The Great Ruler: Starting with the Contract Goddess Luo Li

"puff."

Yang Hong's eyes widened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He looked down at the fiery red sword that had pierced his heart and nodded.

Lin Suzhou drew his longsword, and this proud son of heaven collapsed helplessly to the ground.

Lin Suzhou flicked the blood off his sword and sheathed it.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Suzhou had thirty-three more blood-red tokens in his hand.

Then, pulling Luo Li along, they walked towards the place of protection under the setting sun.

The many figures on the city gate looked at Lin Suzhou in shock.

This person's cultivation level has actually broken through again!?

When Lin Suzhou and Luo Li arrived at the mission hall, they took out thirty mission plaques and hung them up one by one.

Each time one was hung up, a beam of red light shot out from the wooden plaque and entered his and Luo Li's blood-red tokens respectively.

Looking at the points on the token again, it had reached 130.

Luo Li is also just over a hundred years old. No wonder Qiu Beihai and the others want to monopolize these tasks; the points are indeed easy to obtain.

As the youths outside watched Lin Suzhou and his companion re-emerge from the main hall, one of them mustered his courage and asked, "Brother, the mission refreshes tomorrow morning, will you...?"

"I am not a bully or unreasonable person like Qiu Beihai."

Lin Suzhou interrupted, waved his hand, and led Luo Li out of the city lord's mansion.

"Brother, you are truly righteous!"

"I knew this guy wasn't like Qiu Beihai and his ilk. Haha, finally I have a mission to take on tomorrow."

"..."

These young men all felt grateful to Lin Suzhou.

Lin Suzhou shook his head at this. Even if he didn't monopolize the tasks like Qiu Beihai, how many of these rare tasks would they get?

Ultimately, there are too many monks and not enough porridge.

Unless... there are losses in numbers during the fighting, which is also the intention of the Five Great Academies.

The students they want must be the cream of the crop, the geniuses among geniuses.

Only those who survive to the end are qualified to receive the spiritual initiation...

In the days that followed, having accumulated enough points, Lin Suzhou did not leave the Guardian Land again, but instead stayed with Luo Li, increasing their intimacy level.

With the absorption of a large amount of spirit beast essence, Luo Li successfully reached the level of a third-level spirit body.

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"Ding! Congratulations, host, your intimacy level with goddess Luo Li has reached 56. The system rewards you with the 23rd place on the Ten Thousand Beasts Record Ranking and the essence of the Thunder Crane."

Luo Ling Pegasus calves.

A low-grade divine-level defensive magical artifact, the Robe of the Goddess of the Luo River.

It has been about a week since Lin Suzhou killed Yang Hong and the others, and Lin Suzhou has also obtained three more treasures from Luo Li.

In particular, the Luo Ling Pegasus automatically became his master and servant, and it was not considered a contracted spirit beast.

In other words, Lin Suzhou can also form contracts with other spirit beasts.

"Whoosh—Bang!"

Lin Suzhou, who was practicing his swordsmanship inside the wooden house, suddenly heard a loud noise outside.

Upon going outside, I discovered a beautiful firework display that lingered in the sky above the city lord's mansion.

"Crunch."

Luo Li, who was in the next room, came out after hearing the commotion.

"Hehe, the city lord's mansion is summoning us. I guess they have something to announce. Let's go over there."

Lin Suzhou chuckled and walked with Luo Li toward the city lord's mansion not far away.

While the two waited patiently at the entrance of the city lord's mansion, other young men and women began to arrive one after another.

Everyone was discussing why the city lord's mansion had suddenly summoned them.

Some were even forced to turn back by this summoning firework as soon as they accepted the mission and went to complete it.

After a stick of incense had burned, more than eighty figures had gathered at the entrance of the city lord's mansion.

"The instructors have come out!"

Suddenly, a young man looked into the city lord's mansion and shouted loudly.

Upon hearing this, Lin Suzhou also turned to look at the doorway.

Three figures slowly emerged from there.

The man in the lead was wearing a blue robe, appeared to be in his thirties, had a large belly, and wore a smile.

The two people behind him were dressed in gray robes and were slightly younger.

These are the three instructors who are stationed at the place of protection.

"My name is Zhao Long, and I am the head instructor of this fourth guardian land. I have gathered everyone here today to announce something important."

The instructor in the blue robe spoke with a smile, but his voice boomed like thunder in everyone's ears.

In an instant, the previously noisy crowd fell silent.

"You have been guarding this place for some time now, with about a hundred people coming and going. The reason I have summoned you here is that a trial ground will be opened in three days, serving as the final checkpoint on the path to the final spirit."

Everyone must enter, or they will be left here forever to fend for themselves.

Zhao Long looked around and said slowly.

"Trial Grounds? What kind of mission is that?"

A voice rang out among the boys.

"To be precise, it should be called a trial of life and death, lasting for half a month. Only the first thirty people can obtain the opportunity to go to the final spiritual path, and even the thirty-first will be eliminated."

After saying this, Zhao Long seemed to notice the boys' confusion and explained further.

"Don't think that thirty people is a small number. If you can really complete the task with thirty people in half a month, it will be a rare occurrence in recent years."

The boys were so shocked by what they heard that they were speechless.

The mortality rate is so high!?

"Instructor Zhao, could you reveal more about the life-or-death trial?"

A boy asked in a trembling voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Long immediately laughed and said, "Of course you can. The Land of Life and Death is home to all kinds of spirit beasts and many rare and precious materials. As long as you kill the spirit beasts, the blood tokens will be converted into corresponding points."

Once all the comparisons are done, the top thirty will be determined.

If you think there aren't enough spirit beasts, then you can attack other creatures; that will give you a greater chance of survival.

After hearing this, the group of teenagers looked at each other in bewilderment.

It turns out that the cruelty of the Spirit Path is only now unfolding.

"The first three Guardian Lands have already been established, and we can't fall behind in our fourth Guardian Land."

After saying this, Zhao Long dismissed the crowd and even posted the message at the entrance of the city lord's mansion.

Time flew by, and three days later it was already time to get to the next day.

Just as Zhao Long had predicted, one hundred and twenty young men and women gathered in the square in front of the city lord's mansion.

"Excellent, you made the right choice!"

After counting the number of people, Zhao Long waved his hand and said, "Everyone, follow me into the City Lord's Mansion and take the teleportation array to the Land of Life and Death."

Lin Suzhou and Luo Li exchanged a glance, then took the lead and walked into the city lord's mansion.

Upon arriving deep within the city lord's mansion, a massive light array with a diameter of over four zhang (approximately 10 meters) came into view.

In the center of the light array, there is a ten-zhang-tall stone pillar with an unknown mythical beast painted on it, lifelike.

"Everyone, get ready, I'm about to activate the teleportation array."

As soon as Zhao Long finished speaking, he waved his sleeve, and a stream of spiritual energy shot into the central stone pillar.

Hundreds of white lights burst forth, and Lin Suzhou felt dizzy and disoriented, as if all his senses were blocked.

After a moment of spatial distortion, the gaze returned to Lin Suzhou's eyes.

But all that met his eyes was a desolate land, and Luo Li beside him was nowhere to be seen.