The Rankings
As Lu Bai walked to the entrance of the Zudian Campus, he immediately noticed the siblings Lu Ziyi and Lu Qingyan.
During each round of the Deathmatch Showdown, the siblings would wait for him in the same spot as he came out of the campus.
Lu Bai gradually got used to the care and concern among his family. He naturally shared the good news with his siblings, and then they returned to their home in Livability City together.
Throughout the journey, it was mostly Lu Qingyan who kept chattering away, with Lu Bai occasionally responding.
This casual, intermittent chat made the journey less tedious.
Back home, Lu Bai didn't waste much time, quickly tidying up.
Then she found a small stool, sat down, and slowly closed her eyes.
You can see the ranking information by clicking into the system's social interface.
The leaderboard is divided into four sections: cumulative rounds, talent, ability, and title. Each leaderboard only includes the top 10,000 players.
The overall design looks very simple, which explains why Pu Xueli said it was just a side effect.
There's not much to say about the cumulative number of rounds; Lu Bai has only participated in three rounds of Deathmatch Showdown, which doesn't even rank him at the bottom of this list.
He wasn't disappointed, of course; he just glanced at it out of curiosity.
[Cumulative Rounds Leaderboard:]
[Chief: Heaven-Shattering Dao Master (Fifty-Four Rounds)]
[Second Place: Shadow Forbidden Curse Touch (Round 51)]
[Third Seat: Having no money for food, I have no choice but to fight to the death (51st round)]
[Four Seats: (Hidden)]
[Last Choice: Meticulously crafted, safe and ready to eat, luxurious taste, naturally delicious... When it comes to processed meat, choose Xin Run Brand (32-wheel)]
Lu Bai quickly scrolled to the bottom of the list.
I almost lost my composure when I saw who was in last place.
To be honest, those who fight to the death not only enjoy high social status, but also receive very generous treatment.
At least Lu Bai didn't see many of these deathmatchers who earn extra money through advertising on the list.
However, there is one very obvious common point.
Those are the usernames on the list; most of them are long strings of text. It feels like if things develop for another few hundred years, these usernames will probably all end up in the form of short essays.
After offering a brief complaint, Lu Bai shifted his attention to the other three lists.
He's not relevant to the cumulative rounds ranking, but he's on the other three lists.
[Talent Ranking:]
[Chief: I have no money for food, so I have no choice but to fight to the death (127.5)]
[Second Place: (Hidden)]
[Third Seat: The Heaven-Shattering Dao Master (116.4)]
[Fourth seat: Vladimir C. Lopez (116.2)]
[Nine Seats: The Clever Mephisto (103.8)]
[Last seat: Mysterious soil, magic soil (47.3)]
To be fair, the talent ranking is probably the one with the smallest gap between deathmatchers among all these rankings.
Don't assume that the people on the list are incompetent just because Lu Bai's ranking suddenly jumped so high.
It's important to know that one point can only be converted into a talent boost of 0.1.
Most deathmatch participants who earn 10 to 20 points in the Deathmatch Arena can basically secure first place in this round of Deathmatch Showdown.
It's unheard of for someone like Lu Bai to casually rack up hundreds of points.
Under normal circumstances, a Deathmatcher will only increase their talent by one or two points after a round of Deathmatch. Talents that can reach hundreds are purely accumulated through multiple rounds.
Lu Bai wasn't boasting; he estimated that the difference was minimal, and once the next round of fierce competition was over, he would probably be able to immediately climb to the top spot.
As for the title ranking, that's difficult to determine.
[Title Ranking:]
[Chief: Nine Stars - Divine Revelation and Blessing (Owner: Heaven-Shattering Dao Master)]
[Second Place: Nine Stars - Mighty and Wise General (Owner: I'm so broke I have no choice but to fight to the death)]
[Three seats: (hidden)]
[6,482 seats: Four-star - Slay Heaven Destroy Earth (Owner: Clever Mephisto)]
[Last Seat: Six Stars - Proud and Heroic Figure (Owned by: AKB Groot)]
According to the list's description, this ranking depends on two factors.
The first is the effect of the title, and the second is the star rating of the title.
Taking these two factors into account, the overall list doesn't appear as clear-cut as the previous two lists.
It's possible for a seven-star title to appear below a six-star title.
Even so, Lu Bai was still somewhat surprised that the title "Slay Heaven Destroy Earth" could rank so high with only four stars.
It can only be said that there are differences between the titles.
Lu Bai's gaze fell on the final ability ranking.
Although he occasionally appeared on the first three lists, he was always some distance from the top spot.
Only the ability ranking made him feel a sense of anticipation.
[Ability Ranking:]
[Chief:? (Owner: Clever Mephisto)]
[Second Place: Vairocana (Owner: Heaven-Shattering Dao Master)]
[Three seats: (hidden)]
[Fourth Seat: Flash Time (Owner: Clever Mephisto)]
[Sixteenth Seat: Ink Dye (Owner: Clever Mephisto)]
Three out of the top twenty are in hand.
Even though Lu Bai was somewhat prepared, he never expected it to be this exaggerated.
Thinking about it calmly, it's not entirely without reason. Many abilities at the color level are nothing more than throwing meteorites or launching some powerful attacks.
If you enter a high-level Deathmatch Arena where you fight with your bare hands until the very foundations of the Dao are obliterated, those colorful abilities are just like powerful moves.
Compared to abilities at the color level, it would be strange if [saving/loading], an ability that's practically a cheat, didn't rank first.
[Flash Time] is a skill that involves the realm of time. The stronger the user, the more outrageous the effect will be. It can be regarded as a growth-type ability.
The rest is [Ink Dye].
Admittedly, Lu Bai did use this thing as a smokescreen most of the time, but that was more Because He Is Good, and it wasn't that [Ink Dye] could only do that.
Is this kind of concept ability, which consumes no resources, really weak?
If it is used recklessly on a large scale, the resulting chain reactions are unimaginable; it can be described as a guaranteed table-flipping technique.
While Lu Bai was checking the rankings...
There are 9,999 user chat channels, all of which are flooded with messages, making it difficult for viewers to keep up.
It's no exaggeration to say that the messages displayed on the most popular channels even appeared as afterimages.
A message had just appeared when, in the blink of an eye, before it could even be read, it was pushed to the top by hundreds of newly appeared messages.
These frantically sent messages express excitement, curiosity, or surprise...
But even more so, the shock permeates the lines.
Of course, if you read through these texts even a little, you'll find that these deathmatchers are talking about pretty much the same things.
To summarize simply, it can be boiled down to one question:
Who exactly is the Clever Mephisto?