The martial arts world of China used to top the whole martial arts world long ago.
China was viewed as the origin of martial arts, thus ending up being the religion of many martial artists. It was also in that period that many came forth to seek masters for themselves to improve their skills.
For quite a longtime, at least half of the top-tier fighters in the whole martial arts world were from China.
The formation of the Chu Sect was even closely related to China. That was indeed the most glamorous period for the martial arts world of the country.
Nonetheless, there was an inexplicable change all of a sudden.
The unrivaled fighters from the martial arts world of China suddenly vanished simultaneously. It was as though all of them were abducted by a mysterious force.
In other words, the unrivaled martial artists who were also the influential ones in the martial arts world of
China were gone without a trace.
Since then, the number of mighty martial artists in the martial arts world of China went south drastically. Not to mention, there was hardly any martial artist who qualified as the top-ranked fighter in the martial arts world of the country for quite a longtime.
Within a night, the martial arts world of China dropped to the bottom of the pit, losing all glory and fame.
It became wishful thinking for the people of China to witness their martial artists ranked in the top twenty, let alone the top ten.
There was even a period whereby the martial arts world of China was not even comparable to other smaller, unknown countries.
Finally, there was a twist when Ye Qingtian, the War God, emerged. After what seemed like an eternity, he became the first martial artist from China ranked in the top twenty of the Sky Ranking. With that, he managed to restore some glory to the martial arts world of China.
Even though they were still not comparable to the Chu Sect, their achievement in the martial arts world was relatively more outstanding than the other countries.
Even so, War God, who ranked twelfth in the Sky Ranking, was still unable to fully restore the former glory of the martial arts world of China.
Therefore, the martial artists of China had been looking forward to having someone among ranked top ten in the Sky Ranking.
Ye Fan turned out to be the one who managed to fulfill the dream. Not to mention, he was not only ranked in the top ten in the Sky Ranking, but the top of all! That was indeed a long-awaited moment in the martial arts world of China!
By right, it was a blissful moment that called for a nationwide celebration. Nevertheless, Sword Saint and the others were utterly dispirited.
After a while, he broke the silence by mumbling self-deprecatingly, “Why is he the one? Why must it be Chu Tianfan? Why must he be the one creating the historical moment of China?”
Meanwhile, Tang Hao was at a loss for words too.
As for Mo Wuya, he could not resist the rush of complex emotions inside him. Hmph! I was almost finished off by him many years ago. But why does this punk show up out of nowhere again after such a long time?
Earlier on, he was over the moon when he was ranked fiftieth in the Sky Ranking; yet, his ranking turned into a laughing stock alongside Chu Tianfan's top ranking.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
When Sword Saint and the others were feeling down in the dumps, the phone rang again.
Initially, none of them was in the mood to answer the call.
Nonetheless, it did not stop ringing. Thus, Sword Saint had no choice but to pick up the call resignedly.
Before he could speak, the caller yelled out excitedly, “Haha! Sword Saint, congratulations! China is finally ranked first in the Sky Ranking! Your nation has gained fame! What a great honor! Finally, someone from Aploth is ranked first in the Sky Ranking!”
Sword Saint's face turned grimmer in an instant.
Tapering down his simmering fury, he hung up on the latter and unplugged the phone
line. Congratulations? On what, huh?
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