The Ranking Exploded Again, and Dark Moon City Finally Held Its Head High
A strong wind blew by, swirling up bone dust that slapped against their stiff faces.
"This... this incredible person came from which city?!"
The Ghost Cultivator from Black Mountain City swallowed hard, his throat so dry he couldn't utter a sound.
"Others who come here for the trial wish they could bury themselves in the ground to avoid the evil spirits."
"What's wrong with him? He deliberately released his Qi and Blood as a beacon, attracting all the monsters from thousands of miles around to wipe them out in one fell swoop?!"
The summit of a mountain not far away.
Blood Butcher, the Young Master of Rakshasa City, was leading seven Rakshasa Guards when they joined forces to kill a Bone Demon at the Half-Step Heavenly Monarch level.
Blood Butcher wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and was about to check his Points when he suddenly sensed a terrifying fluctuation of Principle coming from the north.
When he used his pupil technique to see the massacre scene at the ancient altar, the blood-red halberd in his hand almost slipped from his grasp.
"Young Master, that's Chen Changqing from Dark Moon City!"
One of the Rakshasa Guards was deathly pale, his voice trembling.
"He... he single-handedly slaughtered an entire ancient altar!"
Blood Butcher clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force, and his back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.
He originally thought that he could rank second and that the gap between him and Chen Changqing could perhaps be made up through battle.
But it wasn't until he witnessed it with his own eyes that he realized how terribly wrong he had been.
This is hardly a contest between peerless talents.
This is clearly a peerless demon king in human skin, harvesting crops in his own backyard!
The Ancestral Land Minor World was filled with Slaughter carnage, while outside, the Yama Heavenly Gate Plaza was equally bustling with activity.
In addition to the main viewing platform high in the sky, thirteen side viewing platforms were set up around the White Jade Plaza below.
Those seated here are all high-ranking officials, elders, and accompanying Ghost Generals from various cities in the Thirteen Outer Domains.
Because the main Patrol-Heaven Golden Ranking was obscured by the clouds of Principle high above, only the Heavenly Palace Envoy, the Dark Moon Ghost Lord, and the Rakshasa Ghost King, who were the commanders holding the orders, could see the real-time scene immediately.
The ranking steles in front of the thirteen side halls below are refreshed by the grand formation every two hours.
Furthermore, the sub-rankings only display the newly Points and overall ranking within a single settlement period.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the side hall viewing platform belonging to Dark Moon City was somewhat somber.
The First Ghost General sat in a corner with a dozen trusted commanders from Dark Moon City, surrounded by representatives from other Outer Domain forces such as Black Mountain City, Blood Baleful Intent City, and Specter Ridge.
"Hey, isn't this the First Ghost General of Dark Moon City?"
The deputy city lord of Black Mountain City, standing nearby, held a wine cup and spoke with a sarcastic laugh.
"In previous years, your Dark Moon City was always the undisputed last place in our Outer Domain Grand Competition."
"I heard that you didn't even send out your own Ghost Cultivators this year, but instead invited a Human Race True Lord from the Yang Realm to fill the ranks?"
A one-eyed elder from Blood Baleful Intent City also chuckled.
"What difference is there between a Human Race Cultivator, whose body is full of Pure Yang Qi and Blood, and a firefly in the dark night, entering that Ancestral Land Minor World filled with ancient death Qi?"
"In my opinion, he's probably already torn to shreds by the Primordial Ghost Fiend inside, not even a bone fragment left!"
The Ghost Generals from the surrounding cities burst into laughter, their words filled with mockery and contempt.
Although news of Chen Changqing's slaying of Bone Demon and Thousand Poisons Dark Moon City was spreading, the Outer Domain realms were vast, and many early travelers from remote cities only knew that Dark Moon City had found an External Aids; they had never personally witnessed the ferocity of that battle.
In their ingrained belief, the Ancestral Land Minor World is the domain of Ghost Cultivators, and Human Race enter it are doomed.
The First Ghost General's face turned ashen, and he slammed his hand heavily on the armrest of his chair, about to stand up and retort.
An old commander from Dark Moon City sighed and tugged at his sleeve.
"Commander-in-Chief, please be patient for now."
"Although Chen Keqing possesses unparalleled combat prowess, the competition in this Minor World is based on hunting efficiency and Points."
"Blood Butcher of Rakshasa City brought seven Rakshasa Guards at the Late True Lord Stage to help, while Guest Elder Chen is all alone, making it difficult for him to gain an advantage in Points."
Upon hearing this, the many generals of Dark Moon City fell silent, feeling somewhat uncertain.
In previous years, whenever the rankings were updated, Dark Moon City's name was always at the very bottom of the stone tablet, suffering ridicule from the cities of the Outer Domain.
Although Chen Changqing has joined the force this year, can he truly change Dark Moon City's bottom-ranking fate by himself, facing a coordinated attack from numerous powerful forces in Central Domain and Outer Domain?
Just as everyone was filled with unease.
Thump!
The Underworld Bronze Bell in the very center of the square suddenly rang for the second hour.
The hundred-foot -Obsidian ranking monument standing in front of the thirteen stands simultaneously emitted a layer of dark, Principle light.
The initial list, which had remained unchanged for two hours, began to blur, and new Points data was being generated rapidly from the bottom up.
"Look! The leaderboard is about to be updated!"
"I wonder which Yama's descendant from the Central Domain is ranked first this time, or is it the Blood Butcher from Rakshasa City?"
The thousands of Ghost Cultivators from Outer Domain all stopped talking and turned their gazes to the stone tablet.
On the stone tablet, the characters appear one by one from bottom to top.
10th Place: Black Bone of Black Mountain City, New Points: 120
Fifth place: Qin Zhan of the Qin Clan in the Central Domain, with 450 new Points.
Second place: Rakshasa City Blood Butcher, new Points: 880.
Upon seeing Blood Butcher's name ranked second, a deafening cheer erupted from the Rakshasa City stands.
"As expected of our young master! He scored nearly nine hundred points in just two hours, he's simply unbeatable!"
The deputy city lord of Black Mountain City turned his head smugly and looked at the stands of Dark Moon City.
"The First Ghost General, how come you've gone from tenth to second place without even a trace of your Dark Moon City? Looks like you're at the bottom again with zero points..."
However, he hadn't finished his taunts.
In the front row of the Dark Moon City stands, a sharp-eyed young Ghost General suddenly sprang up from his seat.
He stared intently at the line of large purple-gold characters that had just materialized at the very top of the stone tablet, his breathing rapid, and he pointed upwards, shouting incoherently.
"Commander-in-Chief! Generals, look!"
"That name! Look at the name at the very top!!"
The First Ghost General was startled and looked up sharply in the direction he was pointing.
At the very top of that hundred-foot-tall stone tablet, where it surpassed even the most Aristocratic Clan of the Central Domain and the Blood Butcher of Rakshasa City, a line of purple-gold characters radiated a dazzling light.
Affiliation: Dark Moon City!
Trial participant: Chen Changqing!
This round's single-round increase in Points: 5400!
Total points: 13,200!
Current ranking: Number 1!
Boom!
The moment these words came into view, all the laughter and chatter in the thirteen Outer Domain stands of the entire White Jade Plaza seemed to be choked, and stopped abruptly.
The sinister smile on the face of the deputy city lord of Black Mountain City froze at the corner of his mouth, and the bronze wine vessel in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter and shattered into pieces.
The one-eyed elder of Blood Baleful Intent City had his eyes bulging out so much that he almost ripped out his own beard.