together."

"Hehe, are you here to capture or kill me? If you don't want to die so soon, stay away—don't come near me! After killing the intelligent mutant, my cultivation has soared. Killing you is like squashing ants. If Young Master Xu dares to kill here, I, Hei Yue, also dare." The cold and disdainful threat from Hei Yue in the trial bead made the team leader and the three team members look at each other, unable to believe this was the quiet and reserved peer they remembered.

"Hei Yue! You must explain to Young Master Xu yourself! Why involve us? If you don't see Young Master Xu, we will be implicated! We haven't wronged you during the trial—now you are harming us!" The team leader, seeing that persuasion failed and fearing Hei Yue's words were true, angrily questioned.

The three frightened team members also hurriedly said, "Yes, Hei Yue! We won't say anything about your achievements, and we don't envy you. Please don't harm us! You offended Young Master Xu, and now you're leaving us behind. Young Master Xu will kill us to vent his anger! You can't do this to us!"

"Ha..." Hei Yue sneered in the trial bead. "The Divine Gate is a place of the strong preying on the weak. You can harm me to save your lives, why can't I harm you? Do you want me to run to Young Master Xu to find death? You die, I don't care."

"Hei Yue, how can you be like this!" The team leader and the other three were on the verge of tears.

"You would do the same." Hei Yue smiled lightly, then suddenly changed her tone. "I'm not leaving you without a way out, but there is a condition. In the future, each of you must do one thing for me for free. Whoever breaks the agreement, dies!"

The four looked at each other. They didn't want to die, and if Hei Yue refused to see Young Master Xu, they would die! Now that there was a way out, could they hesitate? They all said in unison, "Okay!"

"Join Chen Zizai, he can protect you."

"How can a bastard son stand up to Young Master Xu?"

"I have no interest in explaining to fools like you."

There was no more response from Hei Yue in the trial bead. The four looked at each other, uneasy, and discussed for a long time, but couldn't come to a conclusion. But there was no other way; going back to see Young Master Xu meant certain death.

"Let's go, at least we can live a few more days!" Finally, the team leader made the decision, and the four lied that they were going to see Hei Yue and left the gathering place of the humans on Seed Star...

Ninety-five percent of Seed Star's surface was vast oceans. Below the sky where they had fought for days and nights, there were figures flying or swimming in the sea.

Heng Yi was among them, holding a compass that could sense the marks of Peak Sect's magical artifacts, searching for floating corpses on the sea surface.

The trial teams used Peak Sect's magical artifacts, even those from other planets, to make recovery easier. Without the marks, it would be difficult to search and recover them if they fell into the deep sea.

These magical artifacts were at least sub-treasure level, very valuable.

His personal achievements were already too high, so he volunteered for the search work, giving the remaining achievements to his teammates.

This work, though without achievements, would be rewarded with money based on the value of the recovered magical artifacts.

"Heng Yi!"

Heng Yi looked up and saw Xu Wenfeng flying towards him, smiling. "Brother, are you here too?"

"Of course, why compete with teammates for these achievements? How many achievements do you have?" Xu Wenfeng's approach was the same as Heng Yi's, and most teams did this. It was a common practice for those with high achievements to be responsible for recovering magical artifacts, while those with slightly lower achievements took turns.

"1.5 million achievements, and one special achievement. How about you, Brother?" Heng Yi was completely open.

"2 million, and one special achievement." Xu Wenfeng smiled proudly. "You need to work harder to beat me."

"I never thought of surpassing you, Brother." Heng Yi indeed never thought of it and had never cared about achievements from the beginning.

Achievements were calculated by Seed Star's magical array, with a complex method that wasn't just based on the number of enemies killed. It was impossible to determine how much of someone's achievements came from killing enemies or other sources, as many situations yielded equal achievements. They didn't know how many Shadow Clan members they had killed in total.

But everyone knew that Xu Wenfeng had killed the most Shadow Clan members, followed by Heng Yi.

Their achievements were abnormally high. Apart from them, no one's achievements exceeded 200,000, and those with over 100,000 could be counted on one hand.

In addition to normal achievements, Hei Yue, Xu Wenfeng, and Heng Yi all had full and significant contributions to killing the mutants, earning special achievements. These achievements counted as one, but the rewards were the highest, only given for killing mutants or making extremely significant contributions.

The achievements of those who attacked the special mutants at the last moment were generally 10,000 higher than those with similar performance, so many people were grateful to Xu Wenfeng. Those who didn't get to attack blamed themselves for being too slow.

"I wonder how many people had their talents advanced by luck." Heng Yi was more concerned about this than achievements. It was a rare good thing, and with so many participating in the final attack, if no one encountered it, it would be a waste of Xu Wenfeng's kindness.

"I saw five, but we two weren't so lucky." Xu Wenfeng smiled, not at all disappointed. "Brother, the benefits of mutants are not just this..."

Just as he was speaking, Hei Yue flew over, and Xu Wenfeng stopped.

Hei Yue smiled slightly at Heng Yi and nodded coldly at Xu Wenfeng as a greeting.

Xu Wenfeng smiled indifferently. "You're here too."

"Learning from Heng Yi, not competing for others' achievements." She smiled and added, "People with your talent won't have their talents advanced, as you are already at the limit."

Xu Wenfeng was surprised and looked at Hei Yue with new respect. "You know this?"

"I like reading cosmic history. If you pay attention, these experiences are not hard to summarize. There has never been a top genius whose talent or cultivation advanced. Many people in Peak Sect know this, but they don't mention it to avoid discouraging geniuses."

Heng Yi gained new knowledge and said, "So that's how it is."

When Heng Yi found a corpse, he put it and the magical artifacts into a rescue net. Hei Yue saw and smiled. "Collecting corpses?"

"If I can carry them, they have family and friends who would want to bury them. They are all meritorious in the trial. Why not collect the corpses?" Heng Yi had this question, but Chen Zizai said it was to remind the humans on Seed Star of the contributions of those who died in battle.

Heng Yi believed the humans on Seed Star would remember on their own, and there was no need to leave the corpses in the sea to feed the fish, which wouldn't starve for lack of food.

Xu Wenfeng had noticed Heng Yi's actions and now took out the trial bead. "I am Xu Wenfeng. My brother Heng Yi suggested bringing the corpses back with the rescue nets. I hope everyone can help. Even if they are not our peers, they are meritorious martyrs of the Divine Gate. Bringing them back for their families to bury is a good idea."

The trial bead quickly received responses from those searching for corpses.

"No problem, no one cares about the weight."

"Good suggestion. I also had a teammate die, and I wanted to bring their corpse back. We are all from the Eight Divine Gates, so we have a blood connection. It's better if everyone helps collect the corpses of the fallen."

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Hearing these supportive voices, Heng Yi resolved to request the elders to reflect on this when they returned to Peak Sect, ensuring that the corpses of the fallen would be brought back in future trials.

"Those who are incomplete can't be identified."

Xu Wenfeng quickly responded, "We have no choice but to leave them. I'm sure their spirits won't blame us."

Many found Xu Wenfeng's words strange, but Heng Yi thought it was normal.

They had the same background and had once mixed with ordinary people from the Peak Star System. The concept of spirits was understandable to them, but those from the Divine Gates had never heard of it, as humans don't have spirits, and the sky isn't that high in the eyes of the Divine Gates.

With the Shadow Clan mutant dead and the final battle won, the remaining trial time naturally became peaceful. Heng Yi and the others, who were searching for and recovering corpses and magical artifacts, enjoyed the relaxation after the intense battles.

But, would there really be no more turmoil?

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