Before coming to City 1001, Jiang Yan had already investigated Renates' past performance on the first day of each month.
Historically, Renates' first-day Black Dragon List points hovered between 150,000 and 200,000.
Of course—
The Black Dragon List did not display exact point values publicly.
However, for Jiang Yan—now a Global Inspector of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy—accessing such information was effortless.
After all, the calculation of points was straightforward:
Points = Combat Power Amplitude × Record Points
Combat power amplitude was determined by power level × Trial Tower level.
Record points were obtained by killing monsters:
Junior Beast General → 1 pointIntermediate Beast General → 10 pointsHigh-Level Beast General → 100 points
Based on this, Jiang Yan quickly estimated Renates' performance.
Renates' combat power amplitude was around 15, at most 16.
Even if Jiang Yan conservatively assumed his own amplitude to be only 10, Renates would still have needed to kill roughly 150 high-level beast generals on the first day to achieve those numbers.
But today—
Jiang Yan alone had killed over 200 high-level beast generals, along with five to six hundred intermediate beast generals.
More importantly—
His combat power amplitude was a terrifying 27.44.
After a rough calculation, Jiang Yan estimated his total points to be around 800,000.
That was why—
He could confidently declare that today's Black Dragon List No.1 position was absolutely his.
There was no suspense.
"What about you?"
Jiang Yan turned to Janet. "How was your harvest?"
In the past, Janet could only be considered a relatively ordinary high-level warrior among the elite training camp.
Her monthly Black Dragon List ranking usually fluctuated between 80th and 100th place.
But now—
Everything was different.
During the two-month break, she had trained alongside Jiang Yan, and her strength had improved by leaps and bounds.
Especially after consuming dragon blood and chalcedony last night, her physical fitness had broken through to the Junior God of War level.
Now, when facing high-level beast generals, she no longer struggled.
While she couldn't instantly kill them, the fights were no longer dangerous.
"Top twenty today should be guaranteed," Janet replied confidently.
Jiang Yan nodded.
Across the entire elite training camp, there were only around thirty God of War-level students.
Today, only half of them had entered City 1001.
With Janet's current strength, securing a top-twenty ranking was completely stable.
Janet looked visibly excited.
"About a quarter of the monsters I killed were high-level beast generals," she said.
"The rest were mostly intermediate ones. I barely bothered with junior beasts."
This was something she wouldn't have dared to imagine last year.
Back then, even high-level beast generals were targets most students avoided.
They took too much time, carried high risk, and sometimes yielded nothing but injuries.
As a result, most students focused on farming intermediate and junior beast generals for safer, steadier points.
"I was about the same," Jiang Yan replied with a smile.
Luo Feng, standing beside them, was quietly stunned.
He himself had done quite well today—but nearly all his kills were junior beast generals, with only a handful of intermediate ones.
As a Spiritual Master, he could deal with high-level beast generals—
—but only one-on-one.
In City 1001, high-level beast generals almost never appeared alone.
They either moved in groups or commanded entire packs of intermediate beasts.
At his current strength, provoking them was still unrealistic.
"Let's go," Jiang Yan said.
"It's getting late. Time to head back."
He gestured toward the special transport vehicle waiting nearby.
Janet and Luo Feng nodded, and the three boarded the vehicle.
"If you have monster materials to sell, take them out now,"
the leading God of War instructor said with a smile.
"I'll help you tally them. The money will be credited to your warrior accounts once we return."
Monster materials from City 1001 were valuable.
After all, warriors burned money faster than anyone—whether it was weapons, armor, or cultivation resources.
Luo Feng immediately took out the materials from the intermediate beast generals he had hunted.
He was desperately short on funds and wouldn't miss such an opportunity.
Jiang Yan and Janet, however, didn't move at all.
"Brother Jiang, sister-in-law… you're not selling?"
Luo Feng asked, puzzled.
The instructor also looked over.
Both of their combat backpacks were bulging to the limit.
Surely they weren't filled with nothing but monster ears… right?
"We're not selling," Jiang Yan replied casually.
Janet nodded.
Luo Feng's heart skipped a beat.
Just how many monsters had they killed to fill backpacks only with proof vouchers?
Soon, the group returned to the elite training camp.
"Hey—look!"
As they passed the Black Dragon Carving, Luo Feng exclaimed in surprise.
"The current No.1 is Wang Tao. That's definitely a Chinese name!"
More than thirty names had already appeared on the Black Dragon List.
Wang Tao currently occupied the top position.
Renates and Eben Parker were nowhere to be seen yet.
"It's only six in the evening," Jiang Yan said calmly.
"Many people are still hunting in City 1001. The final rankings won't be decided until midnight."
Janet and Luo Feng nodded.
"Let's submit the vouchers," Jiang Yan said, withdrawing his gaze.
The three headed to a special processing area inside the Ninefold Building.
Inside a sealed room, Jiang Yan poured the contents of his combat backpack onto the counter.
At first, the staff member was indifferent.
But as he began counting—
and verifying the monster ranks—
His expression slowly froze.
256 high-level beast generals.
562 intermediate beast generals.
He had never seen numbers like this.
Not even Renates—who had dominated the Black Dragon List for years—had achieved anything remotely close.
When the data was uploaded, the system immediately calculated Jiang Yan's final score.
856,676.8 points.
The staff member's eyes went completely wide.
At this point, his worldview was crumbling.
Just how terrifying was Jiang Yan's combat power amplitude?!
"I'm done," Jiang Yan said calmly, the corner of his mouth lifting slightly.
"The number's about right."
"Yes—yes! You may go!"
The staff member snapped back to reality and spoke respectfully.
He already understood—
This was someone far beyond his station.
After Jiang Yan left, curiosity got the better of him.
The staff member attempted to check Jiang Yan's system profile using his internal codename.
"SSS-level access required—permission denied!"
His face turned pale.
Startled, he immediately closed the interface.
As elite training camp staff, he had broad clearance—
Yet Jiang Yan's data was SSS-level, beyond even his authority.
That alone said everything.
Soon after—
The Black Dragon List updated.
NO.1 — Jiang Yan (570,321)
NO.2 — Janet (550,322)
NO.3 — Wang Tao (540,617)
…
NO.39 — Luo Feng (570,303)
…
For now, this change didn't cause much of a stir.
It was still early—five to six hours remained before the first day officially ended.
Meanwhile, in City 1001—
Renates, Eben Parker, and the other true elites were still hunting.
Renates merely glanced at the update before ignoring it.
His mood was terrible.
Several beast hordes he had targeted had already been wiped out—and he had no idea by whom.
"Some strength… but not enough."
Eben Parker smiled faintly when he saw the ranking.
"Once we return and submit our vouchers, he'll be pushed down soon enough."
When the real elites returned—
That would be the moment the world truly paid attention.
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