Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

In the world of monsters.

The place was never peaceful to begin with, with powerful monsters constantly fighting each other.

Now, with the arrival of a group of chaotic humans, things have become even more chaotic.

It's only the first day, and many people have already lost their patience and attacked some of the monsters.

Lin Yu moved swiftly through the forest, constantly shifting his position, rushing towards the direction where the Vermilion Bird had flown away.

Although the Vermilion Bird flew very fast, the Southern Bright Fire emanating from its body was too terrifying. The air in the places it flew over still retained the scorching fire element.

Lin Yu himself is a master of fire, with an extremely high sensitivity to fire.

He only needs to sense it slightly to find the right direction and avoid getting lost.

"What kind of world is this?"

He sped along, encountering many demonic beasts, the lowest being fourth-tier, each exuding overwhelming ferocity.

Even a large black dog passing by exuded an extremely terrifying aura, with golden eyes and an air of dominance over the world; it was clearly not an ordinary black dog breed.

However, when the Vermilion Bird flew by, all the beasts submitted, shrinking into their respective corners in tension and fear, not daring to show their faces.

Lin Yu followed the Vermilion Bird and traveled smoothly all the way, with no demonic beasts causing him any trouble for the time being.

They all watched him leave.

only--

After chasing for an hour, Lin Yu sensed that the fire elemental aura ahead was becoming increasingly intense.

This means he is getting closer and closer to the Vermilion Bird.

"Could its home be just ahead?"

Lin Yu's eyes flickered as he strained to look around at his surroundings.

He wanted to memorize this place.

Although he coveted the Vermilion Bird Fire, he was no fool. Wouldn't it be suicide to rush up and face that terrifying Vermilion Bird now?

His purpose in following them was simply to confirm their location so that he could find them later if the opportunity arose.

Sudden--

Lin Yu's eyes lit up; he had thought of something.

As a divine bird, does the Vermilion Bird possess any rare treasures? If it contains a treasure imbued with the Vermilion Bird's fire, perhaps one could achieve their goal without directly confronting the Vermilion Bird.

After all, back then, he directly mastered the power of dragon flame with just a drop of fire dragon essence blood.

"However, essence blood is extremely precious and rare, unlike ordinary blood. It is formed by the condensation of blood from the whole body, containing a trace of its origin, making it incomparably valuable."

Thinking of this, Lin Yu shook his head and dismissed the unrealistic idea.

To obtain such a thing, he would only have a chance if a powerful demon beast of the same level came and the two fought a great battle.

Having confirmed the address, he slowly retreated and walked away into the distance.

now.

The divine breathing technique and the divine-level Eight Gates Qi Refining Technique are the most important, even more so than the Vermilion Bird Fire.

"We only have fifteen days left for this final round, so we need to hurry."

Lin Yu's eyes flashed as he rushed into the distance.

only--

He had just chased them all the way here, encountering many powerful demonic beasts, but they didn't seem to have noble bloodlines!

Lin Yu was somewhat perplexed.

If we're talking about the one that looks to have the noblest lineage, it's probably that big black dog.

It looks ordinary at first glance, but its eyes are golden.

"You're the one, big black dog."

Lin Yu instantly set his target and sped off towards the location he remembered.

Simultaneously.

He checked the points leaderboard that appeared next to the attribute panel in his mind.

This is something that suddenly appeared when I first entered this world; it seems to be used to record the scores of the 82 people in the third level.

I glanced at it and saw that most of them still had 0 points.

Moreover, the names of 11 out of the 82 people have turned gray, which means they may have encountered extremely dangerous situations and escaped using their life-saving cards.

Even Wang Ergou's name has turned gray, with 1700 points written after it.

However, the first place winner was somewhat unexpected for him.

First place: Eight Pillar Gods, 27000 points.

Second place: King Arthur, 4000 points.

Third place: Dawn, with 2300 points.

"What did these eight pillar gods of the Sakura Kingdom do to have such high scores?"

Lin Yu couldn't help but look at him with new respect.

The scoring rules for this final round are as follows: 10 points for killing a Tier 1 enemy, 50 points for a Tier 2 enemy, 100 points for a Tier 3 enemy, 1000-5000 points for a Tier 4 enemy depending on bloodline strength, and 10,000-50,000 points for a Tier 5 enemy.

Even powerful figures like King Arthur and Dawn only numbered three or four thousand.

"This guy probably got a bargain."

Lin Yu shook his head, somewhat muttering to himself.

After all, with over 30,000 points, even the most ordinary fifth-tier would need to kill three of them. He didn't believe that the eight pillar gods of the Sakura Kingdom had that kind of strength.

Thinking about it that way, I guess that guy probably encountered a monster battle and got lucky.

but.

Sometimes luck is also a form of ability, and he needs to seize that opportunity.

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At this moment, outside...

As the participants entered the monster world, the forum no longer displayed a 16-screen live stream as before; instead, there was only a simple leaderboard.

No one knows what happened inside; they can only guess based on the rankings.

"Holy crap, did you guys just see that? That Japanese Eight Pillar God suddenly gained 2 points and jumped to first place."

"What happened? Even Dawn and King Arthur don't have 5000 points yet, and the Magician still has 0 points. Isn't this final round supposed to be based on skill?"

Countless people speculated.

The main problem is that the points of the Eight Pillar Gods are too dazzling.

"Haha, I knew our Sakura Country was the strongest. Chizuru had been hiding her strength all along, and when she unleashed it, she shocked everyone. Now, the Eight Pillar Gods must have been hiding their strength as well, only revealing it for this final challenge."

"The true power of the Eight Pillar Gods is even greater than that of a magician!"

Upon seeing this, the cherry blossom people became incredibly excited, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

They had been holding back their anger, but now that the Eight Pillar Gods were dominating the rankings, they regained the face they had lost and started boasting about it.

"What magician or King Arthur? They're nothing compared to the Eight Gods."

The shrine's leaders also looked puzzled.

They didn't understand what had happened, how these eight gods were so terrifying, taking the top spot right from the start.

After all, no one can see what's happening in that world.

Chizuru has already proven that their strength is still far from that of a magician. Although the Eight Pillar Gods are somewhat stronger than Chizuru, their strength is still limited.

Therefore, they didn't understand how the Eight Pillars Gods managed to do it.

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