In this battle against Mara, the battle credit calculation was extremely strict. Ordinary practitioners would only be able to count the number of Mara kills that were at most one level lower than their level of practice.
This meant that for a mid Dharma adept like Lu Ping, if he wanted to count his battle credit, he had to kill at least a Blood Mara. If it was a Big Mara that was equivalent to the Core Forging stage, to a mid Dharma adept, it would be as easy as chopping vegetables. There was no point in doing so.
Of course, for early Dharma adepts like Liu Tianyuan and Ji Tianxuan, killing a Big Mara that was equivalent to a late Core Forging stage could also be counted as a battle credit. It was just that compared to killing a Blood Mara, the difference was like heaven and earth. However, it was still much higher than a mid Dharma adept killing a Blood Mara.
By the same token, if a mid Dharma adept killed a Jade Mara that was equivalent to a Jade Mara of the same level, the battle credit he would receive would definitely be higher than if a Great Dharma adept killed a Jade Mara.
All in all, this method of calculating battle credit took into account practitioners of different levels of practice. At the same time, it also took into account the relative difficulty of calculating battle credit.
However, Lu Ping did not care too much about Xie Tianyang and the rest's fair challenge. Lu Ping took out his Imaging Stone and looked at it. Previously, when he was above the Qing Ming River, he had used the "Changing Seas into Mulberry Fields" because of his sudden enlightenment. In one fell swoop, Lu Ping had killed a Jade Shura, a Jade Demon, five Blood Shuras, and two Blood Demons. In addition, he had severely injured a Jade Shura and three Blood Mara, and killed more than 600 Big and Small Mara. It was a pity that these achievements did not count towards Lu Ping's battle credit. Even so, with these achievements, Lu Ping did not believe that Xie Tianyang and the rest would be able to catch up to him in this battle.
After finding out the whereabouts of the Sound Stone from Lin Yu Laozu, Lu Ping was even more determined to go to the Seventh Patriarch's altar. If he wanted to go there, he had to be among the best in this battle against Mara. At the very least, he had to be among the best among the mid Dharma adepts.
There had been rumors that this battle against Mara would open up the battle credit leaderboard. Lu Ping had just received confirmation from Lin Yu Laozu, and the battle credit leaderboard had already been opened when Mara had attacked Zhenling's base.
There was no overall leaderboard for the battle credit leaderboard. The battle credit leaderboard was based on the different levels of practice of the adepts, which would result in different points for killing Mara. Therefore, the leaderboard was only based on the different levels of practice of the adepts, and Lu Ping naturally only paid attention to the leaderboard for the mid Dharma adepts.
According to the rules of the battle credit leaderboard, a mid Dharma adept would naturally not receive any battle credit for killing Mara or Little Mara. However, killing a Blood Shura would be worth three points, and a Blood Demon would be worth five points. Killing a Jade Shura of the same level would be worth ten points, and a Jade Demon would be worth fifteen points. If one was able to kill an Asura of a higher level, it would directly increase by twenty points. However, if it was a Sky Demon, it would be a whole thirty points.
Lu Ping made a rough estimate of the battle above the Qing Ming River and realized that he had still received fifty points. Although now, because of the Seventh Patriarch's altar, Lu Ping now had an additional motivation to fight for battle credits, due to the previous agreement he had with his companions, Lu Ping could not directly fight.
However, the way the battle credit leaderboard was calculated for early Dharma adepts was different. This was because of the huge gap between a Big Mara and a Blood Mara. Although early Dharma adepts could still receive battle credits for killing a Big Mara, which was equivalent to a late Core Forging adept, regardless of whether it was a Big Shura or a Great Demon, the battle credit would only be one point.
However, if early Dharma adepts were able to kill a Blood Mara of the same level, the points would become ten points for a Blood Shura, and fifteen points for a Blood Demon, which was basically the same as how a mid Dharma adept would receive points for killing a Blood Shura of the same level. Similarly, when an early Dharma adept killed a Jade Mara of a higher level, they would also receive twenty points and thirty points respectively.
As for the higher level Asuras and Heavenly Demons, although early Dharma adepts basically had no chance of killing these beings, the battle credit leaderboard still listed the reward points for them. That was, if an early Dharma adept killed a Blood Shura two levels above him, an Asura would receive forty points, and a Sky Demon would receive sixty points!
The same principle also applied to late Dharma adepts. If Jade Mara died at their hands, they would only receive thirty to fifty points. However, if someone completed a cross-level battle, they would receive ten or fifteen points for the points they earned.
In reality, this was also a deliberate move by the thirteen Pure Yang adepts when they came up with the battle credit leaderboard. The reason was simple, and that was, every time Mara increased his level of practice, the increase in his abilities would often far exceed that of a human adept of the same level of practice. Therefore, the thirteen Pure Yang adepts did not approve of anyone taking the risk to challenge a strong practitioner like Mara.
In reality, this was also a deliberate move by the thirteen Pure Yang adepts when they came up with the battle credit leaderboard. The reason was simple, and that was, every time Mara increased his level of practice, the degree of his ability would often far exceed that of a human adept who had the same level of practice. These thirteen Pure Yang adepts did not approve of anyone taking the risk to challenge a strong practitioner like Mara.
Among the Mara adepts whose level of practice was comparable to the Dharma adepts, Mara of the same level was often stronger than human adepts because of his spiritual treasure. Those who could fight a Mara of the same level of practice were usually the best of the best among human adepts of the same level of practice.
At this time, the battle outside the station was already in full swing. When Lu Ping looked over, he saw that the three mid Dharma adepts, Xiahou Wushang, Chan Yue, and Chan Xiang, were barely able to fight a Jade Shura to a draw. This also showed that the three of them were strong among the same level of practice, and they were worthy of being adepts of their respective sects.
Compared to the three of them, Green Fox was much weaker. She had tried to challenge a Jade Shura on her own, but the Jade Shura had the upper hand. She had no choice but to call for Green Tiger and Green Wolf's help, and only then did she have the upper hand in the battle against the Jade Shura.
And Su Jin and Xie Tianyang's abilities were undoubtedly stronger than Xiahou Wushang and the other two. Even if the two of them each dealt with a Jade Shura, they could still do it with ease. And Lu Ping could see that Xie Tianyang's abilities were even slightly stronger than Su Jin's.
Sang Yu wholeheartedly wanted to compete with people of the same type, but he now had a grandaunt by his side. Wu Yinglan was only at the early Dharma stage, and her abilities were barely satisfactory, but it was not an easy task for her to take on a Blood Shura alone. Sang Yu could only escort her along the way. However, in this way, he had seized the opportunity to kill a Blood Shura and severely injure a Blood Demon. Compared to the others, he was the first to achieve results.
When Lu Ping saw that his side wasn't in a disadvantageous position, he felt relieved. After all, there were still Tian Fan and Tian Xue, the two Laozu experts on the battlefield. When the two of them worked together, they were equivalent to the existence of a grand cultivator. As long as Mara's army didn't send out any Asuras, Mara's army wouldn't have any problems charging forward.
Lu Ping simply ran to the array disc of the Five Elements Formation to talk to the Black Fox.
When the Black Fox saw Lu Ping, she was very surprised, "Why are you here? Aren't you going to fight?"
Lu Ping chuckled and told her about the arranged battle, then asked, "How is it? How's the control of the Five Elements Formation?"
The Black Fox Immortal rolled her eyes at him and said, "The Wuxing School's Formation Detailed Explanation is a formation passed down from Wuxing School for tens of thousands of years. It's extensive and profound, how can it be so easy to control? The Five Elements Formation in the encampment this time is just borrowing the effect of the spiritual treasure, the Five Elements Ring, to simplify the construction of many originally complicated and profound formations, without weakening the formation's power. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't take such a short time to set up such a formation."
As the two of them spoke, they entered the location of the Five Elements Formation. On the formation disc, which had a circumference of 30 feet, there were dozens of top-grade spirit stones embedded in it, and in the center of the formation disc was the Five Elements Ring, which was shining with a five-colored brilliance.
Lu Ping looked at the formation disc, where the formation masters of his sect would replace the top-grade spirit stones that had exhausted their Spiritual Qi from time to time. He could not help but ask, "The consumption of top-grade spirit stones is so fast. Do the sect have enough spirit stones?"
The Black Fox said, "Before setting up the formation, Martial Granduncle Tian Xue gave me 300 top-grade spirit stones. It took me 50 to set up the formation and maintain its operation. But now that the battle is going on, the consumption of spirit stones will increase. But 300 top-grade spirit stones are enough to last for a while."
Lu Ping nodded and said, "Although there are a few places that are not used for gathering spirit, they are not spiritual veins. Otherwise, we can greatly reduce the consumption of spirit stones."
The Black Fox also said, "There is nothing we can do about it. Our sect's foundation is not as good as those famous sects. It is rare to be able to take out 300 top-grade spirit stones in one go. But who would have thought that Mara's counterattack would be so fast, and he is even coming for our sect."
Lu Ping said, "I have a few Spiritual Gathering Pearls with me, but it is too late to use them to cultivate spiritual veins. Now, the fastest way is to find one or two spiritual veins and bring them to the station. Or we can just separate a water vein from the Qing Ming River."
"Separate water vein?"
The Black Fox was a little surprised and said, "This is a secret technique that only a few sacred lands and famous sects can master. How can we do it?"
Lu Ping lowered his head and muttered to himself. He took out a storage bag and said, "There are 100 top-grade spirit stones in here. Just in case."
The Black Fox was a little unhappy and said, "This is a matter for the whole sect. How can you use your own things?"
Lu Ping smiled and said, "This is not for the sect, but for you. You can use it as you see fit."
At this time, the Black Fox realized the number of 100 top-grade spirit stones. Although she knew that her man was powerful, he could easily take out 100 top-grade spirit stones. She thought that even Celestial Phenomenon Laozu would not be able to do it so easily. She could not help but ask, "Where did you get so many top-grade spirit stones? Do you have enough for yourself? Why don't you just leave 50 and take the rest for yourself. "
Lu Ping wanted to show his wealth to the Black Fox, but he was afraid that he would scare her, so he just smiled and said, "You can take it. I don't lack these."
After saying that, Lu Ping stretched out his hand and threw the Linglong wine cauldron onto the Five Element Ring in the center of the formation plate.
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