Qin Siyang had a clear understanding of how difficult it was to make the Tiger Cards.
Aside from Ji Ping, the fraud among frauds he had killed inside Waterlogged Begonia, everyone on the list was renowned throughout the Safe Zone.
The bottom-ranked Two of Diamonds in the previous Tiger Cards update had been Tian Luzhang, commander of the Qi Legion's elite army. As the only person among the Qi Legion's highest-ranking officers whose surname was not Qi, Tian Luzhang had to be even stronger. His position at the very bottom as the Two of Diamonds was more symbolic than an accurate reflection of his strength.
But where would Tian Luzhang's true strength place him among the Tiger Cards? Probably not much higher. There were plenty of other Tiger Card powerhouses who kept just as low a profile.
Zheng Mubian, Chief of Staff of the Chu Character Legion, was only the Two of Spades. The celebrated researcher Wu Yu was merely the Three of Clubs. Wang Jixin, head of the Wang Family, settled for Heart 3. Hao Liang, the foremost expert in pharmaceutical research, held Diamond 4. Xie Nanyun, the sole remaining old patriarch of the Four Major Mining Companies, held the Four of Clubs...
All of them deliberately kept their rankings low. Take the four old patriarchs of the Four Major Mining Companies: their dazzling arrays of tools alone could have battered their way to respectable Tiger Card rankings even if they knew jack shit. Not to mention that, fighting four against five, they had forced Qin, Chu, Wei, and Zhao's group to each feign injury and retreat.
But everyone understood the value of quietly making a fortune.
What good was a ranking? The tallest tree caught the wind.
Even with their deliberately low Tiger Card rankings, no one dared