When it was past six in the evening, Lin Huang finally broke through the 20th checkpoint and arrived at the 21st checkpoint.
Lin Huang basically passed all the checkpoints below the 10th checkpoint in less than ten minutes. However, from the 10th checkpoint onwards, Lin Huang and the Mighty Ape spent more than 15 minutes on each checkpoint. Some of them even took more than 20 minutes. Especially on the 20th checkpoint, Lin Huang and the Mighty Ape spent almost half an hour to break through.
From the 21st checkpoint onwards, there were finally branches extending from the Stairway Tree.
Lin Huang lifted his head and looked at the branches pointing far away. Each of the branches extended as far as Lin Huang could see. They looked like giant pillars that he could not see the top of.
When he was climbing the trunk of the giant tree, he felt like he was climbing a gigantic wall. He did not have a clear sense of how huge the Stairway Tree was. Looking at the branches, Lin Huang finally realized that he was not climbing a wall but a gigantic ancient tree. He finally had a clear sense of how huge the Stairway Tree was.
"Yao Lan said that places with leaves on the 21st checkpoint and above are the safest places on the Stairway Tree. The leaves at the end of each branch will form an individual bubble that provides shelter for the challenger. In the bubble, the Life Power recovery speed of the challenger will be enhanced. Not only will the bubble not be attacked by the local monsters on the Stairway Tree, but it can also block the attacks from other humans. Even an imperial-level won't be able to damage it. "
Lin Huang looked around but he did not see any place with leaves. However, he knew that humans would gather wherever there were branches.
Below the 30th checkpoint, only the 21st checkpoint had branches. It was the first regular gathering point for humans on the Stairway Tree. It was also the gathering point with the largest number of people.
As soon as they arrived at the checkpoint, Lin Huang did not plan to continue climbing.
It was getting late. The parasitic monsters on the Stairway Tree would be looking for food when the sky turned dark. It would be suicide to climb the Stairway Tree at night. Moreover, Lin Huang wanted to see what the human gathering place on the Stairway Tree looked like.
He ordered the Mighty Ape to move towards the branch closest to him.
The Mighty Ape carried Lin Huang on its back and quickly moved horizontally to where the branch was. It then leaped onto the branch.
The appearance of the Mighty Ape attracted the attention of many people on the tree branches.
Many of them panicked when they saw the Mighty Ape appearing out of nowhere. They thought it was a local monster from the Stairway Tree. Only a few people noticed that there was someone on the Mighty Ape's shoulder and knew that it was a summoned beast.
Lin Huang leaped and landed on the branch. Just when he was about to recall the Mighty Ape, he saw a young man in a white shirt walking towards him. His combat strength was on immortal-level rank-1.
"Name a price. Sell your giant ape to me." The white-shirted young man was obviously a descendant of a noble family. His tone carried an insufferably arrogant tone.
"Buy it?" Lin Huang chuckled and turned his head to look at the Mighty Ape. "You'll have to see if it agrees."
The Mighty Ape shook its head immediately and glared at the white-shirted young man fiercely. It did not want to leave Lin Huang. It had leveled up to triple mutated under Lin Huang's care and obtained the Mighty Ape's bloodline from Lin Huang. It might even go quadruple mutated in the future. Naturally, it did not want to change its owner. Even without those benefits, the monster card's loyalty was always 100%. It would never betray its owner (except for a few special circumstances).
"See? It doesn't want to follow you. "Lin Huang turned his head and smiled at the white-shirted young man.
"10 million Life Crystals." The white-shirted young man did not give up and named his price.
10 million Life Crystals was indeed a high price. Although a triple mutated immortal-level summoning monster was rare, the market price of a monster below immortal-level rank-3 was usually around 5 million. Even if it had an ancient beast's bloodline, the price would usually be 8 million. Even if it were to be auctioned, it would not be more than 9 million. The young man named his price of 10 million. It was obvious that he knew the market price.
When the onlookers heard this price, they all clicked their tongues in wonder. Many of them knew the white-shirted young man and knew about his background. They knew that he was confident in his bid.
"Herculean King, go back and have a good rest." Lin Huang ignored the white-shirted young man and said to the Mighty Ape. "We'll continue climbing the tree tomorrow."
He then recalled the Mighty Ape into its card form as soon as he was done speaking.
"12 million!" The white-shirted young man did not give up.
"I'm not selling." Lin Huang glared at him and did not bother to talk to him anymore. He then walked away.
The people who were watching the show were discussing among themselves.
"What an idiot. He's not selling it even if it's 12 million. If the triple mutated giant ape were to be auctioned, it would be considered good if it could fetch 9 million at most. "
"He's an Imperial Censor. Perhaps he really has feelings for his pet monster."
"So what if he has feelings? Can it compare to money? It's 12 million Life Crystals! It's enough to get a decent ancient relic. "
"15 million!" The white-shirted young man blocked Lin Huang's way, glaring at Lin Huang. "You have to know that 15 million is enough to buy an immortal-level rank-9 triple mutated Ancient Blood monster. Your ape's combat strength is only on immortal-level rank-2. If you miss this opportunity, it'll be impossible for you to sell it at the price that I'm offering today. "
"I told you, I'm not selling it!" Lin Huang stared at the white-shirted young man. The young man did not want to give up and Lin Huang lost his patience to communicate with him. "Is it hard to understand?"
"How dare you talk to me like that? You're just a blue flame-level. Are you seeking death?" The white-shirted young man was angry. Part of it was because Lin Huang had rejected him repeatedly while the other part was because of Lin Huang's tone.
"Go ahead and try. Let's see who's going to die." Lin Huang smirked. If the white-shirted young man were to attack him, he would not mind sending him to the starting point of the Stairway Tree. If he killed the white-shirted young man, he would be able to obtain half of his points.
The people who were watching started discussing again. Some of them took out chairs from their storage space and sat down while some of them even took out snacks to eat …
"They're going to fight soon. I'm going to make a bet. Is there anyone who wants to play? The new kid, the odds are 1: 5. The odds are 1: 1.2 for Sun Yu! "
"The new kid is only 1: 5. Zhao San, your odds are too low. It should be 1: 10."
"1: 10. You can make the bet then!" The tanned man named Zhao San glared at the man who had spoken earlier.
"Forget it, I'll bet on the new kid! 10 points, "the man who had said that the odds should be 1: 10 shouted.
"How dare you bet with just 10 points!" Zhao San rolled his eyes at him again.
"Hehe, it's not a big loss if I lose anyway. I'll get 50 points if I win."
"I'll bet 100 points on Sun Yu!"
"I'll bet 200 points on Sun Yu!"
"I'll bet 300 points on Sun Yu!"
...
Most of them bet on Sun Yu while only a few of them bet on Lin Huang. Moreover, most of them bet on Lin Huang with 10 and 20 points. Only one of them bet on Lin Huang with 30 points.
Zhao San, who was making the bet, had an ugly expression on his face. "F * ck, isn't this a sure loss for me as the banker?"
"Hey, can I join this bet?" Lin Huang turned his head and asked Zhao San all of a sudden as he looked at the people who had started the bet.
Zhao San was stunned for a moment before nodding. "Sure, but you can only bet on yourself."
"Then I'll bet all my points on myself." Lin Huang was very confident in himself.
"No, you can only bet half. If you're killed, half of your points will be taken by Sun Yu. At most, you'll be left with half. " Zhao San explained, "You don't have to transfer your points to me in advance. Just put it on my tab. Everyone is watching anyway. We can't go back on our words."
"Alright, let's do that then." Lin Huang nodded.
"What's your total points?" Zhao San wanted to record it for Lin Huang. As a newcomer, it was impossible for him to have too many points.
"5,728 points." Lin Huang reported his total points.
Zhao San was not the only one who was stunned. The crowd was stunned as well. Even Sun Yu raised an eyebrow.
"How can it be so much? Are you seeing things?" Zhao San appeared in front of Lin Huang and looked at Lin Huang's personal information page. Apart from Lin Xie's name and the organization he belonged to, there was only one number. It was indeed the 5,728 points that Lin Huang had just reported.
"How can a newcomer like you have so many points?" Zhao San asked curiously.
"I killed some monsters on my way up," Lin Huang explained.
From the first to the tenth checkpoint, one could obtain one point for each checkpoint that was cleared. From the 11th to the 20th checkpoint, one could obtain 10 points for each checkpoint that was cleared. Killing a holy fire-level monster would give one point, an immortal-level rank-1 would give 10 points, an immortal-level rank-2 would give 20 points, and an immortal-level rank-3 would give 40 points. The points would double for each level up.
The reason why Lin Huang had obtained so many points was that he had killed many monsters along the way. The weakest monster was a holy fire-level while the strongest was an immortal-level rank-3. Not only did he kill the monsters, but the Mighty Ape was also counted as his summoning monster's kills.
However, Zhao San and the rest did not think that Lin Huang had obtained the points by killing the monsters. They did not even think that Lin Huang's summoning monster had helped him kill the monsters. This was because killing monsters below the 20th checkpoint would require a large number of monsters to obtain more than 5,000 points. Many of them thought that Lin Huang's points must have been transferred to him by the other members of the genius organization so that he could purchase items in the virtual world.
Even Sun Yu thought so as he did not think that an immortal-level rank-2 ape would be able to obtain more than 5,000 points.
"Half of my points would be 2,864 points. I'll bet that much then. Please remember it for me." Seeing that Zhao San had confirmed that his points were correct, Lin Huang told them the points that he wanted to bet.
"If that's the case, I'll play with you." Sun Yu smiled. "I have more than 12,000 points now. I'll bet 6,000 points that I'll win!"
"Sure! I'll remember the points that both of you have bet. Once the battle is over, the one who loses will transfer the bet to me! "Zhao San accepted the bet without hesitation.
Soon, all the gamblers had placed their bets.
Lin Huang and Sun Yu stood 30 meters away from each other. Zhao San, the banker, was the judge of the battle.
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