Li Pu activated [Hardening], and then activated [Barrier].

The half-dragon has dragon scales on its back, the fire claw scorpion has [Dragon Scale Shell], and the little kangaroo has a Golden Light Shield.

The only one without any defensive moves is the scarecrow.

With everyone busy defending, it became the main player to defeat the giant earthworm.

"Not easy, finally we're almost ready to leave."

The two stopped before the final earth domain and looked at the mountain giant. Li Pu sighed.

"It's all because of your greed, otherwise we'd be outside by now."

"Maybe I'd even catch up to the third round of the tournament."

"Now, I bet it's already down to the finals."

"I wonder where my seniors will place without me."

When it comes to the time issue, Long Ren is full of complaints.

When they discovered the world core here, they didn't immediately choose to conquer it.

Instead, at Li Pu's suggestion, they went back to the level 1 area to hunt.

After all, for him, such opportunities are rare. There were all sorts of unseen beasts and collecting related items was going smoothly.

They could also explode some Five Elements Crystals to sell later.

Long Ren wasn't exactly a wealthy student, even though he received resources from Imperial University, his days were still tight. Two level 1 max summon creatures proved costly.

So he was very tempted by Li Pu's suggestion, wanting to earn a good amount.

Thus, they hit it off immediately.

"If it wasn't for me urging you, you'd probably still be reluctant to leave now."

Li Pu wasn't fazed by Long Ren's complaints.

In terms of hunting zeal, he felt this guy was just as crazy as him.

The two wouldn't sleep at night, just went at it hard.

"So why are you even joining the cube card track?"

Long Ren, having been exposed, showed his true colors.

They'd gained quite a lot these days and became more familiar.

"Of course, it's for the prize money, what else?"

Li Pu shrugged.

"Haha, I don't think you should even dream about it."

"This time, the cube card track champion is surely Imperial University's."

"This time our school sent a freshman genius card player, don't say I didn't warn you."

"In two months after starting school, this card player hit the golden rank."

"Do you understand what two months to golden rank means?"

Long Ren retorted.

"Oh?"

Li Pu showed a curious expression upon hearing this.

As someone who's been at golden rank for nearly a month, he knew the strength of the golden rank.

With his previous card pool, getting high scores was out of the question.

"What's his name?"

Being able to reach golden rank in two months is indeed an opponent worth noting.

"Ah Yajun, ever heard of him?"

"He came specifically for this."

"Unlike you, who also joined the actual combat track."

Long Ren straightened his back.

After all, they were from the same cohort, considered his classmate.

"Never heard of him."

Li Pu shook his head: "Alright, let's get started."

Saying that, he led the way into the mountain giant's lair.

An hour later, the mountain giant collapsed.

Bang!

Its huge and sturdy body shook the ground.

"This thing is really tough."

Long Ren wiped the sweat from his forehead, exhausted.

[Grass!]

[Dragon Dragon!]

The scarecrow and half-dragon both showed disdain.

The main output was from us, why are you tired?

"Feels like this guy's body is too sturdy, hard to handle."

Li Pu started exploring and touching all over.

Due to the storage space, they only took the essence parts from these big monsters.

It's a pity, the related items of the four big monsters were all useless skills, only good for sacrifice, unlike the lava serpent which was useful.

Speaking of the lava serpent, the lava serpent meat chunks from before had basically been thrown away.

The most valuable parts had already been taken by Chang Shoushang.

"Hard to handle or not, we have to deal with it, after all, it's a B-class monster, can't just leave it alone."

Long Ren felt helpless as the half-dragon started moving.

Buzz...

The energy links on the mountain giant began to disappear.

Each big monster has energy links connecting to the world core light cluster in the sky, and as they are taken down, the links disappear.

This situation has happened several times before, so they were not surprised.

But this time was different from before because the mountain giant had the last connection.

[Eat eat~]

The first to notice the light orb falling was Bu Bu.

"Ah, I almost forgot about it."

"Is this thing important?"

Long Ren saw the light orb and asked Li Pu.

"It's hard to say, I don't really know what it is."

"But its value shouldn't be low."

Li Pu shook his head.

"Alright then, it's yours."

Long Ren nodded upon hearing this.

In this round, out of the four large creatures of Gold, Wood, Water, and Earth, only the Gold and Water ones dropped items, totaling a skill light orb and an inscription tool.

Neither of these suited Li Pu, but they suited Long Ren, so they were given to him.

Now Long Ren asked Li Pu to take the core, to balance the gains.

"Okay then."

Li Pu didn't stand on ceremony and went up to grab the light orb.

The item inside the light orb felt slightly hard and round in his hand.

In terms of shape, it was somewhat like an iron ring or something.

At the same time, the information of the item was transmitted over.

Unexpectedly, the world core of the small Five Elements Domain was actually an inscription tool.

[Five Elements Ring (S)]

Attached effect: Can convert one of your Five Elements attributes to another at will

Attribute requirement: Gold/Wood/Water/Fire/Earth

Type requirement: None

Race requirement: None

"Huh?"

When Li Pu first saw that it was S-tier, his heart skipped a beat, but upon seeing its function, he was dumbfounded.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

"The stone man's corpse hasn't been dealt with yet!"

Long Ren belatedly shouted.

"Ah."

Only then did Li Pu realize he might have touched the light orb too early.

But it was too late to regret it now.

Rumble...

The next second, the whole world began to shake violently.

Everything around seemed to emerge as if from a mirror, and this mirror was now shattering.

With just a glance, both of them felt their bodies lighten!

...

At the same time, inside the arena.

[Hey~~~]

With a cry from the White Crane, the white-haired elder suddenly opened his eyes.

"Everyone, pay attention!"

The head judge saw the situation and immediately became stern.

The 8 contestants waiting on the platform sprang to their feet, their spirits lifting.

Whizz! xN

Simultaneously, the teachers from Imperial University and Western University flashed onto the scene.

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on the white-haired elder and the middle-aged woman.

At this critical moment, the expressions of the two also grew increasingly serious.

To open a dimensional portal on their own, even for a small place like the small Five Elements Domain, was no easy task.

Just relying on two summoned beasts was far from enough.

Even with both of them, it was quite taxing and challenging.

At this moment, the white-haired elder first raised his palms toward the middle-aged woman, and then two beams of light emerged from his palms.

The middle-aged woman understood and raised her hands to catch the two beams of light.

Buzz…

A thin space crack appeared between the two of them.

"With our abilities, we can only maintain the portal for 10 seconds."

"When the light gate forms, you must immediately enter."

"Three days later, we will reopen the portal to bring you back."

The middle-aged woman spoke quickly.

"During these three days, your task is to find the two lost contestants and inform them about the portal's reopening."

Just as the head judge finished speaking, the light gate finally formed.

"Go!"

The ram-horned male from Zhongdu University was the first to charge up.

But a strange scene unfolded.

Though he stepped forward, his body rapidly moved backward.

The key thing was, he felt a sharp pain.

"What the...?!"

Upon closer inspection, he saw two figures crashing into his arms.

These two guys... weren't they the two lost contestants?!

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