"Third Brother, do you know?"
"Xiao Wu really, really missed you!"
"Really, really missed you..."
"I missed seeing you die here!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Wu, who had been lying obediently in Tang San's arms, suddenly turned vicious.
Her pink eyes turned blood-red in that instant!
"Third Brother, if you really love me, then stay here on the twentieth floor with me until we die!"
"Ah, hahaha!"
As Xiao Wu's words fell, the dagger ruthlessly plunged into the chest of Tang San, who was still intoxicated by her tenderness!
"Ah!"
"Xiao Wu, you..."
"What are you doing?!"
"Pfft!"
Before Tang San could make sense of what had happened, Xiao Wu's sudden strike jolted a mouthful of blood from him!
"Hahaha!"
"Third Brother, your blood tastes so good!"
"Xiao Wu can barely stop trembling?"
"Third Brother, let's lose ourselves in dreams and pleasure together, Third Brother!"
Having turned completely bloodthirsty, she lunged at Tang San again!
"Shut up!"
"You're an illusion. You're not Xiao Wu."
"No matter how perfectly you imitate her this time, Xiao Wu is one of a kind in my eyes."
Tang San, having fully awakened from the illusion, slowly rose to his feet while dragging his blood-depleted body along.
"I will not allow anyone to imitate her, not even an illusion!"
He closed his eyes, raised his hand, and threw a punch.
The twenty-first floor shattered at once.
Bi Bidong and Tang San both continued upward after passing the twenty-first floor.
Before long.
The two emerged from the Trial Tower one after the other.
However, Tang San looked far more bedraggled!
At the same time, the trial rankings were updated.
Trial Rank 1: Bi Bidong — Floor 30. Trial Rank 2: Tang San — Floor 27.
Seeing these rankings, all the disciples watching outside were stunned.
These two were way too fierce.
Not only had they passed the twenty-first floor, but they had even gone further!
Tang San looked up at the rankings, then glanced toward Bi Bidong.
He thought that Bi Bidong should be his strongest future competitor on the Outer Disciple rankings.
Unless something unexpected happened, the future top spot among Outer Disciples would belong to one of the two of them.
He knew full well how terrifying the floors after the twenty-first were. He himself had fallen on the twenty-eighth floor, yet Bi Bidong had actually reached the thirtieth.
At this point, Tang San finally drew a complete distinction in his heart between the Bi Bidong before him and the Bi Bidong of Douluo Continent.
After all, he was Tang San, a God King. How could he possibly believe that his talent was inferior to that loser Bi Bidong's!
No, I need to hurry up and cultivate.
Tang San thought to himself, then resolutely headed toward the cultivation rooms.
"Look, it's Senior Brother Tang San!"
"I never thought Senior Brother Tang San would have such high talent and still cultivate so diligently!"
"Then what excuse do we have to slack off!"
"Come on, to the cultivation rooms! Let's fight hard for a month!"
"Right!"
"We'll all follow Senior Brother Kininase's lead. Cultivate hard!"
The disciples were all inspired by Tang San's actions. If even a senior brother worked this hard, they absolutely could not fall behind.
Thus, a new wave of ruthless competition swept through all the miserable disciples.
Even Jini Taimi, a Utility Disciple who had been sleeping, was kicked out of bed.
Why sleep? We need to grind, then shock everyone senseless.
The next day.
The disciples of the entire Ye Emperor Hall were in an uproar.
At Sect Master Ye Changge's instruction, the Outer Disciple rankings and Utility Disciple rankings were launched with great fanfare.
The disciples eagerly participated. This was their only path to advancement within the sect.
If you wanted resources, wanted the sect's favor, wanted to become famous throughout the Northwest Continent, wanted to reach the pinnacle of life, then show your strength!
Meanwhile, at the Outer Sect Plaza of Ye Emperor Hall.
A conspicuous ranking board was put up.
Ten days after the Outer Disciple rankings began.
Various factions of Outer Disciples had sprung up, competing around the rankings.
After all, wherever there were people, there was competition!
They formed small groups of three to five, and the largest faction had already grown to a hundred people.
Not only could faction members help one another, but they could also coordinate and cooperate when they went out to carry out missions in the future.
This was also what the sect wanted to see. Competition brought motivation.
Of course, the premise was that no one could violate the Sect Rules.
"Hey, brother."
An Outer Disciple was walking along when someone suddenly appeared and startled him.
"W-what do you want?"
"Ahem, let me introduce myself. I'm Li Yiyuan from Thunder Class."
"I can see that you have extraordinary bones and steady steps. Are you interested in joining Thunder Class?"
"Thunder Class!"
The disciple froze.
He had heard of Thunder Class.
It seemed to be the number one faction among Outer Disciples. The faction mainly cultivated lightning-attribute battle qi and had many experts within its ranks.
"Our Senior Brother Lei Zhan of Thunder Class is currently third on the Outer Disciple rankings."
"Second only to Senior Sister Bi Bidong and Senior Brother Tang San!"
"Thunder Class currently occupies thirty spots on the entire Outer Disciple rankings."
"If you join now, then once the senior brothers advance to the Inner Sect in two months, you'll have Inner Sect senior brothers backing you. What do you say?"
"I'll join, Senior Brother!"
The disciple had never expected the top-ranked major faction among Outer Disciples to personally invite him to join.
"Very good. I'll take you to meet the faction's senior brothers later."
Li Yiyuan patted the junior brother on the shoulder and said happily.
In just the past few days, he had recruited quite a few people. It was all thanks to his silver tongue that Thunder Class had been able to grow so quickly among the Outer Disciples!
It had also risen to fame immediately, enjoying unmatched momentum.
"Hehe, Mu Yun'er, what does your Wood Class have that can compete with our Thunder Class?"
Wood Class was led by Mu Yun'er, who ranked sixth among Outer Disciples. It was Thunder Class's greatest competitor in the Outer Sect and also the second-largest faction there.
The disciples of the two factions competed against one another for rankings.
Besides them, there were several other major factions, but none could compare to Thunder Class or Wood Class.
Outer Sect, Thunder Class.
The faction's disciples gathered together.
"So, is Senior Sister Bi Bidong willing to join us?"
"No. Senior Sister Bi Bidong said she wasn't interested in our little games."
"What about Senior Brother Tang San?"
"No, either. Senior Brother Tang San said not to disturb his cultivation."
"Then it seems that if Thunder Class wants to keep growing stronger, we can only rely on our own strength."
"That Mu Yun'er's Wood Class has been developing too fiercely lately. Their rankings are almost catching up with ours."
"Senior Brother Lei Zhan, don't worry."
"With us here, Wood Class will never surpass Thunder Class."
"The first to advance to the Inner Sect will definitely be someone from Thunder Class!"
After witnessing the sect's strength, the disciples' horizons had broadened considerably.
"Good. Thunder Class is the sect's number one faction!"
"Everyone, go cultivate diligently. We'll probably have to face quite a few challenges next."
Lei Zhan of Thunder Class stood and spoke.
He was currently third on the rankings. Bi Bidong was first, while Tang San was second.
As for challenging Senior Brother Bi Bidong and Senior Brother Tang San, that would have to wait until he was confident enough.
What mattered most right now was securing his third-place position and not letting Mu Yun'er or the others snatch it away!
"Senior Brother Lei Zhan! Senior Brother Lei Zhan!"
Just then, a disciple hurried over.
"Junior Brother, don't panic. Speak slowly!"
"Senior Brother, Mu Yun'er is issuing a challenge at the Training Ground. She says she wants to challenge you."
The nameless junior brother said this to Lei Zhan the moment he entered.
"Hmph!"
"Do you think I'd be afraid of her?"
"Come on, let's go take a look!"
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