18: Chapter 18 Ranking!

"The assessment is over. First place, Ye Kaige, ten levels, 1 effective kill."

"Second place, Du Ruo, eight levels, 0 effective kills."

"Third place, Liu Yiyi, seven levels, 9 effective kills."

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"Ninth place, Chen Mo, four levels, 12 effective kills."

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"63rd place, Bai Yuanyu, one level... 0 kills."

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The moment he heard his ranking and kill count, Bai Yuanyu wished he could crawl into a hole in the ground.

Actually, there was no need to be like that, because no one dared to cast scornful glances in his direction; after all, the two people beside him were the second and ninth place finishers.

In a word!

The three of us are truly amazing!

But what was surprising was that neither Du Ruo, who was in second place, nor Chen Mo, the dark horse who had suddenly emerged this time, became the center of everyone's attention.

Because at this moment, the focus was only on one person, and that was...

"He really made it to the tenth level."

Du Ruo's eyes were somewhat dim; he had always been chasing after Ye Kaige, but the gap between the two had not only failed to narrow, it had instead been widening.

Chen Mo was also somewhat surprised.

According to his estimate, there was a high probability that high-tier kin would appear on the tenth level. If it were still the Storm Naga, it would be the six-armed Storm Priest.

At the Transcendent rank, small gaps in sub-tiers might be made up for by a certain amount of numbers, but if there was a difference of a major tier, it would be nothing but a naked massacre.

Of course, if the numbers were large enough, there would still be a chance.

For example, in his previous Life, he and over a dozen members of his guild had besieged a severely injured alien True God while at the Demigod realm.

But even so, eight of the over a dozen players who had reached the Ninth Cycle realm died, and the consumption of kin was in the hundreds of millions.

And listening to the final results just announced by Duan Fei, this Ye Kaige not only made it to the tenth level but actually 'killed' a high-tier kin.

"I remember that the time you all ascended was about the same, right!" Chen Mo looked at Du Ruo.

"Yes, I, Liu Yiyi, and him—the three of us all condensed our divine domains at the beginning of last semester, with a time difference of at most two weeks."

Du Ruo shook his head with a bitter smile: "I considered my talent to be no less than his, but in the end, I overestimated myself."

"As long as there are resources, a Necromancy-type divine domain does indeed grow much faster; you don't need to be so anxious."

Chen Mo frowned; the impression Du Ruo gave him was clearly that he had been hit hard.

"That may be true, but a gap is a gap. You will understand this during the monthly exam; he is stronger in the unrestricted assessment than he is when only using his kin."

Du Ruo patted Chen Mo on the shoulder with a meaningful look: "Your performance this time surprised me. Keep it up, and catch up soon."

As he spoke, Du Ruo reached out and grabbed the portion of the reward belonging to him from the air, then tossed it directly to Chen Mo.

"I'm not lacking in divine arts, and this divine art card conflicts with my main area of study. Chen Mo, it's yours."

After speaking, without waiting for Chen Mo to refuse, a gate of the divine domain appeared behind him, and he stepped directly into it.

Arriving at someone else's Divine Kingdom might require building a cross-domain gate, but returning to one's own divine domain is very simple.

Not just Du Ruo, many Students had already left by now, including Ye Kaige, who had previously been the object of praise by the crowd of Students.

"This..."

Chen Mo held the divine art card that Du Ruo had tossed over; he hadn't even had time to refuse before Du Ruo had already left.

"Damn, a Tier 2 divine art card, just like that?"

Bai Yuanyu, standing beside Chen Mo, was stunned, his eyes full of envy.

"He's just like that. Although his personality is a bit arrogant, he's actually a good person. Don't take what happened before too much to heart."

Chen Mo put away the divine art card and looked at Bai Yuanyu.

"Alright, it's not like he only looks down on me; how many people in the class can actually catch his eye? Don't worry, brother, I'm not that petty."

Bai Yuanyu also mimicked Du Ruo's older-brother-like posture and patted Chen Mo on the shoulder.

"Get lost, you jerk."

Chen Mo kicked Bai Yuanyu, then raised his hand to pull down his own portion of the reward from the air.

These thirteen cards, which served as the weekly assessment rewards, were all divine art cards.

However, compared to the reward for Du Ruo, who came in second, this card of his was quite a bit worse, being only the lowest-level Tier 1 divine art card.

But a divine art card is a divine art card; even the worst ones on the market cost hundreds of thousands of credit points, and you might not even be able to buy one.

One has to say that the school is quite generous, but the wool comes from the sheep; as long as it's not too excessive, the school can always seek reimbursement from the Federal Education Bureau for its support of the Students.

"What card is it? Let me see."

Bai Yuanyu leaned in again. He hadn't felt comfortable looking at the one Du Ruo gave Chen Mo, but he had no such psychological burden with this one, reaching out to grab it directly.

"Fine, take it, take it!"

Chen Mo speechlessly handed the card to Bai Yuanyu, who was not polite in the slightest, holding it in his hands like a precious treasure and examining it carefully.

The card was yellowish-brown; it should be a divine art related to the Earth Law.

Chen Mo had observed earlier that, apart from the top three, the rewards for the following ten people were indeed similar, all being the most common elemental Tier 1 divine arts on the market.

"Wow, Earth Control, Chen Mo, you've hit the jackpot."

Bai Yuanyu exclaimed, immediately attracting the attention of a few Students who had not yet left.

"Is that Chen Mo, who ranked ninth this time?"

"Yeah, don't know what method he used, but he made it to the fourth level just after condensing his divine domain."

"What other method could there be? There are plenty of secret techniques and secret medicines that overdraw the potential of kin. Just watch, he'll have a hard time later on."

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Chen Mo ignored the idle gossip around him.

How should he put it? If you aren't envied, you're mediocre, and besides, all of this is only temporary.

Only gaps that can be seen and caught up to will make people jealous.

But once the gap is so large that it makes people despair, jealousy will turn into admiration and reverence; Ye Kaige, who left not long ago, is the best example.

"A defensive Tier 1 divine art, that's actually not bad." Chen Mo took the card back from Bai Yuanyu and nodded gently.

The value of a divine art mainly depends on three points.

First, the grade.

Second, the Law that the divine art corresponds to. For example, the [Tree Realm of Life] that Chen Mo used before—just based on the fact that it corresponds to the Life Law, its value cannot be compared to ordinary divine art cards.

Third, the type.

Auxiliary divine arts, offensive divine arts, defensive divine arts.

Among the three major categories, the price of defensive divine arts is generally the highest.

The reason is simple: Divine-path gods themselves are somewhat similar to a combination of a 'Summoner' and a 'Mage'.

The most core and important point of these two major professions is always to ensure one's own safety first.

Therefore, among all divine arts of the same tier, defensive divine arts are the most sought-after and have the highest value.

"Let's go, it's time to head back."

Chen Mo took one last look at the 'dead object' beneath his feet, which had been transformed from a Divine Kingdom, and a gate of the divine domain appeared behind him.

As for why he said this Divine Kingdom was a 'dead object', it's very simple.

Whether it is a divine domain or a Divine Kingdom, as long as the god dies, it will die along with them.

The reason why this Divine Kingdom had not collapsed, based on Chen Mo's experience from his previous Life, should be that some powerful True God was using the Plane Power of their own Divine Kingdom to sustain this 'corpse'.

And the identity of that person is actually not hard to guess.

The current principal of the Lanshan First God Academy, and also the recognized number one True God in Lanshi City, Li Chengsheng!