He immediately answered loudly, "Yes, Your Holiness the Pope!"
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Sect Master Ning Fengzhi watched the information revealed on the Heavenly Screen with a grave expression.
"Huangfeng Douluo, the Bright Realm..."
Ning Fengzhi turned to the two Douluo beside him, Sword Uncle and Bone Uncle, and asked, "Have either of you heard of Huangfeng Douluo or the Bright Realm?"
Jian Douluo and Bone Douluo both shook their heads. Not only had they never heard of the Bright Realm, they didn't even have the faintest impression of it.
"Perhaps it's a reclusive sect?" Bone Douluo Gu Rong speculated.
Jian Douluo Chenxin rarely disagreed with him. He nodded in approval.
Ning Fengzhi furrowed his brows. "Even if it is a reclusive sect, its ambitions are plain to see."
"Oh? Fengzhi, have you figured something out?" Chen Xin asked, puzzled. He didn't understand how Ning Fengzhi had reached that conclusion.
Ning Fengzhi chuckled and explained, "Sword Uncle, Bone Uncle, look at the Heavenly Screen."
"The Bright Realm Beast Army's Wasp General is leading an elite Assault Force."
Ning Fengzhi paused, his expression darkening again.
"A reclusive sect has an army like the Two Great Empires. What do you think the Bright Realm is up to?"
"Well..." Jian Douluo hesitated. "It's only an army. Perhaps you're overthinking it, Fengzhi."
"Perhaps." Ning Fengzhi shook his head and said no more.
Still, he ordered his subordinates to investigate this Bright Realm, which had appeared out of nowhere.
Inside the Clear Sky Sect.
Sect Master Tang Xiao and several elders watched the Heavenly Screen in puzzlement.
"Could this Bright Realm be a new force that emerged after our Clear Sky Sect went into seclusion?"
"Perhaps we should send someone to investigate." Tang Xiao spoke as he watched the screen.
The Fifth Elder beside him gave a disdainful snort. "There's no need for the Sect Master to worry. It's just a force with one ninety-fourth-level Titled Douluo."
"To our Clear Sky Sect, they're nothing but rabble. They're not worth mentioning."
The other elders of the Clear Sky Sect burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha! Fifth Brother is right. It's only one level-ninety-four Titled Douluo. I could smash him into minced meat with a single swing of my hammer."
The Second Elder stroked his long beard and spoke without a care.
"Exactly! Huangfeng Douluo, indeed. I say he's a dogshit Douluo! Hahahaha!"
"The Clear Sky Hammer of our Clear Sky Sect is invincible! Even Spirit Hall doesn't dare provoke us. What could a mere Bright Realm possibly amount to?"
The Fourth Elder hefted his Clear Sky Hammer and pointed at the Heavenly Screen with disdain.
Watching the elders around him take things easy and show no concern whatsoever for the Underworld, Tang Xiao couldn't explain why, but he felt a trace of unease.
Noticing the worry on Tang Xiao's face, the Second Elder patted his shoulder and said with a faint smile,
"All right. There's no need to waste time on this so-called Bright Realm. Don't dwell on it."
Tang Xiao could only nod. "The Second Elder is right."
Inside Shrek Academy.
"Teacher, what kind of force is the Bright Realm? Why have I never heard of it?"
Tang San had just finished his Cultivation Mission. Looking at the people revealed on the Heavenly Screen, he asked curiously.
Yu Xiaogang's expression stiffened, but he soon replied calmly, "It's just a small force, ranked near the bottom."
Then Yu Xiaogang began to admonish Tang San. "Xiao San, you can't set your sights on such a minor force."
"Instead, you should focus on sects filled with powerful experts, like the Upper Three Sects."
"We must look further ahead and broaden our horizons. Never forget that!"
At these words, Tang San seemed to suddenly understand. He bowed and cupped his hands. "Thank you for your guidance, Teacher. Without your instruction, Tang San would surely have gone astray long ago."
Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang nodded with satisfaction. "A promising student... can be taught!"
Dugu Mansion, Heaven Dou City.
"This—this can't be possible!"
Dugu Bo sat bolt upright in his chair, staring at the Heavenly Screen in disbelief.
"How could this happen? It's impossible!"
"Why is the thirtieth-ranked person already a ninety-fourth-level Titled Douluo?!"
Dugu Bo swallowed hard and said with difficulty, "If that's the case, doesn't it mean the top twenty-nine are all Titled Douluos above level ninety-four?"
"How can there be so many powerful Titled Douluos in this world?!"
When he thought of how he had struggled and cultivated for nearly a century, only to reach the mere level of ninety-two as a Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo felt a bitter ache in his heart.
He had once hoped the Heavenly Screen's rewards would let him and his granddaughter escape their fate.
But he hadn't expected that he wouldn't even qualify for the rankings. His hopes had been utterly extinguished.
For a moment, the light in Dugu Bo's usually clear eyes dimmed.
Seeing her grandfather like this, Dugu Yan grew anxious.
She held his arm and gently comforted him. "Grandpa, it's only a ranking. It's nothing to worry about."
"We can just do without that reward."
Looking at his granddaughter's adorable face, Dugu Bo clenched his fists, his heart aching. Even so, he forced a smile.
"Yes. It's only a ranking. It's nothing to worry about."
"Don't worry, Yanyan. I'm fine. I'm fine..."
The Bright Realm.
Inside the Ming Capital.
Yu Yuan sat in the Imperial Hall, watching the revelations on the Heavenly Screen in surprise. "I never would've guessed that the first person to report it would be from the Bright Realm."
Beside him, Nangong Xin laughed as he watched the Combat Strength Ranking. "Hahahaha! So that guy Xuan Kai is in last place?"
Yu Yuan glanced at the gloating Nangong Xin beside him and shook his head helplessly.
"Zhi Kai has been slacking off a little in his cultivation lately."
At that moment, inside the Beast Army Camp,
"Achoo!"
Xuan Kai felt the reward bestowed on him by the Heavenly Screen and suddenly sneezed.
He wondered aloud, "Have I caught a cold? That can't be right. I'm a Titled Douluo. How could I possibly catch a cold?"
But when he saw his name on the Heavenly Screen, he immediately snorted.
"Hmph! It must be that bunch of guys led by Nangong Xin!"
"But I'm the first one to make the rankings. How annoying!"
As he spoke, Xuan Kai stormed out of the barracks. He glared at the Assault Force drilling in Battle Array and shouted angrily,
"Did you all forget to eat?!"
"Put your backs into it! I want to hear you shouting!"
The Arrestor Generals drilling nearby saw their own general's furious expression and shuddered.
They immediately roared with all their might,
"Yes, sir!!!"
They swung the Arrestor General Staff in their hands even harder, the weapons whooshing through the air.
Only then did Xuan Kai nod in satisfaction.
Then, right in front of all the Arrestor Generals, he sat cross-legged and continued to comprehend the Law of Speed granted by the Heavenly Screen.
Just as the various forces were still absorbed in the sudden appearance of the Bright Realm,
purple lightning surged around the Heavenly Screen, and the words displayed upon it began to change.
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