Sakura.
Within the Shinto Shrine.
All the leaders and administrators had gathered here.
Even some high-ranking members of the Chinano Grand Shrine had come.
“The national war is right around the corner, so why hasn’t Nanami sent any word yet?”
“What on earth is she doing?”
“Looking at the communicator’s status, she’s not dead, but because Longxia has blocked cross-national communications, we can’t reach her. It’s driving us crazy.”
“What are you thinking? Nanami has the Yamata no Orochi—how could she possibly die?”
“That’s exactly the problem. She has the Yamata no Orochi, so why hasn’t she taken down that Necromancer after all this time?”
“My guess is she still hasn’t found the Necromancer. After all, the other side has hidden both their name and identity.”
“If she can’t find him, then forget it. With the Yamata no Orochi, Sakura will definitely achieve the highest ranking in the national war!”
“But right now, there’s no way to contact Nanami at all. What are we supposed to do?”
…
Everyone wore worried expressions.
Actually, they had been going back and forth on these same points for hours now.
These leaders were all dry-mouthed and hoarse.
But no matter how much they discussed, they couldn’t come up with a solution.
The problem wasn’t even that complicated—it was actually quite simple.
They just wanted to know Nanami’s current status and whether she had found that mysterious Longxia Necromancer big shot.
Why hadn’t she killed him? Was it because she couldn’t find him, or was there some other reason? If she couldn’t find him, then she should hurry back, prepare for the national war, and then fight it!
The thing was, because they couldn’t contact Nanami, these leaders were all anxious and hot-tempered.
“Ugh, forget it. Let’s keep sending people to secretly infiltrate Longxia and see if there’s any word of Nanami. Tell her to come back. If she can’t find that Necromancer, then stop looking. With the Yamata no Orochi, she can always find him and kill him after the national war—that’s simple enough,” one of the leaders said.
After saying that, he stood up, ready to end the meeting and leave.
The other leaders also shrugged one by one. They were just as restless and bored staying here.
But just as everyone was about to leave—
Bang!
The meeting room door was violently pushed open.
A subordinate, face pale as death, came rushing in frantically!
“Bang!” A middle-aged man among the Shinto Shrine higher-ups angrily slammed his palm on the table.
He roared, “What the hell? Now we can’t even hold a meeting in peace? With Nanami gone, does no one respect us anymore?!”
It was clear that the leader was furious.
The subordinate didn’t dare delay.
He hurriedly shouted, “N-no! Something big has happened—it really couldn’t wait, so… so I came to report it.”
“What big thing? Is it about Nanami? What’s the news now?” the leader asked with a frown.
He had been about to explode with anger, but seeing how panicked the subordinate looked, he felt a bit uneasy and quickly asked.
“It’s… it’s about the global equipment rankings. It’s really too bizarre,” the subordinate said, trembling.
“Global equipment rankings? What do you mean? Hasn’t that Longxia Necromancer been at the top all along? What happened? Did someone take his spot and push the Necromancer down?” the leader asked instinctively.
But the moment the words left his mouth, his own expression changed drastically.
That Necromancer had dominated the rankings with a sacred artifact—the Spirit Wings, a heaven-defying divine artifact that could summon a grand assembly of the elf race! If someone had obtained equipment even more terrifying than the Spirit Wings and successfully claimed the top spot, that would be truly despairing!
“No, no, no, that Necromancer big shot’s equipment hasn’t changed position. What’s changed is the other rankings,” the subordinate said, shaking his head.
“Damn it, whose subordinate is this? You’re really dragging this out! Can you just say it directly? What on earth happened?!” The leader was so anxious his liver hurt.
Only then did the subordinate reorganize his words.
He said carefully, “The top thirty of the global equipment rankings are now completely occupied by Longxia. Not a single spot is left for anyone else. Longxia has completely taken control of the global equipment rankings!”
Huh?
The leaders were all stunned when they heard this.
“What do you mean? Doesn’t Eagle Sauce have quite a few Black Dragon equipment on the rankings? Are you saying Longxia also has Black Dragon equipment now? And it’s even better quality than Eagle Sauce’s Black Dragon equipment?” the leader quickly asked.
“It’s not Black Dragon equipment. I… I don’t recognize those equipment either. I can’t tell where they come from at all,” the subordinate said helplessly.
The leaders looked at each other, somewhat confused.
After thinking for a moment.
They all filed out of the meeting room and ran to the main city plaza, going personally to the dungeon hall to see for themselves.
And when they saw it, the leaders were dumbfounded.
They immediately understood why that subordinate had been so vague earlier.
It wasn’t intentional—he really didn’t know!
Even these leaders were all staring in complete bewilderment.
What on earth were all these random pieces of equipment? They didn’t recognize a single one! And looking at the attributes, they were extremely powerful!
The most amazing thing was that all these equipment pieces that had suddenly shot up onto the global equipment rankings were actually all level-less! Not a single one had a level requirement!
According to the subordinate’s description, these equipment pieces had practically surged onto the global equipment rankings in bulk within a short period of time! It made no sense at all!
“What are all these things? How could even Black Dragon equipment be suppressed? And they’re all level-less! In such a short time, where did all these random Longxia professionals get these equipment pieces from?” The leaders were all stunned.
No matter how they thought about it, they couldn’t figure it out.
Of course they couldn’t figure it out.
Because these equipment pieces were all level sixty-plus! No one could equip them.
Only level-less equipment with equivalent attributes could be equipped by anyone.
And only when equipped could ownership be established and the equipment climb onto the global equipment rankings!
At this moment, on the global equipment rankings, with Lu Ran’s sacred artifact leading the way, looking all the way down, all top thirty spots belonged to Longxia!
Longxia had directly dominated the global equipment rankings!
Combined with the mysterious Necromancer’s occupation of the number one spot on the Endless Tower rankings—
That made two rankings already controlled by Longxia! No, wait!
Three! Yu Qingcang also occupied the top spot on the global level rankings! Eagle Sauce’s former number one professional and first guild leader, Neil, was also dead, long since fallen out of sight!
Longxia’s momentum—this was practically the rhythm of global domination!
“Something’s wrong. Something is very wrong. That damn Longxia!”
“Blocking cross-national teleportation and cross-national communications was a brilliant move. Damn it, now we know nothing about Longxia!”
“The top priority is to find Nanami first!”
“Immediately arrange for people to infiltrate Longxia, gather intelligence, find out about these equipment pieces, and at the same time, find Nanami!”
“If there’s any word of the Necromancer, kill him, and then have Nanami return immediately!”
“The national war is almost here—there are only a few days left. Longxia’s abnormal behavior is very suspicious!”
…
At the same time.
Eagle Sauce, which had exchanged several rounds of blows with Longxia, was in an even more miserable state!
Neil was dead, the five major guild leaders were dead, and a large batch of high-combat professionals had died.
Now, they were watching Longxia dominate the global equipment rankings.
With the national war imminent, Eagle Sauce had been hollowed out.
Despair…
Utter despair!
