Dugu Yan, seated cross-legged on the ground, opened her eyes at that moment as well. Her pupils had astonishingly become golden vertical pupils identical to those of the divine phantom behind her!
Her aura had long since surpassed what it once was, reaching an entirely new life level!
At that very moment, the words on the Sky Screen Golden Ranking finally solidified completely!
[Sky Screen Golden Ranking Seventh Place: Dugu Yan] [Martial Soul: Jade Phosphorous Medusa] [Reward: One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, one drop of Nuwa's Essence Blood!]
Three dazzling golden pillars of light descended from the sky, directly enveloping Dugu Yan!
Shrek Academy.
The confidence and pride on Yu Xiaogang's face instantly froze.
He stared blankly at the Medusa phantom on the Sky Screen, its divine might like prison. His mouth hung slightly open, and a clacking sound came from his throat, yet he could not utter a single word.
Iron rule?
Endpoint?
A smokescreen?
Every word he had spoken moments ago now became invisible slaps, viciously striking his face and leaving it burning with pain!
Clear Sky Sect, Sect Forbidden Area.
Several old men with white hair and beards gazed up at the phenomenon in the sky with solemn expressions.
"This aura..." an elder said hoarsely. "This suppressive force from the Bloodline Apex has already... already surpassed our Clear Sky Hammer!"
Another elder nodded heavily, his eyes filled with shock.
"The Clear Sky Hammer is the pinnacle of Tool Martial Souls, the peak of power. But this Jade Phosphorous Medusa is a Leap in Life Level, a Bloodline Path to Godhood! This is no longer power from the same domain!"
The Number One Tool Martial Soul Under Heaven, which they had always taken such pride in, seemed to pale into insignificance at that moment.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin had already placed his hand on the hilt of the Seven Kill Sword, and sharp sword intent uncontrollably spilled forth.
Yet it was not directed at anyone, but rather the instinctive tremor of a strong man encountering someone even stronger.
"What an evolution of a Martial Soul..."
Chen Xin's voice carried a trace of emotion. "He forcibly pushed a Flawed Martial Soul into the Domain of Gods. This Gu Nian possesses heavenly methods!"
Ning Fengzhi beside him was equally agitated, but he cared more about the reward.
"Uncle Sword, have you ever heard of 'Nuwa's Essence Blood'?"
Chen Xin pondered for a long time before slowly shaking his head.
"Never heard of it. There has never been any record of 'Nuwa' in the ancient texts. Perhaps she is an existence even older than deities."
Spirit Hall, Papal Palace.
Bibi Dong sat upon her throne, her beautiful face filled with gravity.
She fixed her gaze on the calm and collected man in the scene—Gu Nian.
Shocked!
More shocked than ever before!
"He can actually help others evolve their Martial Souls!"
This fact unsettled her even more than Xue Ke killing Porcupinefish Douluo or Tang Hao obtaining a God-Bestowed Soul Skill!
Yu Xiaogang's so-called theories were merely fragmented passages plagiarized from lost ancient texts of Spirit Hall. Spirit Hall's archives held far more research on Martial Soul Mutation and Twin Martial Souls than Yu Xiaogang knew.
Yet even Spirit Hall was completely a blank slate when it came to the field of "Martial Soul Evolution"!
This was a forbidden domain that even Spirit Hall, with its inheritance spanning countless years, had never set foot in!
Who exactly was he?
Where had the profound knowledge in his mind come from?
For the first time, Bibi Dong felt such immense confusion and desire to explore a person's origins.
Beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Under the gaze of the entire continent, the golden light faded.
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, crimson as blood, quietly floated above Dugu Yan's head. A Spirit Bone gleaming with emerald radiance had also fused into her body.
Before her floated the final reward.
It was a drop of blood like Seven-Colored Glaze.
Merely looking at it allowed one to sense a vast and mighty life aura capable of creating all things.
Dugu Yan felt the transformed power within her body, still somewhat dazed. Looking at the mysterious Essence Blood before her, her eyes were filled with confusion.
Before the eyes of the masses, she did not absorb this Great Opportunity.
Instead, she respectfully turned around and bowed deeply to Gu Nian.
Her voice spread through the Sky Screen Broadcast to every corner.
"Master."
"Everything Yan'er has was bestowed by you. This drop of blood... Yan'er does not know what it is, but it must be incomparably precious."
"This item should rightfully belong to Master!"
As she spoke, she extended her delicate hand, intending to push the drop of Nuwa's Essence Blood toward Gu Nian.
The eyes of the entire continent focused on that slender jade hand pushing Nuwa's Essence Blood toward Gu Nian.
This scene deeply shocked countless Spirit Masters.
A heaven-sent opportunity! A Reward from the Gods!
This woman named Dugu Yan actually intended to hand it over to someone else?
Just as everyone was lost in their own thoughts, an extremely anxious figure came speeding from the depths of Sunset Forest, accompanied by the sound of breaking air!
"Yan Yan! You must not!"
Before arrival, sound arrived first.
The voice was full of vigor, yet carried a trace of barely concealed panic.
An emerald green figure suddenly landed beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, revealing a thin, tall old man with a head full of green hair. It was none other than Dugu Bo, the Titled Douluo who had just finished regulating his breathing.
He had only just suppressed the surging Soul Power within him and was not very clear about what had happened outside.
Yet the instant he emerged from seclusion, he saw through the Sky Screen that his own granddaughter was about to give away a heaven-sent divine object.
Dugu Bo's heart clenched, and he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
But what worried him was not that his granddaughter was wasting her fortune.
He staggered a few steps, not even looking at Dugu Yan as he bowed deeply to Gu Nian instead.
"Your Majesty! You absolutely must accept it!"
The old man lowered himself greatly, his tone almost pleading.
"Yan Yan has what she has today entirely because of Your Majesty's grace of rebirth! My Dugu Family has no way to repay you, so this heaven-sent object should have belonged to Your Majesty from the start!"
"If Your Majesty refuses it, then you are looking down on me, Dugu Bo! It means my Dugu Family is unaware of gratitude!"
His words left countless people before the Sky Screen astonished.
Were there really people rushing to make others accept a divine object?
Dugu Yan also grew anxious and hurriedly said, "Grandfather, Master, he..."
Gu Nian raised a hand, signaling that she need not say more.
He looked at the panicked Dugu Bo, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"Senior Dugu, you misunderstand."
Gu Nian said, "A mere Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone are already useless things to me."
His voice was calm.
It was as though treasures capable of driving even Titled Douluo mad, such as Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, were no more than ordinary playthings in his eyes.
The moment those words were spoken, the hearts of the strong in Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and even Spirit Hall all skipped a beat.
What big talk!
Yet considering that he could casually help others evolve their Martial Souls into gods, those words somehow seemed as they should be.
Gu Nian's gaze shifted to the Seven-Colored Essence Blood floating in the air, and a trace of approval flashed in his eyes.
"However, this drop of blood truly is a true treasure."
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