Renn anxiously led his subordinates across the stream and headed toward the wilderness.
At the rear, the pursuing lords all slowed down, with expressions of astonishment on their faces.
"Toji Hisami? Is he the number one on the gold list?"
"Nonsense! Apart from being number one on the gold list, is there a second Toji Hisami?"
"An S-class light pillar... I didn’t expect that there was only one in each district."
"What kind of god is this man? He starts with a thousand points on the rankings, and now he breaks through the S-level light beam."
"It’s only been a day since the assessment started. I was shocked by the news. It feels like it’s been a long time."
The lords talked on and on, but were immediately silenced by the last sentence.
Someone silently raised his hand and looked at the time.
The first day was still four hours away from the start of the assessment.
"Others have broken through the S-class beam of light in one day, while we are still upgrading...?"
This sentence broke their guard even more. The lords suddenly remembered their goals and looked up into the distance.
Renn had already run so far that his shadow was almost invisible.
"That’s stupid!"
"This dog is almost running away. I’ve been chasing him for a whole day. If I don’t kill this foul-mouthed one, wouldn’t it be in vain?"
"Don’t worry about the record of the big guys on the gold list, we can’t compare."
The lords looked away and cleared Toji Hisami’s influence from their minds.
In fact, Toji Hisami’s record was too damaging to their confidence, and everyone tacitly chose to ignore it.
Unlike the East District, everyone in the North District had a very high opinion of Toji Hisami.
At this time, the public channels were all dominated by topics about Toji Hisami: ranking first on the list, the first to break the S-level beam of light, the first breakthrough reward, and the whole area announcement.
What was more important was that all this was completed on the first day after the assessment started.
People discussed whether there was such a record in history.
After counting, everyone was shocked to find that this was the first time in history!
Major rewards such as S-level light beams had existed in previous Lord Trials.
However, since records were kept, rewards of this level had been broken at least one week after the assessment started.
Willard also silently watched the discussion on the public channel and couldn’t help but think of Toji Hisami, who had killed Victor with his own hands.
"He is worthy of being number one on the gold list. He dared to kill Victor, and now it is not surprising that he broke the record and won the S-level reward."
Suddenly, someone on the public channel discovered an S-class light beam in the north area.
That lord was a member of one of the alliances in the North District, specializing in support, and all his skills were related to that focus.
With the help of others, he observed the defense value of the S-class light beam.
[Fk! Five hundred thousand!]
[What!? Five hundred thousand? It would take days and nights to break through this!]
[What a shame! Is Toji Hisami still human? How did he do it? Does this beam of light have a weak spot?]
[It is very possible. Otherwise, how could a defense value of 500,000 be broken so quickly?]
[Oh my god, there are a large number of guardian beasts around the light pillar. They are a group of monsters with an average level of 20! There are at least thousands of them!]
[I see the BOSS too! This BOSS will also summon his subordinates. Hey, we can’t handle it and have to run away!]
The live commentary ended there.
However, the public channel was only quiet for a short while before becoming noisy again.
There was no point of comparison before; people simply thought Toji Hisami was impressive.
Now that they had a comparison, they felt that Toji Hisami was beyond just being good.
This was the momentum of becoming the first person in the history of the Lord Trial!
Moreover, because the defense value was so high, people were led astray, thinking that the light pillar might have a hidden weak spot.
Toji Hisami must have found the weak spot to break the light beam in such a short time.
This idea excited countless lords in the North District, and all of them wanted to try their luck.
"What if I find it myself? Wouldn’t the S-class light beam reward in the North District be mine?"
This thought popped up in almost everyone’s mind.
Not only in the North District, but also in the West and South Districts, people thought the same way because they had also found their own S-class light beams.
In the Southern District, Elara finally reunited with her companions from the Sacred Territory.
As their territorial strength evolved from the temple, the people in the Holy Territory were all mixed races.
There were more than fifty people in this group of gathered Holy Lords, among whom four were the strongest.
Elara was undoubtedly the first, because she currently held the highest ranking on the gold list.
Behind her was a half-dragon with dragon blood.
After him came a half-sea tribe member and a half-elf.
At this time, the four of them had become the leaders of the Holy Territory, and everyone was discussing who would take charge.
That discussion was abruptly interrupted by the district-wide announcement.
At this moment, everyone fell silent, their expressions turning a little strange.
Elara raised her head, looking at the half-dragon man in front of her, and then at the sea woman and elf man beside her.
A proud smile appeared on her delicate face.
"This is the person I want to rely on. In this trial, I have decided to align with Toji Hisami."
Elara spoke slowly, but this time, the others did not object as fiercely as before.
After everyone had gathered, Elara had made her position clear.
At the time, almost all the Holy Lords had opposed her.
Everyone felt sorry for Elara, and some even angrily accused her of lacking the responsibility of a leader despite being more powerful than the rest.
Even the elf man, who was from the elven lineage, was vaguely opposed to Elara’s decision.
Among the various factions in the Holy Territory, the elf department held the second largest number, occupying 15 of the fifty-plus seats.
It was the largest unified force in the Holy Territory and held a status that could not be ignored.
Although the orcs were the most numerous group with twenty-eight seats, they did not have a strong voice because they lacked a sufficiently powerful lord.
Elara expressed her intention this time without expecting everyone’s consent.
What she mainly sought was the support of her fellow orcs.
Previously, the orc lords had taken no stance, but after Toji Hisami’s district-wide announcement, they were visibly moved.
Although the Holy Territory was part of the human race, its members were not fully accepted by others due to their mixed heritage.
When others looked at the Holy Territory, they regarded it more as an independent force.
Therefore, the Holy Lords had basically relied on other alliances in previous Lord Trials.
In that case, whom should they seek refuge with?
Elara had already stated that she was familiar with Toji Hisami and had worked with him before. If everyone joined her, at least their treatment would not be bad.
They asked for nothing more; as long as they were not treated unfairly, they could focus on their growth.
Their main goal was to survive the Lord Trial safely.
"I still object."
In the silence, the half-dragon lord spoke up.
The half-dragon lord was an older man with long black hair reaching down to his waist. His strong muscles were exposed, displaying mysterious tattoos across his skin.
Half-dragons were a hybrid of humans and dragons, possessing powerful physical combat capabilities as well as the ability to cast dragon-language magic.
In the Holy Territory faction, half-dragons were formidable members.
The only thing limiting them was their low fertility rate.
In that regard, they failed to inherit the dragon clan’s resilience.
Because their numbers were small, the half-dragons had always been very united.
At this moment, as the half-dragon lord Musa spoke, the other four half-dragon lords stood by his side without hesitation.
"This term, the lords of our Holy Territory are the strongest we have had in the past three hundred years."
"Our goal should be to strive for the top three in this trial, not just to survive safely."
"Elara, you disappoint me."
As Musa spoke, he stood up and looked around, taking in everyone’s expressions.
Compared to before, fewer people could openly support Musa this time.
The impact of Toji Hisami’s announcement was simply too strong.
Starting with a thousand points on the gold list and breaking the S-level light beam in less than a day were feats that overwhelmed the strong individuals present.
Except for Musa himself, no one believed they could compete with Toji Hisami. After all, even Elara, who was ranked fifth, admitted she was inferior to him.