Only the top strongmen who have fought in public can leave their names on the Dragon Gate Ranking.
They are just nobodies; they might as well just go through the motions.
Within the vast grounds of the Miracle Building, a huge ice-blue formation with a diameter of over a kilometer slowly took shape.
Within it, one after another, lifelike and majestic Water Dragons roared as they surged out from beneath the surface of the formation, only to dive back in the distance, repeating the cycle over and over.
This was the Water Dragon's Lament Illusionary Killing Formation, and at the same time, one of the important training facilities of Lakehaven Academy.
"Next, we will have the honor of a demonstration by our Academy's Special Grade Instructor, 'Red Shadow'."
A fourth-order peak strongman spoke from a distance.
Soon, a man wearing armor, with red hair sharp as spikes, slowly walked into the Water Dragon's Lament Formation.
As the formation activated, a curtain of water sealed the internal space; the Water Dragons roared even more fiercely.
Realistic coercion radiated from these water dragons.
There were third-order and fourth-order, numbering in the hundreds.
"Of course, this Water Dragon's Lament is an illusionary killing formation; out of these hundred-odd water dragons, perhaps only about twenty are real. But even so, stepping inside is tantamount to being besieged by multiple fourth-order strongmen. One careless move could lead to defeat, not to mention lasting sixty seconds."
A strongman who appeared to be a local was speaking with the demeanor of someone experienced.
Seeing this scene, Sanghun approached and offered a cigarette, "Brother, you seem to be familiar with this place?"
"Of course." The youth said, "I and my lord have been in Tianze City for seven or eight years, and I've come to the old campus of Lakehaven Academy countless times; I'm very familiar with it."
Sanghun was somewhat confused.
The youth said, "Hey, that's quite normal here in the main city of Lakehaven Lake. There are at least a hundred or two hundred lords who have settled here long-term. Isn't living here much more comfortable than going to some small remote lordship?"
"Like my lord, the management of the sixth-level territories is all handled by corporations; he might not return even once a year."
"What about you, brother? You're not from the Tianze City region, right?"
"That's right, we come from a very distant fifth-level small city. This is my first time travelling far from home to the big city."
A year-old Sanghun said shyly.
At that moment, exclamations came from afar; the strongman named Red Shadow had cleanly and decisively breached the Water Dragon's Lament Formation.
It was not about enduring, but piercing through.
The young man was not surprised, "Normal, normal. You don't watch the news much, brother?"
He found it unsurprising.
Residents of smaller cities, other than the lord and the generals in charge of intelligence, often know little about the outside world.
Even the renowned Dragon Gate Ranking.
He said, "Ranking twelfth on the Dragon Gate Ranking, Infinite Heavenly Wolf Red Shadow, that's him. As a top strongman who's near the front of the rankings, it's natural and reasonable for him to break through the formation."
The young man was recounting the past achievements of Infinite Heavenly Wolf Red Shadow.
The position he occupied when he first entered the rankings.
How he rose swiftly later on.
"Not long ago, Lord Red Shadow was ranked nineteenth, falling behind One-Punch Martial Madness. But now, since One-Punch Martial Madness has been off the list for a lack of recent public achievements, Infinite Heavenly Wolf has made remarkable progress. He is now, it seems, not far from the Legendary Realm."
The title of One-Punch Martial Madness sounded familiar.
Oh, it seemed to be the title of elder Uta.
That was the illustrious name elder Uta earned when he was at the third-order peak or fourth-order.