Wendy Yushan also saw the rankings, and her lips curled into a beautiful smile. She looked up at the sky, as she needed to speed up her cultivation, or else she would be surpassed.
Back then, Lu Yin had been a nobody from a peripheral planet who had been humiliated by her annulment. If he surpassed her now, it would be embarrassing, even though she was very happy about it.
Giantghost Fort, along with Seasons Fort and Yellowsoil Fort, was one of the three middle forts. The war had just ended, and an Enlighter from the Innerverse had died. The invading astral beasts had also lost an Enlighter, so it could be considered a draw.
Giantghost Fort fared slightly better than Yellowsoil Fort, as there were still four Enlighters who could fight. They were Commander Long Ke, Elder Qing Han, Huo Houye, and Meng Ningge, who had been guarding Ironblood Fort for many years.
There was a special person in Giantghost Fort called Kong Shi, who had been a member of the previous Universe Youth Council. She had been easily crushed by the Ten Arbiters.
She had been guarding Ironblood Fort for many years, and her Ironblood Points ranking was second only to Leng Jie.
Leng Jie was ranked tenth in the Top 100 Rankings of the younger generation. If someone ranked tenth could surpass Kong Shi, then the gap between the younger generation and the younger generation before the Ten Arbiters was obvious.
In a corner of Giantghost Fort, a beautiful woman wearing a fiery-red dress leaned against a wall. She raised her hand and beckoned for a young cultivator to charge over with a burning gaze. The young cultivator then pulled her into his embrace.
The woman giggled. "Slow down, I'm dying of impatience."
"I can't take it anymore. You're too beautiful," the cultivator anxiously said, his forehead covered in sweat.
The woman allowed the cultivator to do as he pleased and opened her gadget to take a look. Suddenly, her expression changed, and she pushed the cultivator away. She stared at the Ironblood Points ranking and saw Lu Yin's name. "I was in a good mood, but I didn't expect to see this guy."
The cultivator hurriedly hugged her. "Stop looking and enjoy yourself. War is coming soon, and we don't even know if we can survive."
The woman raised a hand and slapped the cultivator's shoulder, pushing him away. She then looked at him with disdain. "Compared to that person, you're all trash. He can reach the top twenty in a few days, but you're just waiting for death. Trash." She then left.
"Lilyrose, why are you acting so pure? Don't you want him?" the cultivator shouted.
But the woman had already left.
Lu Yin was currently very, very busy, and he always maintained the same posture, which was to look up at the starry sky.
The holes in the sourcebox's danger zone were constantly changing, and the astral beasts were able to infiltrate through these holes very quickly. Lu Yin needed to update the locations of the holes as quickly as possible, or else the astral beasts might successfully infiltrate the sourcebox.
Therefore, he did not have any time to rest.
A few days later, the astral beasts invaded again. The situation was the same as the last time. Countless Void Wanderers were exterminated, and only a few of the astral beasts invaded. The war had ended.
Another few days passed, and this time, the Enlighter realm astral beasts took the lead and charged into Seasons Fort. Wang Wen had already been prepared for this, as there had been no Enlighters attacking the Void Wanderers in the past. They had been waiting for this moment, and when the Enlighter realm astral beasts charged into Seasons Fort, the Enlighter realm astral beasts attacked at the same time. The intensity of this attack was completely different from before, and several of the Enlighter realm astral beasts were repelled. The Void Wanderers were also unable to enter the fort, and a batch of them were killed.
Every few days, the beasts would attempt to invade Seasons Fort.
There were not that many Void Wanderers that invaded Seasons Fort, and the next few attacks were all from other places. This also meant that Seasons Fort's killing of the Void Wanderers had reduced the strength of the astral beasts' attacks on the other forts, which had greatly reduced the intensity of the battle at the three middle forts.
This was a huge contribution, and every time he repelled the astral beasts' attacks, he would receive a large number of Ironblood Points. He had now entered the top ten again, but he was not tenth or ninth. Instead, he was sixth.
This ranking left countless people in Ironblood Weave dumbfounded. A Limiteer's Ironblood Points had increased by too much, and even Wendy Yushan could not understand it.
In Yellowsoil Fort, Duke Blackhawk stared at the Ironblood Points rankings in shock. "He must be cheating." He had seen Lu Yin before during the Northline Flowzone's Northgate Platform Competition. Duke Blackhawk had an impression of this kid, and although Lu Yin was the strongest Limiteer, he should not have been able to surpass so many Enlighters. Furthermore, he had risen so quickly.
Sister Leng was shocked. She had been left in the dust, and she had been left far behind. How had this person done it?
She did not suspect that Lu Yin had cheated, as the system would not cheat. Even if he had cheated, it would not have been so obvious. Wang Wen was not stupid, which meant that Lu Yin really did have the qualifications to obtain so many Ironblood Points. It was too terrifying.
Throughout the countless years of war in Ironblood Weave, no one besides Wang Wen had been able to climb to the top of the rankings so quickly.
In Giantghost Fort, Huo Houye's face was gloomy, and it was so gloomy that it looked like water was about to drip from it.
Kong Shi stared at Lu Yin's name in shock, as this was the current top genius of the younger generation. This person's strength as a Limiteer could rival those ten freaks!
Lilyrose licked her bright red lips, and a look of desire appeared in her eyes. She loved to play with powerhouses.
In one of the lower five strongholds, Yue Xianzi was shocked as she stared at the rankings in disbelief. How could it be so exaggerated? The number of Ironblood Points she had accumulated so far was probably not even a fraction of what this person had. She had been in the stronghold for much longer than this person, and she was also an Explorer.
She knew how difficult it was to obtain Ironblood Points, so why did this guy seem like he was playing around?
An Shaohua had a strange expression on his face, as Lu Yin truly deserved to be called the strongest Limiteer.
There were many people in Ironblood Weave who knew Lu Yin or had interacted with him before. However, no matter who they were, they were all shocked by Lu Yin's ranking. Even Enlighters could not comprehend this, let alone others.
In Seasons Fort, Wang Wen looked at the elder on the screen with a depressed expression. "Elder, I don't want to do this either, but who told him to be so capable? Look, he's already forced back so many astral beast invasions."
"Even so, you can't give him so many battle contributions. What will the people in the other strongholds think?"
The elder on the screen was Elder Lohar from the Hall of Honor. At this moment, he was also feeling very helpless. Lu Yin's battle contributions definitely qualified him to obtain so many Ironblood Points, but he was doing it too frequently, which was a bit of a blow to other people's confidence.
Wang Wen's face was solemn. "Elder, you can't suppress those with contributions just because you have misgivings about what others think. Doing so is unfair to those with contributions."
Elder Lohar muttered to himself for a moment and then nodded. "You're right. Find some time for me to have a chat with that kid."
Wang Wen smiled. "Alright."
A month passed. Lu Yin had been in Ironblood Weave for almost two months, but it felt like two years to him.
During these two months, he had witnessed countless deaths and the cruelty of Ironblood Weave, which had left him extremely exhausted. However, he was also very proud because he had taken advantage of the loopholes and forced back four astral beast invasions. This had also increased his Ironblood Points by quite a bit, and he now had more than 80,000 points in addition to the 30,000 star essence that he had exchanged for earlier.
This many Ironblood Points made him rather excited, and he looked through the items that he could exchange for with his points. Finally, he found a cosmic ring with an extremely large capacity. It was said that it had been created by an Envoy-level powerhouse, and its capacity was ten times greater than Lu Yin's own cosmic ring. However, the price to exchange for it was also very expensive, as it required 50,000 Ironblood Points.
This made Lu Yin very unhappy, so he went to look for Wang Wen.
"What? You want to exchange for that cosmic ring?" Wang Wen was stunned.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "I'm not exchanging for it. I'm just inquiring about it. Why is it so expensive?
50,000 Ironblood Points is only 20,000 for killing an Enlighter. Is a cosmic ring worth more than an Enlighter's worth? "
"Nonsense, of course it's worth more," Wang Wen answered matter-of-factly.
Lu Yin was flabbergasted.
Wang Wen rolled his eyes. "What do you think a cosmic ring is? It's created by a powerhouse who grasped the space of a parallel universe. It's not something that just anyone can create. Parallel universes aren't that easy to grab, especially cosmic rings with extremely large spaces. Even Enlighters can't grab them. Only those old freaks with power levels in the hundreds of thousands can do it."
"The cosmic ring that you want to exchange for is quite large, and it's enough to store ten mountains. That's something that only an Emissary can do. Isn't an Emissary worth 50,000 Ironblood Points?"
Lu Yin asked, "It's worth it, but it's still too expensive."
"Chesspiece Bro, you should know how hard it is to get a cosmic ring like this. Even if you went to the Innerverse to buy one, you wouldn't be able to buy one with 50,000 star essence. You should be happy that there's one here, but the average person wouldn't need such a large cosmic ring. Are you sure you want it?" Wang Wen asked.
Lu Yin hesitated for a moment before nodding. "I want it."
Wang Wen gave him a thumbs up. "Tycoon, it's yours." He then turned off the screen.
Lu Yin sighed, as he didn't want it either. However, as he progressed, he would need to upgrade more items, and the demand for star essence would increase. His cosmic ring couldn't hold that many star essence, and he couldn't just go to the bank to withdraw money after upgrading half of it. The screen of three points would disappear, and it would be inconvenient even if they were distributed among the smaller cosmic rings. This one could store a million star essence, which would be enough for him to use until he became an Explorer or even a Hunter.
The cosmic ring was sent over, and Lu Yin caressed it. He felt his heart ache when he saw that his Ironblood Points had dropped by 50,000, but he could only console himself.
He had dropped from sixth to seventh, but fortunately, it hadn't dropped by much.
However, it had immediately dropped by a lot. Lu Yin fell silent for a moment before contacting Wang Wen.
Wang Wen looked at him calmly. "Don't tell me you want to exchange all of it for star essence."
"Not enough?" Lu Yin raised his brows.
Wang Wen facepalmed. "Chesspiece Bro, is there anything else in your eyes besides star essence?
Can't you exchange for something else?
Like Honor Points? "
Lu Yin shrugged. "I still think that star essence is more practical." He already had two Honor Points, one from the Erudite Flowzone's border warfront, and the other from the Tournament of the Strongest.
Wang Wen nodded. "Alright, you miser."
"Wait, how many Honor Points do I need to exchange for them?" Lu Yin asked.
Wang Wen raised two fingers. "Not much, just 20,000."
"I'll have to trouble you to exchange them all for star essence. Thank you," Lu Yin said without hesitation.
There was a difference between having one Honor Point and having no Honor Points at all, and the difference between having two and three Honor Points was mostly in terms of privileges. Those privileges were mostly from the Innerverse or even the Neoverse. Now that the Innerverse and Outerverse had been separated, those privileges were useless to Lu Yin.