Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation There were more than 120 genius organizations in Division 1 alone and more than 80 in Division 2 . Although there were lesser in Division 3, there were still more than 40 of them . Meanwhile, the remaining nine divisions outside the core zones had a total of 12 genius organizations . There were a total of 268 genius organizations in the Genius Union .
The Sweep Alliance ranked No . 183 due to two main reasons . One was their low number of members . Half of the 268 genius organizations had more than 100 members while the Sweep Alliance only had 36 members . They ranked No . 240 based on their number of members, coming in at almost the last 20 . Another reason was that the did not have a really powerful member . Huangfu Lin was the only one in the Sweep Alliance that could kill imperial-levels . Her combat level was only on immortal-level rank-7 . Immortal-level rank-9 supreme geniuses led the top-ranking organizations, and they even had more than one immortal-level rank-9 supreme geniuses .
Lin Huang understood where the Sweep Alliance stood after hearing Yao Lan's explanation . She was picky when it came to picking members while Huangfu Lin did not bother about that at all . Among the 36 members, besides some of them that had been recruited by Huangfu Hao, most of them joined on their own . Some of them joined before Yao Lan did and they had yet to retire .
However, due to the war that was coming within five years, the Genius Union would need more resources . She had lowered her criteria in recruiting to get more members for the Sweep Alliance . Besides personal rewards for higher positions, there were also rewards for team ranking . The benefits were definitely attractive . After completing the basic explanation, Yao Lan brought Lin Huang to the Stairway Tree .
"You can start climbing today if you're not too busy . Rewards will be given 20 days later, and your result will be added to the points for the month . " Yao Lan sounded impatient .
"Alright, I shall warm up today . " Lin Huang nodded and summoned a golden-haired ape .
It was one of the Monster Cards that he had obtained after killing the Triheaded Ape earlier . After Xiao Hei's amendment, the apes' genetic issues had been solved . Besides that, one of them obtained an ancient Mighty Ape's bloodline during its triple mutation while another obtained the bloodline of an ancient Frost Flame Ape .
The golden-haired ape was the one that had obtained the Mighty Ape's bloodline . It was more than 200 meters tall like a little mountain . Many people exclaimed when they saw it .
"That's a triple mutated ancient monster's bloodline!" Yao Lan was stunned when she saw the golden-haired ape . Some of the people who were climbing mid-way and those ready to climb looked enviously at the ape . None of them planned to capture it as the Mighty Ape's aura was an immortal-level . Besides, from its size alone, it seemed like a bad idea to offend it .
"Let's go!" Lin Huang waved at Yao Lan and hopped onto the Mighty Ape's shoulder .
"Herculean King, let's climb trees today!" The Mighty Ape (the ape only had the bloodline of the Mighty Ape, but not a genuine one as it was just a temporary name) that was summoned by Lin Huang was excited as it was its first time being summoned . It pounded its chest after hearing his instruction and roared into the sky before climbing .
Although the branches of the Stairway Tree were as thick as a wall, the barks were not as smooth as the surface of a wall . The cracks in the barks were the best climbing points of the tree . Although the Mighty Ape was huge, its ape instinct still made it much agiler than the people who were having a hard time climbing . Because of its massive size, in less than one minute, it had climbed thousands of meters high and disappeared into the clouds .
The people below were envious as they watched the ape disappear . Yao Lan, who was watching at the bottom of the tree, smiled and she shook her head .
"At this speed, he should face his first challenge soon . "
There would be checkpoints every 10,000 meters on the Stairway Tree . The higher it was, the more difficult it was to go through the checkpoint . Besides abilities, most of the checkpoints would require specific skills or strategies to be exact . The lower checkpoints were public whereby everybody knew the usual modus operandi, but up to a certain level, the strategies were kept private by the organizations and would not be leaked to other organizations . Some of the organizations would sell the strategies at a high price, but only some of the top organizations had the strategies to the more difficult checkpoints . They were not lacking points and did not wish to be on par with other organizations .
The first checkpoint that was 10,000 meters above ground was the Fog Cloud level . It was the layer of white clouds that Lin Huang had seen when he was at the bottom of the tree . The cloud was thousands of meters thick . Entering the cloud was like entering fog that made everything poorly visible . Most importantly, the fog had an intense hallucinogenic effect that penetrated directly into human bodies and could not be avoided .
Those who were not aware and breathed normally would accelerate the hallucinogenic effect once the fog was in the lungs . In the fog, let alone holy fire-level human, an immortal-level person would be affected if they stayed . It was easy to get lost in the thick fog, and with the hallucinogenic effect, many holy fire-level humans would be stuck on this level .
Yao Lan had planned to give the strategy to Lin Huang, but he did not ask for it . He even refused to hear anything about the checkpoint . He thought it would be more exciting and new that way . He wanted to know how far he could go with his own ability and without any strategies that were told by someone else .
As soon as he entered the clouds, Lin Huang sensed something odd in the fog . As a psychic, his sense was much more powerful than the average person . He could sense clearly that there was an odd energy in the fog that was trying to penetrate his body .
"This hallucinogenic cloud should be the first checkpoint . It will definitely affect those who have weak spirits . Normal people should be slower than me if they're not riding a summoning monster as I do . The longer one stays in this cloud, the more one will be lost," Lin Huang analyzed the complication of the checkpoint .
Before he could analyze further, the Mighty Ape had gotten out of the clouds and climbed further up . Clearly, the hallucinogenic effect could do little to no harm to immortal-level humans in such a short period of time .
"I wonder what the second checkpoint is going to be . . . " Lin Huang stopped looking at the clouds beneath and looked up into the sky . There was a layer of dark clouds on top of his head . Suddenly, it was snowing…
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