As the countdown ended, Zhao San's countdown ended.
Before Lin Huang could summon his monster, Sun Yu pounced on Lin Huang.
To him, it was impossible for Lin Huang to get to the 21st checkpoint with his blue flame-level combat strength because of his own ability. As someone who had been through it, he knew the difficulty of the first 20 checkpoints. It was impossible for a holy fire-level to get to this checkpoint on his own.
Among the current members of the Evil Alliance, the last holy fire-level to get to the 21st checkpoint was a gold flame-level seven years ago. The man was a supreme genius from Division 1. Seven years had passed and the man was now a top powerhouse on the 63rd checkpoint. His combat strength was on immortal-level rank-9.
Sun Yu did not think that Lin Huang could achieve what the man had achieved. He thought that the reason why Lin Huang could get to the 21st checkpoint was because of the triple mutated immortal-level rank-2 ape. To him, most of the Imperial Censors had average abilities. Without powerful summoning monsters, they were useless.
As soon as the countdown ended, Sun Yu attacked. He wanted to kill Lin Huang before he could summon his monster as he was sure that Lin Huang would not be able to fight without his summoning monster.
Seeing that Sun Yu attacked without hesitation, many of the people who bet on Lin Huang to win had a slight change of expression.
They bet on Lin Huang not because Lin Huang could win, but because Lin Huang's Mighty Ape.
To them, as an Imperial Censor, Lin Huang's combat strength was too low. Even if he was a genius, it was impossible for him to fight Sun Yu. After all, those who entered the virtual world were all geniuses. Although Sun Yu's combat strength was only on immortal-level rank-1, his ability was actually on immortal-level rank-4. Even if Lin Huang was a supreme genius who could fight a level higher, a blue flame-level could only fight an immortal-level rank-3 at most. It was impossible for him to fight Sun Yu.
In their eyes, the only thing that mattered was whether Lin Huang could summon his pet monsters in time or not.
If Lin Huang could summon the ape before Sun Yu defeated him, it would be a fierce battle. Nobody knew what the outcome would be. However, if Lin Huang could not summon it in time, there would be no point in continuing the battle as Lin Huang would definitely lose!
Everyone thought that as an Imperial Censor, Lin Huang's ability should not be that great.
Many of the spectators shook their heads as they watched Sun Yu lunge at Lin Huang before he could summon his pet. The poor newcomer was going to lose all his points …
The hearts of those who bet on Lin Huang skipped a beat - their points were going to go down the drain.
However, at this moment, a ray of silver light suddenly flashed in the sky. Among the spectators, there was a flash of surprise in the eyes of a few.
In the next second, Sun Yu passed by Lin Huang. Lin Huang stood where he was as if he had not moved at all.
Sun Yu was terrified and spat out a mouthful of blood. Everyone then noticed that there was blood on the left side of his chest where his heart was.
"You pretended to be weak …" Sun Yu turned around and said to Lin Huang while clenching his teeth.
"You're the one who came to me." Lin Huang turned his head and looked at Sun Yu with a smirk. "I'll take your 6,000 points."
As soon as Lin Huang finished his sentence, Sun Yu's body began to disperse into tiny pieces. In just a few seconds, he had completely disappeared.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang heard a notification from the virtual system.
"You've killed Sun Yu, you've obtained 6,102 points!"
The crowd of onlookers was stunned to see Sun Yu killed in a single blow. Although some people had noticed the flash of silver light, they hadn't been able to see clearly what it was.
"What happened just now?"
"Did this kid cheat?"
"What was that silver glow that appeared out of nowhere? Was it the newbie's attack? "
"How can an Imperial Censor be so powerful? His combat level is only on blue flame-level. "
The crowd was discussing among themselves. Most of them did not see how Lin Huang had won.
"Alright, stop doubting it. This newbie is a powerful psychic. The silver glow was a flying dagger. Right before Sun Yu launched his attack, the flying dagger pierced through his heart and killed him in one hit. " Among the spectators, a tall, bald, middle-aged man suddenly spoke. He was on immortal-level rank-4 and had clearly seen Lin Huang's attack earlier. "There must be someone who was recording the fight. Play the video and slow it down. You'll see it clearly."
The few of them who were recording the fight immediately played the video and slowed it down to watch it.
Zhao San, who had set up the bet, played the video ten times slower. He finally saw the flying dagger that appeared in front of Lin Huang and pierced through Sun Yu's chest.
After watching the video, many of them looked at Lin Huang with fear. Nobody had expected the fight to end like this.
Not only was the blue flame-level newbie an Imperial Censor, but he was also a psychic. He managed to kill Sun Yu, who was on immortal-level rank-1, in one hit.
"He's a supreme genius!" After a moment of silence, a voice came from the crowd.
As soon as the voice was heard, everyone looked at Lin Huang with fear in their eyes. There was also a hint of respect in their eyes.
It was rare to see a supreme genius outside of the core zone. It was rare to see one or two of them in one zone. There were not many supreme geniuses in the core zone. In the huge Division 3, there were only about 50 supreme geniuses in the Evil Alliance.
Most of the people who were stuck on the 21st checkpoint and below were geniuses outside of the core zone. To them, supreme geniuses were unreachable, so it was only natural for them to be in awe of them.
Lin Huang ignored what the people were saying about him and walked straight to Zhao San.
"I bet 2,864 points. Does that count?" Lin Huang asked as he walked towards Zhao San.
"Yes … Yes!" Zhao San immediately nodded. His ability was not much stronger than Sun Yu's. If he dared to go back on his words, he was sure that the newbie would send him down the Stairway Tree in the next second. "2,864 points. Five times would be 14320. After deducting your principal, I'll have to pay you 11,456 points."
Zhao San transferred the points to Lin Huang immediately after he was done calculating.
Looking at the points that had entered his account, Lin Huang's mood lifted. He had more than 5,000 points initially, more than 6,000 points that he had just obtained, and more than 10,000 points that he had won from the bet. He had more than 20,000 points now.
At that moment, the sky was getting dark. Lin Huang looked at the time and was ready to go offline.
Zhao San could not help but ask when he saw Lin Huang clicking on the login page, "Mr. Lin, are you interested in joining our hunting team?"
"Hunting team?" Lin Huang looked at Zhao San doubtfully.
"It's a temporary team formed to hunt monsters at night," Zhao San explained. He then realized that Lin Huang was new to the team, so he explained further.
Lin Huang finally understood what was going on after listening to his explanation.
Although the monsters on the Stairway Tree would come out to hunt at night and there were many of them, it was a good time to kill monsters to obtain points.
During the few hours between sunset and midnight, when the number of monsters had not reached its peak, one could participate in the monster hunt. Therefore, many human geniuses had formed hunting teams on the 21st checkpoint. The purpose of forming hunting teams was not to split the points equally. Everyone's points would not change compared to when they were alone. However, once they formed a team, they would be able to look out for each other, which would make the hunt easier.
"When it's midnight, before the number of monsters reaches a level that we can't fight against, we'll retreat to the leaf that we're on and leave the virtual world. It's actually quite safe for us to stay together, "Zhao San explained further.
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