Chen Guo had grown disdainful of ordinary monsters.
The slaughter points they offered were meager, and the rewards they yielded were scant.
So, upon his return to Doonatel, Chen Guo made a beeline for the City Lord's Mansion.
"Boss Guangcheng is heading to the City Lord's Mansion!"
"We're out of options. The City Lord's Mansion is fraught with danger, and our spiritual senses are sounding alarms."
"It's got to be a formidable boss in there. Only Boss Guangcheng has what it takes to tackle such a boss!"
The trial challengers from Beginner Village 926 no longer aspired to compete with Chen Guo for the boss. They found contentment in slaying ordinary monsters within Doonatel.
The fusion with all the resources from Beginner Village 926 had significantly increased the monster population in Doonatel, providing ample opportunities for everyone to reap the benefits.
Coupled with enhancements in attributes and combat strength, the leveling pace of the trial challengers from Beginner Village 926 had accelerated twofold.
The entire Beginner Village 926 was rapidly gaining strength.
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Elsewhere in the world.
Chen Guo's astonishing combat prowess had captured the attention of the globe's elite fighters.
At the Mount Olympus ruins.
Blues, upon being transported to this mystical domain, embarked on a slew of covert missions, which thrilled him to no end.
He believed he was on the cusp of becoming the world's mightiest.
But Chen Guo's freshly revealed combat strength left Blues in shock.
"99999 combat power? Impossible! How can such an aberration exist? It defies all logic!"
"My combat power is barely 3000, this..."
"This anonymous big boss is just too freakish, isn't he?"
Blues began to question his life choices.
He had reaped a series of advantages, boosting his combat power to an impressive 2876. Yet, this once exceptional figure paled in comparison to Chen Guo's staggering 99999 combat power.
This irked Blues, who was inherently competitive.
"Thank goodness I can soon utilize my Heaven Level talent, the Taotie Devourer!"
"I'm determined to catch up to him!"
Blues, too, was a trial challenger with a Heaven Level talent, the Taotie Devourer, which allowed him to absorb the souls of the mighty to augment his own strength.
Fortune smiled upon him when the star door key he received transported him to the ruins of Mount Olympus, where he encountered the wandering souls of gods and embarked on a series of quests.
However, the souls of most gods were too powerful for him to dare to consume. Yet, he now had an ideal target in sight.
Blues turned the key, unlocking Pandora's box.
Out of Pandora's Box emerged a fragment of Prometheus's soul. Following the usual protocol, he released Prometheus's soul fragment and completed a series of quests, expecting a substantial reward from Prometheus.
But his sights were set on Prometheus himself.
"Oh, great mortal, you have freed me. We..." Prometheus's towering form began to materialize, ready to spout a litany of platitudes.
Blues, however, wasted no time and unleashed his Heaven Devouring Talent of the Tao Tie.
"You..." The shock was evident in Prometheus's soul fragment, yet it was powerless to resist.
Already weakened from millennia of punishment by the God King Zeus, his soul had been further torn apart by cosmic upheavals. A portion of it was even trapped within Pandora's Box, leaving him more vulnerable than ever.
This weakened fragment stood no chance against the Heaven Level devouring talent.
"Since you're so thankful, why not become a part of me? Haha..." Blues laughed heartily as he consumed Prometheus's soul fragment entirely.
His attributes and fighting capacity soared.
Even a mere wisp of Prometheus's soul offered an immense boost to a mortal.
Ultimately, Blues's fighting capacity stabilized at 54,123!
"54,000 in fighting capacity, yet still not as strong as that guy with the concealed name. Just how formidable is his talent, and what kind of incredible adventures has he had?"
Blues felt a twinge of disappointment. He had assumed that devouring Prometheus's soul would allow him to outpace Chen Guo, but he had clearly overestimated the outcome.
A fighting capacity of 54,000 was indeed remarkable, but it paled in comparison to Chen Guo's.
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In the Kunlun Illusion.
"You have obtained the Fragmented Elixir of Immortality."
Lei Kun, too, had embarked on a special quest and, after enduring countless hardships, he finally secured the ultimate prize: the Queen Mother's Elixir of Immortality, albeit a fragmented one.
"Hehe, using the Fragmented Elixir of Immortality will grant me a significant power boost, but it's still no match for Guangcheng and Blues."
"Thank goodness I possess Heaven Level talent. My gift is the ability to make everything whole again; any incomplete object, I can restore. With this, I can turn this incomplete Undying Medicine into a complete one!" Lei Kun thought to himself as he activated his talent, transforming the fragmented Undying Medicine in his hand into a whole one.
Lei Kun then immediately consumed the Undying Medicine. His attributes and fighting capacity soared, eventually settling at 71,111—lower than Chen Guo's but higher than Blues'. This left Lei Kun baffled: "What on earth did Guangcheng consume to be so formidable? Could it be that not even the Undying Medicine measures up to him? Impossible, right?" Doubt filled Lei Kun's small eyes.
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The global fighting capacity rankings have become the most talked-about list nowadays, overshadowing the level rankings as many shift their focus to combat prowess.
For the true powerhouses, leveling up is a trivial matter. But fighting capacity is the real measure of strength, a fact that became undeniable when Chen Guo's fighting capacity hit an astonishing 99,999, leaving the world agape in wonder.
Many speculated that Chen Guo must have cheated; how else could his fighting capacity surpass that of a boss? But now, it's clear that Chen Guo played fair, as the fighting capacity rankings have welcomed two more individuals with scores over 10,000: Lei Kun's 71,111 and Blues' 54,123. While not as high as Chen Guo's 99,999, these figures prove that breaking the 10,000 mark isn't a result of cheating but a testament to the might of a true boss.
After all, a formidable life needs no explanation.
"The disparity between people is even greater than between people and dogs. While the big bosses boast fighting capacities over 10,000, we struggle to break 1,000!" someone lamented.
"I bet these bosses all have Heaven Level talent. There's no other way to explain their extraordinary abilities."
"Boss Guangcheng must possess the strongest Heaven Level talent in the world, with Lei Kun and Blues following closely behind. Yet, they are all bosses we can only aspire to."
The staggering fighting capacities of these three individuals have led many trial challengers to realize that the Whole Heaven Battlefield is no mere game, but a stark reality where balance is a foreign concept.
The mighty have the power to reach the heavens, whereas the weak might as well be dogs.
Amidst the buzz of conversation, a sudden alert from the system cut through the noise:
"Three trial challengers globally have been detected with a combat strength surpassing 50,000. The Legendary Certificate is now being activated!"