Right at this moment, an arrow shot over instantly, but it was still a bit off from the floating core...
Obviously, Lu Xiaobai had missed...
He hadn't mastered [Basic Archery], so naturally, his accuracy was a bit lacking. It wasn't obvious before when he was shooting large creatures like the Giant Star Sharks, but now that the target had changed to an energy core, his true skill level was instantly exposed...
"Again!"
Seeing the energy core about to sink, Lu Xiaobai directly tugged at the seaweed in his hand and pulled it back.
This was exactly why he had tied it with seaweed!
"Off you go!"
The energy core was thrown out once again.
Lu Xiaobai drew his bow and nocked an arrow again, shooting it straight out, but unfortunately, it still missed...
"..."
The corners of Liu Quan and the other two's eyes twitched.
Seriously, is his accuracy really that bad...
"Hey, I don't believe this!"
Lu Xiaobai raised an eyebrow, pulled the energy core back again, and started another round of shooting.
Just like that, ten minutes passed.
A group of Giant Star Sharks looked bewildered, not knowing why this human in front of them had suddenly lost his mind...
As for the energy core, because it was wrapped in quicksilver, no energy leaked out. To them, it was just an ordinary little pebble, naturally failing to attract their attention.
But little did they know, they were constantly dancing on the edge of death...
Yang Yifei blinked and said:
"Brother Quan, if there really is a Book of Life and Death in this world, do you think the names of these Giant Star Sharks are constantly flashing on it..."
"That's for sure..."
Right at this moment, an arrow pierced through, accurately shooting right into the energy core ahead!
"Finally!"
Lu Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
If this continued, he would almost run out of arrows...
In an instant,
the terrifying energy within the energy core instantly spilled out in all directions!
The bewildered Giant Star Sharks finally reacted. Their eyes were no longer filled with greed, but with terror, and they turned around wanting to flee.
However, it was already too late!
A blinding white light burst out in all directions, then rapidly expanded, turning into a massive sphere of energy that enveloped a radius of several hundred meters!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—
A large amount of seawater was constantly evaporated by the scorching energy, turning into endless white steam. It looked utterly terrifying!
The mechanical octopus detected an energy fluctuation of level 10 or above and instantly deployed its defensive form, retracting its tentacles like a closed flower, shielding its head which contained its energy core.
Its defensive form also provided a barrier for Lu Xiaobai and the others, leaving them completely unaffected by the explosion.
But the school of Giant Star Sharks ahead was not so lucky.
They struggled continuously while letting out miserable howls, their life auras rapidly plummeting until they finally died completely...
The explosion lasted for less than a minute.
As the white steam dissipated, Lu Xiaobai and the others could see clearly ahead.
Giant Star Sharks were floating in the seawater, their bodies covered in dense, terrifying wounds, clearly devoid of any life aura...
[Killed a Level 9 Vitality Giant Star Shark, gained 30 points]
[Killed a Level 8 Vitality Giant Star Shark, gained 20 points]
...
The diving suit on Lu Xiaobai's body emitted continuous notification sounds that lasted for several minutes. Hearing this made his heart bloom with joy, and he couldn't stop grinning.
This trick really worked!
"Looks like our class taking first place is guaranteed!"
Liu Quan and the others also heard the sounds from Lu Xiaobai's diving suit. They looked at each other, all filled with joy.
There were a full hundred Giant Star Sharks here, and most of their vitality levels were not low. The combined points must be at least in the thousands!
After a while, the notification sounds from the diving suit finally stopped.
Liu Quan hurriedly went forward and asked:
"Brother Lu, how many points?"
Lu Xiaobai chuckled and displayed his score:
2350 points!
"Holy crap!"
Liu Quan and the other two exclaimed in unison.
They had never seen such a massive number before...
Generally speaking, getting two or three hundred points over five days was already quite good, and seven or eight hundred points was basically the score of a top student. But now, in just this short while, he had actually managed to get over two thousand points...
Their Starlight Middle School was really going to defy the heavens this time!
"Congratulations, Brother Lu! You've securely taken first place! Such a great deed will surely be immortalized through the ages!"
Although Liu Quan didn't know why the other party cared so much about this competition, it didn't stop him from kissing up...
"That's enough..."
Lu Xiaobai smiled and shook his head, while saying:
"This is only the beginning. The ranking might not be secure yet. We need to do this a few more times, ideally getting tens of thousands of points, then there will be no problem."
"Tens... tens of thousands of points?"
Liu Quan and the other two widened their eyes.
According to past competitions, the first-place class's score was usually only fifty or sixty thousand points...
"What's so hard about that?"
Lu Xiaobai smiled and then said:
"Alright, enough talk. Help me retrieve the arrows first, and we'll get ready to find the next mechanical octopus!"
He had missed quite a few arrows just now, all of which fell to the seabed, and most of them weren't affected by the explosion.
Hearing this, Liu Quan and the other two wasted no time and quickly dove down to start looking for the arrows.
Meanwhile, Lu Xiaobai didn't move. Instead, he touched the patrolling mechanical octopus beneath him and released [Empty Hand] again, stealing its energy core in just two attempts.
When Liu Quan and the other two looked back, they saw the sinking mechanical octopus.
Yang Yifei said with a pained expression:
"This thing is worth over two hundred thousand Alliance Coins..."
However, he stopped right after saying that. Thinking of Lu Xiaobai's family background, this little bit of money was probably just a drop in the bucket...
Lu Xiaobai truly didn't care about this little loss at all.
He only needed to steal a dozen or so energy cores at most. When the time came, he would just pay a million or two in compensation, but what he got in return was a full three Starry Sky Points. Where else could he find such a good deal...
Soon,
the group of four set off again, heading non-stop to the location of the next mechanical octopus.
At this moment, the students participating in the competition were still struggling to hunt Giant Star Sharks, unaware that Lu Xiaobai had already found this bug-like hunting method.
"I'm really looking forward to when the points are announced tomorrow..."
Liu Quan wore an excited smile, his eyes already full of anticipation.
Although they weren't the main characters, the three of them had at least helped a little, so they felt a sense of participation.
Yang Yifei chuckled and said:
"I reckon that when the others see Young Master Lu's points, they'll straight up start doubting their lives..."
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