Chapter 41: I Don't Want to Be on the Ranking List!

Molten Immortal Palace.

Inside the maintenance room.

Ning Zhuo ran all the way to the front of the five-sided stone pillar.

He discovered that all five sides of the stone pillar had ranking lists. They were the Qi Refining Ranking, Essence Refining Ranking, Spirit Refining Ranking, Assessment Progress Ranking, and Level Speed-Run Ranking.

Good heavens, his name was also on the Level Speed-Run Ranking, and he was the only one on it too.

Ning Zhuo didn't have the time to think about the information hidden in these ranking lists, nor did he care why he was the only one on the list; he just wanted to know: how could he get his name off!

"The four major factions can't even protect their own Qi Refining geniuses. If I were exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"The Three Sects Layman set up such a ranking list, likely to increase competition, spur, and motivate. But a small fry like me can't bear it."

Ning Zhuo circled the five-sided stone pillar, and as the stone pillar rotated, he followed it.

The characters "Ning Zhuo" on the stone pillar were carved in relief, protruding outward.

"Can I grind it off?"

Ning Zhuo jumped up, but couldn't reach his name. He was the only one on the entire ranking list, so he was in first place, and his position was also the highest.

Hanging ring!

Ding.

The blue-purple diamond-shaped colored diamond shot onto the ceiling, fused with the roof, and was very firm.

The wooden ring stuck his big head. The inside of the wooden ring rotated on its own, retracted a long section of thin thread, and pulled Ning Zhuo’s body to rise rapidly.

Ning Zhuo’s head tilted, gradually rising until it was level with his name.

He reached out and tried to grind off his name, only to find that not a single stone chip had been produced.

The stone pillar was very solid!

Ning Zhuo reviewed his means; his only Ice-Embracing Technique certainly wouldn't work, so there was no need to waste time and spiritual power.

"Must, must solve this problem!"

Ning Zhuo knew he had no way on his own, so while hanging, he tilted his head and looked around.

Only at this moment did he begin to properly observe this unique room.

According to the information, this was a maintenance room, different from Room Number One, Room Number Two, and Room Number Three.

Ning Zhuo looked, and sure enough, it was so.

The entire maintenance room was square, presenting a square structure.

The walls and ceiling of the room were still copper, but they were blue copper.

The light source was unknown, but the room was rippling with faint sea-blue waves of light.

In the center of the maintenance room was the five-sided stone pillar, with five or six mechanical pedestals piled up against the wall, and many mechanical components hanging on the walls, dazzling. There were also several manual workbenches with complete mechanical tools on the tables.

Seeing these facilities and tools, hope reignited in Ning Zhuo’s heart.

"Perhaps, I can use these tools to grind off my name."

Ning Zhuo controlled the hanging ring, lengthened the thread, and let himself fall back to the ground.

He dragged the slender thread, ran all the way, came to a wall, and reached out to hold a torch hanging on the wall.

Just as he touched the torch, a piece of information was transmitted to his heart.

Using the torch requires payment!

The specific standard for payment is calculated based on the duration of use.

Ning Zhuo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood: "No wonder the spirit stone reward for passing the room is getting larger and larger!"

"In the assessment, these spirit stones are not just sources of spiritual power, but also money."

Ning Zhuo agreed to pay in his heart, and only then did he successfully take down the torch.

The torch was named the Welding Torch, one of the common tools for mechanical production.

Ning Zhuo grabbed the Welding Torch and ran toward the center of the maintenance room again.

He ran a few steps, kicked the ground fiercely, cooperated with the rotation of the wooden ring on his neck, and the thread retracted rapidly.

Ning Zhuo’s neck tilted again, and his whole body was hung up again.

He swayed in mid-air, used the inertia of the sprint jump, and returned to the position level with his name again.

Then, he extended the torch forward, activated his spiritual power, and infused it into the torch.

The torch immediately ignited on its own, and a ball of duck-egg red flame appeared at the tip of the torch.

Ning Zhuo increased the infusion of spiritual power, and the flame ball immediately surged, looking like hair standing on end in anger. At the very tip of the flame, the flame quickly presented a bright blue-purple color.

Ning Zhuo aimed the tip of the flame at his name and burned it with all his might.

As a result, after roasting for a while, there was not even a trace of burning on the name, and it was still so conspicuous and outstanding.

Ning Zhuo gritted his teeth and had to give up.

The hanging ring stuck his chin, rotated on its own with a swoosh, and lengthened the thread. Ning Zhuo fell down again.

When he hung up again, the Welding Torch in his hand was gone, replaced by a file.

This was the Tooth-Grinding Magic Sound File.

It used the canine teeth of fierce beasts as the main material, and after infusing spiritual power, it could emit a harsh noise. The noise could be adjusted in size and range, used in many places for grinding.

Not just the outside of the object, because the noise could penetrate, the inside of the object could also be ground very smoothly and evenly.

Ning Zhuo tried to use the Tooth-Grinding Magic Sound File to attack his name.

At the same time.

Molten Immortal Palace main hall.

On the throne, the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit yawned boredly.

During the last exploration, Ning Zhuo brought it a lot of fun. So, when the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit noticed that Ning Zhuo’s soul had recovered quite well, it couldn't wait to pull Ning Zhuo’s soul in.

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit wanted to take more fun from Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo’s second exploration of the Immortal Palace, the strange appearance of hanging in Room Number Two, and the embarrassment of being beaten by the Kung Fu puppet, all made the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit quite happy.

But now, Ning Zhuo didn't leave, but focused entirely on grinding off his name. This made the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit feel very bored.

It directly transmitted information—it is not allowed to destroy the ranking stone pillar!

Ning Zhuo received this information, and his movements paused slightly.

If it were before, he might have stopped.

But the matter of his name was too significant, and Ning Zhuo would absolutely not give up like this.

He secretly gritted his teeth and continued to file his name with the Magic Sound File.

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit let out a "heh," feeling a bit angry, and spat out a spark.

The next moment, it directly controlled the divine ability "Human Life Hanging by a Thread."

Instantly, Ning Zhuo was unable to move.

After a breath, he regained his ability to act and had to stop.

Looking at his name again, the two big characters "Ning Zhuo" were still so conspicuous and outstanding.

"What should I do?" In Ning Zhuo’s heart, a feeling of despair gradually spread.

"No, I can't just give up like this."

This time, Ning Zhuo landed and no longer used small tools.

He aimed his gaze at those pedestals.

The forms of the pedestals were varied.

Ning Zhuo quickly browsed through the motion balance bed, array pattern carving table, spiritual power compression bed, White Tiger Edge-Opening Wheel, and finally came to the Thousand-Jun Heavy Hammer Pedestal.

"The Molten Immortal Palace’s control over me is a matter of an instant."

"I will set up a simple mechanism, only need to press that first moment, and I can let the heavy hammer strike the stone tablet!"

Ning Zhuo’s big head immediately thought of a way to take a shortcut.

He began to busy himself everywhere, first selecting mechanical components, then dragging out the Thousand-Jun Heavy Hammer Pedestal, and gradually building a catapult. ===== CHAPTER 42 =====