The Talent Golden Ranking Appears, Huo Wu Enraged

[The bearers of the Supreme Talent shall be the Sons of Heaven. Today's ranking will record those with exceptional talent. The top twenty on the previous ranking may receive the Heavenly Dao's blessing!]

Only twenty!

Within the Five Elemental Academies, Huo Wu stared nervously at the sky.

Her graceful figure was reflected in the golden light, giving her a somewhat holy air.

But the words that followed ruined the beautiful scene.

"Only twenty? Why is the Combat Power Ranking thirty? Sure, my talent is pretty good, but this..."

Huo Wushuang spoke up to comfort his sister.

"With your talent, even if you don't make the top ten, you should at least rank eleventh or twelfth. There's no need to panic so much. Even if the Great Wall Academy is filled with experts, not every one of them is a young prodigy with top-tier talent."

[Talent Golden Ranking, twentieth place: Skywater Academy, Shui Bing'er!]

[Martial Soul: Ice Phoenix. Innate Soul Power: level nine and a half. Level thirty-three Control System Battle Soul Elder. Age: thirteen!]

[Additionally, the Talent Golden Ranking's twenty-first place is shared by two people: Godwind Academy's Feng Xiaotian and Blazing Fire Academy's Huo Wu.]

The students and teachers of Godwind Academy, Skywater Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy, including the three main figures Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian, all stared at the Golden Ranking with different thoughts in mind.

For the former, merely making the ranking was already fortunate.

For the latter two, Feng Xiaotian was furious that Huo Wu had not made the ranking, while Huo Wu felt humiliated that Shui Bing'er had made it and she had not.

They were all leading figures of their generation in the Five Elemental Academies. Why had Shui Bing'er made the ranking while Huo Wu had not?

The Golden Ranking immediately began commenting on the two people sharing twenty-first place.

It was direct and decisive, unlike the previous Combat Power Golden Ranking, which had taken a long time to begin its evaluation after announcing each name.

[Twenty-first place, Feng Xiaotian. Innate Full Soul Power. Martial Soul: Gale Twin-Headed Wolf. Reason for not making the ranking: his obsession with creating a Self-Created Soul Skill caused him to neglect his talent, and he was also lost in unrequited love, leaving him dispirited. This is specifically stated as the reason for the evaluation. May all talented people take heed and not waste their gifts. The young should neither worry nor fear nor look back. The road ahead is broad; one should strive to reach the summit. One must never grow lazy because of one's talent!]

A negative example!

The reason Feng Xiaotian had been evaluated was actually because the Golden Ranking intended to use him as a negative example!

Within Godwind Academy,

Feng Xiaotian's face alternated between green and red. Although he had taken his failure to make the ranking quite well, the Golden Ranking had exposed his obsession with being in love with someone.

What did the Golden Ranking know?

This was love!

Wasn't neglecting one's talent for love romantic?

"What does this Golden Ranking even count for?"

Feng Xiaotian roared and immediately planned to head to Blazing Fire Academy. Since the Golden Ranking had humiliated him like this, Huo Wu's evaluation probably would not be any better.

At Huo Wu's most vulnerable moment, wouldn't his appearance make him her strongest support and warmest embrace?

The Golden Ranking also began evaluating Huo Wu.

[Twenty-first place, Huo Wu. Innate Soul Power: level nine. Martial Soul: Fire Shadow. Reason for not making the ranking: simply insufficient talent.]

A brief evaluation, extremely brief.

Yet it made the entire continent laugh.

Feng Xiaotian had ranked twenty-first because he had not worked hard enough, while Huo Wu had ranked twenty-first because she could only rank twenty-first.

Blazing Fire Academy,

Tears instantly filled Huo Wu's eyes. Though she was usually spoiled and overbearing because of her noble birth and exceptional talent, she was still only a thirteen-year-old girl.

Huo Wushuang cursed the Golden Ranking from the side, wanting to vent his anger for his sister.

"Brother, if I went to that Great Wall Academy to study, would I become stronger?"

"Ah, my sister is so amazing. Wherever you go, you'll be strong."

Extreme North,

Tang Hao had already awakened on Tang San's back. Xiao Wu was gathering firewood nearby, hoping to find a flat place where they could take care of dinner.

"Is this the Talent Golden Ranking? Xiao San, let's see which of us father and son ranks higher!"

"Sure, Dad!"

Seeing Tang Hao awaken, Tang San finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Xiao San, your father is the youngest Titled Douluo on the entire continent. You're certain to lose this competition."

Seeing Tang Hao's proud expression, Tang San suddenly fell silent.

While Tang Hao was unconscious, the Golden Ranking had announced the evaluation of Su Han, the strongest combat power in first place.

His age of nineteen had shocked the entire continent, as well as Tang San and Xiao Wu.

What value did Tang Hao, the youngest Titled Douluo, have left now?

He had not even made the Combat Power Golden Ranking. Could it be that being the youngest also meant being the weakest?

Of course, dutiful Tang San would never have thought that. It was Xiao Wu beside him who had this thought.

If Tang Hao were stronger, why would her Third Brother have needed to kneel and kowtow those nine times?

She understood her Third Brother best. He was proud to the bone, yet he had endured humiliation for her and his father. Xiao Wu truly felt sorry for her Third Brother, so her resentment naturally fell upon Tang Hao.

"Skywater Academy's Shui Bing'er has level nine-and-a-half Innate Soul Power and ranks twentieth. Then those people from Great Wall Academy should all have around level nine-and-a-half."

As soon as Tang San made this deduction, the person who had been proud of his own Innate Full Soul Power saw the twenty-first-place contestant who had not made the ranking: Feng Xiaotian, who also possessed Innate Full Soul Power.

His face stiffened, and he could only console himself that Tang San did not merely possess Innate Full Soul Power. He also had the rare Twin Martial Souls!

The Golden Ranking formally began announcing the evaluation of Shui Bing'er, who had taken twentieth place on the Talent Golden Ranking.

[Talent Golden Ranking, twentieth place, Shui Bing'er. Innate Soul Power: level nine and a half. Martial Soul: Ice Phoenix. Reason for making the ranking: excellent Innate Soul Power; her Martial Soul is the Top-tier Beast Martial Soul, Ice Phoenix; her Soul Skill Combination is Reasonable; the Soul Rings she absorbed are also excellent in age; her temperament is neither arrogant nor impatient, allowing her to perfectly display her talent. Thus, she ranks here!]

[Reward: complete the half-level deficiency in Innate Soul Power; the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul will achieve Ultimate Ice; the absorption limit of every subsequent Soul Ring will increase by thirty percent; one ninety-thousand-year Head Soul Bone!]

The moment the Talent Golden Ranking's reward appeared, the various powers across the continent were stunned.

Those who ranked at the bottom of the Combat Power Golden Ranking, such as Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, who were currently working part-time as gardeners and security guards at Great Wall Academy,

as well as Clear Sky Sect Second Elder Tang Ming, whose life was now in grave danger, all drooled with envy.

At first glance, the reward from the Talent Golden Ranking did not seem particularly impressive.

But upon closer thought, if Shui Bing'er obtained a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring for her Ninth Spirit Ring, wouldn't that directly add thirty thousand years to the limit, making it equivalent to one of the rewards for the top five on the Power Ranking?

Moreover, anyone who could make the Talent Golden Ranking would surely continue obtaining top-tier Soul Rings in the future, provided they did not die prematurely, and would definitely be able to bring this reward to its highest level.

And this was merely the reward for the last place on the Talent Golden Ranking. For a time, Tang San and Qian Renxue were both filled with ambition.