Invincible Divine Sword

Chapter 598: Chapter 598: Truly the First

This desert was teeming with endless Poison Scorpions and Cave-Dwelling Beasts.

However, these Fierce Beasts were all hiding beneath the desert sands, making it quite difficult to hunt them down.

Moreover, almost all these Fierce Beasts were of the Divine Spirit Realm, with the weakest being at the Saint Realm level ten.

For someone like Yang Xiaotian at the third or fourth level of the Saint Realm, it was basically impossible to hunt any Fierce Beasts.

Under normal circumstances, by the end of the first day, Yang Xiaotian would be eliminated with zero points.

Just as Xiaotian was spreading his Soul Power to find the hidden locations of the beasts beneath the desert, outside the Imperial Palace Square, the Stone Mirror flickered with light.

It displayed the rankings of the disciples’ hunting of Fierce Beasts.

In first place, shockingly, was Liang Heng, a disciple of the Heavenly Monarch Xiao.

In just a short time, Liang Heng’s Contribution Points had already reached over a hundred.

Meaning that in just a short period upon entering, Liang Heng had already hunted over a hundred Fierce Beasts, an astonishing feat indeed.

Following closely in second place was a disciple of the second Sword God, Wang Yang.

The third place was the Crown Prince of the Linyuan Empire, Xie Zetao.

The fourth was the Divine Son of the Peng Family, Peng Lin.

These four individuals all had scores exceeding a hundred points.

Behind them, the rest had scores in the tens or just a few points.

However, the leaderboard on the Stone Mirror only displayed the top ten thousand names, meaning that one had to be on the leaderboard to pass the first round; the others would be eliminated.

Everyone watched the Stone Mirror leaderboard nervously, anticipating changes.

The Qi Tian Medicine God was also searching for Yang Xiaotian’s name, and upon not finding it, his brows furrowed.

Only Peng Long stood in a corner, eagerly anticipating the appearance of the name “Yang Xiaotian.”

Within the Secret Realm, Xiaotian took out his identity token, immersed his soul into it, and seeing the frequently changing leaderboard, he couldn’t be bothered to use his Soul Power to search for the beasts anymore. Instead, he stimulated his Divine Sea Holy Power and violently stomped towards the depths beneath the ground.

Boom!

Terrifying power radiated outward, destroying swathes of the desert.

Chunks of the ground were blasted upwards.

All around, from the center where Xiaotian was located to within ten thousand li, all the Fierce Beasts that lay hidden deep underground were shocked into the air or to death; flesh and blood flew as dust and sand rolled across the terrain.

From a distance, it resembled a blood-colored sandstorm, hauntingly gorgeous.

Suddenly, Yang Xiaotian’s identity token began to flicker wildly.

His points soared uncontrollably.

And his ranking shot up crazily.

“Buzz!” Like a rocket, Yang Xiaotian’s name charged onto the leaderboard of the Stone Mirror.

When Yang Xiaotian’s name burst onto the leaderboard, the light of the Stone Mirror trembled.

An elder ancestor saw the name Yang Xiaotian suddenly storm onto the leaderboard, paused, then exclaimed in shock, “The Divine Protector Alchemist has burst onto the list, it’s the Divine Protector Alchemist!”

One by one, the ancestors and powerful figures from different Sects took notice of Yang Xiaotian’s name, causing an uproar.

Both Qi Tian Medicine God and Heavenly Monarch Xiao were startled.

“This young fellow is really full of surprises, actually managing to charge onto the leaderboard!” The Qi Tian Medicine God’s face broke into a smile.

No matter what, the fact that Yang Xiaotian, at the Saint Realm, had made it onto the leaderboard, even if only for a moment, was a glory in itself.

But both he and Heavenly Monarch Xiao saw that after Yang Xiaotian broke onto the leaderboard, his points were still changing, rapidly rising into the top nine thousand.

“Nine thousand now!” The strong representatives at the scene were greatly stirred.

Yet it did not stop there, as Yang Xiaotian’s points continued to climb.

Suddenly, he rose into the top eight thousand.

“Eight thousand!” The crowd was in an uproar.

The Qi Tian Medicine God, surprised, laughed and said, “Old Xiao, what do you think, how high can Brother Yang climb on the leaderboard?”

Heavenly Monarch Xiao watched as Yang Xiaotian’s ranking continued to ascend after breaking into the leaderboard and chuckled, “Even higher is impossible, he surely can’t break into the top five thousand.”

This time, among the disciples participating, there were over five thousand who were at the late stage peak of the Divine Spirit Realm One or above.

In Heavenly Monarch Xiao’s view, even if Xiaotian’s contribution points soared wildly, it was impossible for him to suppress those strong at the late peak stage of Divine Spirit Realm One.

Qi Tian Medicine God nodded with a smile, “I think Brother Yang should be able to break into the top five thousand.”

Although he felt it was impossible, he still hoped a miracle would happen, hoping that Xiaotian would create a miracle just like when he was assessed as a six-star, seven-star, eight-star Pharmacist.

“Seven thousand!” Suddenly, an elder excitedly exclaimed at the scene.

Qi Tian Medicine God looked over, and indeed, Xiaotian had surged to seven thousand.

Seeing Xiaotian break into the seven thousand ranking, countless strong figures at the scene were greatly astounded.

“Divine Protector Alchemist has actually surged to seven thousand!” many powerful figures exclaimed in disbelief.

Peng Long heard this but remained calm, seven thousand? This was just the beginning.

In the eyes of everyone’s disbelief, Xiaotian’s name in the blink of an eye charged into six thousand!

Seeing Xiaotian’s ranking, break into six thousand and still closing in on five thousand with astonishing speed, Heavenly Monarch Xiao was highly surprised.

Could it really break into five thousand?

Hum!

As Xiaotian burst into five thousand, the Stone Mirror ranking list once again shimmered with radiance.

Qi Tian Medicine God laughed, “I really didn’t expect Brother Yang to actually surge into the top five thousand!”

But soon after, Xiaotian charged into four thousand, then three thousand!

Qi Tian Medicine God was stunned.

When Xiaotian surged into one thousand, strong figures from all directions at the plaza were shaken.

But after breaking into one thousand, Xiaotian’s contribution points continued to soar wildly.

Nine hundred, eight hundred, seven hundred!

Xiaotian’s name with an unstoppable momentum surged into the top one hundred!

But the climb didn’t stop there, still rising and eventually, surged into the top ten!

“Top ten!” Seeing this, everyone gasped in shock.

Finally, everyone saw Xiaotian’s ranking was still rising.

“Is this a move into the top five?” An elder mumbled, almost stupefied.

In the end, Xiaotian did not disappoint everyone’s expectations and entered the top five.

Just when everyone thought he would finally stop, at last, Peng Family’s Divine Son Peng Lin, who was ranked fourth, was pushed down by Xiaotian.

“Fourth!” Everyone was profoundly shocked.

Afterward, Xiaotian pushed down the third rank, the Crown Prince of Linyuan Empire, Xie Zetao.

“Third!”

The entire venue was so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

“It can’t be first, can it?” someone nervously quipped.

Moments later, Xiaotian pushed down Sword God Hall’s Wang Yang and disciple Liang Heng of Heavenly Monarch Xiao, securely holding his position on the ranking list.

When Xiaotian surged to the top of the Stone Mirror leaderboard, his name shone with intense brightness, and the Stone Mirror burst forth rings of light.

It seemed as though the name Xiaotian had activated the Stone Mirror.

“Three hundred and nine points!” Looking at the contribution points behind Xiaotian’s name, Heavenly Monarch Xiao was finally shocked.

And his disciple, ranked second, had not even reached two hundred points.

However, he found it hard to believe that in such a short span, Xiaotian had already hunted over three hundred Fierce Beasts?

All Fierce Beasts within the Secret Realm were above ten layers of the Saint Realm; how did Xiaotian, a peak level of the third layer of the Saint Realm, manage to do it?

Not only Heavenly Monarch Xiao found it hard to believe, but all the powerful figures in the plaza also found it hard to believe.

“First, it’s really first!” Peng Fei, Peng Hui, and the gathered masters of the Peng Family stared fixedly at the top of the leaderboard, and they all simultaneously thought of what Peng Long had said before.

“In this battle for godhood, Young Master Yang will surely seize first place!”