Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

"Young Genius Ranking, it's been a long time since I've paid attention to this ranking. Let me see what the minimum entry score is now."

Meng Xinghe took out his phone, opened the "Federal Rankings" app, selected the list of young geniuses from among the various rankings, and clicked to view it.

"Fifth dan, this is such a chaotic rank, the competition is pretty fierce."

Among the ten ranks in the ladder competition, the fifth and sixth ranks are particularly special.

Because in this era there is something called "Battle Armor", and a Soul Master who reaches level 50 in physical fitness is qualified to become a One-Word Battle Armor Master.

A Soul King-level One-Word Battle Armor Master is equivalent to a Soul Saint without a Martial Soul True Body.

But here's the problem: Battle Armor Masters are ultimately a minority. Ordinary Soul Masters, let alone Soul Kings, even Soul Emperors, rarely possess a One-Word Battle Armor.

This leads to the following situation:

Under normal circumstances, the fifth stage is the battlefield for Soul Kings, and the sixth stage is the battlefield for Soul Emperors.

However, the existence of battle armor disrupted this balance.

Fifth and sixth level Soul Masters without Battle Armor will not only be crushed by Soul Masters with Battle Armor, but will also be defeated by genius Soul Masters whose Soul Power cultivation is inferior to their own across realms.

Therefore, a Soul King-level Soul Master might be unlucky and get matched with Battle Armor Masters in a row, causing their points to fall below the threshold and their rank to drop from the fifth rank to the fourth rank.

The same applies to Soul Emperor level Soul Masters. If they are unlucky, they may drop from the sixth level to the fifth level. If they are even unlucky, it is not impossible for them to drop to the fourth level.

Furthermore, since the fifth and sixth stages represent the battlefields of Soul Kings and Soul Emperors, people of all ages, from teenagers to people over eighty, can be found here. It is truly a gathering of elites and a chaotic scene of demons.

……

Meng Xinghe entered the Starship pod, lay down, relaxed his mind, and his consciousness seemed to fall into a deep sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an empty, unfamiliar room.

The room was small, only about the size of my high school dormitory in my previous life, and it was a bare, unfurnished room.

"Hello, welcome to Star Wars.net. I am your personal AI, ID 3547********4552."

"You can give me a name and change my appearance."

Ripples appeared in the air of the room, and a round sphere emitting a blue light appeared out of thin air.

This image reminded Meng Xinghe of something from a childhood cartoon in his previous life—a magic wisdom ball.

"Name..." Meng Xinghe thought for a moment, resting his chin on his hand, "I'll call you Panda."

"Your image will be replicated exactly like this."

As he spoke, the invisible soul power transformed into a visible black and white vortex, which gradually formed a round, cute, and peculiar creature with only black and white colors.

It has the robust and majestic body of a bear and the cute and gentle appearance of a cat.

That's right, it's the beloved giant panda!

The glowing sphere of artificial intelligence rippled like a sound wave, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed from a "magical intelligence sphere" into an adorable giant panda.

"Image change complete, name assigned, your personal AI Panda is ready to serve you."

Panda rolled around on the ground, rolling like a ball to its feet. Even its voice changed from the previous cold, mechanical tone to a cute, childlike voice.

Looking at the giant panda's adorable appearance, Meng Xinghe felt an exceptionally beautiful mood.

Subsequently, under Panda's guidance, Meng Xinghe completed real-name authentication and identity binding, and gave himself an ID called "Above the Milky Way".

This initially bare room was transformed into a warm and welcoming home through my own efforts.

Although it's not large, it's a private little space that belongs entirely to you.

As you advance in the ranked ladder, the area of ​​this space will increase, and the variety of items you can use to decorate your home will gradually increase as well.

"Panda, I want to participate in the ranked matches, please match me with an opponent."

"Okay, your request has been detected. Since this is your first time participating in the ranked tournament, your starting rank is 1, your starting points are 0, and your IP login address is Donghai City. We are matching you with an opponent. Please wait patiently..."

The StarNet Ladder Ranking Tournament covers the entire Douluo Federation, and the matching principle is to match players based on proximity.

The system will prioritize matching Soul Masters of the same rank in the same region based on the participant's IP login address. If there are no Soul Masters who meet the criteria in the same region, the matching scope will be expanded until it is expanded to the entire Federation.

Meng Xinghe is now a Soul Master. If no other Soul Master in Donghai City is available for matching within one minute, the matching range will be expanded to the entire Tianhai Alliance.

About two or three seconds later, the system displayed that the match was successful.

"StarNet Ladder Ranking Match - Part 1: Above the Milky Way (0) VS I'm the Best (3)"

After a one-second buffer period, a flash of white light appeared, and Meng Xinghe disappeared from the room, teleported by the system to a spacious competition stage.

Meng Xinghe didn't look around, but immediately focused his gaze on his opponent.

"I'm the best" is a boy who looks about six years old. He has short brown hair, fair skin, a high nose bridge, and a pair of dark green eyes that look like a ghost.

At this moment, he looked at Meng Xinghe standing opposite him on the competition stage, his ghostly dark green eyes filled with doubt. "What's going on? Why did the system match me with a painted statue?"

boom!

A giant palm descended from the sky, and with a loud bang, a palm-shaped crater was blasted into the arena.

In the center of the deep pit, the boy with the ID "I'm the best" turned into a stream of data and disappeared into the air.

"You're really good with words. Don't say anything like that again, Xie Xie."

Meng Xinghe flexed his wrists and looked up at the match results displayed in the sky.

"StarNet Ladder Ranking Match - Winner: Above the Milky Way (0+1); Loser: I'm the Best (3-3)"

Three seconds later, Meng Xinghe returned to his home on the StarNet.

He recognized who "I'm the best" at a glance.

Approximately six years old, brown hair, dark green eyes, IP address located in Donghai City...

All this information combined makes it very clear: if "I'm the best" isn't Xie Xie, then who is?

Before the match started, I had 0 points, and Xie Xie had 3 points.

The 3 points indicate that Xie Xie participated in at least three ranked matches and won at least three of them.

At this stage, Xie Xie's soul power is only slightly above level ten, he has the mentality of a six-year-old, and almost no combat experience. If his opponent's soul power is above level fifteen, his chances of winning are extremely slim.

From this perspective, Xie Xie's 3 points before meeting me were quite lucky.

Furthermore, because Xie Xie only had 3 points, while I had 0 points, according to the StarNet Ladder Ranking Rules, the following situation occurred:

I defeated Xie Xie, gaining +1 point, bringing my total score to 1.

Xie Xie lost to himself, his score decreased by 3, and his total score was 0.