Swordsman the Wanderer
Ch. 364 - Occupy the Ninth Rank
Deep within void space, Ling Zhiqun was startled for a moment when he saw the sudden appearance of Zhang En's name on the top ten ranking list. He then turned to look towards Su Haodong asking, "This Zhang En, what do you think?"
Su Haodong shook his head, “What can I say? He would definitely only hang on for a short while in that position, Zhu Haixiang would catch up with him back quickly, shifting him back to the bottom. However, this Zhang En actually managed to enter the top ten, it seemed like he held back a little of his strength during the aptitude and strength test. ”
Ling Zhiqun nodded in agreement, "We assumed earlier that this Zhang En could enter the top thirty, now it seems like he can enter the top twenty ranks."
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Three days passed.
One must know, the number of talented geniuses who signed up for the assessment this time reached ninety million disciples from the various clans.
Being one and occupying the top twenty of the ninety million disciples, or even being ranked one hundred, was already a genius disciple among geniuses.
Of course, Du Leng and the others who were also currently leafy in the Wood World noticed the change in the top ten ranking list. Ahead of the sudden appearance of the unknown Zhang En, they were also a little surprised, as none of them had heard of this name before.
Du Leng was just a little surprised then did not think about the matter as he continued to hunt down the demonic beasts for many points.
However, within three days later, Zhang En's name remained on the top ten list and was not excluded from the rankings by Zhu Haixiang, as everyone expected. Not only did Zhang En not come out of tenth place, the point gap between him and Zhu Haixiang was getting bigger.
When he first surpassed Zhu Haixiang's points, the difference between their scores was only 80,000 points, but now, 3 days later, Zhang En had gained over 10 million points.
In the vast courtyard of the Spirit Hall, the disciples who were from the Zhu Clan who had been clamoring earlier and saying that Zhang En entered the top ten rank was a coincidence, after all, now swallow their words and slap their own faces.
Another hour passed, and the points between Zhang En and Zhu Haixiang widened further to 22 million points. The disciple from the Zhu clan was completely speechless.
Behind the clouds within void space, both Su Haodong and Ling Zhiqun were similarly stunned. The two could clearly see their shock reflected on each other's faces, neither of them wishing Zhang En could stay in tenth place for so long. This time, the two men kept their own opinions.
In a valley in the Wood World region, a young man wearing a striking red-colored robe waved a sharp sword in his hand. A burst of sword energy flew out, piercing through the cliff wall in front of him, directly followed by the shrill scream of a demonic beast.
This young man was none other than the disciple of the Zhu Clan, Zhu Haixiang.
An intense murderous aura enveloped Zhu Haixiang, and her eyes glittered with danger. He was actually taken out of the top ten by an unknown boy named Zhang En! Moreover, more than an hour had passed, and not only had he failed to reclaim his place, the difference in points between them was widening.
“Zhang En!!”
He called out the name with a cold voice, the sharp sword in his hand trembled with bloodlust, "Pray that you don't meet me."
Zhu Haixiang jumped into the air, the sharp sword in his hand turned into a fire phoenix, hovering around his body. A moment later, he disappeared from the valley in an instant.
At the same time, on the vast expanse of the plains, a young woman who could lure any man wearing an open collar dress, frowned. On the points list, Zhang En's points got closer to his, increasing the strong sense of worry within him.
At the next moment, the two colorful jade bracelets on his wrist suddenly shot out in search of his target. All the demonic beasts in that place exploded to death. The jade bracelet curved in the air and returned to his wrist.
But he still made it even grim, even after using his strongest skill in killing the demonic beast, Zhang En continued to narrow the gap between their points.
Three hours later, Zhang En actually caught up with him and overtook his rank of joyous position.
When the hunting day had ended and it had started to darken, Zhang En had left him with a figure within 11 million points, with him ranked ninth.
Zhang En was currently gliding under the night sky, leaving the forest area and arriving at another mountain peak region.
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Next day.
On the front page of the Spirit Hall, the crowd of a sea of humans seemed to be staring at the giant pole of the more intense list of points, very unwilling to accept what they saw.
Not only had a young man named Zhang En entered the top ten ranking list, he had also regained overtaking the other positions and was safely ranked ninth.
The ranking of the previous ninth position, Su Meiyi, had been lowered to the tenth rank. Moreover, Zhang En had kept his point figure at 30 million points away from Su Meiyi.
By this time, the sun had been directly above indicating the time of day, the, Zhang En was getting closer to heading towards the eighth rank position occupied by Yang Shiqi with a difference of only a few million points between them. Judging from their points, surpassing Yang Shiqi was only a matter of time.
In the entire courtyard area of the spirit hall, the unrestrained humiliation as well as ridicule towards Zhang En from yesterday had completely disappeared.
“What small clan in the world did Zhang En come from? Isn't his strength and talent too terrifying!?”
"In your opinion, what ranking position can Zhang En occupy on the last day of the assessment?!"
Since Zhang En suddenly entered the top ten ranking position, then rose to the ninth ranker, he became the second most noticed person at the moment after Du Leng. Everyone was trying to guess the same thing, what rank could Zhang En obtain at the end of the appraisal day.
Now, they were all convinced that Zhang En must have hidden his strength during the aptitude test, making them unable to gauge Zhang En's strength.
"I think this Zhang En will most likely be able to rise to the top four!"
"The top four? No way, my guess is definitely in the top sixth rank. ”
Everyone was busy making their own guesses as to the rank Zhang En would reach at the end of the assessment.