Chapter 595 - 247: Aiming for the Martial Saint! Knows Etiquette, Lacks Righteousness
Chapter 595: Chapter 247: Aiming for the Martial Saint! Knows Etiquette, Lacks Righteousness
For a moment, Lin Ye’s breath caught.
’A P5 phase mission!’
A flicker of astonishment crossed his eyes.
Previous phase missions, whether it was the finale in the ruined city, the Molten Demon Lord, or the legacy of the Intelligent Mechanisms, had all targeted a powerful boss or the occupation of a real-world Celestial Abyss Rift.
This time, however, the target was locked onto this virtual battle platform.
’Climb to the top... and become number one in the world?’
While the system was still matchmaking, Lin Ye quickly opened the detailed information for his current matchmaking bracket.
[Youth Elite Division (World)]
[Current Total Participants: 107,843]
The page was densely packed with a list of top-tier young Martial Artists from over ninety countries and regions around the globe.
Since he hadn’t completed his placement matches yet, Lin Ye saw himself ranked at the very bottom.
He casually scrolled up the list, his gaze sweeping over the IDs ranked around the 100,000 mark.
[Early Stage of Divine Realm]
[Gang Condensation Realm Perfection]
[Early Stage of Divine Realm]
...
Their strength was generally between the Late Stage of Condensing Gang Realm and the Early Stage of Divine Realm.
Lin Ye’s eyes narrowed. He directly entered "Top 1000" into the filter page.
The list refreshed instantly.
[No. 1000: Camus (France District), Cultivation Realm: Early Stage of Celestial Human Realm]
[No. 987: Ivanov (Bear Country District), Cultivation Realm: Early Stage of Celestial Human Realm]
[No. 854: Amit (Tianzhu District), Cultivation Realm: Mid-stage of Celestial Human Realm]
...
Lin Ye’s pupils contracted slightly.
’They’re all in the Celestial Human Realm!’
The people on this list were generally around thirty years old, similar to Yin Liulan, and their cultivation had already entered this terrifying realm.
The world was vast; geniuses were truly a dime a dozen!
He took a deep breath and filtered again, narrowing the scope to the "Top 100."
This time, the realms that appeared on the screen made even him feel a trace of pressure.
[Late Stage of Celestial Human Realm]
[Celestial Human Realm Perfection]
[Late Stage of Celestial Human Realm]
...
When Lin Ye’s gaze finally landed on the ID ranked 32nd on the list, he saw the name of a realm he had only ever seen in martial arts history textbooks, one that still felt completely foreign.
[No. 32: Beneath the Abyss (Nordic Union), Cultivation Realm: Early Stage of Unity Realm]
’Unity Realm!’
A Martial Artist of this realm, no matter their country or faction, had a common title that was enough to inspire awe in all living beings—
Martial Saint!
Seeing this, Lin Ye couldn’t help but give a wry smile.
’The damn system sure has a high opinion of me.’
’For the P5 phase, it already wants me to face a Martial Saint?’
He had originally thought this mission was just about climbing the ranks in a virtual world, that perhaps it would be simpler than those missions that required diving into Celestial Abyss Rifts to fight for one’s life.
As it turned out, he was sorely mistaken.
Lin Ye closed the list and refocused his mind.
’One step at a time.’
’There’s no use thinking about it too much. I should just focus on the present and steadily improve my strength.’
Just then, the system’s notification sound chimed again.
[Task Mode Changed!]
[Weekly Task: Infamy, has been changed to a Perpetual Task!]
[Task Objective: Defeat adventurers.]
[Task Reward: For every certain number of adventurers defeated, you will receive 1 Skill Point.]
[Note: This is a perpetual task that cannot be completed and will always exist. The specific number of Skill Points awarded will fluctuate based on the opponent’s strength and the host’s performance.]
Lin Ye’s eyes suddenly lit up!
Previously, [Infamy] had required him to painstakingly collect 10,000 negative emotion points every week, and the reward was a paltry 1 Skill Point, making it extremely cost-ineffective.
But now, the task had become a perpetual one with no upper limit!
As long as he kept defeating opponents, he could earn Skill Points!
Lin Ye had always felt that the channels for acquiring Skill Points were too few and too restrictive.
Now, he finally had a stable method of obtaining them.
Moreover, this task perfectly complemented the P5 mission [Pinnacle of the World]. It was practically a two-for-one deal that he could complete along the way.
As he was thinking, the sound of a successful match chimed from the system.
...
「More than ten minutes later.」
Lin Ye easily won his fourth placement match.
In the three battles during that time, his opponents were, without exception, all experts at the Divine Realm.
Unfortunately, all three were agility-based or power-based offensive Martial Artists. Although their attacks were strong, their own Defense Power was more than just a notch below his first opponent, "Fist Twenty-three."
The result was that they simply couldn’t withstand a single full-power attack from Lin Ye in his Dragon Descendant Incarnation form.
The battles were almost all over in an instant.
However, by intentionally holding back and going easy on them, Lin Ye gradually familiarized himself with the combat rhythm and power-exertion techniques of this new form.
His mastery over the [Dragon Descendant Incarnation] skill was becoming more and more proficient.
There was only one match left to complete his placements.
Just like many competitive games from his previous life, the placement matches in *Martial Arts Peak* became progressively harder. The system would do its best to match you with powerful opponents to accurately test the upper limits of your strength.
If you could win all five matches, your initial ranking would directly surpass the vast majority of players.
The value of these five placement matches was possibly equivalent to the rank one could gain only after dozens of hard-fought battles post-placement.
THUMP—!
The muffled, drum-like sound of a successful match rang out once more.
[Goblin Soldiers (Great Xia District, Unranked) VS Kujo Akiyoshi (East Japan District, Rank 48,765)]
When Dong Dongchen saw the matchup list appear on the screen, his eyes instantly lit up.