"Ning Rongrong, you're being presumptuous!"
Flender flew into a rage when he heard her demand that he kneel and apologize.
Tang San and the others, who had been watching from the side, were also displeased.
"Ning Rongrong, aren't you going too far?"
Only Zhu Zhuqing remained silent, watching quietly.
Just as the two sides reached a stalemate, Yu Xiaogang suddenly let out a cold snort.
"Flender, since she wants to bet, just agree to it."
Everyone looked over to see Yu Xiaogang walking toward them as he continued.
"Among the Upper Three Sects, each sect's inherited martial soul is hailed as the best in the world in its respective field. Yet the inherited martial soul of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect alone has a flaw: it can only support up to seven rings. Thus, it is universally acknowledged as the weakest of the Upper Three Sects!"
In this timeline, Yu Xiaogang should not have been here.
It was the arrival of the Sky Screen that had made him change his mind and come early.
After hearing Yu Xiaogang speak, Flender looked back at Ning Rongrong and snorted coldly.
"Did you hear the Grandmaster's analysis? Do you still dare to bet? If you lose, behave yourself and accept the arrangements from now on. Stop putting on that spoiled young lady act!"
His words only made Ning Rongrong even angrier. She raised her chin and shouted furiously.
"What's there to be afraid of? Flender, just wait for this young lady to make you kneel and kowtow in apology!"
Even with its flaw, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul had still dominated the world and become the number one support-type martial soul.
With Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo in the sect as well, Ning Rongrong refused to believe they would end up at the bottom of the Upper Three Sects!
"Hmph, you won't give up until you see the coffin!"
Flender and the others snorted coldly and turned in unison toward the golden Sky Screen above, waiting for the rankings to be announced.
Only two and a half hours had passed since the Sky Screen descended.
Different degrees of upheaval had erupted throughout the world.
City streets, clan holy lands, imperial courts, soul beast habitats...
All living beings craned their necks, awaiting the announcement of the Sky Screen's Golden Ranking.
They all wanted to see whether the rankings matched what they had imagined, and what mysterious powerful forces might be revealed.
Finally, amid the surging emotions of all living beings, a hum that shook the heavens and earth suddenly rang out from above!
Immediately afterward, the divine words on the Sky Screen began to shift and rearrange, gradually forming new lines of text.
[Power Ranking, Fifteenth Place: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon] [Representative Ruler: Yu Yuanzhen] [Representative Strongest Combatant: Yu Yuanzhen] [Evaluation: One of the Upper Three Sects among the seven great sects of Douluo Continent. It possesses over a thousand clan soul master disciples and three clan Soul Douluo elders. The sect inherits the top-tier assault-type beast martial soul, the 'Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.' Combined with the sect's unique inherited Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, it excels in both attack and defense, its thunderous dragon might vast and mighty!] [Low-Tier Reward: The Soul Power Levels of the two representatives will each increase by one level, while the age of all soul rings will increase by one thousand years. If the representatives overlap, the duplicate reward will be replaced by a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone perfectly suited to their martial soul!]
The entire Douluo Continent first fell into dead silence, then erupted into earth-shaking uproar!
"How is this possible? Am I seeing this right?!"
Countless people stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what they were seeing, and could not help questioning the Sky Screen.
But the instant they saw the rewards, every doubt in their hearts vanished into thin air.
A direct increase of one Soul Power Level, plus a thousand years added directly to every soul ring!
Even the most heaven-defying opportunity in the mortal world could not achieve something like that, could it? The Sky Screen was unquestionably a true miracle!
Therefore, the ranking had to be absolutely authoritative and beyond doubt!
It seemed they had overestimated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan all along. From now on, they would have to reassess it!
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
When those lines on the ranking entered their sight, Yu Yuanzhen and the others were struck as if by lightning.
"F-fifteenth place? Our clan actually ranked at the bottom of the list?!"
Yu Luomian was the first to cry out in disbelief, instantly igniting the atmosphere.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"This must be fake! Someone must be maliciously fabricating this to slander us!"
The elders roared unwillingly, their aged faces flushed red with agitation.
Yu Yuanzhen stomped fiercely on the ground with his right foot, releasing his martial soul and soul rings as he roared.
"Outrageous! You dare slander my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan like this? Watch me destroy you with one strike!"
Just as he angrily prepared to attack the Sky Screen.
Rumble—
A golden pillar of light suddenly descended from the Sky Screen, instantly enveloping him.
At the sight, Yu Luomian instinctively cried out in alarm.
"Not good! This must be the Sky Screen's counterattack! Big Brother is in danger—quick, save him!"
Yet Yu Yuanzhen showed no sign of discomfort within the pillar of light. He only felt an immense power pour into his body.
The bottleneck of level ninety-five Soul Power that had troubled him for countless years shattered in that instant.
Level ninety-six!
Yu Yuanzhen's nine soul rings also changed, each rising by a full thousand years and becoming four purple and five black!
When the pillar of light dispersed, Yu Yuanzhen's aura was completely transformed. Every movement he made exuded terrifying pressure.
"Gasp! These are the rewards bestowed by the Sky Screen? The Sky Screen is actually real!"
After their shock subsided, Yu Luomian and the elders all joyfully congratulated him on his breakthrough.
Yet Yu Yuanzhen felt not the slightest joy over receiving the reward and breaking through. Instead, he was filled with concern.
"If the rewards are real, then the Sky Screen must be real as well. I once even dreamed of taking first place—what a joke. We're dead last!"
"Even the reward for the bottom rank is this heaven-defying. I truly dare not imagine the rewards higher up. The continent is about to change!"
Yu Luomian and the elders understood what this meant and spoke solemnly.
"We must make preparations in advance. Recall all clan disciples outside and suspend every external mission for the time being!"
As he spoke, the First Elder Yu Luomian turned to issue the order, but Yu Yuanzhen stopped him.
"Leave those matters to the other elders. Little brother, absorb this."
Everyone followed his gaze and saw Yu Yuanzhen hand something to Yu Luomian.
"A soul bone! At the Ten Thousand Year level! Its quality is the finest of the finest!!"
The moment they saw it clearly, every elder present stopped breathing. They quickly realized where the soul bone had come from.
The Sky Screen had previously stated that both representatives would receive a Heaven-Sent Reward, and if they overlapped, the duplicate would be replaced with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone perfectly suited to their martial soul!
Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones were already extraordinarily rare. A perfect, supreme-grade one like this was worth countless times more and was something one could only stumble upon by chance, never seek out. It was priceless even if one had the money!
"B-Big Brother, y-you... you're giving it to me?!"
Yu Luomian could hardly believe it, and neither could the other elders.
Logically, Yu Yuanzhen should have saved it for his grandson, Yu Tianheng.
That was the next clan leader he had personally chosen, someone cultivated with every top-tier resource!
"Yes."
Yu Yuanzhen nodded slightly, his expression solemn.
"The continent's structure is about to change. If our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan wishes to stand firm, we must raise the clan's overall strength."
"With my current strength, absorbing this soul bone would not improve me much. Tianheng is still too young and cannot help the clan in the short term."
"But you have been stuck at the level eighty-nine bottleneck for years. This soul bone may help you advance to become a Title Douluo! For the sake of the clan, take it and absorb it!"
The elders were all deeply impressed. Their clan leader's vision had suddenly become far broader.
"Thank you, Big Brother. I will not disappoint you!"
Yu Luomian accepted it with tears of gratitude, then immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to absorb it.
Yu Yuanzhen raised his head once more toward the golden Sky Screen overhead, his gaze as grave as iron.
He wanted to see exactly which forces could rank above the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
The moment the bottom rank was revealed, Ning Fengzhi collapsed into his seat and cried out.
"Just how many unknown powerful forces are there in this world? Does our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, also one of the Upper Three Sects, even have a chance of making the ranking?!"
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