No Such Person

Chen Ao soon stopped caring and sat motionless where he was.

He stayed that way for roughly ten days. During that time, Chen Ao, who had originally been far ahead of everyone else, slipped into the middle of the rankings.

The first-place contestant in Zone 88 already had over thirty million points.

Name: Ao Li Gei

Points: 1,345,678

Ranking: 1,654th in Zone 88

Region: Aosen Empire

"This ranking is pretty good now. Time to start hunting again, beginning with whoever's in first place!"

Killing one would earn him fifteen million points. Kill a couple more, and he could return to first place.

Chen Ao was perfectly calm, while outside, the Aosen Empire had erupted into an uproar.

Their country did not have a single contestant in the top thousand. Even their best performer only ranked somewhere below a thousand.

Yes, it was still Ao Li Gei.

"Ao Li Gei, Ao Li Gei!" a woman sobbed uncontrollably.

If the Aosen Empire had never had anyone in the top thousand, that would have been one thing. At most, they would have felt a little regret.

But Ao Li Gei had surged far ahead of everyone else in the first thirty seconds, giving the people of the Aosen Empire hope.

They desperately hoped Ao Li Gei would keep bringing it.

But Ao Li Gei seemed to be bringing it less and less, and he had already fallen out of the top thousand.

He still had the highest ranking in the Aosen Empire, but the greater their hopes, the greater their disappointment.

"I was ready to make Ao Li Gei my idol at first. I thought he'd keep charging ahead. Who knew he'd turn out to be a flash in the pan!"

"Ao Li Gei, what the hell are you doing? You haven't gained a single point in ten days. Did you fall asleep?"

The people harbored tremendous resentment toward Ao Li Gei.

And they vented that resentment directly on the Aosen Empire's royal family.

"What the hell is wrong with your royal family's members? If you don't have the ability, don't get our hopes up!"

"Someone from the royal family, come out and give us an explanation!"

Although the royal family had many powerful fighters, plenty of people had already thrown caution to the wind. Their pride in their homeland made them disregard everything else.

At that moment, His Majesty Ao Li Li Ao, emperor of the Aosen Empire, looked livid.

If this continued, he could forget about remaining emperor.

"What exactly is going on? Why can't Ao Li Gei even get into the top thousand now when he was so fierce at the start?"

The ministers remained silent. Heh, it has nothing to do with us anyway. This is your royal family's business.

The emperor's expression grew uglier and uglier. Everyone who had been flattering him before had vanished into the woodwork, pretending to hear and see nothing.

"Clan elder, is this Ao Li Gei actually a member of our royal family?"

The clan elder looked embarrassed. He was not particularly old, and his skin was still rather thin.

"Your Majesty, this Ao Li Gei was never even a citizen of our empire!" The clan elder was speechless. I told you there was no such person in our records, but you insisted he was a member living away from the family.

Well, look at us now. Everything's blown up.

The people were demanding an explanation.

Ao Li Li Ao's face was livid. "Go clear this up immediately. Say our royal family made a mistake, that he's just an ordinary commoner with no connection to us. Tell them to stop coming after us!"

"Your Majesty, are you certain?" The clan elder stroked his beard. Although he did not know why Ao Li Gei was failing to deliver, he still felt that Ao Li Gei had genuine ability.

Perhaps he would fight his way back into the top thousand soon.

"I'm absolutely certain. Never mind that Ao Li Gei has no connection to our royal family. Even if he did, I'd strike his name from the family records!"

The clan elder nodded, then promptly issued an announcement stating that Ao Li Gei was merely an ordinary commoner, not a member of the royal family.

In plain terms: go after whoever you like, just leave us alone.

"Damn it, how could something like this happen? What's wrong with the imperial family?"

"Damn that Ao Li Gei! He's such a disappointment!"

"Ao Li Gei, I'm not asking you to stay in first place. At least make it into the top thousand!"

Chen Ao knew nothing of the abuse being hurled at him outside. Even if he had known, he would not have cared. They were just a bunch of bystanders who could do nothing but cheer. He paid them no mind.

There were very few people left in this city. Chen Ao's single sword strike had terrified them.

But after ten days, outsiders had begun hunting in other cities.

"Are you the one they call the Sword God in this city?"

Since they did not know one another's names, powerful fighters all had aliases.

Clearly, the title this city's inhabitants had given Chen Ao was Sword God.

"My name..." The newcomer was about to announce his name and achievements, but he had barely spoken two words before a sword pierced his heart.

Chen Ao remained seated where he was.

"You talk too much!"

Without so much as glancing at the newcomer, Chen Ao stood up, ready to take a look at the other cities.

He checked the points ranking. The man he had just killed had given him over five million points, bringing Chen Ao into the eight hundreds.

"The hunt begins!" Chen Ao moved incredibly fast, flashing through one stretch of space after another. He soon reached another city.

Outside.

People were still hurling abuse at Chen Ao.

"Ao Li Gei, do you dare make it into the top thousand? If you do, I'll let you call me Dad!"

"If you dare make it into the top thousand, I'll marry you!" a woman said.

The people around her took one look at her and immediately scolded her. "Stop putting more psychological pressure on Ao Li Gei!"

"Ao Li Gei, please, make it into the top thousand! Our entire Aosen Empire is counting on you!"

People kept speaking up, and just then, Ao Li Gei's ranking suddenly jumped.

Over six million points, ranked 857th.

Huh?

The crowd instantly fell silent for a moment.

"Hahaha, Ao Li Gei is a badass! I knew you had what it took to call me Dad!"

"Ao Li Gei!"

"Ao Li Gei!"

Seeing Chen Ao enter the top thousand, the people of the Aosen Empire cheered once again.

This time, the clan elder looked at Ao Li Li Ao. "Your Majesty, what do we do now?"

"I am unwell. I've been lying in bed all day and know nothing whatsoever. Don't disturb my recovery!"

The clan elder: ...

By then, Chen Ao had already arrived in a new city.

He looked around, unsure who was the strongest in this city.

With a flick of his hand, he unleashed four streams of sword energy.

The people who had been fighting felt their scalps tingle and every hair on their bodies stand on end as they sensed the sword energy.

But the sword light was too fast. It seemed to cut through layer after layer of space, striking everyone down.

Chen Ao continued darting through space, moving deeper into the city as he kept swinging the sword in his hand.

He did not know whom he ought to kill. He might as well kill them all.

He swept through the vast city, unleashing ten sword strikes in succession.

"Mm, very nice. My points are climbing fast!"

Those ten strikes took ten minutes, and his points shot straight up to twenty-eight million.

He went straight to thirteenth place.

"Next city!"

Chen Ao had no interest in hunting anyone down. All that mattered was harvesting the points.

At that moment, countless people trembled as they gazed at the city, which had been reduced entirely to rubble.

"How could he be so terrifying?"

"Is he really Star Level?"

The survivors lost all desire to fight. That single sword strike had scared them out of their wits.