Yu Xiaogang and Clown, Nobody Cares!

Heaven Dou City.

Tang San looked at the roaring Golden Crocodile King, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

That pure sense of power was indeed startling.

Even with his Clear Sky Hammer, if he didn't use the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to stack power, he might not be able to firmly win against this old crocodile in a single burst.

"Is this the foundation of the Martial Soul Hall..."

Tang San narrowed his eyes, his contempt lessening by a few points.

But only by a few points.

After all, this was only the twentieth rank.

And his Clear Sky Hammer was known as the bane of offensive Weapon Martial Souls.

Not to mention, he also had the Blue Silver Emperor.

"Hmph, it's just a brute force crocodile."

"If it encounters my Blue Silver Emperor's entanglement, combined with the Clear Sky Hammer's armor penetration, it'll just be a living target."

Tang San deduced in his heart.

The conclusion he reached was that if they fought at the same level, he had a 100% chance of toying with this Golden Crocodile to death.

"Just wait."

"The top three spots will definitely have a place for me, Tang San."

Tang San clasped his hands behind his back, his chin slightly raised.

That confidence seemed to be etched into his bones.

Martial Soul City, Papal Palace.

Bibi Dong looked at the Golden Crocodile Douluo appearing on the list, and a playful curve appeared on her lips.

"That old guy, always acting superior with his age, I didn't expect him to only rank twentieth."

"It seems the strength of the Worship Hall isn't as formidable as they boast."

She felt a sense of schadenfreude.

The Worship Hall and the Papal Palace had always been outwardly harmonious but inwardly at odds.

Seeing the Golden Crocodile Douluo's embarrassment, she was naturally happy.

At the same time, she looked forward to her ranking even more.

Even the Golden Crocodile King could make the list.

Her Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor would surely soar.

"If I can be first..."

Bibi Dong's eyes gleamed.

At that time, her prestige in the Martial Soul Empire would reach its peak.

The entire Martial Soul Hall would truly become her absolute domain.

"Continue."

"Let the world see clearly what a true peerless martial soul is."

Bibi Dong struck the ground heavily with her scepter, producing a crisp sound.

She could no longer wait.

The sky-filling golden light did not stop despite everyone's astonishment.

The pillar of light enveloped the vast square of the Worship Hall, completely covering the aged yet majestic body of the Golden Crocodile Douluo.

This was not a simple infusion of soul power.

This was a baptism from the Heavenly Dao, a leap from the level of Life Origin.

The phantom of the Golden Crocodile King, which had been rolling in the swamp with a ferocious aura, now writhed in pain within the golden light.

Crack.

A crisp cracking sound transmitted through the Heavenly Curtain across the continent.

The golden scales on the Golden Crocodile King began to fall off, large swathes of golden light peeling away to reveal the dark, abyss-like black flesh beneath.

This was not an injury.

This was rebirth.

An aura more ancient and more savage than before erupted from the black flesh.

New scales began to grow.

No longer a dazzling golden, but an extremely deep dark gold, with patterns flowing like a black hole, devouring light.

The originally slightly bloated crocodile body was now stretched to be more slender and powerful, its four limbs as thick as heaven pillars, its sharp claws flashing with cold light.

The most terrifying was its giant mouth.

With a roar that shook heaven and earth, the giant crocodile opened its mouth, actually forming a huge black vortex in the void.

The surrounding ambient light, and even elemental energy, were forcibly pulled into its belly by that vortex.

Sky Swallowing!

[Martial Soul Evolution Successful!]

[Ancient Sky Swallowing Crocodile!]

[Due to Golden Crocodile Douluo's deep cultivation, this evolution triggered an Ancestral Return Phenomenon, awakening a trace of the bloodline of the ancient ferocious beast "Sky Swallowing Beast".]

[Trait: Devours all things, can devour enemy soul power attacks and convert them into its own defense, defense increased by three hundred percent, attack carries the "Shatter" effect.]

At the same time, a torso bone emitting a dark golden luster slowly floated down and merged into Golden Crocodile Douluo's body.

Boom!

The bottleneck of level ninety-eight was broken through at this moment, as if it were made of paper.

Although he did not directly become a god, the qualitative change in that power was suffocating even through the screen.

Martial Soul City, Papal Palace.

Bibi Dong, who was originally leaning lazily on the Pope Chair, could not help but sit up straight at this moment.

A hint of surprise flashed in her pair of pink-purple eyes.

That old stubborn Golden Crocodile actually obtained such a heaven-defying opportunity.

Ancient Sky Swallowing Crocodile.

Just looking at its trait of devouring light, it already surpassed the vast majority of super Martial Souls.

Could such a being only rank twentieth?

Bibi Dong's fingers gently tapped her scepter.

If even Golden Crocodile could only rank at the end, then the value of this list was probably much higher than she had anticipated.

Her anticipation, instead of decreasing because of Golden Crocodile's low ranking, grew even stronger.

Chang'an City, Great Tang Guesthouse.

Here reside delegations from various nations paying homage, and the members of Shrek Academy are also temporarily staying here.

Although Tang San was not present, Yu Xiaogang maintained his "theoretically invincible" Master demeanor.

In the hall, several accompanying Heaven Dou Empire soul masters were staring blankly at the Heavenly Curtain.

Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back, looking at the ferocious Sky Swallowing Crocodile, and cleared his throat.

"Cough, cough."

He walked up to everyone, his face wearing a profound expression.

"Actually, regarding the Martial Soul Evolution of Golden Crocodile Douluo, I had some exposure to it in ancient texts years ago."

Everyone's attention was drawn to him.

A hint of pride flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes as he continued:

"The Golden Crocodile King is inherently a very unstable mutated Martial Soul."

"According to the deduction of my Ten Core Theories, when the metal attribute of a Beast Martial Soul reaches its extreme, a reversal of 'extreme yin becomes yang' will occur."

"The so-called Ancient Sky Swallowing Crocodile is actually the materialized embodiment of this theory."

"As long as a suitable opportunity is found, and its bloodline's recessive genes are stimulated with special medicine, this evolution is not impossible."

"When I was researching information in Martial Soul Hall back then, I proposed this idea, but unfortunately, no one believed me."

Yu Xiaogang spoke eloquently, as if the evolution of Golden Crocodile Douluo was entirely within his grasp.

In reality, the clothes on his back were already soaked with cold sweat.

He hadn't read any ancient texts.

He was purely making things up here, trying to maintain his precarious prestige in front of everyone.

The power displayed by Great Tang was too strong, so strong it made him feel suffocated.

If he didn't establish some presence now, he feared he would truly be abandoned by this era.

In the corner.

Dai Mubai held a cup of wine, listening to Yu Xiaogang's rambling, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter.

He used to think Master was learned and talented.

But now, no matter how he listened, he felt the old man was talking nonsense.

If evolution was really possible with just medicinal stimulation, were the thousands of years of inheritance in Martial Soul Hall all fools?

Did they need you, Yu Xiaogang, to discover it?