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"Your ranking on the Prestige Ranking has been overtaken!"

"..."

Ji Xingyue frowned deeply, saying nothing as he opened the Prestige Ranking.

The ranking opened to reveal an unfamiliar name at the very top, far ahead of him in second place by an enormous margin.

"Xu Yang?"

Ji Xingyue's brow furrowed as uncertainty filled his voice. "Where did this man come from?"

His words carried astonishment, and his composure was slightly shaken, with none of his former calm remaining.

That was only natural. He had endured for a long time and fought bitterly to claim the top spot on the Tier 2 ranking.

For the reward of first place, to improve his own talent, he had even delayed his advancement. He had spent ten years willingly falling behind others, waiting out a terrifying opponent he could not compete against. Only after that had he claimed first place when the new ranking opened.

Yet after a single period of seclusion, his rank had been surpassed—and surpassed by a cliff-like margin.

How could this be?

Could another monster like the previous top-ranked lord have emerged?

But he had never even heard this name. It had not appeared on the previous Tier 2 ranking at all.

Could he be a newly advanced lord?

That was even more impossible. The Safety Period had only just ended. How could a newly advanced lord have had any chance to develop, much less surpass him and become first? Even that terrifying existence from the previous ranking had not been so heaven-defying.

Ji Xingyue frowned deeply, unable to make heads or tails of it.

The youth who had come to deliver the news was straightforward. "He is a newly advanced lord..."

"How could that be!"

Before he could finish, Ji Xingyue interrupted him with a deep shout. "The