Wild Ranking? This Is a Wild Ranking!

"Brother Zhongli, that expression makes me look pretty dumb..."

Xue Beng spread his hands, his face full of speechless exasperation.

He had asked Zhongli whether he was not surprised or afraid.

Yet...

Zhongli had actually fallen into deep thought, without the slightest change in expression.

Faced with one of the most terrifying powerhouses in the world, couldn't he at least give some reaction?

Level 98—her purple-black Soul Power was exceptionally chilling. Such a person also held a position of immense authority: the Martial Soul Hall Pope.

Someone like that...

Well, Zhongli was merely an "ordinary" person. It was normal for him not to understand; it was like reading a heavenly book to him.

After hearing this,

Zhongli came back to his senses and glanced sideways at Xue Beng. Without showing any emotion, he picked up his teacup and took another sip.

Fear? He had long forgotten what fear was.

As for surprise, why should he be surprised?

Why be surprised by something he already knew?

"I only hope that what gets exposed is limited to native creatures of the Douluo Continent..."

He had finally retired. He did not want to be disturbed again.

Seeing that Zhongli remained silent, Xue Beng did not press the matter.

Three years—an entire three years.

Zhongli had always made him feel that their friendship was as light as water.

Even when Xue Beng did not pay the bill, Zhongli always settled it in unusual ways.

It could be a poem, or it could be a tune.

The ladies of the brothels loved that sort of thing most. Whenever Zhongli came here, he did not need to spend a single coin.

[Reviewing the Ten Greatest Hidden Experts of the Douluo Continent.]

[TOP9: Qian Daoliu.]

The instant that name appeared, the older generation of Soul Masters changed expressions, their pupils contracting.

Qian Daoliu was no unfamiliar name to the older generation of Soul Masters.

When they had still been Soul Grandmasters and Soul Elders, the Martial Soul Hall Pope had been this very man!

The Pope before the former Pope—Qian Daoliu!

He stood alongside Tang Chen as the Two Mountains, symbolizing two insurmountable peaks.

When he saw Qian Daoliu ranked ninth, a peculiar glint flashed through Zhongli's amber pupils before quickly vanishing.

At the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong had just received a reward from the Sky Screen. The age of every one of her Spirit Rings had increased by ten thousand years, leaving her somewhat pleased.

The gap between her and Qian Daoliu had narrowed slightly.

When she looked back at the Sky Screen, Bibi Dong was utterly stunned.

Qian Daoliu was only one rank above her?

Though she did not get along with Qian Daoliu, she still acknowledged that he stood at the pinnacle of mankind.

How could an existence like him be ranked only ninth?

What kind of monsters stood ahead of Qian Daoliu?

"H-How... how can the Great Enshrined be only ninth?"

A voice like a drake squeezing its throat rang out, filled with disbelief and shock.

Even Bibi Dong thought Qian Daoliu's ranking was too low, let alone Yue Guan and the others.

The Great Enshrined was the true pillar of Spirit Hall, everyone's "faith."

Qian Daoliu, who had been invincible throughout the world decades ago, was only ranked ninth?

Did Douluo truly have gods?

Worship Hall.

Golden Crocodile, Lion, Azure Luan, and the others wore stunned expressions.

"Big Brother... Big Brother is ninth???"

It would have been one thing if Golden Crocodile, a Level 98 Super Douluo, had not made the list.

But the boss of Worship Hall was only ninth?

"Wild ranking! This is a wild ranking!"

Among the old men, the sole "youth" pointed at the sky and shouted.

He refused to believe that his big brother was only ninth!

Qian Daoliu was invincible!

"Fifth Brother, let's wait and see."

"There may truly be someone stronger than me in this world."

Qian Daoliu spoke calmly, though a trace of loneliness flickered through his eyes.

He was ninth, yet Tang Chen had not appeared. Tang Chen was surely ranked ahead of him.

Was he really weaker than Tang Chen?

[Qian Daoliu, Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall, Pope before the former Pope, servant of the God of Angels.]

[Martial Soul: Six-winged Angel.]

[Spirit Rings: Black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, red.]

[Soul Power Level: Level 99.]

[The gap between Level 99 and God Tier is as vast as heaven and earth. Level 99 is further divided into: Pseudo Demigod, Demigod, and Quasi-god.]

[Qian Daoliu is at the Pseudo Demigod stage. As a servant of the God of Angels and the Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall, he can draw upon a portion of Divine Power and reach the Demigod level.]

[There are two other humans who have reached this realm.]

"???"

Golden Crocodile and the others looked at Qian Daoliu, strange looks flashing through their eyes.

At the same level, Qian Daoliu was actually no match for the other two?

That was somewhat embarrassing to say aloud.

[Those invincible in the sky will voluntarily descend to the ground or the Great Sea.]

[Those invincible on land will make use of their own advantages.]

[Those invincible in the Great Sea will not leave the Great Sea.]

[Qian Daoliu, invincible in the sky, loses because he has wings yet does not know how to use them. His nature is overly straightforward.]

Everyone: "..."

Qian Daoliu: "..."

Qian Daoliu's mouth hung slightly open, and the corner of his eye twitched. It felt as though something were stuck in his throat.

He wanted to argue with that assessment, yet he did not know how to begin.

Among the three Peerless Douluo, he was invincible in the sky. Once they took to the air, neither Tang Chen nor Bo Saixi was his match.

Yet whenever he fought Tang Chen or Bo Saixi, they always somehow ended up battling on land or above the Great Sea.

The sky was boundless. He should have been the strongest, yet he did not know how to use his own advantage...

On land, he had exchanged head-on blows with Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer. He had neither lost nor won.

"Overly straightforward by nature, I..."

"I did not lose unfairly."

Qian Daoliu felt like crying without tears. Now everyone across the Douluo Continent knew.

Straightforward Qian Daoliu!

He would rather forgo the Sky Screen's rewards than be exposed like this!

Next, the Sky Screen displayed scenes of his battles against Tang Chen and Bo Saixi.

Facing the Great Sumeru Hammer, Qian Daoliu neither dodged nor evaded. He charged straight ahead with the Angelic Holy Sword in hand.

"Thinking carefully about it, after Tang Chen explodes his rings, if I stand in the sky, he would have a hard time dealing with me."

"If I did that a few more times, Tang Chen definitely would not be my opponent."

Qian Daoliu, an upright gentleman, had insisted on clashing head-on while his opponent was at his peak. If he was not at a disadvantage because of that, who was?

Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi stared at the Sky Screen, her beautiful eyes blinking blankly.

That was actually the Sky Screen's evaluation of Qian Daoliu?

And the Sky Screen had evaluated her as well.

Those invincible in the Great Sea would not leave the Great Sea.

There were two layers of meaning behind that!

As the Great Enshrined of the Sea God, she naturally could not leave the Great Sea.

The other meaning was that once she left the Great Sea, she would no longer be a match for Tang Chen or Qian Daoliu.

That was indeed true.

What made Bo Saixi uneasy was that Qian Daoliu had lost to Tang Chen merely because Qian Daoliu was too straightforward...

Could Tang Chen possibly not be straightforward as well?

Actually, now that she thought about it, he truly was not!

Because of a promise, Qian Daoliu had never once stepped into the Clear Sky Sect in his entire life.

But after Tang Chen regained his sanity, he had cursed Qian Daoliu for being a bastard.

In terms of character, Tang Chen truly could not compare to Qian Daoliu.

"Will the next one be me, or Chen?"

Bo Saixi looked toward the Sky Screen, growing somewhat expectant instead.

She had not seen Tang Chen for a very, very long time.

Seeing him through the Sky Screen could be considered another kind of reunion.

Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Mansion.

The hand Xue Qinghe used to hold her teacup trembled slightly.

Her kind and approachable grandfather, whose strength reached the heavens, was actually a "foolish young man" in the eyes of this damned Sky Screen?

Unfortunately, she did not know it.

In the Sky Screen's eyes, she was also a "foolish young lady"!

Generation after generation of Angel inheritors had insisted on clashing head-on with Clear Sky Hammers that had exploded their rings. They had absolutely no brains, with nothing in their eyes but brilliance and glory!