The drop in his ranking truly caught Lin Ke somewhat off guard.
He had never expected his ranking to fall nearly forty places in just one short day.
It was downright terrifying!
This alone was enough to reveal something.
During the previous day, quite a few lower-ranked Heaven's Chosen must have won multiple challenges and pushed their rankings toward the top.
As for someone like him, who called it a day after a single match, his ranking would naturally be squeezed down by the others.
The competition was truly fierce!
Lin Ke's original plan had been to stabilize his ranking, fighting a few times now and then to ensure he remained on the list.
That way, the choice of whether to accept a challenge would remain firmly in his hands.
He would also have more time to cultivate.
But if his ranking fell outside the top hundred, his status would change from defender to challenger.
Then, if he wanted to get back onto the list, his only option would be to keep issuing challenges, which would leave him less time to cultivate.
That would seriously delay his plans.
So now, Lin Ke could only choose to accept a fight.
Yet things around the arena today seemed a little different from yesterday. The disciples all looked at Lin Ke with an inexplicable hint of amusement.
And with just one glance, Lin Ke felt that most of these people looked vaguely familiar.
They seemed to be... people from Azure Lightning Peak.
Once Lin Ke was ready, a white-robed disciple was just about to step up and challenge him when a blue-robed disciple beat him to it, leaping into the arena:
"Move! Don't block the way!"
The white-robed disciple was about to flare up, but more than a dozen Golden Core Late Stage