Demon Dragon Mad God

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Is It Really Him?

Seeing the expression on the young man’s face upon meeting Lin Feng, everyone thought the two knew each other, thus asking an extra question.

"Four cores, barely passing. Although the first challenge is passed, whether the second can be passed is uncertain."

"Yes, I have five, and I’m very nervous right now. It’s said that the second challenge involves hunting, testing overall strength!"

The group casually chatted.

The young man in fine clothes was making idle conversation with the others, who complimented him greatly.

"Wait, why don’t we form a team together?"

A young man suddenly said.

"Right, the second challenge involves entering a mountain range to hunt Demon Beasts, and rankings are based on the number of kills. How about we move together, providing support to each other?" another person suggested, eyes lighting up.

The young man in fine clothes stroked his chin and nodded, "That’s not a bad idea, but who will be the leader?"

"Of course, you! You’re the strongest among us, definitely capable," the other youths flattered instantly.

Upon hearing this, the young man in fine clothes proudly smiled: "That’s true. Since that’s the case, I’ll humbly accept the role. By the way, are you joining us?"

This last sentence was directed at Lin Feng. Lin Feng glanced at him and directly refused: "No."

Surprised by his quick refusal, the young man in fine clothes and the others were shocked. A few of the youths teased, "Alright, he looks down on us."

"Haha, true, after just passing he’s a bit arrogant, which is unavoidable."

"Ridiculous, just four cores and rejecting offered respect."

"Forget it, don’t include him; he’d just be a burden."

"Exactly."

Hearing so many objections, the young man in fine clothes just shrugged, "Indeed, I initially found him interesting and wanted to invite him. Now it seems I didn’t think it through completely; four cores might indeed be slightly weak."

The others nodded in agreement: "Right, birds of a feather flock together, everyone here is five cores, he’s just a newbie who barely qualified, it’s not suitable."

Lin Feng was speechless, what, he can’t refuse?

To team up with a group of strangers, can one really be at ease? Isn’t there a concern of being stabbed in the back?

To be frank, Lin Feng really didn’t think highly of them.

Just then, a few more people approached, excitedly discussing, "So powerful, I gave my all and got only five cores, never thought someone achieved eight!"

"Exactly, and not just one person, it’s terrifying."

"Truly, there are always bigger fish." _{𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂}

A few youths walked over feeling emotional.

The young man in fine clothes heard their conversation and was shocked, "Two with eight cores? Aside from Thunder Mountain Villa’s Xu Leiting, who else could it be?"

"Could it be someone who appeared after us?"

The young man in fine clothes was stunned, also shocked, and curiously approached the group. When they saw him, they paused, "You are...somewhat familiar..."

The young man in fine clothes proudly smiled, "I’m the one who got seven cores just now."

"Right, right, I remember now, no wonder you seemed familiar, wow, you’re amazing."

The youths were immediately full of admiration, making the young man feel over the moon, feeling as if he was floating, though this seven-core achievement was him performing beyond his norm; he wasn’t confident he could do it again.

But such extraordinary performance was still his strength.

He coughed lightly, looking at them nonchalantly, "Not bad, I didn’t perform well this time, otherwise I could have gotten eight cores too. By the way, you mentioned there are already two with eight cores, is that right?"

The youths nodded, expressing, "Yes, there are already two. Oh, the second eight-cores one was right after your group."

After my group?

The young man in fine clothes was confused; he had already noticed candidates around him and didn’t see anyone impressive. How could there be another with eight cores?

Suddenly, a calm-looking youth flashed across his mind. Could it be him?

How could that be possible? The young man in fine clothes dismissed the idea in a fleeting moment. Although that youth seemed interesting, he couldn’t be that strong.

However, in the next moment, those few youths suddenly became excited, pointing in a direction: "Right, right, it’s him, the second one to get eight cores?"

Including the young man in fine clothes and those other youths with five cores, everyone curiously turned in the direction pointed to see who this person, who achieved the same score as the Young Master of Thunder Mountain Villa, was.

But when they looked, they were all instantly dumbfounded, like statues.

Especially the young man in fine clothes, his eyes were wide open and he gasped in shock, his face filled with disbelief.

Is it... really him?

Standing in their line of sight was none other than Lin Feng.

The young man in fine clothes swallowed hard, those other youths who had been mocking Lin Feng earlier were incredulous.

Lin Feng was engrossed in thinking about the second challenge’s content, from his memory it involved dropping a group of people into the mountains to hunt Demon Beasts.

General Level Demon Beasts possessed a Demon Core, the storage site of energy inside the Demon General, akin to the Dantian of human Martial Artists, both being unique.

And the assessment for the second challenge was based on the number of Demon Cores, meaning, one had to kill Demon Generals or above, ordinary Demon Beasts wouldn’t count as assessment score.

While he was contemplating this, those youths approached him again, this time wearing ingratiating smiles.

"Uh, big shot, there were some misunderstandings earlier. This second challenge is hunting Demon Beasts, as the saying goes, more hands make light work. Big shot, won’t you consider joining us? Rest assured, although we might not be as capable as you, we can still defend ourselves and won’t drag you down."

"Exactly, big shot, let’s join together."

The young man in fine clothes also nodded, "I knew from the start you were special. As it turns out, my judgment was correct." His eyes were still flickering, still somewhat in disbelief.

Lin Feng found it amusing. Aside from liking to show off, this young man in fine clothes didn’t badmouth others. It was these other youths with five cores who were all teasing Lin Feng harshly just a while ago, but now that they knew Lin Feng’s true capabilities, they came rushing over to invite him again.