Gui Mei Makes the List

Faced with this sudden attack, Gui Mei did not dare let his guard down in the slightest.

He roared, and his Seventh Soul Ring suddenly lit up with dazzling radiance!

"Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar!"

In an instant, Gui Mei's figure became completely illusory, as though he had merged into the surrounding shadows.

Countless shrill ghostly wails rose as his body transformed into a massive, terrifying phantom composed of innumerable vengeful souls and evil ghosts, radiating chilling Yin Energy.

He attempted to withstand that tyrannical hammer blow head-on!

"Boom!"

The Clear Sky Hammer and Gui Mei's Martial Soul Avatar collided violently.

A terrifying energy storm instantly swept outward, uprooting the surrounding earth and snapping trees apart.

Even after Gui Mei unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, Tang Hao's furious strike still struck him hard.

The massive ghostly shadow rippled violently from the blow, becoming far more illusory.

He had clearly suffered a considerable loss.

Gui Mei was horrified. He knew Tang Hao possessed formidable strength, but he had not expected him to be even stronger than before.

With Tang Hao intervening, forget about killing anyone today.

Even whether he could Retreat Unscathed was uncertain.

"Tang Hao, must you insist on becoming an enemy of Spirit Hall?"

Gui Mei shouted fiercely despite his inner weakness.

"Humph, enough nonsense! Either get lost or die!"

Tang Hao appeared atop a large tree not far away, holding a shrunken Clear Sky Hammer. Though his clothes were ragged, his domineering momentum made others submit in awe.

Tang San stood quietly behind him, watching below with a complicated expression.

Gui Mei stared fixedly at Tang Hao, then swept his gaze over Flender and the others, who were ready for battle. He knew this could not continue.

If he kept entangling himself with them and Tang Hao went all out, he might truly fall here.

"Good, what a Clear Sky Douluo!"

"I, Gui Mei, will remember what happened today. Your Excellency the Pope will not let this go!"

After leaving behind that threat, Gui Mei's figure instantly transformed into countless streams of black smoke that retreated like a tide.

In the blink of an eye, he vanished without a trace, leaving behind only the cold aura that had yet to fully dissipate.

Seeing Ghost Douluo retreat, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others finally let out long breaths of relief.

Their backs were already drenched in cold sweat.

In that moment just now, they had truly felt death descending upon them.

Everyone hurried forward and respectfully bowed toward Tang Hao atop the tree.

"Thank you, His Excellency Clear Sky, for saving us!"

Tang Hao waved his hand, his voice still low and hoarse. "Little San asked me to save you. Besides, you showed kindness in teaching Little San, so it was only right for me to act."

His gaze swept across the ruined academy below and the still-shaken crowd as he warned them.

"This is not a place to stay for long. Spirit Hall will not give up easily. You had best leave as soon as possible and find another place to rebuild the academy."

"Be more careful from now on."

Flender and the others nodded solemnly. After this disaster, they understood that they had to lie low and make long-term plans.

Tang Hao said no more. Taking Tang San with him, he flashed away and vanished into the night once again.

Just as the Shrek group was still shaken and gathering themselves to flee this place of trouble for good,

the Sky Screen hanging high above seemed completely unaffected by the turmoil below, its Golden Light surging brightly once more.

Information about a new ranking began to gather.

[Special Martial Soul Ranking, Fifth Place: Gui Mei!]

[Gui Mei, Special Spirit Body Martial Soul. Its uniqueness lies in this: this Martial Soul was not awakened naturally, but was instead a special existence formed when a Body Martial Soul mutated under extreme conditions of death and combined with the power of the soul. Its form is Void; no Soul Rings can be seen, only layers of ghostly shadows. It can be Immune to Physical Attacks, control shadows and soul power, and is strange and unpredictable. It is Unheard of even once in a hundred years on the Douluo Continent, utterly unique.]

[Owner: Gui Mei (Spirit Hall, title: Ghost Douluo)]

[Reward: Soul Power Increased by One Level, all Soul Ring Ages increased by Three Thousand Years, and a Fifty-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone perfectly suited to his Martial Soul!]

Gui Mei had only just escaped danger and was still filled with Lingering Fear when he had not even had time to catch his breath.

He suddenly felt a Golden Light Pillar containing immense energy cross space and precisely envelop him!

"This is..."

Gui Mei was both shocked and delighted.

His Soul Power, which had been stalled at Level 95 for many years, surged forward with unstoppable force under the push of that power, breaking through its bottleneck.

It rose directly to Level 96.

The colors of the nine Soul Rings around him also rapidly deepened. The First Four Soul Rings directly turned purple, while the Black Soul Rings behind them became even deeper and darker.

The overall increase of Three Thousand Years in Soul Ring Age brought far greater benefits than Yue Guan's two thousand years!

Finally, a Torso Soul Bone as black as ink, with Dark Golden Strange Patterns flowing across its surface and radiating dense Yin Energy and Soul Fluctuation, slowly formed.

It fused into his body.

A Fifty-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone!

Its value far exceeded that of a Head Soul Bone, and it offered a comprehensive improvement to a Soul Master's physical constitution!

"Hahaha!"

Feeling the surging power within his body and the Torso Soul Bone that was Perfectly compatible with his Martial Soul, as though it had always been part of him, Gui Mei could not help laughing loudly.

All his previous frustration and resentment were swept away.

"My Martial Soul, Gui Mei, really made the list—and it even ranks above that old chrysanthemum!"

He could feel that his Martial Soul seemed to have undergone subtle changes, becoming more solid.

His control over shadows and souls had grown stronger.

That ability of "Void" also seemed to have been enhanced to a certain extent.

The various powers across the continent were deeply shaken when they saw that Ghost Douluo Gui Mei's Martial Soul ranked above Chrysanthemum Douluo's and had received even more Generous Rewards.

Especially that Fifty-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone.

"Ghost Douluo's Martial Soul was actually formed through Mutation After Death? This... is Unheard of!"

"Immune to Physical Attacks? That is far too absurd! No wonder he is so difficult to deal with!"

"A Three Thousand Years increase in Soul Ring Age and a Fifty-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone—my heavens, Spirit Hall has seen the strength of two Titled Douluo soar in a single day!"

"Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo already possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Now that both their strengths have skyrocketed, the power of that 'Two Poles Still Domain'... may be enough to threaten Level 98, or even Level Ninety-nine Peak Douluo!"

The upper echelons of powers such as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan wore extremely solemn expressions.

The continuous strengthening of Spirit Hall's Top Combat Power was like a heavy dark cloud hanging over every force not aligned with Spirit Hall.

The balance of the continent was being broken step by step by this Sky Screen Ranking.

Meanwhile, Spirit Hall's prestige and deterrent power reached an unprecedented height at this moment.

Inside the Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong looked at Gui Mei's name and rewards on the Sky Screen, the smile on her lips becoming increasingly cold and satisfied.

"Yue Guan, Gui Mei... very good. This way, my authority within Spirit Hall will be even greater!"

She murmured softly, ambition burning in her eyes. "Once I complete the God Trial... it will be time for this continent to change."

The Golden Light in the sky continued to flow, and the suspense surrounding the first four places of the Special Martial Soul Ranking gripped everyone's hearts.

Behind it all, increasingly turbulent undercurrents had already begun to surge faster.