"Ning Rongrong, what did you say?!"
Yu Xiaogang pointed at Ning Rongrong and rebuked her angrily.
"Didn't you hear what this Grandmaster just said? There are very few forces above the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. This is just some wild ranking!"
Ning Rongrong raised her brows, her tone filled with undisguised mockery.
"You don't even understand that there is always someone stronger out there, yet you call yourself a Grandmaster? You say this Sky Screen is fake, so go destroy it yourself~"
Yu Xiaogang was so provoked that his chest heaved violently, his face turning the color of liver.
The divine aura and heavenly might emanating from the Sky Screen made him far too afraid to actually touch it.
Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly, beginning to doubt his identity as the "Grandmaster."
"Ning Rongrong, that's enough!"
Flender could no longer endure it. He stepped forward and shouted sternly.
"Whether this Sky Screen is real or fake, how can you be certain that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is at the bottom of the Upper Three Sects?"
Tang San and the others, aside from Zhu Zhuqing, all echoed him.
"That's right. The other two sects haven't appeared on the list yet. Maybe the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect doesn't even qualify to be ranked!"
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth. The mockery in her eyes instantly turned into sharp intensity as she snorted.
"Just wait and see. My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will definitely make the list! Flender, don't forget our bet!"
Flender pushed up his glasses and gave a cold laugh.
"I'll see it through to the end. I'll make you lose beyond all dispute."
Yu Xiaogang also looked at the Sky Screen with an unconvinced snort, firmly believing that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not possibly rank above the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Chang'an City.
Watching the bottom ranks announced by the Sky Screen, Ye Han was slightly surprised, but quickly understood.
"Looks like this Power Ranking has quite an appetite. It ranks far more than just Soul Master forces."
The clever and perceptive Shangguan Wan'er saw it as well and nodded.
"Yes. Imperial forces and soul beast forces will definitely be ranked too. Otherwise, there couldn't still be so many slots left."
Ye Han asked teasingly.
"Wan'er, do you think Chang'an City has what it takes to claim the top spot?"
Shangguan Wan'er froze for a moment, unable to make up her mind.
She had accompanied Ye Han for many years and had heard him speak of every force on the continent.
Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, and Slaughter City all possessed divine inheritances, each with a demigod presiding over it.
The Star Dou Forest even had a divine beast slumbering within it. She did not know whether Chang'an could firmly surpass such existences.
"City Lord, Wan'er believes there is a seventy to eighty percent chance?"
Just as her words fell, the Sky Screen high above hummed once more.
"Rumble—!"
A shockwave even louder than before swept across the entire plane.
The previous words faded away like receding tides, rapidly forming new text.
[Power Ranking, Fourteenth Place: Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect] [Ruler Representative: Ning Fengzhi] [Strongest Combat Representative: Chen Xin] [Evaluation: One of the Upper Three Sects among the seven great sects of Douluo Continent. It possesses over a thousand clan Soul Master disciples, several thousand external Soul Master disciples, and two external Title Douluo elders. The sect inherits the top-tier auxiliary-tool Martial Soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Though it possesses limiting flaws, it is complemented by the sect's unique inherited Distraction Control Secret Technique, allowing one to assist many. The name of the pagoda is unmatched beneath heaven!] [Low-Tier Reward: The Soul Power Levels of the two representatives will each increase by one level. The age of all Soul Rings will increase by one thousand five hundred years. If a representative cannot advance due to limiting flaws, the reward will be replaced with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone perfectly compatible with their Martial Soul!]
"The ranking is roughly what I expected, but the reward is still lacking."
Ye Han murmured. With his current perspective, such rewards could no longer catch his eye.
He only hoped the later rewards would not disappoint him. Otherwise, exposing Chang'an would not be worth the loss.
The announcement of the Sky Screen's new rankings once again caused an uproar throughout Douluo Continent.
However, with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan serving as a precedent, the various forces were not as shocked as they had been at first sight.
What stirred more emotion was the fact that an auxiliary sect like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could actually overpower the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Before this, the entire continent had acknowledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as the bottom of the Upper Three Sects! Now, that definition had to be rewritten!
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Chen Xin and Gu Rong both looked toward Ning Fengzhi and burst into laughter.
"Fengzhi, look! Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect made the list too, and we're above the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
"At first, I was even thinking about the top three. I was careless. I never expected there to be someone stronger out there. Now we're among the bottom three instead."
"But at least the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is beneath us. If that old dragon Yu Yuanzhen sees this, he'll probably be furious to death! Hahahahaha!"
Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi let out a sigh of relief and laughed along with them.
"Haha, at least we made the list. A blessing amid misfortune!"
Yet beneath his smile was bitterness. The Sky Screen's reward still could not break the shackles preventing him from advancing.
The next moment, a dazzling golden pillar of light descended from the heavens and instantly enveloped Chen Xin.
Vast energy flooded into Chen Xin's body, and the bottleneck that had trapped him at the peak of level ninety-six for many years shattered with a bang.
Level ninety-seven!
The Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul manifested instinctively alongside nine Soul Rings, every one of them gaining one thousand five hundred years.
Four purple, five black!
The instant Sword Douluo Chen Xin opened his eyes, an even sharper and more powerful aura burst forth from his body.
Now, his swordsmanship had advanced even further. He had reached the supreme realm where "my body is like a sword, and the sword moves with my heart"!
"Congratulations, Uncle Sword, on advancing to level ninety-seven!"
Ning Fengzhi hurried forward, his face full of smiles as he offered congratulations.
Chen Xin cupped his hands.
"I merely benefited from the sect's fortune. How else could I have obtained such an opportunity?"
Gu Rong felt sour inside, yet was sincerely happy for him. He quickly stepped forward.
"I considered myself no weaker than you, yet the Sky Screen still chose you. Now the gap between us has truly been widened."
Previously, relying on his Martial Soul's defensive strength and special spatial abilities, Gu Rong had been able to match the level seventy-six Chen Xin despite only being level seventy-five.
But after level ninety-five, every additional level doubled one's Soul Power. Now that Chen Xin had broken through to level ninety-seven, Gu Rong could no longer possibly be his match.
Just as Chen Xin was about to offer some comfort, another beam of golden light descended from the Sky Screen and landed in Ning Fengzhi's hands.
It was clearly Ning Fengzhi's reward as a representative, replaced by a Soul Bone due to his own limitations!
The moment Ning Fengzhi received it, before it had even warmed in his hand, he passed it to Gu Rong.
"Uncle Bone, don't be discouraged either. Take this. Perhaps it can help you break through the bottleneck that has trapped you at level ninety-five for years."
Gu Rong froze, then fiercely waved his hands in refusal.
"No, I can't accept it! A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone offers almost no help to someone at my level. It's better saved for Rongrong!"
Ning Fengzhi said seriously.
"Uncle Bone, this is no ordinary Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. The situation on the continent is about to change, and the sect urgently needs greater strength. Take it and absorb it."
Chen Xin also persuaded him.
"Old Bone, just take it. Stop dawdling. If Fengzhi hadn't said it was for the sect's sake, this should have belonged to Rongrong. How could it possibly have gone to you?"
Under their insistent urging, Gu Rong finally accepted it gratefully and sat cross-legged where he stood to absorb it.
Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin looked back toward the Sky Screen, wanting to know which forces could rank above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Shrek Academy.
The moment Ning Rongrong saw her sect make the list, she immediately jumped up and cheered.
"It made the list! My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect made the list! You all saw that, right?!"
But in some people's eyes, it was like a red-hot branding iron, viciously searing their faces!
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