Martial Soul Ranking, Twentieth Place: Golden Crocodile Douluo!

This was simply impossible to play against.

This was a complete Dimensional Strike.

The foundation Great Tang Empire had displayed was no longer merely intimidating—it was utterly despairing.

Spirit City, Papal Palace.

Below the platform, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan wished he could bury his head in the floor tiles.

No one dared provoke the Pope at a time like this.

The entire Great Tang Empire possessed God-Bestowed Soul Rings. The blow this dealt to the Spirit Hall Empire was devastating.

The numerical advantage in mid- and lower-tier Soul Masters that they had once taken pride in vanished completely in that moment.

Bibi Dong took a deep breath and forcibly calmed herself.

As an exceedingly rational yet madwoman, she knew perfectly well what she needed to do now.

A head-on clash was suicide.

No matter how arrogant she was, she would never believe that her current Spirit Hall Empire could contend against a Great Tang Army where everyone wore Divine Gear.

"Pass down my orders."

Bibi Dong's voice echoed through the great hall, devoid of any discernible emotion.

"Suspend all military movements directed at the Great Tang borders."

"Until this ranking ends, no one is permitted to provoke the majesty of the Great Tang Empire."

As though granted amnesty, Yue Guan hurriedly kowtowed and accepted the order.

Bibi Dong turned around and looked deeply in Chang'an's direction.

Since she could not beat them, she would join them.

At least for now, the Great Tang Empire had not shown any obvious hostility toward the Spirit Hall Empire.

On the contrary, it was Tang San of the Heaven Dou Empire, along with that damned Yu Xiaogang, who kept jumping out to oppose her every day.

If she could form an alliance with Great Tang, even if it was merely a superficial non-aggression pact.

She could free up her hands to deal with the Tang Sect and those two empires that were barely clinging to life.

As for the future...

Once she fully mastered the Rakshasa God's power, who could say who this world would belong to?

A trace of ambition flashed through Bibi Dong's eyes.

She withdrew her gaze and looked back at the Heavenly Curtain.

The Power Ranking was over. Next should be the so-called Martial Soul Ranking, right?

At that thought, Bibi Dong's originally gloomy mood improved somewhat.

When it came to power, she might have lost by a margin.

But when it came to Martial Souls.

Who in this world could surpass her?

Twin Martial Souls: the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.

Both were emperors among insect-type Martial Souls, supremely poisonous and evil, with qualities rarely seen in the world.

What was more, she was the first person in history to suppress the backlash of Soul Rings and perfectly cultivate Twin Martial Souls.

In this field, Bibi Dong was unquestionably the foremost person.

What Clear Sky Hammer? What Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon? Before her collection of superb Soul Rings and Soul Bones, they were not worth mentioning.

"Let the world see who the true chosen one of heaven is."

Bibi Dong straightened her back, proud as a black swan.

Just as the various powers harbored their own thoughts, with some rejoicing and others worrying.

The image on the Heavenly Curtain changed once more.

The golden light that had originally blanketed the skies above Chang'an City rapidly withdrew, returning to the sky like tired birds returning to their nests.

That enormous golden scroll slowly closed.

It let out a boom like a great bell, shaking the entire Douluo Continent.

Everyone instinctively held their breath.

They knew the main event had arrived.

The previous Power Ranking showed whose backing was stronger and whose followers were more numerous.

The Martial Soul Ranking was what truly showed whose fists were harder and whose talent was greater!

For Soul Masters, Martial Souls were their lifeblood, the source of all their glory.

Amid the attention of the masses, the scroll slowly unfurled once again.

This time.

There was no longer an all-encompassing pressure. Instead, waves of sharp energy soared skyward, as though they would pierce even the sky vault.

[Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking · Martial Soul Ranking!]

[Includes the continent's twenty strongest Martial Souls, comprehensively ranked according to Martial Soul Quality, potential, and combat ability!]

There were only twenty spots!

The moment this number appeared, countless Soul Masters felt their hearts go cold.

There were far more than a million Soul Masters across the continent, and Martial Soul Types were even more diverse and bizarre.

How difficult was it to break into the top twenty among all these countless Martial Souls?

Every Ranked Person was a true chosen one of heaven, a towering figure in their own right!

The Heavenly Curtain gave everyone no time to think or discuss.

A line of gilded words had already appeared above.

[Martial Soul Ranking, Twentieth Place!]

[Name: Golden Crocodile!]

[Affiliated power: Spirit Hall Empire (Worship Hall).]

[Martial Soul: Golden Crocodile King!]

As the words appeared, the image suddenly lit up.

It was a golden swamp with surging waves.

A colossal crocodile, as massive as a mountain, slowly raised its head from the swamp.

Its entire body was covered in scales that seemed cast from gold. Every scale gleamed with a metallic luster, indestructible.

Those dark gold pupils were filled with savagery and coldness.

The giant crocodile opened its bloody maw and let out an earth-shaking roar.

"Roar—!!!"

Though it was merely an image, the terrifying pressure of that ancient savage beast passed through the Heavenly Curtain, making countless Soul Masters' legs go weak.

In the picture, the Golden Crocodile King merely flicked its tail casually.

Boom!

A small mountain a hundred meters tall instantly collapsed into dust.

This was ultimate strength!

[Martial Soul Evaluation: The king among Top-tier Beast Martial Souls.]

[Possesses ultimate strength and defense, the pinnacle among amphibious soul beast Martial Souls.]

[Its quality is high enough to suppress the vast majority of dragon-type Martial Souls. It possesses the bloodline of a divine beast returning to its ancestors, its savage might overwhelming!]

Seeing the evaluation on the Heavenly Curtain, the entire continent erupted.

"My God, th-this is only twentieth place?"

"Golden Crocodile King? I've heard of it! That's the Martial Soul of Spirit Hall's Second Worship!"

"I heard that Second Worship is already a level ninety-eight Peak Douluo, with unfathomable strength!"

"Even such a top-tier Martial Soul can only rank at the very bottom?"

"Then what kind of monsters are the nineteen above it?"

For a time, everyone's worldview suffered a tremendous shock.

In the eyes of ordinary Soul Masters, a Martial Soul on the level of the Golden Crocodile King was already a legendary existence.

Placed in any clan, it could be passed down for a thousand years as the clan's treasured heirloom.

Yet on the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking, it was merely the gatekeeper.

This standard was absurdly high!

Spirit City, Worship Hall.

An elderly man with white hair and beard suddenly opened his eyes.

He was Golden Crocodile Douluo.

At this moment, his expression was somewhat grim as he looked at the ranking on the Heavenly Curtain.

"My Golden Crocodile King is only at the bottom?"

He let out a cold snort. Soul Power surged around him, making the entire hall tremble.

He had cultivated bitterly for more than a hundred years, and his strength had long since become Heaven-Piercing.

He believed that aside from Great Worship Qian Daoliu, there were few opponents in this world who could rival him.

Yet on this ranking, he was deemed so lacking.

"What a Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking."

"I would like to see what sort of things are ranked ahead of me!"

Though Golden Crocodile Douluo was unconvinced, his murky old eyes carried an unprecedented gravity.

He knew that since this ranking had been set by the Heavenly Dao, it could not possibly be false.

This meant that this continent truly concealed countless terrifying existences he knew nothing about.