Translator: CinderTL
Jiang Ye remained unaware of Zhou Kun's schemes.
At that moment, he was leading Song Gang, Song Xuan, and the others through the civilization ruins, engaging in fierce battles with powerful opponents from all sides.
Under Jiang Ye's guidance, Song Gang, Li Chao, and the others steadily climbed the rankings.
300th place!
200th place!
100th place!
Time ticked by relentlessly.
Several hours later, atop a majestic mountain peak:
"Brother Jiang Ye, we owe you everything," Song Gang said, his face brimming with gratitude. "I never imagined I, Song Gang, would ever break into the top fifty."
"Exactly," Li Chao chimed in, his voice trembling with excitement. "Even I made it into the top hundred! Brother Jiang Ye, we owe it all to you."
By this point, all those in the top hundred of the rankings were experts at the seventh breakthrough or higher.
The top fifty? All late-stage seventh breakthrough or higher.
With their own strength, they never could have achieved such high rankings.
It was all thanks to Jiang Ye.
"We're fellow disciples," Jiang Ye said with a faint smile. "Helping each other is only natural." For him, it was merely a casual act.
With his current strength, as long as he avoided the top ten contenders, he could eliminate anyone with a single spear strike.
"Something's odd," Jiang Ye murmured, glancing at the leaderboard. "The inner perimeter selection hasn't officially started yet. Could it be because the number of participants still exceeds one thousand?"
As time passed, the number of participants in the civilization ruins dwindled steadily.
The chances of encountering each other also decreased.
"One thousand and three people left," Jiang Ye observed, studying the leaderboard.
One thousand and two.
One thousand and one.
One thousand.
The moment the number reached one thousand, an ancient voice echoed throughout every corner of the inner perimeter:
"Inner perimeter selection begins."
As the voice faded, their wristbands vibrated gently. Countless rays of light converged, forming a holographic map projection.
The projection revealed the entire inner perimeter region.
On the map, over a thousand red dots appeared, scattered across every corner, representing the thousand participants in the battle.
"Just as I thought," Jiang Ye murmured, studying the map.
"The Top 100 Battle is only truly beginning now?"
The positions of all thousand participants, including his own, were publicly displayed on the map.
This meant the upcoming battles would be far more intense than before!
"For the strong, this is the perfect opportunity to sweep the battlefield," Jiang Ye's eyes gleamed with anticipation.
Just then, a thunderous rumble shook the heavens and earth, as if some colossal being was rampaging across the land, causing the entire ground to tremble.
"What's that?"
"Such immense pressure!"
"A stampede of mountains?" Song Gang, Song Xuan, and the others stared in disbelief.
On the horizon, towering mountain peaks were actually charging across the ground, kicking up massive clouds of dust.
Their speed was astonishing.
"Wait, those aren't mountains."
"They're giant beast!"
"Such colossal creatures! Where did they come from?" Song Gang's face paled. The terrifying beasts exuded an overwhelming aura, their ferocious presence completely dominating the heavens and earth.
These giant beast charged forward at an astonishing speed, exceeding a hundred kilometers per second.
In mere seconds, they were bearing down on Jiang Ye and his group.
"They're coming for us!"
"Prepare for battle!" Jiang Ye's figure blurred as a fiery long spear materialized in his hand. He lunged forward to engage the enemy.
Whoosh!
The fiery spear streaked across the heavens and earth, unleashing a massive wave of fire that tore through ten thousand meters of void, slashing toward the swarm of terrifying giant beast.
These must be the Civilization Guardian Beasts, Jiang Ye thought to himself. According to the rules, slaying a Civilization Guardian Beast grants the protection of civilization fortune and numerous other benefits.
These guardian beasts are only at the early seventh breakthrough stage.
Too weak! Gripping his spear like a bolt of lightning, Jiang Ye pierced directly into the heart of the beast horde.
Thwack! Thwack!
The spear sliced effortlessly through the giant beast' defenses, cleaving them in two.
Splash! A torrent of beast blood splattered across the void.
Too weak.
Pathetic. Jiang Ye moved like a God of Slaughter, carving his way through the swarm. Nothing could withstand the path of his spear.
It's important to understand that Jiang Ye's current combat power already rivals that of a peak seventh breakthrough cultivator.
These giant beast may appear formidable due to their immense size, but their true realm is only early seventh breakthrough.
They were no match for Jiang Ye.
Within seconds, Jiang Ye had completely annihilated all the Civilization Guardian Beasts.
"Brother Jiang Ye!"
"This..." Song Gang and the others, who had just flown over to provide reinforcement, were left feeling utterly awkward.
Before they could even lift a finger, Jiang Ye had already finished the battle.
They felt completely useless.
Jiang Ye, however, paid no attention to their thoughts.
Buzz~ His psychic power swept through the corpses of the giant beast, immediately detecting something unusual.
Whoosh!
With a telekinetic gesture, a massive hand formed from the mysteries of fire pierced the abdomen of one of the giant beast corpses.
Splurt~ A peculiar pill burst forth from the creature's abdomen. The pill was entirely golden, radiating an intensely alluring aroma.
"What's this?"
"So fragrant..." Jiang Ye's expression froze. A sudden, overwhelming desire surged through him, as if a voice were screaming in his mind:
Eat it!
Eat it!
In an instant, Jiang Ye felt consumed by an overwhelming desire, desperate to devour the golden pill immediately.
But he swiftly suppressed the impulse.
"What is this?" A hint of astonishment crossed his face.
Jiang Ye's willpower was now extraordinary. After countless trials on the first and second levels of the Martial Dao Heavenly Ladder, it far surpassed ordinary human limits.
Yet this golden pill stirred within him an almost irresistible craving.
It was utterly unbelievable.
Suddenly, Bai Gui's voice rang out: "It's the core of the Star Beast Clan. This is a treasure—consume it quickly."
"Star Beast Clan?" Jiang Ye blinked in surprise.
He had never heard of this term before.
"The Star Beast Clan is a powerful branch of the Beast Clan Civilization," Bai Gui explained. "In the vast cosmos, countless civilizations exist, but the most numerous are those of the Human Clan Civilization."
"The Heavenly Fire Civilization and Cangxu Civilization you encountered earlier both lie within the Human Clan Civilization's territory. Though their appearances differ, they share a common human origin."
"The other major power is the Beast Clan Civilization."
"The Beast Clan Civilization occupies a different region of the cosmos," Bai Gui continued. "Like the Human Clan Civilization, they are an overlord-grade civilization, immensely powerful."
Jiang Ye listened intently.
He knew very little about cosmic civilizations, and Bai Gui rarely spoke of them.
After all, the cosmos was vast, and cosmic civilizations were as numerous as the stars.
If she were to introduce them all, she could spend her entire life and still not finish.
"The Star Beast Clan," Bai Gui said, "is an extremely powerful branch of the Beast Clan Civilization, comprising multiple third-tier civilizations or higher."
"Some of their most powerful individuals are even larger than galaxies, hence the name 'star beast.'"
"I never expected to find them here," Bai Gui murmured, her voice tinged with wistfulness.
"Extremely powerful?" Jiang Ye asked, surprised.
He hadn't sensed any particular strength.
With a single sweep of his spear, he had cleared a vast swath of them.
"You didn't find them strong because those weren't pure star beasts," Bai Gui explained. "They only carried a trace of the Star Beast Origin Bloodline—they were mere offshoots."
"Moreover," she continued, "if my guess is correct, these star beasts have likely lost their minds and are little more than puppets."
(End of the Chapter)
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