Ye Yun looked at this list and couldn't help but want to laugh. Ranking eleventh was Ding Yi. This elder sister didn't spend much time on the game, dedicating most of her time to managing Ye Yun's affairs in the real world.
However, this ranking would soon be far surpassed once Ye Yun's funds were distributed. Two hundred quintillion gold coins, even if everyone's talent was raised to the max level, would only cost a little over a hundred quintillion! The rest could be used to purchase attributes or upgrade the talents of the 166 official members to god-tier!
If that were to happen, the Dragon Palace would truly shock the world! It's important to remember that those on the current list only had Emperor-tier talent. Above Emperor-tier is Heaven-tier, and above Heaven-tier is God-tier! This meant that within the top 200 of the ranking, the top 180 players would all be members of the Dragon Palace.
"I've paved enough of a road for you all. The rest is up to yourselves."
With the weekly level ranking and talent ranking rewards, the average daily income was nearly a billion gold coins. Coupled with the income from Fengle Village, the Dragon Palace could long remain number one globally based on this alone. If one considered Ye Yun's deployments in the Demon Realm, the Shan Hai Realm (Monster Realm), and the New Mortal Continent, their future was secured to become behemoths in the cosmos!
Xiao Tong, in particular, would soon be able to completely suppress the demon butterfly in terms of stats. Her stats grew by 1.1 times for all attributes with each level-up! If it weren't for Ye Yun's slight selfishness, he wouldn't have been able to resist using 'Gold Touch' to enhance Xiao Tong!
"What the hell is this first-place talent on the ranking, isn't the highest level God-tier?"
Some players, hearing the system announcement, eagerly opened the talent ranking list and were bewildered when they saw the talent level of the first-place player.
"Damn it, I just want to know why these guys have such high talent! Even 'Papa Ma' would call them bosses if he saw them!"
"Bro, stop guessing. These guys are definitely from the national team! I just didn't expect our country to be this rich. This must be trillions by now, right?"
"The foreigners are too miserable. Only one of them made it into the top ten. It seems our glorious Celestial Empire is truly mighty!"
The emergence of the talent ranking list sparked countless discussions among players, but it didn't pique Ye Yun's interest in the slightest. A reward of 5 billion gold coins was no longer worth his attention. However, this sum was still a considerable income for the Dragon Palace.
"Holy crap! What's going on! Why are the talents for second to tenth place all max1? Does this max1 talent surpass God-tier?"
"Damn it, the first to tenth are all bosses from our country!"
"Are you blind? Look at the entire list before you speak!"
Suddenly, the entire player base let out incredulous shouts. Because just moments ago, all the top 20 players on the talent ranking had become God-tier. Most importantly, these players all had Chinese nicknames, and except for five individuals, the rest were headed with the character 'Dragon'.
"Fuck! What the hell is going on!"
In the United States' Corner Tower Command Center, Taggert flipped his desk in frustration.
"Honey, what's wrong?" Mia Luo, who was massaging his back, was greatly startled. She had never seen Taggert so furious.
"You'll know when you log into the game. Two hundred million players have now reached level 20. The 'Heavenly Dao' has automatically opened a talent ranking list. This list, like the level ranking, comes with rewards, and the rewards are five times that of the level ranking!"
"But just now, you, who was ranked fourth, were suddenly pushed out of the top twenty!"
Not long after Taggert took charge, he completely won over Mia Luo. After experiencing her wonderful charms, he became deeply infatuated, even going so far as to dedicate the majority of the task force's funds to Mia Luo! This directly propelled Mia Luo from her former captain position to that of a key contender for the task force.
"Outside the top twenty?" Mia Luo was shocked. As a skilled player, she understood the importance of talent. In fact, after reaching Emperor-tier, she had given up on further talent upgrades, as the gold coins required for Heaven-tier talent were beyond what a task force could afford. Two hundred fifty-six terabytes of gold coins – it would require the nation's all-out investment!
Without a second thought, Mia Luo used her 'Heavenly Dao Ring' to log into the game and immediately checked the talent ranking.
My Rank - 177: Meyol, Talent: Emperor-tier, Level: 30, Class: Mage.
Ah...
Mia Luo stared at her ranking and let out a mournful scream after exiting the Heavenly Dao. She then collapsed on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, startling Taggert beside her.
"Mia Luo, what's wrong?" Taggert asked sternly, seeing Mia Luo's uncharacteristic outburst.
"Honey, my talent ranking isn't outside the top twenty, it's at 177!" Mia Luo said to Taggert, looking helpless.
"What!"
Taggert was stunned and exclaimed in disbelief.
He knew that after taking over as the task force captain, he had used his family's influence to amass nearly a hundred billion gold coins from various sectors to completely win over Mia Luo. Combined with his family's and the nation's investments, over two hundred billion of the nearly three hundred billion gold coins had entered Mia Luo's coffers!
He had planned it all out. While Mia Luo was captain, she had already profited so much gold for talent upgrades. Now, his investment in her would make her even more powerful. Re-training new people with the same amount of gold would definitely not be as cost-effective as directly nurturing Mia Luo.
But now, Mia Luo's talent ranking was at 177! This meant Mia Luo had completely fallen behind in this talent ranking!
At the latest by tomorrow, he would be summoned to Congress for questioning by the senators, and then...
Taggert could already foresee his future. The United States had no mercy when it came to profit...
"Mia Luo... perhaps, we should flee!"