Chapter 1684 (1/2)

Chapter 1684: Devil Slaughter Rankings

“The Devil Slaughter Rankings? What’s that?”

Within the Xuantian Dao Sect, Qu Jianying, the patriarch, Li Tianxuan, and Long Chen were sitting together. Long Chen looked at Qu Jianying blankly.

Li Tianxuan said, “The so-called Devil Slaughter Rankings are determined each time the Devil Abyss erupts as a whole. The Martial Heaven Continent’s young experts will kill the devil experts, and each devil expert they slay gives them a certain number of kill points. They are recorded with the Heaven Watching Divine Jades and that information is sent back to the Devil Slaughtering Divine Tablet in the Martial Heaven Alliance’s main headquarters in the Central Xuan Region. The Devil Slaughtering Divine Tablet will rank each disciple according to the number and strength of the devil experts they kill. That’s the Devil Slaughter Rankings. Although each time the Devil Abyss erupts the Martial Heaven Alliance is the main force holding them back, the embarra.s.sing thing is that we haven’t been able to produce any geniuses that enter the top ten of the Devil Slaughter Rankings. Even those who can reach the top thirty are rare.”

“Why is that?” asked Long Chen.

“Because…” Li Tianxuan hesitated, pondering how to reply.

“It’s because of the helplessness of the Martial Heaven Alliance. We haven’t been able to produce many good geniuses. Each time, the top ten is occupied by the ancient races, Xuan Beasts, Bloodkill Hall, and the Corrupt path’s experts,” said Qu Jianying gloomily.

“How is that possible? Why would the Corrupt path work together with us?”

“Don’t misunderstand. They aren’t helping us out of the kindness in their hearts. They’re just trying to give a blow to our morale. They will only send a few experts who they are confident in, and they enter the core of the battlefield through other entrances with their only goal being to get into the top ten. They don’t allow my Martial Heaven Alliance or the ancient family alliance’s experts to enter the top ten. The Righteous path’s morale has never been high, and one reason is because we can’t get into the top ten of the Devil Slaughter Rankings. Even getting into the top thirty would depend on luck,” sighed Qu Jianying.

“Then can’t you just not let them enter?” asked Long Chen.

“Hmph, being powerless myself, how am I supposed to prevent the compet.i.tion from joining in? If I allowed the Righteous path to get such a big head and grow so conceited, the entire Righteous path would be disbanded within a thousand years. Don’t be so silly,” raged Qu Jianying.

“Hehe, I didn’t think of that,” laughed Long Chen. Qu Jianying’s considerations were reasonable. With the Righteous path’s irrational pride, feeling inferior was definitely better than feeling superior.

“That’s why, you have to enter the top ten for me, or I’ll skin you for all the trouble you gave me! Don’t think I’ve forgotten what you did. I’ve written it all in a book. If you do well, then I can write it off with one stroke, but if not… hehe.” Qu Jianying smiled threateningly. Most likely, Long Chen wouldn’t have any more good days if he couldn’t achieve this.

“Why not first place?” asked Long Chen.

Qu Jianying laughed. “Little brat, do you think others are all useless? I don’t want to give you a blow, but if you could enter the top ten, I’d already light incense as thanks. You have no idea how big the continent is, or how many experts there are. You also don’t know how great the difference is between the Central Xuan Region and the other four regions. Most importantly, just because you have high combat power doesn’t mean you’ll have killing efficiency. With just one saber, even if you could slash straight through the entire battlefield, you wouldn’t necessarily be able to enter the top ten. This isn’t a compet.i.tion of battle power but how many you can kill. There are many experts who might lose in a fight against you, but have amazing area attacks that can instantly kill as many devil experts as you can kill in several hours. Not only that, but other than the sects that you know of, some existences that have been hiding for countless years and have almost been forgotten are reviving with the descent of the great era. Those ancient sects possess terrifying inheritances. Furthermore, they aren’t technically part of the Martial Heaven Alliance, so even if their people got in the top ten, it wouldn’t have the slightest relation to us. All kinds of monster-cla.s.s geniuses will come out during the Devil Abyss’s eruption this time. They all want to leave their name on the Devil Slaughter Rankings. The compet.i.tion will be exceptionally intense, and it will be unimaginably savage. You should just give up on first place. Just entering the top ten would satisfy me,” sighed Qu Jianying.

The reason why the Martial Heaven Alliance could lead the Righteous path wasn’t because the Martial Heaven Alliance itself was so powerful, but because the Righteous path needed protection and to unite against the Corrupt path.

As for sects that were strong enough, they disdained joining any alliance. No one dared to provoke them, so those sects’ disciples could be monstrously powerful. Although Qu Jianying was hopeful for Long Chen, she was also worried.

As the head of the Martial Heaven Alliance, she wished she could raise his people’s morale and vent years of frustration. Even if she died, she could die in peace then.

“If that’s the case, then it’s not a problem. Even if I can’t, there should be no problem with my people entering.” Contrary to Qu Jianying, Long Chen wasn’t worried at all. He might not specialize in group killing arts, but plenty within the Dragonblood Legion did.

“It doesn’t matter who it is, as long as one of you can enter the top ten, it will be good. The Devil Abyss is starting to grow more intense. You should prepare yourself faster, as the eruption this time will be on an unprecedented scale. However, let me give you just one order. You cannot press forward out of greed. You have to fight while making sure the Devil Abyss’s creatures cannot charge onto the continent. Although it’s a bit unfair to you, nothing can be done about it. We can’t let the devil race’s creatures slaughter the continent’s people. Otherwise, even if you got first, it would be a disgrace. Understood?” demanded Qu Jianying.

Long Chen suddenly understood. This was probably the main reason the Martial Heaven Alliance’s disciples were unable to get a good ranking. Others could charge deeper into the Devil Abyss and slaughter as many as they pleased, while the Martial Heaven Alliance’s disciples had to stay back and defend.

“Don’t worry, I’m confident.” Long Chen patted his chest confidently.