The Endless Promise

56. Winners

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Back in the Arena, the day had gone dark, and most of the spectators had their mouths hanging open...

One minute, they had been laughing at the Zhang Luoyin-Xu Min pair, which still read, '00' and firmly remained at the bottom of the board, beneath a pair reading, '17'.

But in the next minute, the '00' suddenly changed to '02', and then began rising so quickly that the score number was a blur till it settled at the top of the board, reading, '500'!!

Below it was Zhang Cheng's pair, which read, '383'!

"Am I dreaming?!" Someone asked, rubbing his eyes in disbelief.

This broke the silence, and the crowd erupted in chatter.

"Someone should slap me!" Another said, and...

*Slap!* His companion did not hesitate!

"Ow! You didn't have to go so far!"

"You said I should!"

"It hurts!"

"Then it's not a dream!"

"How is this possible?!"

"Did they cheat?!"

"500 points?!!"

"*Pigs can certainly fly from today!"

(*Anything can happen!)

Zhang Furen and Xu Linhua appeared to be in a competition for 'The most Sour Look', and Lord Zhang looked like he had swallowed an entire melon whole.

He was simply bitter that Luoyin wasn't making these achievements under the Zhang Mansion's roof!

Meanwhile, Lord Xu was smiling so hard that his eyes had almost vanished!

He knew in his heart that his mysterious Son-in-law was somehow responsible for this, and he shook his head.

'Xiaoyin, Xiaoyin!' He thought, not quite able to help his joy. 'Is there no end to your surprises?!'

Even the fact that the score was exactly '500', could be interpreted as two young men who could go further, but merely 'decided' to stop at that point!

... which was the case indeed.

Luoyin slayed one final beast. "There! 500 points should be fine... What do you think?"

Xu Min gasped. "Aiya! I think it's too much! We got carried away! Won't we be accused of cheating?!!"

The highest hunt score in Yueyan's tournament history was 190 points! Eyebrows would rise to the skies if their score was 500!

But Luoyin simply smirked, waving the words away. "Don't worry, don't worry! It should be fine!"

Then he suddenly turned to Xu Min.

"Ehehe, it's time for us to run!"

"Don't tell me..." Xu Min noticed a few distant beasts beginning to move faster.

"It's a timed technique!" Luoyin confirmed. "Run!"

And the two ran off, laughing through the trees.

Xu Min was a bit surprised to learn Luoyin could use Qinggong flawlessly well, and while they had been slaying the beasts, Luoyin had wielded a beautiful sea-blue sword, and had even shot sword aura at the beasts, slaying almost ten with one hit.

Xu Min wanted to ask.

He really wanted to ask a lot of questions!

But with Luoyin, he simply learned not to be too surprised...