The first place is Kyushu?

Seeing over a dozen zombies die, the global audience was utterly bewildered.

Those were zombies, with HP just like players, over a dozen of them!

And they just died like that?

After finishing them off, Gu Yu frowned.

"The efficiency is still too low."

About eight or nine zombies, and one skeleton.

The drops were only rotten meat and experience, not even bones.

At this rate, when would the Floating Island ever be built?

Meanwhile.

On the other side, Gangcun Kuzi wiped the sweat from his brow.

"There are more and more monsters. Surviving alone puts a lot of pressure on me."

According to the rules, players from the same nation could survive together, or they could choose their own separate blocks.

Considering the island resources might not be enough to go around, he hadn't chosen the same block as Yamamoto Rokuko.

Instead, he chose to start alone, at the Blacksmith Shop.

A block filled with lava but rich in mineral resources and stone.

Food was relatively scarce, but the Blacksmith Shop provided a set of leather armor and a wooden sword from the start.

It was precisely thanks to this equipment that Gangcun Kuzi chose to attack monsters directly when night fell.

"More zombies!"

Practicing Bushido, his keen sixth sense alerted him to the killing intent behind him.

He rolled to dodge the zombie's attack and counterattacked with his wooden sword.

"Ugh!"

The zombie cried out as it was hit and took a step back. Gangcun Kuzi pressed his advantage, landing two more blows.

[Player Rankings]

[1st Place: Samurai Nation, Zombies Killed *15]

[2nd Place: Free Nation, Zombies Killed *14]

[3rd Place: India Nation, Zombies Killed *10]

[...]

Thanks to his two blocks and simultaneous attacks, the rankings had briefly surpassed the strongest, the Free Nation!

"It seems this time, the competition is with the Free Nation!"

Taking out some food, Gangcun Kuzi took a short breather.

The food in Block Civilization was magical and related to HP and stamina. As long as you had enough food, you could largely solve your stamina problems.

Looking at the four potatoes left in his backpack, Gangcun Kuzi knew that he couldn't compete with the resource-rich Free Nation in terms of food.

He had to do more within his limited stamina!

"In that case, huuu."

Taking a deep breath, Gangcun Kuzi's eyes gradually turned green.

"In the name of the Tachi Artisan, Iaijutsu!"

The wooden sword in his hand gradually changed, revealing a scabbard and a long sword.

Obtained from the Sword Civilization, Gangcun Kuzi had passed the Tachi Artisan's trial and could temporarily transform his weapon into an Iai Sword.

What Gangcun Kuzi held was the most basic, and the only one he could summon and use, Iai Sword.

[Nameless Sword · Puppet]

It had a faster attack speed than a normal sword, and with every hit on an enemy, Gangcun Kuzi could see a rating bar.

From the basic B-rank, to A-rank, to S-rank.

With each level increase, his attack power would become higher, until SSS-rank.

He could already take down a zombie with two strikes!

Even if skeletons appeared on the island, creatures that anyone would flee from.

Gangcun Kuzi faced them without fear.

Clang! Clang!

With two strikes, the skeleton fell and dissipated, turning into a pile of green experience.

The clean and swift execution of the zombies sent the entire Samurai Nation into cheers.

"Wow, Gangcun-kun is so cool!"

"I want to have your babies, Gangcun-kun!"

"Yamamoto-kun isn't bad either, killing five zombies without any armor!"

"The Samurai Nation is proud of you!"

The Iai Sword's effect didn't last long, shattering into its raw materials, the wooden sword, three minutes later.

But in those mere three minutes, the Samurai Nation's kill count had soared.

[1st Place: Samurai Nation, Zombie Kills: 34, Skeleton Kills: 3]

A total of thirty-seven monsters!

The other spectators couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"They're really strong, the Iai Sword is too overpowered!"

"The attack speed is insane, it's nothing a normal sword can compare to!"

"It's a shame we in Big No-No didn't draw good resources, we can't go up and fight!"

"Sigh, actually, we Sam-chang-smitda aren't weak, but we just don't have weapons."

"Mark, Jet, you can do it!"

On Pumpkin Island, Mark and Jet worked together, their kill count quickly surpassing twenty.

Opening the leaderboard, they saw the Samurai Nation's ranking.

"Iai Sword, huh? It's indeed a very powerful attack method."

Knowing exactly what Gangcun Kuzi had used, Mark chuckled.

While the Iai Sword was strong, he knew Gangcun Kuzi's Iai Sword could only exist for three minutes.

The sudden surge was nothing more than clearing out all the monsters on the island temporarily.

As for what came after, without sufficient food and weapons, they definitely wouldn't be able to compete!

"Jet, look at that!"

Discarding the axe in his hand that had lost its durability, Mark switched to a new weapon.

There were six ready-made weapons on the island, and to gain an advantage, they had decided to use them all before nightfall.

"A skeleton? A zombie? Wait."

"It's a skeleton and a zombie wearing armor!"

Following Mark's gaze, Jet saw two special monsters.

The skeleton was clad in chain mail, and the zombie wielded a golden sword.

The two instantly realized these were extremely troublesome monsters!

Skeletons with bows and arrows could provide ranged harassment, but their weakness was low HP, which the armor compensated for.

The golden sword dealt extremely high damage, making them difficult to deal with!

After a moment of hesitation, Mark was already thinking about how to deal with them.

The higher the difficulty, the higher the potential rewards after defeating them!

"Let's kill the zombie first, I'll draw it over!"

He was the first to rush forward to attract the golden sword zombie's aggro. Seeing that the enemy had entered tracking mode, Mark retreated backward until he was out of the skeleton's line of sight.

[-9!]

Jet ambushed from behind a block, cutting down nearly half the zombie's health.

Having drawn the aggro, Mark no longer fled. He turned and leaped down, slashing.

[-13!]

A critical hit triggered, instantly killing the golden sword zombie!

It fell to the ground and disappeared into experience points, leaving a shining golden sword on the ground.

"It dropped equipment!"

Jet was overjoyed.

He still didn't understand much about the Block World, but he knew that a golden weapon was definitely a high-tier weapon!

"This is so worth it!"

He quickly picked up the golden sword and turned to look at the skeleton.

The chain mail made its defense higher, making it indeed harder to kill than a normal skeleton, but for Mark and Jet, it was just a matter of a few more strikes.

They continued with one drawing aggro and the other attacking, and soon killed it.

No further equipment dropped, which left the two slightly disappointed.

However, looking at the Zombies cleared around them, they ate pumpkin pie and opened the Player rankings.

[1st Place: Free Nation, Zombie Kills * 34, Skeleton Kills * 3, Special Monster Kills * 2]

[2nd Place: Samurai Nation, Zombie Kills * 37, Skeleton Kills * 4]

As Mark had said, after the initial surge, the Samurai Nation's kill rate visibly slowed down.

Special monsters held a greater weight in the trial, and they were firmly in first place!

"Half the food is left, I can fight for another half a night!"

Finishing his pumpkin pie, Jet regained his stamina, his eyes shining with renewed vigor.

He wanted to show the whole world the strength of the Free Nation!

"Wait, Jet, I think we've been surpassed in the rankings again."

"Samurai Nation? No worries, they don't have food!"

"Not the Samurai Nation, it's Kyushu!"

Clicking on the rankings, Jet indeed saw.

[1st Place: Kyushu Nation, Zombie Kills * 103, Skeleton Kills * 14, Special Monster Kills * 5]

"What??!!!"