Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 228 Ranked on the Popular List

A streak of light flashed in the sky, quickly sketching and coalescing into a scroll above the arena, bearing three large ancient seal characters—"Wind and Cloud Ranking."

"The Popularity Rankings!"

Everyone stood up and watched as the scroll slowly unfurled, revealing a new name at the very end—

Su Yu: Core disciple of Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, 24 years old, Qi Refining cultivation, ranked 2965th on the Fengyun List.

Listed Achievements: In the battle for the Fire Domain Sword against the Horned Demons of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Sect in Dragon Bay City, he defeated 50 opponents of the same level, achieving a complete sweep. At the same time, he defeated three Horned Demons who were seeds in the Peerless Ranking. After the achievements were confirmed, the Immortal Treasure Ranking captured his aura and entered the list, thus enjoying the fortune of the human race.

"hiss!"

"Those who have achieved Qi cultivation and entered the Wind and Cloud Ranking are extremely rare throughout history."

Everyone looked at Su Yu with intense gazes.

"it is good!"

Major General Han Zhuofei, an immortal from the earth, clapped his hands in praise and stood up to laugh heartily:

"Very good. You deserve the greatest credit in this battle. After the battle, I will grant you a great opportunity."

Su Yu clasped his hands and bowed:

"Su Yu thanks General for the reward!"

Han Zhuofei waved his sleeve and laughed heartily:

"No need to be polite, you earned this yourself."

Su Yu was forced to sit down by an invisible magical force, remaining as steady as a mountain amidst the envious gazes and attention of the crowd.

Having completed his sweep, the next battles, according to the rules of combat, are no longer relevant to him, unless he dares to challenge those Loose Immortal experts who are of a higher level.

According to the rules, the higher the level of the opponent, the more points you can win. Each victory adds 5 points, and one victory is equivalent to five victories.

But it's a trap.

Those challenged and brought up the stage were all between level 140 and 150, each an elite among their kind, with the vast majority possessing strength approaching that of a true disciple of a celestial sect. The best among them were themselves true disciples of their respective sects, and their strength was extremely formidable.

Unless Su Yu, the dragon, is still alive, he will be beaten up no matter what.

Su Yu then silently watched the battle, focusing her attention on the rogue immortals on the upper level of the arena.

There are unparalleled talents in the first level of Qi Refining, and although there are no unparalleled masters in the first level of Loose Immortal, there are top masters who are ranked on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.

Whether by coincidence or agreement, there was only one horned demon on each side.

Thinking back to the fact that both sides only had three peerless seeds at the first level of Qi Refining, it felt like they had agreed on it beforehand.

Having watched the battle for an entire day, at noon on the second day, another member of the Horned Demons stepped forward to fight. A female Horned Demon, with a pair of small, exquisite jade horns on her head and resembling a beautiful human woman, appeared on the arena. Suddenly, he heard Cheng Shayu's telepathic message:

“Look closely, this is the 1550th on the Horned Demon Ranking, named Wu Min, a first-grade Dao Foundation cultivator.”

Su Yu immediately perked up and looked toward the arena.

As soon as the battle began, the woman took out a fiery red whip and threw it. The whip expanded into the air and quickly transformed into a crimson dragon that was one kilometer long and had a level 185 peerless template. It opened its mouth and spewed out a string of fire and lightning.

Then, a precious cauldron surrounded by lightning was taken out and raised. Dazzling lightning surged forth, and a thunder god surrounded by lightning walked out from it. Level 178, terrifying template.

Magical Realm: Capable of manifesting at will, able to refine flying swords and magical treasures to be large or small, and change their form.

For example, the fire whip transforms into a fire dragon, and the thunder cauldron transforms into a thunder god.

Generally, only magic weapons of the seventh rank or above can be used to create illusions. The higher the rank of the magic weapon, the stronger the illusion it creates.

The illusion can unleash the full power of the magic weapon, but the most crucial thing is that the illusion is spiritually generated and can fight on its own, which is equivalent to extra combat power, and this is very important.

With the two illusions working together, Wu Min didn't use any special moves; he simply used conventional methods to knock his opponents off the stage one by one.

Until the human side's top-ranked contestant, a top-tier sword immortal named Shi Qing, entered the fray, his swordsmanship reaching an incredibly high level.

The sword energy and thunderous sound have reached their peak, and the flying sword's damage and attack speed are increased by 200%.

The sword energy was condensed into threads of unparalleled skill, forming hair-thick and exceptionally sharp strands.

The sword light split into hundreds of sword energies with a single, effortless strike.

The true essence of swordsmanship has been perfected.

All these realms merged into one, truly reaching the state of being able to break through all laws with a single sword.

With a single sword strike, the powerful sword intent directly annihilated the divine will and spiritual imprint that maintained the Crimson Dragon and Thunder God's forms, instantly reverting the two treasures to their original forms.

With just two ninth-tier flying swords, he forcefully broke through all of his opponent's supernatural powers and spells, defeating him head-on.

The battle between these two top experts looked quite ordinary, not flashy at all, and not even as cool as that of an average Qi Refining cultivator.

But Su Yu could sense the terrifying combat power hidden beneath the calm surface; this was the essence of returning to simplicity and the ultimate truth.

In this battle, humanity emerged victorious.

After that, Shi Qing swept through everything in his path, just like Su Yu had.

Although he didn't achieve a winning streak of over 20 games like Su Yu, he still managed to sweep 50 games, just like Su Yu.

Both the Qi Refining and Dao Foundation stages of humanity field sent out one player who swept all opponents, giving them a significant advantage in points and seemingly securing victory.

As expected, with each contestant completing three rounds of challenges, the human side clearly gained the upper hand. When the final battle ended on the third day, the final score showed that the human side defeated the Horned Demons with a 42-point advantage, thus gaining ownership of this Fire Domain.

"Hahaha!"

Major General Han Zhuofei, the human host, stood up with a hearty laugh and loudly addressed the horned demons:
"The battle is now decided, we have won!"

The Earth Immortal from the Horned Demon's side stepped forward with a sullen expression and said, "Consider yourself lucky. You won't be so lucky next time."

He glanced at Su Yu intently, then turned and entered the immortal ship with a flick of his sleeve.

"Damn, are they targeting me?"

Su Yu subconsciously took a step back, shielding her teammates in front of her.

Cheng Shayu laughed upon seeing this and whispered in his ear:
"No need to worry. You are already on the list of heroes and protected by celestial treasures. No one can use celestial magic to scheme against you. As long as you don't act recklessly, they can't ambush you."

"Yeah, I know."

He knew without Cheng Shayu reminding him that once he was on the list of popular figures, he would know what benefits it brought.

There aren't many benefits, just a few types, but they're all very practical.

First, it is protected by celestial treasures, so it is not afraid of any celestial magic or calculations, unless a celestial being uses an even stronger celestial treasure to calculate it.

That's impossible. No horned demon immortal possessing a celestial treasure would be so idle as to consider him a Qi Refining cultivator.

Then, if you are ranked on the leaderboard, you will receive the blessing of human race's fortune, and your luck will be even better.

Luck is more than just fortune; fortune is merely one manifestation of luck.

Then, when he is ranked on the list of influential figures, if he is a disciple of a sect and not a true disciple, he will definitely be ranked as a true disciple.

However, this only applies to sects in the heartland of humanity where human civilization is in charge. Sects like those on Blue Mountain Island are still ruled by the natives of the other side and do not receive this treatment.

But it's not a big problem. You're already on the list of most popular people, so your strength and potential are truly formidable. Mastering a mere secret technique is a piece of cake for you.

A dozen minutes later, many of the Horned Demons' warships began to retreat, followed by the retreat of surrounding warships and airships of all sizes.

About two hours later, all the horned demons around the Fire Domain had completely disappeared.

Numerous military branch cultivators took over the defense zones previously occupied by the Horned Demons, began dismantling their restrictions, and rearranged their own restrictions and formations in preparation for establishing a permanent base there.

Even if the remains of the demon immortal are taken away in the future, this fiery domain will still be quite valuable. The blazing spiritual light within it is a resource of the domain, not derived from the remains of the demon immortal.

Once occupied, it will continuously generate blazing flames and other fire-based resources, making it worthwhile to occupy.

The Fire Domain has not yet been opened, and everyone has been gathered together to begin the process of recognizing and rewarding their contributions.

Su Yu has accumulated 60 wins, earning a total of 60000 contribution points, 3 minor merits, and 6 major merits.

This is the basic reward. In addition, he accumulated 60 victories and achieved a sweep, playing a crucial role in the victory of the human side. He was awarded 10000 merit points and one major merit by the military.

The reward is substantial. Normally, only a handful of players can achieve ten victories. Out of a hundred players, fewer than ten can earn such a significant achievement through skill alone.

In total, including the remaining 4620 merit points and 1 major merit point, he now has a total of 74620 merit points, 3 minor merit points, and a whopping 8 major merit points.

After the rewards were distributed, Su Yu saw that the military cultivators were resetting the fire domain's defensive restrictions and wouldn't be allowed to enter for a while. So, he immediately opened the military's exchange list, preparing to use up his merits and achievements to get some good stuff.

However, after browsing for a while and before I could even choose anything, I suddenly received a message from Cheng Shayu:

"Su Yu, come to the inner palace."

Without thinking too much, he immediately went to the inner hall and saw Cheng Shayu and Han Zhuofei there. Cheng Shayu waved to him and asked:

"Your merits and great achievements haven't been used yet, have they?"

He shook his head and said:

"I was just about to use it when my senior called me over."

"It's good that you're useless, I'll give you some benefits."

He turned to look at Major General Han Zhuofei, who was holding a jade talisman in his hand and said with a smile:
"Your achievement of ranking on the leaderboard with your Qi cultivation is a rare feat in human history, and you are entitled to a reward as encouragement according to the regulations."

"First, are you willing to join the human military and contribute to the reproduction and growth of the race?"

Su Yu nodded seriously:

"I am willing!"

"very good!"

"You wait a moment."

Han Zhuofei tapped his fingers lightly in front of his eyes. Although he couldn't see anything, he could guess that he was operating something.

A notification popped up in front of Su Yu's eyes:

"Major General Han Zhuofei of the Human Race Military Command wishes to recruit you into the military. Will you join?"

"Yes!"

The next second, a new interface popped up in front of him. It was the military interface. He glanced at it and found that it was quite similar to the guild, with different levels. He had just joined and his level was reserve.

Before I could finish reading it carefully, several new notifications popped up:

"Major General Han Zhuofei of the Human Race Army has promoted you to Private."

There were further details following the initial message. Upon closer inspection, it appeared that Han Zhuofei had used his general's authority to directly skip the probationary period for reserve duty and be promoted to a formal military member.

"Major General Han Zhuofei of the Human Military Department has promoted you to the rank of Second Lieutenant!"

The prompt also includes detailed instructions. Upon closer inspection, it shows that this promotion comes from his ranking on the leaderboard, which, according to regulations, allows him to advance one rank, up to the highest rank of captain.

However, his initial rank was too low, so he could only be promoted to at least lieutenant at best.

If you start with a military rank, you can be promoted to lieutenant or even captain.

(End of this chapter)