Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 414 - 414 100 Ranked 1st An additional 4000 words

Chapter 414: Chapter 100: Ranked 1st [An additional 4000 words for Silver Alliance Sea Spirit Garment 6] Chapter 414: Chapter 100: Ranked 1st [An additional 4000 words for Silver Alliance Sea Spirit Garment 6] Finally, the sky completely returned to its original clear state, absent of blood and darkness. Both Feng Yin and Feng Ying promptly stopped.

Without even a moment of communication between man and cat, they dashed downwards immediately in search of the scattered Fire Essence.

Those were treasures.

The food source for their knife.

They couldn’t afford to lose even a single one!

Feng Yin’s eyes flashed like lightning as he quickly picked up each piece of Fire Essence. Halfway through his search, he heard puzzled noises coming from the other side. It was Feng Ying, sounding rather perplexed.

Curious, Feng Yin followed the noise.

He saw a Fire Crow collapsed under a large tree. Feng Ying, with his small paw, was prodding it, trying to figure out why this bird, which still showed signs of life, wasn’t moving. What kind of death was this?

After investigating for a while, Feng Ying, seemingly unable to bear it any longer, finished off the unconscious bird with one paw strike, took the Fire Essence it had, and rushed back.

“Eighty-seven pieces.”

Feng Yin, after searching several times, finally confirmed he hadn’t missed any.

So by calculations, out of the three hundred Fire Crows, Feng Ying had killed eighty-seven and he himself had taken down more than two hundred. His results surpassed Feng Ying’s by more than double.

“This wave was quite good, a plentiful harvest.”

Looking at each piece of Fire Essence turning into powder on the blade, Feng Yin couldn’t suppress his wide smile.

Such a great harvest!

If only they could have such a wave every day, or even several of them…How good that would be!

Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly realized: He couldn’t let anyone see him feed the Fire Essence to his knife. He hastily tucked it away.

Regret welled up in his heart: How could he be so careless? This was one of his most crucial secrets. How could he have forgotten?

Ah, he mustn’t become complacent!

No…

In the future, after killing the Fire Crows, he couldn’t let his knife consume them all. He’d need to conserve a large part, in case, after leaving, he needed to check the number of Fire Essence he had. What if he needed to cross-check the number of Fire Essence with the number of kills he made?

Even if they were not taken away, merely counting them could be problematic. A big problem…

That would be a significant hassle for him.

“I was overconfident …. I shouldn’t have been so hasty; it would be safer to let the knife consume the Fire Essence after the trials and training are completed. I was too short-sighted…”

Feng Yin sighed, pondered for a moment, and then had a countermeasure.

As long as he continued to kill more Fire Crows, while temporarily not consuming any more Fire Essence, using his large number of kills as a cover, even if they had to compare the number of Fire Essence with the number of Fire Crows, it would be reasonable to say that some were lost due to being attacked by large groups of Fire Crows. Naturally, this would cover up the whereabouts of this batch of Fire Essence—of course, only if he hadn’t been monitored!

But had he been monitored earlier?

Falling so far behind the main force, it seemed unlikely, right?

Feng Yin cleaned up, explained the situation to the knife that was eagerly waiting to be fed, and solemnly promised that it would get to feast royally after. Then, he and Feng Ying continued to move forward.

Behind them, in the moonlight, within the shadows…

A great multitude of scattered feathers and raven bodies lay strewn…. countless amounts…

The fresh blood of Fire Crows and black crows slowly gathered into small streams, flowing downwards, solidifying along the course of the flow…

Unintentionally forming a cliff of blood…

…

Just as Feng Yin had anticipated, his trailing move had indeed successfully evaded all surveillance.

Inside the Crow Emperor’s palace.

The top figures from both sides were currently focused on the most intense part of the battle.

It was in a mountain range, almost everywhere you looked, humans and crows were at war, and the cries of battle were incessant.

The ranks of the Gold Rank assassins participating in the training changed constantly during this operation.

In the beginning, someone with around eight or ten kills could lead the rankings.

However, as their understanding of Fire Crows deepened, the assassins developed more and more experienced strategies.

The current top hundred showed the lowest number of kills surpassing forty!

And the current top ranking—

“This Yue Kong has performed quite well. A hundred and twenty-seven kills, ranking him third.” Someone said.

“Yue Kong is from Great Qin.” Someone immediately added.

“Well, this Wen Shu Mo in second place also did quite well, with one hundred and twenty-nine kills, out-ranking Yue Kong.”

“Wen Shu Mo is from Yan State.”

“The rankings of these two are neck and neck, going back and forth. One can’t say for sure who’s more outstanding…”

Everyone laughed, “It seems Great Qin and Yan State are in a fierce battle, fluctuating between surges and falls.”

“There’s also this Jing Wuke with the top ranking, his performance is truly extraordinary…. I remember him being from Yan State. This guy is really something, he already has two hundred and forty-seven kills…. wait, he’s got two hundred and forty-nine now, he’ll hit two hundred and fifty soon!”

Someone shouted out.

Everyone immediately looked.

The records indeed showed that Jing Wuke’s performance was significantly superior, comfortably leading the pack. He was ahead of the second position by double!

This was a truly miraculous performance.

“If nothing unexpected happens, this Jing Wuke is essentially securing the championship already.” A Chief Instructor stated.

“Yes indeed, he just had two hundred and forty-seven kills and now it’s two hundred and forty-nine. This shows that even after killing so many Fire Crows, he is still at his peak. He must not have been injured much, that’s why he is so assertive and brimming with confidence.” Another Chief Instructor added.

“Hmm.”

The instructors from Great Qin, were even more anxious than before.

Where is Wen Ruan?