Free Web NovelChapter 619: Chapter 425: Heartbeats, Volcano Awakening, and a World-Sweeping Opportunity!
Who could it be?
The commanders of the other four war zones on the central battleship couldn’t help but look over with doubt. As they felt these unusual gazes, the senior leaders of the Southern War Zone couldn’t suppress a slight upward curve of their lips, feeling secretly pleased.
The commanders of the five major war zones have been old comrades and competitors for most of their lives. Among the older generation, no one submits to another.
Just now, weren’t they all acting high and mighty? They were just short of directly declaring that the Southern War Zone would rank at the bottom this time.
But now, the first to ascend wasn’t from the Southern War Zone, allowing the commanders of the Southern War Zone to release their pent-up frustration.
"We truly did not misjudge; Su Mu really makes no sound until he astonishes everyone with a startling action!"
Marshal Yue and Qian Xuemin exchanged glances and sighed quietly, yet at this moment, the two were unaware that the real shocking moment was yet to come, a real storm was approaching.
At this moment, commanders of the Southern War Zone were in no hurry, acting calm and composed until an impatient commander of the Eastern War Zone spoke up.
"Who is your war zone’s 020?"
"Su Mu."
Su Mu?
The news of the Ye Family’s grand banquet was sealed off by the Ye Family, so people from the other four war zones only had some slight awareness of Su Mu; not much was known about him.
"Congratulations, Old Yue, for having someone like Su Mu in your war zone, who, without killing a single sea beast and currently with zero merit, could ascend to the ancient battlefield first, truly extraordinary."
"Your war zone was deeply hidden, not only keeping a trump card like this one concealed but also giving him a big competition identity of 020."
At this moment, a commander from the Central War Zone spoke up, and anyone could hear the sarcasm in his tone.
The words "without killing a single sea beast" and "zero merit" were highly provocative.
Yue Jun was not angered, as he was fully aware that the Central War Zone viewed this big competition’s top prize as a sure gain, and the other war zones likely thought similarly.
Now that Su Mu from his own war zone had the lead, they were naturally angered.
But the more angered they were, the more the commanders of the Southern War Zone felt extremely pleased.
"Old Huo, you’re wronging me here. You may not know, but Su Mu was one of the people who represented my Southern War Zone to enter the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool. Even the direct disciple of the Sword Pavilion Master, Ximen Gu, perished in that Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool incident."
"Back then, we all thought Su Mu also perished, so we removed his name from the big competition list. After he returned, Marshal Qian and I went to the Military Department to temporarily change the list, which is why Su Mu is our Southern War Zone’s 020." freewēbnoveℓ.com
Yue Jun finished calmly, and Old Huo, who had just asked the question, was immediately silenced, as if someone had forcibly covered his mouth, leaving him speechless.
At this moment, Qian Xuemin came out to add a final blow.
"Marshal Zhu is also present today, and this matter is well known to him."
Hearing this, the elder from the Military Department nodded slightly, "Indeed, there was such a matter. The Southern War Zone did temporarily submit a list modification, and as per the regulations, temporary submissions can only replace the last position."
When the military elder Marshal Zhu spoke, everyone was instantly silenced; they could not continue speaking.
At this moment, Yue Jun and Qian Xuemin exchanged glances once more, immediately understanding each other’s thoughts. Since they were wronged earlier, they felt the need to repay the indignation.
"Who says Su Mu has zero merit? Old Huo, have you perhaps forgotten there’s such a special rule in the big competition: The first to ascend to the ancient battlefield is rewarded with merit equivalent to the forefront at the moment of ascension, which means Su Mu’s merit is now equal to your war zone’s Ling Jue."
These words fell like an invisible sharp knife stabbed into the heart of the Central War Zone’s commanders, making them feel like they’ve handed Su Mu a great advantage, donned a wedding dress for the Southern War Zone.
"Hmph, luck indeed is a part of strength, but mere luck cannot carry one to the end."
"Well, let’s just wait and see."
Beyond the central battleship, on the surrounding warships, all soldiers quickly noticed a shocking change in the merit ranking on the board.
Someone’s merit ranking skyrocketed from the bottom like a rocket all the way to the top, now tying with Ling Jue for first place.
"The second person with a million merits has emerged? How did it happen so fast... Wait, something’s wrong, why is the merit exactly the same as Ling Jue?"
"Oh, I know who this person is now. This is Su Mu; this merit is the special reward for first ascending the ancient battlefield!"
Soon, soldiers began to react, guessing the identity of the person who ascended first!
After a brief shock, many soldiers began to have thoughts identical to those of the Central War Zone commander. They were clueless about Su Mu’s current strength and naturally assumed this first ascent was purely by luck.
More accurately, Su Mu is getting stronger by the second, and apart from Su Mu himself, no one knows his true strength.
"This Su Mu completed the first ascent with zero merit, likely just due to good luck, perhaps he has some means to avoid sea beasts, but once inside the ancient battlefield, he will surely fall."
"Indeed, the military big competition has always seen the strongest rise; without real strength, how could one ultimately ascend to the top, even if at the top, there would be discontent!"
"Let’s see if this Su Mu can maintain it."
"Do you believe it? I don’t!"
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Su Mu being the first to ascend the ancient battlefield caused a stir among the soldiers on the sea.
Ten thousand meters under the sea.
At the same time, all fierce battling General Stars felt their identity tokens vibrating, but most were too busy to check the specifics.
"Eh? The first ascent wasn’t actually Ling Jue?"
