Chapter 606 - The Genteel Monk (1/2)

According to the system, the Third Phase would randomly select participants and send them to one of the many Mirages available. As they arrived, they would be ”Soul-bound” with the said Mirages. If the players weren't satisfied with the accumulated scores and ranking after they finished challenging the Mirage, they were allowed to reset their scores and challenge the Mirage again from scratch.

The system would then pick the highest scores amongst the players' various attempts. Then, they would be sorted into the leaderboard accordingly…

It was already 1:20pm! Most players had finished their respective battles in the third level of the Mythical Mirage…

The scores of the Top Player and the top two hundred players on the leaderboard were between 80,000 to 100,000 points.

Then, the rest of the ranked players up to the Top ten thousand players had about 60,000 points. And most of them were quite close and only deviated from one another by very minor margins in their scores.

Nonetheless, their achievement was still astounding…

Some players even predicted on the Official Forum that to squeeze into the Top ten thousand, one ought to acquire more than 50,000 points and to become the Top twenty, one should acquire around 180,000 to 200,000 points. Many players believed the predicted stats and used it as a rough guide…

Unexpectedly, this prediction had been squashed right after the Second Phase. Most players and champions had completely overshot the 50,000 points threshold while the players who only had 50,000 points were probably squatting at various corners in the cities, wiping their tears in defeat.

Other than that, the players' points were increasing at a rapid rate—to the point it was almost impossible for one to become one of the top ten thousands even if they acquired 60,000 points…

That was not all.

The players' scores on the leaderboard were fluctuating all the time.

The more retries the players attempted in the Mirages they were bound to, the more experienced they become. They had been gradually getting used to the unique attributes and capabilities of the monsters inside the Mirages, making them more effective in taking down the monsters as time passed, and as a result, scoring higher in subsequent retries.

If they could kill one more Tier 5 or Tier 6 Monster, it would be another score of thousands cashing in! And if they became better in time management, they could even defeat a few Mini Bosses or even Bosses, netting them another 60,0000 and 70,000 points respectively.

And there was one player who had been breaking through the Top Three on and off. This one originally had around 107,000 points, when it suddenly it shot up to 126,000 points…

This player's name was ”Genteel Monk”.

Then, he rose up to number one. His score was about 19,000 points apart from the player on the second place on the leaderboard!

In a mere 5 minutes, this new Demon Faction clan the ”Shaolin Temple” now had a new Level 53 Titanwraith Berserker rising quickly to fame!

Countless players looked at his achievements in awe. His scores kept rising and rising… then, it finally stopped and hovered around 151,00 points. The player who was in second place needed to earn another 40,000 to keep up to him!

This led to various players, both online and offline, applauding for him. It was quite difficult for one to acquire 150,000 points. In order to score such a bounty, one would need to defeat at least six Bosses, each netting 25,000 points. That or, he would need to kill even more Bosses that were on the lower Tier.

Or, perhaps he would need to defeat several high Tier Bosses…

This feat was surely difficult for any Veteran Champion to outdo.

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”Haha!”

”Finally! First place!”

”Oh, those Black Witches are now beneath us! Haha!”

”Black Witches? Hmph. Our Boss even had Zeus and Death Cult firmly squashed under his boots!”

”Yeah, our Shaolin Temple is going to be famous now!”

”The Leaderboard is now slowing down in terms of score advancing. The second place is now 40,000 points away from Boss. I think, it should be quite easy for Boss to stay on the top till the end of the Last Man Standing Contest.”

Several players, bearing golden ”Shaolin Temple” insignia, sat near the Sin City's Warp Portal. As they cheered in excitement, several other players around them looked on with envy and jealousy.

Even though the fame was most likely temporary, to be able to compete against billions of players and climb to the top of the Leaderboard was indeed something worth celebrating for.

Genteel Monk, who stood in the middle of his clan members, was smiling with joy. Yet, he didn't allow this victory got over his head. As his underlings mentioned the likes of Sinistress and Savior, Genteel Monk quickly stopped them…

”No!”

”Those Veteran Champions had not even shown their hands yet. Besides, the final result isn't even out… when it's out, things could still turn out…differently.”

Genteel Monk was one of the newly risen Champions in the Demon Faction. He was denied membership of all the Leagues due to him offending one of the Field Commanders in the Black Witch League. In a way, he was one of the oppressed unknown-Champions.

Then, massive disarray and disunity erupted amongst the Demon Faction's players due to the Fall of Sin City. This, however, was a golden opportunity for Genteel Monk to rise up to power, to establish his own clan, the ”Shaolin Temple”…

Being able to gain some spotlight in the third level of the Mythical Mirage was a massive win for him.

Now that he had showed the world what he was capable of, ”Shaolin Temple” would soon become a force to be reckoned with.

After Genteel Monk stopped them, his underlings didn't stop but continued on with the discussion.

”Boss, you're too humble.”

”Yeah, you're no weaker than the Veteran Champions. If it's not due to that damn fool from the Black Witch League… with your fame and achievement, who would dare to oppress you like how they did back then? I think we should expand! We'll invite more rising Champions into our clan… and we'll become bigger and more powerful than Death Cult and Satan's Salvation.”

Even though Genteel Monk agreed with what they said, he was not too arrogant to the point where he would clash with someone like Savior.

Indeed, it was quite difficult for him to believe that Savior and Sinistress could defeat a Tier 6 Megaboss or a Tier 4 Ultimate Boss in a short half an hour. Nonetheless, these two were dominatingly strong. Their strengths and combat prowess were so impregnable that it was almost terrifying to even test the water. Even though he was a Veteran Champion, if he lacked only a little experience, he would be instantly crushed by these two behemoths.