Xu Ran and the Three Little Ones stopped in front of testing area C12.
Behind them stood quite a few people who had followed after spotting Xu Ran, and their numbers were still growing. Clearly, many were calling their friends over.
Giving the surrounding crowd a friendly wave, Xu Ran turned his gaze to Purple Cloud. "Are you ready?"
"Meow!" (Ready!)
Purple Cloud nodded firmly, looking rather solemn, as though she were about to face not a combat power test, but a life-or-death ordeal.
Two days had passed since Xu Ran had agreed to go to Demonwood City with Xu Qing. With the combined effects of the Advanced Meditation Acceleration Card and the Meditation Acceleration Card, his meditation had also brought him within a single step of fourth-tier Contract Power.
Tonight would be the night he broke through to the fourth tier.
But before that breakthrough, Purple Cloud still had one obsession to resolve.
Although she was already first on the current Commander Rank Contract Beast Combat Power Rankings, she remained second on the Historical Rankings.
Purple Cloud turned her head and looked at the distant rankings behind her.
On the Historical Combat Power Rankings, the glowing name above hers resembled a mountain that had stood for years, impossible to surmount.
"No. 1, Fang Canghai, Jade Mystic Azure Dragon, combat power: 74398"
And today, she would cross that mountain.
She had harbored this thought since the first day she saw the Beast Taming Rankings.
No, not just her. Starlight and Can Can shared that thought.
But for those two, it was no longer possible at the Commander Rank. They could only try again after reaching the Marshal Rank.
"Let's go. We'll head inside together." Taking a deep breath, Xu Ran spoke softly.
Besides fulfilling Purple Cloud's long-held obsession, this would