Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 1481 - 632: The Astonishing Heavenly God Trial

Obtaining them can also quickly boost your ranking.

After sorting through the information from the "World Origin," Qiu Tu was genuinely shocked by the scale of this "Heavenly God Trial."

In recent days, he'd actually asked Zhao Ji and Candle Dance several times about intel on the "Heavenly God Trial," and had heard some examples of it. But those were all smaller, relatively simple cases.

He had never heard of such a massive "Heavenly God Trial" like this one. He never expected to run into it himself now.

'When things are unusual, there's always something behind it. This "Heavenly God Trial" feels off…'

Thinking this, Qiu Tu's expression couldn't help but grow grave…

At the same time.

Southwest Region—Cataclysm Zone.

Zhao Ji stood atop the rooftop of a local anti-government stronghold. Blood streamed across the whole building under her feet, bodies scattered everywhere.

But she remained spotless in her white dress, standing on the rooftop. She gazed with a blank expression at the anti-government fighters fleeing in all directions below. Zhao Ji and Qiu Tu had made the same deduction…

'What's going on? Why is this "Heavenly God Trial" so over the top?'

'It spans across four states? A composite trial? And there are even "special artifacts" involved?'

'Did something happen in the "fringe region"? Even the "Heavenly God Trial" has changed because of it.'

As she thought this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but lift her gaze northward,

'Both the Northwestern and Southwestern Regions are under human control. I haven't heard of anything unusual.'

'Unless… something happened in the Northeast or Southeast Regions?'

She closed her eyes and sensed the locations of Qiu Tu, Qing Lan, and Candle Dance.

A moment later, her expression turned even colder.

Because the four's luck was clearly a bit poor—maybe because the four regions were just too vast, they ended up scattered.

She was by herself in the "Southwest Region", not sure which Sanctuary she was close to exactly; while "Candle Dance" was in the "Northwestern Region" near the Eighth Sanctuary.

As for Qiu Tu and Qing Lan, they were luckier and both landed in the "Northeastern Region," though they were still quite a distance apart.

If the four wanted to regroup, the shortest route was for everyone to return to the main base in the "Northwestern Region."

'Go to the "Northwestern Region" first and listen to Qiu Tu's analysis, see what he thinks. After all, the trial's changes this time are far too big. Past experience might all be useless.'

With this thought, Zhao Ji tapped her toes. The next second, she soared into the air, paused for 0.1 seconds, then flickered and vanished without a trace…

.....

Northwestern Region. Fengqi State.

Candle Dance stared at the familiar scenery in front of her, froze for a moment, then suddenly burst into giggles.

She didn't expect that this time, the "Heavenly God Trial" would open up four regions in total, and she would be lucky enough to be randomly placed right at base camp, right at the border between the Seventh Sanctuary and the Eighth Sanctuary—the place she knew best.

So in theory, she just had to stay in the Four States, protect Qiu Tu's territory, and patiently wait for the others to regroup. It couldn't be more comfortable.

'I've got time anyway, so let's check out the rankings.'

Thinking this, she closed her eyes. The next second, a leaderboard slowly appeared before her.

The board listed name after name.

Ranked first was "Shao Hua." Second was "Kabane." Third was "Doris."

The fourth… was an old acquaintance, the president of the Fog Hidden Association, Eighth Rank Peak Great Evil God "Tian Qi."

Candle Dance paused on the name "Shao Hua," as if recalling something, but wasn't quite sure.

With a faint frown, she continued down the list. Soon, at place sixteen she saw "Zhao Ji's" name.

Scrolling further, Qiu Tu was at 39, Qing Lan at 57, and she herself was ranked 74th.

After seeing their rankings, Candle Dance was full of question marks: ??

Good lord, Granny wanted to laugh at them, but ended up a joke herself?

She was actually the lowest ranked among the four, almost at the bottom?

'This ranking makes no sense!'

'Actually, the ranking does make sense…' At the same time, in the Four States, Guan Xiao was analyzing the ranking with Tang Feifei.

With the "Heavenly God Trial" underway, all four states had already entered full war readiness.

The intelligence system immediately noticed the ranking and reported it up the chain.

So, Guan Xiao went straight to see Tang Feifei and summoned Liu Xiongyuan, Dai Yukang, and others to analyze the leaderboard together.

The group assembled in the conference room, the rankings projected as they analyzed them one by one.

"According to the World Origin's explanation, this leaderboard ranks the 'Heavenly God Candidates' in this 'Trial.'"

"The rankings are based on strength, territory controlled, population, and other factors."

"Candle Dance is a 'Heavenly God Reincarnation,' so her evaluation is already much higher than an early Seventh Rank. Yet she's only ranked 74th. That means the starting point for the candidates' power is likely mid to late Seventh Rank."

"As for the Chief, he's actually among the weakest here in terms of strength, but… he currently owns the largest territory and population of all the 'candidates.'"

"That's why he's ranked 39th."

At this point, Guan Xiao glanced around the room and said, "So, protecting the Chief's current territory has become our top priority…"

"And to protect the Chief's territory, the first thing we have to do is find out exactly how many candidates have descended on the Four States, the Eighth Sanctuary, and the Northwestern Region, and what their strength and identities are."