How could someone as well-behaved as Sister Yue possibly be a playboy?

Although they were already running faster, the noise behind them was getting louder and closer. Ye Yueyue turned around and glanced back, her pupils shrinking.

Suddenly, countless monsters surged out of the forest.

"It's a beast tide, damn it!" one of the senior brothers cursed.

Ye Yueyue paused, unable to help but nod inwardly, though she also wanted to curse.

The distance was getting closer and closer, with countless demonic beasts chasing after them. Their speed was far inferior to that of their opponents. Ye Yueyue roughly estimated the distance and realized that if things continued like this, they would be caught up in a few minutes and crushed into mincemeat.

What should I do?

Should I crush the jade pendant?

Are you going to give up after only the second floor?

No, we can't give up. We need to think of a way.

Ye Yueyue was anxious inside, but her face remained calm. Her mind was racing, trying to figure out how to break this deadlock.

The senior student next to him started yelling.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no... What do we do, what do we do?"

"Damn it, I don't want to get crushed!"

"It's alright, we still have the jade token." One of the senior brothers said calmly, though he frowned.

"Oh, right, the jade pendant."

Upon hearing this, the man calmed down considerably and stopped howling. He took out a jade pendant from his person, ready to crush it at any moment to leave. After taking it out, he subconsciously glanced at it, but upon that glance, he suddenly couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The person next to him shuddered instinctively upon hearing the voice, falling a few steps behind on their escape route. He frowned and said, "Don't make a fuss, you scared me."

"No, you're looking at the jade pendant?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the jade tablet he was holding up, and Ye Yueyue glanced at it as well, lost in thought.

The jade tablet, about the size of a spirit tablet, displayed 0/1000.

?

Ye Yueyue glanced back and the densely packed horde of monsters triggered her trypophobia. Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in her mind.

Wait a minute, this level isn't going to make them kill a thousand, is it?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when the surrounding senior brothers exchanged glances and exclaimed in unison, "Does this mean we have to kill a thousand demonic beasts to pass the level?"

……

The scene fell silent immediately.

Although the question had been answered, they were clearly the ones being hunted, and Ye Yueyue, who was usually good at talking, was no longer in the mood to speak.

Sensing that the distance behind her was closing, she took out a bottle of spirit-replenishing pills from her storage bag, poured them into her mouth to replenish her gradually depleted spiritual power, and at the same time channeled her spiritual power to enhance her feet, Ye Yueyue's speed increased a few more times.

Seeing this, the other senior students around them followed suit.

For a moment, everyone was desperately trying to escape.

Ye Yueyue's mind raced as she realized that a gap had been widened.

The more critical the situation, the calmer she becomes. What should we do?

The group ran all the way from the lake to the bottom. After an unknown amount of time, they came to a fork in the road: one was an open path, and the other was a dark jungle.

Without hesitation, Ye Yueyue walked directly into the jungle.

Just kidding, she's already consumed several bottles of Spirit Replenishing Pills. If there's no turning back, she's going to be stuck here today, and forget about clearing the level.

She couldn't think of any other outcome than running endlessly on the open road.

The others were still hesitating, but the commotion behind them gave them no time to think. Seeing this, one of them gritted his teeth and followed.

At worst, I can just crush the jade token and leave; there's no other way but to move forward.

Once back in the dense jungle, Ye Yueyue ran for a while before finding a sturdy tree and climbing it.

She wasn't afraid to come in.

While outside, the thought flashed through Ye Yueyue's mind, but she immediately dismissed it. She dared not climb a tree; that dense horde of beasts could flatten even a house, let alone a tree.

After climbing the tree, Ye Yueyue relaxed a lot. Her heart, which had been pounding wildly since she started fleeing, finally calmed down. She began to look around and observe the commotion outside.

Unlike the open space outside, this place is filled with thick trees, and the tall trees block out most of the sunlight.

The entrance wasn't large, and suddenly a rustling sound came from inside.

Ye Yueyue looked up at the entrance.

Several demonic beasts squeezed in, and she instinctively held her breath. But she noticed that the beasts' scarlet eyes were staring straight at her, and Ye Yueyue's heart skipped a beat.

Its pupils were scarlet, and it roared repeatedly. When it spotted its target, it would pounce on it, but the tree was too tall, and no matter how hard it struggled, it could not get up. It could only roar from the bottom of the tree.

When Ye Yueyue discovered that a demon beast had entered, she quietly climbed a little higher.

Seeing this, she smiled smugly.

It's making all that noise, can't it get up here?

Seeing that there were only a dozen or so scattered monsters around and no other monsters were entering through the entrance, Ye Yueyue had the idea of ​​clearing the level.

However, she patiently waited a while longer, keeping her eyes constantly on the entrance, and occasionally childishly provoking the monsters under the tree.

After waiting for a long time, no monsters came in.

She immediately addressed the crowd loudly:

"Brothers, let's get it!"

When Ye Yueyue entered the jungle, the others also hid in the trees. They did not hesitate after receiving the order.

"Okay."

The surrounding senior brothers immediately jumped down from the tree and unleashed their martial arts. In no time, the dozen or so demonic beasts were all captured by the five of them.

As an inner disciple, her cultivation level was naturally not bad. Among the five, Ye Yueyue undoubtedly had the lowest cultivation level.

Because she started learning the skills the latest.

Ye Yueyue was initially worried that the smell of blood after killing the monsters would attract other monsters, but she discovered that after they died, the monsters turned into fragments and disappeared on the spot.

There wasn't a trace of blood left, as if it were just a dream, but the fatigue from running was still there.

After defeating the monster, Ye Yueyue took out her jade token and found that the numbers on it had changed.

17/1000

?

So you really need to kill a thousand to pass the level?

Ye Yueyue fell silent.

There was a moment of silence, but it was impossible for her to give up. Just as Ye Yueyue was planning how to pass the level, she found a number in the lower right corner of the jade tablet.

35

A guess began to form in her mind: this was likely the time; converted to the ancient system of one shichen (two hours), it should be three days.

Because it took her almost an hour to escape from here.

After a rough calculation, Ye Yueyue felt increasingly disheartened; this was probably already a foregone conclusion.

No, it's about killing one thousand monsters within a set time.

Just the few of us?

Ye Yueyue pointed to herself, then looked at her fellow disciples, her expression indescribable.

The other senior disciples of the Xuanling Sect remained silent after reading the jade tablet; no one spoke.

The situation became awkward again.

“…Staying here isn’t going to solve anything, why don’t we go out and take a look?” Someone coughed lightly, breaking the silence, and this tentative voice came from behind.