Leaderboard and Arena Open

[Congratulations on winning first place in the Parkour King event, track 103! You have obtained the Title 'Parkour King' and the high-grade magic tier sword array: Three Spirit Sword Array.]

Jiang Liu had just been kicked out of the event map when someone sidled up to him.

"Brother Liu, someone messed with me, ahhh!!!"

Li Dongze wailed, snot and tears streaming down his face. He had never been messed with in a game before, not since he was a child. He could have completed the entire course, but unexpectedly, he was sent out midway. The sheer frustration!

"Ah, who was it?"

Jiang Liu gave a perfunctory nod, too preoccupied to pay attention to Li Dongze. He was eager to switch into the Cultivation Era.

The Parkour King Title, the Three Spirit Sword Array, Qi Refining Layer 9!

Were these as important as Brother Ze obtaining them?

"It was a muscle man, two meters tall!"

Li Dongze said pitifully, "He knocked all my HP out with one punch. You have to get revenge for me!"

A two-meter muscle man. He must be one of Second Middle School's top students. You're truly unlucky.

"Alright, alright, I got it. If I get the chance, I'll pin him to the ground for you to beat him up."

Jiang Liu pushed Li Dongze away with clear disdain. Then, ignoring whatever else he was saying, he began circulating the Three Revolutions Mysterious Technique and switched into the Cultivation Era.

Back in the game, he directly opened his backpack and looked at the event rewards.

[Parkour King]: This is the honor of the victor, though there are quite a few victors. +10% cultivation speed, +10% movement speed.

Not bad. Much better than the First Recharge Title.

Jiang Liu happily equipped the new Title, then turned his attention to the other reward.

[Three Spirit Sword Array]: A high-grade magic tier sword array. Driven by three-element spiritual energy and formed with three-element magic swords. Once the array is formed, it can control spirits and swords within twenty meters, with continuous spiritual energy consumption.

More three-element spiritual energy and three-element magic swords. This was a sword array with very demanding conditions, but for Jiang Liu, it was no problem at all.

"This is just a game

Jiang Liu sighed after reading the description. Games were convenient; anyone with money could possess three-element spiritual energy.

Speaking of which, that was him.

What's the big deal with three-element spiritual energy and three magic swords?

Learn it directly!

With the spiritual energy from his top-grade spirit root and the Three Spirit Sword Array, he was already anticipating its power as a great weapon!

With this sword array, he didn't believe he still couldn't defeat his Senior Disciple Brother!

"Three days, three rounds, an hour and a half. One Title, one sword array, half a tube of cultivation value. I wish more events like this would come out."

Jiang Liu thought gleefully. Just as he was reviewing his event gains, a series of system notifications suddenly sounded.

[You have broken through to Qi Refining Layer 9.]

[Congratulations to the player for breaking through to Qi Refining Layer 9! The Leaderboard function and Arena function have been unlocked.]

Finally, Qi Refining Layer 9!

Jiang Liu's spirit lifted. His eyes swept over, and the [Leaderboard] at the top of the game interface and the [Arena] on the right simultaneously lit up.

He excitedly clicked on the Leaderboard. The golden scroll-like Leaderboard slowly unfurled. The top section displayed the [Realm Ranking], [Divine Weapon Ranking], [Divine Skill Ranking], and [Sect Ranking].

Am I the number one in Zone Four?!

He clicked on the [Realm Ranking] first. The empty list had only one name hanging high above!

[Name]: Jiang Liu

[Rank]: First

[Realm]: Qi Refining Layer 9

[Rank Reward]: +30% cultivation speed

With the cultivation speed bonus from the First Recharge Title, the VIP bonus, the spiritual energy in the classroom, the Three Revolutions Mysterious Technique, the large number of Qi Refining Pills he refined himself, and the Parkour event, among other factors, he had successfully become the first player in Zone Four to break through to Qi Refining Layer 9!

Congratulations!

"Playing games really is about showing off on the Leaderboard. I haven't gone home these past few days for anything else, right?"

"Awesome. Gotta take a screenshot first."

Jiang Liu chuckled looking at himself on the Leaderboard, feeling refreshed and invigorated. His mood was excellent.

He had played games for many years, hundreds of them, and this was the first time he had topped a level ranking. Tears welled up.

Cultivation Era, this game is so fun!

He stared at his name on the Realm Ranking for over a minute before his inner excitement and agitation calmed down. He then opened the Divine Weapon Ranking.

The number one divine weapon on the Divine Weapon Ranking was a high-grade magic artifact, the [Heavenly Branch Spear]. The owner was not displayed. He wondered who had such incredible luck.

The high-grade magic artifacts in his hands, the Crimson Refining Furnace and the Spirit Communication Jade, were ranked twenty-third and seventy-fifth respectively.

The fake European Emperor was crushed by the real European Emperor, leaving Jiang Liu feeling quite displeased. The high-grade magic artifacts he held were truly mediocre.

"The magic tools are a step behind. Come back when the mystic tools are released."

Jiang Liu shook his head helplessly. High-grade magic artifacts were all about luck; if you couldn't compare, you couldn't compare.

He opened the Divine Skill Ranking again. The top spot was the high-grade spell [Return Origin Qi], while his Three Spirit Sword Array and Three Revolutions Mysterious Technique were ranked third and nineteenth, respectively.

"It's actually stronger than the Three Spirit Sword Array?"

Jiang Liu looked astonished. Although he hadn't used the Three Spirit Sword Array yet, that didn't diminish its awesomeness!

An array driven by three types of spiritual energy was only third place?

How strong were the [Return Origin Qi] in first place and [Plant Control Method] in second?

If there's a chance, I'll try them out in the Arena.

Apart from the Sect Ranking, he was on the other three rankings. After browsing them, Jiang Liu withdrew contentedly and clicked into the Arena.

Compared to the rankings, the Arena was the most crucial game content.

Opening the Arena, an extremely familiar interface appeared before his eyes.

The Arena's background was sky blue, with the rankings on the left, an exchange shop in the lower left corner, and challenge attempts in the lower right corner, followed by a plus sign.

A cookie-cutter Arena interface; ninety out of a hundred games had this layout.

What made Jiang Liu speechless the most was that in the center of the Arena stood three paper figures that looked identical. Their ranks were 9948th, 9967th, and 9995th.

"Damn it, I have to climb up from outside the top ten thousand!"

Jiang Liu's face turned dark. Copying interfaces is one thing, but copying this trash too?

This was purely to annoy players, wasn't it?

Couldn't they just send me straight to first place? They had to go through all this trouble, right?

"I'm impressed, truly impressed. How long will this take?"

Jiang Liu lost the mood to activate the Immersive Experience and directly clicked on the paper figure ranked 9948th.

[Challenge 9948?]

[Yes]

[Challenge successful. Your rank has advanced to 9948th.]

The paper figures clashed, and one hit was enough for a kill. However, the challenger refreshed again, and the highest visible rank was now 9711.

Jumping up nearly three hundred spots at once. At least the developers are still alive.

Jiang Liu watched his paper figures slaughter their way forward with a dark expression, his rank climbing rapidly. When he reached 7123rd place, another prompt box popped up.

[Challenge attempts exhausted. Purchase more challenge attempts?]

[Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes]

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