After a long day's flight, everyone finally arrived at Serpent Platform Town on the southern coast of the North Sea before dawn.

At the same time, other Immortal Heroes also gradually returned to Serpent Platform Town.

The Immortal Heroes who returned from demon slaying all had a dragon tendon in their hands. The dragon tendons were strung with demon heads, as they flaunted them while flying over Serpent Platform Town.

The residents of Serpent Platform Town did not sleep that night. Every household kept their lights on, and people of all ages came to the streets to welcome the returning Immortal Heroes.

When they looked up at the sky and saw the Immortal Heroes flying overhead with dragon tendons full of demon heads, they couldn't help but cheer and clasp their hands towards the sky to express their congratulations and gratitude, showing great respect!

Just as Wang Xiaoqiang was about to land, he was pulled back by Guan Qingsi beside him, who said, "Little Qiang, come, let's show off!"

"Show off what?"

"Show off our achievements, let the townspeople be happy!" Guan Qingsi said.

Wang Xiaoqiang was never one to show off and thought it would make him look foolish, but seeing that all the other Immortal Heroes were flying around the small town with dragon tendons, he joined in.

While others had only one dragon tendon, some not even fully strung with demon heads, Wang Xiaoqiang had two dragon tendons, one in each hand, both filled with demon heads.

The key was that the demon heads on Wang Xiaoqiang's dragon tendons were mostly high-level demon generals and demon kings, with very few demon soldiers among them.

Therefore, when Wang Xiaoqiang flew over the small town with his dragon tendons, he immediately attracted widespread attention from the crowd, who praised him ceaselessly.

Especially the local cultivators, who gave Wang Xiaoqiang a thumbs up from the ground while displaying looks of shock and doubt, wondering how someone with Wang Xiaoqiang's limited cultivation base could have killed so many demons!

In the early morning, the Immortal Elder gathered all the returning Immortal Heroes and counted the number of people. Only seven hundred plus returned, with nearly four hundred missing, their fates uncertain.

The Supreme Ranking Competition, in essence, was an extremely dangerous demon-slaying mission. Because it was undertaken individually and involved venturing deep into the demons' territory, the risks were high, and casualties were inevitable.

According to the rules, they had to wait another day to see if any more would return. After that, they would hold a memorial service to honor the fallen Immortal Heroes.

Now, as the time of the competition was up, it was time to calculate each Immortal Hero's demon-slaying results and rank the top ten.

As instructed, each Immortal Hero placed their dragon tendon on the ground. Each tendon was strung with demon heads, looking horrifying to onlookers.

Wang Xiaoqiang's two dragon tendons were filled with demon heads, among which two were particularly striking. One belonged to the North Sea Demon King, a well-known great demon. Although he was only of demon king level, his reputation was comparable to that of a Demon Emperor.

The other was the Purple-Eyed Demon Emperor, one of only ten Demon Emperors in the Demon Realm, signifying the importance of this demon head.

At the scene, Wang Xiaoqiang's two dragon tendons were the most eye-catching. The onlookers, both residents and fellow Immortal Heroes, were discussing them, filled with words of astonishment and admiration.

Everyone had doubts about Wang Xiaoqiang's achievements. After all, Wang Xiaoqiang was just a Fourfold Body of the Immortal Venerable cultivator. How could he have killed the North Sea Demon King and the Purple-Eyed Demon Emperor?

This sounded like a tall tale!

Besides, both of Wang Xiaoqiang's dragon tendons were covered with demon heads, nearly double the number anyone else had slain, causing suspicion to arise.

Although brothers Qingfeng and Mingyue had also slain demons, they were the top three in the previous Supreme Ranking Competition and thus did not participate in this one.

Now, the two of them were responsible for counting the demon heads and verifying the levels of each demon on the dragon tendons of every Immortal Hero and recording the results.

Because Divine Sense was used for the verification, the speed was extremely fast. With a scan of the Divine Sense, the number and level of demon heads on each dragon tendon were clear.

In less than half an hour, the verification work was completed.

Qingfeng handed the record book to the Immortal Elder, who then began announcing the demon-slaying results of each Immortal Hero.

Out of more than seven hundred participants, Wang Xiaoqiang had the best results, having killed a total of eight hundred fifty-three demon generals and five hundred thirty demon kings, including the well-known North Sea Demon King and one Demon Emperor, the Purple-Eyed Demon Emperor.

Shangguan Ce, who ranked second, had results only half of Wang Xiaoqiang's. He killed a total of over four hundred demon generals and over two hundred demon kings. As for Demon Emperors, Shangguan Ce hadn't encountered any.

Even if he had, Shangguan Ce might have met with misfortune. The chance of him killing a Demon Emperor was very slim.

After all, Shangguan Ce was only at the Half-Step Immortal King stage, with a certain disparity in strength compared to a Demon Emperor.

Besides, he acted alone, making it extremely difficult to deal with the demon crowd by himself.

Third place went to Zhao Changtian.

Zhao Changtian's results were not much different from Shangguan Ce's. If he had killed three more demon generals, he could have taken second place. Ending up in third was quite regrettable.

Wang Xiaoqiang didn't pay much attention to the rankings after that, as he didn't know many of them, only knowing that Liang Yanfei got seventh place.

Guan Qingsi was also on the list, ranking ninth. Although her position was very low, she was still glad to be on the list, especially excited that Wang Xiaoqiang took first place.

"Little Qiang, congratulations! You won the Supreme Ranking Competition this time!" Guan Qingsi congratulated Wang Xiaoqiang with a look of gratification.

Wang Xiaoqiang quietly replied, "It's all thanks to you, Sister Guanguan. If it weren't for your Jade Pendant, I might not be alive right now…"

"Pah pah! Don't say such unlucky things," Guan Qingsi glared at Wang Xiaoqiang, "Alright, enough with the flattery. It's also because of your own overall strength; otherwise, how could you have killed the North Sea Demon King and the Purple-Eyed Demon Emperor? These great demons don't know the Seductive Fox Art…"

"Hehe, Sister Guanguan, it's not just the Jade Pendant. Mainly, it's you. You gave me strength, the strength of love…"

Wang Xiaoqiang hadn't finished speaking when Guan Qingsi cut him off, "Alright, stop talking. The more you say, the less proper you become."

Giving Wang Xiaoqiang a fierce look, Guan Qingsi felt as if her heart was filled with sweetness.

After the top ten in the Supreme Ranking were determined, the Immortal Elder began distributing the awards.

Under the envious gazes of everyone, the top ten Immortal Heroes stood at the front of the line.

The Immortal Elder stood in front of the ten, took out a Little Jewelry Box from his sleeve.

In front of everyone, he opened the box. As soon as it was opened, several strong beams of golden light shot out from the box, revealing tiny star symbols inside. These tiny stars seemed to be made of unknown materials, shining brightly like the stars in the sky.

There were ten star symbols in total, varying in size.

Under the envious eyes of the many Immortal Heroes, the Immortal Elder took the smallest star symbol from the box. With a flick of his finger, the star symbol shot out, drawing a golden arc in the air, and landed on the forehead of the Immortal Hero who ranked tenth, attaching itself to the center of his forehead.

It twinkled like an eye.

Then, the Immortal Elder took out the next smallest star symbol and shot it to the center of Guan Qingsi's forehead, who was in ninth place.

Next, the Immortal Elder continued to use the same method to attach the star symbols to the foreheads of the top ten.

Wang Xiaoqiang was the last one and also the most attention-grabbing, as the star symbol on his forehead was the largest.

These star symbols on the foreheads of the ten people twinkled continuously, constantly changing.

One moment it was a star symbol, and the next moment it showed a number.

For example, Wang Xiaoqiang's star symbol displayed the number "1," proving that he was the first place in this year's Supreme Ranking Competition, the Supreme Leader.

The wearer couldn't see this change, but others could easily see it, whether they were cultivators or ordinary mortals.

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