Spirit Hall, Worship Hall.
"Ridiculous! How could Xue'er directly send people to intercept Dugu Bo? The situation is still unclear. With only one Titled Douluo by her side, she isn't safe. I'm going to Heaven Dou!"
Qing Luan Douluo anxiously spoke to Qian Daoliu, only to be interrupted by the announcement that another member of Great Wall Academy had made the Golden Ranking.
"Have Xue'er return."
Qian Daoliu's tone was certain. With his strength and experience, if he still could not see the situation clearly, then he would have lived these hundred years for nothing.
Spirit Hall's might and the deterrence it brought were founded upon the fact that no force could threaten them.
Back then, even the powerful Clear Sky Sect had been easily forced by Spirit Hall into sealing off its mountain gates.
Moreover, that had only been a small portion of Spirit Hall's displayed strength. Over the centuries, aside from Tang Chen in those days, no force had been able to compel the Worship Hall to act.
But things were different now. When everyone saw Spirit Hall being matched by an unheard-of force, they would think—
Oh, so Spirit Hall was nothing special after all.
If I joined forces with that Great Wall Academy, wouldn't I be able to beat Spirit Hall with my fists and trample Clear Sky Sect underfoot?
When gods began to bleed, the day humanity raised its blades to slay gods would arrive!
Although Mighty Lion Douluo was reckless, he was not stupid. Having worked alongside Qian Daoliu for decades, he naturally understood Qian Daoliu's concerns.
"Great Enshrined, calling Xue'er back is certainly the right move, but don't worry too much. That whatever academy may have the same number of people on the ranking as us, but so what? Their quality isn't up to par. Don't we still have you and the Second Worship?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo slowly nodded. Although Great Wall Academy's momentum was fierce, he also felt that the other side should stop here.
Unlike the other Worships, he was even a generation older than Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu.
Her experience was now unmatched across the entire continent, and she had traveled across the continent seven or eight times.
Golden Crocodile Douluo could say with certainty that there were absolutely no stronger people on this continent.
After all, below Level Ninety-Eight, someone might possess extraordinary talent and reach the Golden Ranking at Level Sixty or Seventy.
But above Level Ninety-Eight, Golden Crocodile Douluo thought of his own age and Qian Daoliu's, and sneered inwardly.
"If such a genius had existed on the continent a hundred years ago, I would surely have made him either a close friend or a lifelong rival. How could he possibly be hiding in some Great Wall Academy? He should have been Spirit Hall's Third Worship instead."
Mighty Lion Douluo's words did little to reassure Qian Daoliu. He had Qing Luan Douluo send a reply to Qian Renxue, ordering her to immediately abandon the plan and return to Spirit Hall.
At that moment, the Golden Ranking also gave its assessment of Shangguan Wan'er.
[Shangguan Wan'er, peerless in talent and wisdom, fights through strategy. Her true combat power is slightly higher than her ranked combat power, but it is difficult to quantify precisely. A true regret; she can only be ranked here.] [Reward: Soul Power Level increased by one. Soul Ring Year Limit increased by two thousand five hundred years. One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. One Ink-and-Wash Scroll.]
A true regret; she can only be ranked here.
As the final sentence of the Golden Ranking appeared, the entire Spirit Master World was dumbfounded.
Where was your "therefore ranked here"?
Weren't you the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking?
You couldn't assess her intelligence?
Extreme North, Great Wall Academy.
"This assessment of Wan'er is acceptable enough."
Su Han looked at the Golden Ranking's assessment of Shangguan Wan'er and offered a brief comment.
But when he turned and saw Shao Siyuan staring at him the entire time, he added another remark.
"Though compared to the assessment it gave Yuan'er, it isn't nearly as accurate."
The moment Shao Siyuan realized Su Han knew she had been secretly watching him, she immediately bristled. She had already struck a proud pose, but after hearing what Su Han said, she was instantly displeased.
"Dean, what do you mean by that? Sister Wan'er is good, but I'm not? I knew it, Brother only likes Sister. I'll understand, Brother. I'll leave, okay?"
"You little brat, have you finished the lessons assigned to you? You've been here for over a year, yet you still don't know which direction is east, south, west, or north."
"I was wrong, Sister Wan'er."
"Yao, why are you here?"
Shao Siyuan tried to use Yao to draw some of the fire away from herself, but Shangguan Wan'er was not fooled at all and merely looked at her with a cold smile.
She could not stop wailing inwardly. It was bad enough that she couldn't beat her, but she couldn't outthink her either. How was she supposed to play this?
Su Han smiled as he watched the usual banter at Great Wall Academy, while Shangguan Wan'er did not forget business and hurriedly said,
"Dean, this year's newly recruited students at Great Wall Academy cannot be left under Ying's management anymore. Last year's group has become a bunch of little lunatics. They fight and spar every day, saying it can rapidly improve their cultivation. Sister Yuhuan can barely keep up with treating them."
Su Han was slightly stunned. Shangguan Wan'er's words reminded him of something.
After telling Shangguan Wan'er that he would handle it, he focused his mind into the system.
"Honored Host, would you like to use the two Special Hero Summoning Opportunities saved from before?"
"Yes."
After Diao Chan and Shangguan Wan'er ascended the Golden Ranking, Su Han had likewise obtained Hero Summoning Opportunities. However, because the two women's rankings had been too close together, he had not drawn yet.
These two opportunities differed from the previous ones. They were special summons that allowed categories to be selected. It was the perfect chance for Su Han to test them. By his estimation, the system would reward one whenever a Great Wall Academy member made the ranking from now on.
Aside from Shao Siyuan, whose reward had been an Immortal Herb identical to her Martial Soul, Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin had both triggered special rewards. Baili Shouyue had unlocked the Skin System, while Diao Chan and Shangguan Wan'er had received Special Summoning Opportunities.
"Select the education and medical categories."
"Ding! The system is drawing for you."
At that moment, the Golden Ranking also announced the next entry. Aside from the one-day gap between every seven names, each rank was announced only one incense stick apart—roughly fifteen minutes.
[Golden Ranking Combat Power, Fourteenth Place: Spirit Hall, Mighty Lion Douluo!] [Martial Soul: Blazing Lion King. Level Ninety-Seven Power Attack System Super Douluo!]
Mighty Lion Douluo, who had just been persuading Qian Daoliu, stopped. He knew that many rankings on the Golden Ranking shared the same level.
Yet he had been placed fourteenth!
During Mighty Lion Douluo's era, Golden Crocodile had already achieved fame, while Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen were likewise renowned figures. Naturally, they would not emerge to compete with a young man like him.
Thus, he had dominated the world for twenty years. Only after joining Spirit Hall and becoming a Worship had the Clear Sky Twin Stars of the younger generation stolen his fame.
The Blazing Lion Martial Soul had made him powerful, but it had also made him incomparably proud!
"I'm only fourteenth! Where could there possibly be so many people in the world at Level Ninety-Eight like the Second Worship? At Level Ninety-Seven, other than Brother Qing Luan, how could anyone possibly be stronger than me?!"
At that moment, Mighty Lion Douluo was like a furious lion, flames burning all around him.
"Fourth Brother, calm down!"
Qing Luan Douluo shouted sharply, using Soul Power to forcibly suppress Mighty Lion Douluo's rage and calm him down.
As a flying-type Soul Master, she was the strictest father to ground-based Soul Masters at any level.
Among the seven Worships, the latter five were all within ten years of age of one another. It could not have been more suitable for her to discipline them.
Mighty Lion Douluo restrained his aura, yet still spoke unwillingly.
"This ranking is complete nonsense. It would be enough for that Great Wall Academy to hide four or five experts. Could they really produce several more Level Ninety-Seven Titled Douluos right under our noses?"
Light Feather Douluo and the Thousand Jun Falling Devil brothers both shook their heads. Spirit Hall had carried out Martial Soul Awakening for hundreds of years. How could they have missed so many geniuses?
Aside from Mighty Lion Douluo, who had been naturally unruly and only chosen to join Spirit Hall after wandering on his own for decades, the other Worships had all been Spirit Hall's Golden Generation of their era.
That was why Golden Crocodile Douluo often sighed. After all, the so-called Golden Generation that Bibi Dong claimed to have trained was truly lacking in talent.
Other than a girl named Hu Liena who was somewhat promising, Yan could at most reach the level of a Worship, while Xie Yue was only at the level of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. Yet they dared call themselves the Golden Generation.
How could Golden Crocodile Douluo, the most experienced among them and one who had personally witnessed Spirit Hall's glory when Qian Daoliu was known as Invincible in the Sky, not sigh?
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