Qian Daoliu and the other High Priests did not understand, but the moment they heard what Chen Ming described, their blood instinctively began to boil.
In theory, these rankings had absolutely nothing to do with them, not even half a copper's worth, yet merely thinking about the idea sent excitement stirring within them.
They could not understand it or make sense of it. It was as though some instinct engraved deep in their blood, just like their martial souls, had been awakened. As though this was precisely what they had been missing!
Arena fights, rankings, Heaven and Earth Rankings, and all that sort of thing made them feel...
Even more fired up than the cultivation methods Chen Ming had previously provided.
It was not about whether they were useful, how many benefits they offered, or how much they could change a Spirit Master's cultivation... Instead, some inexplicable yet undeniably present bloodthirsty fervor had been awakened! It completed something in their underlying logic!
Arena matches were the soul of the Douluo World, and all manner of ranked competitions were its bones.
This era was still relatively restrained. In the eras that followed, the people of Douluo developed such a frenzy for competition that they practically wanted to hold an arena match just to decide who got to drink water first, second, third, and fourth.
Academies had academy rankings, regions had regional rankings, and continents had continental rankings. The young had genius rankings, and the old had powerhouse rankings. Carving knives had carving knife rankings, beauties had beauty rankings, and battleships had battleship rankings... Apart from useless gluttons not having a useless glutton ranking, practically everything had one.
In a rare turn of events, even Qian Daoliu fell into a frenzy and began discussing with Chen Ming how the different rankings should