"Are there any benefits to being on these rankings?" Tang Li asked. If there were no benefits, what was the point of having so many leaderboards?
"Of course there are."
Peng Yue asked, "Do you still remember your purpose for joining the mercenary team?"
Tang Li thought for a moment and then recalled, "To buy high-powered weapons?"
Peng Yue nodded and said, "Each mercenary team has a limit on the number of weapons and ammunition they can possess. They can't buy more."
"During missions, restricted weapons cannot be lost, otherwise, you cannot continue to purchase them. For expended ammunition, you can only replenish the amount that was used."
"And to obtain more weapons and ammunition, one method is to complete missions. The points awarded for completing missions can be used to purchase weapons and ammunition beyond the limit."
"Another method is to strive for rankings on these leaderboards."
"For the Team Combat Power Tiered Leaderboard, the higher the tier your team belongs to in terms of personnel, the higher the limit of weapons and ammunition your team can possess."
"And for each tier of the Team Combat Power Tiered Leaderboard, the teams ranked 1st, 2nd-3rd, and 4th-10th can additionally receive 100%, 80%, and 60% of their purchase quota, respectively, on top of their original weapon and ammunition limits."
"For the Individual Combat Power Leaderboard and the Combat Squad Leaderboard, the teams ranked 1st, 2nd-3rd, 4th-10th, and 11th-20th can also obtain additional weapon and ammunition purchase quotas."
"The 1st place on each leaderboard can even purchase a certain number of armored vehicles!"
"Our team is ranked 1st in the 10-person tier of the Team Combat Power Tiered Leaderboard, so we also have an armored vehicle, we just don't use it much."
Tang Li felt a bad premonition upon hearing this.
Besides Peng Yue and the eight senior disciples, Peng Yixuan was also a member of the Peng family team, even though she didn't participate in missions. So, in total, there were 10 people.
However, with Tang Li's addition, the Peng family team now had 11 people, about to move from the 10-person tier to the 20-person tier.
Tang Li turned to look at the first-place team in the 20-person tier. Their combat power was over 4800 points.
"It seems that if the team's firepower accuracy and member coordination remain the same, my personal combat power must reach over 1000 points to keep our team as the top-ranked team in this tier."
Tang Li thought this and then turned to look at the Individual Combat Power Leaderboard.
Naturally, Tang Li didn't recognize any of the people on the leaderboard.
But the 1st place on the leaderboard only had a combat power of 524, and the 20th place was only 232. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"What's going on? Are ordinary people this strong in combat?"
Tang Li found it strange. She could easily kill one or two hundred people with her bare hands, so why could these mercenaries, wearing mechs and wielding firearms, only fight three to five hundred people?
However, Tang Li soon understood. The people she killed were all fleeing in fear, allowing her to slaughter them at will. The people used by the Mercenary Guild to assess combat power were likely not in mortal danger and would not flee in fear. Furthermore, with rewards at stake, they might even charge the assessors fearlessly, which would increase the difficulty.
"If I join our team, won't our team lose its top spot?" Tang Li asked.
Peng Yue reassured her, "It's not a big deal. We don't use the armored vehicle much anyway."
"As for weapons and ammunition, as we move from the 10-person tier to the 20-person tier, our base limit for weapons and ammunition will increase by 50%, which should be sufficient."
Despite Peng Yue's words, Tang Li still didn't want to cause losses to the Peng family team due to her joining.
She thought, "What method can I use to increase my combat power to over 1000?"
Suddenly, Tang Li remembered that Song Pinxuan still owed her a mech component. Now that the weapon ban was lifted, she should find an opportunity to ask him for a weapon from a military mech to boost her combat power.
With this thought, Tang Li asked, "Master, how often is this combat power leaderboard updated? How many times can combat power assessments be conducted per day? And how long after dropping in rank are the rewards revoked?"
"The leaderboard is updated daily, and combat power assessments can only be performed once a day. Ranking rewards are revoked on the same day that the rank is lost," Peng Yue replied, then asked, "Xiao Li, why are you asking this?"
Tang Li asked, "Can this combat power assessment be done this afternoon? I want to improve my combat power first."