As time ticked away, the number of players in the courtyard outside was steadily decreasing, but the number of players in the main hall was on the rise.
About half an hour later, the courtyard was completely cleared of players.
Some were defeated and failed their missions,
while others had accumulated enough points to proceed to the second round of challenges.
As for the eight Shaolin players who, even after all other players had been cleared out, failed to accumulate sufficient points, they were deemed as having failed their missions. Apart from exchanging their current points for some consolation prizes, they were unceremoniously "invited" to leave Bodhi Courtyard by the system.
Thus, the first phase of the "Protect Shaolin (Rescue the Saintess)" mission officially ended. By this time, Ye Weiming and his companions had completed their respective challenges and were teleported out of the instance game world.
