Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 887 - 494 Entering the Overall Ranking_2

Just a few minutes later, he had successfully passed the 45th floor and reached the 46th floor.

For Ye Feng, this was not much of an issue; it was merely the addition of one more enemy.

However, outside, there was no doubt that this stirred up a huge surge of excitement.

Because the moment Ye Feng passed the 45th floor, his name directly climbed onto the overall ranking leaderboard.

And he shot up to the 95th place in one go.

From the 95th to the 100th place, they were all on the 45th floor.

Ye Feng’s speed of passing through was undoubtedly the fastest; naturally, he was placed at the very front.

Keep in mind, the overall leaderboard is present in each Preliminary Selection Tower, and this list is held in the highest regard, being the focal point of all the competitors’ attention.

So when Ye Feng’s name was logged, it could be said that he instantly gained the attention of millions, which wasn’t an exaggeration.

These people spread the news through their Messaging Jade Symbols with even more astonishing speed.

Here at the 5th Trial Tower, as Ye Feng’s name ascended to the overall leaderboard, there was undoubtedly an outburst of shocked exclamations and admiration.

But unlike other places, they had witnessed how Ye Feng ascended through the trials, so their surprise at him climbing onto the overall leaderboard wasn’t as intense.

However, when some grabbed their Messaging Jade Symbols and saw messages from friends and relatives about Ye Feng, their expressions were slightly amused.

Most of these people replied to their friends, asking them to keep watching the leaderboard.

Those who received the replies were naturally somewhat puzzled at first.

But when after a minute, they saw Ye Feng’s ranking jump from 95 to 88, their hearts couldn’t help but pound wildly.

Keep in mind, this is the overall leaderboard, and anyone who makes it there, as long as they don’t fall, have a very high chance of becoming divine in the future.

Thus, every change in ranking attracts the attention of millions.

But there has never been a time when the leaderboard changed so rapidly.

So fast that these people even began to doubt whether they had seen things clearly just now, or perhaps Ye Feng had been at the 88th place to begin with, not the 95th.

Naturally, even more people quickly came to terms with reality.

Ye Feng’s rapid pace of climbing the ranks was impossible not to attract attention.

Soon, various intelligence agencies began to dig up information on Ye Feng.

And some of the quicker reactors even took the Teleportation Array first thing to head to the 5th Preliminary Tower.

In the midst of this process, Ye Feng continued to ascend at a terrifying pace of one floor per minute.

Just minutes later, Ye Feng had already arrived at the 50th floor.

The ranking on the overall leaderboard had soared from the initial 95th place up to 60th.

In just a few short minutes, everyone following Ye Feng had gone from initial surprise, disbelief, and confusion to a kind of numbness.

Now, no one discussed whether Ye Feng’s speed of passing through was wrong or whether he shouldn’t have gone all out from the start.

Because by now, even a fool could see clearly that if Ye Feng had really gone all out from the beginning, he certainly wouldn’t have been able to keep it up until now.

But if it wasn’t his full force, what did such a terrifying speed of passing through prove?

Just thinking about this answer could give many people goosebumps from the shock.

At this moment, standing in the void, Huang Yunxiang stared unblinkingly at the Preliminary Selection Tower with eyes that suddenly moved, and his taut face broke out into a smile.

"Very good, he passed. Reaching the 51st floor signifies a true genius, and it is quite apparent that this is not his limit. It’s time to report to the Elder," Huang Yunxiang muttered to himself.

According to the standards of the Heavenly God Court, from the 41st to the 50th floor, one is considered a minor genius; from the 51st to the 60th floor, a genius; from the 61st to the 70th floor, a top genius; from the 71st to the 80th floor, a once-in-a-millennium peerless genius.

As for going further up, none have emerged in this era yet.

If someone did appear, they would often be individuals capable of dominating an era.

Because theoretically, starting from the 81st floor, one would face strongmen surpassing their own Realm by two Big Realms.

Theoretically, this is impossible.

Based on Ye Feng’s displayed combat power, he was at least a genius, and it was even very likely that he had reached the level of a top-tier genius.

If he was a top-tier genius, then he would be qualified to take an elder as his master, which was exactly why Huang Yunxiang notified the elder of his sect as soon as possible.

While the outside world was abuzz with discussions about Ye Feng having passed the 50th floor, Ye Feng himself had already arrived at the 51st floor.

When he was teleported to the ancient battlefield once again, he quickly saw what his new enemy was.

A Lava Giant at the middle stage of the Tenth Order.

It is worth noting that at the Tenth Order level, the gap between each realm is actually quite enormous.

A mid-stage Tenth Order strongman could almost defeat five early-stage Tenth Order strongmen.

Not to mention the Lava Giant in front of him, which no longer counted as a creature in the traditional sense.

Ye Feng estimated that, similar to those Metal Puppets, it did not have a true vital point.

Such an enemy was undoubtedly more troublesome and harder to kill, especially considering that the Lava Giant in front of him was a kilometer tall, a size that often meant "thick-skinned."

Of course, overthinking was of no help; Ye Feng, carrying his long spear, directly charged forward.

With his extremely high speed and the Force of Space protecting his body, the Inner World Projection released by the opponent was practically ineffective against Ye Feng.

In less than a second, Ye Feng rushed in front of the opponent, stabbing with his spear while in mid-air.

The simple-looking thrust was so potent it even stirred the entire space around it.

Under Ye Feng’s thrust, the Lava Giant’s head, as large as a sports stadium, was shattered into a sky-full of boulders.

However, the subsequent situation was as Ye Feng expected; the Giant was not killed, and even the speed of its lava hand swiping towards him did not slow down at all.

Of course, Ye Feng easily dodged the Giant’s attack, moving to the other side and once again thrusting his spear.

Every thrust from Ye Feng caused part of the Giant’s body to collapse.

After executing a full 20 moves of the Tiangang Gun Method, the Lava Giant in front of him finally crumbled into a pile of rubble.

But even so, Ye Feng felt that the Giant had not truly died because he could still sense a faint life force from within the rubble.

However, this pile of rubble had already been teleported away, clearly triggering some sort of protective mechanism.

"I feel like I’m being targeted," Ye Feng couldn’t help but murmur.

Killing this Lava Giant, both in terms of Rule Power consumed and time spent, was definitely 20 times that of other Tenth Order strongmen.

"If I have to face these Lava Giants in the subsequent floors, and their numbers keep increasing, it seems I’ll have to slow down even more; otherwise, the consumption will exceed the replenishment," Ye Feng said as he took out a medicine and tossed it into his mouth.

Then he charged towards the remaining enemies.

Three minutes later, after deliberately slowing down his pace, Ye Feng successfully passed through the 51st floor.

When the light of the 52nd floor of the Trial Tower lit up, everyone couldn’t help but let out a gasp of amazement.

Although his speed had slowed down once again by a minute, being able to clear a floor in three minutes was still a miracle to them.

Even Huang Yunxiang in the sky was shocked once more.

"That’s way too fast! Lava Giants are notoriously hard to kill, not to mention there are other enemies."

"But by this point, he still hasn’t exploited any loopholes in the rules. Is it confidence, or has he not discovered such an obvious loophole?" Huang Yunxiang couldn’t help but ponder.

The loophole he mentioned wasn’t actually a real loophole but an unspoken mechanism.

The loophole is that after killing the majority of enemies, only the weakest one is left. If one can restrain it in place using a method, then it is possible to rest.

Of course, this can’t last too long, because surpassing 30 minutes will result in a warning from the Tower Spirit.

If warned more than three times, one would be directly expelled from the Preliminary Selection Tower.

But it was clear that Ye Feng didn’t use this mechanism to recover.

Next, under Huang Yunxiang’s somewhat incredulous gaze, Ye Feng did not rest at all. Although with each ascending floor, it took him about ten seconds longer to clear, he still managed to pass through within five minutes.

Moreover, he maintained this rocket-like speed and directly passed through the 60th floor.

By then, Huang Yunxiang had nearly plucked out half of his beard.

He still couldn’t understand how Ye Feng managed to maintain peak combat power amid such high-intensity battles.