Ashen God
Chapter 231 - 230 Immortal Land

Chapter 231: Chapter 230 Immortal Land

"In the past, one common method of seizing power on the African Continent was essentially a surprise takeover. In simple terms, it involved taking control of a bunch of armed groups and striking the government buildings while the ruler was away from the capital or abroad, subsequently taking control of the capital.

For a place like Africa, generally controlling the capital was all that mattered. After all, a considerable number of countries might maintain village-level development in their capitals, with power, water supply, education, and medical resources. But beyond the capital, it was practically a primitive society.

Therefore, snatch-and-grab tactics were often quite effective. Once a usurper succeeded, the original rulers hardly dared to return to their country, instead seeking refuge abroad and leading a lingering, diminished existence.

In theory, this method also worked for wild Awakeners since they might not travel abroad, but they would venture to the even more distant Ashen World, possibly staying for several days at a time. Other wild Awakeners could take this opportunity to execute the same takeover.

However, this approach was mostly ineffective because what allowed wild Awakeners to ascend to power was their formidable strength. Even if you annihilated all of an opponent’s underlings, it wouldn’t significantly impact the individual themselves.

Unless one could find the location of the Transmission Channel that an opponent used to travel to the Ashen World and launch a surprise attack just as they teleported back—but for most wild Awakeners with simpler minds, this tactic was a bit too complex.

As a result, most wild Awakeners toppled governments in the same way Zhang Yanhang had seen in the news—by brute-forcing their way into government buildings alone. If they were strong enough, they reaped glory; if not, they died on the spot.

As Zhang Yanhang pondered the matters of wild Awakeners, he suddenly noticed that the group admin had sent over a long text.

Curse Binding Vajra: "The reason why terms like ’Village-level’, ’Town Level’, ’County Level’, ’City-level’, ’Provincial’ are not very precise is mainly because the creators of these terms, although Awakeners themselves, had lower strength and a limited perspective. Indeed, even First Tier and Second Tier Awakeners may fit the definitions of ’Village-level’ and ’Town Level’.

But the ’County Level’ designation for Fourth Tier Awakeners is highly inaccurate. Before the Spiritual Qi Recovery, the traditional cultivators not only named Second Tier as ’Extraordinary’ but also named Fourth Tier as ’Earth Immortal’, which is an abbreviation for ’Immortal Land’. From this, you can sense just how powerful the Fourth Tier is.

Thus, although only Sixth Tiers could destroy Provincial targets according to that ranking system, in reality, Awakeners who reached Fourth Tier could roughly do so. As for smaller places like county cities, for some potent Fourth Tier Awakeners, a single punch might reduce them to ruins."

Heavenly Destiny Master: "What? That’s insanely strong!"

Zhang Yanhang suddenly remembered it seemed the group admin was a Fourth Tier Awakener, also known as an Immortal Land Level Awakener.

His understanding of Fourth Tier Strong People was limited; he only knew that a Fourth Tier Awakened could easily obliterate him. But now, it seemed that if he took a punch from a Fourth Tier Awakener, there probably wouldn’t even be ashes left of him.

After careful thought, Zhang Yanhang realized that descriptions like ’Village-level’ and ’Town Level’ were indeed inaccurate. During his First Tier Period, he had cleared out the entire Raccoon City. Although Raccoon City wasn’t large, it was a veritable city, and within the Empire, it would at least be considered a County Level city.

This realization highlighted the unreliability of such nomenclature. Now, having just been promoted to Second Tier, Zhang Yanhang felt that clearing a real city wouldn’t be too difficult, especially with the help of Death Wave.

So, if he were to be evaluated according to that ranking, Zhang Yanhang at this time might even be labeled as a Fourth Tier Awakened.

Curse Binding Vajra: "But that refers to some of the more powerful Fourth Tier Awakeners. The average ones wouldn’t reach that level. However, even if they don’t, destroying a regular city would still be a simple task for them. Thus, the ’County Level’ Awakener title is definitely not reliable."

Curse Binding Vajra: "Apart from the Empire, in some Western countries, the naming conventions for Awakeners are similar to the Empire in the Second Tier Period, which is known as ’Transcendent’. However, the Fourth Tier is different. Here we call them ’Earth Immortal’, while there they’re known as ’Legendary’."

Upon reading this, Zhang Yanhang suddenly recalled why he often saw foreign news referring to some Awakeners as a certain ’Legendary’. It appears that they were referring to those whose Rank was above Fourth Tier.

Curse Binding Vajra: "But whether it is ’Earth Immortal’ or ’Legendary’, both titles are too adolescent fantasy-like, so most Awakeners don’t use these terms for themselves. Instead, they would simply state their Level such as ’Extraordinary Level Awakener’, ’Town Level Awakener’, or more typically, ’Second Tier Awakened’."

Heavenly Destiny Master: "So that’s why I’ve never heard of these terms before. It’s because they’re too adolescent fantasy-like."

Curse Binding Vajra: "Actually, a few months ago, there was a trend of using all sorts of adolescent fantasy titles. But later, everyone found it too cumbersome because mixing all these different naming systems created a lot of confusion. So everyone reverted to simply using the Empire’s official Rank naming convention."

Heavenly Destiny Master: "Is that so? And here I thought everyone has always been using the Empire’s official Ranks from the beginning."

The reason Zhang Yanhang said this was mainly because, in the initial stages, his source of information about Awakeners mainly came from the Empire’s official news.

Since it was the Empire’s official news, it would naturally adopt the Empire’s official Ranks, so the common person’s understanding of Rank was limited to the simplest terms such as First Tier, Second Tier, Third Tier, and Fourth Tier.

Heavenly Destiny Master: "So, what exactly should I be cautious about? I feel like we’ve gone off-topic, discussing Ranks the whole time without mentioning any precautions after the promotion to Second Tier."

Curse Binding Vajra: "There’s only one thing to be cautious about, and that is not to be reckless, whether inside the Ashen World or in the Main World. The government enforcement is stronger than you can imagine. If you are caught by the relevant departments, you’ll be forcibly conscripted into the Ashen World as cannon fodder to pioneer new regions."

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