Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 340 Revenge
"Mental strength 42.4, physical strength 49.8."

The meditation room at Yunding Mountain.

Ji Fuyou felt the fruits of his hard work in Tiandu City over the past half month.

He had completely refined the purple spiritual source crystal. After taking control of Tiandu, he even "searched" out a few more, pushing his spiritual value to its current limit.

The key is that the spiritual power has finally transformed from divine consciousness to divine thought, becoming more flexible and acute.

Whether it's wielding a sword to kill enemies or using sensory perception to explore, everything has reached a completely new level.

Of course, he now focuses on physical strength and vitality, and no longer needs to use his sword to kill enemies. The growth of his mental strength can only serve as a supplement to his combat abilities.

What truly shows significant growth is vitality!
After refining all five golden physique source crystals, his physique reached the critical point of 49.8.

At this stage, the next step is to resonate with heaven and earth, drawing upon their power to refine the life force field.

It's like refining something with a millstone, striving for perfection.

The great force field is used as a large millstone to polish the small life force field, thereby making the life force field more solidified and stronger.

Before undergoing these refinements, even if one refines the golden physique source crystal, the body will find it difficult to digest it.

The surging vitality is difficult to contain.

Just like a full bucket, no matter how much water is poured into it, it will only overflow and be wasted.

"For cultivators in Rainbow Sun City, the process is entirely about first comprehending the resonance between heaven and earth, and then using the force field of heaven and earth to refine one's life force field. But I, relying on the Source Crystal... directly increased my physique to the point where even my life force couldn't hold back..."

His previous ability to defeat the living statue of the Mayan patriarch in the late Earth Realm was not due to his own strength, but entirely due to his significant physical advantage.

正常而言，地境初期对标体魄31到35，地境中期对标36到40，地境后期对标41到45，而地境巅峰的体魄则是46到49.9这一数值。

However, the newly formed civilization could obtain a large number of physical source crystals. For life forms in another world, the resonance between heaven and earth should be mastered when the physical value is around 40 points. Ji Fuyou's physical value is already 49 points, but he is still a little short of mastery.

There is nothing we can do about it.

For a newly emerging civilization, the foundation of the various nations of Red Star was far too weak.

Moreover, he was considered lucky, as he rose to the top in one step by relying on his Heavenly Rank, increasing his life force utilization rate from 10% to 25%.

Among other martial saints, only a few can achieve a life force utilization rate of over 15%.

Most people are still struggling and hovering below 15%.

"The golden physique source crystal and the purple spirit source crystal have both been used up. My cultivation growth has reached its current limit. Next... the golden source crystal..."

Ji Fuyou has already learned the origin of the golden source crystal.

Most of the golden source crystals belong to the top-tier alien beasts and monsters in the mist who attempted to expand the mist and thus ventured out, only to be attacked by modern technological weapons.

Without the fog to obstruct them, the life force fields of those monsters alone could not withstand the bombardment of various high-precision modern weapons, and they ultimately died tragically on the spot.

However, this situation rarely occurs.

Since the fog descended, it has only happened five times.

It only happens once a year on average, so Ji Fuyou obviously can't gamble on luck.

So……

If he wants to obtain the golden source crystal again and perfect the phantom of that great being in the void, he will have to take the initiative.

"In theory, monsters in the late Earth Realm may be able to nurture golden source crystals. However, in reality, most monsters' realm is higher than their strength. The only thing that can truly block them is the major bottleneck between the peak of the Earth Realm and the Heaven Realm. In other words, only peak Earth Realm monsters have a relatively high probability of nurturing golden source crystals. And if we want to fully usher in the golden source crystal era... we have to 'farm' Heaven Realm monsters."

Celestial Monsters...

He can forget about the level of the Black Sky Demon Lord and the Blood Moon Demon King.

but……

"The Federation may not have any more golden source crystals, but the Griffin, Black Gold, the Northern Kingdom, and even some large countries may not. Especially the Griffin, Black Gold, and the Northern Kingdom, which have vast territories and various forbidden areas in the mist. Over the years, I don't believe that no monsters have emerged from the mist and been blasted to death by modern weapons."

With these thoughts in mind, Ji Fuyou sent a message to Leo.

After he washed up and changed his clothes, he came to the reception room, where Leo and Fang Qiyun were already waiting.

"team leader."

"Chairman."

Upon seeing Ji Fuyou emerge, the two stood up simultaneously.

"sit."

As Ji Fuyou spoke, he turned to Leo and asked, "What kind of intelligence do you have?"

"After the Chairman sent me the message, I immediately retrieved the relevant information."

As Leo spoke, he unfolded a series of documents in front of Ji Fuyou: "Looking back over the years, there have been many instances of monsters emerging from the mist and being blasted away by modern weapons, but only a few are truly top-tier monsters with the ability to destroy cities and pools. On the one hand, these monsters are extremely rare, and on the other hand..."

He paused for a moment, then said, "These monsters become weaker after leaving the mist, and they often don't leave easily. Even if they sense they are outmatched, they will quickly retreat." Ji Fuyou knew that the monsters' strength would decrease after leaving the mist.

Many of his methods operate on two different levels, one inside the fog and one outside the fog.

The most notable one is the Divine Beast Bloodline Awakening Technique.

If he is like this, what about the monsters that are born and raised in the mist?

Suddenly arriving outside the fog, suffering from the unfamiliar environment and lacking knowledge of modern weaponry, it was not surprising that they were blasted to death on the spot.

"Of the eight golden physique source crystals collected by the Federation, four were obtained from within the Federation itself, and the other four came from neighboring countries."

Leo said, "Knowing that this resource is extremely precious, we usually 'exchange' it with neighboring countries as soon as we learn that they have acquired it."

“Other countries can be traded for it, but Black Gold, Griffin, and the Northern Kingdom—the Federation probably doesn’t have much influence there, right? How many Source Crystals do they have? Do you have any specific information about these Source Crystals?”

Ji Fuyou asked.

"After learning that you, Captain, could refine the Golden Physique Source Crystal, I mobilized the Federation's intelligence network in various countries to investigate this matter. Although various countries also attach great importance to this kind of material, they still have some information."

Fang Qiyun continued, "The Black Gold Empire has 3 to 4 left, the Griffin Republic has 6 to 7, and the Northern United States may not have any, or if they do, only 1 to 2."

"Hmm? The Northern Kingdom might not have it?"

Ji Fuyou was somewhat surprised.

“The Northern United States suppressed cultivators from the very beginning, even regarding humans who had refined source crystals as mutants and wantonly hunting them down… And the golden source crystals they initially obtained were not used by themselves, but instead exchanged with other countries for resources and technology.”

Leo smiled and said, "I remember two years ago, a high-ranking military officer from the Northern Kingdom sold a single golden source crystal to the Black Gold Empire for only 3 billion."

"30!?"

When Ji Fuyou heard this number, he felt it was absurd.

3 billion is far from enough to buy even one purple physique source crystal.

"It was 3 billion. At that time, there were stories of martial saints from various countries refining golden source crystals and going crazy, which caused the price of golden source crystals to plummet to a low point, even lower than purple physique source crystals. Even if some farsighted people thought that this kind of material might not be needed now but might be in the future, that general still abused his power and sold one golden source crystal to the Black Gold Empire for 3 billion."

Leo's lips curled into a sneer: "Even among the four golden source crystals we obtained from outside, one came from the Northern Kingdom. The price we paid was a large quantity of minerals that were banned from sale to the Northern Kingdom, costing... approximately 14 billion."

Ji Fuyou finally understood why, among the four poles of the world, only the Northern United States was excluded from the Heavenly Ranking.

"Although the Northern Kingdom has been catching up rapidly in the supernatural system in the past two years, the number of martial saints and spiritual masters is still far less than that of our three kingdoms. If it weren't for the profound foundation of being a world hegemon, it probably wouldn't be qualified to be called the fourth pole of the world."

Leo added.

Ji Fuyou nodded slightly upon hearing this, and then said, "Give me the exact location of the Golden Source Crystal of the Black Gold Empire."

"The Black Gold Empire is a pure imperialist system, with the royal family holding absolute power. Although there are some powerful families below that can form alliances and make demands on the Black Gold royal family, they still do not have the qualifications to stand against it. Such precious resources must be stored in the royal treasury."

Leo said.

Fang Qiyun, standing to the side, added, "Captain, are you eyeing those Origin Crystals from the Black Gold Empire? Now is the perfect time!"

She quickly said, "Recently, countries have been consolidating their power to integrate their domestic forces and unite them as one. The Black Gold Empire is no exception. In the past month, the Black Gold Royal Family has vigorously suppressed all dissenting voices within the country. Although the internal situation has not fallen into division or infighting, it is still very chaotic. Now is the best time to take action. We can even contact some of the major families of the Black Gold Royal Family to provide us with assistance."

"Internal turmoil...?"

Ji Fuyou nodded.

The great merchant state nearly descended into internal strife, and it was inevitable that countries like Black Gold and Griffin, which sought highly centralized power, would also be affected.

"Martial Saint Ji, if you go to Black Gold, be especially careful of the Sixteenth Prince, Lin Lun!"

At this moment, Leo suddenly spoke up.

He carefully considered his words before saying, "That sixteenth prince, like you, should have already received the inheritance of the otherworldly civilization."

"I guessed that."

Ji Fuyou nodded and asked, "The Federation sent three Martial Saints to hunt him down. What exactly is his strength?"

"Very strong! Far stronger than ordinary Martial Saints! When fighting against the three Martial Saints, Song Lingxiao and Shen Zhanxian, their life force utilization rate was probably over 15%!"

Leo said emphatically, "The key is that he is growing very fast. Several months have passed now... We wouldn't be surprised if his life force utilization rate has reached 20%."

"It doesn't matter."

Ji Fuyou calmly said, "Although not all of the 70 people on the Heavenly Ranking died because of him, no fewer than 10 members of the Heavenly Ranking died at his hands. I have long planned to avenge them. If he happens to be in the capital of the Black Gold Empire, then I will take care of him as well."

Seeing Ji Fuyou's confidence, Leo nodded slightly.

"If we go to the Black Gold Royal Family to obtain the Source Crystal, and then kill Prince Lin Lun... the Black Gold Empire might directly break off relations. At that time, let alone surrounding and killing them with an army, launching a nuclear missile is not out of the question."

Ji Fuyou glanced at the two men: "What you need to do is provide logistical support for me! I don't expect you to be able to intercept his missiles 100% of the time, but at the very least, you need to ensure that you can relay the message as soon as the missiles arrive!"

(End of this chapter)