Published: March 2, 2025
“Final Ranking Battle! Now begins!”
As the passionate roar of the golden armor echoed through the light curtain, the entire world seemed to quiet down.
Countless professionals, whether they were lone rangers, military troops guarding a territory, ordinary residents toiling daily in the gathering places, or innocent children, all gathered around the Exchange Stone Pillar to watch the live broadcast of this ranking battle.
In the apocalypse, there was little entertainment, and this ranking battle was somewhat equivalent to the Olympics for professionals—a way to pass the time in daily life, in other words, just to watch the excitement.
However, for certain individuals or creatures, the significance of this live broadcast was not merely about the excitement.
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“Hmph!”
In a chasm deep within the ocean, the Sea King let out a light snort as he watched the scenes rising on the Exchange Stone Pillar.
On the other hand, the celestial god simply sat on a rock, staring intently at the entire arena of the ten thousand victory arena, lost in thought.
After a long while, the celestial god finally spoke: “Isn’t Earth’s Will coming?”
“Even if it comes, it’ll be of no use. He said he’s not coming.”
The one responding to the celestial god was White, who was standing beside him.
“By the way, I haven’t asked why you didn’t participate in the ranking battle. With your strength, it should be easy to achieve a good ranking, right?”
“No need…”
White replied casually and then fell silent again.
Well, as Earth’s Will's subordinates, they clearly knew more than Wen Yu and Tang Haofei. Faced with the sovereign's blatant flaunting of his powerful minions, the celestial god and White were completely indifferent, but the Sea King was truly furious.
“It seems you need to quickly unite with the mutant biological groups.”
The celestial god reminded in a nonchalant tone, only to receive another cold snort from the Sea King.
The Sea King was not interested in these terrifying upright apes beside him.
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In Beijing, Eternal Sky City, Lin Que clenched his fists tightly as he watched the scenes appearing on the Exchange Stone Pillar in the playground.
In the brief flashes of images, he saw the figures of his uncle and grandfather.
“Go for it…”
With a tightly furrowed brow, Lin Que silently prayed in his heart, while a peculiar thought began to sprout in his mind.
“To forge an unparalleled fame, sequence…”
There is no first in martial arts and no second in literature; for this younger generation, the name of the sequence is synonymous with heroes.
This was a seed taking root and sprouting.
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In the United States gathering place, as they watched the announced sequence rankings and names on the Exchange Stone Pillar, the leaders from various countries gathered here wore expressions of indescribable bitterness.
Together, the countries had only seven sequence titles, counting the cooperative powers like Arcade and Carmel, while the gathering place in Beijing had a full eighty-two sequences, not counting Tang Haofei and Wen Yu, who were collaborators from the Beijing gathering place.
For a moment, the mood became restless, and after a while, a leader from a major country was the first to speak.
“I think we should agree to Lin Haifeng’s plan for a human race alliance…”
The tone was one of concession, but it did not evoke any anger or doubt. The strong individuals secretly trained by them did not understand what power was, but these leaders did. They knew that sending their hidden strong individuals to participate in the ranking battle was not to compete for a sequence but to reveal their trump cards in order to negotiate a better deal with Lin Haifeng.
However, it seemed now that this trump card was not solid enough…
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In the TW, TB gathering place.
Watching the live broadcast on the Exchange Stone Pillar, a person wearing a hood, appearing to have a high status, could not help but murmur.