In the first step of the world, among a line of hundreds of people, it was finally time for one person and one fish to go to the registration point.

"Boss, I really can't play ranked matches anymore. Please have pity on me and let me enjoy my old age outside!" The clownfish's expression was worse than crying, but what could it do? Its fate was in someone else's hands, and its life and death were not in its own hands.

"If you don't have a goal in life, what's the difference between you and a salted fish?" Jiang Yuan said calmly.

"I'm not good enough for salted fish. At least salted fish has some flavor. We clownfish are even considered too tough to eat!" The clownfish said with a long face, looking like he was about to cry.

It's just that kind of fish. After accidentally entering the Sea of ​​Annihilation, it has remained in a lying-flat state ever since. Calling it a salted fish would be an insult to salted fish.

"Next team!"

A loud voice urged them to hurry up from the registration area ahead, and Jiang Yuan grabbed the clownfish's head and pulled it to the front of the stage.

"Strength, race, name, team name!"

The sea creature in charge of registration seemed numb to the situation here, reciting the registration requirements like a robot.

Jiang Yuan gave the clownfish a warning look, then introduced himself: "Third stage of the Divine Realm, clownfish, clown king, clown alliance."

Jiang Yuan's self-introduction made the clownfish's expression even uglier.

Half an hour ago, this human disguised himself as a clownfish right in front of him, and even the clownfish couldn't tell his true form. His goal was simple: he wanted to turn the entire Silent Ladder into his clownfish paradise.

In truth, it didn't care whether the Silent Ladder would become a clown playground; it only cared about itself. But this wicked human insisted on dragging it into the process, because a team participating in the Silent Ladder required at least two people, and it needed to include itself to qualify for forming a team.

"Level 3 of the Divine Realm, Clownfish, Clown A, Clown Alliance!" Clownfish reluctantly reported his information.

"Registration fee: one Ladder Coin!" the registration staff member said mechanically.

"Ladder Coins?" Jiang Yuan looked puzzled. He had never heard of anything about Ladder Coins.

The clownfish quickly shrank its neck, saying fearfully, "I've never been to the Silent Ladder before, and I don't know what a ladder is."

"If you don't have one, go wait at the bottom of the ladder. After collecting a hundred corpses, someone will give you a ladder coin!" the staff member said impatiently.

"Is it that complicated?" Jiang Yuan frowned.

"How about we leave first? Or, just forget about it! Actually, staying in the Sea of ​​Annihilation isn't so bad, since going back to the ocean above is just as boring anyway," the clownfish suggested in a low voice.

"Can you guys hurry up! If you don't have any Ladder Coins, get out of here and don't waste our time!"

"Yes, don't you know how precious our time is? It's not something you lowly fry can afford to waste!"

"That's right, hurry up and go collect the rotting corpses at the bottom of the Heavenly Ladder. That's what the lower class should be doing. The Heavenly Ladder is not a place for small fry like you!"

"Someone like this wants to leap over the dragon gate? Isn't that just a joke?"

A large group of people behind Jiang Yuan began to mock and ridicule him, and some of the more arrogant ones even started shoving the clownfish. The clownfish did not resist at all and let himself be pushed away from the queue he had finally managed to join.

"Clownfish, you said before that the only rule in the Sea of ​​Annihilation is fists, right?" Jiang Yuan asked Clownfish with a smirk.

The clownfish glanced fearfully at the other tall and powerful sea creatures, and could only nod in silent sympathy.

"Okay, Ladder Coins, is that right? I have them!"

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he suddenly turned around, twisted his neck, and said with a half-smile, "Everyone, is there anyone who can help me pay for the Ladder Coins?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Sure enough, Jiang Yuan's seemingly brainless remark drew a burst of laughter.

"Come quick! I'm being threatened by a clownfish at the third level of the Divine Realm! Oh, I'm so scared!"

A sea creature with an annoying appearance was making faces and acting silly in front of Jiang Yuan.

"Right now, I'm just borrowing! But later, I might not be so polite when I take the Heavenly Ladder Coins from you!" Jiang Yuan adjusted his breathing, and a terrifying Dharma image rose up behind him.

Not a single good person emerged from the prison!

Not to mention ruthless people like Jiang Yuan who fought his way down from the eighteenth floor to the first. If the other prison bullies were wolves, then he was a demon.

"What? A clown dares to attack our Orca Crew?"

The team behind him didn't take Jiang Yuan's words to heart. Even if their momentum was strong, they were only at the third stage of the Divine Realm.

"Clownfish, this is the first lesson I'm teaching you!"

Jiang Yuan stretched his limbs and glanced at the clownfish, saying, "The greatest tragedy of a clown is usually not realizing that he is a clown."

"Heart Secret - Eternal Divine Fist!"

The heartbeat, with three consecutive peak frequencies, corresponds to three simple, unadorned iron fists.

Bang bang bang, three bodies exploded, but after the explosions there was deathly silence.

Three people at the highest level of cultivation were killed by three punches.

The clownfish stared blankly at the scene before it. It had thought that this new drowning creature was strong, but it never expected it to be this ridiculously strong.

"I...I have Ladder Coins!" the clownfish said tremblingly as it saw the Ladder Coins rolling at its feet.

Jiang Yuan ignored the clownfish and said, "Put it down. Are we scavengers?"

"But this..." The clownfish looked at the ladder coins on the ground, at a loss.

"My lord, these are my Ladder Coins!"

With a thud, a member of the previously arrogant Orca Gang knelt down in front of Jiang Yuan and offered a Ladder Coin with both hands in fear.

"And mine too!"

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