After discovering that he had taken first place, Qin Yan could not help but feel somewhat surprised.
He had originally thought that making it into the top three would already be good enough.
After all, the Holy Land was filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Long Aotian, Lin Ruoxi, Su Qingwan, and the other Heavenly Stairway clearers—who among them was not powerful and backed by a deep foundation?
Yet unexpectedly, he had actually taken first place.
But upon thinking it over carefully, Qin Yan felt that it was only natural.
His gains from that battle in Qingyun City had simply been too great.
He had possessed the right timing, the right location, and the right people.
The right timing—the Beast Tide had erupted, and Fierce Beasts had come in an endless stream.
The right location—the battlefield in Qingyun City had been wide open, with Fierce Beasts densely packed together. His Blood Chain and Blood Puppet had been able to display their greatest effect.
The right people—he had nine Array Cultivators providing Blood Qi enhancement, allowing him to face the Half-Step Grandmaster Crimson Flame Demon Lion head-on.
Not a single one of those conditions could have been absent.
Had even one been missing, he could not possibly have obtained so many Contribution Points.
Within his team, Huang Jiuli and Yin Li, both Heavenly Stairway clearers, had each earned over fifteen hundred fewer Contribution Points than him.
So, taking first place was not entirely unacceptable.
The corners of Qin Yan's lips rose slightly as he continued reading.
He wanted to see the standards of the other Holy Land prodigies and the gap between himself and those top-tier monsters.
[Long Aotian: 5691 Contribution Points, ranked second]
[Lin Ruoxi: 5687 Contribution Points, ranked third]
[Su Qingwan: 5601 Contribution Points, ranked fourth]
[Zhao Wuji: