Chapter 289: Top-tier Sect, Black Emperor Manor!

In the familiar mountain hollow, using the same familiar method,

Gu Fan kept tossing treasures from his storage pouch into the air, letting them pile up in the center. The few people beside him were much calmer than they had been the first time.

Still, when they saw the little mountain of goods growing taller and taller, they couldn’t help swallowing their saliva.

“Damn, sure enough, robbery really is the fastest way to get rich!”

“Cang Ya is right—without grass at night, a horse won’t grow fat; without windfall wealth, a man won’t get rich!”

At that moment, Gu Fan, who was tossing items into the air, suddenly let out a soft “Hm?”

“Sixty-three, sixty-four, sixty-five… only sixty-five?”

Senior Brother also found it strange.

“Storage pouches generally don’t get damaged, so how could some be missing?”

Gu Fan thought for a moment, then waved his hand indifferently.

“Missing is missing. Looks like there were still a few smart ones among them.”

In such a situation, Gu Fan didn’t even need to guess—it had to be that someone chose to withdraw at the very last moment, getting teleported away and thus saving their own life.

So, although the number wasn’t large, there were still some who used their brains.

For someone like Gu Fan, who dared to appear in front of so many people alone and even took the initiative to provoke them, how could he possibly not have a trump card?

Only those fools would think Gu Fan was courting death.

To have cultivated to this stage, and even been chosen to participate in such an important grand event—

How could he possibly be an idiot? Obviously, he had absolute confidence in being able to preserve his life.

Thus, after figuring this out, a small number of people chose caution above all else. It was precisely this bit of caution that allowed them to barely save their lives in the end.

Gu Fan quickly divided the loot according to contribution—he, who had done the most, took forty percent, while the remaining sixty percent was split evenly among the other six people.

Everyone agreed with this arrangement; after all, they had hardly needed to make a move.

Other than striking when snatching the storage pouches, they had been watching from the sidelines the whole time.

Getting ten percent just like that left everyone very satisfied.

Once Gu Fan had confirmed the split, he immediately put away his own share and urged the others to quickly store theirs in their storage pouches as well.

Once all the stolen goods had been swept clean, everyone was in high spirits.

Never mind other gains from this trial—for personal wealth alone, each person had already multiplied theirs several times over!

“Senior Brother, check our current ranking.”

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother glanced at it and said in some surprise,

“We’ve already entered the top ten. Right now, we’re ranked eighth!”

Hearing this, Gu Fan fell silent for a moment, then smiled and said,

“Let’s do this one more time, and then we’ll have to stop for a while.”

He Qing was puzzled. This feeling of madly raking in wealth was just too exhilarating—why stop just when they were getting started?

“What’s wrong? Could it be that your ultimate move can’t be used anymore?”

Gu Fan shook his head.

“That’s not the reason. Our ranking has risen too fast.”

“From being completely unknown at the start, to jumping to fifteenth place yesterday after we killed over fifty people in one go, and now—after ambushing the disciples of nine sects—we’ve leapt straight to eighth place!”

“The speed is too fast. It’s bound to draw attention, and that’s not a good thing.”

Senior Brother instantly understood the meaning behind his words.

“You’re worried it’ll attract the attention of the top three?”

“Exactly. Our ranking hasn’t been climbing step by step—it’s been leaping by huge margins. And what does that prove?”

Nan Xuanrou immediately picked up the thread and said,

“It proves that every time we rise in rank, it’s because we’ve done it through large-scale killing and elimination.”

Gu Fan snapped his fingers.

“Exactly!”

“In the Eastern Region Grand Assembly trial, everyone’s strength is basically transparent. There are differences, but they’re not huge. Except for the top three sects, there shouldn’t be any sect capable of wiping out multiple sects at once!”

“But we, on the other hand, jumped seven or eight ranks in one go, and several sects disappeared from the ranking list entirely. That means we must have killed disciples from at least seven sects. With such strength, there’s no way they wouldn’t have noticed.”

“In other words, they can definitely deduce from the token information that we must have set some kind of trap to wipe out so many sects.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was instantly startled.

Just from the token rankings alone, such a conclusion could be reached—it seemed they had still been too naïve!

And for Gu Fan to become alert to this problem immediately clearly showed he was not simple.

Senior Brother nodded, feeling that Gu Fan’s analysis made sense.

If they wanted to win against the top three sects in terms of points, then they had to endure and keep a low profile.

If they were noticed too early, and any one of those three factions truly decided to target and hunt them down, things would get ugly!

“So, what should we do next?”

Gu Fan thought for a moment, just about to answer, when his expression suddenly changed. He immediately looked toward the distant west.

“What is it?”

Xia Yanhuan took the initiative to ask, and her words instantly drew everyone’s attention.

Gu Fan’s expression turned grim, and he immediately soared into the air.

“Run! Someone’s coming after us!”

Everyone’s face changed drastically. They were about to stand up and leave, but it was already too late.

Six terrifying auras instantly enveloped them, the overwhelming pressure making it hard for them to breathe!

“We’ve been tracking you for a long time, and finally, we’ve found this fish.”

“Your Xian’ai Sect’s ranking has been rising so fast lately—it seems you have your sights set on the top three?”

“Stop with the nonsense. I just want to know—how did a group with such average strength manage to wipe out so many sect disciples? What trick are you hiding?”

At this point, Senior Brother stepped forward with a grim expression, blocking in front of everyone.

“Fellow brothers of Black Emperor Manor, Xian’ai Sect has never wronged you. We’re willing to hand over our points and surrender, along with all our spoils of war, in exchange for the chance to crush our tokens in peace.”

Indeed, among the people of Xian’ai Sect now, aside from Senior Brother and Nan Xuanrou, almost no one had the chance to crush their tokens.

The oppressive force from these newcomers was so strong that it gave them the illusion that any slight movement would lead to instant suppression!

Gu Fan’s expression was grim as well. So this was the strength of the super prodigies from a top-tier Holy Domain sect?

By comparison, Destiny Continent seemed rather mediocre.

Gu Fan estimated that if he went all out and unleashed every method he had, he might barely be able to fight one of them to a draw.

Unfortunately, under such oppressive pressure, any rash movement would trigger a killing blow.

Otherwise, if he had the chance to condense a cultivation nuclear bomb, he could have blasted straight through them!

Hearing Senior Brother’s words, one of the men opposite chuckled.

“At least you know your place. But as I said earlier, I’m curious about your method for killing so many people.”

Senior Brother gave a bitter smile.

“We just took advantage of the terrain. There’s nothing special about our methods.”

“As you can see, among the seven of us, aside from my junior sister and me who are at the Celestial Heart Realm, the rest are only around the Solar Radiance Realm.”

“With our strength, how could we possibly have killed so many people?”

But as soon as he finished speaking, the man opposite him instantly turned cold.

“So, you’re not planning to cooperate properly?”

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