The Da Chen National Daoist School’s control and use of the Star-picking Tower is extremely powerful.
By that logic, the other National Daoist Institutes and Star Halls must be the same.
This Star-picking Tower probably holds a great secret.
As he pondered, Xu Jin quickly sat down cross-legged, and focusing on the Great Gathering Star Pattern on his chest, he began to recover his Star Power.
Once the Small and Great Gathering Star Patterns were successully engraved, one could quickly recover Star Power even without assuming the Dining Dawn Form or the Drinking Radiance Style.
The difference in the speed of recovery was also very small.
Almost at the same time, Xu Jin’s Mingji Star Pattern in the Lower Star Palace became active as it, too, sensed the dense Star Power.
Xu Jin’s depleted Star Power began to recover rapidly.
Twenty minutes past the hour, Xu Jin’s Star Power had already recovered to its peak state.
After the Great Gathering Star Pattern was successfully engraved, not to mention the substantial increase in the upper limit of Star Power, but the speed of recovery also increased dramatically.
This was because Xu Jin had undergone the Purification process as many as eight times.
Otherwise, it would have taken Xu Jin about 15 minutes to recover his Star Power to its peak.
After recovering his Star Power, and with the two-quarter-hour limit not yet reached, Xu Jin tried to move about.
But he immediately realized he couldn’t move; his range of activity was confined to a space with a one-meter radius, like being in a cage.
This level of control was indeed very strong.
Beyond the exclamation, Xu Jin began to mull over his next tactic.
In the first two levels, Ning Yuchan had quickly analyzed the rules for them and then clearly pointed out what they needed to pay attention to in the assessment stages and their main direction.
Now, it was Xu Jin’s turn to analyze the rules and think.
The most important thing about rules is to analyze what lies beyond them.
In short, anything not forbidden by the rules can be done.
Firstly, gaining points for kills was a given.
Besides the initial point for scoring, one could also gain half of the points of the person killed.
In other words, the likelihood of Xu Jin’s current ranking being surpassed was too great.
For example, someone who killed Xu Jin could gain 17 points, while killing Meng Qingqiu could gain 9 points.
It was the best channel to earn additional points.
Plus, the Blood Battle Wilderness was lawless.
Kill however you like—it’s all up to your abilities.
Forming teams, grouping up, this was inevitable.
In an instant, Xu Jin thought of the other disciples from Jinshan Daoist Institute and remembered Ning Yuchan’s earlier concerns and instructions.
To be honest, Xu Jin wasn’t afraid of group fighting on a personal level.
Even if the more than a dozen people behind him in the second level formed a team to encircle him, Xu Jin was not afraid.
For one, Xu Jin was incredibly fast, matching nobody’s pace but his own.
Aside from Meng Qingqiu, no one’s speed could compare to Xu Jin’s.
He could quickly break free from encirclement and then pick off the enemies one by one.
Even if five or six, or even seven or eight people ganged up on him, the ten-finger rapid-fire skill that Xu Jin had hammered out for millions of times under the Star Lamp was not for show.
In recent days, Xu Jin had given this ten-finger rapid-fire skill a pleasing name.
Nine Veins Divine Sword!
He had originally wanted to call it the Ten Veins Divine Sword, but it didn’t sound as good.
Nine is the extreme of numbers, so he named it using nine.
So, Xu Jin was not afraid of being ambushed—in fact, he quite liked it if people came to encircle him.
Who doesn’t like free points?
It saves Xu Jin the trouble of having to search for targets to garner points.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Jin formulated his strategy for the third challenge.
Points—he should be good with them, and moreover, as the combat area continuously shrunk in the late period, earning points should be fast.
As for his fellow disciples from Jinshan Daoist Institute, to tell the truth, aside from those who had participated in Star Pointing together, he didn’t have deep feelings for them and didn’t have a strong desire to help them.
But helping them was helping Ning Yuchan.
In this respect, Xu Jin’s desire was very strong.
"Move quickly, start by searching for fellow disciples from Jinshan Daoist Institute, while earning points along the way."
[Xu Jin: The Wilderness Blood Battle is about to begin, please be prepared for combat]
The ranking screen in the sky had already changed into a countdown. After a few breaths, the countdown hit zero.
The light and shadow under Xu Jin’s feet changed.
The barrier that trapped him disappeared, and the terrain beneath his feet also changed from a mountain to a wilderness.
But it wasn’t an endless wilderness.
There were hills, dense forests, and even canyons and boulders.
There was a possibility of ambush.
The next instant, Xu Jin chose a direction and swiftly darted off.
The third challenge of the autumn exam, the Wilderness Blood Battle, had begun.