Chapter 47: Rite Sorcerer

Roaring with terrifying might, the flames charged forward. The man controlled the giant eagle, whipping up countless wind blades in defense, only for them to be shattered in an instant.

Realizing there was no escape and no way to block the attack, the man hardened his heart, leaped directly from the giant eagle, and managed to evade the strike.

The giant eagle was not so fortunate; its body was pierced clean through by the pillar of fiery light as it plunged downward.

"Screech!"

Two other giant eagles swooped in, caught the falling man, and soared away into the distance.

Lin Yu landed on the ground, watching the retreating figures with a cold gleam in his eyes.

Still, it was not a bad outcome.

Killing one giant eagle and netting an extra Tier 1 crystal core could be considered a fitting lesson for the enemy.

"Here you go."

Liu Shiyun handed over two Tier 2 crystal cores and one Tier 1 crystal core.

"What a pity."

Lin Yu looked at the crystal core from the giant python, feeling somewhat disappointed.

After all, it wasn't an S-rank fire attribute ability; otherwise, it could definitely have enhanced his own power by quite a margin.

"It's fine. We're bound to encounter true S-rank fire-type mutant beasts in the future," Liu Shiyun comforted him.

"Let's go."

More than an hour later, the group finally bypassed the damaged section of the highway and got back into the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon.

As the sun set, they finally arrived in Tianhai City.

"So many zombies! What should we do?"

Liu Shiyun felt her scalp tingle as she looked at the densely packed crowd of zombies gathered around the toll booth.

There were easily over twenty or thirty thousand of them.

"We carve our way through!"

The corners of Lin Yu's lips curved upward.

In his eyes, these were merely low-tier zombies, nothing more than experience points waiting to be claimed.

"Let's kill them!"

Little Ruke, on the other hand, was even more excited and showed not a shred of fear.

Although her ability was of the support type, she had poured her stat points into stamina, giving her absurdly high defensive attributes. Slaughtering Tier 0 zombies was a breeze for her, as long as she avoided getting surrounded.

Two hours later, all three of them were exhausted to the point of collapse.

Lin Yu alone had slain over twenty thousand, but the energy consumption was immense, leaving him with only a third of his mana remaining.

"I'm so tired!"

"When on earth are we going to finish picking up all these crystal cores scattered across the ground?"

Lin Yu felt a deep sense of fatigue.

Yet, tired as he was, he had to gather them. This haul amounted to over six thousand crystal cores, including two Tier 1s among them.

"It seems I need to establish Eternal Day as soon as possible," Lin Yu muttered to himself.

Chen Jing'er's group could only be regarded as a minor vanguard squad of Eternal Day.

Once Eternal Day was formally established and he had his own faction, he wouldn't have to waste time doing chores like picking up crystal cores himself. It was simply too troublesome.

...

On a street resembling a wasteland, a woman dressed in white casual wear wielded a long sword, moving with swift grace.

Behind her, countless zombies swarmed forward, lunging at her frantically.

Every time her sword descended, several zombies met their end.

Alas, the sheer number of zombies was simply overwhelming.

"That woman is so strong!" Liu Shiyun and the others suddenly appeared on the street.

"Her combat power is quite impressive, though she hasn't reached Tier 1 yet."

Lin Yu glanced at her, noting the tail of at least five or six thousand zombies trailing behind the woman.

Fortunately, this street was not narrow, allowing her to fight while steadily retreating.

"This big sister is so cool!"

Little Ruke's eyes sparkled as she watched the woman execute clean, decisive sword movements with an heroic and dashing posture.

"For a modern woman to wield a sword with such skill, she's probably extraordinary."

"She must have studied martial arts before," Lin Yu observed with an appreciative look.

In the distance, the woman fought and ran simultaneously.

Suddenly, she spotted Lin Yu's group up ahead and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Run! Quick!"

With a sweeping arc of her sword, she slew seven or eight zombies, then dragged the tip of her blade across the asphalt.

Instantly, a barrier of light rose from the ground, soaring straight into the sky and blocking the chasing horde behind it.

"Roar!"

The zombies howled madly, battering the light barrier without pause.

Yet the barrier remained completely motionless, with a line of text suddenly materializing upon its surface.

The moment this text appeared, Lin Yu's pupils constricted.

Liu Shiyun's eyes nearly popped out of her head.

For the words appearing on the light barrier were none other than: [ $6X+2=7X-8$, Find: $X=?$ ]

"What on earth is this?"

"A linear equation? A math problem?" Liu Shiyun stared in utter bewilderment.

"It's a spell formula!"

Lin Yu's eyes blazed with excitement as he fixed his gaze tightly on the woman's figure.

He never expected to encounter that person right here—the supreme powerhouse from the peak tier lists of his past life.

She had awakened a rule-type ability: S-Rank Spell Principles.

By utilizing the power of rules, she could write governing conditions to amplify her combat strength, construct entrapment spells, and more.

Forming containment barriers through algebraic equations was this woman's most famous signature technique, establishing her as a true pioneer.

She had researched the path of spellcraft to its absolute pinnacle, becoming the sole Eight-Rank Spell Master in existence.

Below her, the ranks of Seven-Rank Spell Masters suffered a massive drop-off, and even among Six-Rank Spell Masters, there were only a few dozen individuals in total.

Her codename was: The Honor Student.

Her name: Ye Piaopiao.

"Why are you standing there like fools? Run already! I can only hold them off for a minute!"

Ye Piaopiao rushed over, gasping for breath as she shouted at the three of them.

Suddenly, a zombie leaped high from a nearby rooftop, hurtling straight toward her.

"Clang!"

Caught off guard, Ye Piaopiao was sent staggering backward by the impact.

The one-minute time limit expired.

The spell barrier shattered into pieces, and the horde behind surged forward frantically.

"Oh no." Ye Piaopiao's expression shifted drastically.

Her mana was nearly exhausted, rendering her innate superpower almost impossible to use, and her physical stamina was severely depleted.

With a Tier 1 zombie blocking the path ahead and nearly ten thousand zombies chasing from behind, the situation was perilously critical.

"What should we do?"

Liu Shiyun never made independent decisions regarding saving people; she always followed Lin Yu's lead.

"Save her."

Lin Yu didn't hesitate for a second.

If he could rope someone from the top-tier rankings into his Eternal Day faction ahead of time, wouldn't his future prospects skyrocket?

The three of them dashed forward swiftly.

"Mirror Flower, Water Moon!"

Liu Shiyun struck first, freezing the space surrounding the Tier 1 zombie before causing it to detonate.

A single strike.

With just one blow, the Tier 1 zombie was completely obliterated.

Such was the terrifying might of an S-rank spatial ability.

"Flame Roar!"

Energy condensed in Lin Yu's mouth, transforming into a torrent of roaring fire that spewed forth, instantly clearing away a massive swath of zombies.

"You guys..." Ye Piaopiao widened her eyes in shock.

She hadn't expected that a few people she casually crossed paths with on the road would possess such terrifying strength, slaughtering zombies as if they were mere dogs.

In mere moments, all the surrounding zombies had been wiped out clean.

At this point, Lin Yu's mana reserves were truly approaching rock bottom.

If they encountered another horde of five or six thousand zombies right now, even he would have no choice but to turn and flee.

"Thank you!"

Ye Piaopiao adjusted her glasses, a brilliant smile blooming across her face as she shook hands with Liu Shiyun before extending her hand toward Lin Yu.

"My name is Ye Piaopiao, thank you very much!"

From the earlier battle, she had discerned that Lin Yu was the one calling the shots among the three.

In other words, it was Lin Yu who had rescued her.

"I am Lin Yu. Think nothing of it."

Lin Yu reached out and grasped her slender hand, offering a faint smile as he asked, "What happened to you?"

Hearing this question, Ye Piaopiao's expression turned frosty.

Gritting her teeth, she spat out, "I was betrayed by a few scoundrels. If I hadn't run into you guys, I probably would have lost my life."

"No wonder!"

"Given that your strength is hardly weak, to be driven by zombies until your mana was completely drained—so that was the reason." Lin Yu stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"It's getting late. We should find a place to settle down first," Liu Shiyun chimed in at the appropriate moment.

"Care to join us?"

Lin Yu turned his gaze toward the cold-tempered woman and issued an invitation.

"Very well."

Ye Piaopiao hesitated for a fraction of a second before agreeing.