Chapter 222 I'm Now the Top of the Potential Ranking

Lin Chen, for his part, wasn't really trying to represent the Dragon Spirit Kingdom and form an alliance with the Immortal Spirit Clan.

Lin Chen wasn't in a position to make such a decision yet.

He was bluffing the fairy, Wei.

Anyway, he could always deny it after leaving the ruins.

Even if Lin Chen wanted to acknowledge it, he was just the commander of the Central Army.

When did Long Yandao say that Lin Chen was his successor?

He hadn't!

It had never been made public.

So, Lin Chen's words naturally didn't count.

But Jing Chen stepped out to object.

That was fine too.

At least Lin Chen wouldn't have to shoulder any blame in the future.

However, Lin Chen's actions successfully made the Immortal Spirit Clan believe that he was sincerely competing for the Gold Tablet fairly.

That's just how people are.

If the direction of suspicion shifts, they tend to overlook what they suspected before.

It's a subconscious behavior.

Thus, Lin Chen's plan succeeded.

Both sides began to focus intently on the Gold Tablet.

Everyone had only one thought in mind… to solve the puzzle quickly, clear the level, and take the reward.

Moreover, to make his acting more convincing, Lin Chen hadn't even told Pang Jia and Herder about his plan. Naturally, Jilia and Ash, the two female elves, were completely unaware as well.

Lin Chen himself took the lead in entering the puzzle-solving state.

Seeing Lin Chen start to solve the puzzle, the people of the Immortal Spirit Clan breathed a sigh of relief, and then everyone focused intently on the Gold Tablet.

Only Moi wasn't really looking at the Gold Tablet.

She was waiting.

Waiting for everyone's soul perception to be drawn to a deeper level by the Gold Tablet.

This process would take about ten minutes.

Because the Gold Tablet's puzzle was very difficult.

Generally speaking, it would take at least an hour to solve.

So Moi had plenty of time to act.

Over there, Lin Chen's soul perception was indeed drawn to a mysterious and profound space.

But Lin Chen was very familiar with this space…

Because he had been there hundreds of times in the Sword Mound Secret Realm!

Yes.

The illusion inside this Gold Tablet was very, very similar to that of the Sword Mound Secret Realm!

But the difference was that this time Lin Chen didn't immediately start fighting and killing upon entering.

There was a black-clad figure sitting in the center.

His appearance was unclear.

Nothing could be seen clearly.

But Lin Chen could feel an incomparably majestic aura emanating from him as he stood there!

Suddenly, a voice rang out.

"Have you sensed the barrier? Then… take up your weapon and break through it!"

Boom!

Lin Chen felt as if the voice was like a thunderclap, exploding in his mind…

Weapon!

Where was there a weapon?

Lin Chen touched his waist…

Good heavens, it turned out that not only had his soul entered, but his equipment was still with him?

Taigu Tianji!

"Huh?"

In the dim and muffled space, a surprised voice sounded, "Such a familiar feeling…"

Then Lin Chen drew his weapon.

"It's him?"

The voice rang out again.

Lin Chen tried to converse, "Do you know the Taigu Sword Heart?"

The Taigu Sword Heart was now on his Tianji.

However, the voice didn't give Lin Chen any response.

Lin Chen felt as if a long time had passed since he entered.

Unsure of what was happening outside, Lin Chen just wanted to get out quickly, so he didn't bother waiting for a response and directly raised his Taigu Tianji to slash at the barrier.

As a result, the Taigu Tianji sank deeply into the barrier.

But the barrier didn't react at all.

Instead, Lin Chen had to exert a great deal of effort to get his weapon back.

*Wanjian Guixu!* (Ten Thousand Swords Return to Emptiness!)

Lin Chen began to condense sword energy.

"So it really is my old friend…"

That voice rang out again.

"Slash!"

Lin Chen shouted loudly, and *Wanjian Guixu* slashed out towards the barrier.

"It's useless, you can't break through it. Although you have the sword intent and the sword energy has taken shape, only my *dao* aura can break through the barrier here! You are not my old friend, could it be that you have already obtained his inheritance?"

Whoosh!

The black-clad figure suddenly raised his head.

Lin Chen was so startled that he almost passed out.

He saw that the person's face was covered with a cloth.

The visible parts were also full of strange tattoos…

"Watch carefully, I'll only teach you once!"

The black shadow's voice came.

In the next moment, a knife appeared out of thin air in the black shadow's hand, and he waved it casually…

Boom!

Knife light radiated in all directions.

In an instant, forty-nine slashes turned the barrier into a sieve!

But soon, the barrier recovered.

"I will dissipate here, after all… I am just a wisp of remnant consciousness. How much you can comprehend all depends on yourself."

After saying that, the black shadow dissipated little by little before Lin Chen's eyes.

At this moment, Lin Chen's eyes widened.

He clearly heard a voice in his mind.

"I am the Taigu Sword Saint."

"Some also call me the Knife Demon."

"One Slash to Split the Sky!"

"…"

Taigu Knife Saint!

Lin Chen was shocked.

He never thought that this Gold Tablet actually contained a wisp of remnant consciousness of the Taigu Knife Saint.

Now that remnant consciousness had dissipated.

However, his actions of breaking through the barrier earlier, like knife carvings and axe chisels, were imprinted on Lin Chen's soul… Lin Chen began to grip the Taigu Tianji.

But this time, it was the way he held a knife.

The Taigu Tianji was also being held horizontally in Lin Chen's hand for the first time.

Lin Chen began to imitate the Taigu Knife Saint's appearance. At this moment, the Taigu Tianji in his hand looked as if it had become a precious saber. On the surface, *dao* aura began to appear faintly, and the *qi* illuminated the entire dim secret realm…

Until the knife light bloomed in an instant.

"Forbidden Spell, One Slash to Split the Sky!"

As Lin Chen shouted loudly, the *dao* aura in the entire secret realm instantly exploded. The light was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes. When Lin Chen opened his eyes again, his soul perception had returned to his body.

He looked up and saw that the Gold Tablet had already begun to operate on its own.

Beside Lin Chen, Moi was still holding the Sacred Crystal in her hand, and then she looked at Lin Chen blankly with an expression that said, 'What's wrong with you? You're confusing me,' and said, "You… you solved the Gold Tablet?"

It had only been ten minutes!

She had only just prepared to act…

But you, Lin Chen, directly solved the Gold Tablet puzzle?

"Then… do I still need to act?"

Moi asked.

Lin Chen was about to respond.

But at this moment, his gaze was drawn to the Gold Tablet.

Lin Chen shook his head directly, "Quickly put away the Sacred Crystal, they're all awake."

Don't cause any 'misunderstandings'.

After all, Lin Chen had already obtained the Gold Tablet this time.

Then this move could be completely saved for later to fool the Immortal Spirit Clan.

At this time, Lin Chen's gaze was drawn by the totem behind the Gold Tablet… it was clearly a knife.

In the next moment, the mark of the knife disappeared.

In that instant, Lin Chen seemed to see the figure of the Taigu Knife Saint.

Although it was only a flash.

Lin Chen discovered that a skill had been added to his skill bar.

[Forbidden Spell, One Slash to Split the Sky: After condensing *dao* aura, instantly unleash a number of *dao* aura equal to the level multiplied by 7. Each *dao* aura deals 3% double attack damage. When the first *dao* aura hits the opponent, a 3% *dao* aura penetration effect is gained, stackable up to twenty layers. Consumes magic value: 50,000, Cooldown time: one minute.]

Good heavens!

Another Forbidden Spell.

Lin Chen had gained some more Forbidden Spells.

In addition, Lin Chen had already stepped into the peak of the Divine Disciple Realm.

His attributes had increased by another 20%!

Lin Chen's combat power rating had also increased.

In the sky above, the Gold Ranking appeared.

The first place on the Potential Ranking began to change…

Fairy Wei dropped to second place.

And Lin Chen had topped the list!

First place on the Potential Ranking!

Moreover, Lin Chen's realm was still only at the peak of First Reincarnation.

He hadn't reached Second Reincarnation yet.

The updates of the three major rankings could be viewed at any time throughout the entire battlefield.

At this time, everyone in the God City Square also saw the three rankings hanging in the middle.

When Lin Chen injured Jing Chen with a single sword strike, everyone had seen Lin Chen suddenly soar to second place.

At that time, the changes in the Gold Ranking had already surprised many strong people.

Everyone was even discussing it enthusiastically.

The Immortal Spirit Clan's powerhouse, Jing Chen's father, Jing Xiao, even found Long Yandao to hypocritically congratulate him, "Congratulations to your human race for producing a genius!"

At that time, Jing Xiao's expression was as if he had eaten sh*t, he was so uncomfortable.

At the same time, you could also hear the jealousy and undisguised hatred in his tone.

Lin Chen had risen from eighth to second.

And Fairy Wei had topped the list.

His son, Jing Chen, had fallen to third place.

This meant…

Lin Chen must have fought Jing Chen.

Moreover, the result was that Jing Chen was seriously injured.

At least one heavy treasure had been destroyed!

However, before the shock Lin Chen brought to everyone had passed, the Gold Ranking moved again.

This time, Lin Chen directly reached the top of the Gold Ranking!

First place on the Gold Ranking at the peak of First Reincarnation!

What kind of concept was this?

Since the battlefield existed, it had never been seen before!

Even on the Level 1 battlefield, there was no such amazing person, or other race, who could top the Potential Ranking during the First Reincarnation period.

The Level 1 battlefield was the beginner battlefield, and no one could do this even on the battlefield with the lowest difficulty. The more advanced the battlefield, the more impossible it was.

But today, everyone had witnessed this moment!

A historic moment.

An unprecedented and probably unrepeatable moment!

Someone had reached the peak of the Potential Ranking during the First Reincarnation realm!

But, was this the end of the shock Lin Chen brought to everyone?

It wasn't!

Because the Violet Gold Ranking also began to move.

Lin Chen's ranking soared from the bottom 98th place to 65th place!

And at this time, Lin Chen's realm had become Second Reincarnation.

Yes!

Lin Chen had advanced.

The Gold Tablet's reward, coupled with the Gold Ranking's experience reward, allowed Lin Chen to step into the Second Reincarnation realm.

His strength was naturally enhanced.

Thus, on the Violet Gold Ranking, there appeared a monster who was only at Second Reincarnation, but had already killed his way into the top 70!

He was Lin Chen!

This time, everyone present stood up.

They were shocked.

"Is the human race about to produce a Human Emperor?"

"I'll go, topping the Potential Ranking at the First Reincarnation realm, entering the top 70 of the Violet Gold Ranking at the early stage of Second Reincarnation… with such talent, the human race is about to flourish!"

"No wonder this time, the Flying Tiger suffered a great loss in the human race!"

"It seems that the human race is going to take first place on our battlefield?"

"The Immortal Spirit Clan's limelight has been overshadowed!"

Many races' transformation powerhouses spoke up one after another…

Some were shocked.

However, some expressed great envy.

Even more so, some had already begun to secretly instigate and promote the argument that the human race was about to flourish.

In this regard, the human race's commander, the Dragon Spirit Kingdom's Protector-General Long Yandao, was speechless… Well, well!

Lin Chen, ah, Lin Chen, how am I supposed to fool people now?

Did you have to be so fierce?

So, you were hiding your strength all along?

Even I underestimated you?

The tallest tree catches the most wind, do you know that?

Of course Lin Chen didn't know.

At this time, he was immersed in great joy.

Good heavens!

The rewards were simply too good to be true!

The Gold Tablet's reward alone was 5 billion experience points.

500,000 soul experience points!

There were even five Sacred Crystals!

In addition, the Forbidden Spell, One Slash to Split the Sky, had been obtained.

Then there was the Gold Ranking.

2 billion experience points, an additional 10 billion for topping the list.

This allowed him to level up directly.

200,000 soul experience points, an additional 300,000 for topping the list.

This made Lin Chen's soul experience points, which had just been raised to the peak of the Divine Disciple Realm, instantly increase by another 10%… It took 10 million soul experience points to advance from the peak of the Divine Disciple Realm to the Divine Envoy Realm!

It was too terrifying.

But it didn't matter.

Lin Chen could still have the entire Second Reincarnation realm to accumulate soul cultivation experience points.

The Sacred Divine Power Crystal reward was twenty, with an additional 100 for topping the list!

The Violet Gold Ranking also gave 4 billion experience points, 400,000 soul experience points, and forty Sacred Crystals.

Now Lin Chen had more than two hundred Sacred Crystals in his hand.

He had made a killing!

And Lin Chen's attributes had once again been enhanced.

Now he had come to the Second Reincarnation realm.

The entire First Reincarnation realm had allowed his attribute adjustment to reach about 180%.

Therefore, many of Lin Chen's attributes had doubled now.

In the state of being possessed by three pets, Lin Chen's health had reached 1.2 million.

His double attacks had broken through 1.2 million.

These were all base attacks. Including the 350,000 he obtained from the Sword Mound Secret Realm, he had reached 1.55 million!

His speed had even reached the level of four thousand yards!

Now Lin Chen's health attribute was on par with his attack.

But Lin Chen was a Sky Walker.

A squishy class.

However, Lin Chen's current health was tens of thousands higher than that of Demiller, his opponent in the mid-stage of Second Reincarnation.

This was the result of Lin Chen's adjustment during the First Reincarnation realm.

Because Lin Chen's double attack data was very high.

Therefore, Lin Chen didn't want to be squishy anymore, so he focused on health during the adjustment.

The powerful health also brought an increase in all aspects of defense.

Lin Chen felt it was quite worthwhile.

Anyway, his double attacks were still sharp.

These terrifying attributes made Lin Chen the well-deserved number one.

Lin Chen was very happy.

But others were dumbfounded.

"Monster!" Pang Jia saw the Gold Ranking and the Violet Gold Ranking, then looked at Lin Chen again and gave two-word evaluation.

He used to be the highest-ranked person on the human race's Potential Ranking.

But how long had it been?

He had been surpassed.

On the rankings, he was instantly killed by Lin Chen, leaving no trace behind.

Moi looked at Lin Chen with a very complicated expression…

She might also want Lin Chen to live well.

But Lin Chen was living too well now!

Of course, there was also a hint of unwillingness in Moi's heart…

In short, her emotions were very complicated.

From the first time she met Lin Chen in Ice and Snow City.

At that time, Lin Chen was still an ant in her eyes.

But how long had passed now?

Lin Chen seemed to have… made her feel a little out of reach!

The second update is still a four-thousand-word chapter.

There are still two more updates today.

For a total of sixteen thousand words!

Lin Chen has leveled up, he's in Second Reincarnation.

The attribute list will be put in the author's words later, so you don't say I'm padding the word count.

(End of this chapter)