Over at Long Zhantian’s side, the discussion was indeed heated.
But after hearing what Chu Fu had said, he suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Chu Fu had a broad perspective.
Even he had a bit of selfishness at this moment, hoping to let more players from the Dragon Soaring Across the Nine Provinces guild stay.
But Chu Fu was right.
She wasn’t speaking from her own standpoint.
She was speaking from the standpoint of China—and of all humanity.
She was absolutely right. The Thorn Guild’s players had an advantage in terms of attributes, but when it came to talents, there were plenty of players across the country whose foundations were already at the SS rank or higher.
Everyone had their own strengths.
Who could become one of the 100,000 chosen players would depend entirely on ability.
“Very well. I agree with Chairwoman Chu’s proposal. Have the Analysis Bureau establish a database and conduct a thorough statistical review.”
Seeing that Long Zhantian agreed, Chu Fu continued, “We should also set an entry threshold. Otherwise, the Analysis Bureau won’t be able to handle the workload!”
This was a massive screening process involving 100 million people.
Long Zhantian nodded with a smile and immediately issued the order.
The Analysis Bureau soon established an official website, using gameplay videos to verify each player’s strength.
Before long, an announcement was posted on the site.
【The nationwide “God-Slaying Plan” has officially begun. The God-Slaying Legion is recruiting elite players.
Screening requirements:
Base attributes of more than 20,000 in every category.
A talent above the SSS rank.
Possession of a second talent or second class.
Equipment no lower than Level 60 Diamond-grade gear.
Players who meet the above requirements may submit their applications using official data.
Registration closes in 24 hours.
Rankings will be updated in real time.】
The moment overseas players saw the announcement, they exploded.
“Twenty thousand? In every attribute? I’d just started feeling invincible after earning an achievement, and now you’re telling me that you need at least 20,000 in every attribute to slay a god?”
“Oh my God! Are we really playing the same game?”
“They have to be bluffing. There’s no way. Absolutely no way!”
But it didn’t take long for the official ranking list to appear.
A large number of players from the Thorn Guild surged onto the rankings.
Requiring more than 20,000 in every attribute had already eliminated roughly half of the 100 million players.
Only those who had participated in the first wave of the “God-Making Plan” possessed attributes exceeding 10,000, and they had continued gaining more attributes afterward.
Even so, there was still a considerable gap.
The only way to make up for that gap was through talents and classes that could break through the game’s attribute limits.
In other words, their talents had to increase their attributes.
Moreover, among these people were believers of Chu Fu, Shen Chi, and Jiaojiao Bu Jiao.
They could gain attributes by offering items as sacrifices.
Only through such methods could they barely meet the requirements.
After this round of screening, the players of China revealed results that left the entire world speechless.
Everyone had SSS-rank talents.
Their second talents were also SSS-rank.
Before long, players with third talents began to appear as well.
There were even players with unique god-tier classes.
Having a unique god-tier class alone would have been astonishing enough, yet some of them even possessed a second class.
Were these people insane?
No wonder they wanted to slay gods!
At the same time, players who had failed to make the rankings began frantically improving themselves, desperately trying to get on the list.
The competition was fierce.
With ten minutes remaining before the deadline, the player ranked 100,000th stared fixedly at the leaderboard.
“I should be safe now, right? Surely no one else can overtake me?”
Just as he was thinking this, the leaderboard refreshed.
He instantly vanished from the list.
“Who was it?”
He hurriedly looked toward the player currently ranked 100,000th.
But in the next moment, the name in 100,000th place changed again.
He had been pushed down once more.
Just then, an astonished shout came from one of his friends.
“Holy crap! Look at the leaderboard! Those attributes are terrifying!”
Everyone looked toward the player in first place.
【Who Are You Calling Blind?
Class: God-tier class.
Talents: SSS-rank ×3.
Attributes: Constitution 180,000; Agility 1,280,000; Strength 1,190,000; Spirit 360,000.】
For the sake of confidentiality, players’ talents and classes were displayed only by rank, not by their specific names.
Even so, these numbers were enough to shock everyone.
Xie Lin’s third talent was One with the Sword.
Whatever attributes the swords he controlled possessed, he possessed as well.
His second talent, Myriad Swords Return to the Origin, allowed him to control ten thousand swords.
Xie Lin was the poorest member of the Thorn Guild’s management team, because he had spent all his money forging weapons. All ten thousand swords were Diamond-grade, and sword-type weapons generally increased Agility and Strength.
His Spirit attribute was also far from low, naturally because of the boost from his first talent.
These attributes were simply terrifying.
“Wait—the person in first place has changed again.”
【Rocket on a Wheelchair
Class: God-tier class ×2.
Talents: SSS-rank ×3.
Attributes: Constitution 890,000; Agility 920,000; Strength 960,000; Spirit 40,000.】
Shen Chi’s total attributes were 200,000 lower than Xie Lin’s, but he had one additional god-tier class.
No one was surprised by this.
They had always believed that Shen Chi was somewhat stronger.
What surprised them instead was Xie Lin’s strength.
Now, they began looking forward to seeing someone even more powerful.
That person was, naturally, the player known as Who Wants to Be a Vegetable.
The leaderboard soon refreshed again.
【Who Wants to Be a Vegetable
Class: God-tier class ×2.
Talents: Z-rank ×3.
Attributes: Constitution 1,420,000; Agility 100,000; Strength 100,000; Spirit 1,800,000.】
What rank was Z?
How could there be such a special rank?
While the players were still stunned and bewildered, the leaderboard refreshed once again.
They couldn’t believe it.
There was still another expert?
Soon, a name appeared—one that was practically a nightmare to every overseas player who had made it to the future map.
【Lu Xing
Class: God-tier class ×2.
Talents: Z-rank ×1, SSS-rank ×9,
SS-rank ×7, S-rank ×5, A-rank and below.
Attributes: Constitution 1,010,000; Agility 1,030,000; Strength 1,070,000; Spirit 1,000,000.】
Many people rubbed their eyes.
They stared at the screen in disbelief.
“These talents… Is this even right? Something’s wrong here, isn’t it?”
Inside the Thorn Guild, however, Chu Fu wasn’t surprised in the slightest.
She knew that her brother’s talent was Plunder.
He could plunder the talents of any monster.
When he plundered the same talent again, that talent would advance to a higher rank.
The Origin-level dungeons allowed him to plunder divine power as well, which naturally caused his talents to increase without limit.
However, none of these talents were summoning-type talents, and they could not create infinite clones.
That was why her brother, Chu Feng, had been pushed out of the top three during the “Disaster Version.”
Chu Fu had always known that the strongest person in this world would definitely be Chu Feng.
After all, he was the protagonist.
At last, the leaderboard closed.
Those who had been pushed off the list could only lament their bad luck, feeling as though they had missed out on a heaven-defying opportunity.
Meanwhile, the players who had made the rankings cheered wildly.
But immediately afterward, a sense of urgency settled over them.
Every player on the leaderboard received an official email.
The first thing included was the familiar confidentiality agreement.
Next came the news that although the 100,000 players selected through the screening would be raised to Level 70 in the future, only the top 10,000 players would continue receiving China’s support and further improvements.
In simple terms, this leaderboard was an elimination system.
Whoever is stronger stays.
