Global High Martial Arts: The Beginning Exposes the Cunning Martial King Zhang Tao
Chapter 37

Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking: Human Realm Ranking! (Seeking Follows)

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[Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking · Human Realm Ranking!]

"The Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking... the Sky Screen is actually going to rank the heavenly prides of the Three Realms!"

"With my talent, I will definitely make the list!"

"Why is it another list without me on it!"

"Heavenly prides of the Three Realms, who exactly is the heavenly pride recognized by the Sky Screen?!"

"Heavenly pride? What factors is the Sky Screen using to rank them?"

"Discussing heavenly prides over wine! Who is the number one heavenly pride of the Three Realms!"

"After the Human Realm Ranking, there will definitely be the Earth Cave Ranking and the Ancient Martial Artist Ranking!"

"The number one heavenly pride of the Three Realms must be War Heavenly Emperor!"

"Stop the War Heavenly Emperor fanboying, the number one heavenly pride is definitely the Future Human King!"

"King Huai is the true heavenly pride; everyone else is just a bunch of nobodies!"

"Uh... is no one betting on King Pingshan being the number one heavenly pride?"

"..."

The new ranking about to be exposed by the Sky Screen caused an uproar throughout the Three Realms!

Heavenly pride!

What is a heavenly pride?

Invincible among peers, capable of killing enemies above one's rank, extraordinary potential, unparalleled combat power, exceptional talent, superior temperament... that is a heavenly pride!

Now that the Sky Screen was going to judge the heavenly prides of the Three Realms, those who previously claimed to be heavenly prides would be truly embarrassed if they failed to make the list!

Especially those "heavenly prides" with some fame or significant reputation; if they failed to make the list, they would surely be enraged and seek to compete with those who did!

When that time comes, there will be even more entertainment in the Three Realms!

In the Earth Cave, King Gan, King Gen, King Xun, Feng, King Ming, and others watched the new ranking about to be exposed by the Sky Screen with great joy!

They were just worrying about not knowing who the human race's heavenly prides were, and now the Sky Screen was going to expose them first!

It was truly a surprise, a joy falling from the sky!

But after the initial ecstasy, Feng's expression turned grave.

"The Sky Screen exposing the human heavenly prides first will inevitably make the human heavenly prides even stronger!"

"The slaughter of the human heavenly prides is imminent; this matter does more harm than good for us!"

They only needed to wait ten days for the human heavenly prides to participate in the competition to know which human martial artists had astonishing talent and potential.

The Sky Screen exposing them early, while allowing them to make more targeted preparations, would also grant rewards to the human heavenly prides, greatly enhancing their strength!

"King Sealing is overthinking it!"

King Xun sneered, dismissive.

"They are just ants who haven't even stepped into the Origin; no matter how strong they are, to what extent can they reach?"

"We have already let our subordinates, the True Gods and Rank-9 martial artists, drop their realms to the foundation level!"

"No matter how strong they are, they absolutely cannot defeat our people!"

King Gen stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes indifferent:

"Even if a True God loses their realm, they are still invincible among their peers!"

"Even when the Nine Emperors and Four Emperors were young, they could never have defeated martial artists who were re-cultivating at the same realm!"

In order to successfully slaughter the human heavenly prides, King Gan, Feng, King Ming, and King Xun did not hesitate to let their capable subordinates—Rank-9 martial artists and True God realm martial artists—drop to Rank-4 and Rank-6!

In this way, their martial artists would surely achieve an overwhelming victory!

With such combat at the same realm, no one could find any fault!

After all, their people and the human martial artists were at the same realm.

If the human martial artists were defeated and killed, they could only blame their own weakness!

Feng thought about it carefully, and King Xun was right.

Moreover, the method of letting experts drop their realms was his own idea; he shouldn't doubt himself.

The human martial artists were indeed battle-hardened, but their subordinates were thousand-battle and ten-thousand-battle warriors!

Their foundation was incomparably deep!

How could the True Gods and Rank-9 martial artists' understanding of combat techniques and slaughter be inferior to low-rank martial artists?

The advantage was theirs!

The human martial artists were merely playthings poking their heads out for them to slaughter at will!

If it were a battle of the Peak, a battle of the Emperor level, or a battle of the Saint realm... they really wouldn't dare to say their subordinates could 100% defeat Zhang Tao, Li Zhen, and War King.

But in low-rank combat... how could human martial artists possibly outfight those who have recultivated their foundations?!

Feng gazed at the Sky Screen, his eyes deep and profound: "We must record every detail of the human prodigies exposed by the Sky Screen."

"Some of the prodigies on the list may not necessarily participate in this Martial Dao Tournament."

"Once the tournament concludes, we will formulate targeted plans against those human prodigies who haven't been killed!"

"As expected of Feng, the disgrace of the Heavenly Kings!"

King Gan sighed inwardly; Feng was truly too sinister!

He only wanted to capture and kill the Future Human King to hand him over to the Human Emperor and the Seed, exchanging him for the opportunity to become an Emperor!

Yet Feng wanted to directly exterminate all the prodigy martial artists of the Human Realm, causing a complete fracture in the martial dao of the human world!

The Future Human King was a chess piece laid out by the War Heavenly Emperor and was also connected to the Heaven Extinguishing Emperor and the Heaven Dominating Emperor.

However, Feng, this "Chief of the Extreme Dao," disciple of the Four Emperors, and personal student of the Heaven Extinguishing Emperor, was not only failing to protect the Future Human King but was instead showing a resolute and cold desire to kill him!

He was truly too shameless and too dark-hearted!

No wonder that back in the day, despite being older than the Four Emperors, he still had the gall to "apprentice" himself to them.

The Four Emperors treated him as a peer, yet he turned around and publicized the fact that he had apprenticed under them and become their personal disciple.

In the past, the position of King Gan, the head of the Eight Kings, was actually offered to Feng, but Feng refused; he wanted to demand the position of Weapon Keeper, but he couldn't defeat the Weapon Keeper.

King Gan had looked down on Feng back then, but now...

His strength was inferior to this "disgrace of the Heavenly Kings," Feng.

If one's strength is inferior, one must accept it!

On the side, a flash of ruthlessness flickered in the depths of King Ming's eyes as he cast an imperceptible glance at King Gen.

Within the Heavenly Fate Royal Court of the Earth Cave, Ji Yao gazed at the Sky Screen, her beautiful eyes shimmering with a faint light.

"Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking... is the identity of the Future Human King about to be exposed?"

Many prodigy martial artists in the Earth Cave who were preparing to compete looked at the Sky Screen, eager to try and filled with high spirits!

If they could kill a human prodigy who made it onto the Heavenly Pride Ranking while at the same rank, they would surely become famous, be highly valued by the Royal Court, and receive a massive influx of resources!

Some who had fallen from the rank of Ninth Grade or True God down to the Fourth or Fifth Grade, however, looked on with disdain and scoffed!

"Human prodigies? Ridiculous!"

"Hahahaha, this list is not a list of human prodigies, but a Death Ranking!"

"This list is simply a roll call of those we are meant to exterminate!"

On the other side, The God Emperor, the Heaven Fighting Emperor, and the Eastern Emperor felt somewhat surprised by the new list the Sky Screen was about to expose.

They had assumed that after the Sky Screen had remained silent for so long, the Dao Protector Ranking would be followed by the ranking of the Uncrowned Kings.

They did not expect that when the golden light of the Sky Screen fluctuated again, it would be to expose a new list.

And this time, it was exposing the Heavenly Prides of the Three Realms!

It was divided into several chapters, and the first chapter was the human prodigies.

"Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking... what factors will the Sky Screen use to rank the Heavenly Prides of the Three Realms?"

The God Emperor gazed at the Sky Screen, his eyes flickering.

The Nine Emperors and Four Emperors were also the prodigies of an era!

If the ranking were based on achievements, the Nine Emperors and Four Emperors should also be on the list.

The Eastern Emperor smiled: "Although the Sky Screen focuses on exposing future events, its evaluation of a person tends to emphasize their temperament and courage."

"Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking... a martial artist with talent but without a temperament that transcends the ordinary can only be called a genius, not a Heavenly Pride."

The Heaven Fighting Emperor chuckled lightly: "The Three Realms are currently surging with undercurrents, and many factions are preparing to target human prodigies under the guise of the Three Realms Martial Dao Tournament."

"The timing of this list's exposure is quite interesting."

The Three Realms Martial Dao Tournament was grand in scale, and even they had heard of it.

In fact, the Human Emperor had even come to seek them out.

But the God Emperor, the Heaven Fighting Emperor, and the Eastern Emperor were not interested in this.

They would not intervene in the struggles of any side.

As for the Future Human King... if he were to die on the spot during a battle of the same rank, then it was simply his fate!

If an Emperor were to personally take action against the other party, they would naturally not allow it.

Since they were playing a game, the rules of the game must be followed.

Inside the Spirit Emperor Palace, Lin Zi watched the Sky Screen, her eyes narrowing slightly:

"Imperial Aunt, now that the Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking has been exposed, can those human prodigies still grow up?"

"Can the Future Human King still become the Human King as originally destined?"

After all, only a prodigy who stays alive and grows stronger is a true prodigy.

A dead prodigy is nothing more than a dead dog.

"Meow, the Future Human King is going to be in even more danger!"

Grey Cat's chubby face looked sorrowful; the Future Human King fed it the Seed in the future, and it did not want the Future Human King to die.

But the big fatty held onto it, refusing to let it leave the Spirit Emperor Palace.

Spirit Emperor sneered: "Ji supports the powerhouses in capturing and killing the Future Human King, but he would never let the Future Human King die while he is still weak."

"He wants to use the human race to reap benefits, but I am waiting to see his chessboard get completely smashed to pieces by the human race!"

Human Emperor, a sinister villain!

King Gan, Feng, and King Xun all think that by acting as pawns for the Human Emperor and the Seed, they will gain massive benefits.

Little do they know, they are all just whetstones sent by the Human Emperor to the human race and the Future Human King!

Lin Zi heard this and looked thoughtful.

Origin Source, Western Emperor's face was dejected; yet another ranking list without him!

Why is his life so bitter!

The winds and clouds of the Three Realms are about to rise, and at this moment, everyone's eyes are on the Future Human King and the human race.

If only God Emperor and the others could help him kill Southern Emperor, allowing him to fill the cracks in the Origin Source of the Eighth Heaven that he suppresses.

"Sigh."

Western Emperor sighed.

Several heavens away, Human Emperor looked at the Sky Screen and suddenly smiled.

"Human Realm Ranking... this move by the Sky Screen is exactly what I wanted!"

Human Realm, As soon as the Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking · Human Realm Ranking appeared, Zhang Tao, Li Zhen, and Nan Yunyue all looked grim.

With the prodigy battle imminent, the Sky Screen is actually exposing the human prodigies!

This is practically handing a slaughter list directly into the hands of butchers with malicious intent!

"Once this list is out, our human prodigy martial artists will be completely exposed to the eyes of the Three Realms!"

Zhang Tao's expression was gloomy, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

The candidates for the Three Realms Martial Arts Exchange Tournament had already been selected half a month ago.

But this does not mean that everyone participating in the Three Realms Martial Arts Exchange Tournament is a prodigy recognized by the Sky Screen.

The ones exposed by the Sky Screen are, nine times out of ten, prodigies with immense potential and high future achievements.

Such prodigies are not strong because of their present, but because of their future!

If their information is exposed, those with ulterior motives will absolutely not give up on strangling them in the cradle!

If they are killed, the future powerhouses of the human race will likely face a generational gap!

"Hateful!"

Li Zhen was extremely grave, his eyes filled with murderous intent!

"Many people in the exchange team might also be on the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

If their information is exposed before the battle, the Earth Cave will definitely target them to death in every possible way!"

Nan Yunyue's face was very ugly, and she said in a deep voice: "The Heavenly Pride Ranking... the disadvantages outweigh the advantages!"

The reward from the Sky Screen for the prodigies is definitely not an increase in cultivation realm, but likely an improvement in potential or other aspects.

But if the people are dead, what is the point of talking about potential?

Zhang Tao felt a sense of sorrow.

If the Heavenly Pride Ranking had appeared a few years later, once these prodigies had grown up a bit, they wouldn't fear the slaughter!

But at this moment, martial artists like Fang Ping are not even mid-grade.

Once the enemy learns their information, they will inevitably face devastating targeting whenever they go down to the Earth Cave as third-grade martial artists!

Furthermore, these people are still young, and their minds are not yet fully mature.

If they are seduced or brainwashed... there might even be cases of defection!

The temptation of the Emperors is not something everyone can withstand.

Although Zhang Tao had used the spirit of New Martial Arts to hoodwink many martial artists, not all of them were devoted to the greater good; everyone had their own selfish motives.

Companies like the pill manufacturers had caused quite a few scandals over the years.

"Things have reached this point; we have no other choice but to fight!"

Zhang Tao's tone was chillingly cold: "The human race does not believe in fate, does not believe in the Emperors, and believes even less in the Heavens!"

The Earth Cave wanted to target them, and the various powerhouses of the Three Realms wanted to target them as well.

Then they would flip this chessboard over and paint the world red with blood!

The human race's heavenly prides were no weaker than anyone else!

For nearly a month, they had been strengthening the martial artists of the exchange team in every possible way.

In a battle between the same realm, the ones who died would absolutely not be them!

In the Capital base, Fang Ping stared at the Sky Screen, his pupils trembling as he cursed inwardly.

He was about to be exposed!

Even if the Sky Screen did not reveal his identity as the Future Human King this time, being exposed as a heavenly pride martial artist would still make him a prime target!

He might even be assassinated!

"Fang Ping, both you and I will definitely appear on the Heavenly Pride Ranking!"

Fu Changding gave a handsome smile and nudged Fang Ping with his elbow.

Fang Ping rolled his eyes at him in annoyance.

If he could help it, he didn't want to make it onto this Heavenly Pride Ranking and stand out in front of everyone in the Three Realms.

"Old Ten wants to get on the Heavenly Pride Ranking too?"

Zhao Lei, who was also selected for the exchange team, chuckled.

Fu Changding snorted softly: "You, Old Nine, aren't any better!"

Zhao Lei let out a cold hum without refuting him; they were indeed at the bottom of the pack and had only been selected for the exchange team due to a bit of good luck.

"The Sky Screen only selects ten people per issue; I wonder if it will still be ten for this Three Realms Heavenly Pride Ranking."

Fu Changding said softly.

If it were only ten, he reckoned he wouldn't make the list.

Fang Ping sighed: "It's better not to be on the list; unlike me, I'll definitely be on it."

Hearing this, Fu Changding and Zhao Lei rolled their eyes in unison.

Fang Ping's words made them really want to beat him up!

But to be fair, Fang Ping had undergone triple honing; he truly was a heavenly pride!

In their year, only Han Xu from Jingwu had undergone triple honing.

In the previous year, Magic Martial University only had Xie Lei.

Of course, Han Xu and Xie Lei had also been selected for the exchange team—one in the First-Grade realm, the other in the Second-Grade.

Not far away, Zhang Xuan was also in the First-Grade exchange team.

As a mere First-Grade martial artist, he naturally had to participate in the First-Grade competition.

Zhang Xuan looked at some of the "old acquaintances" around him and smiled slightly.

"This exchange competition is going to be interesting."

The Three Realms Martial Arts Exchange Competition featured various factions taking turns to step onto the stage!

Only then would it be exciting!

Zhang Xuan glanced at Fang Ping and the others but didn't go over to talk to them.

Although the members of the exchange team had become quite familiar with each other over the past few days, he preferred to "tease" Old Wang; talking to old friends was always more relaxed.

"Old Wang, you'll definitely be on the Heavenly Pride Ranking. When you show off your might, someone is bound to want to take you as their son-in-law!"

Zhang Xuan patted Wang Jinyang on the shoulder and teased.

Wang Jinyang was slightly speechless: "I'm not interested in other women."

"I get it~ the senior sister, the junior sister, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Jinyang glared at him in annoyance!

Zhang Xuan chuckled and didn't continue the teasing.

"Old Wang, you must be extremely careful when the time comes."

Wang Jinyang nodded, his expression serious.

He had intended to hide his true strength, but if the Sky Screen exposed him prematurely, factions would inevitably surround and kill him, making it impossible to keep his strength hidden.

But he did not fear battle, nor did he fear malicious targeting.

For martial artists, there is only struggle, only battle!

"I wonder who the first prodigy to make the list will be," Wang Jinyang murmured, gazing up at the Sky Screen.

Zhang Xuan shrugged, "That's too hard to guess."

As the words fell, the gilded characters on the Sky Screen began to shift.

"The first human prodigy is about to appear!"

"A human prodigy? Hah, nothing more than someone about to meet their death!"

"My blade is already thirsting for blood!"

"..."

Amidst the expectant and burning gazes of the crowd, the name of the first human prodigy slowly appeared!

Upon seeing the name, the expressions of Wang Jinyang, Fang Ping, and Zhang Tao changed instantly!

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