Back at the Holy Light Castle, Su Hao stood up and ordered his militia to prepare some equipment.
Those equipment would be used to collect mutant crystals.
At that moment, the world announcement was suddenly updated!
[Attention, all lords! ]
[Congratulations on successfully resisting the first invasion of darkness!]
[The overall ranking of the lords in the invasion of darkness will soon be announced!]
[The lord who wins first place will win the mystery prize! ]
[Mystery Prize: Radiant Holy Sword!]
[Radiant Holy Sword: it is not technically a sword, but a structure that can chase away the wild beasts within a five-mile radius of one's castle!]
As soon as the news was released, all the lords were excited and the comments section went into a frenzy.
[Whoa! The Radiant Holy Sword is so powerful!"
[I want one too. Why is it that only the first place gets a reward! I can't accept that!]
[Do you think we'll stand a chance with Big Shot Su Hao around? Don't even think about it!]
[It could be Big Shot Han Yan though!]
[Whoever it is, I want to see them in a battle!]
[Count me in. I'll bet on whoever wins first place today!]
[+1!]
The comments section was wild. Everyone was looking forward to who would get first place!
Some were even excited for a gambling match where the gold coins they won that time around would be used as currency.
Some even daydreamed in the hopes that they would get first place.
Some did not even have time to pay attention to the announcements. They were still recovering from their injuries and cleaning up the mess caused by the invasion.
Elsewhere on a plain in the Endless Continent, dozens of militiamen were building a level three bow tower and a level four castle inside White Unicorn Castle.
Qin Shuang bandaged her wound using tape inside her room.
Under the dim yellow light, fresh blood dripped from her fair skin and fell drop by drop onto the rough wooden floor.
"Tch!"
Qin Shuang frowned, endured the pain, and eventually finished bandaging.
She had indeed survived the invasion, but she also knew that her strength was still rather weak compared to others in the entire continent.
When she first got injured, she paid attention to Su Hao's transaction information and even Han Yan's city upgrade information.
One outstanding lord after another had appeared, and they have already surpassed her by many levels.
It was no surprise then that Su Hao did not even bother paying attention to her.
With that though, she opened her [Friend Messages] and subconsciously scrolled down.
There, she discovered that the contents of her chat with Su Hao ended with her relaying the information to him while in the darkness.
Qin Shuang's face had a look of anger when she thought of that.
It was clear that Su Hao did not take her seriously, no doubt due to her inferior strength. She thus had no choice but to catch up with him as soon as possible.
At that moment, an announcement flashed across her vision.
[The overall ranking of the lords in the invasion of darkness will soon be announced!]
[The lord who wins first place will win the mystery prize! ]
[Mystery Prize: Radiant Holy Sword!]
When she saw that, a hint of anticipation flashed in her eyes.
First place should probably go to Su Hao.
The chat area was beginning to look like a manic frenzy too!
[Hurry up and announce it! I can't wait!]
[Why are you so excited even though you know you won't be the winner?]
[I want to bet on Su Hao getting first place!]
[No, I'm going to bet on Han Yan winning!]
At long last, the result that everyone was eagerly waiting for had been announced.
[Congratulations! First place goes to the Holy Light Castle's lord, Su Hao! He has won first place in the combat strength ranking!]
[The holy Radiant Holy Sword will automatically appear in the Holy Light Castle! ]
The moment the message was released, all the city lords began expressing their intense shock in the comments section.
[Su Hao is really strong!]
[Why must there be such a huge disparity between two people?]
[Han Yan is in second place again? I wouldn't have made the bet if I'd known earlier. I lost 10,000 gold coins!]
[Hahahaha, who told you to be such an idiot? Anyone who knows what's going on will know that Su Hao will definitely win!]
[Su Hao is awesome! I'm curious to know how Han Yan is feeling right now. Is he itching to press the red button and attack?]
Qin Shuang was not surprised to see this.
There was no doubt in her mind that first place would go to Su Hao.
The gap between them was too huge, and she felt that she was not even in the top ten.
However, she had won a lottery chance during the darkness invasion.
Before she bandaged her wound, she drew her lottery and received a new S-Grade troop type—spirits!
However, raising spirits required some rare mutant crystals, such as evolution mutant crystals and light mutant crystals, which could only be found deep in the mine.
Therefore, she immediately picked up all kinds of protective equipment and rushed to the mine with her troops.
She felt that she had to speed up her pace when it came to upgrading, because the only way to attract Su Hao's attention was to become stronger.