When the core disciplines arrived, both the elders and disciplines were gathered in Central Park. Their numbers were around 40 million this time around.
Everyone had the chance to choose to stay and continue the testing or board the ships and go to the sect.
It wasn't much of a surprise that the group of people quickly started to decrease and at the end of the day no more than 13 million people remained.
This amount was still an incredibly huge number. Even Cyra wasn't sure how are they going to try and massacre them this time.
As night time came, the ships began to depart, and everyone who missed them was forced to take the next test.
After they left, Huns began to hover above their heads and made sure that everyone was present. No one was missing, then the massive crowd was directed towards a giant platform in the south wing of the central district. This place usually was another ship dock that the heavenly sect used.
When everyone was on the platform, it slowly split in half and slowly revealed a portal hole leading to some god forsaken place, and everyone present was tossed inside.
They were free-falling into the abyssal of the heavenly sect. It was deadly as the groups reached level 7690. Different tubes separated them into even smaller groups.
At level 7687, they arrived in the heavenly abyss that was an abandoned concrete jungle with a mutant beast at every corner.
Some were hiding in the light while others in the darkness, the moment they reached the ground, everyone received the same message.
- Kill, none of your observed because elders are a vital part of the sect, it's your job now to keep your secrets, kill the mutants for points or kill other players, those who survive will be promoted, and the top 10 000 will receive glorious prizes, you have 100 years. -
The massage wasn't long, but it was Crystal clear they have to kill for points. Cyra was smiling from ear to ear because now she could kill those who tried to pick on her.
This time around, not just the high levels but every level could follow the rank list as long as they had a bracelet.
Countless people were cheering for the champions of the lower levels.
Most discipline's fates at the sect depended on how their masters and teachers were doing in the heavenly abyss ranking.
The moment they dropped to the floor, the real game has begun. Cyra was continuously executed Wusun-s left and right as a warm-up. It was wonderful.
The ranking list was updated based on their points every 15 seconds. As such, people had a general understanding of how things were going.
There was also a graveyard list that would display the names of the recently passed away competitors.
Fifteen minutes later, Cyra was sitting on top of a tower waiting for her next prey. They had 100 years to make the killing. Hunting down the weaklings got boring pretty fast, and she spent her time waiting for worthy opponents.
With the first rush of brawls, she made it into the top 5 000 000, but afterward, her rank began to fall rapidly as she wasn't doing much.
The day was swapped by night. The light of the level came from above as guns were firing at beast or anything that tried to get remotely close to the next level.
Even if Cyra was deemed a disgrace of a seat, she was still closely followed by countless people as nobody knew her actual strength. Some bold ones even bet on her placement.
Cyra's lazy waiting was disturbed by a sting that she felt around her neck. Releasing her force control further away didn't show anyone either as such. She was waiting for the effects to occur.
She stayed motionless and waited for five days until she detected something is moving from behind her. A dog-sized snail was moving towards her, possibly with the intent to eat her.
Cyra standing up, completely thrown off the snail, and in panic, it tried to camouflage itself once more, but it was all in vain as it was crushed under her feet.
The snail was an Awaken Wusun specialized in poison but compared to Cyra. It was extremely weak and slow at that.
After killing the snail, Cyra's rank didn't move much it seemed to be solidified on the 5 000 324th place without any intention of moving.
After she killed the snail, she tasted the remains and positively experienced a slightly rising strength.
The issue was she couldn't sense anymore of these things. It seemed that she had to continue pretending dead if she wanted them to come out from hiding.
Cyra also had access to the ranking list. As such, she followed the other seat placements. They were her primary targets, after all.
[Lothar Valentine the Strongest] 12th
[Yoshi Megalodon the Noble] 349th
[Lia Baishan the Beaty] 6789th
[Mathias Storm the Clever] 2894th
[Nikita Dominus the Sinner] 7654th
[Adam Saxon the Wild] 13th
[Darell Linos the Snake] 9989th
[Toma Ziya Senseless] 11th
[Cyra Ember the Weird] 5 000 324th
Cyra has once deemed the failure seat, and many organizations have declared that they will not accept her. No matter what happens, they couldn't take this humiliation.
In the meantime, Cyra was still standing on top of the abandoned skyscraper and even put draw a sign on the side: Trading Frost Blood for mutant flesh. As long as people didn't irritate her, she was more than willing to make a trade.
Soon news began to spread between contestants about the weirdest business, and more people began to join her district to hunt for her.
The [Frost Blood] was currently useless to Cyra, yet she had millions of it. People used this type of blood as a healing elixir.
Wusun-s had little chance of obtaining the bloodline as their blood was already much more robust, and the quality they got was random as the weirdest didn't care if it was better or worse.
Some people looked down on Cyra way too much and entered her tower. 7 Wusun-s wearing purple uniforms walked inside the tower with malicious intentions. As all seven of them were conquerors Wusun, they didn't fear her one bit.
"Brothers, we should kill and then take over the weird business and territory!" Explained one of the stronger men in the group.
"Also, let's not forget about the forces she had gathered. We could live like kings." Added another one.
Reaching to the top, they were confronted by Cyra back as she was sitting there completely ignoring them. She was currently feeding.
Every time she wanted to take a bite, the layers of bandages would open up and pull the prey inside.
The sight of her feeding sent chills down their spine, and some of them even took a step back while the others were frozen in their spot.
She was a monster that they feared. The moment they reached her floor Cyra released her killing intent making the small group scared to the core. "So what do you guys want?"
"We just came to say hello." With that, the discipline turned around and tried to leave, but before he could do that, a sharp wave has severed his head, and the body fallen to the ground without any notice.
"So what else? At least try to use a believable excuse... well, it's not that it matters since I heard everything." With that, another six severed heads began to fall to the ground.
As the days passed, the weather also changed. First, it was slightly windy, then stormy clouds have enveloped the Heavenly Abyss, and finally, hurricanes appeared on the faraway horizon.
Be it Wusun or Wusun Conqueror, everyone in the Cyra district began to flee. They felt unease being anywhere near the core of the storm.
In the distance, Cyra could see dots approach her together with the terrifying storm.
System, what are those?
[Analyzing… creatures]
[…]
[Analyzation complete]
[Umbrella Jellyfish] [100% Matching]
[Side Note: Their toxins can attack the heart, immune system, and skin cells, Suggesting Host to get stung and develop a defense against it]
[Origin: Often found floating in storm cores, they are one of the most venomous mutants in the world]
[Body Analysis: Their namesake umbrella frames contain up to 50 tentacles at every eight corners, with each growing to 10 meters long, all lined with tens of thousands of stinging cells]
[Estimated Battle Power]
[EBP: Hun]
Listening to the system's advice Cyra didn't move an inch released her killing intent to its full extent allowing her to frighten these animals and reduce their EBP to Conqueror Wusun, allowing her to get stung without further complications safely.
After she got stung, she also ripped of fifty or so tentacles and threw them inside the book of earth.
Five minutes after she was stung, a black spot appeared on her leg that even affected her clothes, then it puffed up and began working its way upwards, spreading through her entire body.
At the 10 minutes, mark Cyra's healing abilities were triggered, continually trying to push out the venom outside of the body. Even though the pain wasn't that much an issue, she could still feel discomfort from her puffed body parts.
Thirty minutes after being stung, she was incapable of moving and frozen in spot for the next 10 hours.
After that, she slowly regained control over her body. Sensing that the storm was still there, she wasn't that much worried and continued.
From 10 hours, Cyra managed to reduce the stun effect to 5 minutes, yet she couldn't continue experimenting with it as she had to catch up to the storm.
If she didn't catch a few of these jellyfish, her days of uncomfortable suffering would have been for nothing.
As she was hunting, she was stung here and there, which further reduce the stun effects until it was less than 1 second, and she became utterly immune.
This place was where the real fun started. Cyra points also began to rise, and she was already inside the top 5 000 000, yet her rise didn't stop there. After killings every jellyfish in the storm, she was ranked at 3 235 678th place, giving a huge surprise to the spectators of her achievements.
No one expected her to climb higher, but she did it pretty early, as there were still 99 years remaining from the competition.
After the successful hunt, Cyra decided to search for another safe district where she could peacefully cultivate.
Soon she came across a district-owned by a top ranker Kyle Dominus. He was ranked in the top 10 000, giving him a tremendous amount of prestige among his peers.
After entering the district, she looked for an empty house and stayed there for two years, it took her two entire years to consume all those corpses, yet her progress was a far cry from what she expected.
She was initially 20% percent from breaking through, it has risen to 55% percent, but it was still far from enough.
Even if she tried to consume all the stuff she bought, it probably wouldn't even increase her battle power by 1%. As such, she needed to hunt more mutants for their rare flesh.
During her stay in this district, nothing has happened as every challenger headed directly for Kyle as he gave the most points.