Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 474 Witness
The Griffin Republic is an overseas territory far from the mainland.

A thick fog suddenly appeared on an island reef and quickly spread, affecting an area of ​​dozens of miles around.

The established global fog monitoring system detected the formation of this fog immediately, but...

This island is located in the open sea far from the mainland. Even with Red Star's current rapid reaction force, it would take more than ten minutes to arrive by supersonic aircraft, making it impossible to nip this emerging fog in the bud.

especially……

This fog seems unusual.

What emerged from within were not low-intelligence, grotesque beasts or monsters, but a group of hundreds of fish-men-like creatures.

These fish-men are all over three meters tall, covered in scales, and wear tight-fitting armor with a sci-fi style, while wielding cold weapons such as spears and tridents.

One of the fishmen, in particular, not only wore a helmet with what looked like an antenna, but also had a half-painted red lens over his eyes.

The mermen, after emerging from the battle, remained on guard and formed a battle formation, but they appeared quite relaxed.

One of the team leaders even laughed and said, "Don't be nervous. I encountered this civilization during the war. Although the strongest person reached the eighth level, he was the only one in the entire civilization to survive! What does this mean? It means that this civilization itself is not strong. It was only by chance that the contestant obtained some opportunities that he was able to break through."

After saying that, he seemed to be congratulating himself on his wisdom: "That's why I brought you here as soon as possible to take over this world and seize the opportunity to cultivate to the eighth level."

"Commander Jason, after all, this is a civilization that has given birth to cultivators at the eighth level of the Heavenly Realm. We should be more cautious."

The other person remained cautious, then said to the fishman with red glasses, "Ladis, immediately activate the combat power detection device and see just how many experts there are in this world."

"understand!"

Ladis is the fishman who wears a helmet with antennas and red lenses.

Upon receiving the instruction, he immediately activated the detector and looked into the distance.

Soon, countless data points appeared before them.

"Huh? This civilization is actually quite powerful."

Ladis exclaimed in surprise, "Looking in this direction, there are several hundred cultivators with a combat power exceeding 100, which means they've reached the fifth level... Let me adjust my count... There are also four seventh-level cultivators with a combat power of 1000, including one eighth-level expert with a combat power exceeding 3000..."

"Could it be that participant in the Heavenly Ranking War?"

The eighth-rank commander, known as Jason, became slightly more serious.

"I'll look for it again..."

拉迪斯缓缓的转移头颅，继续朝另一个方向扫去：“战斗力破1000的有5个了、7个了、11个了……嘶！？又一个战斗力上3000的八重天强者！不！还有1个，3个战斗力上3000的了……”

These words caused a stir among the hundreds of fishmen.

Their elite combat team consists of 113 people, including one regimental commander, two deputy regimental commanders, ten captains, and 100 team members.

Only three of the captains have eighth-tier combat power, while the remaining captains and vice-captains are seventh-tier, and the team members are mainly sixth-tier.

Such a lineup is undeniably powerful, enough to conquer any civilization.

In addition, they also have some special technological equipment.

Some equipment uses special materials that make it unusable in the fog, but passing through the fog will not damage the equipment.

With these two advantages combined, they are more than capable of dealing with a civilization that failed in the second round of the Heavenly Ranking War.

But right now...

"Isn't this a defeated civilization that couldn't even withstand the second round of the Heavenly Ranking War? How could such a civilization have dozens of warriors with combat power exceeding 3 and three warriors with combat power exceeding 3000? Could it be that the detector is malfunctioning?"

"I can't help but say this, even though I'm being cautious," Commander Hill said.

“不是3个战斗力破3000，5个了、6个了、7个了……”

Ladis continued to slowly adjust its angle, probing towards the horizon.

But the more he investigated, the uglier his expression became.

Especially when he mentioned that the number of eighth-level experts with a combat power exceeding 3000 had increased to 10, Vice Commander Jason, who had just been relaxed, couldn't help but shudder.

"How can there be so many!? Before we, the Sea Clan, received the rewards from the Heavenly Ranking War, we only had 11 Eighth Heaven Realm experts. This civilization... how can it have so many Eighth Heaven Realm experts!? How could such a civilization only send one Eighth Heaven Realm expert to participate in the Heavenly Ranking War?"

There was a hint of disbelief in his eyes.

The other fishman, however, quickly realized something: "Could it be a composite civilization? One star developed two completely different forms of civilization, thus being identified as two civilizations by the Heavenly Ranking War? The one we are fighting is only one of them? And the other is the victor of the second round of the Heavenly Ranking War?"

In the past two years, the sea people have come into contact with several of these complex civilizations.

Even the world where the sea creatures lived was originally ruled by two civilizations, with the lizard race on land. However, after the first round of the Heavenly Ranking War, the sea creatures greatly increased their strength, eliminated the lizard race, and completed the unification of the entire world.

His guess was immediately agreed upon by the fish-men.

"A composite civilization? It's most likely so! Looks like we shouldn't touch this civilization."

"That's not necessarily true. Let's see how many powerful individuals this civilization actually has."

"It mainly depends on whether it has value. After all, our Sea Clan's Heavenly Realm has now grown from one person, the First Prince, to three people! Even if this civilization has ten Eighth Heavens, it won't take us much effort to deal with it."

These captain-level murlocs exchanged messages, urging Radis to conduct a full investigation.

Meanwhile, Radis scanned rapidly, and before long, he had once again determined the number of seventh and eighth-tier powerhouses. The number of eighth-tier powerhouses was a staggering 16!
this number……

Hill, as the team captain, couldn't help but exclaim, "What a powerful civilization!"

"Fortunately, the strongest one's combat power is only 4811, which is about the late stage of the eighth level of heaven. As for the Sky King with a combat power of over 1, there is not a single one."

"I wonder what they gained from the Heavenly Ranking War? Golden Source Crystals? Or perhaps something even more valuable—skill inheritance?"

A glint of light flashed in Jason's eyes.

They were already considering whether to inform His Majesty and the Crown Prince, and, with the might of the Heavenly Realm, to utterly destroy this seemingly wealthy civilization that might threaten their Sea Clan Empire in the future.

But at that moment, Ladis suddenly stopped...

He was looking in one direction...

His gaze was even fixed on a spot not far away, and he froze on the spot.

This unusual situation surprised Hill: "Why did you stop scanning? There's only a quarter left in this circle."

"No... not..."

Ladis quickly said, "It's possible...it's possible that the detector is malfunctioning; something's not quite right."

"Something's broken?"

Jason leaned closer: "What kind of malfunction? This is our latest detection equipment, made entirely of materials produced in the mist, extremely precious. Only four sets were ever made, and our legion only applied for one. It's impossible for it to have an accident after just one trip..."

At this point, he seemed to see something, his voice trailed off, and then he exclaimed in shock, "This is impossible!"

"what's the situation?"

Hill couldn't help but ask again.

"It's a combat power stat."

Ladis quickly explained, "I just scanned a combat power value, it's... 53."

"How many?"

Not to mention Hill, several captains who were nearby also turned their gazes over.

After reconfirming the detected value, Ladis confirmed, "53!"

53! ?

The strongest member of the Sea Clan, the First Prince, was an unparalleled figure who broke through to the Ninth Heaven Realm before the second round of the Heaven Ranking War. After absorbing the benefits of the Heaven Ranking War, his combat power was only 18000!

The other two newly promoted Heavenly Realm cultivators only have combat power of 11000 and 13000 points respectively!
The result here...

Suddenly, a civilization with 53 people appeared!?

broken!

The combat capability detector is definitely broken!

Otherwise, with a combat power of 53, what level of skill would that require?!

3 tenth heaven, 10 eleventh heaven, 30 twelfth heaven.

53……

The twelfth level of peak!
"Do not make jokes!"

Jason was the first to be unable to accept this fact: "A civilization in the second round of the Heavenly Ranking War has a peak expert at the twelfth level of Heaven?! How is that possible! The detector must be broken!"

Hill, as the team leader, nodded; he preferred to believe that the detector was malfunctioning.

However, the "what if" in his heart made him change his tone: "It is impossible for a civilization in the second round of the Heavenly Ranking War to produce such a strong person! However, it is a fact that this civilization has 16 eighth-level experts. We should go back as soon as possible and report the news here to His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince."

His words immediately won the approval of all the sea people.

"Putting aside the faulty data, even 16 eighth-level heavens are beyond our legion's capabilities. We need to conduct in-depth research to see if this world is truly worth the significant effort we expend to conquer..."

A captain followed up.

But before he could finish speaking, Ladis's detector went off rapidly.

"Drip drip!"

The combat power value, which was already as high as 53, was still jumping and increasing at an incredible speed.

but……

This is not the point!
The key point is that a terrifying aura is gradually rising!
They could clearly determine that the location of that aura was at least a thousand kilometers away from them!
Even though they were so far apart, as that aura rose, an indescribable pressure still spread out in a mighty and overwhelming manner.

In their hazy vision, they seemed to see two star-like lights rising rapidly into the sky above the ocean.

Like two shining stars, hanging from the dome, they unleash their energy, enough to scorch the heavens and boil the seas.

(End of this chapter)