Chapter 171

Translator: 549690339

As soon as Dong Shencai’s Ice Knife appeared, Lin Zhen knew that the battle had become unwinnable.

Since the Spiritual Barrier couldn’t withstand it, Lin Zhen simply gave up defense and focused all his strength on the Bright Silver Spear. At the same time, he flew into the air to intercept his opponent’s Ice Knife and rushed towards Dong Shencai with all his might!

His spear turned into a bright golden color, its sharp edge causing the surrounding space to tremble slightly. Lin Zhen, covered in frost, charged forward without looking back!

Dong Shencai was like an ice cellar, constantly emitting cold air with each movement. Her dual swords never stopped, striking fiercely at Lin Zhen!

Attack against attack!

After an intense shockwave, the freezing air dissipated, and Lin Zhen’s body flew out of the ring, covered in white with several wounds on his chest.

Once you hit the ground, you lose.

However, Lin Zhen didn’t fall. He moved his arms a little to shake off the frost cover and faced Dong Shencai: “I have learned a lot. There will be a time for us to fight again.”

After saying that, Lin Zhen returned to his camp.

On the ring, Dong Shencai’s face turned pale, and under everyone’s gaze, blood flowed from one of her arms – a wound inflicted by Lin Zhen’s spear, deep enough to expose the bone.

White freezing air rushed out, and the wound ceased bleeding immediately. Dong Shencai slowly stepped down from the ring.

At this time, Captain Wang walked over and said cluelessly: “Miss Dong, you are truly amazing. You defeated Lin Zhen in just three minutes.”

“Get lost!” Dong Shencai spat out coldly, leaving Captain Wang speechless.

The battle ended, and the surroundings were in an uproar.

“As I said, Lin Zhen lost.”

“Everyone knows he couldn’t win, why do you even need to say it?”

“But I don’t think Lin Zhen actually lost. That woman has condensed sixfold in her Dantian and absorbed a special stargem. It’s already impressive that Lin Zhen could fight to this level. He has only condensed once. If Lin Zhen reaches fourfold, I believe he would win for sure.”

“I think so too, but Lin Zhen probably won’t get a chance. With the Third Squad in his way, he has no way to get star crystals. How is he going to improve?” “Boss Zhou’s move was ruthless, cutting off people’s path of retreat.”

Lin Zhen returned to his team and sat down, taking medicine to heal his wounds. Fortunately, he had robbed Brother Guang’s Space Ring; otherwise, this injury would be hard to deal with.

Zhao Xiaoman asked with concern, “Brother Lin, how are you feeling? “I’m fine, just some external injuries. Ten days to half a month’s rest should be enough to recover.”

Jiang Huai came over and gave Lin Zhen a thumbs up: “Amazing, Brother Lin is indeed my idol. If I were up there, I might not even last a minute.”

Li Changying added, “Half a minute would be stretching it. This woman is even stronger than Hua Cangtian.”

Lin Zhen took a breath: “Who’s next? Get up there!”

Jiang Huai straightened his clothes, stood up, and went to the ring.

The second person to compete from the other side was Li Xuanqiong. With Lin Zhen’s encouragement, Jiang Huai showed no fear in facing Li Xuanqiong. They were always pressed by Li Xuanqiong throughout the fight, but it still lasted for two minutes before Jiang Huai was defeated, and only suffered minor injuries.

After that, Li Changying went up to face Hua Cangtian once again. This time her performance was much better than before. With some preparation, Hua Cangtian couldn’t defeat Li Changying in three moves. The match lasted for about two minutes.

The score was now three to zero. Lin Zhen’s team’s challenge had failed. Tong Huan was about to announce the result, but Lin Zhen’s side insisted on fighting. Lou Qingfeng stepped up again.

Facing Zhang Sihai, Lou Qingfeng also made full use of his Spiritual Mind Master’s advantage, engaging in aerial combat. The two fought for a minute and a half, but Lou Qingfeng eventually lost due to the massive gap in strength.

Last but not least, Zhao Xiaoman also joined the battle. Her opponent was the former captain. The fight was not as one-sided as the others. Zhao Xiaoman fought against the former caDtain for a full five minutes before losing bv a slight misstep.

After getting off the stage, Zhao Xiaoman pouted, “I’ll be better prepared next time. In half a year, I’ll definitely defeat him.”

With this, Lin Zhen’s challenge ended in failure. However, the victorious Four

Gods of Sky Dome didn’t show much joy. In particular, the injury of Dong Shencai, the number one among the Four Gods, during her fight with Lin Zhen cast a shadow over their victory.

Zhang Sihai said to Dong Shencai, who had been looking sullen, “Shencai, don’t be too upset. After all, Lin Zhen is their best fighter, and he only lasted three minutes against you. He is still far from being your match.”

Dong Shencai spoke coldly, “Right now, Lin Zhen is indeed not my match. But if given time to grow, I think it will only take a little over a year for him to surpass me.”

“This issue is easy to handle. What are we here for? Isn’t it to stifle Lin Zhen and his team? There’s no need for a year or six months, just half a year. After that, Ye Lanshan will have to leave the Star Fruit Tree. Once that happens, our mission is complete. Without Ye Lanshan’s restraint, Overlord will not only get the beauty but also take action himself. By then, Lin Zhen’s death is inevitable.”

Hua Cangtian also added, “Indeed, their team has potential, but they haven’t grown up yet. As long as we firmly hold the third spot, they won’t be able to come within our ranks, nor will they get a single Star Crystal. Half a year later, their team will inevitably dissolve into the crowd.”

Dong Shencai nodded, “Alright, we will stay here for half a year, which will be considered the completion of Overlord’s task. However, when the time comes, I’ll deal with Lin Zhen personally.”

After Lin Zhen’s team’s defeat, they didn’t appear in the bee’s nest for several consecutive days. They were all healing their wounds inside the tree hollows. A week later, the fifth-ranked team seemed to see an opportunity and boldly challenged Lin Zhen’s fourth-ranked team, even opting for a team battle.

Although Lin Zhen and his teammates had not fully recovered from their injuries, their battle against this challenger only lasted less than a minute. They easily swept the challengers off the stage.

At this point, those making sarcastic remarks held their tongues.

Though Lin Zhen’s team couldn’t defeat the Four Gods of Sky Dome, they still easily cleaned up lower-ranked teams. If anyone thought they were weak, they would be sorely mistaken.

During this week, Lin Zhen had not been idle. He spent the days healing and the nights collecting Star Crystals.

However, going out during the day was useless. With the Four Gods of Sky

Dome blocking them in Group Three, Lin Zhen and his team wouldn’t get any Star Crystals. With his teammates’ crystal supply cut off, Lin Zhen could no longer keep the crystals for himself and began sharing them with his team.

However, Lin Zhen didn’t directly give them Constant Star Crystals. Instead, he asked Brother Guang from the Ant Nest to send some Planet Crystals every day, occasionally mixing in a few Constant Star Crystals.

This surprised Jiang Huai and the others. They didn’t know how Lin Zhen had managed to make Brother Guang obey him. But with the Star Crystals to absorb, they didn’t care too much.

Meanwhile, the Martial Artists in the bee’s nest had a tough time. They went to the nest every morning to find only one or two Constant Star Crystals, which puzzled them. They thought it was an issue within the nest itself.

Since no one could get the crystals at night, they didn’t consider that possibility.

Over a month passed, and Lin Zhen’s Dantian Qi compression finally reached the fourth level.

Not only Lin Zhen, but Jiang Huai and Li Changying were also about to reach the third level of compression, while Lou Qingfeng had completed the first level and Zhao Xiaoman was about to enter the second level.

Lin Zhen challenged the Four Gods of Sky Dome once again, attracting a large crowd of onlookers.

Both sides had an unspoken agreement not to change their lineup, and the results were the same. Lin Zhen’s side lost, with the same amount of time spent as before. The only difference was that Lin Zhen’s team did not sustain any injuries this time.

After this failure, Lin Zhen seemed quite disheartened, leaving with his teammates dejectedly. It looked like they had lost all confidence.

The spectators felt bored and left. It seemed that Lin Zhen’s team had not made any progress over the past month, so watching them further seemed pointless.

When they returned to the tree hollow, Zhao Xiaoman asked with confusion, “Brother Lin, why did you have us challenge again this time but not let us give our all? The only requirement was not to get injured. What’s the point of doing this?”

Lin Zhen smiled, “This way, people will think we’ve given up completely, and they won’t pay attention to you guys. In a few days, you’ll all make breakthroughs. If we don’t stay low-key, someone with ulterior motives will discover it.”

“What do we do next?” asked Lou Qingfeng.

“Stay here and don’t go out or see people. Just practice quietly and let people think you’re waiting for the Four Gods of Sky Dome to leave, and also waiting for me to return.”

“Brother Lin, are you leaving? Where are you going?” Zhao Xiaoman asked in surprise. Although they couldn’t go to the bee’s nest anymore, they still got Star Crystals from Brother Guang every day. She thought life was good, and their cultivation speed wasn’t slow. Maybe in a year or half a year, they could even defeat the Four Gods of Sky Dome.

Lin Zhen thought for a moment, “I’ll go out for a walk. Maybe I’ll be back in a few days. You all don’t need to worry.”

The other teammates didn’t say anything more. Lin Zhen was a competent team leader, and they didn’t want to interfere with his actions.

Lin Zhen’s decision to leave wasn’t spontaneous but for two reasons.

The first was, as he mentioned, staying at the bee’s nest would draw attention. With him gone, no one would pay attention to his teammates. At most, he could quietly return at night to collect Star Crystals, which wouldn’t affect his cultivation progress.

The second reason was that Lin Zhen couldn’t afford to drag the fight out with the Four Gods of Sky Dome. Although he was confident in defeating them in half a year, could he wait that long?

If he really waited for half a year, Su Mingyue would be in danger, and his own life would be at risk too. Even if he defeated the Four Gods of Sky Dome, he wouldn’t stand a chance against Little Overlord Yue Feng. So, he had to go out, and he already had a target in mind.

Yesterday, he saw Tang Yu on the locator!