Chapter 650: Breaking the Record

The fourth name appeared on the seventh floor of the Trial Leaderboard, and the entire hall of the Divine Arena instantly fell dead silent.

Every pair of eyes fixated on Ziyan Liuyun's name, nearly popping out of their sockets.

"How is this possible?"

Their first reaction was disbelief.

Feng Xuanyang in the VIP box also had his jaw hanging open, having completely lost his earlier composure.

If Huo Wu had entered the seventh floor, he could have grudgingly accepted it — after all, she was the raid leader of Zero Wing's main team. But Ziyan Liuyun entering the seventh floor was completely unacceptable.

Never mind how difficult it was to reach the seventh floor; just the fact that Zero Wing had suddenly produced two top-tier experts was enough to stun anyone.

And yet…

The person who had cleared the seventh floor wasn't a combat class, but a healing-class Priest.

Everyone knew that among the Divine Realm's twelve major classes, healing classes had the weakest combat power. On top of that, their difficulty in challenging the Trial Tower was higher than other classes — mainly reflected in their healing capabilities — so healing classes always ranked lower on the leaderboard. But now, Ziyan Liuyun, a Priest, had reached the seventh floor…

What nobody realized was that Ziyan Liuyun was actually a hidden class, not a pure Priest. In terms of combat ability, she even surpassed ordinary combat classes.

In body control, Ziyan Liuyun edged out Huo Wu by a hair. If Huo Wu could reach the seventh floor, then naturally Ziyan Liuyun could as well. It was actually a perfectly normal outcome.

In the three-way rivalry, the comparison of top-tier combat power was crystal clear — Zero Wing had won a complete victory.

"Zero Wing truly deserves to be the number one guild. Two top-tier experts entering the seventh floor at once. If Guild Leader Hei Yan also made a move, that would be three reaching the seventh floor. Even Yi Xiao Qingcheng and Heaven's Burial combined couldn't match that."

"But it's still too early to say. Zero Wing has always been famous for its abundance of top-tier experts. Surpassing Heaven's Burial and Yi Xiao Qingcheng now is within expectations, but a guild can't rely on just a handful of individuals — it needs strong mid-tier support. Look at Zero Wing's current backbone strength; it's clearly inferior to the other two guilds. In terms of potential, they still fall short."

"This isn't the old days anymore. Zero Wing used to be the undisputed ruler, but now look — the number one on the Trial Leaderboard belongs to Ghost Shadow from Heaven's Burial. Whether Zero Wing truly holds the top spot is really up for debate."

Many players in the hall began discussing the matter, and most weren't optimistic about Zero Wing's future.

A guild needed a powerful core team to sustain it. How much impact could a few individually strong players really have? Especially when they hadn't even claimed the top spot on the Trial Leaderboard.

"You're right. This is just the last of Zero Wing's remaining foundation. What is there to worry about? White River City will be mine in the future." Feng Xuanyang had calmed down again.

The White River City matter involved enormous stakes. Feng Xuanyang had placed every last bet on White River City. If he succeeded, he would become the first heir to the family head position.

Having been thwarted by Zero Wing so many times before, it had almost become an instinctive reflex.

But after calming down and thinking it through — how many experts did Zero Wing actually have? The Underworld, on the other hand, had invested tremendous effort to seize control of White River City and would continue dispatching recruited experts there. How could Zero Wing, which only controlled White River City, possibly compare with the Underworld's ability to recruit large numbers of talents from the virtual gaming world?

This was only the beginning, and Yi Xiao Qingcheng had already pulled ahead of Zero Wing in mid-tier strength. The gap would only widen from here, and controlling White River City was simply a matter of time.

Time ticked by, second by second. Although someone reaching the seventh floor was shocking, a number of experts gradually cleared the fourth floor and stepped into the fifth.

For ordinary players, the seventh floor was completely out of reach, but the fifth floor was something they could aspire to, so they paid closer attention to it.

"Look, two more from Heaven's Burial just appeared."

"Yi Xiao Qingcheng has three coming out too."

…

Just as everyone kept scanning the fifth-floor leaderboard, the rankings suddenly shifted several more times.

"What's going on? I can't be seeing this wrong — why did the leaderboard suddenly have over ten more names?!"