Chapter 294: Chapter 246: Breaking News: A Major New Rule
"Trust me. Eversoft Conditioning Essence Shampoo. It cleanses, conditions, and fights dandruff—all in one. That’s confidence! You’ll know it when you use it!" Gao Neng said with conviction.
"Wow, I want to use it too!"
"..." Gui Zian.
’Can I start cussing now?’
He really couldn’t take it anymore.
He didn’t wait for Gao Neng and Fang Tangtang to finish their performance before giving the order directly.
"Begin!"
"Wait, I haven’t finished washing my hair yet! Eversoft Conditioning Essence Shampoo. It cleanses, conditions, and fights dandruff—all in one. That’s confidence!" Gao Neng immediately yelled.
But it was no use.
Because Dragon Heaven Hall didn’t care whether Gao Neng had finished washing his hair or not.
Gui Zian had already yelled "Begin."
What else was there for him to hesitate about?
"SWOOSH!"
Dragon Heaven Hall made his move.
An hour later...
Dragon Heaven Hall was collapsed on the ground.
Gao Neng, however, was clutching his chest, looking like he was on the verge of death. "Thank goodness I washed my hair before we started. Otherwise, I would’ve been defeated by Dragon Heaven Hall. Eversoft Conditioning Essence Shampoo. It cleanses, conditions, and fights dandruff—all in one. That’s confidence!"
After saying this,
Gao Neng silently added a thought.
’That’s the fourth time!’
’Just one more to go!’
Fang Tangtang, ever the cooperative partner, immediately asked, "Gao Neng, did you really beat Dragon Heaven Hall just with that bottle of shampoo?"
"Of course. If it weren’t for this refreshing shampoo, my mind wouldn’t be this clear right now. Eversoft Conditioning Essence Shampoo. It cleanses, conditions, and fights dandruff—all in one. That’s confidence!" Gao Neng replied instantly.
’Fifth time, complete!’
’Fifteen million. I’ve earned it with a clear conscience.’
"..." Gui Zian.
He really wanted to rush up there and kill Gao Neng with a single palm strike!
...
「Federation Government Office Building.」
Dozens of personnel responsible for the Dragon List rankings were also sitting in front of their computers, watching the broadcast of the fight between Gao Neng and Dragon Heaven Hall.
"BANG!"
As the screen froze on the advertising slogan, a table shattered in response.
"We can’t let this go on! We have to find a way to raise this Gao Neng’s rank!" The middle-aged man who had smashed the table was truly furious.
"But Gao Neng adamantly refuses to issue challenges. How are we supposed to get him into the top two hundred?"
"..." The middle-aged man faltered.
Gao Neng wouldn’t challenge anyone.
With no new combat records, even they couldn’t arbitrarily update the Dragon List rankings. Those were the orders from the very top.
Everything was based on combat records.
"If we can’t raise Gao Neng’s rank normally, then could we consider a different approach?" another middle-aged man spoke up.
"Let’s hear it."
"We find a way to push him down! Make him fall out of the top three hundred on the Dragon List. That way, he’ll have no choice but to start challenging people!" the middle-aged man replied.
"Make him fall out of the top three hundred? It’s a good idea, but it would be too difficult to execute..."
"That’s right. The top three hundred on the Dragon List were all selected from the major families and sects based on their past combat records. Every single one is an elite of the younger generation in the Federation. To put it bluntly, even if there are some misjudgments, they are few and far between—twenty at the most."
"Exactly. The problem now is that all the challengers’ attention is focused on Gao Neng. Nobody is challenging anyone else in the Dragon List’s top three hundred!"
"Of the three major powers, the military academies are recognized as having the weakest individuals. Most of the recent challenges have happened within the academies. Gao Neng... a freshman from the Eastern Capital Military Academy, Tier Four Mid Stage in strength. His only real accomplishment is defeating Wang Nanlin from the Beihai Military Academy. And that Wang Nanlin dropped out of the top three hundred a few days ago... Now, Gao Neng has fought five matches in a row and is completely exhausted. Who wouldn’t want to challenge such a juicy target?"
"The most important thing is that this Gao Neng fellow is very ’kind.’ Every challenger is just worn down to exhaustion by him; he never lands a heavy blow on anyone! The others in the Dragon List’s top three hundred are different. Take that one who challenged someone from the Southern Alliance Military Academy a while back—he was beaten to death!"
"Yeah, in this situation, only an idiot would challenge anyone else!"
"..."
Everyone fell silent.
Because that was the heart of the problem.
If you challenged someone else, first, their rank would be higher than Gao Neng’s, and their strength would obviously be greater, because that was the official ranking given by the Dragon List.
Everyone believed it!
Second, the other fighters were ruthless. They’d kill or cripple their opponents without a second thought. At the very least, you’d end up with broken arms and legs. If you lost the challenge, you’d rarely get another chance to fight within a month.
But what about challenging Gao Neng?
Were there risks?
Of course, but at least you wouldn’t get killed.
If you really had to talk about risks...
...it was just the financial risk.
But when you compared money to your life, it was completely worthless. More importantly, the money was a bet, and with any bet, you could win or lose.
If you beat Gao Neng, not only would you not lose money, you’d win a huge sum.
How great is that?!
Compared to the other top three hundred on the Dragon List,
The advantages of challenging Gao Neng couldn’t be more obvious.
"We can’t raise his rank, and now we can’t even push it down. So tell me, what other options do we have? Are we really just going to sit here and watch this guy put on a show?!" The middle-aged man who had smashed the table roared in anger again.
"I have an idea!" The woman who had set Gao Neng’s rank at three hundred finally spoke up again.
"Team Leader Zhang, go ahead!"
"An incentive policy. The top three hundred is a threshold, but we can subdivide the ranks above it into tiers. For example, we can use an A, B, C system. Ranks one to one hundred would be Tier A, one hundred and one to two hundred would be Tier B, and so on... Different tiers would receive different cultivation resources in the future!"
