Just as Wen Yu was feigning sleep with his eyes half-closed, a massive toll of a bell echoed in the distance. At the sa ti, a magnificent yet genial Spiritual Fluctuation transmitted into the minds of every professionist in the Eternal Sky City!
"The Sequence mber-Ranking Battle has officially begun!"
As this Spiritual Fluctuation slowly dissipated, countless beams of white light flashed past the periter of the skill competition arena—these were all professionists qualified to challenge the Sequence!
The very next mont, white light flickered over the positions from Sequence Number 91 to Sequence Number 100. The professionists holding these Sequence Ranks had already been pulled into the Challenge Space.
...
Seeing this, Wen Yu abruptly swallowed hard.
The fervor of the professionists outside far exceeded his imagination.
According to the rules, while non-Sequence mbers could challenge those in the Sequence, Sequence mbers could also challenge each other. For those from Sequence Number 91 to Sequence Number 100, their best option was to challenge those from Sequence Number 81 to Sequence Number 90 before they themselves were challenged. Only then could they extricate themselves from the myriad of waiting challenges.
Unfortunately, the professionists outside were quicker...
It hadn’t even been three seconds when ten more flashes of white light were seen—the challenges had already ended. This might be because the flow of ti inside the skill competition arena was different from the outside world. Seeing the professionists sitting in the positions from Sequence Number 91 to Sequence Number 100, Wen Yu’s eye twitched violently.
All ten people had been replaced.
In other words, all ten Challengers had succeeded!
From this, one could see just how inflated the current Sequence rankings were!
...
Then, before these people could even get comfortable, white light flashed again.
The newly promoted professionists from Sequence Number 91 to Sequence Number 100 disappeared once more. At the sa ti, Sequence Number 87 was also engulfed by a beam of white light.
A newly promoted Sequence mber had challenged Sequence Number 87!
Three seconds later...
Another round of old faces was replaced by new ones. Watching the rapidly changing faces below, Wen Yu had a foreboding sense of how tragic the fate of those in the lower Sequence Ranks must be.
With over fifteen thousand people, they had a long series of battles ahead of them.
...
The white light flickered ceaselessly, like countless light bulbs shaking before one’s eyes. Not only did it signify the intense competition of the ranking battle, but it also ant that a large number of professionists were being eliminated.
However, this had nothing to do with those sitting in the top ten of the Sequence.
To challenge the top ten of the Sequence, one had to first reach the top twenty! And the Sequence mbers ahead of them were not to be trifled with!
In fact, up to that point, the positions of the top fifty in the Sequence had not been replaced even once.
One reason was that many battles were intercepted by those from Sequence Number 91 to Sequence Number 100, so not many new Sequence mbers reached the front. Another was that the quality of the top fifty in the Sequence was indeed much higher than those ranked lower!
Moreover, there was hesitation among the Sequence mbers themselves.
The rules of the Ranking Battle allowed for only one challenge per mber. If a Sequence mber challenged a higher-ranked mber and succeeded, that was fine. But should the challenge fail, they would have to passively accept challenges from others and forfeit their opportunity to advance further.
Hence, unless they were stuck in a predicant, the Sequence mbers sat still, unmoving like statues.
...
The battles below were heating up. Even Kasu, who was usually engrossed in the Bible, couldn’t help but look up, staring at the ever-flashing white light below, his eyes shining, seemingly deep in thought.
Wen Yu was also quite bored. The challenge matches were held in an unknown space, not in the circular arena below. Therefore, Wen Yu couldn’t see the battles at all. He just sat there, idly counting the number of people who had been eliminated!
In just half an hour, more than a thousand people had failed their challenges. Naturally, once their challenge opportunities were exhausted, they were teleported out of the Sequence mber-Ranking Battle.
Even then, Lin Haifeng’s plan had yet to be initiated—the initial stages were too chaotic. He planned to proceed once the situation stabilized a little, as it wouldn’t be too late then.
Abruptly, a voice rang out from above.
"Do you think Lin Haifeng’s plan might work?"
Sitting at the highest point of the entire skill competition arena, Tang Haofei asked Wen Yu from his commanding position.
Wen Yu shook his head.
"I’m not sure. By the way, how many people do you think could break into the top ten of the Sequence?"
Tang Haofei carefully observed the constantly flickering white light below, then slowly shook his head.
"Not many. Their skills aren’t good enough. Those who are truly capable are either being kept hidden by the military, or they don’t care about the title of a Sequence mber, or they’re satisfied with obtaining a Sequence title sowhere in the double digits."
Wen Yu nodded.
Ultimately, there would always be so professionists ’unconcerned with fa and fortune,’ or ’lucky enough to have never needed to enter a large-scale treasure land,’ or those ’with special goals who didn’t want to beco Sequence mbers.’
"Will they pose any threat to your plan?"
"I don’t know."
Tang Haofei decisively shook his head and added, "Don’t say ’your plan’; you should say ’our plan.’ If this succeeds, the benefits will be unimaginable!"
Wen Yu was montarily silent.
...
Wen Yu had guessed Lin Haifeng’s ultimate goal the previous night.
Earlier that day, after receiving the ssage from Yang Hong, Wen Yu felt more confident in his assessnt and had paid a visit to Tang Haofei.
Tang Haofei, it turned out, couldn’t keep a secret...
With just a couple of probing questions from Wen Yu, Tang Haofei had spilled the beans.
By then, everything was crystal clear in Wen Yu’s eyes.
Indeed, if Lin Haifeng’s plan succeeded, it would bring great benefits to Wen Yu.
Lin Haifeng was definitely soone to be wary of. He always had intricate plans, and one could never discern his true endga. A person like that was too devious! Having been deceived once, Wen Yu was not going to risk being fooled a second ti.
...
While Wen Yu was ditating, the chaos of the initial free-for-all below gradually subsided.
Almost an hour later, with fewer than five thousand professionists remaining outside, Lin Haifeng, who had been waiting by the skill competition arena, finally initiated his plan.
"Go! Rember your order!"
As Lin Haifeng gave the order, hundreds of military professionists imdiately pinned intricately patterned badges to their chests and proceeded to challenge in sequence.
Amid frequent flashes of white light, ten military professionists directly replaced the bottom ten Sequence mbers. Eight of these were already military personnel, and the remaining two were swiftly ousted by two powerful military experts.
Then, these new Sequence mbers, according to the plan, launched challenges against those ranked ahead of them!
In a short ti, the entire Sequence spectator stand was enveloped in flashing white light, which spread rapidly towards the top twenty positions!
...
Everything happened so quickly and suddenly that by the ti Wen Yu fully registered it, more than sixty of the bottom eighty Sequence mbers wore identical badges, and the number was still rising...
It’s starting, Wen Yu sighed softly, his expression instantly becoming serious.
Lin Haifeng had made his move; now it all depended on whether ’a certain soone’ would take the bait!
...
"Continue."
Seeing that eight of the positions from Sequence Number 11 to Sequence Number 20 had been filled by his arranged personnel, Lin Haifeng knew his plan was reaching its climax.
Two beams of white light flashed nearby, and Wen Yu imdiately turned his head to look.
Sequence Number 18, a newly promoted Sequence mber, directly challenged Sequence Number 10!
As the white light flickered, the figures of Sequence Number 10 and Sequence Number 18 appeared on a platform below.
This ti, the flow of ti hadn’t quickened. Moreover, the Sequence mbers positioned higher up could observe the battle on the platform.
The next second, Sequence Number 10 gently raised his right hand and calmly said, "I admit defeat."
Then, with a flash of white light, the two were teleported back. The only difference was that their positions were now switched.
...
The next mont, the newly promoted Sequence Number 10 and Sequence Number 9 were once again pulled onto the platform, followed by another surrender. The military professionist, who had charged all the way up with a look of utter despair as if he had nothing left to live for, defeated Fang Bai in just a few minutes and claid the position of Sequence Number 6. Wen Yu estimated that if Akad hadn’t been ahead of him, this guy could have fought his way to Sequence Number 1!
This pattern of forfeits continued.
"No... their target doesn’t seem to be the top ten Sequence Ranks," Kasu frowned, looking doubtfully at Fang Bai and Michael, who were being continuously challenged and were imdiately admitting defeat. He then looked up and asked Wen Yu,
Wen Yu nodded gently, his face expressionless. Watching Fang Bai and Michael being kicked out of the Sequence Ranks and teleported outside the skill competition arena, he murmured, Now, you won’t be able to resist, will you?
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