Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 210 Changes
"So I'm already... this strong."

Ji Qingqing brandished the Zhenhai Spear in her hand, seemingly quite intrigued.

In the misty forest, she slew one strange beast and orc warrior after another.

But a strange beast is still a strange beast.

The confidence gained from killing those monsters was never as strong as the confidence gained from defeating one's own kind.

In this fight against Zhang Haoran and his group, even when faced with five or six of them, the weakest of whom were all advanced-level martial artists, she still achieved a crushing victory...

She could easily catch a sword strike that her opponent had thrust out with all their might.

The mystical technique unleashed by focusing one's spirit could hardly cause a ripple.

She can easily break through even the most powerful and unleashed killing techniques.

That absolute advantage in strength and reaction time...

It gave her the feeling of an adult bullying a primary school student with ease.

30 points of physique against an average of 20 points of physique...

It's really no different from a 1.8-meter tall person bullying a 1.2-meter tall child.

"Your weaknesses are still quite obvious."

At this moment, Ji Fuyou's voice interrupted Ji Qingqing's powerful fantasy.

"Your strength is scattered, your moves are rigid, and your responses are lacking... Even with 30 points of physique and 22 points of spirit, you can't be considered a master-level martial artist. Even Xiao Hanxue, whose physique is significantly inferior to yours, can defeat you."

Xiao Hanxue.

Ji Qingqing naturally knew.

It's said he's on the same level as Zhang Haoran...

At most, a high-level martial artist who is half a level higher?
"Warm-up complete, now..."

Ji Fuyou glanced at Fang Qiyun and Ji Qingqing: "You two, come at me together."

"Together?"

Fang Qiyun and Ji Qingqing exchanged a glance.

Although they have reached the master level in terms of physique, they have obvious shortcomings in other aspects.

It's naturally effective at bullying martial artists with physique stats of 25 or even less than 20, but against last season's floating...

Both of them were very cautious.

"Floating, so...we've arrived?"

"Come on, attack me!"

Ji Fuyou didn't even draw his sword.

The next moment, Fang Qiyun and Ji Qingqing attacked simultaneously, one on the left and one on the right, rushing straight towards Ji Fuyou.

Faced with the two men's attacks, Ji Fuyou instantly detected the trajectory of their gun techniques.

Instead of retreating, he advanced and met the attack head-on.

He roamed the world without even using his true form as a hegemon.

He thrust directly with both hands, penetrating the midst of their attack.

He channeled his strength, using his flesh and blood to strike the tips of the spears that were thrusting towards him with unparalleled precision, deflecting them completely.

Even though Fang Qiyun changed her moves in time when she realized something was wrong, it was as if Ji Fuyou had a complete grasp of all her changes in moves.

He waved his hand, changing his movements in succession, completely neutralizing Fang Qiyun's spear attacks.

At the same time, he strode forward, lightning-fast, closing in on the two women. Then, as he deflected their spears, he thrust out both palms, aiming for their hearts...

It seems that this position is somewhat inappropriate.

He transformed his palms into claws, moving both hands upwards, one on each side, and swiftly gripped the two women's fair, jade-like necks. The powerful impact of his attack instantly lifted them into the air, sending them flying a full foot high. As Ji Fuyou landed and crouched down, he slammed them hard against the ground.

"Oh!"

The two of them crashed heavily to the ground at the same time.

The impact site cracked instantly, sending up stone chips and dust.

Even with their bodies protected by powerful force, the violent collision between their bodies and the ground still left them both feeling dizzy and disoriented.

"You are already dead."

Ji Fuyou said something.

Release your hands from their necks and stand up.

Fang Qiyun got up quickly.

Ji Qingqing, however, was lying on the ground, feeling as if her neck had been snapped and her whole body felt like it was falling apart.

The moment her throat was gripped, the overwhelming aura of ferocity, cruelty, and brutality made Ji Qingqing feel, in a daze, as if she were about to die.

It took her a while to come to her senses and look at Fang Qiyun beside her.

Fang Qiyun reached out and pulled her up.

Due to the force of the impact, both Ji Qingqing and Fang Qiyun were now covered in dust.

Ji Qingqing, in particular, had her ponytail tied up with a rubber band that snapped, leaving her disheveled and looking quite pathetic.

Ji Qingqing suddenly thought of something and looked at Ji Fuyou: "Little You, how much of your strength did you just use?"

"Let's warm up, let's say it's 50%."

Ji Fuyou Road.

Fang Qiyun was quite understanding of him: "You didn't use your sword, nor did you use the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, nor did you unleash the Overlord's True Body. Is it really only 50%?"

"It's just to let you understand the gap between you and truly top-tier experts," Ji Fuyou said. "Since I can easily defeat you, does it make a difference whether I use 50% or 100% of my strength?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Qiyun said bitterly, "I thought that once I reached the Master level, I would finally be closer to you. But now it seems... the gap between us has not only not narrowed, but has actually widened."

Ji Fuyou smiled: "You haven't fully digested your current power yet. Once you truly master your own power and obtain the master-level title..."

"He's at least half as strong as you?"

Ji Qingqing's eyes lit up.

"No."

Ji Fuyou glanced at her, showing no mercy, and said, "If I use half my strength to defeat you, I'll have to put in a bit more effort."

"..."

……

Over the next few days, Ji Fuyou spent his days guiding Ji Qingqing and Fang Qiyun to adapt to their own power as quickly as possible, and at night he would practice the Great Dream Scripture and venture deep into the Death Rift Valley.

With the growth in his physique and spirit, coupled with the powerful skill of deflecting force fields, he has become increasingly adept at beheading giant mutated centipedes.

He spends most of his time searching for giant mutated earwigs.

This monster is about as strong as the Fertile Guardian, but it doesn't produce as many Inheritance Crystals as the Fertile Guardian. However, it produces far more Source Crystals with its red physique.

Although he produces almost no red spirit crystals, he naturally wants to mark them all as much as possible, given the value of red physique crystals as a form of hard currency, to ensure that his trip to the Death Rift will be fruitful.

While Ji Fuyou was teaching Fang Qiyun and Ji Qingqing how to cultivate, the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, which had become a mere formality due to the commotion caused by the Black Gold Empire and the Griffin Republic, finally officially began.

The battle method adopted is to first have the people on the Heavenly Ranking compete against each other to select the nine most outstanding individuals.

These nine individuals will represent the Federation in a showdown against nine individuals dispatched by the Black Gold Empire and the Griffin Republic.

Each player can participate once, and each win earns 1 point.

This approach not only fulfilled the original purpose of the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, allowing He Qilin, Gu Yinbing, Xiao Jiuge, Feng Yulou, Yun Mengqing, Shen Jun, Long Xiang, and others to shine, but also addressed the challenges posed by the Black Gold Empire and the Griffin Republic.

The nine selected individuals received relentless promotion from the Federation, becoming household names throughout the Federation in just a few days.

Especially when they fully displayed their power as master-level martial artists during the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, it drove everyone who watched crazy.

For the first time, ordinary people realized that martial arts could be this powerful.

Martial artists can also possess this power!

The extraordinary era had indeed arrived without their knowledge and had become integrated into their lives.

In this environment, many martial arts schools that had made advance arrangements were completely full.

The number of applicants was countless.

Countless parents, and even adults, are waving their hard-earned savings, hoping to enter a martial arts school and train diligently in order to catch this extraordinary train that everyone can see will dominate the future.

Some people with certain status directly contacted the Martial Arts Association and the Spiritual Ability Association to obtain the lists of intermediate and advanced martial artists. They would then visit these associations with generous gifts, hoping to become their disciples and train hard under their tutelage.

Those of higher status knew that, compared to martial arts, source crystals were the truly valuable resource.

Therefore, he sold off all his assets, even at the cost of his own wealth, just to buy a Body Source Crystal, hoping to embark on the path to extraordinary achievement.

In this situation, with the matter of the Heavenly Ranking settled and the price of white Body Source Crystals, which had declined due to increased production, the price rose again, quickly reaching 900 million. At this rate, it's only a matter of time before it rises back to 1000 million.

A magnificent era has officially begun.

In this great era, however, a piece of information has aroused dissatisfaction among many people on the Heavenly Ranking.

……

"To demonstrate the Federation's strength, for the Federation's glory, and to ensure victory in this rehearsal of the civilization competition, the Heavenly Ranking Committee, the Association of Mental Abilities, the Martial Arts Association, and the War Research Institute have unanimously decided to pool the Federation's resources to forge suitable weapons for the nine Heavenly Ranking experts who will represent the nation. These weapons will be crafted from Purgatory Black Iron, Flashing Silver, and even Cold Moon Mystic Crystal..."

Fang Qiyun looked at the announcement and sneered: "What do you mean by using public office for private gain?! They don't even bother to pretend, they just stuff the good stuff into their own pockets."

"I still pretended."

Ji Fuyou looked at the message in the group and wasn't surprised at all.

"Moreover, what you see is only a part of it; there are other things hidden in the shadows that you can't see."

"what?"

Fang Qiyun was taken aback.

Ji Fuyou immediately pulled up a video.

It is the scene of He Qilin defeating his opponent and winning the title of "Number One in the World".

"The speed that He Qilin can unleash when he flies on his sword has increased significantly compared to when he fought alongside me. Well, it's not exactly significant, but... I can see that his physique is above 32 points, and his mental strength has increased from 28.8 points at the Fengwo Temple to at least 29.5 points. It wouldn't be surprising if it were a little higher, like 29.9 points."

Ji Fuyou calmly said, "Perhaps He Jinglan took out his stored red spiritual source crystals and invested them in him, or perhaps there are other reasons. In any case, it is a fact that he has refined at least two red spiritual source crystals and pushed his spiritual power to the critical point of breaking through to the master level."

Fang Qiyun immediately understood what he meant: "You mean..."

"I've always felt that the Black Gold Empire and the Griffin Republic came about suspiciously. How did that Third Speaker fall into a passive position so easily?"

Ji Fuyou said, "Perhaps my thinking is too narrow, but... the changes in He Qilin, and the sudden appearance and sudden rise to power of Yun Mengqing and Long Xiang, I think this in itself can represent something."

Fang Qiyun listened, gave a wry smile, and said nothing.

Ji Fuyou did not waste any more energy on this matter.

Just as Xia Feng said, they risked their lives to climb to that position for profit.

Ji Fuyou didn't dare risk his life to fight for a high position, so he deserved to be unable to get a share of that pie.

"The next battle will be between He Qilin and the other nine against the Black Gold Empire and the Griffin Republic, but I plan to go into the Mist and won't go to watch it."

Ji Fuyou looked at Fang Qiyun: "I hope that when I emerge from the mist, you will have already obtained the master-level title."

Fang Qiyun nodded solemnly: "I will catch up as quickly as possible!"

(End of this chapter)