Meanwhile, in the central grounds of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
The stone statue of the Academy Guardian Beast, the right wing of the bird-shaped mountain, and a massive stone stele shrouded in mist.
At the top of the ranking, an ancient name that had shone with golden light suddenly dimmed and slid down, swiftly replaced by a brand-new name:
Second on the Heaven Ranking: Mu Chen!
All the students who noticed the stele's sudden movement burst into an uproar.
Freshman District.
Having admitted defeat, Li Xuantong had no intention of staying. He lifted a foot to leave.
"Leave your Spiritual Value before you go."
A calm voice suddenly came from behind him.
There was no helping it. After all, the victor took all.
The figure in blue robes came to a halt. Crestfallen, he said nothing, merely tossing over a crystal-clear jade token that shimmered with an utterly terrifying amount.
Twenty million! A full twenty million!
Heaven-Grade Missions and fearsome criminals on the bounty board could easily offer rewards worth several million.
For a terrifying figure like Li Xuantong, who ranked among the top three on the Heaven Ranking, it wasn't all that surprising that he'd amassed such a fortune by deliberately grinding missions.
He'd spent years cultivating in a Level 7 Spirit Gathering Array, so he'd already used up some of his Spiritual Value.
Mu Chen accepted all of Li Xuantong's Spiritual Value, feeling quite pleased.
Wasn't this stuff more useful than condensing Heavenly Thunder Beads?
A Level 6 Array Diagram cost three or four million Spiritual Value.
Twenty million Spiritual Value was enough to buy five. If he traded for Heavenly Thunder Beads at two hundred Spiritual Value each, he'd have to condense them until the end of time, becoming a miserable wage slave in the