Ranking List and Auction House

Not long after I left the blacksmith's shop, a system announcement suddenly sounded!

[Ding! Due to the large number of players in the main city, the level leaderboard and auction house are now open.]

[Ding! Due to the large number of players in the main city, the level leaderboard and auction house are now open.]

The system announcement played three times in a row before stopping.

The gaming forums instantly became lively.

Xiudou: There are so many big shots on the leaderboard, I'm just a nobody, I don't even have the qualifications to be on the list.

Death Doesn't Come: Who exactly is Chaoge? Didn't he just enter the main city? How come he's already level 12 and ranked number one?

Superman Diapers: Isn't Jiang Ziya a hidden profession? How come he's only ranked tenth?

Little Dot: There are so many bronze items at the auction house, but I can't afford them.

I Want to Become an Immortal: Rankings have started overseas too, and the number one player in Japan is already level 14!!

Seafood Merchant: They're even fiercer in Europe and America; there are at least ten level 15 people there!!

I am Qin Shi Huang, send me money: If the First Emperor does not emerge, what will become of the world!

Burial of Love - Green: Everyone, stop fighting to the death, focus on leveling up, and unite against the enemy later!!

Wan Jian Gui Zong: Jiang Taigong, come out and fight me!

I'll hit you on the head!

Jiang Yan closed the forum and opened the leaderboard first.

First place: Chaoge (Level 12, 37%)

Second place: Hyotei (Level 12, 28%)

Third place: Beauty that brings disaster (Level 12, 11%)

Fourth place: Di Jun (Level 12, 7%)

……

Ninth place: Bai Tiandi (Level 11, 54%)

10th place: Jiang Taigong (Level 11, 53%)

11th: Lord of Stardust (Level 11, 50%)

12th Place: Peerless War God (Level 11, 48%)

13th: God's Demise (Level 11, 48%)

……

100th: Demon Slayer (Level 11, 2%)

The leaderboard only lists the top 100 players, of whom about 70% are core players from major guilds, while solo players only account for 30%!

Chaoge topped the list, while Jiang Yan ranked tenth, and his position was precarious, as he could be overtaken by others at any time.

"The competition is fierce." Jiang Yan didn't care much about the ranking and skipped over it after glancing at it a few times.

Then he opened the auction house.

Although the auction house had only been open for a few minutes, it was already full of equipment, most of which were basic items, but there were also quite a few bronze items, at least dozens of them!

Moreover, the price is relatively high.

I don't know if it's because there are too many players, or if someone is driving up the price.

Jiang Yan glanced at his backpack and saw a bronze scepter that he had just removed from his [Gemstone Seeker] item.

Because of the extra socket, Jiang Yan listed the equipment on the auction house with a starting price of 80 gold. If no one bids within three hours, the equipment will be returned to Jiang Yan's inventory.

If Jiang Yan is dissatisfied with someone else's bid, he can withdraw the auction within three hours.

In addition, once the auction is successful, the system will deduct a 5% handling fee!

After closing the auction, Jiang Yan prepared to go to the main city to level up.

They hadn't gone far when they were blocked by someone!

"Oh, isn't this Young Master Wang?" Jiang Yan greeted the newcomer with a smile.

"Jiang Taigong!!" Young Master Shengshi glared at him, his face dark. "Don't be so happy! Once you leave the beginner village, I'll see how you die!!"

"I look forward to your revenge." Jiang Yan was not afraid at all.

Even if he were chased to the point of having nowhere to run, he could still go back to the starting village to mine!

Not to mention that guilds like [Red Beauty's Drunkenness], [Three-Legged Golden Crow], and [Dark Empire] are all vying to recruit him!

[A Prosperous Dynasty], he truly fears nothing!!

"Bastard!!" Young Master Shengshi clearly felt the disdain emanating from Jiang Yan, and was furious, but in the beginner village, there was nothing he could do but...rage in utter helplessness!

Leaving behind a handsome silhouette, Jiang Yan departed with an air of nonchalance.

Upon arriving at the teleportation array, Jiang Yan was teleported to Fuxi City.

Several hours later, there were significantly more players in Fuxi City. After all, with the current player base, someone was leveling up to level 10 and entering the main city every moment!

Jiang Yan glanced at the rankings and realized that he had already been squeezed out of the top twenty in such a short time!

"Wow, that's really curly!"

Jiang Yan wasted no more time and headed east towards Fuxi City.

To the east of Fuxi City lies a range of rolling mountains.

The mountain range stretches endlessly, seemingly connecting with the sky.

Standing before this mountain range, the player felt like an ant in the vast ocean!

Along the way, Jiang Yan also saw groups of people coming and going, some in small groups, and some clearly guilds going on expeditions, with a total of about a hundred people!

Jiang Yan was used to being alone, so after avoiding them from a distance, he ventured into the mountains and forests from the remote foot of the mountain.

Not far ahead, Jiang Yan saw a white exclamation mark floating above the forest.

He gazed into the distance: the macaque forest, where a large number of macaques lived and were skilled at brewing monkey wine!

Monkey wine?

Jiang Yan thought of the tiger bones dropped by the mutated tiger king in his backpack, which could also be used to brew wine, but what use was this wine?

Does drinking it increase attributes, or even grant a buff?

Jiang Yan ran in the direction of the exclamation mark, but it turned out to be a case of "looking at the mountain but running to death," and it took him two whole hours to finally arrive at the macaques' territory!

"Chirp chirp!"

"Chirp chirp chirp..."

On the dense branches, a dozen or so huge monkeys with brown and yellow fur swung and played among the vines.

Macaque: lv13

Health: 3300

Skills: Throwing, Hissing

Once players reach level 10 or higher, they can see significantly less information about the monsters, and Jiang Yan is unsure of the macaques' skills' power.

He cautiously took out a basic magic pill (restores 500 mana per second for 5 seconds) to keep on hand, and then chanted Chain Lightning.

One second later, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, hitting a swinging macaque. Immediately afterward, three thin streaks of lightning shot out from the lightning bolt, striking three nearby macaques.

"hiss!!"

"Chirp chirp!!"

With a sharp screech, four crimson critical damage numbers suddenly shot up above their heads!

-4134

-3488

-3488

-3488

[Ding~ Congratulations to the player for killing a macaque that is above their level! Experience +350] *4

After the four macaques died, two pieces of white equipment dropped, along with five or six silver coins.

Before Jiang Yan could even pick it up, the surrounding macaques had already enraged and surrounded him.

They pulled out fist-sized stones from somewhere and hurled them fiercely at Jiang Yan.

After honing his skills in the beginner village's hellish dungeon, Jiang Yan's movement had become quite impressive. However, there were still quite a few of these macaques, and although he dodged many, he was still hit by several pieces!

boom!

Bang, bang!

Along with a slight pain, several damage numbers of -80 and -95 appeared above Jiang Yan's head!

At the same time, the monkeys roared, and Jiang Yan's head was hit with -40 and -45 damage numbers in succession!

Although the damage wasn't high, the amount was considerable, and within seconds, Jiang Yan's health and mana bars were both depleted.

Jiang Yan immediately swallowed the primary magic pill, and only after seeing his blue bar recover by half in an instant did he feel relieved enough to launch a counterattack.

Lightning Bolt + Chain Lightning + Lightning Bolt + Chain Lightning...

Jiang Yan transformed into a killing machine, frantically reaping the experience points of this group of macaques!

As his experience points kept increasing, Jiang Yan became even more excited, killing as he went deeper into the fray. Meanwhile, the number of macaques ahead was increasing, as if a hornet's nest had been stirred up, with more and more surging out.

Jiang Yan was startled and quickly ran backward!

After creating some distance, he turned around and attacked the macaque again.

Lightning Bolt + Chain Lightning + Lightning Bolt + Chain Lightning...

About ten minutes later, Jiang Yan's Chain Lightning finally reached level 2!