Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

Before they knew it, the four of them had been killing each other all morning.

"Piaopiao, you cast the speed-boosting spell on Shiyun, Ruke, and yourself, and follow me!" Lin Yu shouted.

His magic power has been mostly used up, and he needs to rest.

"[Spell: Double the speed!]"

Ye Piaopiao consumed 15,000 magic power to quickly write down three spell formulas, which she then cast on the two women and herself.

The effect lasts for ten minutes.

In an instant, their speed increased dramatically.

All of them broke through 300 points.

These zombies below level one have a speed of at most 60 or 70 points, and they can't even touch the hem of their clothes.

"Flame Waltz!"

Lin Yu led the way, and the three of them moved quickly behind him.

"There's a hotel up ahead, let's stay there." The four of them pushed their way through the crowd.

into the night.

The four of them enjoyed hot pot again, living a blissful life.

[Congratulations to all survivors! Someone has successfully broken through to the second tier. The world rankings are now open.]

Suddenly, a cold voice rang in everyone's minds.

Lin Yu knew that this was the tangible voice of the rules.

"Brother Yu, that master has advanced to the second level," Liu Shiyun said.

"Huh? So fast?"

Lin Yu was startled and clicked on the leaderboard.

"Before reaching the fifth rank, no one will advance faster than this guy."

"Do you know this top-ranked master?" Ye Piaopiao asked, intrigued.

"Yes, a zombie king in Kundu City was bitten by a zombie, and after the mutation, he still retains human characteristics."

"How did this guy level up so fast?"

"I reckon he may have already unified the zombies in that ancient town at the foot of Xiyun Mountain."

Liu Shiyun thought of that incredibly gentlemanly guy.

"No one can replicate his method. As long as he keeps recruiting zombies, there will be a steady stream of Tier 1 zombies for him to advance and level up."

"This is practically cheating!" Ye Piaopiao was speechless.

With her current strength, killing a level one zombie is easy, but finding one is quite troublesome.

Furthermore, many Tier 1 zombies are surrounded by thousands of other zombies. Obtaining a Tier 1 crystal core is no easy feat.

Not to mention those evolved beings below S-rank.

"The world rankings are almost entirely filled with people from Great Xia!" Lin Yu glanced at them and couldn't help but feel a little proud.

In the previous world rankings, even with the advantage of its large population, Great Xia only accounted for a quarter of the spots on the list.

In this era, out of the 1000 people on the world's total list, the Great Xia Dynasty alone accounts for 662, which is truly terrifying.

Even some of the more famous experts abroad are ranked far below those of Great Xia in the world.

"King Arthur 36th, Angel Gabriel 39th, Lucifer 41st, Scorpio King 48th, Pisces King 49th, Chizuru 57th, Superman 71st, Sun Knight 76th..."

At that moment, the whole world fell silent.

Then the chat area of ​​DaXia exploded.

The comments were scrolling by so quickly that no one could see them clearly.

At this moment, all the people of the Great Xia Kingdom were incredibly excited. Even in this apocalyptic world, everyone was shouting, seemingly casting aside their inner fear.

The World Forum was also in an uproar.

The most popular post, "[The Great Xia Kingdom is the best in the world]", has been pushed to the top.

The post received countless replies.

Almost every second, countless comments are generated.

"Who is this amazing master? He's incredible, bringing glory to the nation!"

"What kind of talent did this amazing person awaken? I haven't even reached level one yet, and he's already at level two."

Apart from Lin Yu and his group, no one knew that Master Brother was no longer a pure human being.

He is a zombie king.

"All one thousand people on the world ranking are at Tier 1, and nearly 70% of them are from our Great Xia Kingdom! We're so damn proud!"

"I am proud to be a citizen of Great Xia!"

"What do you mean by 'trash Japan'? Did you wet your pants in fear? Haha!"

"On the battlefield of a hundred nations, you are doomed!"

"What's so great about them? So what if there are more of them? Our strong ones are just being modest; otherwise, they'd be number one on the list in no time!"

"That's right. Our genius samurai, Chizuru, possesses three S-rank talents. If he wanted to, a mere second-rank talent would be a piece of cake."

Many evolved beings from the Sakura Kingdom were already quite exasperated and even revealed some crucial information.

"Baka yarou! Who is this bastard? How dare they leak my information?"

At this moment, inside a shrine at the foot of Cherry Blossom Mountain.

A man with three samurai swords hanging from his waist exuded a terrifying aura.

"World rankings? I'm only 57th?"

He could hardly believe it. As a genius samurai of the shrine, he had awakened three S-rank talents after the apocalypse, becoming the number one person in the Sakura Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, it ranked so low on the world rankings.

"They were just lucky to get a head start and advance one level; it doesn't prove anything."

"Just you wait, you wretched people of Great Xia, I'll show you how powerful I, Chizuru, am in the future."

On the Great Xia Kingdom side, everyone who saw this message was shocked.

Three S-level talents?

If this is true, then this person's strength is probably incredibly powerful.

Many people couldn't help but worry, because in the entire Great Xia Kingdom, they had never heard of anyone possessing three S-level talents.

"Master, that Chizuru from the Sakura Country sounds very strong, with three S-rank talents," Ye Piaopiao said in surprise.

"Him?"

"That's all there is to it, not even a top-tier expert." Lin Yu smiled slightly.

"Are none of the three S-level talents strong?" Ye Piaopiao was surprised to hear this.

"In the beginning, most of the strong individuals might have S-level talent, but as evolution continues, some people can advance their talent to 3S, or even 6S..."

Lin Yu explained slowly, "Although Qianhe has three S-rank talents, it's already quite impressive that he can advance even one of them. Later on, it becomes one high-rank talent with two low-rank talents. Do you still find that scary?"

"No matter how much talent you have, it's all trash in the face of a high-level talent!"

Human energy and time are limited, and it is difficult to continuously evolve a talent.

If one doesn't know how to choose among the three talents, they will only become a burden.

"Perhaps, by the time my fire control reaches 6S, the strongest others will probably only reach 4S, and most will likely still be at SS."

Lin Yu thought to himself.

As talent levels advance, the difficulty increases, and the gap widens. The difference between 4S and 6S is greater than the difference between D and S levels.

Let me ask you a question.

Even if an evolved being has 10 D-level talents, can they threaten an S-level talent?

Therefore, talent is valued for its quality, not its quantity.

Fortunately, Lin Yu's Flame Devouring talent doesn't require a lot of time to comprehend before it can advance; he only needs to continuously devour high-level flames to advance.

……

The West, on the top of a building.

"Heh, Great Xia Kingdom."

A tall man draped in golden light gazed eastward.

His code name: King Arthur.

He is currently ranked number one on the list in Great Britain.

The launch of the world rankings has attracted everyone's attention.

In Western countries, those who make it onto the rankings don't seem to care much.

They felt that on the ranking list, only the top-ranked second-tier expert, Master Brother, was worthy of attention.

The rest were simply advanced one level earlier than them.

……

"Dear survivors, this is the Kundu City government. Our army has established a safe zone in the Nanlong District. Survivors in the vicinity can come here for refuge. At the same time, we will also advance into the city to clear out the zombies and rescue survivors."

Another hot post has been pinned to the top.

Military forces in various regions are beginning to emerge, but the meaning behind their statements remains unclear.

It implies gathering survivors to strengthen one's power.

Today is the twenty-second day of the apocalypse.

The cowardly, the weak, and the truly mortal are mostly dead. Those who remain are mostly living in small groups.

With everyone working together, they were able to barely clear out ordinary zombies, obtain crystal cores, and slowly evolve.

Two days.

The group cleared out nearly 100,000 zombies and accumulated more than 20,000 crystal cores, including a total of 82 first-tier crystal cores.

"I'm still a long way from advancing to the second tier."

Lin Yu only had four second-tier crystal cores, and he was still short six.

"Here, twenty crystal cores for each of you." Lin Yu distributed the first-tier crystal cores to the three women.

May they all break through to the third level of the first tier.

For each level up in Tier 1, all attributes increase by 10 points, magic power increases by 1000, and free attribute points increase by 10 points.

The improvement from upgrading two levels is still significant.

"Master, I think we're not slow at killing zombies, it's just that picking up the crystal cores is too troublesome," Ye Piaopiao said.

"Yes, I've been picking them for two days, and my hands are sore," Ru Ke complained.

She didn't lift a finger during the battles these past few days; she was solely responsible for collecting the crystal cores.

In the very moment the group was chatting.

A loud bang came from the first floor of the hotel.

The four men's expressions changed, and they walked to the fence to look down.

The hotel they're staying at today has rooms arranged in a circular pattern, forming a ring, with the lobby visible from below the railing.

At that moment, the hotel door was smashed.

Seventy or eighty people, their faces filled with fear, scrambled and crawled in.