Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 198 Going deeper
Tian Du City is a gathering place for the strong.

The opening ceremony of the World Martial Arts Tournament.

Not only did those high-ranking masters come, but almost all the members of the Heavenly Ranking were present.

Those who ranked higher, or rather, those with stronger abilities, were invited to a spacious rest area inside the venue.

Yang Kaitai and Xiao Hanxue were among them.

Fang Qiyun and Liu Yiren were not invited because their strength was a bit lacking.

These 72 people are the federal contingency plan, the players to be used in team competitions should the situation turn against them.

At this moment, in the rest area, the seventy-two people had formed about ten circles in twos and threes.

Among these circles, the largest are naturally the core circle led by He Qilin and Gu Yinbing, and the military circle led by Shen Jun.

The remaining people numbered between a dozen or so and two or three.

In Yang Kaitai's circle, besides Xiao Hanxue, there were also Luo Suyu, Lei Yue, and a few others who joined in.

"The delegations from the Black Gold Empire and the Griffin Republic have come to the Great Shang Federation this time, clearly intending to take the opportunity to suppress the people on the Great Shang Federation's Heavenly Ranking. They want to find out the true level of the Great Shang Heavenly Ranking through this competition, so that if the opponents in the Civilization Trial a year later are indeed the other two, we can be psychologically prepared. Therefore, we need to have a strategy to deal with this."

As Yang Kaitai spoke, he glanced in the direction of He Qilin and said, "I wonder if they have already come up with a plan."

"I heard that these two countries came to discuss with us how to jointly formulate rules for the cultivation world, so that we can completely control the discourse in the cultivation world when the extraordinary era arrives?"

Luo Suyu inquired.

"I've also heard about this. After all, the cultivation world is currently in chaos, with everyone going their own way."

Lei Yue said.

The Great Shang Federation, for example, divides martial artists and spiritual energy users into five levels, from beginner to master.

The Griffin Republic is referred to as Level 1 to Level 5.

The Black Gold Empire goes even further by using "attributes" to classify levels, dividing them into 1 to 30 levels.

"The right to speak... Striving for the right to speak is one goal, but the real goal is to join forces to monopolize all resources in the cultivation world... However, this is very difficult!"

Yang Kaitai said, "The three kingdoms were ultimately not of one mind."

"But the Griffin Republic's understanding and model construction of the Mist World are still very helpful."

As Luo Suyu spoke, she picked up a document.

Not only her, but Yang Kaitai also turned his gaze to the first page of the document.

Information about Lin Lun.

The following text states that this information is for reference only.

The first thing that catches the eye is the astonishing number of 38 points in physical strength and 31 points in mental strength.

But what followed was somewhat different from what they knew.

Damage 65, Defense 49, Agility 35, Resistance 35, Perception 32.

Of these attributes, lethality is easy for them to understand.

Many of the Federation's powerful weapons possess this attribute.

What they need time to process are the four key stats: defense, agility, mental resistance, and perception.

These figures are actually an extension of physical and mental well-being.

Physical strength primarily affects attack power, defense, and agility.

Mental resistance and perception are aligned with the spirit.

Lin Lun's offensive attributes will be explained in more detail later.

38 points of physical strength equals 38 points of damage. Of the remaining 27 points, 22 points come from his weapon, a battle sword forged from Cold Moon Mystic Crystal.

The other five points come from a ring that embodies the will of the dragon.

Of the 49 points of defense, 38 points are from physique, and the remaining 11 points come from the Ghost Silk Inner Armor.

Among these, although the battle sword forged by Cold Moon Mystic Crystal was not as heavy as the weapons forged by Purgatory Mystic Iron or Judgment Divine Iron, this large battle sword also affected his flexibility, so much so that the sensitivity data representing speed and reaction was 38-3, leaving only 35 points.

As for mental resistance, 31+4, the extra 4 points come from the Ghost Silk Inner Armor, and the 31+1 points for mental perception also come from the Ghost Silk Inner Armor.

These data almost completely reveal the strengths and weaknesses of an extraordinary individual.

Of course, the reason I say "almost" is because in addition to these five definable attributes, there are some attributes that are difficult to define, such as physical strength, mental strength, and explosive power.

Furthermore, the same skill can have different effects in the hands of different people, not to mention that everyone's skills are different.

In this context, these values ​​can only serve as a reference, allowing martial artists and spiritual practitioners to accurately assess their own strength and weaknesses.

The group looked at the document, but remained silent.

"too strong."

After a long while, Lei Yue finally said, "We actually have to fight this kind of monster."

"Is this 49-point defense for real?"

Xiao Hanxue couldn't help but speak up: "If we follow the calculations here, my Asura Battle Axe can't even break through his defenses?"

"With 38 points in physique, you can imagine how strong his protective energy is. Even if you unleash a powerful strike, the energy contained in the battle axe will still be mostly destroyed by his protective energy. The remaining energy... it's only natural that it can't break through the inner armor woven from ghost silkworm silk."

Yang Kaitai said, "Moreover, you only saw his offensive and defensive capabilities, but you didn't see the offensive power that his spiritual sword control could bring. As far as I know, this prince has a gem called 'Heavenly Pearl,' which is a spiritual trophy he obtained by killing the Fengwo Sect Master. To this day, no one knows what kind of power that gem possesses."

"Heavenly Jewel Stone!"

Luo Suyu couldn't help but ask, "His main profession... is he a spiritual master?"

“A mental value of 31 is enough to focus on mental cultivation. What’s wrong with that?” Yang Kaitai said, glancing at He Qilin and the others not far away. “However, we don’t need to consider this kind of opponent. After all, we would just be throwing our lives away if we went up there.”

"Sending them to their deaths..."

Xiao Hanxue clenched her fist: "I'm so unwilling!"

She looked at the document and thought, "If only the captain were here, he could have given him a good beating and avenged me."

"team leader……"

Yang Kaitai glanced at the information above, but shook his head: "I'm afraid even if Captain Ji were here, he wouldn't be able to do anything to this sixteenth prince."

"That's not necessarily true. The captain's strength is constantly improving. He was at one level before entering the Temple of Fertile, at another level after the Battle of the Temple of Fertile, and now that so much time has passed, he must have reached another level."

Xiao Hanxue seemed to have a lot of confidence in Ji Fuyou.

Yang Kaitai did not refute her remarks.

Captain Ji...

It really can't be viewed using common sense.

A powerful being who reached the level of a master-level martial artist and a near-master-level spiritual energy user in just 5 months—no one knows what kind of miracles he can create when the battle comes.

pity……

"Captain Ji Fuyou?"

Luo Suyu lowered her voice slightly: "He's really not coming? Such a grand event... he's not participating?"

Yang Kaitai shook his head.

"There are rumors circulating that Captain Xia Feng, the son of Dean Xia Zheng, was killed by Captain Ji. Is this true?"

Lei Yue also asked with some curiosity.

"If you look into it carefully, you'll know whether it's true or false. At the time Xia Feng died, the captain was in Xingguang City the whole time and didn't have time to make a move. If you want to find fault, you can always find a reason."

Xiao Hanxue couldn't help but say, "It's obvious that someone is jealous of our captain's sudden rise from a mere vice president of a municipal-level spiritual ability association to a position on the Heavenly Ranking Committee. They're trying to persecute him. I even suspect that this person is either Long Xiang or Yun Mengqing."

These two were also participants.

However, their skill level was inferior to He Qilin and Gu Yinbing, and since they did not belong to the same camp, they did not make much of a contribution.

It was only later, when the status and position of those on the Heavenly Ranking were elevated, that they were pushed forward by those behind them and vigorously cultivated, being promoted to become prodigies no less than He Qilin and Gu Yinbing.

"I want to see just how spectacular their performance will be in this World Martial Arts Tournament."

Xiao Hanxue was indignant.

Luo Suyu and Lei Yue dared not respond.

Yang Kaitai also knew that this was not the right occasion to discuss this issue, so he changed the subject and said, "Let's study the data of other people. Knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle."

……

The World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament is about to begin, but it hasn't affected Ji Fuyou, who has already entered the Misty Forest.

The monsters in the Misty Forest vary greatly in strength.

Even the weakest orcs, or three or five strong ordinary people, could be surrounded and killed by swords, spears, halberds, and hunting traps.

And the strongest...

For example, the thousand-year-old tree demon is an existence that only a master-level team can fight against.

Even stories of master-level martial artists being bound and killed by thousand-year-old tree demons are not uncommon.

Furthermore, Ji Fuyou had also triggered a teleportation at the mysterious hut in the Misty Forest, entering a deep abyss rift and encountering a giant monster far more powerful than even the Flourishing Lord, making him even more determined not to underestimate this forbidden area.

The outer areas were somewhat better, but as he ventured deeper into the forest, his mental scan never stopped.

The qualitative leap in his mental power has significantly increased his detection range compared to before.

If one concentrates their spirit into divine consciousness and spreads it in a straight line, it can reach as far as 3 to 400 meters away.

This range is sufficient to handle any emergency.

"It is said that among the high-level inheritances, there is a secret technique called the Eye of the Mind, which can greatly enhance the range of mental perception, including the accuracy of detection. If one can master this secret technique, it is probably not difficult to detect things a kilometer away. At that time, searching for orc generals, orc leaders, and tree spirits will undoubtedly be much easier."

Ji Fuyou pondered to himself.

After a moment, he seemed to sense something.

His body remained unchanged, but the Wuji Sword had already shot out.

Soon, after he had traveled nearly two hundred meters, the corpse of an orc warrior with his head pierced by a flying sword appeared before him.

He checked it briefly...

"The absence of source crystals is the norm."

Shaking his head, Ji Fuyou continued forward.

Along the way, the orc warriors encountered quite a few, but they didn't meet a single orc general or century-old tree spirit of any value.

Not to mention the orc chieftain and the thousand-year-old tree spirit, which are even more valuable.

Under such a search, without realizing it...

Ji Fuyou once again arrived at the area where the abandoned wooden house that leads directly to the abyss rift was located.

But when he arrived here, he discovered...

The cabin was still the same cabin, but the thick fog in the area had somehow dissipated.

(End of this chapter)