Although paying the price of five magic crystals left the examiner looking displeased, the result displayed was utterly insignificant compared to the loss of the crystals.
"Could the testing equipment be broken?" the examiner hurriedly began to check the instruments.
An SSS-rank evaluation. This had never appeared in the history of White River City, nor even in the entire Star Moon Kingdom.
"This evaluation is just too outrageous!" Shi Feng couldn't believe it either.
In his memory, even after Divine Realm had developed for ten years, there had never been an SSS-rank evaluation result. The highest ever recorded was S-rank, and that was exceedingly rare.
Obtaining an A-rank evaluation meant there was a chance of becoming a Dark-Gold-rank guardian upon formally becoming a retainer, but that probability was minuscule, practically negligible.
Only with an S-rank evaluation did the chances of becoming a Dark-Gold-rank guardian increase significantly.
When an S-rank evaluation had appeared back then, it had caused an uproar across the entire Divine Realm, drawing its top figures to compete for the retainer.
A Dark-Gold-rank guardian meant a 100% chance of cultivating a Fifth-Order retainer. If one was willing to pay an immense price, there was even a sliver of possibility they could become a Sixth-Order, God-level guardian.
At that time, Fifth-Order players in the entire Divine Realm were rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, let alone Sixth-Order God-level players.
If a guild managed to produce a single Fifth-Order player, they would celebrate for three days and nights, let alone gaining an additional Fifth-Order NPC retainer, which was far superior to an ordinary Fifth-Order player.
The reason for this was simple. First, the difference in base stats—without any equipment, an NPC's base attributes were already far superior to a player's. Second was the equipment.
Guardian equipment in Divine Realm was different from player equipment. A guardian's top-tier gear could be purchased directly from NPC shops, including Epic-grade equipment and sets. With a bit of luck, one might even buy fragments of Legendary items. In other words, as long as an NPC guardian had money, they could acquire top-tier equipment.
And players?
Even Dark-Gold-rank equipment required considerable effort to obtain, let alone Epic-grade equipment suited for a player's own class, or Legendary item fragments. Each piece demanded countless hours and painstaking effort from players.
Therefore, once a direct retainer became a Fifth-Order class, their strength would immediately leap to the peak of the Fifth Order, while players still had to progress slowly, improving step by step, and gradually acquiring weapons and gear suited for their Fifth-Order class.
And now, this SSS-rank evaluation—if word got out, it would undoubtedly send shockwaves through the entire Divine Realm.
"It seems I've really hit the jackpot this time." Shi Feng looked at the bewildered Anna and couldn't help but laugh aloud.
The evaluation rankings he knew of only went up to S-rank. There had been no information about an SSS-rank. Perhaps it had appeared in his previous life, but if the player didn't speak of it, who would know?
Moreover, in his previous life, the vast majority of powerful guardians hadn't been recruited from ordinary NPCs, but rather by directly recruiting class-bearing NPCs or high-order NPCs.
After all, achieving such an order meant they were extraordinary to begin with, and their potential would naturally be exceptional. However, the higher an NPC's order, the harder it was to recruit them as a guardian, and the more time and effort it required.
Now, seeing the SSS-rank evaluation, although Shi Feng didn't know exactly what level of potential Anna possessed, one thing was certain: she would definitely become at least a Gold-rank guardian.
After a good while, the examiner confirmed there was no error with the equipment. He looked at Anna with an expression of utter shock, his gaze now mingled with a trace of reverence.