SWDnovel Chapter 72: Players Arrive, Leaderboard Opens
Chapter 72: Players Arrive, Leaderboard Opens
The magnificent teleportation plaza of Luoxia City was now like a pot of boiling water that had been instantly ignited.
A series of dazzling white lights flashed almost without interruption, and with each flash, a figure or a group of figures appeared.
Most of them looked exhausted, their clothes stained with blood, and their equipment damaged, but their eyes burned with an irrepressible excitement and curiosity. They greedily breathed in the air of the main city and looked around at the magnificent and unique buildings and the endless stream of NPCs.
Almost simultaneously, all players who arrived in the main city were greeted by an explosion of noise in the regional chat channel:
[Regional Channel - Sunset City]:
"Holy crap! We're finally here! This is a level three main city? It's magnificent!"
"Haha, I'm a level 10 player now! Brothers, let's team up and grind levels!"
"Buying copper ore, iron ore, and furs. We're crazy about everything, and the prices will satisfy you!"
"For sale: Level 8 green quality dagger, Attack +15, Agility +5. Name your price!"
"Looking to buy a mage's staff, preferably with a high intelligence bonus!"
"Any fellow villagers from Village 10086? Are Ye Shen and Zhang Hong from the Aoshi Team there?"
"Damn! That guardian boss is insane! It goes berserk and regenerates health when it's low on health! It took our village five or six hundred people to get past it!"
"You upstairs should be grateful. Even with a big shot leading the team, our village suffered heavy casualties and almost collapsed!"
"I envy villages with top-tier talent! We all built our lives on the back of our swords!"
"Look! System announcement! Global announcement!"
At this moment of utter uproar, a magnificent and powerful system notification, seemingly originating from the very heavens and earth, clearly drowned out all the noise and resounded in the minds of all players who had reached level 10 and entered the level 3 main city:
[Ding! Server-wide announcement: The number of players who have reached level 10 and entered a level 3 main city has exceeded 10000! The new phase of the Battle for All Realms has officially begun!]
[Ding! The ranking system at all levels is now activated!]
[Ding! The talent ranking list is now open. Please check it out.]
[Ding! The level leaderboard is now open. Please check it out.]
[Ding! The wealth ranking list is now open. Please check it out.]
[Ding! The equipment ranking list is now open. Please check it out.]
[Ding! The pet ranking list is now open. Please check it out.]
[Ding! The mount rankings are now open. Please check them out.]
Seven consecutive, resounding notifications struck the hearts of every player like hammer blows. The clamor of Sunset City momentarily fell silent, then erupted into an even more frenzied roar!
"The rankings! The global rankings are out!"
"Check the talent rankings! There are definitely some amazing players here!"
"Rankings! Who's the first to reach level 10?"
"Wealth Ranking? Let's see which tycoon is so rich!"
"Equipment and pets! Damn, look what amazing items they got!"
The continuous system notifications startled him slightly, then a knowing smile appeared on his lips: "Finally here. A little slower than expected."
Almost instantly after the system announcement ended, Lin Tian also received a series of personalized notifications:
[Ding! The Talent Ranking is now open! You're on the list, ranked number one. Would you like to hide your personal information?]
[Ding! The ranking leaderboard is now open. You're on the list, ranked number one. Do you want to hide your personal information?]
[Ding! The wealth ranking list is now open. You're on the list, ranked number one. Do you want to hide your personal information?]
[Ding! Equipment ranking list open. Your equipment [Holy Light Magic Orb] is now on the list, ranked first. Hide owner information?]
[Ding! Pet rankings open! Your pet [Celia Moriarty] is now on the list, ranked number one. Hide owner information?]
[Ding! Mount rankings open! Your mount, [Blazing White Tiger], is now on the list, ranked number one. Hide owner information?]
"Hide everything." Lin Tian made the choice instantly without the slightest hesitation.
He understood the principle that "the tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind," and that before possessing absolute strength, low-key development was the best approach.
The extraordinary nature of his "enhancement" talent, along with his current level and wealth far exceeding that of ordinary people, would only make him a target of public criticism and attract countless unnecessary troubles and covetous eyes if revealed too early.
With his confirmation, his name, specific level, wealth amount, equipment, pet, and mount names and ownership will be replaced with the word "hidden" on all lists, but his ranking position will not change.
Lin Tian was not surprised at all that he had topped all the lists.
Talent: His "Enhancement" is the only one of the God-level (∞), surpassing all SSS-level talents.
At level 15, he is a full 5 levels ahead of players who have just reached level 10, and their experience bars are vastly different.
Wealth: 684 purple gold coins, equivalent to a huge sum of 68400 gold coins. It is impossible for anyone to have more than him at present.
Equipment: A full set of equipment of the lowest A grade, plus the off-hand artifact [Holy Light Magic Orb] (S grade), quality is overwhelming.
Pet: Celia Moriarty, originally an SSS-rank Shadow Succubus. Even though her talent has been sealed and temporarily reduced to S-rank, her potential and uniqueness are far beyond what any pet currently available to players can obtain.
Mount: The S-grade [Blazing White Tiger] is also a mount that is currently impossible to obtain.
With a mindset of observation and comparison, Lin Tian opened the list interface that was emitting a faint glow.
The regional channels went into a frenzy again because of the launch of the rankings:
"Holy crap! The talent rankings! Six SSS-level talents! Out of 7 billion people worldwide, only six! What kind of odds are those?!"
"Raji Kumar the Berserker! Chen Shan the Undying Bulwark! Li Yan the Elemental Overlord! Emily the Holy Flame Judgment! They're all amazing!"
"Wait! Why is the number one ranked item hidden? And its rank is also hidden? Is it even higher than SSS?"
"How is that possible! SSS is definitely the highest level, right? It must be some kind of special hidden method!"
"The fourth and tenth positions are also hidden! There are three hidden big shots in the top ten! I bet they're all from China! They're keeping a low profile!"
"The top player on the ranking list is also a hidden player! Everyone after them is level 10! Is this hidden master more than level 10?"
"The number one on the wealth list is hidden, the number two is Qianjiang 201 Gold... How much money does this hidden tycoon have? 500? 1000?"
"The top spots on the equipment, pet, and mount rankings are all hidden! Damn, my curiosity is exploding! Who could it be?"
[Talent Ranking]:
1. Talent: Hidden | Rank: Hidden | Holder: Hidden
2. Talent: Berserker's Blood | Rank: SSS | Holder: Raj Kumar
3. Talent: Undying Barrier | Rank: SSS | Holder: Chen Shan
4. Talent: Hidden | Rank: Hidden | Holder: Hidden
5. Talent: Elemental Domination | Rank: SSS | Holder: Li Yan
6. Talent: Holy Flame Judgment | Rank: SSS | Holder: Emily
7. Talent: Thunderous Judgment | Rank: SS | Holder: Valeria
8. Talent: Divine Protection | Rank: SS | Holder: Benjamin Olsen
9. Talent: Greedy Grip | Rank: SS | Holder: Logan Harris
10. Talent: Hidden | Rank: SS | Holder: Hidden
......
The ranking continues up to the top 100, with the lowest grade being S.
"Six SSS talents..." Lin Tian glanced at the list and understood.
At the top of the list is naturally his god-like "enhancement" talent.
There are six people on the list who are clearly SSS grade. Including himself, Chinese people make up half of the list. However, most of those who choose to hide their information are also Chinese. The SSS-grade talents who reveal their names are mostly foreign players.
This list only includes the top 100, with the lowest being S-rank talent, demonstrating the rarity of top-tier talents.