Starting the Mission (1)

"C-rank escort mission, temporary team, two more needed. Hurry!"

"D-rank patrol mission, temporary team, one more and we depart."

"I'm in."

"Me too."

"I'm at the peak of the first rank."

"Good, you're in."

Li Yu was given no chance at all. Before he could even walk over, someone had already signed up ahead of him—and more than one person had beaten him to it.

"They're that popular?"

Li Yu even considered taking a mission by himself. Walking among these quickly assembled teams, he felt like a dockworker waiting for someone to hire him at any moment.

"Patrol mission, one more needed. Departing immediately. 1,000 divine power points, no strength requirement, newcomers welcome."

"I'll join. Are there any requirements?" Having grasped the essence of it, Li Yu proactively approached and recommended himself.

"You?" The man looked Li Yu up and down, apparently finding him unfamiliar.

"Kid, are you even first rank? If not, go do whatever you should be doing." The two people standing behind him folded their arms and gave Li Yu sidelong looks.

Li Yu noticed that each of them had a crimson stripe embroidered on the left sleeve. When he had first seen so many passing Ōtsutsuki dressed the same way, he had not thought much of it, prioritizing gathering information instead. He had planned to sort out such minor details slowly after returning, but seeing several more people dressed the same way now, he could not help but form a guess.

Is this the mark of the first rank? Li Yu wondered.

"Kid, I'm talking to you." Seeing Li Yu spacing out with an unfocused gaze, the leader pressed him impatiently.

"I'm first rank."

As Li Yu spoke, he raised a hand. A crimson God Path Orb floated above his palm, transforming in a flash into