I conquered the cultivation world with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Chapter 271 Fight or Run

Many academies have predicted a monster tide in the second phase. The cultivators of Xiling Academy even divined it directly. Is the academy competition really going this far now, eliminating people starting in the second phase?

This is a monster horde! A massive monster migration! Anyone caught in it will be torn to pieces. And I see monsters stirring in every map. Won't this mean everyone will be eliminated in the second phase, and the Academy Competition will end abruptly?

It's not that exaggerated. I think the monster tide can be a resource for strong academies to develop quickly. With so many monsters, they'll have crystal cores. Then, when the resource points refresh in the second stage, they'll have crystal cores to exchange for resources.

Dream on! Just surviving is a miracle. You think you can kill monsters when a monster tide comes? You'll be finished if you accidentally get caught in the crossfire.

I also think it's better to run for your life.

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The Academy Grand Competition was broadcast live throughout the entire empire. Wanqi Jingheng, who was one of the organizers of this year's competition, finally had a day off, but he still had to continue to handle various affairs.

He sat on the throne and took a quick look at the live stream.

The second phase of the monster tide was his idea. The number of monsters in the Black Nest has increased, and the army needs more and more cultivators. In recent years, the age limit for recruiting cultivators has been changed from 30 to no age limit.

Wanqi Jingheng had been troubled by this for a long time. Coupled with the troops stationed on the border and the covetous Star Luo Empire, his brain disease, which had eased up, showed signs of relapse today.

If there are talented individuals starting from university, he is not stingy in allocating the empire's resources to this small group of gifted cultivators.

If only those sects didn't compete with him for people.

Wanqi Jingheng thought so, but it still depended on the performance of these students in the second phase.

Those cultivators who can turn a disadvantage into an advantage by utilizing a deadly monster tide are the ones worth cultivating.

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A pristine white glacier comes into view.

The sky and earth stretch out in a vast expanse; standing on the ice, it seems as if the sky and earth are one.

As temperatures rise, the glaciers are gradually melting; they haven't reached the point of collapse yet, but they will soon.

Perhaps all it takes is a trigger for an avalanche to occur.

The floating ice beneath their feet could no longer support their weight, so Jiang He and the others moved toward the shore. The monsters on the glacier map were rarely seen.

With the arrival of the second phase, the temperatures on all maps collapsed in an abnormal direction.

The temperature on the glacier map is rising rapidly. The ice surface, which was solid just a moment ago, now has cracks and floating ice.

Jiang He gazed at the white, leaping figure in the distance, and she knew clearly.

The monster tide is coming!

"First, run to the boundary between the glacier map and other maps. When the second phase arrives, most of the surface monsters will be eliminated by the cultivators. The glacier map has the most dormant monsters. The surface monsters will erupt into chaos due to the rising temperature, and the dormant monsters underground will also be affected."

After Jiang He finished speaking, she took out her sword and began to glide at low altitude. Running directly was too slow; flying on a sword would be faster.

Seeing this, the others also drew their swords and began to fly on them.

Monster tides usually come in waves. The first wave of monsters that sense danger runs away first, followed by the others.

The monster tide is coming; danger outweighs opportunity.

However, this opportunity also happens to be a crucial juncture that widens the gap between universities and other institutions.

Jiang He was unwilling to give up. If handled properly, the points she could gain this time might allow Wanjue Academy to maintain a significant lead in points all the way to the third stage.

Jiang He thought about some military books she had read in her previous life.

In the era of cold weapons, some famous ancient military formations each had their own characteristics, and mastering even one of them could sweep away an entire era.

Although it's an exaggeration, it can be modified and used in battles against monster tides.

For example, the "One-Line Long Snake Formation" and the "Two Dragons Emerging from the Water Formation," etc.

Jiang He divided the more than 100 people into two teams and quickly arranged their positions.

The positions are arranged based on the Nine Sons Linked Formation and the Cloud Hanging Formation.

The Cloud-Hanging Formation comes from the "Illustrated Military Strategy of the Eight Formations after the Wind".

The Nine Sons Linked Formation is arranged according to the Nine Palaces.

Each square has an interlocking element, gradually becoming like a unified whole, intersecting with each other.

In battles against monsters, they can support each other and attack together.

After arranging the positions, Jiang He assigned several strong individuals to be the last team to retreat.

Bai Zhizhou and Li Ling's formations, as well as Helian Xueyue and Helian Fenghua's spells, all had a wide range. Jiang He did not let them participate in the battle but instead conserved their strength, making her move last.

There are many monsters, some that run on the ground and some that fly in the sky.

Various traps can be set in advance.

Since the glacier map didn't have many materials, Jiang He and the others went back to the mountain forest map and found various vines and plants to use as weaving thread to weave a large net. The magic vine was the best material.

The net was mainly used to catch flying monsters. In addition, Jiang He set up three traps. The first one was a long ditch, more than ten meters deep, with sharp spikes and all sorts of strange spirit swords and sharp magical artifacts at the bottom.

When Jiang He pulled out a small mountain of spirit swords, Zhong Liyu's eyes never left her. He knew that Jiang He would clean up the battlefield after each battle. Previously, after Helian Xueyue's staff was thrown away by the Killer Scorpion, it was Jiang He who gave Helian Xueyue a new staff.

But he really didn't expect that Jiang He had a whole bunch of such magical artifacts!

"Damn, I feel like we could make a fortune selling magical artifacts. A cultivator can bring in a maximum of five magical artifacts, and there are quite a few sword cultivators here."

Zhong Liyu thought about the number of cultivators eliminated along the way. There were at least two hundred spirit swords and dozens of magic staffs among them.

There are still many different types of magical artifacts left.

After Jiang He firmly planted the sword in the ditch, Zhong Liyu suddenly felt that sometimes picking up trash was a talent.

Jiang He's backpack was probably already full of various magical artifacts, which explains why she also carried half of them in Bai Zhizhou's backpack.

Not only Zhong Liyu, but the other cultivators of Wanjue Academy were stunned when they saw Jiang He take out a bunch of magical artifacts. They were still wondering what kind of material they could use to pierce the skin of the demons to maximize the trap. Now that there were so many spirit swords, the material problem was solved.

The first ditch is complemented by long magic vines.

The second trap is the poison powder layer. Jiang He and the cultivators from the Planting Academy can identify basic spiritual plants and select the poisonous ones to grind into powder. In particular, spiritual plants with control buffs such as dizziness can reduce the status of monsters that break through the first trap.

The third layer of traps primarily consists of magical explosions.

Once the method master recites a long string of incantations, he can easily kill the monster that is under the control of dizziness.

Once these three layers of traps are breached, the remaining monsters will be mostly of intermediate or higher strength.