[Reward: Soul Power Increased by One Level, all Soul Ring Lifespans increased by twelve thousand years, Four Symbols God Position God Exam]
As soon as the ranking appeared, everyone across the land was once again utterly stunned.
"How is this possible?! How can this be?!"
"This is terrifying. A Level Ninety-Seven Super Douluo actually outranked all those Level Ninety-Eight Super Douluos from before!"
"The Bright Realm is just too powerful!"
Everyone on the continent was shocked by Duanmu Ting's strength, which had allowed him to overpower a host of mighty figures despite being only a Level Ninety-Seven Titled Douluo.
"Damn it! Duanmu Ting! Duanmu Ting!"
"What are you supposed to be? You're only Level Ninety-Seven, and you dare rank above me!"
In front of the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong stared at the contents on the Heavenly Screen, her eyes bloodshot.
The progress she had gained on the Rakshasa God Examination had been completely forgotten in that instant.
Instead, she was consumed by fury.
"Investigate! Investigate!"
"Find this Duanmu Ting and drag him out of hiding!"
On Sea God Island.
"Another Divine Examination?"
As she looked at the rewards displayed on the Heavenly Screen, a golden glint appeared in Great Offering Bo Saixi's eyes.
Bo Saixi had absolute confidence in her own strength. There was practically no one in the Great Sea who could stand against her.
Since the tenth and ninth ranked figures could receive Divine Examination rewards,
could she, the mighty one who was invincible in the Great Sea, receive a Divine Examination reward as well?
Perhaps then she could escape her duty as the Great Offering to the Sea God.
"If I could obtain a Divine Examination reward..."
Bo Saixi murmured softly, gazing into the distance with a profound look in her eyes.
"Tang Chen..."
Inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian watched as people from Spirit Hall and the Bright Realm appeared on the ranking one after another.
And every reward was tied to something as astonishing as a god. For a moment, they were too frightened to speak, unsure what to do.
The two exchanged a glance and instinctively swallowed.
Yu Luomian spoke with difficulty. "B-Big Brother, what should we do now?"
"Has Sect Master Ning replied?" Yu Yuanzhen asked, his voice trembling slightly.
Yu Luomian shook his head helplessly.
"We can't trust Spirit Hall, and we can't find any trace of the Bright Realm."
"As for the Upper Three Sects, the Clear Sky Sect is in seclusion, and we can't get in touch with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect either."
Yu Yuanzhen irritably raked a hand through his hair.
"Think of it—the mighty Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects,"
"possessor of the world's strongest Beast Martial Soul, famed throughout the land, and yet now we're in such a sorry state."
After a long while, Yu Yuanzhen still couldn't come up with any way to turn things around.
In the end, he could only sigh helplessly. "Seal the mountain. Seal it off."
"From now on, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan will no longer concern itself with the affairs of the world. We'll withdraw from it entirely!"
"Alas—!"
Meanwhile, in Sunset Forest,
the tense, hostile atmosphere instantly dissolved as the Heavenly Screen changed.
"I never thought it would be him!" Xiao Feng looked at the familiar name on the Heavenly Screen, his pupils contracting. "Even he only ranked ninth?"
But when he thought of the two Hall Masters still in Ming Capital, and of the terrifying Martial Arts Maniac known as the foremost person under His Majesty, it no longer seemed strange.
Xiao Feng furrowed his brow and thought for a moment.
He muttered to himself, "Apart from His Majesty, the two Hall Masters, that Martial Arts Maniac, and Marshal Nangong,"
"are there still three people who can rank above that Duanmu Ting fellow?"
At the thought, Xiao Feng's earlier delight at his own increase in strength vanished completely.
He couldn't help sighing. "Alas."
"This continent is truly full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers! I, Xiao Feng, really did underestimate everyone!"
At that moment, Ning Fengzhi and the others stared at the Heavenly Screen, utterly dumbfounded.
They had never imagined that a Level Ninety-Seven Super Douluo
could rank above the Spirit Hall Pope, who possessed Twin Martial Souls, was undertaking the Rakshasa God Examination, and was a Level Ninety Super Douluo.
The three exchanged glances, each seeing the disbelief in the others' eyes.
"The Bright Realm's strength truly exceeds anything we imagined. I underestimated it before," Ning Fengzhi thought to himself.
Yet looking at the scene before him, he couldn't help feeling bitter.
"How did things end up like this?"
Compared with Ning Fengzhi and the others' bitterness, Dugu Bo was even more excited.
The more powerful figures from the Bright Realm appeared on the ranking, the more it proved that his choice had been right—utterly right.
Lady Ye gently stroked Ye Lingling's smooth hair as she watched the Heavenly Screen.
A smile crept onto her lips.
She murmured softly, "It seems my choice was the right one."
Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan also watched the Heavenly Screen with shining eyes.
By now, both women understood that they were heading to the Bright Realm.
And seeing the Bright Realm appear on the ranking one after another, even overpowering the continent's strongest force, Spirit Hall, had left them both intensely curious.
They stared without blinking at the golden words on the Heavenly Screen.
The new figure who had appeared on the Heavenly Screen left Xiao Feng deeply displeased.
He glared at Ning Fengzhi and the others, his face full of resentment.
As Jian Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong sensed the increasingly dangerous look in Xiao Feng's eyes, they instinctively pulled Ning Fengzhi a step back.
If they really had to face the man before them, they probably wouldn't be able to protect Ning Fengzhi—and would end up taking a beating themselves.
Even Jian Douluo Chenxin was inwardly lamenting his situation.
"Alas, how did things end up like this?"
But Xiao Feng couldn't be bothered with them now.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!!
A gust of emerald-green wind rose before Xiao Feng.
Before Chen Xin and the others could react, it swept them up and flung them to the side.
"Come with me!"
After tossing out those words, Xiao Feng strode straight toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
Jun Hao looked at Xiao Feng, who was radiating an oppressive air, and scratched his head.
He didn't understand what had happened, but he didn't dare provoke Xiao Feng just then.
He immediately called to Dugu Bo and the others, who were still standing there dumbfounded. "All right, stop staring. Hurry up and follow."
At his words, Dugu Bo and the others snapped out of it, nodded repeatedly, and followed.
Chen Xin and the others, who had been flung aside by the gust, quickly regained their footing.
Watching Xiao Feng and his party disappear into the distance, Chen Xin looked troubled as he turned to Ning Fengzhi. "Fengzhi, what do we do now?"
Ning Fengzhi's expression grew resolute. "Catch up with them!"
"What?!" Bone Douluo blurted out in alarm. "Fengzhi, you really want to follow them?"
"That fellow was just about to attack us. If we actually end up fighting him, the two of us won't be able to protect you."
Ning Fengzhi shook his head. "The Heavenly Screen Battle Power Ranking has now reached the top ten, and both of the people who have appeared on it so far have obtained a God Inheritance."
With that, Ning Fengzhi slowly lifted his head and looked up at the Heavenly Screen, sighing. "The continent's future balance of power will probably split in two."
"Soon, the two great empires and the Upper Three Sects will all be gone."
"All that will remain is Spirit Hall and the Bright Realm!"
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