Sixth day.
They faced around six groups of thieves.
But, the day passed without mishaps, and they were able to earn 2000 points.
It was the same on the seventh day, and they had earned 2500 points.
***
Eight day.
They were about to start their day as normal.
Suddenly, they heard loud voices from the distance.
Ren Dan said in a hurry. "Everybody run."
They ran. But, the opponents got wind of it and started chasing.
There were around 30 disciples in the enemy team, and most of them were in the mid-evolution realm. So, Grim's team had no choice but to run.
If it were beasts, they could deal without any problem.
But, the same couldn't be said about cultivators since they had their own skills and consciousness which made it hard to predict.
***
It was the evening.
Grim and his team were still on the run, and the opponents were a few kilometers away.
"Shit. How long are they going to chase us?"
He thought they would give up after some time. But, they were still chasing his team after eight hours.
Soon, they arrived in front of a canyon.
Gu Lan asked.
"Should we go in?"
They were in a predicament on whether they should go further or face the opponent.
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"Let's go."
Grim responded and made his way.
Gu Lan and Ren Dan also followed him.
A few minutes later, the opponents also arrived at the canyon. But, they didn't want to go further since they had no idea what waited for them.
It could be a trap.
***
Inside the canyon.
Grim noticed something.
The path was descending, the further they went. It wouldn't be long before they were underground.
"The path is going underground."
Grim voiced his concern.
Ren Dan responded. "We'll just take a look. We can run if a situation arises."
So, they pushed ahead.
Soon, they were completely underground. The place was engulfed in darkness.
Gu Lan produced a fireball, and the place was illuminated.
The place looked like the cave they had visited before.
They pushed ahead.
They encountered moles, gophers, and groundhogs on the way.
They were taken care of easily.
Soon, they arrived at the location full of ores.
The location was full of metal ores like iron, copper, zinc, silver, and even gold. But, it had no value to cultivators. So, they moved forward.
***
They arrived at the dead end after an hour.
The walls were filled with vein-like structures. If you inspect it carefully, you could see liquid dripping.
Grim moved ahead to have a look.
Suddenly, he was attacked by a gopher.
'Water blade'
He sliced the gopher into two.
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
He heard more noises and looked at the source.
There were 50-60 gophers in a corner. Most of them had their attention on Grim while some were busy licking the liquid from the wall.
Squeak!
One of the gophers in the front hurled toward Grim. Then, the rest of the gophers followed.
'Storm'
Grim launched lightning bolts toward them.
"We're here too."
Gu Lan and Ren Dan joined in too.
***
The gopher corpses were scattered everywhere.
Meanwhile, Grim and his team were inspecting the liquid.
Grim touched the liquid with his index finger.
As soon as the finger made contact, it started absorbing it.
He had a clear idea of what it was.
"It's the liquid Qi, and it's five times purer than the academy."
Gu Lan and Ren Dan were surprised by the revelation.
"It's like getting a reward before even winning."
Gu Lan commented.
They took out their gourds in a hurry and started gathering liquid.
***
Tenth day.
Grim and his team came out of the canyon by the evening.
They had filled their gourds to the brim and cleaned the beasts inside of the canyon.
They gathered 6000 points from the canyon, and Grim had banked around 200,000 Evo.
After an hour, an announcement was made about the conclusion of the round.
Soon, everyone returned to the arena.
The rankings were as follows.
1. Meng Zhou - 17,000 points
2. Shao Cai - 16,000 points
3. Tang Ling - 15,500 points
4. Liu Fang - 15,300 points
5. Peng Xun - 14,750 points
30. Yuan Chang - 9800 points
60. Grim - 5900 points
61. Ren Dan - 5850 points
62. Gu Lang - 5810 points
98. Xia Peng - 3000 points
100. Shao Zexi - 2910 points
[Evo points left: 564,750]