Chapter 28

Red Dome Martial Arts Mansion, Virtual Room

"Damn it, at my level, none of the opponents matched are weak. I lost again."

Guo Heng frowned and exited the virtual cabin in less than an hour.

Seeing that it was still early before the hour ended and Lin Qi and Jiang Tao hadn't come out, he planned to wait a while.

So he wandered around in the virtual room. There were small shops in the virtual room selling drinks and snacks, and there were seats. He planned to find someone he knew to chat with.

Because in Tianhai City, only the three top martial arts mansions possessed enough virtual cabins, and coming to the virtual room often made it easy to run into acquaintances.

At this time, he saw a group of people chatting, among whom were his acquaintances.

"I actually carelessly lost to a novice just now. His spear technique realm is clearly not as good as mine."

"I am a practitioner, and in another period of time, I can compete for the Star rank."

"I wanted to take revenge, but I found that I couldn't match him no matter what."

One of the curly-haired men was indignant, telling his encounter.

"It's really a strange thing. With your strength, Lu Xiang, you would actually lose to a novice. You are in the top 30 of our first-year grade."

"It seems this novice is not simple. Maybe it's some expert who just registered for the 'Red Realm'."

Someone thought seriously.

"His name is Yang Jian, and I don't know if it's his real name. You guys take note, next time you meet him, help me take revenge," Lu Xiang said bitterly.

"I think it's just that you, Lu Xiang, were too careless, that's why you let others seize the opportunity."

A beautiful girl with a slender figure wearing an expensive martial arts suit spoke mockingly.

"Yang Jian? Newbie?"

"What are you guys chatting about?" Guo Heng squeezed in and asked.

"Old Guo is here?" Everyone greeted him.

"We are talking about Lu Xiang being defeated by a novice."

"Oh? Tell me in detail." Guo Heng's eyes lit up.

Jiang Tao's eyes were shrouded in light, and the dazzling lights made him quite uncomfortable.

"Damn, the opponent is really strong, I couldn't fight back at all."

Jiang Tao sat up, but felt a burst of exhaustion, his spirit withered.

The virtual cabin next to him also opened, and Lin Qi sat up, his face pale, as if he had been hollowed out.

Lin Qi felt that his brain was a mess, as if he had stayed up for three days and nights in his previous life, exhausted.

"Lin Lin Qi Ge, I feel so tired!" Jiang Tao shook his head.

"Me too, my spirit is severely overdrawn."

Lin Qi also covered his head.

"Feeling tired is normal. Staying in the virtual world for a long time consumes a huge amount of spirit, especially after being killed. The intense pain will stimulate the spirit, causing great damage."

"So it is not recommended to stay in the Red Realm for too long."

Guo Heng walked over with a smile, handing over two boxes containing blue liquid medicine.

"This is a refreshing potion, it can restore your spirit."

"Refreshing potion?"

"I remember one tube of this costs 1,000 Xia Guo coins," Jiang Tao widened his eyes, not daring to reach out to take it.

Lin Qi also revealed a curious look.

"Don't worry, my treat, it won't be deducted from your reward," Guo Heng continued.

"Then we won't be polite." Jiang Tao chuckled and took it without hesitation.

Lin Qi did the same, opened the refreshing potion, and drank it in one gulp.

The blue liquid entered his mouth, emitting the refreshing scent of mint.

A burst of icy cold breath quickly spread through his brain, and the mental exhaustion was instantly restored.

His face also regained its color at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Really magical, the effect is really strong, it lives up to being a 1,000-a-bottle potion."

Jiang Tao sighed, and at the same time asked:

"By the way, Lin Lin Qi Ge, how many points do you have now?"

"12 points!"

"So many? I only have 6 points!" Jiang Tao was surprised.

"Having 12 points on the first use can be said to be very good."

Guo Heng was also quite surprised. This was at least four wins. Winning four rounds on the first time entering the arena was very rare.

"By the way, A-Heng, I unlocked the ranking function and ranked 458th. Where can you see the total ranking?" Jiang Tao asked curiously.

Guo Heng pointed to the high wall in the distance, where a huge LED screen stood:

"Right before your eyes!"

Jiang Tao and Lin Qi also looked toward the big screen, and the data on the screen appeared before the two.

"This is the ranking list compiled based on the Red Realm Arena's record. After abbreviation, it is called—Red List." "However, the current scope of the statistics is only our Red Dome Martial Arts Mansion Tianhai Branch. Anyone whose login IP is in the Red Dome Martial Arts Mansion counts."

Guo Heng pointed to the big screen and introduced it.

And Lin Qi and Jiang Tao were already watching the ranking list.

【First place: Battle Axe Bear, Rank: Star】

【Second place: General Guo of Heng Dao Li Ma, Rank: Star】

【Third place: Ten Thousand Swords, Rank: Star】

【...】

"The first place is Battle Axe Bear, wouldn't that be Li Zhou from our class?"

"It should be him!"

!

"A-Heng, this second place wouldn't be you, right? And it's Star rank, amazing!" Jiang Tao exclaimed.

Guo Heng tilted his head and curled his lips, saying modestly:

"This is only temporary. As time goes by, other experts will gradually enter the Red Realm, and the ranking will also change."

"As far as I know, in our first middle school, there are several experts ranked ahead of me. They have holographic virtual cabins in their own homes."

"If they come to the Red Dome Martial Arts Mansion to log in, they might instantly reach the top first place."

"Another name for the Red List is the Genius Youth List, only targeting martial artists aged eighteen and under."

"University students are excluded. After the college entrance examination, statistics are generally re-conducted."

"The scope of the ranking will be expanded every once in a while. Now we can only see the ranking of our Tianhai Red Dome Martial Arts Mansion."

"Next, it will be expanded to the entire Tianhai, even the entire Cang Province, and even the national ranking."

"Don't look at me as the second place now. Once the scope of statistics expands, my ranking will drop."

"What I need to do is stabilize my ranking."

Listening to Guo Heng's explanation, Lin Qi and Jiang Tao benefited a lot. These were not secrets, but it would still take them some time to understand them on their own.

Having Guo Heng answer them saved them a lot of time.

"By the way, what is the situation with this rank?" Jiang Tao pointed to the Star rank on the screen and asked.

Guo Heng explained:

"The rank represents your strength."

"After passing the AI test in the arena, you are a novice. After ten matches are finished, you can become an elite."

"And in matching, you can only get 3 points for defeating an opponent, 1 point for a draw, and no points for losing."

"When the points break through 150, you can be promoted to the Star rank."

"The Red Realm Arena divides the ranks into four levels: Star, Bright Moon, Dazzling Sun, and the strongest God level."

"I am currently at the Star rank!"

Lin Qi and Jiang Tao looked at each other, surprised in their hearts.

"150 points to be promoted to Star rank, doesn't that mean you have to win at least 50 rounds?"

"The opponent I met just now was already strong enough, they were all geniuses. Winning 50 rounds is really difficult," Jiang Tao exclaimed.

Lin Qi felt shocked. He had already felt the strength of the opponent after only 5 rounds. Everyone who could enter the Red Realm was a genius.

The strength of this group of geniuses was stronger than the next. Wanting to win 50 rounds was extremely difficult.

And Guo Heng being able to win 50 rounds, one could imagine how strong he was.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, the Red Realm official has already launched an activity."

"As long as you can be promoted to Star rank before October 10th, that is, before the Tianhai monthly exam, you can receive a reward of 500,000 Xia Guo coins."

Guo Heng suddenly thought of something and said.

"500,000?"

Lin Qi's eyes lit up after hearing this. Being promoted to Star rank could actually get 500,000 Xia Guo coins.

You know, even a second-class genius loan is only 500,000.

Lin Qi calculated secretly. If he could get both the activity reward and the second-class genius loan, he would be able to get 1,000,000 Xia Guo coins.

He and Jiang Tao looked at each other and reached a tacit understanding.

This 500,000 must be obtained. The two of them were too short of money.

"I just heard the students in our first middle school elite class chatting. My classmate, who is in the top thirty of the grade, was actually defeated by a novice named Yang Jian."

"This novice is not simple. You two are also novices, maybe you will be matched with him, be careful," Guo Heng reminded with a smile.

"Yang Jian, daring to take the name of Erlang Shen, he is confident enough in his strength," Jiang Tao complained.

Lin Qi was stunned, not expecting that he would eat the melon that was about himself.

"Don't worry, we will be careful."

He said with a guilty conscience.

(End of chapter)