454 The Spirit Slaying Heavenly King (1/2)
The ten heavenly kings!
The moment this sentence rang out, the breathings of everyone here instantly became hurried.
The ten heavenly kings were the publicly acknowledged ten strongest individuals of the Great Wall University and Great Wall Army. Just the title alone would allow any one of the ten heavenly kings to obtain vast amounts of resources and enjoy plenty of special privileges.
And because the special privileges of the ten heavenly kings were simply too much, the selection criteria weren't solely based on strength. All aspects such as strategy, knowledge, and wits were included, including their battle achievements.
In an era of peace, there were no fixed selection criteria; thus, it is very hard to choose them. No matter what the criteria were, it would be very hard to convince the masses.
After all, the temptation of the title, the ten heavenly kings, was simply too much.
A heavenly king represented the most elite experts out of the younger generations of the Great Wall Army. There were only ten such individuals, not a single one more.
Out of several tens of thousands of Great Wall University's students or soldiers, the rate was less than 0.01%.
Once one became a heavenly king, they would instantly be elevated up to the internal echelons of the Great Wall University and could be considered an elder of a star region. They could also control large amounts of resources and read up to 90% of classified information stored in the inner web of the Great Wall.
This included the vast majority of scientific techniques and precious mythological knowledge that could aid a cultivator on his future path.
This was such a rare opportunity, who wouldn't want it?
Hence, in order to prevent chaos, there would definitely not be a selection held for the ten heavenly kings in times of peace.
Only in the warring era, where heroes would emerge, would everyone's potential be forced out. Battle achievements spoke the loudest, and they became the most important criteria that could convince the masses. Each heavenly king had slaughtered their way out of a battlefield with their true capabilities. Thus, there was no need to doubt their strength as everyone would be convinced.
Most of the people who participated in the final war did so because there was a chance to become a heavenly king, which could allow them to enjoy immense benefits. They naturally wouldn't mind betting their lives for this.
If not, just an increase of three military ranks and one million contribution points were definitely not worth it to sacrifice their lives.
The title of the ten heavenly kings was something everyone thirsted for. Their gazes shone brightly, gleaming with a fiery light.
Even Feng Lin had a heavy look on his face. His eyes were serene and deep, cold and emotionless.
Although he had no idea what sort of rankings he would achieve, he had absolute confidence in being chosen as one of the ten heavenly kings.
If his effort of uniting the hearts and minds of everyone using the Measureless Heart Sutra was still there, it wouldn't be difficult for him to be ranked number one.
However, since this art mustn't be spread to six ears, everyone had forgotten about this particular segment of memory.
But even so, Feng Lin's contributions were absolutely not little.
He first broke through the lock of the spirit black hole and began to massacre the spirit race monsters.
Although Feng Lin's cultivation base was weak, he was walking on the Sun Wukong Mythological Path. His Heart Monkey Force was the bane of these spirit lifeforms, and his killing prowess wasn't in any way inferior when compared to the others.
The others didn't have such an incisive and effective method.
And after the massacre, according to the calculations of an A.I., there was a 95% chance that he would be ranked within the top ten, a 32% chance of being ranked within the top five, and an 11% chance of being ranked within the top three.
If this calculation was true, it was almost certain that he would become one of the ten heavenly kings. Next, what he needed to do was to wait for his actual ranking to be revealed.
When he thought of this, he naturally wouldn't be as nervous as ordinary people. He simply waited patiently.
However, the people in the surroundings weren't the same. Comments were already flying everywhere.
”Who do you guys think would be selected as the ten heavenly kings?”
”I'm also curious!”
”Who are the strongest kings among our Great Wall Army?”
”Martial Queen Zhao Yue`e should be one of the candidates, right? Also, her ranking absolutely isn't bad. In addition, there's Yaze Pendragon. The sword in the stone is extremely famous and it's extremely effective when used to kill the spirit race monsters.”
”That's right! That's because he is favored by nature, gaining an inherent advantage due to his birth!”
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All sorts of discussions rang out with regard to the positions of the ten heavenly kings.
They were extremely curious about what sort of battle achievements were needed for one to qualify as one of the ten heavenly kings.
All of them—the ones who participated in the final battle—couldn't help but feel nervous. They felt that they were fortunate enough to survive.
As for those who knew their own capabilities, they were also exceedingly curious about who the ten heavenly kings would be.
Countless gazes turned to the Star Battle Marshal. Their gazes were filled with anticipation, waiting for him to announce the list of names.
Upon seeing so much anticipation, the Star Battle Marshal satisfyingly nodded his head. He then announced, ”The tenth heavenly king, Nicholas Kadin from Sa Planet of the Rome Federation. His cultivation base is at the elite adept realm and he has awakened an angel-type mythological gene. His holy flame can purify all evil and has slain two gigantic-scale spirit beasts, twenty-one large-scale spirit beasts, a hundred and ninety-two spirit monsters in the final battle… According to the military achievements, he is ranked tenth and will gain the title, the 'Sacred Light Heavenly King'!”
After that, a young man with golden hair as radiant as the sun walked out in high spirits. He waved his hands to the crowd as he advanced.
In the holographic projection by the A.I., a scene of him transforming into a six-winged angel could be seen. He controlled pure-white, blazing holy flames to incinerate the spirit race monsters to cinders.
When everyone saw this, they nodded and praised him in admiration.
”So it is him. This is a rarely seen young genius from the Rome Federation. He is walking on an angel-type mythological path and can already transform into a six-winged angel. Truly impressive! He deserves his reputation and is undoubtedly qualified to be one of the ten heavenly kings!
”However, he is merely at the bottom of the ten heavenly kings with his elite adept cultivation base. How powerful would the other nine be?”
”Experts among experts! There would always be stronger people!”
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These people continued praising. The Star Battle Marshal didn't delay and continued to recite.
”The ninth heavenly king, Chen Donglai from the Shaolin Planet of the Huaxia Star Republic. His cultivation base is at the elite adept realm, and he has awakened an arhat-type mythological gene known as the vajra arhat. He shines with buddhic light, which delivers the evil ghosts and demons. He slew a total of three gigantic-scale spirit beasts, thirty-two large-scale spirit beasts, and two hundred and sixteen spirit monsters. He is ranked ninth and will obtain the title 'Vajra Heavenly King'!”
”The eighth heavenly king, Budweiser Franklin from the Blacksea Planet of the Bermuda Star Region. His cultivation base is at the adept elite realm and has awakened a shaman-type mythological gene. He can control spirits and ghosts with ease and killed a total of three gigantic-scale spirit beasts, thirty-nine large-scale spirit beasts, three hundred and sixteen spirit monsters. He is ranked eighth and is given the title, the 'Soul Shaman Heavenly King'!”
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Every time the Marshal announced the name of a heavenly king, cheering sounds would rise.
Those chosen stepped out. Their faces were filled with pride as they took in the gazes of envy and cheerings from the others.
The holographic projection flashed, showing their heroic acts on the battlefield, convincing the masses. No objections could be heard at all.
In truth, each of the ten heavenly kings was selected through careful analysis from the A.I.; thus, nothing could manipulate the results. It was impossible to falsify such information.
If someone dared to try anything funny, when the Marshals investigated, no one would be able to bear the weight of such responsibility.
”The fifth heavenly king, Li Feixue from the Coldearth Planet of the Chaotic Star Region. His cultivation base is at the elite adept realm and has awakened an ice-dragon type mythological gene. He can control absolute frost and even freeze time and space. He heavily injured one of the spirit black holes, killed twelve gigantic-scale spirit beasts, a hundred and one large-scale spirit beasts, and six hundred and seventy-two spirit monsters. He is ranked fifth and has obtained the title of 'Ice Dragon Heavenly King'!”
Very soon, the Marshal already announced the name of the fifth heavenly king.
As the rankings went up, the battle achievements became even more terrifying. This allowed everyone else to see that even among heavenly kings, the disparity between them was also exceedingly great.
Time continued to flow.
”Now, all the seven heavenly kings had cultivation bases at the elite adept realm. Seems like the top three heavenly kings would be even stronger. What cultivation bases would they have exactly?”
”Zhao Yue`e's name hasn't been announced yet. Given her capabilities, there shouldn't be a problem for her to be in the top three!”