Shen Hanbing originally intended to stay at the scene and accompany Jiang Yuan to participate in this ranking battle.
But who knew that before the ranking battle even began, she received a summons from the high-level officials of the branch. Requiring her to attend an emergency meeting of the Earth Ranking within half an hour.
Shen Hanbing bid Jiang Yuan farewell and left alone to attend the meeting which left Jiang Yuan alone at the scene.
Because she came with Shen Hanbing, Jiang Yuan also attracted the attention of the crowd.
While Shen Hanbing was present, no one dared to gossip about Jiang Yuan. But after Shen Hanbing left, many people began to gossip about Jiang Yuan.
Many people also probed Jiang Yuan’s cultivation level.
“What’s going on? How can an ordinary person with no cultivation come here?”
“Don’t tell me he’s here to participate in the ranking battle too?”
After discovering that Jiang Yuan had no cultivation aura, the onlookers looked at him with disdain.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the distance, diverting their attention from Jiang Yuan.
“Look… isn’t that the Knight of the Golden Spear?” a martial artist suddenly pointed and shouted.
Everyone turned their heads in the direction of the sound and saw a middle-aged man walking towards the scene with a golden spear in hand.
This middle-aged man in his forties had a sword scar on his brow, giving him a somewhat fierce appearance.
“Isn’t the Knight of the Golden Spear one of the top hundred experts on the ranking battle? Is he also participating in this month’s ranking battle?”
“I heard that he’s participating in the ranking battle this time because his cultivation has broken through to the Eighth Condensation Realm.”
The crowd showed great respect for the Knight of the Golden Spear.
But the Knight of the Golden Spear didn’t bother to pay attention to anyone. His gaze toward everyone was filled with contempt, revealing an inherent arrogance that was hard to conceal.
Not long after the arrival of the Knight of the Golden Spear, an elder also arrived at the scene.
“Elder.”
Everyone greeted the elder with clasped fists when they saw him.
This old man was also a high-ranking member of the branch of the Martial Arts Alliance, responsible for overseeing the ranking battles on the People Ranking.
The supervising elder arrived at the foot of the Point Tower and began to address the crowd, “Many newcomers are unfamiliar with the rules of the People Ranking, so I will repeat them here.”
“The Point Tower has hundreds of illusory beasts on each floor. The more illusory beasts you kill, the higher the points you will receive.”
“And your ranking on the People Ranking is completely determined by the level of points you accumulate.”
After a momentary pause, the elder began to explain the point system in detail to the crowd.
“The first floor has a hundred low-level minor beasts. Killing one will earn you 10 points.”
“The second floor has a hundred mid-level minor beasts. Killing one will earn you 30 points.”
“The third floor has a hundred high-level minor beasts. Killing one will earn you 90 points.”
“The fourth floor has a hundred low-level intermediate beasts. Killing one will earn you 270 points.”
“The fifth floor has a hundred mid-level intermediate beasts. Killing one will earn you 810 points.”
After explaining the point system, the elder directly activated the Point Tower, “Unlike the Trial Tower, multiple people can enter the Point Tower at the same time with a maximum of thirty people at a time.”
“Since there are far more candidates than thirty, they need to enter in six batches one after another. Those whose names I call out, please enter first.”
After finishing speaking, the elder took out a booklet and began to read out the names in order. The names in the booklet were arranged in the order of registration. Since Jiang Yuan registered relatively late, he was placed towards the end.
As the names of each warrior were called out, they entered the Point Tower one by one.
This group of warriors were almost all newcomers to the ranking battle, with their rankings mostly beyond five hundred, and their cultivation levels ranging from the Third to the Fifth Condensation Realm, with none surpassing the Fifth Condensation Realm.
Shortly after this group of ranking battle newcomers entered, a warrior at the Third Condensation Realm was eliminated directly from the first floor.
And on the crystal stone tablet at the top of the Point Tower, the name and points of that warrior were simultaneously displayed.
“Zhang Wei, accumulated total points 200, original ranking 999th, current ranking 999th, and rising by 0 places!”
Hearing the announcement of the elder, the seniors of the ranking battle burst into laughter.
“200 points? Just killing twenty low-level minor beasts, and then being directly eliminated with such laughable strength, can he still enter the ranking battle?”
“At least he’s a Third Condensation Realm warrior, but he can’t even defeat a hundred low-level minor beasts. He’s really embarrassing for us ranking battle warriors!”
“When I first entered the ranking battle, I could at least pass the first floor! Are the newcomers to the ranking battle nowadays all so useless?”
In the next incense stick’s worth of time, these ranking battle newcomers were successively sent out.
Most of them didn’t pass the first floor, with only a few managing to do so.
As for those who made it to the third floor, not a single one appeared.
And the scores of these ranking battle newcomers ranged from 200 to 2000 points, with the highest-ranking ones not breaking into the top five hundred.
Seeing the results of these ranking battle newcomers, the seniors of the ranking battle showed even more disdain.
“Tsk tsk, the results of these ranking battle newcomers are truly blinding my eyes!”
“I think it’s necessary to reduce the 1000 rankings of the ranking battle to 500. Otherwise, these small fry will drag down the overall standard of our ranking battle.”
Hearing the words of those seniors of the ranking battle, those warriors who were sent out all looked ashamed, but couldn’t find words to refute, only silently clenching their fists.
Soon, the second batch of thirty warriors whose names were called out also entered the Point Tower.
Among these thirty people, only a few were seniors, and the majority were still newcomers.
There was no doubt that the newcomers were eliminated from the first or second floors, and their point data was all unsightly.
While the seniors all rushed to the third floor and achieved good results. Their point data was all above 4000 points, with some even reaching 6000 points!
And the subsequent batches entering the Point Tower were no exception.
As long as they were seniors, they would inevitably be able to reach the third floor and achieve good point results.
While the newcomers could only stop at the first two floors, not a single one made it to the third floor.
As time passed, the atmosphere at the ranking battle scene became increasingly oppressive.
Seniors who achieved good results displayed arrogant attitudes and openly mocked the newcomers.
While the newcomers all looked dejected, not daring to argue back against those seniors.
Finally, among the thirty warriors who entered the Point Tower in the fifth batch, a warrior who was highly anticipated by the newcomers appeared.
This warrior was called the “Iron Fist Warrior,” and he was at the peak of the Fourth Condensation Realm. He had been in the ranking battle for nine years, making him the oldest newcomer in terms of seniority.
However, as long as one entered the ranking battle after the “Year of Magic,” they could not escape the identity of a newcomer to the ranking battle and would still be despised by the seniors.
“Iron Fist Warrior, our dignity as newcomers depends on you to restore it!”
“Please, you must make it to the third floor and not let the seniors look down on us newcomers!”
Before the Iron Fist Warrior entered the Point Tower, all the newcomers encouraged him, evidently pinning all their hopes on him.
