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Beastmaster of the Ages – Chapter 54 - Flameyellow Leaderboard!

Chapter 54 - Flameyellow Leaderboard!

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nThe exciting ranking battles held every four years had finally arrived.

nThe five hall overseers would personally supervise the battles, which showed the importance the Flameyellow Scions Institute placed on it. For the admission tests, only chief mentors would supervise.

nThe five overseers arrived jointly. This time, the Hall of Phoenix had been placed in charge of the ranking battles, which meant authority had been ceded to its overseer, Wei Zikun.

n“I, Wei Zikun, and my fellow Overseers are glad to welcome your presence here today.” The opening remark was met with much applause, a sign of just how excited everyone was.

n“Before we begin, on behalf of the institute, I extend our warmest welcome to the VIPs who have come to spectate today. Your presence has brought glory to our ranking battles today and contributed to its fairness! Everyone isn’t yet aware of which VIPs have come here today, so permit me to introduce them.”

nThe audience indeed couldn’t see all the VIPs with them being in private rooms.

n“Firstly, let’s welcome King Xuan of the royal Vermilion Bird Clan!”

n“Greetings, King Xuan.” When people heard King Xuan had personally come, they hurriedly sent their regards. King Xuan was the younger brother and right hand man of the Vermilion Bird King. He was amongst the most exalted personages of the royal clan.

nWei Zikun leading with his introduction was a testament to that.

nA gentle voice drifted out from among the most luxurious of the private rooms. “You may dispense with the greeting. The main characters of today are the youngsters. Don’t feel uncomfortable, I’m just here to spectate.”

nThe rumour that King Xuan had a good temper seemed to be true.

nWei Zikun continued his introductions.

nThe second VIP was from the Occult Athenaeum. Technically, the Occult Athenaeum wasn’t an actual power but rather an auxiliary faction of the royal clan.

nMany of Vermilion Bird’s officials were all nurtured by the Athenaeum, which had a dual focus on cultural and martial education. Unlike Flameyellow Scions Institute, they raised geniuses of officialdom.

nThe current prime minister of Vermilion Bird was the head of the Athenaeum.

nAccording to the introduction, the Occult Athenaeum’s representative was the prime minister’s daughter, the Occult Athenaeum’s Pavilion Mistress of their Book Pavilion, Qin Xuanyu.

nThe third VIP was from the Lightning Manor. He was the current Lightning Seigneur’s son and the next generation Lightning Seigneur, Lin Tianjian.

nLin Tianjian had already inherited his father’s position as marshal for the Tempest Regiment. He had become Vermilion Bird’s commander-in-chief of the army and was one of the top experts of the nation. In terms of reputation, he was even beyond Qin Xuanyu.

nHowever, Vermilion Bird had always had the custom of ranking the Occult Athenaeum that waited upon the royal clan ahead of the Lightning Manor.

nFor many years, both the Occult Athenaeum and the Lightning Manor had worked hand in hand to safeguard the nation’s longevity. The former specialised in the nation’s administration, the latter the nation’s defence.

nLin Tianjian was of the same generation as the Starry Twins and the chosen of the Lightning Manor’s previous generation. Rumour had it that in the competition within that generation, he hadn’t been any inferior to the Starry Twins.

nFurthermore, Li Tianming knew he had another identity. He was also Lin Xiaoting and Lin Xiaoxiao’s father! Hence, Li Tianming wondered if Lin Xiaoting and Mu Qingqing were sitting by his side when he heard that name announced.

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nIf so, would they be trying to pick him out from among the crowd?

nWhen his gaze landed on that private room, Wei Zikun continued introducing the other VIPs.

nFrom Xing & Chen Merchantry, there was Sage Chen’s wife Xue Lan and Sage Xing’s wife Madam Yuan Yum, Fateshaven’s governor Zhang Yunji, the Punishment Bureau’s vice-head Zhao Danhong and so on… Over twenty influential figures in the nation were introduced.

nThese powerhouses of that age stood at the apex of strength. Together, they held the lifeline of the country.

n“It’s about time. Now, let us uncover a new Flameyellow Leaderboard!”

nA massive stele stood beside the Flameyellow Stadium. It was thick and ancient, having experienced the vicissitudes of the ages. It was the spiritual symbol of the institute, the Flameyellow Leaderboard.

nThe rankings of the apprentice class decided from the ranking battles would be displayed on this leaderboard.

nFrom then onwards, anyone who entered the institute would first notice this leaderboard. The glory being ranked at the top, receiving the adoration of the masses… such was the appeal of the title of prime disciple.

nFour years ago, Lin Xiaoting of Lightning Manor had fought off the outstanding heroes of his age to occupy the top spot, shocking the nation. Before him, the prime disciple had always been geniuses from the royal clan for dozens of years.

nThat year, Li Tianming had personally witnessed Lin Xiaoting’s glory. He himself had been ranked towards the bottom. However, his vision then had been limited, so he had been giving himself a pat on the back for a job well done.

nHis background was worlds apart from Lin Xiaoting after all.

nToday, the Flameyellow Leaderboard had already been wiped clean. The following ranking battles would see name after name climb onto it. New legends would be born this day.

nThe glory of being the prime disciple would be thirsted for by any faction. Otherwise, people like King Xuan, Lin Xiaojian and Qin Xuanyu would never have come personally.

nThe leaderboard’s reveal was enough to show the ranking battles had begun. All eyes were now focused on it, the blank stele prompting one’s imagination to run wild.

nThousands of fireflies encircled the stele, each with a golden flame lit on their rear. Li Tianming had witnessed them using that exact golden flame to engrave the names of disciples in gold on the leaderboard.

nThe fireflies were all spawned from a broodmother-type lifebound beast, a Heavenly Firefly, which supposedly belonged to a chief mentor from the Hall of Uniquities.

nThe burning golden words were undeniably very stylish!

n“I declare that the ranking battles hereby commence!”

nThe following battles would be arranged by the chief mentors. For example, Mu Wan would be in charge of her fifty students.

n“Li Tianming, why are you late?” When Li Tianming returned to the Muwan class, Mu Wan glared at him.

n“Chief mentor, important people always have to be fashionably late, right?” Li Tianming chuckled.

nMu Wan was dressed particularly formally today, that noble but aloof get-up was a beautiful sight in the stadium.

n“Confident, aren’t you? I look forward to you getting beaten up later.” Mu Wan said, displeased after trying to find him for so long to no avail.

n“How could that be possible? I’m here to fight for my chief mentor and the Hall of Phoenix’s glory!”

nThe rest of the disciples of Muwan class shook their heads. In their eyes, Li Tianming not only lacked morality, but was also glib-tongued and cocky. They didn’t understand why Chief Mentor Mu Wan was putting so much effort into nurturing him.

n“Be more obedient, and I’ll choose a good opponent for you when I make the arrangements with the other chief mentors. Just wait.” Mu Wan rolled her eyes at him before hurrying off.

nThe rules behind the ranking battles were complicated, and could be boiled down to a rating system. All admitted students would be comprehensively evaluated by their chief mentors with a thousand points as the perfect score.

nAll ten chief mentors would judge and estimate a disciple’s abilities and give a rating. After the best and worst was removed, the average would be taken as the preliminary rating.

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nThe Flameyellow Leaderboard would be initially arranged using these preliminary ratings. Of course, the preliminary rating wasn’t the final rating.

nDisciples would then participate in battles to raise their chief mentor’s evaluation of them and be reassigned a rating. However, if the conclusion drawn by over half of the chief mentors was that their strength was quite similar to their given rating, that would become their final rating.

nThe chief mentors were all old hands. Once they saw a fight, they could basically tell the potential of that disciple. Many preliminary ratings did end up being accurate.

nHowever, Li Tianming didn’t care so much. His main takeaway was that he just needed to keep beating up people until he reached the top.

nThere were many participating disciples and the chief mentors had done a lot of behind the scenes preparations for the students to fight for their preliminary rating. The process was long, but fair.

nLi Tianming listened to Mu Wan’s arrangements and slowly waited for a suitable opponent to be chosen.

n“I just need to show my very best in the first round. I’ll give myself a top ten preliminary ranking so I don’t need to slowly fight my way up from the bottom,” Li Tianming mused.

nThe aggression from yesterday still lingering in his heart — perhaps, the person who had ordered the hit was in this very stadium. Hence, his rage was boiling now.

nWhen the fighting started, he would rampage!

nOver ten battles started simultaneously. Golden words quickly appeared, which the chief mentors worked together to give a rating.

nFor example, the current number one - Chen Yao, 870 points!

nTo be given such a high preliminary rating in this system was very rare, and that glittering name immediately drew the crowd's attention.

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Catalogue
Chapter 1 - The Ten Eggs in the Lifebound Space
Chapter 2 - Aeternal Infernal Phoenix!
Chapter 3 - If You Meet The Wrong Person, Your Life Shall Be
Chapter 4 - The Blazing Palm that Sent a Pig Up The Tree!
Chapter 5 - Destination: Heaven’s Sanctum!
Chapter 6 - The Spirit Gem Gobbling Chick
Chapter 7 - Mysterious Black Arm!
Chapter 8 - The Star of Zephyr Square!
Chapter 9 - Twisting A Knife Into His Wound?
Chapter 10 - Flamehaven SHALL Tremble!
Chapter 11 - Forgive me, Brother!
Chapter 12 - You’re Not Worthy!
Chapter 13 - Manna At Red Twill Mountain!
Chapter 14 - A Competition Between The Geniuses of Lightning
Chapter 15 - Goddess on Earth
Chapter 16 - Possessed By A Ghost?
Chapter 17 - The Little Fairy from Ignispolis
Chapter 18 - A Fight For The Clear Spirit Grass
Chapter 19 - The Princess Arrives!
Chapter 20 - Next: Manna!
Chapter 21 - The Mysterious Well In The Lake!
Chapter 22 - Killing You Is As Easy As Squashing An Ant!
Chapter 23 - Fortune Is Found Amidst Danger
Chapter 24 - Identity Exposed!
Chapter 25 - Great Fortune: Godsoul Canon!
Chapter 26 - Back to Flamehaven!
Chapter 27 - Trying To Gang Up on Me?
Chapter 28 - One Against Seven!
Chapter 29 - Unstoppable!
Chapter 30 - Crazed Demon!
Chapter 31 - Prime Disciple!
Chapter 32 - Xing Mansion And Chen Chateau
Chapter 33 - Reality
Chapter 34 - I Wouldn’t Let Anyone Hurt You!
Chapter 35 - Xing & Chen Repository
Chapter 36 - Netherfire Ghostclaw
Chapter 37 - Twin Beastmaster
Chapter 38 - Flameyellow Stadium
Chapter 39 - Chief Mentor Mu Wan
Chapter 40 - A Dazzling Radiance!
Chapter 41 - Blazingly Fiery Birdie
Chapter 42 - Lin Xiaoxiao
Chapter 43 - Magical Star Roc
Chapter 44 - Radiant Stargazer!
Chapter 45 - Spiritsource Ability
Chapter 46 - White Lotus?
Chapter 47 - Can’t Wait Ten Years
Chapter 48 - Whirlwind Zestful Crane
Chapter 49 - Supernal Windblades
Chapter 50 - Li Tianming’s Reverse Scale!
Chapter 51 - Kill Him!
Chapter 52 - Infernalsource!
Chapter 53 - Can You Defeat Chen Yao?
Chapter 54 - Flameyellow Leaderboard!
Chapter 55 - Tianming Returns With A Slap!
Chapter 56 - Chen Yao, Come Get Some!
Chapter 57 - Break His Leg!
Chapter 58 - This Is A Beatdown!
Chapter 59 - Rampage!
Chapter 60 - Who Shall Be The Prime Disciple?!
Chapter 61 - And I Wish You To Die Heirless!
Chapter 62 - Celestial Wings
Chapter 63 - Blow Enough Hot Air To Blow Away Ignispolis!
Chapter 64 - A Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Genius!
Chapter 65 - Electric Twined Shot!
Chapter 66 - And Now, Here I Stand Matchless!
Chapter 67 - Wash Your Neck!
Chapter 68 - Three Days Later To Heaven’s Sanctum!
Chapter 69 - The Treasure of My Life!
Chapter 70 - Grandfather
Chapter 71 - The Future Potentate
Chapter 72 - The Four Heavenly Guardians
Chapter 73 - Wei Guohao
Chapter 74 - Mu Yang
Chapter 75 - The Son of An Old Friend
Chapter 76 - The Hidden Clan
Chapter 77 - Goldfault Sword
Chapter 78 - You Don't Deserve To Be A Father!
Chapter 79 - A Bunch of Drama Queens!
Chapter 80 - Azure Domain
Chapter 81 - Blazing Dragon Chainblade
Chapter 82 - Hearts In Harmony
Chapter 83 - Exceptional Mediocrity!
Chapter 84 - Excuse Me!
Chapter 85 - Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Strikes
Chapter 86 - Flameyellow Rock
Chapter 87 - A Spicy Gamble!
Chapter 88 - Sky-Spanning Wings!
Chapter 89 - Are You Regretting It Now?
Chapter 90 - Challenging the Peak!
Chapter 91 - Mystery of Flameyellow Rock
Chapter 92 - Perfect Synchronization!
Chapter 93 - Heaven’s Elysium
Chapter 94 - Too Lewd For A Chicken?
Chapter 95 - A Second Sore Poin
Chapter 96 - The Mystery of the Princess’s Panties
Chapter 97 - Torch Dragon and Aquamarine
Chapter 98 - Come At Me All Together
Chapter 99 - Two Levels At Once!
Chapter 100 - I Wouldn’t Dream of I
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