The Journey To Become The Strongest
Chapter 126 — Rating
The officer nodded in understanding and said, “Then, let me explain a little about the arena. The arena here, split into two types, the fighting arena for magical beasts and the fighting arena for sect members. In the arena, there are 9 levels:
Timber
Silverware
Gold
Platinum
Emeralds
Diamonds
Masters
Grand Master and
Kings
Since you guys are new members of the Jade Wolf Sect, you guys have no rank. To get ranked, you have to challenge/challenge by others in the unranked district or ask officers there to find an opponent for you.
In the arena, there were various regions grouped by rank, it was called a district. To go to the unranked district, you can follow the directions there.
Then to move up the ranks, it required as many as ten stars, which meant having to defeat as many as ten people at the same rank. Or defeat an opponent in a higher rank to directly pass the current rank.
Rules in the arena only one, not allowed to kill opponents or give attacks that result in death.”
Lian Huanran nodded in understanding and said ‘Thank you’. Then the five of them along with little Bai and Cheng, went to the unranked district. The unranked district was quite crowded and noisy, it seemed like it was because there were many more senior members of the Jade Wolf Sect, who were curious about the abilities of the new members. Although it seemed, very few new members of the Jade Wolf Sect would head straight to the arena on the first day.
In the unranked district, there are well-built officers and supervisors. Lian Haocun and his group and two additional people approached the officers. The attendant gave them a professional smile and asked, “What do you guys want to compete?”
Lian Haocun nodded in agreement.
Officer, “Oh, who wants to compete? Is it just this blue-eyed youth?”
Yun Shao said to Lian Huanran, “I and Wenwu will make a decision later, Your brother can compete first.”
Lian Huanran nodded and looked at Long Yuan.
Long Yuan, “I will also compete.”
Lian Huanran nodded his head and said to the attendant, “The three of us will be competing!”
In a feisty tone, Lian Huanran replied, “Already! This is my points card.”
Then Lian Haocun and Long Yuan gave their respective point cards to the attendants.
Then Lian Haocun said, “Highest ranking located in this district.”
The attendant was quite surprised when listening to Lian Haocun's opponent rank selection, the reason most new members would choose the lowest rank, wood. However, it was also quite natural, however, there were some new members who were indeed overconfident, but what made the officer quite surprised was Lian Haocun's expression when he said it, there was no arrogance or overconfidence that he was used to seeing, just a cold and indifferent expression.
Even so, as a professional officer, the attendant did not express any emotions on his face.
The attendant said, “Well, now the highest ranking being in the unranked district is a six-star gold rating. In a moment, I will send the person a notice in advance. Furthermore, Lian Huanran and Long Yuan, you guys want what ranked opponents?”
Lian Huanran and Long Yuan decided to pick an opponent with a wood rank, however they did not know for sure how great an opponent in the gold rank was, either, and do not want to take risks against someone who is troublesome on the first day. There is always another chance to try.
The officer said, “Ok, the opponent for Lian Haocun has already agreed to the fight, please head to ring 3 to start the match.”
Then the officers started looking for opponents for Lian Huanran and Long Yuan. Meanwhile, Lian Haocun walked towards one of the rings at the venue, which had the number sign '3’. In the ring, there was already an unfamiliar figure Lian Haocun, and with a single look, Lian Haocun instantly learned that his opponent had a level of Core Formation stage cultivation.
Without any hesitation, Lian Haocun entered the ring and unexpectedly, Lian Haocun's opponent who had previously been quite a distance away with Lian Haocun, was suddenly quite close to Lian Haocun, he immediately threw a punch at Lian Haocun! Nimble, Lian Haocun dodged the attack from his opponent, which seemed almost impossible to avoid, but his opponent would naturally not stop there alone, almost without pause, his opponent threw a punch in Lian Haocun's face!
Lian Haocun did not dodge this time, but caught both of his opponent's fists! This seemed to surprise Lian Haocun's opponent, the reason before his punch had never been captured empty-handed, let alone that doing so was a new member!
Lian Haocun took advantage of the moment his opponent was startled and instantly slashed a single punch into his opponent's face! Soon blood came out of his opponent's nose and he was thrown quite hard. Fortunately, Lian Haocun's opponent was not thrown out of the ring, otherwise the match would have been declared over.
Lian Haocun's opponent who was a martial artist looked in pain and was also shocked at the same time. He asked in a stammered voice, “Ba-how can it be!? I've been training my fists and body for ten whole years!”
If Lian Huanran heard the words of her brother's opponent, maybe he would reply, “My brother has been training his body for almost fifty years! And studied martial arts for 43 years!”
Lian Haocun did not reply. He instead walked slowly closer to his opponent, the closer Lian Haocun was, the more his opponent's body trembled. Plus Lian Haocun's sharp gaze, made his opponent feel that he was the prey of a demon from hell. Lian Haocun's mentally weak opponent, immediately shouted in surrender and dashed in the ring.
‘How can this person pass the test of entering the Jade Wolf Sect? I think he won't even be able to pass the mental exam.’ Lian Haocun thought as he walked outside the ring leisurely. While the officer who was watching Lian Haocun, was stunned on the spot.
The match of Lian Haocun and his opponent attracted the attention of many people in the unranked district. After all it was extremely rare for there to be a challenger who did not yet possess the rank that could win a match against someone of higher rank. Having a higher rank means having more fighting experience.
Naturally, Lian Haocun was aware of everyone's attention to him, even though he didn't particularly like the attention from the crowd of people, either, Lian Haocun paid no heed to the crowd and walked towards Yun Shao and Qian Wenwu who were chatting.
Yun Shao, “Welcome back! My instincts are not wrong, you are so talented!”
This time, Lian Haocun responded to Yun Shao by muttering a short 'Hm.
Whereas in a timid tone and a voice like a squeak, Qian Wenwu said, “Congratulations.”.
Lian Haocun nodded his head and suddenly the voice of Lian Huanran calling sounded from behind his back.