Chapter 27 - Dominating the Ranking Board

Chapter 27 - Dominating the Ranking Board Demonic Civilization, C-793826, Abyss Demon base. A million Abyss Demons once lived here, but less than 100,000 of them now remained. The skeleton army had completely surrounded them. After seeing the difference in strength between their armies, Han Wu ordered his skeleton army, now numbering around 900,000, to charge towards the Abyss Demon’s base to launch one final attack. The surviving Abyss Demons heeded the orders of their Unique Abyss Priest and retaliated, but the Abyss Demons were engulfed by the sea of skeletons within seconds, with three Unique Skeleton Knights charging at the forefront to kill as many Abyss Demons as possible. Every Abyss Demon that fell resulted in the addition of a new skeleton to Han Wu's forces. Though the Abyss Priest could resurrect dead Abyss Demons, it was significantly slower than the Skeleton Knights’ Skeleton Summon. The Abyss Priest was quickly overwhelmed by the combined assault of the three Skeleton Knights. With that, Han Wu had finally completed the mission to eradicate the Abyss Demons’ base. After the battle, the three Skeleton Knights simultaneously used Skeleton Summon on the Abyss Priest’s corpse and summoned a new mutated Unique skeleton: the Skeleton Reanimator. Upon noticing the new Skeleton Reanimator, Han Wu carefully inspected its data. [Name: Skeleton Reanimator.] [Race: Skeleton.] [Rank: Unique.] [Talent: Tough Bone, Reanimate Skeleton.] [Faith: Believer.] [Faith Points: 500,000/day.] Despite being a Unique life form just like the Skeleton Knights, the amount of Faith Points it generated indicated a superior ranking. After all, it had been only summoned due to their combined efforts. Following a gesture of respect towards its leader, the Skeleton Reanimator pointed towards a pile of scattered bones, which rapidly reassembled and successfully revived the skeleton it once formed! Han Wu’s spiritual flame blazed with excitement in his eye sockets as he recognized the Skeleton Reanimator's potential as a crucial component of his strategy. With the death of the Abyss Priest, the remaining Abyss Demons were quickly wiped out. The Skeleton Knights searched the entirety of the base, handing everything valuable over to Han Wu. Han Wu ignored the cheap items and finally identified the three most valuable loot from the Abyss Demon’s base. [Rank 1 Sacred Object Fireball Staff. After equipping to one’s Core, a part of the core race will master the Rank 1 Fireball skill. The fireball’s power is proportional to the user’s own strength. Can also be used as a Divine weapon.] [Heroic Template piece. A quarter of a Heroic Template. After obtaining all four pieces and completing the Heroic Template, it can help a Unique life form ascend to become a Heroic life form.] [Source of Abyss: Grants a race the power of the Abyss. Provides immunity to demonic energy and increases status resistance.] Han Wu felt a surge of excitement, particularly as he read the details of the final item. It was an item that could complete an Evolution Path! However, he first needed to experiment its effects on his locusts to determine if it was actually suitable for them. Having secured the items, he looked upon his vast skeleton army, numbering in the millions, and felt a profound sense of pride in his non-existent heart. With an army this size, there was nothing for him to fear! Even a Demonic Drake would be nothing against the combined assault of a million skeletons. No longer needing to hide, he submitted his mission and obtained 80 points and a rank 2 Skill Gem, the Chain Fireball, increasing his total points to 220. Even though he was still at the end of the ranking board, the submission of his mission marked the beginning of his counterattack. After selecting a new mission to eradicate a nearby camp of a local race, worth 70 points, Han Wu ordered his skeleton army to march onward. They obeyed, running towards the goal like a tsunami and destroying everything in their path. The homeroom teachers were stunned speechless to see how fast the rankings were changing and proceeded to check the logs. An hour ago, Han Wu had 220 points, moving up to 290 points after just thirty minutes. Two hours later, his score was 420 points, which then increased to 690 points after another two hours. He didn’t just stop there, and with each day, his points and ranking improved. [1 day later: Han Wu: 1190 points. Rank 54.] [2 days later: Han Wu: 2090 points. Rank 18.] [3 days later: Han Wu: 2990 points. Rank 4.] In just three days, Han Wu, who was last in the rankings, was now in 4th place! Once again, the homeroom teachers were rendered speechless by Han Wu’s astonishingly swift ascent on the ranking board. Despite the events occurring right before his eyes, Liu Letian remained obstinate, stubbornly refusing to acknowledge that Han Wu might actually succeed. “Placing fourth is nothing. He’s not yet in first place, so I’m still winning!” However, just as he said that, Xu Mei, probably to spite him, announced various messages to the homeroom teachers present. “Frenzied Combat College, a First Class institution, requests a meeting with Han Wu after the test.” “Hidden Dragon College, a First Class institution, requests a meeting with Han Wu after the test.” “Green Mountain College, a Second Class institution, courteously invites Han Wu to enroll without needing to take a test.” “Second Class College...” The entire room went silent after hearing the announcement. The test wasn’t over yet, but Han Wu had already received so many invitations from top ranking colleges. He was practically destined to live a cosy life! Liu Letian, displeased by the announcements, retorted, “Ms. Xu, I object! Why are you announcing the recruitment messages for just Han Wu? What about the other students?” Xu Mei fell silent for a while before announcing, “There have been no invitations for the other students yet.” Liu Letian was in disbelief. “How can that be? Han Wu is only in 4th place—there are three students who have higher scores!” Xu Mei scoffed in reply. “The colleges set two prerequisites for selecting students: achieving a score of at least 3,000 points and completing a mission valued at a minimum of 80 points, and so far, only Han Wu has met these qualifications.” Liu Letian couldn’t object to that and fell silent. After all, everyone present knew how extremely difficult it was to clear a mission worth 80 points. The room remained silent until Qin Shuang, who was ranked 8th, suddenly increased her points by 90 and reached the 3,000 point mark. Almost immediately, Xu Mei received an invitation addressed to Qin Shuang. “Frenzied Combat College, a First Class College...” Qin Shuang was the first of many as the other geniuses began completing missions worth 80 or 90 points. With Xu Mei announcing the invitations one by one, Liu Letian grew more and more satisfied. He furtively went through the mission list for Tian Wen’s class and saw the exclusive missions being completed one by one over the next few days. Liu Letian was elated, because as long as the missions were completed by someone else, Han Wu would lose the chance to complete more missions and earn points to increase his ranking. As long as Han Wu wasn’t placed first, he would be able to seize 10 Divine Essence from Tian Wen. Hastily, Liu Letian sent an encrypted message to Zhang Xiaolong. “There are three missions left for your class to complete before the examination concludes. Xiaolong, get those remaining missions done fast, before Han Wu wins first place once more!” Smirking, Zhang Xiaolong responded, “I understand. I’ll focus on the 90-point mission now and complete it before Han Wu even gets here.”