Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 420 Promotion
"No wonder you had the guts to challenge me!"

Knowing that "Youzhao" had broken through to the eighth level, Mingguang leaped into the air.

"But you should know that there are differences between different eighth-tier units."

As the second-ranked figure transformed, vaguely becoming a dragon-man, a terrifying phantom of a demonic dragon materialized behind him, condensing from within that dragon, about to unleash a unique surge of energy…

"Nine Sounds of the Heavenly Dragon?"

Ji Fuyou was slightly taken aback.

His pupils constricted slightly, especially when he saw his body shape.

"Roar!"

The next moment, a soul-shaking roar erupted from the phantom of the demonic dragon.

In an instant, Ji Fuyou felt as if he had been targeted by a natural enemy, and his whole body tensed up.

The sound waves emanating from the roar were like a tsunami, impacting his mental world. However, because Ji Fuyou fully understood the attack pattern of this skill, and with the power of the Void God Realm slightly offsetting it...

The tsunami instantly transformed into a gentle breeze, lightly sweeping over Ji Fuyou before disappearing without a trace.

His Heaven-Opening Sword Technique remained completely unaffected, slashing down with the force of a thunderbolt.

This sudden change caused the second-in-command, Mingguang, to change his expression drastically.

"how come……"

To amplify the destructive power of this secret technique, he deliberately transformed into a demonic dragon form. As a result, this invincible killing move actually failed!?
Seeing Ji Fuyou's Heaven-Opening Sword Stance descend, he suddenly flicked out a long spear in his hand, carrying a sharpness that could pierce through all things, stirring up wind and clouds, and directly intercepting that Heaven-Opening Sword Stance.

but……

After Ji Fuyou became almost "immune" to the Tianlong Jiuyin, which had been on high hopes, his thrusting spear was ultimately weaker.

Faced with the overwhelming and unparalleled power of the Heaven-Opening Sword, the spear's sharpness, capable of piercing through everything, was directly crushed into dust.

The Heaven-Opening Sword, carrying overwhelming power, rolled down and fiercely struck Mingguang's body.

Even though this second-ranked individual possessed astonishing vitality after transforming into a demonic dragon, his life force field was still instantly shattered by the Heaven-Opening Sword Technique.

The shockwaves from the tremors and roar almost completely tore apart the ancient tree's canopy that had spread to the surrounding area, crushing countless wood chips and leaves into dust.

The second-ranked Mingguang, whose life force field was shattered, was directly hit by the aftershocks of the Heaven-Opening Sword Force. He was blasted backward and fell directly to the ground from the top of the ancient tree, his speed so fast that he seemed to have broken through the air.

However, Ji Fuyou clearly knew that this sword strike had not killed the second-in-command.

Although this second-ranked person cannot reach the level of the chief Xuan Guang at the eighth level, he has his own advantages compared to the third-ranked You Guang person—he has a strong vitality!

Therefore, after blasting away the Netherlight, he unleashed a burst of power from his feet, and amidst flying wood chips, he caught up with the figure of the second-ranked man who had been sent flying backward.

"Oh!"

In the void, it seemed as if a blazing sun appeared briefly!
As the second-ranking Nether Light fell halfway down, the flames and energy generated by the scattered rays of the blazing sun swept across all directions once again, even cutting deep sword marks several meters deep into the trunk of the large tree, which was over ten meters in diameter.

Moreover, this is just the beginning.

As the blazing sun appeared, a figure flew out at an even faster speed, and before it could even catch its breath, it was overtaken by a fire dragon formed from sword energy.

A booming sound, the sound of force exploding, rang out again.

The distance from the treetop platform to the ground where the trees are located is less than 200 meters, and this collision and eruption continued five or six times!
Finally, as the earth drew closer and closer...

Two figures crashed down one after the other.

The earth seemed to tremble.

In an instant, the ground within a radius of tens of meters cracked, sank, and collapsed in a visible manner!
The next moment, an indescribably powerful shock swept up countless cracked and flying soil and rocks, scattering wildly in all directions.

The originally solid and flat ground was plowed into dozens, even hundreds, of trenches by this shockwave, which then spread wildly, extending hundreds of meters away.

Above the ancient tree, hundreds of loyal members of the Illusion Clan craned their necks, staring intently at the area below completely shrouded in dust.

Although they desperately wanted to help the Dark Light they were loyal to and swarm to defeat the challenger in order to maintain the interests of their "Dark" lineage, but...

Ji Fuyou and Mingguang acted too quickly.

Before Mingguang could point out that Ji Fuyou's challenge was against the rules and give the order to swarm in, the battle had already begun.

Moreover, the intensity of the battle had already reached a level that could be considered the highest in the entire race from the very beginning.

The all-out clash across eight levels far exceeded the expectations of the fifth and sixth level cultivators, as well as several seventh level Illusion Clan members present.

Apart from Mingyue and Minghong, even if they were to get close to the battlefield, they would probably be torn apart by the explosive force and energy.

In the end, they could only watch helplessly as the battlefield between the two peak experts shifted from the top of the ancient tree to the earth, and in a very short time, the challenge came to an end.

And the final result of the battle...

"It's Youzhao!"

"Youzhao won!"

"No! Lord Mingguang..."

"how so!?"

The eyes of Mingguang's subordinates who witnessed this result were filled with shock, fear, and disbelief.

Below, in the huge pit that was tens of meters in diameter, Ji Fuyou held the Dragon Slayer Sword high, declaring his triumphant as he had forcefully ascended to the second seat of the Illusion Clan's Supreme Council!

As for their original rival, Dark Light...

The body was no longer recognizable as intact. The sudden surge in the Celestial Rank progress to 6811/10000 also signaled the death of this second-in-command of the Illusion Clan!
"Today, I shall be the second-in-command of the Illusion Clan! My title: Floating Light!"

Ji Fuyou's mental fluctuations echoed throughout the arena.

Despite his challenge being against the rules!

Despite the fact that there weren't enough witnesses to this challenge!
but……

He achieved the final victory, that is a fact!

Moreover, in this battle, he demonstrated eighth-tier strength, a level of strength that none of the other seven members of the Illusion Clan, except for Xuan Guang, Ming Guang, and You Guang, possessed, giving him a significant lead.

Even if the Phantom Clan members after the fourth seat wanted to object, they didn't have the courage to do so.

Ultimately, this world is one where the strong rule.

a long time……

Mingyue, who had brought Ji Fuyou first, had a fluctuating expression. In the end, she was the first to make a decision, bowing slightly: "Congratulations on Fuguang's second seat!"

With one person taking the lead, the others also bowed and greeted him, saying, "Congratulations on your second seat, Fu Guang!"

This is a custom of the Illusion Clan.

The strong are respected.

The victor has everything, the loser loses everything.

Some members of the Illusion Clan may act on emotion and be unable to accept this reality, but they will eventually come to terms with it.

after all……

The greatest pursuit of the Phantom Race is "a sense of accomplishment," which is the meaning of their lives.

Immersing oneself in failure and grief is almost equivalent to a slow suicide by starvation.

How many people can truly achieve this?
"I will announce to the world that I will wait outside the Hundred Realms Mountain for Xuan Guang's return and challenge Xuan Guang's chief."

Ji Fuyou issued the order.

He doesn't need to specify anyone in detail; the Illusion Clan will naturally carry it out for him.

Moreover, among the thousands of people in front of us, many have spontaneously abandoned the surname "Ming" and changed it to "Fu".

The surname you use basically indicates which camp you belong to.

Of course, these people can also choose not to change their surname, or they can choose their own surname.

However, all actions of the Illusion Clan are based on their surnames. Those Illusion Clan members who choose a lesser surname will not accomplish anything or gain any sense of achievement. It is tantamount to ruining their future for a bit of vanity.

"Furthermore, since the chief is absent, I, in the name of the second-in-command, will summon all the luminaries of all surnames. Three days from now, I will announce a major event, a major event that will enable all members of my Illusion Clan to cultivate to the fifth, sixth, or even seventh or eighth rank!"

Ji Fuyou issued his second order, scanning everyone present: "You are all executors of this order!"

"To enable all members of the Illusion Clan to cultivate to the fifth, sixth, or even seventh or eighth tier!?"

The thousands of Illusion Clan members in the arena looked at each other in bewilderment.

The Illusion Clan are born with spiritual abilities, but that doesn't mean their cultivation is as simple as eating and drinking.

Before the Heavenly Ranking War began, the strongest beings in the entire civilization were only at the seventh rank.

The fifth rank is considered the ruling class among the Illusion Clan, and they are entitled to have their own surnames.

The current three eighth-rank and twenty-odd seventh-rank individuals were all promoted gradually after the Heavenly Ranking War.

If this new second-in-command truly possesses such a secret technique...

The entire Illusion Clan will thus usher in a new era.

"Yes."

The crowd agreed and carried out the orders, relaying the message to the hundreds of clan leaders.

During this time, Ji Fuyou stayed at Mingguang's residence, browsing through information that Youzhao and others could not access, gaining a deeper understanding of the Illusion Clan.

The more he learned, the more he realized that this race's system of governance was remarkably simple.

The entire Illusion Clan has more than a hundred surnames, large and small, and each surname can be regarded as a country.

The top ten surnames form the Supreme Council, the top one hundred form the House of Representatives, and the top one thousand form the General Assembly.

Among these surnames, the most numerous is naturally Xuan, with as many as 3000 million people.

Those smaller surnames may only have a few hundred thousand, or even a few hundred thousand people.

When Ji Fuyou reviewed these materials, in order to ensure the interests of his own surname, both the Ming clan and the former You clan members flocked to Ji Fuyou's side, making the "Fu" surname suddenly have more than 200 million people, and rising to become one of the top ten surnames.

Of course, this number is not much. There were originally 800 million people with the surname Ming and 300 million with the surname You. The reason why only 200 million people have joined his surname as the second-ranked person is because he will soon challenge the chief Xuan Guang, and these people are still watching.

But the addition of these 200 million people still surprised Ji Fuyou.

After initially establishing the Supreme Council, the House of Representatives, and the Representative Council based on the strength of these individuals, he directly passed down the Void God Realm Sensing Technique.

In just one day, the number of online users in the virtual god realm of the illusionary world exceeded 100 million, and the structure was fully operational.

Next, all that's needed is to hold a meeting to promote the Virtual God Realm. Once they understand its mysteries, the number of online users in the Virtual God Realm should increase dramatically, far exceeding the growth rate of the Mechanical God Cult.

(End of this chapter)