179: Level Ranking and Equipment Ranking

The [unstable partner summoner] was handed over to Xie Lingge, who delivered it to [Old Man Li] that same day!

And [Old Man Li] immediately began recruiting people in the Novice Village!

In an instant, people flocked to respond!

Not only the elite team of the [Time] guild, but many non-elite team members and even people not from the [Time] guild signed up or sent private messages to [Old Man Li], paying for a spot... not necessarily a spot in the elite team, but rather wanting to migrate to [Old Man Li]'s Novice Village.

After all, this place was bound to be a gathering of the strong in the future, with a great chance of defeating a Bronze BOSS!

As long as they could stay alive during the BOSS fight... so, if any Novice Village had a hope of becoming the next to clear the [Bronze Trial], it would certainly be Novice Village No. 110929, where [Old Man Li] was located!

Unfortunately, everyone guessed wrong... while Xu Shian was busy pitting his wits against the players of the Ganpu Highlands.

While Novice Village No. 110929 was working as one, constantly testing the strength of the Bronze BOSS!

Another expert from a Novice Village had cleared the Bronze Trial... [Bankai]!

He didn't have any items to pull people from other Novice Villages, so he just took over 20 elites from his own Novice Village along with some ragtag players who came to throw their lives away, and just like that, they killed the Bronze Level BOSS!

Kukimototaka had essentially pushed his offense and defense to the absolute limit!

In just two and a half minutes, he killed the BOSS directly... the guys recording the video from the sidelines posted it on the Forum, and the content completely stunned the many onlookers.

The world did not acknowledge King Arthur's previous dominance!

What's so strong about you?

Who couldn't win using that [Archangel's Holy Descent] scroll?

Can you keep having scrolls like that?

I don't believe it... so in the eyes of the world, given King Arthur's conditions at the Time, even a dog could win against this Bronze BOSS; after all, it was just a wave of the hand!

But this Kukimototaka was different; he had truly defeated the Bronze BOSS relying on raw strength, with video evidence for the entire process!

In the past, every video of their failed attempts to challenge the BOSS was also posted on the Forum and never taken down... The Kutoki Financial Group was one of the major zaibatsu in Sakura Country during the Blue Star era, and now they had even arranged for many people to hype up their third young master on the Forum... Over at King Arthur's side, after just a week of settling, he had already vanished from people's minds!

Now, the entire internet was praising the power of [Bankai]!

Of course, Xu Shian had already been excluded by the world!

What was there to discuss about a player who turned on cheats and forgot to turn them off?

...As Time passed, more and more players had reached the level 10 level seal!

And more problems began to surface... all of humanity from Blue Star had been pulled into "myriad realms online" and placed in different countries according to their locations.

Currently, the ones having the hardest Time in the world were those who were "strangers in a strange land"!

And among them, the people of Xia Country made up the majority... after all, in the Blue Star era, it was said that wherever there were people, there were Xia Country people doing business.

It didn't matter during the Blue Star era, and it didn't really matter during the Novice Village era... after all, the Novice Villages were only so large, and the NPCs in the village were highly involved in every aspect of the players' monster hunting and daily lives!

But the main city era was clearly not like that! At least not for now... in the current main city era, the City Lord's Mansion remains tightly shut, and the City Defense Force hardly cares about anything else aside from being responsible for guarding the city walls and barracks.

Even the daily patrols within the city are tasks assigned to players who have registered with the [City Defense Force] faction... without the intervention of NPCs, life for foreign players has truly become difficult!

So, when the tragic experiences of foreign players worldwide were posted on the Forum, many players who were abroad and had no foundation now huddled in the Novice Villages, not daring to head to the main cities... the officials of Xia Country were now quite troubled by this issue.

Putting aside civilian forces, the key issue was that many people from Xia Country's official sectors were also away on official business!

The government couldn't just ignore these people.

But they didn't have the capacity to handle it right now!

[Ding! The one-month period has arrived. As of June 30th at 6:00 PM sharp, the top ten on the three rankings will each receive a small gift! Ranking statistics for the three lists are in progress, please wait!]

This was a system announcement, but it only rang in the ears of players qualified to hear it.

Xu Shian, who was fishing, heard this news and, ignoring his fishing, quickly opened the three rankings to check the standings!

[Level Ranking List]

1st Place: Shi Chuan (East Dragon Empire), Level 15 (7%)

2nd Place: King Arthur (The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets), Level 12 (78%)

3rd Place: I Am Really Not a Big Star (East Dragon Empire), Level 12 (9%)

4th Place: My Daughter Is a Big Star (East Dragon Empire), Level 12 (7%)

5th Place: Sad Fish (East Dragon Empire), Level 12 (7%)

6th Place: Dumplings Boil Tangyuan (East Dragon Empire), Level 12 (7%)

7th Place: Alex (The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets), Level 11 (49%)

8th Place: War God Xingtian (East Dragon Empire), Level 11 (43%)

9th Place: Killian (The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets), Level 11 (41%)

10th Place: Sorrow of Ending War (East Dragon Empire), Level 11 (40%)

...Rewards are only given to the top ten, so Xu Shian only looked at the top ten rankings!

Among them, the East Dragon Empire and the The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets took all the spots!

It was mainly because Xu Shian and King Arthur were cheating.

They brought their guild members to the main city ahead of Time... other strong individuals with hope for the future would never run here to snatch a spot on the level rankings without a proper title or status at this Time.

If you haven't reached the Bronze Rank, can you even fight after coming to the main city?

[equipment ranking list]

1st Place: Novice Staff, Equipment Rating 420, Common Grade

2nd Place: Novice Cloth Armor, Equipment Rating 400, Common Grade

3rd Place: surging life amulet, Equipment Rating 305, Golden Grade;

4th Place: Novice Clogs, Equipment Rating 280, Common Grade;

5th Place: Ebony War Boots, Equipment Rating 180, diamond grade;

6th Place: Sage's Staff, Equipment Rating 175, diamond grade;

7th Place: Ancient Tree's Nemesis Bow, Equipment Rating 170, diamond grade;

...Xu Shian looked at the equipment list and couldn't help but praise [Bankai]'s talent!

These pieces of equipment were all synthesized by [Bankai] using his talent.

Although he himself never admitted it, this was already an open secret in the game... after all, everyone had essentially watched this [Bankai]'s equipment rating rise all the way up!

On the equipment list, [Bankai] was almost solely dominant.

Xu Shian occupied the third, fifth, and seventh places;

[King Arthur] occupied the sixth place on the equipment list.

The remaining six seats in the top ten all belonged to [Bankai]... the other party's talent was too monstrous on this list, and Xu Shian had long since given up the idea of competing with him.

As for Xu Shian's [surging life amulet], it was because one of the five life amulet necklaces made by Sink had a massive proc of the [Craftsmanship Special Effect]!

[surging life amulet]

[Neck]

[Item Level: 305]

[Golden Grade]

[Constitution +60]

[spirit +60]

[Use: Restore 10% of your maximum health. Cooldown: 1 minute.]

[Craftsmanship Special Effect: All Attributes +30]

[Durability: 60/60]

Over such a long period, Xu Shian had also figured out the calculation formula for these equipment ratings.

The rating was basically the sum of the attributes added by the equipment!

Things like increased attack, defense, HP, or mana were converted into attributes and then added to the rating.

Skills, on the other hand, added different ratings based on the strength of their effects... most of the other necklaces Sink made only added 20 to 30 to a single attribute!

But it just so happened that such a super "critically" crafted piece of equipment appeared.

This allowed Xu Shian to occupy a seat in the top three, preserving his face as the number one player in the game!