In the core zone, there were more than 120 monstrous forces in the first zone, and there were more than 80 in the second zone. Although there were fewer in the third zone, there were still more than 40. Other than the core zones, there were only 12 genius organizations in the remaining nine zones. There were a total of 268 genius organizations in the Evil Alliance.
The Sweep Alliance was ranked 183rd. There were two main reasons for their low ranking.
Firstly, they had fewer members. Out of the 268 genius organizations, almost half of them had more than 100 members. Meanwhile, the Sweep Alliance only had 36 members, which ranked 240th. They were almost in the bottom 20.
Secondly, they lacked powerful people. Huangfu Lin was the only one in the Sweep Alliance who could kill an imperial-level. Her combat strength was only on immortal-level rank-7. The top teams had supreme geniuses on immortal-level rank-9, and some of them had more than one.
After listening to Yao Lan's explanation, Lin Huang had a rough idea of the Sweep Alliance's situation.
Yao Lan was picky when it came to inviting members while Huangfu Lin did not really care about anything. There were more than 30 current members. Besides a few of them who were invited by Huangfu Hao, most of them joined the Sweep Alliance on their own accord. Some of them had joined before Yao Lan and the rest and had yet to retire.
However, according to Yao Lan, since the disaster was coming in five years, to obtain more resources in the Evil Alliance, she would lower the standard of inviting members and increase the number of members in the Sweep Alliance.
Besides the rewards for the individual ranking, the team ranking would also reward them handsomely.
Yao Lan brought Lin Huang to the Stairway Tree after she was done explaining the general situation to him.
"If you're not busy, let's start climbing today. There are 20 days left until the reward. Your score will be added to our total points for the month." Yao Lan could not wait to start.
"Alright then, let's warm up today." Lin Huang nodded and summoned a golden-furred ape.
It was one of the two Ape Cards that Lin Huang had obtained from killing the three apes earlier. After Xiao Hei's correction, the abnormalities in the two apes' genes had been resolved. One of them obtained the Ancient Mighty Ape bloodline while the other obtained the Ancient Frostflame Ape bloodline when it advanced to triple mutated.
This giant golden-furred ape was the one that had obtained the Mighty Ape bloodline. It was more than 200 meters tall, just like a small mountain. After it appeared, many people in the surroundings cried out in surprise.
"Triple mutated ancient beast bloodline!" Yao Lan was stunned to see the golden ape.
Some people who were climbing or preparing to climb were full of envy when they saw the giant ape. However, not many of them had the intention to snatch it. After all, the Mighty Ape's aura was obviously on immortal-level and its physique did not look like it was easy to deal with.
"Let's go!" Lin Huang waved at Yao Lan and leaped onto the Mighty Ape's shoulder.
"Herculean King, let's climb the tree today!" The Mighty Ape that was summoned by Lin Huang (it possessed the Mighty Ape's bloodline, not the real Mighty Ape) was excited. It was the first time it was summoned by Lin Huang since it became a Monster Card.
After receiving Lin Huang's order, it patted its chest and roared into the sky. It then began climbing.
Although the trunk of the Stairway Tree was as thick as a wall, it still had bark. It was not as smooth as a wall, and the cracks on the bark made it a good place to climb.
Although the Mighty Ape was huge, its ape instinct was still there. It was much more agile than the humans who were trying their best to climb. In addition to its size, it had climbed thousands of meters in less than a minute and disappeared into the clouds.
The group of people below who had been overtaken all looked up at the disappearing figure of the giant ape with envious expressions.
Yao Lan, who was at the bottom of the Stairway Tree, smiled and shook her head as she watched Lin Huang disappear. "At this speed, he should be experiencing the first challenge of climbing the Stairway Tree soon."
There would be a checkpoint every 10,000 meters on the Stairway Tree. The higher one went, the more difficult the checkpoints would be. Apart from using absolute strength to clear most of the checkpoints, there were special techniques to clear them, also known as strategies. At the lower heights, the strategies were basically half-public, and almost everyone knew about them. However, at a certain height, most of the strategies would be owned by the major organizations. They would not easily reveal the strategies to other organizations. A minority of organizations would sell the strategies at a high price, but only a few of the top organizations had the strategies for the truly difficult checkpoints. They were not short of points, and they did not want the other organizations to catch up.
The first checkpoint that was 10,000 meters above the ground was the Mystery Fog.
It was the layer of white clouds that Lin Huang had seen at the bottom of the tree earlier.
The layer of clouds was thousands of meters thick. Entering it was like entering a fog so thick that one would not be able to see their own fingers. The most important thing was that the fog had a strong hallucinogenic effect. It would enter one's body through one's pores, and one would fall into it without even realizing it.
If one did not take precautions and breathed normally, the fog would enter one's lungs, causing hallucinations to happen even faster.
Not to mention holy fire-levels, even immortal-levels would be affected if they stayed in the fog for a long time.
People would lose their sense of direction in the thick fog. Coupled with the hallucinogenic effect, many holy fire-levels would fail in this checkpoint.
Yao Lan wanted to tell Lin Huang all the strategies that she knew, but Lin Huang did not want them. He even refused to ask about the content of the checkpoints.
To him, only such a checkpoint would give him enough excitement and freshness. He also wanted to know how far he could go by relying on his own strength, without a strategy.
As soon as he entered the clouds, Lin Huang noticed that something was wrong with the fog.
As a powerful psychic, his sensing ability was much stronger than an ordinary person's. He could clearly feel that the fog had an abnormal spiritual energy, and it was even trying to enter his body.
"This should be the first checkpoint, the hallucinogenic fog. It will affect people who don't have a strong enough spiritual energy. Ordinary people can't climb as fast as I can with my summoning monster. The longer I stay in the fog, the more likely I'll get lost. "Lin Huang soon figured out the difficulty of this checkpoint.
However, before he could think too much about it, the Mighty Ape had already dashed out of the cloud-shrouded area and started climbing higher. Obviously, the hallucinogenic effect of the fog had a limited effect on immortal-levels within a short period of time.
"I wonder what the second checkpoint is." Lin Huang looked up at the sky as he looked away from the clouds.
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