Chapter 1153

He knew that no matter how much of a genius he was, he still lagged far behind those seniors on the combat power ranking.

He was only at True God Rank 9 and could at most fight against a God King Rank 1.

However, those people on the combat power ranking all possessed at least the strength of a God King Rank 3.

Those ranked in the top 30,880 were at least at the strength of a God King Rank 4 or 5.

As for the top 10, each one was capable of fighting above their rank, and each one was a genius.

Their actual cultivation realm might be God King Rank 4 or 5, but their combat power could have reached God King Rank 6 or 7.

People like that were not someone he could provoke for the time being.

Zhang Ziyue was very clear-headed and had a clear plan for his own path forward.

He was waiting for these people to upgrade to Level 5 authority and leave the Vermilion Bird Star Domain combat power ranking.

He was waiting for his own cultivation realm to improve, then he would do more tasks to increase his contribution.

By then, even if he couldn't become number one on all three rankings, he would at least be number one on two of them.

Until Lin Moyu appeared, completely disrupting his plans.

That was why he had been so furious at the time, losing his reason in anger and going directly to challenge Lin Moyu.

Later, as he gradually calmed down, he realized he shouldn't have issued the challenge.

He knew nothing about Lin Moyu, so how could he have rashly issued a challenge?

Fortunately, Lin Moyu didn't accept, otherwise, given Lin Moyu's strength, he would have likely made a fool of himself.

Later, Lin Moyu rushed into the top ten of the combat power ranking and became second on the contribution ranking, which made him realize even more that challenging Lin Moyu was impossible.

Moreover, Lin Moyu was filled with a mysterious aura, and he didn't even know Lin Moyu's specific cultivation realm.

But he guessed that Lin Moyu should be around God King Rank 3, possessing the ability to fight above his rank, with an actual combat power around God King Rank 5.

This time, coming to Fortress No. 1, he also wanted to see Lin Moyu with his own eyes, to see what kind of person he was, so he could have an idea of what he was dealing with.

At the same time, he also received news that many people in the top 30 of the combat power ranking were not convinced by Lin Moyu, this newcomer, and wanted to challenge him.

The Human Emperor Network was sometimes not entirely correct.

As geniuses, they naturally all possessed the arrogance of geniuses.

When Lin Moyu appeared, someone immediately left the restaurant to find Lin Moyu.

Zhang Ziyue, unhurried, followed them as they left.

Along the way, Lin Moyu encountered quite a few people who recognized him, and inevitably, there was another round of discussion.

Lin Moyu didn't care about this; he could feel wisps of the Power of Belief gathering towards him.

The greater his fame, the more the Power of Belief he received.

The Power of Belief was useful; as far as he knew now, sufficient Power of Belief could accelerate the comprehension of laws.

Just this point alone was enough to make people flock to it.

Walking into the Task Center, Lin Moyu checked the tasks to see which one would be suitable for him to do next.

He had actually only completed three official battlefield tasks so far: the first was collecting stellar essence fire, the second was collecting shuo gold, and the third was the just-completed task of intercepting the demon army.

However, the reward for the third task hadn't been issued yet, so it didn't count as formally completed.

The military rank promotion task and special tasks shouldn't count as battlefield tasks.

The Human Emperor Network wouldn't play word games; if it was, it was, and if it wasn't, it wasn't.

Before the task reward was issued, he couldn't accept new battlefield tasks.

So he was just looking now, finding a suitable task first, and would accept it after the reward was issued.

Out of five battlefield tasks, he had already completed three, and the ratings should all be perfect.

He was confident that he could perfectly complete the next two tasks as well.

Accumulating military merit was not a problem; his military merit had already surpassed many soldiers at God King Rank 5 or 6.

What gave Lin Moyu the biggest headache was the other task: killing the top ten people on the bounty list.

It wasn't that he couldn't kill them, but that he couldn't find them.

These people were elusive and very hard to find.

Lin Moyu pondered while browsing through the tasks.

Finally, he found a suitable task; now he just had to wait for the previous battlefield task to end, and he could accept the new one.

Lin Moyu stepped aside from the task console, leaving it for others to use.

There were many people in the Task Center, and everyone was queuing up to use the task consoles.

Suddenly, a wave of people surged into the Task Center.

The people walking at the very front exuded a thick aura of the God King Realm.

As soon as they entered, their gazes searched the Task Center, seemingly looking for someone.

A God King's gaze was extremely sharp; in the blink of an eye, they had scanned the entire Task Center and finally locked onto Lin Moyu.

"They're here for me…"

Lin Moyu also looked at them simultaneously; from them, he felt the aura from the Human Star Territory.

The aura of the battlefield was different from that of an ordinary star territory; the aura of an ordinary star territory was peaceful and stable, while the battlefield's aura was relatively chaotic.

After people entered the battlefield from an ordinary star territory, for a certain period, they would still retain the peaceful and stable aura of the ordinary star territory.

This aura would gradually be covered by the battlefield's aura and eventually disappear.

This time frame was about ten days.

In other words, these people had only arrived at the battlefield within the last ten days.

So it seemed they had come specifically to find him.

Lin Moyu quickly made an analysis and judgment.

As for what they wanted with him, Lin Moyu could roughly guess a thing or two.

It was nothing more than being unconvinced by his ranking and coming to challenge him.

Whether it was the potential ranking or the combat power ranking, there were similar rules.

On the potential ranking, challenges could be conducted at the same cultivation realm; under the witness of the Human Emperor Network, whoever was stronger in combat power at the same realm naturally had greater potential.

The combat power ranking allowed for all-out battles with few restrictions.

However, no matter which type of challenge it was, one could not use items like magic treasures; one relied solely on their own combat power.

Both types of challenges were conducted within the Human Emperor Network, so there would be no danger to life.

Lin Moyu naturally understood the intention behind the Human Emperor Network's regulations; needless to say, for the potential ranking, whoever had stronger abilities at the same realm had greater potential.

The same applied to the combat power ranking.

The Human Emperor Network had never claimed that it couldn't make mistakes, which was why the challenge mechanism existed.

If you were unconvinced by the ranking, you could go and challenge, as long as you could pay the price.

"Are you Lin Moyu?" A burly man with a stature over two meters tall glared at Lin Moyu, his gaze looking fierce, but in reality, there was no murderous intent.

They were just here to challenge, not to kill or fight.

Lin Moyu made a further analysis from his eyes; this person had a somewhat short temper, was easily angered, and lacked patience.

There were seven or eight people who came in together; the others didn't speak, only he did.

Lin Moyu glanced at him, "Let's go outside and talk."

Saying this, Lin Moyu bypassed him in a few steps and quickly left the Task Center.

Chapter 1259: An Eye-Catching Challenge

The Task Center was crowded with many eyes, and Lin Moyu didn't want to affect others.

Leaving the Task Center, the surroundings immediately became quiet.

Although there were still many people, it was much better than before.

The seven or eight people also followed Lin Moyu out, and it was still that burly man who shouted, "Are you Lin Moyu?"

This person was not only short-tempered and impatient, but also brainless.

Lin Moyu didn't know how someone like this managed to cultivate to the God King Realm; how could they comprehend the laws with this kind of attitude?

Lin Moyu said in a low voice, "Keep your voice down, don't affect others."

"You…" The burly man's expression changed abruptly, red light appeared in his eyes, as if he were about to explode immediately.

At this moment, a palm pressed onto the burly man's shoulder, and a man slightly shorter than the burly man said, "Huo De, calm down first, let me speak."

A surge of laws rippled, and Lin Moyu felt a chill rush towards him.

The palm that had slapped the burly man's shoulder emitted a layer of ice, and the surface of the burly man's body was instantly covered by ice, which made the burly man calm down.

Law of Water, controlled with great subtlety, very clever.

It could both calm the burly man down and not cause him any harm.

The tall, thin man said, "We won't introduce ourselves; you can just check our information and you'll know."

Saying this, the few people released their hidden information, revealing their names and cultivation levels.

The short-tempered burly man was called Huo De, God King Rank 4.

The tall, thin man who controlled the Law of Water was called Han Yu, also God King Rank 4.

There were a few others, all around God King Rank 3 to 4.

Lin Moyu had seen these people's names on the combat power ranking, and just as he had guessed, they really had come to challenge him.

Han Yu said, "Sorry, Huo De once had his soul infected by the Fire Law during cultivation, so his temper is a bit irritable, but he has no malicious intent."

Lin Moyu nodded, "I know."

Huo De had a bad temper, but there was no murderous intent in his gaze; Lin Moyu could naturally feel that.

Han Yu smiled slightly, "You should have already guessed why we came to find you."

Lin Moyu could see that Han Yu was very calm and intelligent, belonging to the same type of person as himself.

It was not strange that Han Yu could judge that he had already guessed their intentions.

Lin Moyu said, "Is it a potential ranking challenge or a combat power ranking challenge?"

Talking to smart people was simple; being direct was better, no need to beat around the bush.

Han Yu smiled, "Either is fine."

Lin Moyu nodded, "Same here, but I have conditions."

Han Yu was not surprised and smiled slightly, "The cost is negotiable."

He just needed Lin Moyu to agree; everything else could be negotiated.

"Then let's go to the arena." Lin Moyu turned and walked towards the military arena.

To challenge, there were only three ways: the first was to enter a physical arena and connect to the Human Emperor Network.

The second was to initiate a challenge on the Human Emperor Network; after both parties agreed, the Human Emperor Network would make the corresponding arrangements.

The third was to use a challenge token, which needed to be used in a place covered by the Human Emperor Network.

But challenge tokens were extremely precious and rare; generally, they wouldn't be used unless necessary.

The second method was often ignored; you challenge me, and I have to respond? Keep dreaming.

The first method was the best way: find the person in reality, negotiate the cost, then go to the physical arena together and enter the Human Emperor Network through the arena.

The challenger, when initiating a challenge, needed to pay the corresponding fee to the challenged party.

The amount of the fee could be negotiated by both parties, generally paid in the form of points.