Outrageous First Place!

And Xu Xiao, whom Qi Zeyu regarded as a thorn in his side, had also smoothly risen from Lv.3 to Lv.4.

"Ah, just as I thought... she absorbed my Third-Order Mana Crystal..."

Qi Zeyu frantically refreshed the Ranking List.

Although many Players had now reached Lv.3, Qi Zeyu had leveled up earlier than all of them, so he still held second place and had not been pushed down.

This was not what Qi Zeyu had expected.

At the same time, he made another terrifying discovery.

Among the top hundred Players on the list, aside from Xu Xiao and Qi Zeyu himself, everyone else was Lv.3!

"It's over, it's over. Can't my level drop a little? I don't want to stay in second place..."

Qi Zeyu was practically on the verge of tears.

Originally, when Xu Xiao took his first place, Qi Zeyu had actually been quite happy.

Those loudmouths in the chat channels just loved drawing aggro.

At the drop of a hat, they would call for him, the top-ranked Player, to punish this one and kill that one.

They kept calling him "boss," and it genuinely made him panic...

But now, every Player on the list was Lv.3!

Since everyone was the same level, those ranked lower would naturally want to kill the Players ranked above them to obtain the rewards from the challenge system.

Perhaps Qi Zeyu's prayers had actually worked.

The Ranking List shifted again.

A large number of Lv.4 Players flooded in, pushing Qi Zeyu's rank below 95th.

There were even quite a few foreign names mixed in.

"Whoa! Come on, international friends, keep it up! Just a few more, and I'll get pushed off the list..."

Qi Zeyu stared unblinkingly at the list, muttering nonstop.

But in the end, his rank still settled at one hundredth.

The first ninety-nine Players were all Lv.4.

Only Qi Zeyu was Lv.3.

And he was hanging on at the very bottom!!

Now, it was not just dangerous—

it was humiliating!

"Whoa, don't do this to me..."

Qi Zeyu plopped down on the ground and began figuring out what to do next.

Just then, the Ranking List suddenly trembled.

Qi Zeyu's name was pushed out of the top hundred and vanished from the list.

"Hahaha, heaven hasn't abandoned me! Let me see which kind soul reached Lv.4 and pushed me off the list. I need to add them as a friend and thank them..."

Qi Zeyu searched through the list.

But after checking all the Lv.4 Players, he still found no new name.

Until he casually glanced at the first place on the Ranking List.

A new Huaxia name was displayed there—

Lu Li, Lv.15.

"Level 15?!! You've got to be kidding me!!"

Zhao Jin stared fixedly at the top of the Ranking List, his face filled with disbelief.

During the first seven days after the apocalypse game descended, the highest-grade Mana Crystals Players could obtain were only third-order!

This was information recorded in that ancient book. It could not be wrong!

At one hundred experience points per Third-Order Mana Crystal, even after absorbing ten in a row, one could at most reach Lv.9.

It was impossible to even break through to Lv.10.

How had this Lu Li instantly risen to Lv.15?!

Zhao Jin felt a chill creep down his back.

He slowly opened Lu Li's information.

The moment he saw the coordinates, his pupils suddenly contracted!

Zhao Jin knew that location all too well!

It was exactly where the Zhao Family had murdered people and stolen their book more than a decade ago!

"Why did it have to be that place... Could Lu Li really be that family's orphaned descendant?"

"Impossible. If he really were an orphaned descendant, why would the Lu Family let him grow up in an orphanage without ever caring about him?"

"It must be a coincidence!"

Zhao Jin was convinced of this and sent Lu Li two messages.

"Lu Li, I saw your coordinates. Now please keep your promise and leave Luo Hong there. I'll bring people to pick her up."

"Also, I hope we can talk face-to-face. The Zhao Family appreciates capable Players like you and hopes you can join us."

Though Zhao Jin was rash, he was not stupid.

As long as Lu Li was not that family's orphaned descendant, their previous enmity meant nothing.

He could still be recruited.

As long as Lu Li joined the Zhao Family, the Origin Crystals used to ransom Luo Hong would not be wasted!

Lu Li had not blocked Zhao Jin's messages. Before long, a reply came through.

However, it contained only two simple words:

"Come, then."

Zhao Jin immediately gathered his men and set off.

Just as he got into the car, another message came from Zhao Quan.

"What the hell?! Lu Li, the one ranked first on the Ranking List—could he be the Lu Li you mentioned, the one who has Luo Hong under control?!"

Zhao Jin hurriedly replied:

"That's him. I'm heading over to meet him now and bring Luo Hong back while I'm at it."

"He's willing to meet you? Good! I don't care what happened between you before, but you must make Lu Li join the Zhao Family!"

Zhao Quan gave the order, every word carrying an authority that could not be defied.

"Don't worry, Elder. Lu Li is already in the Zhao Family's grasp. He won't be getting away!"

"Even if he refuses, I won't let him leave alive..."

Inside an abandoned villa on the outskirts of Yong City.

Lu Li did not immediately claim the Level-up Chest. After feeling the attribute boost brought by his explosive increase in levels, he opened his Data Panel.

[Lu Li (Title: Overlevel Kill)]

[Level: Lv.15]

[Strength: 15.8]

[Constitution: 15.6]

[Speed: 15.9]

[Spirit: 15.2]

[Talent Abilities: Soul Devour (Soul Points: 5142), Lightning Arrow (Diamond), Blade Arm (Jade), Swarm Deterrence (Platinum), Bloody Slaughter (Platinum), Scout (Silver), Mighty Strength (Silver), Swift (Silver), Balance (Silver)...]

Because he had looted so many corpses back at Tianyi Square, his Talent Ability list still contained a pile of useless, mediocre talents. Lu Li did not continue looking through them.

He opened the Attribute Allocation Interface.

In the apocalypse game, every time a Player leveled up, their Four-Dimensional Attributes automatically increased by 1 point.

In addition, they received 1 extra attribute point that could be freely allocated.

Lu Li had leveled up fifteen times at once, giving him a total of 15 Free Attribute Points.

However, he did not allocate them immediately. Instead, he took something else from his pocket.

It was a golden candy bean.

It was one of the good items Lu Li had obtained from the Challenger's Chest. There were two in total.

[Item Name: Useless Candy Bean]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Function Description: Consuming this item reveals hidden attributes for 1 minute.]

[Note: This thing definitely isn't as useless as it looks...]

Lu Li tossed the candy bean into his mouth and checked the Attribute Allocation Interface again.

On the panel, which had previously only displayed "Strength," "Constitution," "Speed," and "Spirit," a fifth attribute appeared.

[Luck: 0.8]

The Useless Candy Bean was not actually useless.

On the contrary, its use was remarkably subtle!

Because [Useless Candy Bean] was the only item that could permanently increase Luck!

Of course, that was assuming one knew how to use it.

In his previous life, Lu Li had swallowed Useless Candy Beans many times.

Unfortunately, by the time he learned the exact method, he had very few Free Attribute Points left, so the increase to his Luck had been insignificant.

Now that he had been reborn, Lu Li intended to put all his Free Attribute Points into Luck!

After all, the other Four-Dimensional Attributes could be compensated for with equipment and items in the later stages. There were plenty of ways to improve them.

While the Luck attribute was displayed, Lu Li allocated all his Free Attribute Points to it.

As expected, his Luck rose to 15.8.

Lu Li nodded in satisfaction and closed the Data Panel.

His strength had improved. It was time for Revenge!

He turned to look at Luo Hong, who was still kneeling on the ground.