Chapter 283
The punishment caused quite a stir in the Hero Palace, and it was reported by the Sacred City Daily, too.
Everyone was curious to know how severe the punishment would be if he failed.
The only way to know was if Jiang Chen wasn’t powerful enough to finish the task in half a year.
Huangfu Qi had killed Chu Nan, ranked ninth on the Slay Demon List, not long ago. It had made the headlines and won countless appreciation.
Huangfu Qi was in Cloud Four of the Reaching Heaven State. He had broken through with four extraordinary meridians developed.
These two facts were enough to prove his extraordinary abilities.
That meant Jiang Chen would have to get to at least Cloud Four of the Reaching Heaven State in half a year.
Demons. Bloody moons. He was in the Alien Battlefield.
Whitty’s power had shaken the whole Hero Palace the other day, but his power was also subdued by the tactical formation there, which was a disadvantage for him.
At the same time, he was struggling against crazy killing intent.
Before completely losing control of himself, he recalled what Jiang Chen had told him and tried his best to keep himself under control. He charged ahead at high speed without knowing where he was headed.
It turned out he had arrived in the Alien Battlefield. His intelligence wasn’t high enough for him to remember how to get back, so he was trapped there.
That was why Jiang Chen had no way of knowing where he was, because they were in different plane worlds.
Oh? Whitty’s vitality has become more exuberant. Is he practicing somewhere?
In the Hero Palace, Jiang Chen was checking Whitty’s status every day, and one day, he noticed something new.
He felt both disappointed and joyful.
I can’t let Whitty exceed me. I must practice hard.
In the Hero Palace, the treatment Jiang Chen had received was quite similar to that of Ying Wushuang. Both of them were isolated.
Everyone belonged to a group in the Hero Palace, like the Sword Association, the Knife Dragon Association, the Varied Martial Arts Techniques Society, and so on.
Many tasks assigned by the Hero Palace required multiple people to work together. It wouldn’t be a good thing if one always performed tasks alone.
The Hero Palace had two lists, the Behead Monster List and the Slay Demon List.
The Behead Monster List was usually being updated more frequently. The ferocious monsters ranked on it were those who had committed crimes most recently. Disciples who beheaded them would get a handsome reward.
Those ranked on the Slay Demon List were geniuses from the Evil Cloud Palace.
This list was seldom updated. It would take a long time for someone in this list to disappear.
Some people had been on it for a long time. No one had been able to get rid of them!
Besides these two lists, the Hero Palace also had a massive amount of tasks to complete.
The tasks were of a wide variety, coming from the whole Dragon Field.
Due to these factors, none of the existing associations had invited Jiang Chen.
“Why don’t we start one by ourselves?” Jiang Chen proposed.
“To start an association, the creator has to be ranked on the Fighting Power List,” said Ying Wushuang.
The two disliked each other, but they had to stay together every day due to the task they’d been assigned.
“The Fighting Power List?”
“People on this list are the strongest in the Hero Palace. There’s a formula for the calculation of their fighting power, and by that, they’re ranked.
“No people are added or removed from the Fighting Power List. It’s only people’s rank that will change, so those on the current list are the most experienced ones in the Hero Palace.”
“I see.”
Jiang Chen didn’t expect there to be so many different lists. He said, “Apart from these three, does the Hero Palace have other lists?”
“Many. But unlike the Fighting Power List, they’re only records of individual practice.”
Ying Wushuang took him to a lake and said, “This is the Soothing Lake. There is a list to rank for how long the disciples can stay at the bottom to practice.
“But lists like this are updated frequently, because they’re about talent. They aren’t as well-known as the Fighting Power List.”
“Do I need to take off my clothes before going down?” Jiang Chen was eager to try practicing underwater.
“They sell professional outfits for underwater practice.”
Then, something occurred to Ying Wushuang. She said, “Newbies get free entry, but after the first use, it’ll cost you practicing points to go down there. You can get practicing points by completing tasks.”
Jiang Chen nodded. He didn’t want to buy a practicing outfit, so he jumped into the lake and dove down rapidly.