The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 403 - 382: Rankings Soar_1

Chapter 403: Chapter 382: Rankings Soar_1

Divine Fragment Land.

The spirited Hu exuded an air of liveliness, as she rode the Kunpeng Sword hovering mid-air, using the sword’s light to block the infiltration of the Filth Alien Power.

Her sword-like eyebrows, masculine in appearance, seemed to emit a chilling glint like cold light when narrowed.

Behind her, a large Sword Boat was currently docked, with Qi Qingsong, Zhuang Yuyan, and other Sword Tower disciples also looking gravely in the same direction.

"Ferocious Spirit Beasts and Beast hordes have completely taken over the Jade Light Fragmented Land; those stationed there led by Gui Sacrificial Sect’s Yao Xian, including Yao Xian herself..." Zhuang Yuyan sighed lightly from behind. "The Jade Light Fragmented Land isn’t far from the Divine Fragment Land. We must also plan ahead early."

Yao Xian was a Soul Wandering Realm powerhouse of the Gui Sacrificial Sect, ranked fourteenth on the Honor Roll, and she was the strongest in the Jade Light Fragmented Land.

Apart from her, there were also Soul Wandering Realm Great Cultivators from the Jiuli Sect, and Cultivators from both the Spirit Condensation Realm and the Hollow Profound Realm, from both the Demon Sect and Sky Curtain Cliff, who together formed a camp in the Jade Light Fragmented Land.

Nobody expected the Jade Light Fragmented Land would be attacked by a horde of beasts, falling into their clutches so swiftly.

"Yao Xian is dead. The ones who escaped the Jade Light Fragmented Land... are few." Qi Qingsong said with a stern face, continuing, "According to the information we have, the group of Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Beasts has a powerful presence that has reached the eighth-level and possesses semi-transformative strength."

"Semi-transformative Ferocious Beasts are indeed troublesome," Hu deliberated in her heart.

After a moment of contemplation, she ordered in a low voice, "You take the Sword Boat back to the Qian Tian Continent. I will stay and figure out the situation."

"Okay!"

Qi Qingsong and the others did not even attempt to argue.

As disciples of the Sword Tower, they all knew of Hu’s fierceness and understood that when she wielded the Kunpeng Sword to its full extent, she was capable of battling a true eighth-level Ferocious Beast.

If it wasn’t for the disciples of the Sword Tower who were now gathering in the Divine Fragment Land, causing her to restrain from moving about freely,

her ranking in the Soul Wandering Realm could climb even higher.

"Inform them below, and have the scions of the Fragment Lands evacuate as swiftly as possible."

Hu was very calm as she said, "The situation has turned awry, and there won’t be a one-sided scenario anymore. I’ve been down to the Fourth Realm; I know the Alien Tribes and the beasts are strong. It seems they’re gearing up for a full-scale counterattack."

"I’ll go and pass the message!"

Zhuang Yuyan rode her sword towards the Divine Fragment Land.

At that moment, Qi Qingsong habitually checked the Honor Roll within his Heavenly Eye again.

He was surprised to find that his ranking on the Spirit Condensation Realm list had suddenly jumped several places.

He hadn’t increased his Contribution Value, but his ranking was rising, which could only mean one thing.

Cultivators of the Spirit Condensation Realm who had come down to participate in the war and were ranked above him, must have unfortunately fallen in battle.

The dead were removed from the Honor Roll, and those behind automatically advanced forward.

"It’s not just the Jade Light Fragmented Land that’s in trouble; there must be more Fragment Lands enduring calamities. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many vanishing from the roll," Qi Qingsong said with a slight change in his expression. "That certain Xuan from the Desolated Terrains was not in the Jade Light Fragmented Land, and she also disappeared suddenly."

While saying this, Qi Qingsong glanced again at the Honor Roll for the Soul Wandering Realm.

"Pang Jian! With seventeen thousand Contribution Value, he shot directly to the ninth place on the roll!" Qi Qingsong suddenly exclaimed.

Aboard the Sword Boat, Duan Jing, Song ZiHe, Zeng YuLan, and the others shouted in astonishment, hurriedly checking their rankings in their own Heavenly Eye.

They clearly saw the Contribution Value and precise ranking of the Sword Tower’s Pang Jian.

Indeed the ninth!

"The ninth!" Hu’s emotions surged, more excited than seeing her own ranking climb, biting her lip as she exclaimed softly, "Indeed, he didn’t bring shame upon the Master!"

...

Bei Qian Fragmented Land.

A Sword Boat flew away from the smoke-engulfed Fragment Land, Su Yue watched as the cities within crumbled, and bloodthirsty beasts wrought havoc everywhere.

"So many maniacal and mindless beasts," Su Yue felt powerless.

Several teams from the Ancient Law Sect of the North Ruins and the Taiyi Divine Kingdom had their flying ships completely destroyed by the beasts, and Cultivators from the Soul Wandering, Spirit Condensation, and Hollow Profound realms were dying in succession.

He knew with his strength and those of his fellow apprentices, disciples of Elder Lu Xiaolin and Elder Cai Xin, that it was impossible to turn the tide.

The most he could do was to lead the younger brothers and sisters who trusted and followed him in collecting Contribution Values out of the Bei Qian Fragmented Land alive.

"Brother Su, Pang Jian’s ranking in the Soul Wandering Realm suddenly appeared at ninth!" someone shouted all of a sudden.

Su Yue was taken aback.

In the past month, he had been actively fighting, hunting beasts and Alien Tribes, and had barely ascended to the thirteenth spot on the Soul Wandering Realm’s Honor Roll, taking silent pride in the achievement.

Especially when he saw that Pang Jian’s name didn’t even show up in the top one hundred, he felt even more self-assured and proud.

But now, amidst the onslaught of the Alien Tribes and beasts, with distressing news from every front, Pang Jian’s name had suddenly rocketed into the top ten of the rankings.

Su Yue felt like he’d been struck on the head with a cudgel.

"How could this be?"

"How is this possible?"

While Su Yue’s face grew somber, his fellow apprentices were in an uproar, all in disbelief.

All across the lands, there was widespread lamentation.

As those in the top hundred of the Soul Wandering and Spirit Condensation rankings were successively erased from the lists, Pang Jian, like a comet, soared to prominence, standing out conspicuously and dazzling among them.

...

Escaping from a pristine Heavenly Spirit Tower amidst the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands.

Dong Tianze from the Yin Spirit Temple, Spirit Condensation Realm Individual Cultivator Lei Kun, Lian Feng, Hollow Profound Realm Individual Cultivator Gao Yuan, and Han Ting, each one’s expression was heavier than the last.

The Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands had already fallen.

Nearly a thousand ferocious beasts and spirit beasts, all bloodthirsty and frenzied high-level creatures, surged in. Even with traps like Ground Splitting Thunder detonating, the horde still crushed the formidable defenses of the Broken Armor Army.

A phoenix that had half-transformed into human form should have killed everyone inside this Heavenly Spirit Tower.

It was only because, at the crucial moment, Dong Tianze released the Phoenix Seal between his eyebrows.

The sudden appearance of a fallen Heaven Phoenix, with its supreme majestic deterrent force, made the blood-enhanced, Level 8 phoenix instinctively sense fear.

Because the phoenix did not dare to pursue them further, they were able to escape the ordeal, safely leaving the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands.

"That so-called Colonel Han Feng and late Soul Wandering Realm leader of the Broken Armor Army, Liu Tianchao, also died in the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands," Lian Feng broke the silence, feigning ease as he spoke, "Han Ting, your vengeance has been thoroughly exacted."

Han Ting sighed deeply, "His life or death is not important. Many elders from the Blood Moon and Star River Alliance, as well as numerous elites of the Spirit Condensation and Hollow Profound Realms, are also nearly all dead."

Looking up at the sky, her voice grew even heavier as she said, "I feel that the battles below will never be easy again."

"Quick, look at the Rankings, the Soul Wandering Realm listing!" Gao Yuan suddenly shouted, adding, "Look at number nine!"

"Sword Tower! Pang Jian!"

Lei Kun, Lian Feng, and a few other cultivators from the Yin Spirit Temple, suddenly cried out in surprise.

By then, those who knew that Pang Jian was actually Lei Kun from Luo Yuan were even more excited, issuing several low roars before saying, "I just knew he would stand out!"

Dong Tianze, who had long expected this, was not surprised in the least, and indifferently too lazy to glance at the ranking list.

"Zhou Qingchen has made it to seventh on the Spirit Condensation ranking list!" An elder from Yin Spirit Temple slightly changed expression. He looked at Dong Tianze and said, "This is the first time someone not from the First Realm or Second Realm has appeared in the top ten of the Spirit Condensation ranking."

Dong Tianze, who previously paid little attention to Pang Jian’s ranking, now grabbed the Heavenly Eye and examined the Spirit Condensation Realm ranking list intently.

"Wu Yuan third, Zhou Qingchen seventh, Qi Qingsong sixteenth, Zhuang Yuyan twenty-first, Zhao Yuanqi thirty-fifth." Dong Tianze counted solemnly in his mind with a sullen expression.

A moment later.

He sent everyone to an Unstable Ferry destined for the Xuan You Continent, then returned alone in the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

...

In the Auspicious Light Fragment Land.

In the southern region, within a courtyard once built by an individual cultivator, docked a lithe, small-sized Sword Boat.

"Boom!"

A ship from the Yuan Qing Divine Nation, having set off from the Qian Tian Continent, lay like a massive beast crouching in the fragmented land’s midair.

"People from the Yuan Qing Divine Nation!"

Cultivators from all factions sighed in relief and excitedly looked up with inspiration.

Zheng Guowang stepped out from it, glanced at the Sword Boat, then suddenly said, "Pang Jian, may I trouble you to come aboard for a chat?"

"Sure."

Amidst the respectful gazes of all around the fragment lands, Pang Jian flew towards the ship of the Yuan Qing Divine Nation.

Treated differently than his first time, all those still present in the Auspicious Light Fragment Land had a newfound respect for this direct disciple of Pu Zhaotian.

Ninth in the Soul Wandering Realm rankings!

He also brought back heads of Level 8 Ghost Clan powerhouses from the bloody battlefields of the Brocade Cloud Fragment Land and had killed a White Snake and a formidable Bian Que that were seven levels higher than him.

Such glorious combat achievements swept away all doubts about Pang Jian, allowing his great name to echo through the realms.

"Where’s the Little Fish?" a distinguished and elegant woman asked with a smile, her eyebrows like fine art as Pang Jian appeared on the ship, "Why didn’t she return to the Auspicious Light Fragment Land with you?"

"You are?" Pang Jian asked in surprise.

"I know your master," the woman replied warmly, as if looking at a promising junior, "The specific effects and usage of the Hunyuan Ball are all inside here."

She handed over a thin booklet.

Pang Jian caught it and quickly thanked her, then said, "The Flying Fish Ship should still be drifting nearby. She feels that other fragment lands might also be plagued by monsters stimulated by the Bloodthirsty Liquid, and she wants to save more people."

"Mm-hmm, she does enjoy saving lives and helping the injured," the woman nodded gently.

Zheng Guowang, who had called Pang Jian over, interjected solemnly, "In addition to the Brocade Cloud Fragment Land, there were eight other fragment lands with similar beast tides. Seven fragment lands have fallen, the defenders slaughtered by the brutal and frenzied hordes, with the most tragic being the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands."

"An entire Broken Armor Army, three great Soul Wandering Realm cultivators, all dead in Yuan Mang."

"The other fragment lands were similar; our human race cultivators suffered heavy losses, slaughtered by the mad ferocious beasts and spirit beasts, utterly routed."

Zheng Guowang sighed deeply.

"From one Brocade Cloud Fragment Land, and another guarded by Hong Qiming of the Demon Sect in the Kuimu Fragment Land, emerged victorious in the end, killing the backing Level 8 Alien beings," the woman spoke softly.

"Demon Sect, Hong Qiming." Pang Jian memorized the name.

After scanning through the Heavenly Eye, he noticed that Hong Qiming’s ranking had indeed risen from fifth to fourth, overtaking Taiyi Divine Country’s Fan Chen and coming in just behind Liou Youyu.

Li Yuqing, Zhou Yi, Liou Youyu, Hong Qiming, Fan Chen—these were the top five of the Soul Wandering Realm.

Given the amounts of Contribution Value, since Li Yuqing went to the Saint Spirit Continent and temporarily dropped out of the rankings competition, she would soon be surpassed by those trailing behind her.

"Pang Jian, convey a message to your master for me," the woman suddenly said, "Tell him that I told you not to rush into ascending to True God."

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