Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 1529 - 646: Zhao Ji’s Gift to Qiu Tu! (Monthly Ticket Requested)

Because he had just single-handedly slaughtered four Eighth Rank Evil Gods, right now, the entire battlefield was still immersed in a grim, killing atmosphere.

Qing Lan and Princess Xi both looked at Qiu Tu in shock, while Zhi Yan Heavenly King seemed more wary than anything. As for Qiu Tu himself, he still had his hands in his pockets, lost in his own world of showing off.

Then, suddenly, Candle Dance spoke, and in an instant, the entire battlefield's tension was shattered.

The group snapped out of their emotions and turned to look at Candle Dance.

Qiu Tu hadn't spoken yet, but Qing Lan's eyes brightened slightly as she took the initiative to ask, "Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji's rankings have both improved?"

"How far have they each climbed?"

Hearing Qing Lan's words, Candle Dance looked up at her, then opened her mouth and said, "Qiu Tu jumped up 17 places, now he's ranked 18th."

"As for Zhao Ji, she's not far behind—she moved up 6 places, climbing straight from 15th to 9th. She's in the top ten now."

Upon hearing Candle Dance's report, the group instinctively closed their eyes to check the 'Heavenly God Trial' leaderboard.

Sure enough, Candle Dance wasn't joking. Just now the 'Heavenly God Trial' ranking leaderboard had changed significantly.

The most obvious change was that the total number of contestants dropped from 88 to 72. A direct decrease of 16 people.

This means that 16 people in the past few days either died or gave up on the 'Heavenly God Trial'.

Qiu Tu remembered, two days ago when he checked, the number of people was still 82.

He killed four in one breath, which means that in the last two days, six more participants had dropped out.

'Could it be… that all six were killed by Zhao Ji?'

Thinking this, Qiu Tu shook his head slightly, feeling it shouldn't be that exaggerated. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

After all… given two days, it was highly probable the factions fought among themselves.

However, combining Zhao Ji's sudden leap in ranking and the decrease in the number of 'Heavenly God Candidates', Qiu Tu guessed that Zhao Ji's strength had skyrocketed, and it was highly likely she too, like him, had killed several 'Heavenly God Candidates'.

After all… Qiu Tu hadn't forgotten the criteria for 'Heavenly God Trial' rankings: 'Heavenly God Candidate' strength, territory size, number of living beings on the territory, and number of 'Heavenly God Candidates' controlled or killed.

After observing these two days, Qiu Tu had basically confirmed that 'Combat Power' was the number one ranking factor.

That was why Zhao Ji, with a late Seventh Rank Realm, could be ranked 15th—her actual strength had already reached the late Eighth Rank.

Second… the 'Heavenly God Trial' focused on territory control and population quantity.

The reason was simple: Qiu Tu, whose real combat power was at most a Seventh Rank Peak Cataclysmic, was ranked 35th.

Outside of these three factors, finally there was the number of killed or controlled 'Heavenly God Candidates'.

It was precisely because of the different weighting of these criteria that Qiu Tu could analyze Zhao Ji's strength improvement from her change in ranking.

After all… the top 15 of the 'Heavenly God Trial' were almost all Eighth Rank Peak Great Evil Gods.

So for the top 15, every step was truly a new threshold.

But Zhao Ji had jumped straight from 15th to 9th. This obviously meant she already possessed the ability to defeat or kill Eighth Rank Peak Great Evil Gods.

In this situation, only then did Qiu Tu dare to guess that Zhao Ji had most likely advanced to the Eighth Rank.

As for the reputation that comes from killing after advancing—that was just icing on the cake.

As for Qiu Tu's own ranking, it was also fairly reasonable.

Although he had now advanced to Eighth Rank, theoretically with 'Order Space' he could be unbeatable among his own rank.

But… the bigger the gap between his opponents and himself, the greater the price he had to pay.

The reason he casually wiped out four Eighth Rank Great Evil Gods just now was because he was inside his own controlled 'Region.' His strength and rank automatically skyrocketed to Eighth Rank Peak.

Against enemies weaker than him in strength and rank, 'Order Space' was a dimensional strike.

If he were really out there, he'd probably be similar to Zhao Ji previously: could easily insta-kill Eighth Rank novices; could take out Eighth Rank mid-levels directly, but at considerable cost; might be able to instantly kill late Eighth Rank, but would be near death or perish together because the price was too great—against Eighth Rank Peak, he would be outclassed.

After all, whether from the lips of close allies like Qing Lan, or the words of foes like Light Cicada, Qiu Tu had found out that Eighth Rank Peak was a very special realm.

Though it's still Eighth Rank, Eighth Rank Peak represented a clear qualitative leap.

In such a situation, it was very possible Qiu Tu wouldn't even have a chance to act, and would be instantly killed by a Eighth Rank Peak expert.

Such strength, combined with Qiu Tu's control over the 'Northwestern Region', plus the feat of slaying four 'Heavenly God Candidates', being just a bit below Zhao Ji, ranked at 18th, was quite reasonable.

After all, with Zhao Ji's habit of not showing her strength, who knew how many trump cards she was hiding up her sleeves.

With these thoughts, having sorted out his and Zhao Ji's rankings, Qiu Tu opened his eyes.

If he guessed right, given how sensitive news about 'Heavenly God Candidates' was, it wouldn't be long before everyone would know about the changes in his and Zhao Ji's rankings.

When that time came… there was a high chance the situation in the 'Northwestern Region' would attract the attention of all the factions.