"This selection tournament will use a points system!"
"I believe each of you has received your own token. There is a number on each token, representing your initial score. In this selection tournament, the person with the highest final score will be the winner!" the old man atop the tall building said slowly.
As soon as the old man finished speaking, everyone in the square took out the tokens they had received.
Upon closer inspection, every token bore a different number of silver stripes. One silver stripe represented a newcomer with first-grade talent, and there was also a tiny number on the token: 10!
It meant that newcomers evaluated as having first-grade talent began with 10 points!
The tokens of second-grade talent newcomers had two silver stripes, and the number on them was 20!
The tokens of third-grade talent newcomers had three silver stripes, and the number on them was 40!
The tokens of fourth-grade talent newcomers had four silver stripes, and the number on them was 80!
The tokens of fifth-grade talent newcomers had five silver stripes, and the number on them was 160!
Xiao Yan looked at the bronze token in his hand and discovered that the number on it was actually as high as... 200!
"This..." Yue Ru, Xiao Yan, and Mu Feng exchanged glances. Clearly, the numbers on their tokens were all unusual!
"Yours are wrong too?" Mu Feng asked.
"Shh, shh, shh!" Xiao Yan made a gesture, clearly signaling for them to keep quiet. Their extra points were surely because they had taken the top three places, and this was meant to avoid suspicion.
"The location of this selection tournament is Yin Shi Forest. Yin Shi Forest has three levels. The first level mostly contains simple demonic creatures. There are some powerful beings on the