[Power Ranking, Twelfth Place: Star Luo Imperial Family] [Ruler Representative: Dai Xiaotian] [Strongest Combat Power Representative: Dai Xiaotian] [Evaluation: The Star Luo Imperial Family is led by the Dai Clan, with the Zhu Clan as its subsidiary. Known for martial strength, it follows the principle of "the strong are revered," using the brutal mechanism of "survival of the fittest" to ensure every ruler is capable, eliminating incompetent and cowardly "trash" and "parasites." The Dai Clan inherits the top-tier Strength Attack System beast Martial Soul, the "Evil Eye White Tiger," while the Zhu Clan inherits the top-tier Agility Attack System beast Martial Soul, the "Hell Spirit Cat." Although the two Martial Souls have only barely entered the top tier, their qualities and attributes are exceptionally compatible, allowing them to unleash the powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the "Hell White Tiger," and challenge stronger enemies across levels! The entire Star Luo Imperial Family reveres martial prowess. They founded their nation through military strength and established the Star Luo Empire, one of the Two Great Empires of Douluo Continent, ruling it for generations. Their empire possesses formidable national power, occupying over half of Douluo Continent's territory, with tens of millions of loyal subjects, several million ordinary soldiers, thousands of Soul Master legions, and three Soul Douluo members of the imperial family. They also possess a private academy under their command, "Star Luo Royal Academy," which contains a great number of Soul Masters and is guarded by two Soul Douluo education committee members! They also maintain close cooperation with countless sects and academies of all sizes within the empire!] [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 2,500 years. If the representatives are the same person, the reward will be replaced with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone perfectly suited to the recipient's Martial Soul!]
The instant the ranking updated, the entire continent seemed to have been put on pause.
A moment later, an even more intense uproar than the previous three erupted, truly sweeping across heaven and earth.
"An empire can count as a power on the ranking too? But why is the Star Luo Empire only ranked twelfth?!"
"Neither the Heaven Dou Empire nor Spirit Hall has appeared on the ranking, so how did the Star Luo Empire make it on so quickly?!"
"Exactly! Isn't it recognized as the strongest empire? It can't even make the top ten—it must be all bark and no bite!"
At the same time, the Upper Three Sects, Spirit Hall's Pope, and the two worship halls were all equally stunned.
None of them had expected a colossal force like the Star Luo Empire to amount to no more than this!
Star Luo Empire, imperial palace of Star Luo City.
"How preposterous! Our Star Luo Empire is only ranked twelfth!!!"
Dai Xiaotian, the Star Luo Emperor seated on the throne, roared as he rose to his feet, smashing the pure gold armrest to pieces with one slap.
"Neither Heaven Dou nor Spirit Hall has appeared on the ranking, yet Star Luo has already made it on! This is the greatest humiliation!!"
His Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul almost instantly possessed him amid his roar, accompanied by eight Soul Rings.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black!
His level eighty-nine Soul Power surged forth without restraint, sweeping through the entire hall.
The civil and military officials throughout the hall all dropped to their knees in unison, not daring to raise their heads as they trembled and cried out:
"Please calm your anger, Your Majesty!"
At that moment, the eldest prince, Dai Weisi, also stepped forward, his voice clear and firm.
"Please calm your anger, Father. Though the ranking is poor, the reward is not. It is precisely what Star Luo needs!"
"You have been stuck at the level eighty-nine bottleneck for many years. This one-level increase can help you advance to become a Title Douluo!"
"The Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone granted as a replacement reward for repeated representatives can be given to Mother. I believe it will certainly help her break through her level eighty-nine bottleneck as well."
"If two Title Douluo advance at once, Star Luo's combat power will rise to another level. That will give us the confidence to make up for the gap in ranking."
As soon as he finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the hall all voiced their agreement.
Zhu Qingyue, the empress seated upon the secondary throne, slowly rose as well.
"Your Majesty, Weisi is right. What we should do now is make good use of the reward and prepare for any changes that may arise later."
After hearing this, Dai Xiaotian could only let it go. No matter how furious he was, it would only be impotent rage.
The next moment, a golden pillar of light containing the Heaven-Sent Reward descended and enveloped him.
"Whoosh—"
Under the shocked gazes of everyone in the hall, Dai Xiaotian broke through to level ninety in one stroke!
The standard Soul Ring configuration beneath his feet—two yellow, two purple, and four black—also transformed at that moment into four purple and four black!
"Congratulations to Your Majesty on advancing to Title Douluo! May you bless the Star Luo Empire with prosperity for generations!"
The civil and military officials in the hall kowtowed in unison, their voices making the golden brick floor faintly tremble.
Feeling the surging Soul Power within his body, the fury churning in Dai Xiaotian's evil eyes gradually subsided.
"So this is level ninety? The difference of a single level is like the gap between heaven and earth!"
After shouting excitedly, he handed the Soul Bone awarded due to the repeated representative to Zhu Qingyue and said seriously:
"Yue'er, absorb it. Once you advance to Title Douluo as well, our Martial Soul Fusion Skill will surely reach an even higher level!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Qingyue accepted it with both hands, then turned and left to find somewhere quiet to absorb it.
Dai Xiaotian turned his gaze back to the Sky Screen. He refused to accept this—he truly refused to accept it. What kind of forces could possibly be above them!
Suotuo City, Shrek Academy.
"Even the Star Luo Empire is only ranked twelfth?"
Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others were dumbfounded. Was this Sky Screen serious?
Dai Mubai was the most agitated of all, roaring inwardly:
Impossible! How could our mighty Star Luo be so pathetic! Grandmaster was right—this is just some worthless wild ranking!!
Zhu Zhuqing was equally astonished, but that was soon replaced by endless relief and anticipation.
There were still so many forces stronger than Star Luo. Surely one of them would suit her well enough to seek refuge with!
At that moment, someone said:
"Look at the evaluation. It describes Star Luo as having such tremendous national strength, yet it is only ranked twelfth. That's really strange."
At the mention of the evaluation, everyone carefully read through it again.
When they saw "the Dai Clan's Evil Eye White Tiger" and "the Zhu Clan's Hell Spirit Cat."
The next moment, everyone's gazes locked onto Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
"Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, you two are from the Star Luo Imperial Family?!"
Xiao Wu's startled cry made both of their expressions change slightly.
"Sigh, we can't hide it anymore."
Flender sighed, adjusted his glasses, and nodded.
"Yes, Dai Mubai is Star Luo's third prince, and Zhu Zhuqing is his... forget it. You should be able to figure it out yourselves."
Upon hearing that, everyone's looks toward the two changed.
Ma Hongjun, especially, having seen the least of the world, immediately exclaimed:
"Holy shit, Boss Dai, you hid it well! You came here to experience ordinary life, then you'll go back and inherit the throne someday. Don't forget me when that happens."
"Back then, when you got the urge, I was the one who took you to the pleasure house to take care of it. After that, you couldn't stop yourself anymore. You have me to thank for all that, hahaha!"
Dai Mubai panicked inwardly and hurriedly looked toward Zhu Zhuqing.
"Disgusting!"
Zhu Zhuqing's stomach churned violently. The rumors about Dai Mubai at the academy had actually been true.
She had thought that Dai Mubai's escape back then was not cowardice, but that he had gone in search of opportunities to grow stronger, training diligently as he waited for the right time to return.
That was why she had crossed thousands of miles, risking death at the hands of her sister Zhu Zhuyun, to escape here and find Dai Mubai.
Yet she had never expected Dai Mubai to be the exact opposite of what she had imagined. He was nothing but a coward and a piece of trash, utterly unworthy of her coming to find him!
Xiao Wu's eyes spun as she asked doubtfully:
"But even if he came to experience ordinary life, he wouldn't come all the way here, right? The Sky Screen's evaluation said Star Luo selects its heirs. Don't tell me you were eliminated, forced to leave, or escaped?"
Tang San and the others found that reasonable, and the way they looked at the two changed once more.
Having been exposed in public, Dai Mubai's face instantly flushed red, and the veins at his temples throbbed wildly!
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