For Mu Chen's team, the goal of obtaining the first place on the scoreboard was not a small one. After all, Ji Xuan had already pulled away from them by nearly 50,000 points.
Such a huge gap wasn't something that could be closed with ordinary means. This was something that even Mu Chen was well aware of.
Therefore, at this time, he could no longer use conventional methods.
As everyone knew, within the entire Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, the teams with the most points were naturally the 16 teams on the leaderboards. Generally speaking, those 16 teams represented the highest combat strength within the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
Therefore, very few teams would directly target these 16 teams. Most of the teams would only look for teams that they could deal with and then snatch points in an attempt to catch up to these 16 teams in terms of points. At the very least, there were very few people who would directly target these top teams.
Because they knew that it was quite dangerous, they did not need to look for these hard rocks.
However, if Mu Chen wanted to catch up to Ji Xuan, he would have to take a risk. Hence, his target was all the strong teams after the eighth place on the leaderboard, except for Shen Cangsheng's team.
Moreover, in this operation, Mu Chen did not move together with Wen Qingxuan. He only dragged Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, Su Xuan, and Xu Huang along with him.
He didn't even bring Luo Li along this time, because he needed Luo Li to help Wen Qingxuan with another task, which was to cause trouble for Ji Xuan.
He did not need Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li to defeat Ji Xuan, but with the strength of the two girls and the help of his teammates, they could definitely cause trouble for Ji Xuan and the others. At the very least, it would increase their efficiency in snatching points.
It would be greatly reduced.
Generally speaking, splitting into two wasn't a wise move in the current Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
After all, it was easy for others to gather their strength and defeat them one by one. However, Mu Chen did not have such worries.
This was because he had great confidence in Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li. If the two of them were to join forces, even he wouldn't dare to say that he could defeat them.
When they worked together, Mu Chen felt even more at ease than when they worked together.
As for the matter of getting points, it would depend on Mu Chen.
In a wasteland, violent spiritual power swept across.
The berserk Spiritual Power swept out.
There were dozens of silhouettes, but this was clearly an encirclement. There were about twenty people forming an encirclement formation, and their target was …
It was obviously one of the teams that had been trapped.
Although this group did not have an advantage in terms of numbers, what shocked everyone was that it was the four to five groups that had joined hands to encircle and suppress them.
"Chi!"
A sharp wind-breaking sound rang out, and a figure darted out like a ghost.
He wielded a black long spear, the tip of the spear was like the sharp beak of an eagle, extremely sharp. As Spiritual Energy surged from it, even the air was torn apart.
That figure was shrouded with powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuations.
He had charged into the encirclement and a spear light burst out, instantly tearing apart the encirclement formation.
The encirclement instantly fell into chaos. No matter how their Captains yelled, they could no longer form an attack.
That figure chased after them relentlessly. In just a few minutes, those encirclement teams were all injured by his hands. In the end, under a wave of painful howls, their Academy Plaques were mercilessly seized.
"Keke, did you think that you can escape from our Demonic Vulture Spiritual Academy just because you found some helpers?
What a fool! "
That figure paused, revealing a skinny body. It was a youth dressed in black robes. His eyes were a little cold, and his nose was shaped like a hook. He ruthlessly kicked a figure, causing that figure to vomit blood as he was sent flying.
"Haha, Boss, we've obtained another 2,000 points."
Behind the black-robed youth, another four figures flew over. Looking at the Academy Plaques, they grinned and said, "If this goes on, it won't be long before we catch up to Mu Chen, who's ranked 8th."
"Mu Chen?
Hmph, that fellow has been in the limelight recently. "When the black-robed youth heard that name, he coldly snorted with jealousy in his tone.
"Hehe, Boss, you're not any weaker than him. It's just that we haven't encountered him. Otherwise, we would like to experience how powerful that Mu Chen is." Hearing the black-robed youth's sneer, his four teammates immediately complimented.
When the black-robed youth heard those compliments, his face turned a little better. Just when he was about to speak, his gaze abruptly changed. He abruptly raised his head and looked at the hill not far away. There were several figures slowly appearing in a flash.
"Haha, since you guys want to experience it, then let's do it now. I, Mu Chen, will be waiting here."
A clear laughter resounded from the hill as the youth's slender figure appeared in the sight of the Demon Vulture Spiritual Academy's team.
"Mu Chen?!"
Hearing that name, not only did the four Demon Vulture Spiritual Academy's team members have a drastic change in their expressions, even the corner of the black-robed youth's mouth slightly twitched.
"Mu Chen, we've never interfered with each other. What are you trying to do by suddenly appearing here?"
The black-robed youth spoke in a solemn voice as his eyes were filled with caution. Clearly, the person before him definitely didn't come with good intentions.
"I want to borrow Captain Xu Yao's Academy Plaque."
Mu Chen lightly smiled as he stared at the black-robed youth before him. This team wasn't a nameless one.
Rank 9, Demon Vulture Spiritual Academy's Captain, Xu Yao, with 48,000 points.
The highest ranking that this group from the Demonic Vulture Spiritual Academy had was the sixth place. However, as the competition grew more intense, they started to be overtaken, falling to the ninth place.
However, the strength of this team was extremely powerful. Shen Cangsheng's team had encountered them in the past and could be considered to have fought with them once. However, they didn't have any advantage and could only retreat in the end.
Clearly, this team was the first prey that Mu Chen had chosen.
"Haha, so you're here to snatch our points. Captain Mu Chen, your appetite is truly not small!"
Xu Yao furiously smiled. After all, he knew the rules. Generally speaking, the majority of those on the Rankings would not interfere with each other, since they all possessed some ability. At this moment, paying such a huge price to deal with a team like his was clearly a little strenuous and unrewarding. Therefore, in his view, Mu Chen had simply been blinded by points.
With a smile, Mu Chen did not speak any more words and immediately used his actions to prove himself.
He took a step forth as black lightning instantly exploded from the surface of his body. On his chest, seven lightning runes appeared. At the same time, a scarlet pillar of light soared into the horizon from the top of his head, forming into a massive demonic pillar.
Clearly, Mu Chen did not have any intentions of dragging things out. He had pushed his Lightning God's Physique to the limits the moment he made his move. Furthermore, he had even brought out the Great Meru Demonic Pillar.
He was intending to end this battle with the most lightning speed possible.
"Let's go!"
Without any expression on his face, Mu Chen stomped his feet and his figure flew out like a bolt of lightning. He hugged the air as the Great Meru Demonic Pillar descended from the sky, casting a huge shadow that enveloped Xu Yao's team.
Behind him, Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and the rest had also pushed their Spiritual Energies to the limits as they flew out.
When Xu Yao and his team saw Mu Chen's team charging over with surging killing intent, their faces finally turned extremely unsightly.
Thus, an even more violent Spiritual Energy burst out from the wasteland once again.
When the battle finally came to an end, huge cracks spread out like spiderwebs across the wasteland. It was a horrifying scene that would cause one's heart to palpitate with fear.
Standing in the sky, the lightning around Mu Chen had already dissipated. With a wave of his hand, a streak of light flew out from Xu Yao's sleeve, which had been smashed into the cracks, before turning into an Academy Plaque and landing in his hand.
With an indifferent expression, Mu Chen swiped the points in his hand. In an instant, the points on the Academy Plaque in his hand started to surge. In the end, it rose from roughly 60,000 to 80,000. His ranking had also risen from 8th to 6th.
"Many thanks."
Throwing the Academy Plaque back to Xu Yao, Mu Chen cupped his fists, before turning around and leaving. Shen Cangsheng and the rest had also reorganized themselves as they swiftly followed after Mu Chen.
They had to immediately rush towards the location of the other group of prey.
Following the departure of Mu Chen's group, only then did Xu Yao unleash a furious roar. That roar was akin to that of a wild beast.
At the same time when Mu Chen defeated Xu Yao.
At a certain location in the vast central region, several figures stood in the sky. From the looks of it, it was Ji Xuan's group.
"Captain, the points of Mu Chen's group have suddenly skyrocketed. They're now at 6th place!" Behind Ji Xuan, the youth by the name of Mu Feng suddenly spoke out with a frown.
Hearing that, Ji Xuan's eyes narrowed. Retrieving his Academy Plaque, he took a look at it for a long while, before saying, "The 9th place, Xu Yao, has suddenly dropped out of the top 16!"
"Mu Chen's so daring?
He actually found such a group to take action? "Mu Feng exclaimed in shock.
Ji Xuan's eyes flickered as he sneered, "Looks like he wants to fight for the first place on the point rankings. How naive!"
"What should we do?" Mu Feng asked.
"Let's start taking action without holding back. We'll also keep an eye on the groups ranked after 8th place!" Ji Xuan coldly said.
"Alright!" Mu Feng grinned and said.
With a wave of his hand, Ji Xuan was just about to move. However, before his hand could land, his pupils suddenly contracted. Slowly raising his head, he saw a spiritual light suddenly appear on a mountain peak in the distance. In the next instant, a group led by two beautiful figures appeared within his line of sight.
"Wen Qingxuan!"
"Luo Li!"
When Mu Feng saw the two familiar silhouettes, his expression changed.
"Don't even think about harassing the other groups for the next period of time."
With a grin, Wen Qingxuan looked towards Ji Xuan, her jade-like hands tightly gripping her war spear as she said, "Of course, if you guys are interested in the points in our hands, feel free to take action. Let's see exactly who will be the one to swallow the other."
Ji Xuan's expression slowly darkened.
This Mu Chen truly had some good methods!