HPDBC Chapter 385 Exaggerated Points
Chapter 385 Exaggerated Points
He flew straight past as if he hadn't seen them, leaving a group of people in the crevice to catch their breath for a long time. Their backs were soaked with sweat, as if they had just crawled back from the brink of death.
"Boss... he... he didn't kill us?"
The young monk was still shaken.
"Shut up! We're lucky to be alive!"
The soldier leader wiped away a cold sweat.
"Quick, pack your things and get out of here! We can't stay here!"
They didn't even dare to walk in the direction Lin Tianfei had taken, preferring to take a longer and more dangerous detour.
The third wave was more interesting.
It was a small team engaged in a fierce battle, with about fifty people on one side and about seventy on the other, fighting for a rare herb called "Wind Crystal Orchid" that grew on a rock wall and shimmered with light.
The battle was in full swing, with all sorts of low-level skills flying around.
Lin Tian happened to fly over them from the side and above.
"Stop! From the sky!" a sharp-eyed archer screamed.
In an instant, the chaotic battle of more than a hundred people below seemed to freeze.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up in alarm at the gray figure.
Lin Tian could even clearly see the fierce look on their faces instantly transform into expressions of fear.
The leaders on both sides reacted extremely quickly.
"Retreat! Forget about the stuff!" roared the berserker leading the group on the left.
"Go! Go quickly!" The elemental mage leading the way on the right gave the order almost simultaneously.
The next second, the two groups who had just been locked in a life-or-death struggle suddenly scattered in completely opposite directions with perfect coordination, even faster than when they were fighting. They didn't even bother to pick up the few pieces of equipment that had fallen to the ground or the precious "Wind Crystal Orchid," only wanting to get as far away from Lin Tian as possible.
It was as if Lin Tian was not a person, but a deathly curtain about to descend.
Lin Tian shook his head slightly in the air.
Boring. He couldn't even be bothered to raise his hand. The points these people had were negligible compared to his current total.
He maintained a steady speed as he flew over the suddenly silent battlefield, where the cluster of "Wind Crystal Orchids" below still shimmered faintly, untouched by anyone.
"It seems the news spreads very quickly." Lin Tian understood.
His horrific feat of wiping out two thousand players in that basin has likely spread rapidly throughout the remaining players in the region via regional channels, word-of-mouth among survivors, and even some special scouting skills. "Everyone knows to avoid that area now."
However, he didn't care.
Just as a tiger doesn't care whether a flock of sheep deliberately avoids the mountain path it usually takes.
His goal was always ahead, to the "central area" where all the sheep would eventually be driven.
His points total has long been far ahead of the top spot.
He glanced briefly at the more detailed data panel in his mind, a panel that only he could see.
The second-ranked player has less than one percent of his score.
The combined scores of the top 100 players were barely equal to his.
The top 100 combined? Maybe they could surpass him, but it would be meaningless because points don't stack; individual rankings are based solely on individual points.
Even if he stops immediately and finds a place to hide and sleep until the event ends, absolutely no one can shake his number one position.
But doing that would be even more boring.
Time slipped away quietly amidst the flights and the occasional "cleaning".
The terrain of the canyon began to change, with the cliffs on both sides becoming even higher and almost vertical, like two huge gateways leading to the earth's core.
The wind here is compressed and accelerated, producing a sharp whistle like a train whistle, and the swirling sand and gravel stings people.
The ground below was no longer just rock; it began to show more signs of human intervention—broken stone pillar bases, broken statue limbs, and a road paved with huge stone slabs that had cracked...
All of this indicates that the central area is getting closer.
Just as Lin Tian could vaguely make out the outlines of the even denser, forest-like, massive ruins in the far distance ahead—
[Buzz—! ...
A sharp, soul-piercing system alarm blared without warning in the minds of all survivors!
At the same time, the sky was once again tinged with an ominous dark red, and a huge virtual map was forcibly popped up. The white circle representing the safe zone began to shrink inward once again at a speed visible to the naked eye!
[System notification: The second shrinking of the safe zone is about to begin!]
[System notification: The new safe zone has been marked! All survivors must enter the safe zone before the countdown ends!]
[System prompt: Countdown: 10, 9, 8...]
"The circle has shrunk again."
Lin Tian's gaze sharpened slightly as he looked at the map.
The new safe zone is almost entirely centered on the core of that ruins complex!
Compared to now, the area has shrunk dramatically by more than one-third!
The instant the countdown reached zero.
[System notification: The second shrinking of the safe zone is complete!]
[System notification: Those outside the current safe zone will begin to suffer continuous true damage in 5 seconds! (Damage stacks)]
The number of players has decreased sharply again! More than one hundred people have been eliminated in the previous melee and the sudden shrinking of the circle!
"boom--!"
"Run! To a new circle!"
"Center! Charge towards the center!"
"Get out of the way!"
"Kill them! Grab the potion and then leave!"
Almost at the same time the system notification sound ended, the entire canyon seemed to be completely ignited!
Using the airspace where Lin Tian was located as an observation point, he could clearly see that on the vast scarlet land below, which had just been designated as a safe zone, countless black dots suddenly erupted from countless rock crevices, the bottom of ravines, cave entrances, and corners of ruins, just like a volcanic eruption!
Those were the players who were previously lying in wait, in a standoff, resting, or struggling to survive!
This time, it was no longer a scattered escape.
Instead, they were torrents!
A torrent of steel, composed of hundreds or thousands of people!
Casual gamers? They've almost disappeared.
After experiencing the brutal purge of the first shrinking circle, witnessing monster-like lone wolves like Lin Tian, and the merciless crushing by the big guilds, the lone solo players were either eliminated early on or tried every means to attach themselves to a team.
The few remaining individuals still struggling alone are often seasoned veterans with exceptional skills or special survival techniques. However, at this moment, facing this last, extremely small safe zone and the massive crowds that are clearly moving in groups around them, despair is evident on their faces.
How could one person possibly break through those well-organized, walled-off ranks?
Small guilds? They're just as hard to survive.
A group with fewer than 500 members seems too small in the current environment.
They are often easily scattered, divided, and swallowed up by larger groups while moving. Lin Tian saw a team of about two or three hundred people with uniform badges running desperately towards the center not far below, but they were cut off in half by a team of more than eight hundred people that suddenly attacked from the flank.