After the third rank of the Transcendent List, the second rank was announced shortly thereafter.
The previous scene of red lotus flames on the Transcendent List completely transformed into a symbol of peace in the form of a white dove, which flew out from the list, shifting from a virtual form to reality, soaring freely across the world.
A girl of twelve or thirteen years old, with short pink hair and pink eyes, barefoot, wearing a dress and a ribbon scarf around her neck, slowly walked out from the list like a graceful noble young lady.
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[Second Rank: Hecate]
[Race: Crimson Lord]
[Power: Highest Level]
[Description: The strongest Crimson Lord in the Crimson Realm, who uses Existential Power to freely construct the Fūzetsu she desires. Nicknamed the Master Throne, Hecate only collects nearly extinguished torches created by other Crimson Denizens and has never preyed on humans. She is regarded as an existence harmless to the world's balance. The extermination mission for Flame Haze does not apply to this special Crimson Denizen; she is considered a harmless Crimson Denizen...]
[Rank Reward: Existential Power (Transcendent)]
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"The third rank is a Flame Haze, and the second rank is a Crimson Lord!"
"A harmless Crimson Denizen? So not all Crimson Denizens prey on humans!"
"...How foolish. Hecate doesn't prey on humans, but she's just an individual case. Using an individual case to compare with other Crimson Denizens is clearly idiotic."
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"Hecate, what a beautiful name."
"..."
This scene was truly beyond the expectations of many people. Of course, some powerful individuals who had dealt with Hecate before knew that although she hadn't reached the Devil King level, with the various diverse and multi-dimensional Unrestricted Spells she mastered, it was enough to defeat most Devil King-level powerhouses.
She was a very famous powerhouse in the world.
Next was the long-awaited first rank that everyone anticipated. Both divine and devilic races, as well as powerhouses and even ordinary humans, all felt excited at this moment.
They all wanted to know who the true first rank of the Transcendent List really was?!
Moreover, everyone understood that whoever could enter the first rank of the Transcendent List meant they were the number one below the Devil King level, an irreplaceable invincible existence.
"Hikaru Nii-san, can you guess who the first rank of the Transcendent List is?!"
Kagura couldn't hold back from asking Hikaru beside her.
"I do have a few candidates in mind; I just don't know which one of them will make the list." Hikaru said calmly.
"A few candidates?"
Hearing Hikaru's words, not only was Kagura confused, but Utaha and Yomi were as well. They all suspected if he had misspoken.
In their eyes, the candidates considered by Hikaru, even if they didn't occupy the first rank of the Transcendent List, would at least be in the top ten of the Transcendent List. They were quite certain of this. But now, the entire Transcendent List only had the first rank left unannounced.
Utaha and Yomi were very doubtful that Hikaru was just guessing.
At that moment, Hikaru also realized that his words were a bit illogical and explained, "The people I mentioned earlier, I don't know their recent conditions. However, one thing is certain: whoever among them hasn't successfully broken through and ascended to the Devil King level will definitely be the first rank of this Transcendent List..."
"Looking at the situation, there's only one person who's 'unmotivated'."
As soon as these words came out, Kagura and Yomi didn't know what to say.
Someone who could enter the first rank of the Transcendent List was still called 'unmotivated' by Hikaru. Then, what about the two of them who were at the end of the Transcendent List? Trash...
These words sounded extremely irritating.
However, not only Kagura and Yomi, but even Utaha deeply understood one thing: the heights achieved by Hikaru might be higher than they imagined. At the same time, they became increasingly curious about what list could reveal this figure shrouded in mystery every day.
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Under everyone's anticipation, the first rank slowly emerged on the Transcendent List.
There was no strange phenomenon visible like during the announcements of Shana and Hecate before. What appeared was simply a girl with short white hair, skin pale to the point of pallor, a smooth face, and bright red eyes that looked somewhat frightening, wearing a very neutral shirt and jeans. What drew attention was that her left hand rested on a cane, walking with a limp, her movements appearing slightly uncomfortable, as if her leg was injured.
This girl was completely unfamiliar to ordinary people, as she had never entered the list like Shana and Hecate from the Eternal Beauty List.
However, some gods who saw this girl had their eyes widen, as if witnessing an unimaginable sight.
"Isn't this person already dead? I saw her fall into the void with my own eyes. She shouldn't possibly have survived!!!"
A god murmured in disbelief.
The girl who specialized in killing gods, the fugitive of the gods, was still alive in this world. If so, all the great expenses that had been incurred before—weren't they all in vain?
No one answered.
Many gods stared sharply at this hated girl. Some high Transcendents above also averted their gazes.
They had all heard of this girl's great name.
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[First Rank: Suzushina Yuriko]
[Race: Human]
[Power: Highest Level]
[Description: The strongest Esper among humans, also one of the Human Strongest Candidates. Ability—Vector Manipulation, can manipulate the direction of energy, can control the direction of all energies such as kinetic energy, thermal energy, electrical energy, etc., at will, and can reflect all physical attacks... Likes to slaughter gods, is the world-famous God Slayer, hunted by the gods—Disciple of Kanzaki Hikaru]
[Rank Reward: Level 6 Calculation (Transcendent)]