Chapter 37: Ranking Competition! Instant-Kill Expert!

【Ding—】

【Confirm entry into the Ranking Arena?】

【Yes!】

【Choose to hide your name? If you hide your name, your name and universe plane information will be hidden during battle! And after obtaining "Special Ranking Competition Achievements," there will be no Heavens and Myriad Worlds announcement, and it will be considered a voluntary waiver of "Special Ranking Competition Achievement" rewards!】

【No!】

Chen Junlin made his choice without hesitation.

Having refined the Daxia Nine Provinces Cauldron, he was currently in need of making a name for himself and accumulating "reputation," so how could he hide his name.

Moreover, judging from these hidden rules, although hiding name information and universe plane information could avoid the situation of "losing online and choosing to make an appointment to fight offline," it would also lose the corresponding "Special Ranking Competition Achievement" rewards. Obviously, the Heavens and Myriad Worlds Network was essentially not biased towards competitors choosing to hide information.

This was also normal.

After all, the Heavens and Myriad Worlds Network was all about "competition," and the value of "achievement rewards" was not low... Unless the universe living beings of a universe plane were too weak and worried about exposing their universe plane information, leading to "invasion" by competitors in the ranking matches, they basically wouldn't choose to hide information.

【Ding—】

【Selection successful!】

【About to enter the Heavens and Myriad Worlds Ranking Arena!】

Swish—

Accompanied by a feeling of spinning, as if passing through layers of void shackles.

Finally!

The Ranking Arena appeared before Chen Junlin.

Completely different from the "Survival Arena" filled with dark, oppressive, and ancient atmosphere, the Ranking Arena before Chen Junlin was magnificent, like an ancient giant city standing in the endless sea of stars. The city walls were composed of countless mysterious runes, each rune flickering with heart-palpitating power.

He took a deep breath, a glimmer of expectation flashing in his eyes.

He quickly checked his ranking: 9999999... (Rank: None, Win rate: None) He couldn't see what the ranking number was at all.

This made Chen Junlin raise his eyebrows slightly. From this, it was not difficult to guess how many living beings there were in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds Network, and how huge the number of universes in the entire Heavens and Myriad Worlds was.

【Challenge begins!】

【Please prepare, competitor!】

【Countdown, 3, 2, 1!】

A cold and ruthless loud voice echoed throughout the Ranking Arena.

Chen Junlin knew that his first battle was coming.

"Boom—"

The moment the countdown ended, before Chen Junlin could think too much, a terrifying thunder explosion sound suddenly came from behind him, and the astonishing power of lightning made a crackling sound of void shattering, seemingly wanting to instantly tear Chen Junlin into fragments.

"Hmph!"

Chen Junlin's gaze turned slightly cold. He already understood that the other party clearly intended to take advantage of his first entry into the Ranking Arena, where he would likely lack experience, so they directly didn't talk about martial arts and launched a sneak attack at the fastest attack speed, trying to make him unable to react.

Judging from the strength of the other party's move, they clearly didn't intend to give him a chance to fight back.

If it were an ordinary lv19 universe living being, facing this sudden explosive killing move, I'm afraid they would have no way to react at all.

Although, being killed in the Ranking Arena would not lead to true death like in the conquest mode, it would lead to a drop in level experience, as well as a magic treasure or prop on one's person, and the loss could be large or small.

Of course—

Facing this sudden attack, Chen Junlin appeared unusually calm.

His body remained motionless, and the Desolate Sword Art was already prepared. Just as the terrifying lightning was about to tear his body apart, he flicked his wrist, and the Desolate Sword Art in his hand was instantly activated.

An aura of desolation permeated the air, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze.

The originally mighty and peerless lightning, under the impact of this desolate power, instantly became weak, like ice meeting sunlight, quickly dissolving.

Puchi!

Countless sword rays pierced through the sky, with Chen Junlin as the center point, quickly spreading in all directions, sealing off all space within the Ranking Arena...

No matter what kind of incredible stealth means or space means the other party had mastered, there was absolutely no chance of avoiding it! "No... how is this possible?"

The competitor who launched the sneak attack saw his attack easily resolved, and his face changed drastically. He didn't expect that this opponent, who had entered the Ranking Arena for the first time, would be so powerful. No wonder he could destroy a lv110 universe with lv4 strength.

He hurriedly retreated, trying to operate space means to pull away the distance.

He was an alien living being named "Void Gap Race," and his ability was to enter the gaps within any space, almost completely merging with space, making it difficult to be perceived... Relying on this special ability, the "Void Gap Race" often occupied a good opening advantage in the ranking matches.

However—

He never expected that, under the circumstances where he clearly occupied a huge opening advantage and almost no one could react.

This "Chen Junlin" not only made a counterattack but also displayed a terrifying sword art.

That sword art... was actually heaven-defying enough to fill every gap in space with sword intent!

He had nowhere to hide!

The "exclusive" ability of the Void Gap Race, which gave countless universe living beings a headache, completely failed at this moment! He widened his eyes, full of horror and fear, as if he couldn't believe that he had been defeated in such a short time.

Originally, he also planned to step on the name "Chen Junlin" to make a name for himself in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

But he didn't expect that the other party's strength would be so terrifying, completely subverting his cognition! "No—"

"My nine-game winning streak record, just one more time and I would have gotten the ten-game winning streak ranking competition achievement!!"

In the eyes of the Void Gap Race competitor, who was in extreme despair, and amidst his sorrowful cries.

Endless sword qi, almost in an instant, pierced through his body, crushing the physical body of this Void Gap Race competitor into nothingness.

"Crack!"

A harsh sound, and the body of the Void Gap Race sneak attacker turned into dots of starlight, completely disappearing from the Ranking Arena.

And from the start of the battle to the end, it was actually less than a second!

Chen Junlin didn't even look back, his gaze always calm as water, as if everything just now was just an insignificant interlude.

【Ding—】

【Congratulations, you have obtained your first ranking victory!】

【You defeated the Void Gap Race competitor "Mokaer" (Silver 5-Star, lv176), obtained 130 ranking points (30 base points + 100 comprehensive performance points), Rank: None (can be ranked after ten ranking matches), obtained 100 experience points, obtained magic treasure—Thunder Thorn: Sorrow!】

【Ding—】

【Congratulations, you have obtained the ranking competition achievement—Instant-Kill Expert!】

【Instant-Kill Expert: Obtained by instantly killing a competitor within 1 second after the ranking competition begins! (Buff effect: Strength +100, Intelligence +100, Reputation +100, Critical Hit Rate +100%! Special effect: For every competitor defeated, you can obtain one universal currency of the myriad worlds)!】

【Your performance in the Ranking Arena is very excellent, you have obtained full performance points this time, please continue to work hard!】

"Hmm?"

"Need to play ten ranking matches to be ranked?"

Chen Junlin raised his eyebrows. This was somewhat similar to a game he had played on Earth.

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