Despite the saying that circumstances are stronger than people.

The current situation was indeed that Lin Chen's brilliance was too dazzling, which might have made Jing Chen somewhat unaccustomed.

In addition, there was the existence of Holy Crystals, which were terrifyingly damaging to those below the Third Transformation realm.

They dealt pure damage that completely ignored any defense. Once detonated, the consequences would be dire.

Like Hu Jingtian, a top-five powerhouse on the Gold Ranking.

At this moment, he was already scurrying away with his tail between his legs...

And how many Holy Crystals did Lin Chen have?

No one knew.

But the portion he had taken out was already quite a lot.

Jing Chen used to have quite a few Holy Crystals as well.

But if he wanted to become stronger, such cultivation resources had to be consumed.

Lin Chen had just arrived on the battlefield and had nowhere to spend them yet.

This was the difference.

Moreover, just now when the Gold Ranking appeared, it wasn't just Lin Chen and Fairy Wei whose rankings had risen.

On Lin Chen's side, there was also a Mo Yi.

She had risen from over 80th place to 30th.

She also received a lot of Holy Crystals as a reward!

If she were as crazy as Lin Chen and used Holy Crystals to fight desperately, the Fairy Spirit Race really wouldn't be able to gain any advantage.

So, Jing Chen handing over his own badge was his own decision. The other members of the Fairy Spirit Race couldn't really say anything, but Wei Xianzi found Jing Chen's behavior, not even haggling, a bit slow.

A very euphemistic way of saying it: slow.

In reality, it was just foolish...

Putting aside talent and strength, at least in terms of intelligence, Jing Chen was completely outclassed by Lin Chen.

A complete and utter defeat!

However, Fairy Wei did not criticize Jing Chen's actions.

In fact, Jing Chen didn't have many badges in his hand.

At most, he could score another thirty points.

After the exchange with Lin Chen, he was immediately speechless.

It seemed that not everyone in the Fairy Spirit Race had their badges with one person.

For example, with Lin Chen and his group, all the badges were with Lin Chen.

Long Yandao's rewards to the three of them were also assessed according to certain levels based on the collective performance.

For example, if Lin Chen and his group got the first place in points, then what would be rewarded to Pang Jia, what would be rewarded to Herder, and what would be Lin Chen's reward… The rewards for the three people were different.

However, the performance affected the final reward each person received.

This could balance the mentality of the three people, make them all satisfied, and thus be willing to cooperate in the ruins.

This kind of balance was called humanization.

Only the Human Race was best at this.

Obviously, the Fairy Spirit Race was not like this.

Whoever handed in the most badges in the end would get more rewards.

Under such a system, naturally, no one would be willing to hand over their badges to others.

This was called a rigid reward system.

Not flexible at all.

It was even detrimental to team unity.

Lin Chen started to have ideas again. After completing the transaction with Jing Chen, he put away all the badges and said to Fairy Wei, "The next Gold Stele is about to appear, but there's still time. Right now, there are only two groups left here. How about this? Today, you let us have the Gold Stele first, and tomorrow we will fully support you in taking down another Gold Stele."

"Your words... haha, then why not give it to us today first, and we will fully support you tomorrow?"

Fairy Wei naturally didn't agree.

She was also telling Lin Chen that although the two of them had cooperated happily just now, driving away Hu Jingtian and the others, and even severely injuring them, she, Fairy Wei, was not Jing Chen and was not so easily fooled.

"Difficult, how did this little girl suddenly become intelligent?"

Lin Chen muttered in a low voice.

"Or, let's fight them. I feel like they aren't strong right now!" Mo Yi suggested.

"Don't be ridiculous."

Lin Chen said in a muffled voice, "Although Hu Jingtian and the others were injured and ran away, there are still quite a few strong people. There must still be those who are not resigned to giving up and are staring at the Gold Stele. Once we really fight the Fairy Spirit Race, in the end, it will definitely benefit the third parties who are watching. Do you think Jing Chen didn't consider this aspect when he gave away all the badges? Now they don't want to fight us, and we also have to avoid fighting them, understand?"

"Then what should we do?"

Mo Yi asked, "You wouldn't be charmed by Fairy Wei because she's good-looking and really plan to give up the Gold Stele, would you?"

"Hehe, Princess Mo Yi, you're also good-looking. Do you think I've ever given up my own interests because of your beauty? Sorry, I'm a selfish person, not a love brain."

Lin Chen's words made Mo Yi's face turn red.

She was originally just inexplicably irritated and said that to Lin Chen.

Now that Lin Chen said she was good-looking and compared her to Fairy Wei, she didn't know why, but instead of being angry, she felt a little secretly pleased.

"I have an idea."

Lin Chen suddenly brightened his eyes and then smiled, "In a moment, we'll pretend to solve the puzzle fairly with Fairy Wei and the others. No one is allowed to trigger the totem behind the Gold Stele, but when both sides are solving the puzzle, you shouldn't look at the Gold Stele, to avoid being drawn into it by the Gold Stele's soul perception... Then, find a chance to detonate the Holy Crystals to blast them!"

"..."

Mo Yi looked at Lin Chen with a surprised expression, saying, "You can even think of this kind of method? I estimate they won't be fooled. Also, why am I the one going to bomb them instead of you? Lin Chen, I suspect you're deliberately making me offend the Fairy Spirit Race to death, and in the end, the Gold Stele is still yours. I won't do it!"

"Listen to me. You let me have this opportunity, and I'll fully support you with tomorrow's Gold Stele! Moreover, I can also guarantee to you that if our two families become the biggest winners in the end, there will definitely be forces from all sides coming to encircle us... If something like that really happens, then you can withdraw first, and give all the tokens to me for safekeeping. With my speed and ability, I can definitely last until the sixth day."

Lin Chen kept drawing cakes for Mo Yi.

He even planned for the future.

According to the rules of the ruins, there were a total of seven days.

After seven days, the ruins would be completely closed and could never be exited.

Then, from the first to the fifth day of the ruins' opening, a Gold Stele would appear each day. When the last Gold Stele appeared and was solved, the results could be calculated on the sixth day.

This was also to give everyone a chance to snatch other people's results.

With the abilities of Mo Yi and the three female elves, if the results were too great, they would definitely be besieged.

Lin Chen and his group were the same.

So Lin Chen had already planned in his heart... after the fifth day, if his and Mo Yi's results were very rich, then he would let Pang Jia and Herder withdraw first, directly exiting.

Then, Lin Chen would take all the badges alone and use his speed advantage to continue to maneuver until the sixth day.

Lin Chen could even counter-kill when he was working alone.

Lin Chen didn't say it directly... In fact, if there was a chance for such ruins in the future, he would prefer to work alone.

Because that way, he could play without any worries and didn't have to consider his teammates.

"Would you be so kind?"

Mo Yi said she didn't believe it... Was Lin Chen trying to trick us out of our badges?

"If you don't believe me, then I can't help it. Do you think I would destroy the alliance between the Dragon Spirit Kingdom and the Frost Ice Kingdom for these badges? If you don't even have this bit of trust, then it's no wonder your elf race wasn't even in the top three before I came. Moreover, even if I come and help you take down Sanhekou and get into the top three, your position won't be stable!"

Lin Chen knew that Mo Yi had been dealing with him for a long time, so she must be very wary.

Then he would have to provoke her a little.

"Humph!"

Mo Yi was indeed easily swayed by Lin Chen's words. She immediately said, "Okay, I'll cooperate with all your ideas, but in the end, you must guarantee that our elf race can definitely continue to maintain the top three after the points are calculated!"

That was her only requirement.

"Deal!"

Lin Chen smiled.

One was settled here, and there was still one there!

Lin Chen felt very speechless.

Why was he clearly an assassin and a thug, but he was acting like a social butterfly?

He was specializing in negotiating with women!

"Fairy Wei, how about this! If we continue to stalemate, it will be dark soon. Could it be that for this Gold Stele, we have to confront each other until the sixth day? If that's the case, then it will benefit other races."

Lin Chen smiled and said, "So, I propose that neither of us activate the Gold Stele totem. Everyone observes from a distance of a hundred yards away from the Gold Stele, and competes fairly. Whoever solves the Gold Stele first, then the Gold Stele is theirs. How about it? Consider it carefully... Right now, your Fairy Spirit Race is not absolutely powerful. It will take Jing Chen at least two or three days to recover. It's up to you to choose whether to continue fighting alone, being enemies with us, or to have our three families join forces strongly to eliminate other races!"

"Fair competition, will all the Gold Steles be like this in the future?"

Fairy Wei asked.

"Yes!" Lin Chen nodded.

"Why don't I dare to believe you?"

Alright!

Judging from Fairy Wei's response, Lin Chen's credibility was indeed quite low.

However, this was normal.

Just based on Lin Chen's actions of pointing at Fairy Wei and saying he wanted to duel, but slashing at Jing Chen with a sword, it really showed that he didn't seem to be a good person...

"I can sign a battlefield contract with you, guaranteeing not to backstab you, how about it?" Lin Chen looked very calm.

Anyway, he wasn't the one making the move.

What did Mo Yi's actions have to do with Lin Chen?

Fairy Wei thought for a while, then discussed it with the people next to her and asked for everyone's opinions. In fact, the Fairy Spirits didn't want to continue to confront each other, so they all expressed their agreement.

However, some Fairy Spirits reminded Fairy Wei to be careful of Lin Chen's wording traps and asked her to change it. So Fairy Wei said coldly, "If you dare to sign a contract with me, never to sneak attack each other, then I will agree to you!"

It seemed that Lin Chen's move of Myriad Swords Return to Origin that split Jing Chen had left a psychological shadow on Fairy Wei and the other Fairy Spirits...

Indeed, the existence of Lin Chen's strength and character made it difficult to defend against.

Therefore, it had to be made clear that there should be no sneak attacks.

The concept of backstabbing was too vague after all.

"Okay, let's sign a contract!"

Lin Chen agreed directly.

Then, he and Wei Xianzi flew into the sky together.

When concluding a battlefield contract, naturally, they were also afraid that someone else from the other side would suddenly attack.

Therefore, they had to find a place away from everyone else.

This gave Lin Chen and Fairy Wei a chance to be alone...

In Jing Chen's eyes, it was extremely sour.

Was that concluding a contract?

No!

In his opinion, that was eloping with Fairy Wei!

The heartache of his goddess being hooked away by another man was a very painful feeling.

Especially since the two above were actually chatting after concluding the contract, which was adding fuel to the fire... Humph, Lin Chen, you glib-tongued thing, wait until I recover my strength, and I'll give you a taste of your own medicine!

Jing Chen's eyes were full of hatred.

It would be a lie to say that he didn't hate Lin Chen!

It was just that now his strength was damaged. Lin Chen's sword even wounded his sea of souls. This was a fact that Jing Chen did not reveal and deliberately concealed... That was why Jing Chen had been enduring it all along.

However, he could endure handing over all his badges, but he could not tolerate his goddess being so close to Lin Chen!

In fact, after concluding the contract not to sneak attack each other, Lin Chen and Wei Xianzi could be completely unguarded when facing each other. It was understandable that the two of them were closer.

Especially now that Lin Chen was still trying to fool Wei Xianzi.

"Actually, the Fairy Spirit Race has the most experts. We humans have no choice but to choose the weaker Elf Race as an alliance... Really, I am the Commander of the Central Army. Do you know the meaning of the Commander of the Central Army of the Dragon Spirit Kingdom? To tell you the truth, the Duke Protector is cultivating me as the future commander-in-chief. So, if the Fairy Spirit Race is willing to ally with us, then we humans will definitely choose your Fairy Spirit Race first."

Lin Chen smiled and said, "This time, signing a separate contract with you not to sneak attack is my sincerity. I hope you, Fairy Wei, can understand that we humans are just seeking survival, not hegemony! The Fairy Spirit Race being first on the battlefield makes the humans sincerely admire you. We just want you to eat the meat, and we'll follow behind and drink the soup. That shouldn't be too much, right?"

"You humans really want to unite with our Fairy Spirit Race?" Wei Xianzi was a little unsure of Lin Chen's thoughts when she heard this.

Commander of the Central Army!

Wei Xianzi knew the importance of this position.

Because she was the Commander of the Central Army of the Fairy Spirit Race now.

And she herself had been designated by the Holy Lord of the Fairy Spirit Race as the successor.

When the Fairy Spirit Race entered the Level 3 battlefield, she would be conferred as the Holy Maiden.

This was also why Jing Chen had been pursuing her... Because Jing Chen's family was one of the four major families in the Fairy Spirit Race. If Jing Chen could marry the Holy Maiden, then Jing Chen's family would also receive many benefits.

Jing Chen himself was also very infatuated with her.

But Wei Xianzi was not very interested in this.

In fact, the Fairy Spirit Race had already begun to lay out the Level 3 battlefield.

In the Level 3 battlefield, the enemies faced were not comparable to the Level 2 battlefield.

Therefore, the Fairy Spirit Race was actually planning to find allies.

Lin Chen's words could even be said to have hit the mark, hitting some of Wei Xianzi's thoughts...

Wei Xianzi was tempted.

Naturally, she didn't think much about Lin Chen's statement of solving the puzzle fairly.

Then the two separated and returned to their own people.

Wei Xianzi also told everyone about what Lin Chen had said just now, and said, "It seems that this Lin Chen has a good vision and a broad perspective. Do you think we can consider joining forces with them strongly in the next ruins journey?"

As a result, she was opposed by Jing Chen.

"No!"

Jing Chen blurted out almost immediately.

He still wanted to trick Lin Chen!

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(End of this chapter)