Since people lined up at the Tower of Life every day and everything was already scheduled, Jiang Kai could only go look for Luo God first.
Since Jiang Kai had been invited, he entered the Tower of Life directly through the green channel.
As soon as he stepped into the Tower of Life, Jiang Kai saw that familiar personal storage locker, except that the Rebirth Badge inside was already gone.
After this period of tower climbing, Jiang Kai's ranking had already dropped off the Sky Sparrow Ranking.
However, this time there was an extra staircase at the corner of the room. In front of the stairs was a circular light array. The moment Jiang Kai stepped into the array, he heard a system prompt.
[Detected tower challenger at Tier Six. Challenge will begin directly from the sixth floor.]
Jiang Kai walked up the stairs and soon saw the sign for the sixth floor of the Tower of Life.
According to the tower's challenge rules, challengers cannot enter floors below their own profession tier. That meant Jiang Kai's very first tower run started directly from the sixth floor.
No one knew how the Tower of the Gods was constructed, but the space on the sixth floor was much more spacious, roughly 200 meters across, with a height of about 20 meters.
There were seven diamond-shaped crystals, each taller than a person, distributed throughout the room. Six of them stood in a hexagonal pattern, with the largest crystal in the center.
Inside the crystals were miniature images of beasts, and beast descriptions were engraved on their surfaces.
Jiang Kai checked each crystal one by one.
"Warlord Swift Wolf, Warlord Dragon-Scale Viper Demon, Warlord Hundred-Flower Wraith, Warlord Granite Beetle, Warlord Bloodthirsty Baron, Warlord Stone Giant."
But inside the central crystal, there was no beast image at all.
[Tier Six challengers may choose any one of the seven crystals to select a beast as the challenge target. Upon successful completion, rewards will be granted.]
Jiang Kai frowned. "They all say the Tower of Life isn't that hard. Someone above Tier Six soloing a warlord-level beast should be manageable."
"But I only see six beasts. There's no beast image in the middle crystal, yet the system says seven choices…" Jiang Kai's gaze landed on the central crystal.
All the other six crystals had challenge records on their surfaces. Only this one had no record at all.
All the Rebirth Badges Jiang Kai had given to the military were Tier Five. They could be used from Tier One to Tier Five, but not by Tier Six or Seven players. So when those people challenged the tower, they would naturally choose the safer options.
The description on the central crystal was too sparse, so no one had chosen it so far.
"One tier higher than the others would just be lord level. Even with the worst luck, it'd be at most king level. Let's try it." With that, Jiang Kai touched the central crystal.
[The challenger has chosen the central crystal. This challenge is the highest difficulty. Upon success, in addition to the corresponding Rebirth Badge, you will also receive a piece of information regarding Rebirth Badges.]
As Jiang Kai made his choice, green beams of light connected the six surrounding crystals to the central one.
The beast images inside the six crystals gradually became blurry, while an image slowly appeared within the central crystal.
"Golden Flame Lion King, beginner lord-level strength." Jiang Kai quickly read the information as it appeared.
"Beginner lord level? I've never heard of lord level being divided into ranks." Jiang Kai was puzzled.
"Wait. Could it be that everything within 150,000 square kilometers, the Global Competition, the global nation wars, even the beasts, are all beginner-level?"
While Jiang Kai was staring at the central crystal, a sudden roar sounded behind him. He hurriedly turned around.
At some point, a giant beast had already appeared behind him.
It was a massive male lion, its entire body covered in metallic mineral armor, its fur blazing red. At that moment, its crimson eyes were locked tightly onto Jiang Kai.
Jiang Kai was not nervous at all. Lord-level beasts were no longer worth mentioning in his eyes.
The moment the Golden Flame Lion King lunged forward, Jiang Kai flung out several Tempered Pursuit of Death blades and instantly killed it.
Before the Golden Flame Lion King could even show its strength, it was already dead.
[You have successfully killed the Golden Flame Lion King. Time used: 2 seconds. Under the same difficulty, shorter completion time results in a higher ranking.]
[Obtained one Tier Six Rebirth Badge. Obtained badge information. The information is as follows.]
[The nearest Beast Territory to your nation is located to the northwest of your national territory.]
[All information on this floor has now been fully obtained.]
After the Golden Flame Lion King died, it turned into a purple badge. Jiang Kai picked it up and left the Tower of Life.
Luo Ping had already been waiting outside. When he saw Jiang Kai come out, he hurried over. "You little punk, you broke past Tier Six and didn't even tell me?!"
"Luo God, how did you know?"
"Look at the rankings! You're in the top ten of the Sparrow Ranking and top hundred of the Sky Ranking!"
Jiang Kai turned back to look at the Sparrow Ranking. His position was ninth, with a note after his name reading [Central Crystal, Time: 2 seconds].
Aside from the nine Tier Seven experts above him, he was the very next one down.
On the Sky Ranking, he was ranked sixty-third. Everyone ahead of him was basically a Tier Seven powerhouse who had challenged the seventh floor.
Unfortunately, even for first place on the Sky Sparrow Ranking, the system's highest reward was still only a Tier Five Rebirth Badge.
With Jiang Kai's current results, he could receive a reward from the Sparrow Ranking once every sixteen days, and from the Sky Ranking once every twenty days.
"You only took two seconds. Even if this difficulty really isn't a challenge for you anymore, you chose the central crystal… two seconds is just ridiculous." Luo Ping shook his head as he stared at the Sparrow Ranking.
"Luo God, there are sixty-two Tier Seven experts worldwide?" Jiang Kai muttered.
"Probably more than that. The Tower of Life is in the main cities of each country. Many strange-class professionals won't risk entering cities just to climb the tower," Luo Ping said.
"When did you break through Tier Six?"
Jiang Kai snapped back to his senses. "Just a few days ago. Hua God, I got two important pieces of information."
"One is that the sixth floor of the Tower of Life no longer has any more information to offer. The second is that the Beast Territory closest to China is located to the northwest of our map."
Luo Ping's eyes widened. "Northwest… this information is extremely important. I'll report it immediately when I get back."
"Oh right, if you're free, why don't you go take a look over there?" Luo God looked at Jiang Kai with anticipation.
Jiang Kai shook his head. "Sorry, Luo God. I haven't logged out in a long time. I want to go check on Yingzi. Also, the War God Hall in District Eighteen is organizing the rookie first battle for the Beast God Battlefield. I plan to go participate."
"You're going to take part in the War God Hall's first battle? That's a big deal." Luo Ping immediately became serious. "I'm also really looking forward to how you'll perform on the Beast God Battlefield."
"Kid, remember this. No matter how strong you are on Ghost Star, you've just entered the Beast God Battlefield. You must be extra careful."
Jiang Kai smiled slightly. "Thank you for the reminder, Luo God. I'll be careful."
Luo Ping seemed to think of something and added, "There's one more thing. Keep a good mindset. For War Gods who've spent years on the Beast God Battlefield, strength on Ghost Star doesn't represent combat power there."
"After all, the Beast God Battlefield is basically starting from zero. On the Beast God Battlefield, what you face is real death. There's no chance to log out and come back again."
"In past rookie first battles, on average, two out of ten perform very poorly. When faced with real Beast Gods and real threats, they become timid, weak, or even lose control emotionally and develop fear of battle."
"And that's after they've trained all the way to War God level in such a realistic environment like Ghost Star. This shows that the Beast God Battlefield and Ghost Star are two completely different things."
Jiang Kai nodded.
Luo God was right. No matter how real the Ghost Star experience felt, it was still virtual.
Even if Ghost Star had advanced to the transcendence stage and some people couldn't revive after death, the worst outcome was simply being unable to log back into Ghost Star.
But the Beast God Battlefield was an entirely different matter. When facing true life and death, whether he could remain as calm as he was now, even Jiang Kai himself wasn't completely sure.
"Finally, there's one more thing I need to remind you of," Luo God said. "During the team selection phase, no matter who chooses you, I hope you can integrate into the team as quickly as possible. Because for a long time to come, they will be your most important comrades."
"I expect your first battle will attract a lot of attention. Don't be nervous. Alright, that's it. I wish you good luck." Luo Ping looked at Jiang Kai with eager anticipation.
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