The Elders clearly knew the consequences of what had just happened. They understood the nature of Qi Stealing Mole better than Yuan Shuchun.
The low tier Qi Stealing Moles weren't very harmful and could be handled by a single Outer Court disciple, with an average cultivation level. However, the high tier Qi Stealing Moles were a different story. Not only were they fierce and ruthless, but they also had high battling prowess and intelligence. In front of them, Qi Refining cultivators were no more than bugs on the ground.
The Elders knew there could be a big massacre due to this silly mistake by a disciple and could turn this simple event into the worst day in the history of Seventh Peak.
"What should we do now?" Elder Lai Chang, who knew this situation was going to be troublesome to handle, couldn't help but ask, "Should we call out all the disciples?"
"No, we can't. This event can't be stopped. Our Peak is already in trouble and now we can't let this accident get out." Before Elder Wu could say, Elder Mu interfered and warned everyone at the scene of their worst fear.
"Isn't there a way to close the cage?
"Indeed. Come, let's go to that cage gate first, we need to take out this high tier Qi stealing Mole once and for all," Elder Wu said and started moving towards the location.
Elder Lai Chang and Yuan Shuchun followed Elder Wu, while Elder Mu stayed in the Observation Room to handle the situation and keep an eye on the other disciples.
They needed to get to the cage gate as soon as possible, but even the fastest way would take them equal to the time taken to finish half of a meal.
(A/n: time equal to 'half of a meal' = about 15 to 20 minutes)
"Why does this place have different mechanisms than the other peaks?" Yuan Shuchun, who was still in shock and was following behind, hadn't processed what the elders in front of her had explained just a few moments ago.
"Miss, this is Seventh Peak, and closest to the core region of Spiritual Medicine Mountain. So, to keep a lookout on the high tier beasts, this peak has a different Array system than the others." Elder Wu who was ahead of her with just a few steps replied without turning back.
"Damn it, I hope this situation can be handled as soon as possible." Yuan Shuchun couldn't help but curse her luck. This was her last stop before going to report to the Grand Elder and go back to her cultivation and now even more of her time was being wasted because of her stupid mistake.
"Is there no way to close that cage?" Yuan Shuchun asked without decreasing her pace.
"There is one. And Elder Mu will take care of that. What we need to do right now is to take care of that beast which has already gotten out of that place." Elder Wu replied again.
…
In the Lower Heavens, publicly, beasts were categorized into Tiers and then were subcategorized into Ranks.
Three tiers, Low, Mid and High and their Nine ranks, from one to nine, with rank one being the lowest.
A low tier Qi Stealing Mole in the outer region of the Spiritual Medicine Mountain was usually a Low Tier Sixth Rank Qi Stealing Mole and had cultivation comparable to the 6th Level of Qi Refining Realm cultivator. The Mid Tier Qi Stealing Moles were equivalent to Qi Condensation Realm.
And the high tier Qi Stealing Moles were usually ranked one to three, with cultivation comparable to 1st to 3rd Level of Qi Stabilization Realm cultivator.
It had been four hours since the start of Stage Two and just a few breaths since the accident at the Observation Room, Ye Tian Yun, who was oblivious to the current situation, was hunting down Low Tier Qi Stealing Moles non-stop and had accumulated a lot of Kill Points.
(A/n One breath is about ten to fifteen seconds.)
In Ye Tian Yun's opinion, he already had bagged the first position of Pre-Rankings after this stage, however, since he didn't want waste this chance of getting Kill Points, and he was also secretly enjoying the act of hunting down these little beasts, he continued with his work and took down more and more Qi Stealing Moles.
Ye Tian Yun came to a halt to take a break. He wanted to catch his breath and resume after a few moments. He thought of status to assess his current gains.
[Status]
[Host: Ye Tian Yun]
[Kill Points: 6181/20000]
[Fate Points: 20]
[Emblem (0/4)]
[Token (0/12)]
[Cultivation (Suppressed): 9th Level of Qi Refining Realm]
[Cultivation(Original): 3nd Level of Qi Stabilization]
[Cultivation Techniques: One Sword For All (Middle Phase), Thousand Faced Death (Middle Phase)]
"Hmm, well, I am indeed the most talented guy around here" Ye Tian Yun smirked as he saw the increment in Kill Points in the last few hours amounted to more than three hundred fifty.
[Host, there is a thin line between confidence and arrogance.]
"...Then shouldn't I at least encourage myself?" Ye Tian Yun couldn't help but remark back.
[The biggest challenge about success is shutting up about it]
"..."
"Damn, now I wish I hadn't taken a break." Ye Tian Yun got up and got ready to resume his hunting.
However, just then.
*Bang*
A heavy object struck him from behind and his body ended up flying and hitting the opposite wall.
When he regained his senses and looked up, he couldn't help but be shocked. The wall where he had rested was now turned into rubble, with debris creating a dust smoke, and all he could understand was that there was a huge conical rock behind the dust, standing straight as if glaring straight as it.
*woosh*
The 'rock' moved at a fast swift towards him. Not giving him anyway out, it struck on his chest.
Ye Tian Yun tried to get up, this sudden turn of events had given his body a shock.
He looked up and clearly saw what had hit him.
"High tier Qi Stealing Mole!"
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A/n: The System is from the Redditors Realm. So are his puns.