Chapter 1082 Three Days

But no matter what, we should rest and recover our strength first. The time given by the Saint Son Preliminary is too short. If we want to get a better ranking, we must seize every moment.

A group of people rested in the same place for two or three hours. Their physical strength was almost restored, but only half of their true essence was replenished. Ma Xingchen could not sit still, so he led everyone to move forward. As for the two injured guards, they took healing pills and their injuries were alleviated, but it was impossible for them to recover in a short time. They could only follow everyone to act together. They didn't need to take action when encountering low-level zombies. If they really encountered stronger ones, they could help a little.

Their luck was pretty good. In the afternoon, they encountered two armored zombies again. Their strength was similar to the one they encountered last night, and they were on the verge of advancing.

Although the strength of these two zombies is not as good as the two encountered last night, two people on Qingyang and Ma Xingchen's side were injured, and their overall strength was also reduced. In addition, the true qi in their bodies has not yet fully recovered, so this battle is not much easier than last night. It took them two full hours to get rid of these two armored zombies.

Two and a half days passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, they experienced seven battles, big and small, and killed a total of ten zombies, including two copper-armored zombies, four armored zombies on the edge of advancement, three with average strength, and one armored zombie that had just formed. This result is not bad. According to their strength, it is already an above-average performance.

However, Ma Xingchen can deduce that this result is definitely not very good. It is good to be ranked in the upper middle among more than a hundred candidates, and it is definitely not in the top ten. Ma Xingchen is a little unwilling, but he knows that there is nothing he can do about it.

After so many battles in a row, the five of them were almost at their limit. The two old guards were seriously injured and no longer had the ability to fight. The old man was not in a much better situation. If Qingyang had not rescued him at the critical moment, he might have died in the mouth of the zombie.

Ma Xingchen's situation was better than the three of them, but at this time he was also lacking in physical strength, his true essence was exhausted, and all kinds of means were almost exhausted. Only Qingyang was not injured because of his strong defense, but his current situation could not change the overall situation.

Seeing that the end of the preliminaries of the Son of God was not far away, Ma Xingchen could only take a deep breath and lead everyone to the direction of the valley entrance. The preliminaries of the Son of God were time-limited. If you did not return within three days, you would be automatically disqualified, no matter how good your results were.

And those people outside could not wait at the valley entrance all the time. If they did not come after the competition deadline, the formation at the valley entrance would be closed, and then there would be no chance to go out.

Half a day is not a short time, but three of the five of them were injured, so they could not travel fast, so they had to go back in advance, otherwise it would be a waste of time to cancel their eligibility for the election, because Ma Xingchen still held on to the last glimmer of hope, what if others did not perform well? The five of them ran all the way, heading towards the entrance of the deep valley.

After more than four hours of non-stop travel, the five people were exhausted. The injured ones were in a very bad state, and even their wounds broke. They fell down several times due to excessive blood loss and physical exhaustion. In desperation, Ma Xingchen and Qingyang took turns carrying them, so that they would not faint before the end, which would be even more difficult to deal with.

Seeing that they were less than seven or eight miles away from the entrance of the deep valley, if they were faster, they could get out in at most two quarters of an hour, and they would definitely be able to get back before the three-day deadline. Ma Xingchen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, finally catching up, but he didn't know how his performance was.

Just when Ma Xingchen was about to slow down, there was a sudden noise in front, and then a large group of people rushed out, blocking the way of Ma Xingchen and others. Ma Xingchen recognized the person in front, who was Ju Jiao who had ridiculed them outside Tongguan County, and was followed by eight guards.

The situation of this group of people was much better than that of Ma Xingchen and his friends. Although some people were injured, they were not seriously injured. Ju Jiao, the leader, was unscathed. However, Ju Jiao's younger brother Ju Han was missing from the whole team. It was unknown whether he had an accident or was not with them.

Ma Xingchen did not expect that there would be an accident when the preliminaries of the Son of God were about to end. What did this guy want to do by stopping him? Could it be that he was worried that his performance would surpass his, so he deliberately came to make trouble? But his performance was not outstanding, and they had no grudges against each other, so why did he do this? Or maybe Ju Han had an accident, and Ju Jiao had nowhere to vent his anger, so he wanted to find him as a scapegoat?

Just when Ma Xingchen was puzzled, Ju Jiao spoke up and said, "Master Ma, how many zombies did you kill in the preliminary selection? Are you sure you can get a ranking?"

Ma Xingchen couldn't figure out the other party's purpose, so he could only recover his physical strength and said, "What does it have to do with you if I kill a few zombies? Why did you block my way?"

Ju Jiao didn't care about Ma Xingchen's tone and continued, "I know even without you saying it that you, Master Ma, have always been arrogant. If your grades were not good, you would definitely not be like this now. Looking at the state of you guys, you must have used all your strength in the past three days. But unfortunately, our competitors are too strong. Even our brothers are not sure, so you are even worse. I estimate that your ranking can only be around 30th or 40th at most."

Ju Jiao's judgment was quite accurate, and Ma Xingchen also estimated it this way, but he didn't want to say more to this guy, and said coldly: "You blocked my way just to say this? Well, you've finished talking, and I've listened to it, now please get out of the way."

Ju Jiao didn't move at all, but smiled and said: "Don't worry, Ma Da Shao, the preliminaries of the Holy Son are about to end. After today, you will definitely go home in disgrace, and my brother and I will most likely win the top ten places and go to Kuzhong City to participate in the preliminary election of the Holy Son. If we can be selected as the Holy Son, we will be people from two different worlds from now on, and we may never meet again in the future. Why don't we take this opportunity to talk about our farewell."

Ju Jiao talked a lot, but he didn't tell the truth. According to the relationship between the two, what is there to talk about before parting? Besides, even if he really has feelings of parting to talk about, there is plenty of time after the game. Why must he choose this time? This guy was clearly stalling for time on purpose. After realizing this, Ma Xingchen didn't want to bother with him any more and said, "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here. Get out of the way."