1088 Finding the fox cute, LYY reaches for it, only for the fox to think she’s aiming for his tea. The fox leaps towards LYY, tapping her forehead with its paws, and she turns into a cute little lamb, passively eating grass. STM is shocked, while the lamb LYY – realizing her state – awkwardly runs away, only to fall. SL laughs, while STM’s face turns dark as he doesn’t know what type of transformation it is, or if it’s permanent. STM tries threatening SL into reverting LYY, but SL retorts that she prefers her this way.
1089 STM is scared of SL’s pets and remains cautious, when BY and ZiY arrive, having only found a few RSG. They greet STM, asking him where LYY is, causing SL to laugh. STM’s face darkens and LYY becomes restless. ZiY asks STM if he’s finally opened his eyes and left her, when she notices the angry lamb and teases it with some grass. ZiY then returns to asking about LYY and SL tells them it’s the lamb. ZiY and BY laugh, thinking it’s a joke, when the lamb transforms back into LYY and they laugh even harder.
1090 LYY turns red in humiliation, challenging SL to a fight, before charging towards her. NL appears, blocking her with a finger and she falls on the grass. STM defends her, telling NL that SL had provoked her, but NL states SL wouldn’t be wrong even if she overturned the world. BY and ZiY are supportive, while STM is speechless. As he’s about to retort, the Pagoda Master announces that the time is up.
1091 The teams hand over their RSG, with LYY and STM each turning over a bundle 74, totalling 75 points. BY and ZiY only manage 30, while LHC and LDY retrieved 25. NL turns up with 50 – having been prevented by the system from taking more, causing LYY to cheer at her victory. However SL waves and the SGT comes running on its 4 trunk-like legs, with a RSG wrapped in each leaf, knocking the shocked LYY on its way.
1092 The SGT also has 50 RSG – being subjected to the same limitations as NL – and the scores become LYY+STM 74, ZiY+BY 30, LDY+LHC 25 and SL+NL 75. LYY protests the 1 mark deduction, while the Pagoda Master tells her it’s a bonus for SL and NL since they managed to get the full hundred. 2 stones appear in front of NL and SL. They resemble the Fire Source Stones that Rong Yun made them retrieve (Chapter 734) but contain more energy. LYY exclaims that it’s a Fire Source Stone Essence (火源石精魄Huǒ yuán shí jīng pò) – with energy equivalent to 100 FSS – secretly wanting to grab it for herself. As SL touches it, the Fire Stone in her space twitches – having been unresponsive since SL used Di Shi Tian to escape YX (totally did not pick up on that but chapter 907). SL throws the essence stone into her space – not bothering to hide it since NL revealed his space ring – and lets the Fire Stone absorb it.
1093 SL senses the Fire Stone retaining vitality and takes NL’s, throwing it into her space as well. Its condition improves, but SL only had 2 essence stones. LYY is outraged that SL again took NL’s prize, while NL looks on indulgently. The Pagoda Master then reveals the cumulative scores: BY+ZiY 2351; STM+LYY 253; LHC+LDY 195; NL+SL 2512 and LYY is smug since her team is first. The Pagoda Master tells them to take their RSG and head to the 5th level.