"Miss Xie, I wonder what my ranking is?" Li Chuan asked.
Given the strength he had just displayed—the Cold Abyss True Gang and three channels of Blade Momentum—he shouldn't be at the very bottom, right?
Li Chuan thought this, but before he could wait for Xie Yingtang's reply, Wen Dandan spoke up first.
Wen Dandan's lips twitched, her smile carrying an inexplicable meaning, as if she felt Li Chuan was being far too presumptuous:
"Your current rank is twenty-one, right at the very back."
Xie Yingtang covertly glared at Wen Dandan, then immediately looked at Li Chuan and consoled him:
"Young Master Li needn't be discouraged, as you have only just broken through to Mid Gang Force."
"Among those in the Core Area, which of them hasn't already been at Mid Gang Force for half a year?"
"You've fallen behind by half a year, so it's completely normal that you can't compare to them for now."
Upon hearing this, Wen Dandan wanted to complain.
What kind of remark was that—for now?
Could it be that if he couldn't compare now, he would somehow surpass them in the future?
Everyone in the Core Area was at Mid Gang Force, and nobody was a fool; everyone would be making progress.
By what right could Li Chuan progress faster than the others?
However, since Xie Yingtang had just rebuked her a moment ago, she didn't want to undermine her good friend's face.
Wen Dandan curled her lip and said nothing more.
Li Chuan frowned, feeling that this Wen Dandan seemed to hold some kind of prejudice against him.
Yet he and she didn't seem to have had any prior interactions, did they?
Just as Li Chuan was suppressing the doubts in his heart, Xie Yingtang's voice arrived.
"There is one more matter Young