On the battlefield, Lin An faced a golden giant ten feet tall.
The opponent simply stood there, yet a vast amount of golden rules swirled around him, causing the surrounding void to collapse.
" Human Race, show me your full strength in a moment, don't disappoint me." Jin Rui's voice was deep and resonant, his eyes filled with solemnity.
Although the Human Race is known as the weakest among all races, and even Lin An's reputation among all races is not good, Jin Rui did not underestimate him in the slightest.
Whether they are strong or not, we'll have to fight them first; he didn't want to be defeated because of his carelessness.
Lin An simply nodded without saying a word.
[Battle begins!]
As the notification sounded, Jin Rui was about to make a move when he saw Lin An swing his right hand.
Boom!
With a single palm strike, Jin Rui was sent flying. While still in mid-air, Jin Rui was instantly turned into a bloody mist by the impact of that terrifying force.
[You have won. Your ranking has changed; you are now ranked 850th.]
Lin An calmly withdrew from the battlefield, but Meng Yuan and the Metal Race elders who were watching were speechless.
Meng Yuan's lips twitched. Although Lin An didn't crush him to death this time, the slap was enough to kill him, making the visual impact even greater.
"When did your Human Race produce such a monstrous talent?" The Metal Race elder finally came to his senses after a long while and asked Meng Yuan.
"It's only been around for a short time."
After Meng Yuan finished speaking, he withdrew from watching the battle.
Back in the main hall, Meng Yuan looked at Lin An with a complicated expression.
"Elder, the weak have no right to choose how they die."
Lin An said calmly, he knew what Meng Yuan was thinking, that was, to leave room for maneuver in the future so that they could meet again.
However, in this world where the strong are respected, strength is the most important thing.
If the Human Race did not have a powerful backer, he would naturally act discreetly.
But since the Human Race has the Heavenly Sword and is not afraid of those top races, he naturally wouldn't hide it.
Meng Yuan smiled and said, "I'm getting old. I don't have the same drive as you young people anymore."
"Elder, you jest. If you hadn't been standing in front of us, we don't know what the Human Race would look like now," Lin An said, shaking his head.
"Shall we continue the challenge?" Meng Yuan asked.
"Certainly."
Lin An nodded. If possible, it would be best to reach first place today.
Meng Yuan then began to choose an opponent for Lin An, this time selecting a Fire Race prodigy ranked 800th.
Time passed slowly, and Lin An continued his challenge.
He was lucky; every prodigy he wanted to challenge didn't refuse, and then Lin An slapped them to death.
He also felt that crushing him to death was rather inhumane, mainly because slapping him to death was more convenient.
Half a day passed quickly, and Lin An's ranking finally reached 100th.
"To be ranked in the top 100 is to be considered a prodigy among all races."
"There are two ways to improve your ranking."
"One is the prodigy who will continue to challenge your ranking; if you defeat him, the rankings will switch places."
"The second method is for you to set up a challenge arena, where any prodigy ranked at least 500th above you can challenge you."
"For every person you defeat, you gain one victory point. As long as your victory points surpass those of the top players ahead of you, your ranking will improve."
Listening to what Meng Yuan said, Lin An also glanced at the Battle Ranking. The prodigy ranked 99th only had 7 victory points, which wasn't much.
"What if you lose in the ring?" Lin An asked curiously.
"If you lose, your victory points will be reset to zero, and your ranking will be swapped with your opponent's," Meng Yuan said.
Lin An nodded. "Elder, only the top 1,000 on the Battle Ranking can enter the Sacred Realm. There should be different advantages for people of different rankings after entering the Sacred Realm, right?"
"Of course. After entering the Sacred Realm, you will obtain Origin Fragment. The higher your ranking, the more Origin Fragment you will receive."
"For example, the person ranked 1,000th will only receive one Origin Fragment upon entering the Sacred Realm, but the person ranked first will receive 1,000 Origin Fragment directly."
"As for the function of the Origin Fragment, you'll find out once you enter the Sacred Realm."
Meng Yuan said, "Besides the Origin Fragment distributed at the beginning, they can also be obtained through other means within the Sacred Realm, the most common being hunting the Sin Beast there."
"There are still Sin Beast within the Sacred Realm?" Lin An asked in surprise.
"Yes, there are quite a few, including some Sin Beast at the Eternal Realm, though their strength is now less than one-tenth of what it used to be," Meng Yuan said.
Lin An nodded, it seemed that this first place was still something they could compete for.
"Help me arrange a match against one of the top 100 prodigies first."
Setting up a challenge arena is a bit of a waste of time; it's faster to just challenge directly.
"If they don't agree, then spread the word that they're afraid of me, Lin An."
Lin An laughed and said, "These guys are very concerned about their image; I believe they'll be happy to accept my challenge."
"I think so too. You've only just entered the top 100, and the news hasn't spread yet, but by tomorrow at the latest, all races will know of your existence."
Meng Yuan said, "At that time, those top 100 geniuses will definitely be curious about you, and they will most likely agree to your challenge."
If all races were to learn that a Human Race had broken into the top 100, it would surely cause a huge uproar, and they would definitely try every means to drive Lin An out of the top 100.
The two chatted for a few more minutes before Lin An left the Battle Realm for the time being.
Meng Yuan then began to take action.
At the same time, Lin An's entry into the top 100 also attracted attention.
"Look at the Battle Ranking! Human Race has actually broken into the top 100! How is that possible?"
"It's true! The last time Human Race it into the top 100 was a hundred years ago, but they only stayed there for less than a month before being kicked off."
"Under normal circumstances, they could indeed stay up there for a month, but now that the Sacred Realm is about to open, let alone a month, they'd be lucky to stay even for a day."
" Lin An? That name sounds familiar."
"Isn't this Lin An, the one who challenged Zi Chang and won a year ago, leaving his name on the Battle Ranking? I thought he had disappeared, but I didn't expect him to reappear."
" Zi Chang once said that he fought Lin An for three hundred rounds before finally losing due to carelessness. It seems that this may not be the case now."
"Has anyone fought Lin An? Can anyone tell me what Lin An's strength really is?"
"..."
The news of Lin An entering the top 100 spread quickly, shocking all the geniuses of the myriad races, who all began to inquire about Lin An.
Strangely, even those prodigies who had fought against Lin An remained silent about Lin An strength.
It's not that these geniuses don't want to talk about it, but rather that it would be too embarrassing to say it.
Should he tell everyone that he couldn't even withstand one slap from Lin An and was killed instantly?
This resulted in Lin An entering the top 100, but no one knew Lin An exact strength, and not even a single word of it was leaked out.
At that very moment, a message suddenly came from the Human Race, which ignited the fury of the geniuses of all races.