National Destiny Trial Rankings

At National Destiny Plaza, Zhao Xuan's information was enlarged and displayed on the projection screen. Viewers from Dragon Nation could see it in the National Destiny Livestream too.

[Trial Participant: Zhao Xuan]

[Training World: Soul Land World]

[Identity: Core Disciple of Star Luo Academy]

[Martial Soul: White Tiger]

[Level: Soul Ancestor]

[Experience: Entered Star Luo Academy's annual tournament, defeated more than thirty opponents to take first place, and received a Millennium Spirit Bone as an academy reward. He later ventured deep into Star Dou Great Forest... and finally advanced to Soul Ancestor!]

[Spirit Skills: White Tiger Annihilation Roar, White Tiger Windstep: Shadow, White Tiger Sky-Splitting Strike, White Tiger Star Devour]

Looking at Zhao Xuan's information on the screen, the Dragon Nation viewers smiled with confidence. Comments flooded the livestream.

"Soul Ancestor? My god! We've got this National Destiny Trial in the bag!"

"Top three for sure. We might even take first!"

"Heh. If Cherry Blossom Nation and Korean Nation find out, they'll be spitting blood!"

"Nine trials. Dragon Nation has gone nine straight trials without a national destiny reward. This time, we're taking back everything we lost!"

"I heard this is the Centennial Trial, and the rewards are far better than in previous years. If we take first, we might make up for all nine trials at once!"

"Haha! He's already a Soul Ancestor on day one. Do we even need to watch the rest?"

"Of course! There's still the treasure ranking, and participants can summon people from their training worlds onto the trial battlefield!"

"The treasure ranking? If our participant gets an artifact like the Sea God's Trident, won't he wipe the floor with the foreign participants!?"

"And the National Destiny Trial battlefield? If we can summon Lord Tang San from Soul Land World, those Cherry Blossom Nation people will probably bow the moment they see him..."

Meanwhile, quite a few important figures had gathered in a spacious room at National Destiny Plaza.

As they studied the information on the screen, representatives of the various families nodded. Those on good terms with the Zhao Clan offered their congratulations.

"The Zhao Clan has produced an extraordinary son!"

"He became a Soul Ancestor on the first day. Only that Super Genius from the Zhao Clan managed the same feat back then. He went on to help Dragon Nation take first place in that trial."

"And now he's already an Limit Douluo!"

"I'd say we'll probably take first this time too!"

The Zhao Clan head was delighted by the praise, though he offered a few modest words in reply.

"I wouldn't go that far. Cherry Blossom Nation, Korean Nation, and Eagle Nation have all been searching for new worlds. I hear Cherry Blossom Nation's Naruto World is quite a powerful martial world. The high-ranking angels and demons in Eagle Nation's Heaven World are no pushovers either!"

"Of course, I can't promise first place. But Dragon Nation will certainly make the top three!"

The trial ranking channel was shared across all National Destiny Livestreams!

With Dragon Nation's participant already a Soul Ancestor, its viewers wasted no time boasting to the other nations.

"Our participant is already a Soul Ancestor! Dragon Nation is taking first this time. Top three is guaranteed!"

"Once we reach the trial battlefield, Cherry Blossom Nation will pay for what it did!"

After years of competing in the National Destiny Trial, the nations were hardly on friendly terms.

Plenty of blood debts had piled up on the National Destiny Battlefield too.

Naturally, Cherry Blossom Nation's viewers fired back.

"First place? Haha! As if Dragon Nation stands a chance!"

"Just wait. Naruto World will crush your so-called Soul Land World!"

"Lord Kato Kaito is already a Peak Jonin. He could take on your so-called Soul Ancestor with one hand!"

"Dragon Nation barely has any national destiny left. If you fail to make the top ten again, your country won't be far from destruction!"

"Just wait. When the trial ends, Dragon Nation's land will belong to Cherry Blossom Nation!"

For all their bluster, the Cherry Blossom Nation viewers felt uneasy at Dragon Nation's certainty.

Cherry Blossom Nation had yet to explore Naruto World fully. Their Super Genius had performed better than anyone in recent trials, but he had never faced a Soul Ancestor from Dragon Nation's Soul Land World head-on!

They had no idea which was stronger!

"Those Dragon Nation people sound awfully confident. Could a Soul Ancestor really be stronger than our Jonin?"

"Twenty years ago, a Dragon Nation participant became a Soul Ancestor on the first day. Dragon Nation took first place in that trial."

"Hmph. That was ages ago! Cherry Blossom Nation has kept searching for stronger training worlds. Naruto World is far more powerful than the worlds we mainly used twenty years ago!"

"I think Dragon Nation has a good shot at the top three this time, but they probably still can't beat Lord Kato Kaito..."

As viewers from different nations argued, a flash of light brought a ranking board into view in the livestream. The participants' standings slowly began to appear.

[Rank 100]

[Participant: Park Guk-chang]

[Nation: Kimchi Nation]

[Training World: Hero Hunter World]

[Level: Elite Hunter]

[Rank 99]

[Participant: Lucas]

[Nation: Eagle Nation]

[Training World: Heaven World]

[Level: Four-Winged Angel]

The trial ranking showed only the top hundred participants' names and nations. Only the top ten participants and their nations, however, would receive rewards.

The rankings set every livestream buzzing, comments racing across the screens.

As the list drew closer to the top ten, the comments gradually thinned. No matter how confident they had sounded before, everyone now clenched their fists in suspense.

"Here it comes. We're almost at the top ten!"

"Haha! Still no Zhao Xuan. Top ten is locked in!"

"Hmph. We won't see his name for a while yet. I bet he's in the top three..."

"Where will he place? Third? Second? Maybe even first!?"

As Dragon Nation's viewers excitedly guessed, the eleventh-place entry slowly appeared on the board.

[Rank 11]

[Participant: Zhao Xuan]

[Nation: Dragon Nation]

[Training World: Soul Land World]

[Level: Soul Ancestor]

For a moment, the once-boisterous Dragon Nation livestream fell silent!

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the name on the screen, disbelief written across their faces!

At National Destiny Plaza, the color drained from the faces of Dragon Nation's viewers. The excitement and hope in their eyes faded, replaced by crushing disappointment and despair.

"Ele... eleventh place!? How is that possible!?"