This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

Are these things important to you, Brother Ze?

"He's a two-meter-tall muscleman!"

Li Dongze said pitifully, "One punch drained all my blood, you have to avenge me!"

A two-meter-tall muscleman... You must be the top student promoted by No. 2 Middle School, then you're really unlucky.

"Okay, okay, I've got it. I'll pin him to the ground and let you beat him when I get the chance."

Jiang Liu pushed Li Dongze away with great disdain, and then, ignoring what he said, he activated the Three Revolutions Profound Technique and entered the Immortal Cultivation Era.

Back in the game, he immediately opened his backpack and looked at the event rewards.

[King of Parkour]: This is the honor of the victor, but there are just too many victors. +10% training speed, +10% movement speed.

Not bad, much better than the first recharge title.

Jiang Liu was quite satisfied with the new title, and then looked at another reward.

【Three Spirit Sword Formation】: A high-grade magic-level sword formation, driven by three types of spiritual energy and formed by three types of magic swords. Once formed, the formation controls the swords for twenty meters and continuously consumes spiritual energy.

It's a sword formation with three types of spiritual energy and three types of magic swords. It's a very demanding formation to use, but it's nothing to Jiang Liu.

"This is just a game. In the real world of cultivation, only those with mixed spiritual roots of three elements could use it..."

After reading the introduction, Jiang Liu sighed. Games are so convenient; anyone with money can have all three types of spiritual energy.

He was talking about himself.

It's just three types of spiritual energy and three magic swords, isn't it?

Let's learn directly!

He was already looking forward to the formation of the Three Spirit Sword Array, powered by the spiritual energy of three top-grade spiritual roots!

With this sword formation, he refused to believe he couldn't defeat his senior brother!

"Three days, three rounds, an hour and a half each, one title, one sword formation, half a bar of cultivation points—please, give us more of these kinds of events..."

Jiang Liu thought to himself with satisfaction, just as he finished taking stock of his gains from the event, several system notifications suddenly sounded.

You have broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

[Congratulations to the player for breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, unlocking the leaderboard and arena features.]

I've finally reached the ninth level of Qi Refining!

Jiang Liu's spirits lifted, and with a quick glance, he saw that the [Leaderboard] at the top of the game interface and the [Arena] on the right had lit up simultaneously.

He excitedly opened the ranking list, and the golden scroll-like ranking list slowly unfolded, with the top column displaying the [Realm Ranking], [Divine Weapon Ranking], [Divine Skill Ranking], and [Sect Ranking].

Am I number one in the fourth district?!

He clicked on the [Realm Ranking] first, and only one name was hanging high on the empty list!

Name: Jiang Liu

[Ranking]: First

[Realm Level]: Qi Refining Level 9

[Ranking Reward]: +30% Cultivation Speed

With the increased cultivation speed from the first recharge title, the increased cultivation speed from VIP, the spiritual energy in the classroom, the Three-Turn Profound Technique, the large number of Qi Refining Pills he refined himself, the parkour activities, and many other factors combined, he successfully became the first player in the fourth server to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining!

congratulations!

"Playing games really does involve showing off on the leaderboard, huh? Isn't that why you haven't been home these past few days?"

"That feels good, let me take a screenshot first."

Jiang Liu chuckled as he looked at his ranking on the leaderboard, feeling a surge of exhilaration and a great mood.

He's played games for years, hundreds of games, and this is the first time he's topped the rankings. He was moved to tears.

Immortal Cultivation Era, this game is so much fun!

He stared at his name on the Realm Ranking for over a minute before calming his excitement and exhilaration. Then, he opened the Divine Weapon Ranking.

The number one divine weapon on the Divine Weapon Ranking is a high-grade magic weapon called the Heavenly Spear. Its owner is not listed, and it is unknown who is so incredibly lucky.

His superior-grade magic artifacts, the Crimson Flame Furnace and the Spirit Jade, ranked twenty-third and seventy-fifth respectively...

The fake "European Emperor" was utterly crushed by the real "European Emperor," leaving Jiang Liu feeling quite bitter. The high-grade magic weapon in his hand was really just average.

"We're lagging behind in magical artifacts; we'll catch up when we produce profound artifacts."

Jiang Liu shook his head helplessly. High-grade magic artifacts depend entirely on luck, and if you can't compete with that, you just can't compete.

He then opened the Divine Skill Ranking. The top-ranked skill was the superior-grade spell [Returning to Origin Qi], while his Three Spirit Sword Formation and Three Revolutions Profound Technique ranked third and nineteenth, respectively.

"It's even stronger than the Three Spirit Sword Formation?"

Jiang Liu looked astonished. Although he had never used the Three Spirits Sword Formation before, it didn't diminish how awesome it was!

A sword formation driven by three types of spiritual energy, only ranked third?

How powerful must the first-ranked [Returning to Origin Qi] and the second-ranked [Plant Control Technique] be?

If we have the chance, we should meet in the arena.

Aside from the sect rankings, Jiang Liu's name appeared on the other three rankings. After browsing through them, he exited with satisfaction and then entered the arena.

Compared to the leaderboards, the Arena is the most important game content.

Upon opening the arena, a very familiar interface appeared before my eyes.

The arena has a sky-blue background, with rankings on the left, an exchange shop in the bottom left corner, and challenge attempts in the bottom right corner, followed by a plus sign.

The arena interface is identical in every game out of 100...

What left Jiang Liu speechless was that in the very center of the arena, there were three paper figures dressed and looking exactly the same, ranked 9948th, 9967th, and 9995th respectively.

"Damn it, they want me to fight my way up from over ten thousandth place?!"

Jiang Liu was speechless. "You can just copy the interface, why copy this garbage?"

Isn't this just plain disgusting to players?

Why can't you just directly recommend me for first place? Why go through all this trouble?

"I'm impressed, I'm really impressed. How long is this going to go on?"

Jiang Liu had no interest in activating the immersive experience anymore, and directly clicked on the paper doll with the number 9948.

[Will you take on the 9948 challenge?]

【Yes】

Challenge successful! Your ranking has risen to 9948th.

The paper-dolls clashed, one blow killing the other, but the challengers refreshed the rankings again, and the highest ranking had become 9711.

I rose nearly 300 places in one go, which is quite a feat considering I was a living dog.

Jiang Liu watched with a dark expression as his paper doll dominated the battlefield, its ranking soaring. When it reached 7123rd place, a notification popped up again.

[Challenge attempts exhausted, wish to purchase more?]

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Chapter 45 Achievement System, Arena Shop, Principal is Generous!

It took Jiang Liu more than half an hour to fight his way up from 10,000th place in the arena to 1st place. He even chopped the paper doll with his sword until it was worn out.

Fortunately, the system did not assign any powerful NPCs to stop him from reaching the top. The NPC who was originally in first place was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, so he easily defeated him.

If an NPC in the Foundation Establishment Stage were arranged to disgust him, he would be very angry.

[Congratulations on reaching the top rank in this region's arena and earning the achievement 'Reaching the Pinnacle'.]

"They even gave me an achievement?"

Jiang Liu was somewhat surprised. This was the first time he had earned an achievement after playing for so many days. Only the top player in the arena received an achievement. Are achievements in this game really that rare?

Besides... where's the achievement system?

He first switched out of the arena, glanced at the game interface, and then noticed a red dot lit up on the avatar in the upper left corner.

After clicking on his avatar, he saw that the achievement system was tucked away in a corner, clearly not an important part of the game.

Click on the [Achievements] column again, and all the achievements in it are gray, and even the requirements for achieving the achievements and the names of the achievements are not displayed.

"This achievement system should be considered a collection-type Easter egg, right?"

Jiang Liu guessed and scrolled down before finally seeing the only achievement that was lit up.

【Reach the Pinnacle】: Granted when you reach the top of the arena in this region, granting a +5% boost to all attributes.

Holy crap!

When he saw the additional attributes of this achievement, his eyes widened and he subconsciously blurted out a sentence in Mandarin.

This achievement system is just too amazing!

Amplify all attributes – that's the real game content! Why aren't the developers moving the achievement system to the main screen? Putting it in the secondary corner of the avatar screen is just asking for trouble!

"No, being number one on the ranking list is no more prestigious than being number one in the arena. Why doesn't being number one on the ranking list get an achievement?"

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, feeling itchy after seeing the boost from a single achievement. "From today onwards, I'm a collector! I have a collecting obsession! I want the complete achievement encyclopedia!"

After closing the achievements screen, he returned to the arena and had just reached first place. In the three challenge slots in the middle of the arena screen, the one in first place had changed to him.

Below his paper doll, the daily rewards are also displayed, with the first place winner receiving 2000 Arena Coins every day.

What can be exchanged for competitive coins?

Jiang Liu opened the Arena Shop in the lower left corner, glanced at it, and then looked at it with a look of disgust.

Random top-tier spirit root fragment: 1 Arena Coins, limited to 1 purchase per week.

Permanent gacha ticket: 1000 Arena Coins, limited to 3 purchases per week.

Limited-time gacha ticket: 1200 Arena Coins, limited to 3 purchases per week.

Celestial Stone: A Xuan-rank refining material, costing 50 Arena Coins, with a weekly purchase limit of 100.