The Confident Douluo Continent
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin stood atop a mountain, looking up at the sky screen.
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, let me congratulate you in advance."
Ning Fengzhi spoke to Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
The Titled Douluo-level experts on Douluo Continent could be counted on one hand.
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were bound to make the ranking of the ten strongest on Douluo Continent.
Once they received their rewards, the strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could rise to an even higher level.
It was not impossible for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to take a turn as the foremost of the seven sects.
As for that so-called ranking for Teyvat?
Ning Fengzhi's gaze had never once landed on the section to the right.
As far as he knew, Teyvat was nothing more than some backwater, a low-grade continent.
What worthwhile experts could come from a place he had never even heard of?
The creatures on that continent had to be low-grade creatures as well.
What was there to consider about low-grade creatures?
He could not even be bothered to repeat the name "Teyvat" in his head.
Compared to Teyvat, he was more concerned about Bibi Dong.
Indeed, how could he, a man who had always been so shrewd and calculating, fail to think of something Bibi Dong could?
At present, the Clear Sky Sect had shut its doors and withdrawn from the world, leaving only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect struggling to hold on.
Spirit Hall stood head and shoulders above the rest.
Would Spirit Hall strike before the rankings were announced and kill the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo?
Honestly.
If he were in Bibi Dong's position, he would make a move himself. After all.
If they killed all the experts on the list who did not belong to the forces of the two great empires, wouldn't the top ten all be people from Spirit Hall?
Sword Douluo, however, knew nothing of Ning Fengzhi's worries. He looked at Bone Douluo. "Old Gu, once you've claimed your reward, let's have another fight."
Sword Douluo wholeheartedly agreed with what Bone Douluo had said.
As they saw it, their places on the list were absolutely guaranteed.
Ning Fengzhi asked, "In your judgment, who will make the list?"
If he knew who might make the list, he, Ning Fengzhi, could cultivate some connections in advance.
"That old dragon might make it," Sword Douluo said.
The old dragon he meant was naturally Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Even then, he only dared say he might make it.
There were quite a few experts in this era.
The Clear Sky Sect's twin stars, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao!
Those consecrators of Spirit Hall.
And those fellows on Sea God Island.
"If that person is there,"
"His name is certain to be in the top three."
Sword Douluo's words were filled with fighting spirit.
Ning Fengzhi frowned. "The top three?"
"Uncle Jian, who are you talking about?"
Sword Douluo said, "Spirit Hall's former Pope, Qian Daoliu."
"I once challenged him, but I couldn't beat him."
"Back then, his Soul Power Level had already reached the terrifying Level 98."
"He even had a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring."
When Sword Douluo mentioned the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring,
Ning Fengzhi could not help sucking in a cold breath.
He thought of a terrifying possibility.
"Think about it. The list says the ten strongest on Douluo Continent, but it never said Soul Beasts don't count."
At those words,
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo's expressions instantly turned grave.
Even an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast required several Titled Douluo to join forces to bring it down.
If Soul Beasts counted,
Who knew how many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts there were in Douluo Continent's Star Dou Great Forest?
If that was how the ranking worked,
Whether they could make the list
Became a question in itself.
Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.
The lake shimmered with ripples.
A large group of humanoid creatures were celebrating here with great delight.
Di Tian in particular was beside himself with excitement.
The list up above clearly stated that it ranked the ten strongest on Douluo Continent.
The gods of the Divine Realm did not belong to Douluo Continent.
But it never said Soul Beasts could not make the list.
He had probed the mysterious sky screen.
But he could not discern anything.
The feeling it gave him was even more mysterious than that of their mysterious master.
Without the gods of the Divine Realm to compete against, wasn't this fucking handing out benefits to them, the ten great Ferocious Beasts?
The ten strongest would surely all be members of their Soul Beast Clan.
This was a heaven-sent opportunity for their Soul Beast Clan to rise.
"Di Tian, what are you so happy about?"
A bear over thirty meters tall spoke.
Di Tian rolled his eyes at the bear. "You're really as stupid as a bear."
"The ranking of the ten strongest on Douluo Continent never said we Soul Beasts don't count."
"All ten of us great Ferocious Beasts are bound to be on it."
The giant bear said, "..."
Fuck.
Insulting him was one thing.
But what did he mean, calling him as stupid as a bear?
He was a bear to begin with.
Zi JI, standing beside Di Tian, said, "Then let's call the other Ferocious Beasts and make preparations."
Di Tian and Zi JI exchanged a glance.
They instantly understood each other's meaning.
That was right.
They had also thought along the same lines as Bibi Dong.
The list only said there were rewards for making it; it never said the rewards couldn't be stolen!
Nor did it say those ranked higher couldn't kill those ranked lower.
As long as they killed every human who might make the list,
Wouldn't the rewards belong to their Soul Beast Clan?
To be precise, to their Dragon Clan.
As for that so-called Teyvat?
Di Tian did not even mention it.
It was as though that section of the sky screen did not exist at all.
A continent he had never even heard of-at best, the creatures there were low-grade Soul Beasts with a little intelligence. Were they worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as him, Di Tian?
Once matters on Douluo Continent were settled, he would have his subordinates send a few Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts over to bring the Soul Beasts there into their ranks and kill all the humans. That would be the end of it.
It was something to do along the way.
It was not even worth making the trip himself.
"Wait, what are you talking about?" The giant bear still looked utterly baffled.
Zi JI could not help rolling her eyes at him. "You really are as stupid as a bear."
Di Tian ignored the giant bear and looked up at the sky screen, his gaze burning.
"Pass down the order."
"Three days from now, on the day the Teyvat ranking is revealed-"
"Will be the time when the Soul Beast Clan reigns supreme over Douluo Continent!"
"As for the low-grade creatures on that Teyvat or whatever it's called, we can conquer them along the way. Those who submit can be kept as slaves; those who don't will all be slaughtered."
"Douluo Continent section."
"Ranked tenth: Spirit Hall's Pope, Bibi Dong."
"Human, Spirit Hall's Pope, Twin Martial Souls, Level 98 Super Douluo, inheritor of the Rakshasa God."
Immediately afterward,
The sky screen changed again.
The text vanished, and a ghostly presence appeared on the sky screen.
It was a spider-like person in a Martial Soul Possession form, looking utterly, utterly evil.
Bibi Dong on the sky screen seemed to be fighting someone.
"Divine Slaughter's Domain, activate."
[Death Spider Emperor's sixth Soul Skill: Blood-Sucking Spider Thorn!]
[Soul-Eating Spider Emperor's sixth Soul Skill: Eternal Wound!]
[Spirit Immunity Skull Bone skill: Real World!]
[Life and death are but a single dream, Death Spider Emperor's ninth Soul Skill, Immortal Body!]
[Soul-Eating Spider Emperor's sixth Soul Skill: Spatial Rend Abyss Slash!]
[Death Spider Emperor's eighth Soul Skill: Spider Emperor Clone!]
[Death Spider Emperor's fifth Soul Skill...]
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