Even though they had enough Phantasmal Crystals and had no problem in terms of the materials needed to refine them to the fourth echelon, the success rate for the process for demon vessels was much lower than grade one masterpieces, and the risks were also much higher. Each time they refined demon vessels, they must be incredibly careful, because the slightest mistake will cause them to lose a treasure that was worth more than ten million taels of silver.
Practically every single one of the group of aces in Mu Clan had one or two demon vessels in their hands. Aces at the level of Silver Wolf and Little North had more than three pieces, which was more than the rest.
But if they wanted to refine all of them to the fourth echelon, even they will face pressure.
Hence, after Silver Wolf, Thunderous Battle, and Happy discussed this, they decided that their members will first prioritize getting points to get at least one Excellent Refinement Chance that will guarantee a one hundred percent success rate in refinement from the officer in charge of exchanging points for rewards.
One chance required one hundred thousand points.
Heartless Iron was in charge of pushing their demon vessels to the third echelon, and when it came to the fourth echelon, which carried the highest risk, they will hand over the refinement of their demon vessels to the army.
As for those without enough points, they can use their points to exchange for items that Mu Clan needed and put them into the storage for contribution points instead. Then, with the contribution points provided by the clan, they can get Fire Qilin Scales.
Silver Wolf was rather lucky over this period of time. He did not run into any of the monsters from the evil cult, and every day, he can get quite a lot of points for himself.
The points he acc.u.mulated had already surpassed four hundred thousand, and he had four pieces of fourth echelon demon vessel armor now, allowing him to give off an imposing presence. Right now, even if he fought against people at the level of the Priest, he will not die right when they exchanged blows. Now, he already had the basic requirement for a fight against those monsters down—the ability to protect himself.
"Silver Wolf." When he heard the familiar voice calling out to him, Silver Wolf turned his head around and looked.
Happy had appeared at some point of time behind him, and he stared at him with a faint smile on his face. "Did you get enough points?"
But without waiting for Silver Wolf to speak, Happy had his gaze wander about Silver Wolf's body, and he smiled even further. Your armor, shin guards, boots, and gauntlets are all at the fourth echelon. Now, even Life and Death Realm martial artists will have a hard time breaking through your defense. You're only lacking a helmet right now. Not bad. If you have the last piece, perhaps you will be able to fight against a normal Myth Realm martial artist."
"I'm not in a hurry about that. I'm actually thinking that since one month has passed since that accident, Wind Chimes should have already reached Mystical Realm. I'm planning to give her a zither as a gift."
Happy had his smile fade away slightly. "In the end, she still chose to continue practicing the skills from Six-fingered Demonic Zither?"
"Yes, she said that she's used to it, and she doesn't want to practice other ultimate techniques." Silver Wolf's answer caused Happy to sigh.
"Wind Chimes is not in a hurry for her zither for the time being. In fact, with her current qi realm, it's not suitable for her to join the next battle. When she truly needs it, it won't be too late for us to get her a zither." Happy stopped talking for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone changed, and he spoke gravely. "Silver Wolf, focus on getting your last demon vessel to the fourth echelon. Once this event ends, it'll be time to end the grudge between us and Class One Hall."
Chapter 884 - Stealing Techniques In Frenzy
Putting an end to the grudge between them…
Indeed, it was time for them to put an end to everything.
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In his previous life, Happy did not understand the specific effects and influence of a huge faction of power on a group quest, but he gained a full understanding of it in this life.
In his previous life, Happy did not understand the specific strength a group of people can bring out when they fought together, but now, he had an idea.
He came to an understanding that no matter how strong a person was, when he or she stood in front of an organization, it was useless.
This was similar to how a person tried to do his quests on the plains alone. No matter how strong he was, he was only a soldier. At most, he can only do his duty and become a dazzling pawn on the chessboard.
But when someone reached his height, he can overlook the entire situation.
He can do many things that other people cannot do.
Over the past twenty days or so, he had every move on the plains controlled in his hands.
Even though he did not have diviners helping him, Happy relied on his one hundred thousand cavaliers and the eyes and ears that almost covered the entire plains to learn of the mobilization of forces on the Mongolian army's side as well as the times when the evil cult elites took action. He had a clear understanding of their movements, to the point that their movements were revealed to him like a pool of clear water.
Also, during that period of time, Happy did not just repeatedly gain points everyday.
Everyday, Happy threw himself into the most dangerous places.
At night, he will run into Demon General, the Priest, Empress Yin, and Evil King one after another, fight against them a little, and flee. He also fought multiple times against Ralston, one of the Ten Great People. He even met the most powerful Martial Paragon hidden at the back of the Mongolian army once.
To any other normal person, those dangerous encounters were definitely situations that guaranteed certain death, but Happy had always been able to dissolve them multiple times with ease.
During the multiple encounters, Happy used the unique qualities in Nine Yang Divine Skill and imitated the Myth Realm martial artists' skills in frenzy.
Priest Xi Yin's Heavenly Purple Aura Net, Demon General Zhao Deyan's First Soul Returning Claw, Evil King Shi Zhixuan's Undying Seals, and Martial Paragon Bi Xuan's Blazing Sun.
In all, aside from Great Sky Demon Art, which was a martial art only girls could practice, Happy had shamelessly learned all the evil cult Myth Realm elites' martial arts.
He used Priest Xi Yin's Heavenly Purple Aura Net against Demon General Zhao Deyan's Ever-changing Silk Spear, used First Soul Returning Claw with Blazing Sun to fight against Empress Yin Zhu Yuyan's Great Sky Demon Art, and used Nine Yang Divine Skill as well as Shifting Stars to fight against Shi Zhixuan's Undying Seals and Martial Paragon's Blazing Sun.
Even though no one saw his battles, the strength Happy displayed in multiple group fights still caused quite a few attentive people to post those fights online.
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The Emperor's Announcement Event had not ended yet.
A group of people had already obtained Mongolia's War Achievement Points Rank and China's War Achievement Points Rank and brought them to a mansion in America's Los Angeles.
Bright sunlight shone into a huge hall through the floor-to-ceiling window and landed on a young Chinese man dressed in a white T-shirt.
The young man took over a small tablet his subordinates handed to him and lowered his head to look at it. Then, he casually placed it on the table beside him.
"It's just as I expected. Compared to China, Mongolia is much weaker." The man had a cold expression, and aside from a confidence that came straight from his bones, there was even a noble air in his actions.
A man in a suit standing behind the couch carefully picked up the tablet and answered, "Young Master Wei, there is indeed a huge difference in the data. But that is to be expected. Mongolia's resources can also be considered the third best in the world. They are in a very awkward state regardless of their geographical location or their resources. In the end, they only managed to produce o
ne Ralston. As of current, only Ralston remains in the plains."
"Are you talking about Ralston, the one listed among the Ten Great People?"
"That's right. Young Master Wei, Ralston is indeed a little skilled. As long as he doesn't run into the elite squad from China's Mu Clan, only the squad he leads can manage to fight a little against China's squads, no other team from Mongolia can.
"It's a pity, but over the past few days, Mongolia suffered quite a lot of losses, and most players have already retreated from the quest area."
"Okay, got it."
The man in the white T-shirt stood up with a calm expression and stood on the furry carpet with his b.a.r.e feet. He had a long, lean, and balanced figure. He casually walked to the window, pushed it open, and walked into the brightly lit yard. The man in the suit followed behind him tentatively. With a respectful expression, he continued describing all the other information he had in his hands.
"Also, Young Master Wei, I know that you asked me to pay attention to the Ten Great People Rank, but that number is now a mere nominal existence.
"Over this period of time, there is a continuous stream of people who entered the rank. The Prophet has widened the space for the Great People Rank, and now, there are twenty-seven people in it."
"The Prophet?" The man in the white T-shirt was slightly stunned.
"It's the bandit title Carlson gave himself. He said that only those with bandit titles can be considered true wanderers. He also said that aside from the Great People Rank, he is also in progress of setting up a detailed International Influential Rank of the Strong. He intends to put all the elites in the world in the form of data on the rank and rank them based on their strength.
"By the looks of it, he wants to become an international version of Wandering Know-it-all."
When he heard the man in the suit's words, the man in the white T-shirt remained silent for a few seconds before a smile appeared on his lips. "That blond boy is rather interesting. He's actually thinking about ranking the strength of all the elites in the world…?"
He stopped talking for a moment before he was unable to help himself but ask, "How's the progress of the ranking board now?"
"There are seven major servers in the game. More than two hundred countries are participating in it, and there are more than two billion players registered in the game. If he really wants to compile the statistics, he will have to pay a lot of attention to the details, and it is very troublesome. I believe that he will not be able to finish it within a short amount of time."
The man in the white T-shirt offered a different view about this. "If he needs a very long time to compile the statistics for this, what will he do when he needs to update the data? If he isn't efficient in this, it's impossible for him to succeed in this matter.
"Carlson is a smart man. This sort of small matter won't be able to bring him down. Search for his post again."
"Alright." The man in the suit quickly tapped a few icons on the tablet.
Then, he widened his eyes, and the man in the suit became excited. "It's there, Young Master Wei!"
Young Master Wei was stunned, and he quickly turned his head around to take the tablet from the hands of the man in the suit. There, right before his eyes, was a ranking board.
"That Carlson is seriously not bad.
"Oh, wait, I should call him the Prophet now." Young Master Wei smiled.
On the screen was the Prophet's Weibo.
The title on the front page was very eye-catching.
International Influential Rank!
International Great People Rank!
Due to time constraints, the ranking boards only recorded the data of the famous elites for the time being, and aside from the people at the top one hundred spots being ranked according to their strength, the rest were still at the stage where their statistics were being compiled, and their ranking was in no particular order.
"Interesting.
"There are one thousand people on Influence Rank.
"This Prophet only ranked the positions of those at the top one hundred spots. This allows him to preserve the dignity of those ranked below them, and he can also save time. He killed two birds with one stone.
"But the first to tenth places… Hmm? Why is Happy's name at fifteenth place?"
Even though there were plenty of elites in the world, but there was currently only one person who had already reached Moksha Realm.
Happy's strength was publicly acknowledged as the best by the battle replays. Being ranked at the fifteenth place in the world clearly did not seem logical.
"What is this Prophet doing…?"
"Young Master Wei, look! There's a public annotation by the side!"
Chapter 885 - The Prophet’s Rules
Just as Young Master Wei and the rest were checking this International Influential Rank of the Strong, the young American player known as the Prophet, Carlson, had his Weibo set on the trending list by the official developers of Weibo. His International Influential Rank of the Strong and International Great People Rank had more than ten million views and more than ten thousand reposts within a short period of time.
The momentum of its increasing popularity just became stronger and stronger with each passing moment!
The Prophet's name quickly became a title countless people discussed often, and Carlson became famous within one night.
Each of those listed in Influential Great People Rank had more than one hundred and eighty minutes of battle replay uploaded on the official website, and they also had a description about them that was about ten thousand words in length.
Those passages described the players' birthplace, sect, the martial arts they learned, their qi points, the data about their four attributes, their qi realms, the martial arts they perfected, the ultimate techniques and equipment they were used to use. All these were listed in great detail.
Then, it was followed by the feats they accomplished, the reasons they became famous, and the battles they joined that shook World of Martial Arts. All of them were described clearly.
All those up on Influential Great People Rank had sufficient reason of being on the ranking board, and no one can say anything about it.
Also, there was a contact method listed on Great People Rank, along with a registration channel for others to be listed on Great People Rank.
The people who wanted to be in the rank only needed to provide their titles and their battle records, and they will obtain the Prophet's attention. They will also be evaluated.
As long as their strength achieved the requirements, the next Great Person might be born.
However, the information about the battle replays that can make others watch them for a few days and nights were not the only thing that attracted the people's attention. The largest selling point about the website was still the International Influential Rank of the Strong.
The Prophet stated that the top one hundred players will not be ranked based on the people they killed in the game or their reputation. Instead, they will be ranked based on their equipment, the combination of their martial arts, their comprehensive strength, and the strongest NPCs they killed in the game.
If they had a full set of fourth-echelon masterpieces, they gained one point.
For a full set of third-echelon demon vessels, they gained two points.
As for a full set of fourth-echelon demon vessels, they gained three points.
The number of ultimate techniques they had will also allow them to gain points.
Life and Death Realm lightness skills, Life and Death Realm body fortification skills, Life and Death Realm qi cultivation techniques, Life and Death Realm martial arts, as well as Life and Death Realm throwing knife skills, bow techniques, and hidden weapon techniques will also allow them to gain points. If the player had one Life and Death Realm technique among the five types of martial arts listed, they will gain points. At most, they can get five points.
As for ultimate techniques, the players can get one point fo
r them regardless of its rank.
The International Influential Rank of the Strong was a statistical ranking system formed based on points, and the ranking will be continuously refreshed based on each person's change, which will allow it to avoid being criticized by multiple people.
It was also precisely because of this reason that even though many people were livid when they saw the names listed at the very top of the ranking board, but soon, they had their questions answered, and they felt at peace with it.
The person ranked at the top was China's One Emperor.
When they clicked open One Emperor's data, many people had to admit to how he gained his position at the top.
Aside from having a full set of fourth-echelon divine equipment, which allowed him to gain a full three points, he had a Life and Death Realm lightness skill, Life and Death Realm body fortification, Life and Death Realm qi cultivation technique, and Fatal Thirteen Sword. The only thing he lacked was a hidden weapon technique, and from those, he obtained four points.
He was also the person on the International Influential Rank of the Strong who gained the most points for the final category.
He had a total five points from it!
This meant that there were at least five Myth Realm NPCs who died in One Emperor's hands.
Myth Realm!
To many players, they were powerful existences who can only be looked up to, but in One Emperor's eyes, they did not seem to be that strong and unbeatable.
As for the fourteen people behind him, all of them had full points in terms of their equipment and martial artists, and they had eight points from those. But when it came to killing Myth Realm martial artists, they only managed to kill one or two of them, and their points were around ten or nine.
It was the same for Happy, he only had nine points.
That was because his entire set of equipment was made up of fourth-echelon masterpieces, and he only had a pitiful one point from it.
As for his martial arts, he only had four points from it.
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