The Killing Tower's medal rules stated that after advancing to a new realm, if the number of same-realm opponents you killed in that new realm—that is, Fifth-Order Star Lords—was less than ten percent of the same-realm kill count represented by your highest former medal rank—a Fifth-Order Thousand Commander, meaning 100 people—then your medal rank would temporarily remain frozen at its original level, such as displaying as a Fourth-Order Thousand Commander. Only after you killed enough same-realm opponents in the new realm—100 Fifth-Order Star Lords—would the medal automatically advance to the Fifth-Order Thousand Pass Commander rank matching your current realm.
"The medal he wore now was a genuine Fifth-Order Killing Thousand Commander medal, stained with the blood of more than a hundred Fifth-Order Star Lords!"
After hearing Lauen Make's detailed and shocking explanation, Li Wen looked again at the stern Star Lord instructor floating in midair, his face expressionless.
His gaze was filled with gravity and a barely perceptible chill. After all, even the Patriarch Changjia was only a Fifth-Order Star Lord.
Although the other party had already restrained most of his aura,
the terrifying Killing Intent forged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, nearly solidified into substance, still silently spread through the courtyard like an icy tide.
It made all these gifted prodigies from every corner feel a crushing pressure, leaving them more disciplined than ever before.
A true powerhouse needed no words or actions. Simply standing there was enough to win everyone's awe.
The floating instructor swept his icy gaze across the silent, trembling crowd in the courtyard and slowly spoke. His voice sounded like metal grinding against iron. "I am codenamed Blood Edge. I will be responsible for your first stage of foundational training and assessment."
Instructor Blood Edge's cold opening, steeped in Killing Intent, swept