Tang Hao and Ah Yin's love might have shattered the worldview of many on the continent, but the Soul Masters of Sea God Island remained calm, as though it were perfectly ordinary.
Falling in love with a Soul Beast truly was nothing worth making a fuss over for Sea God Island's Soul Masters. When the Sea God pacified the seas, countless sea clans had followed behind him, and many members of those clans were Sea Soul Beasts. In the end, he gathered the faith of the sea's Soul Beasts and Sea Soul Masters and became a god.
Both Sea Soul Masters and the vast majority of Sea Soul Beasts worshipped the Sea God. Whenever one of the sea-clan Soul Beast tribes that had once followed the Sea God into battle produced an exceptionally gifted descendant, the clan would send it to Sea God Island to undergo the Sea God's trials.
For instance, Sea Witch Douluo, one of the Sea God's Sacred Pillars, came from the merfolk of the sea. Who knew how many young Soul Masters on Sea God Island regarded Sea Witch Douluo as their goddess and wished to have a sweet romance with her?
Xiao Bai, the king of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and the Sea God's former mount, led the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan in dwelling in the waters near Sea God Island, guarding the island.
Xiao Bai, the king of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, ranked above the Seven Holy Pillar Douluos of the Sea God but below the High Priestess, and she frequently dealt with the Sacred Pillar Douluos.
Thus, in the eyes of Sea God Island's Soul Masters, as long as a Sea Soul Beast in the ocean worshipped the Sea God, there was no difference between it and a Sea Soul Master. They were all followers of the Sea God.
Tang Xiao continued his account, describing how Spirit Hall had forced the Clear Sky Sect into seclusion, set a death trap, taken away his sister, angered his father to death, then poisoned and massacred the sect before sending people to slaughter the last survivors of the Clear Sky Sect.
"Qian Daoliu, I never imagined you were such a heinous, ruthless, vile, and shameless man. Back on Sea God Island, I should have killed you!"
Like Bo Saixi, the Soul Masters of Sea God Island were filled with righteous indignation. They had already held an extremely poor opinion of Spirit Hall, because Spirit Hall had once dispatched two thousand Soul Masters in an attempt to force Sea God Island into submission and had gone to war with it.
Now that they learned from Tang Xiao that Spirit Hall had exterminated the Clear Sky Sect, their already terrible impression of Spirit Hall had sunk to the very bottom—on par with the Evil Orca King and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
Bo Saixi said, "Tang Xiao, remain on Sea God Island and take the Sea God's trials. Perhaps the rewards bestowed by the Sea God will restore your injuries."
"I will go to Spirit Hall and bring your sister back."
Bo Saixi could not turn a blind eye to Tang Chen's granddaughter suffering humiliation in Spirit Hall. Even if Tang Yuehua had not been Tang Chen's granddaughter, even if she were merely an ordinary girl, Bo Saixi could not stand by after learning of it.
Tang Xiao hurriedly said, "Senior Bo Saixi, please wait. It isn't that this junior doubts your strength, but Spirit Hall's power is truly terrifying. Aside from Qian Daoliu, Spirit Hall has at least ten Title Douluos."
"If Spirit Hall attacks you, I'm afraid you won't be able to deal with Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall's dozen or so Title Douluos at once."
A confident, proud smile curved Bo Saixi's lips. "Tang Xiao, your cultivation is only at the Soul Douluo level. You cannot understand what level of power a Rank 99 Title Douluo possesses."
Tang Xiao froze slightly. "Isn't a Rank 99 Title Douluo equivalent to four Rank 95 Title Douluos?"
According to Sword Douluo, Soul Power beyond Rank 95 marked a dividing line among Title Douluos. Between Ranks 91 and 95, although the gap in Soul Power was not small, it could still be made up through the advantages of Martial Soul quality, Soul Bones, or soul skills. However, if one of two battling Title Douluos had strength beyond Rank 95, the situation would change. A Rank 96 Title Douluo possessed twenty percent more Soul Power than a Rank 95 Title Douluo.
If Rank 96 Soul Power was twenty percent stronger than Rank 95 Soul Power, then Martial Soul quality and ordinary soul skills or Soul Bones could no longer make up the difference. Unless there was a fundamental disparity in their soul skills, a Rank 96 Title Douluo should be able to completely suppress any Title Douluo below Rank 95.
A Rank 97 Title Douluo's Soul Power was another twenty percent stronger than that of a Rank 96 Title Douluo. In other words, Rank 97 could completely suppress Rank 96 Title Douluos.
Without considering Martial Soul counters or restrictions from soul skills, if one looked solely at Soul Power, that was indeed the case. Beyond Rank 95, the difference of a single rank was like heaven and earth. The gap in Soul Power between Ranks 97 and 98 had already reached thirty percent, while the gap between Ranks 98 and 99 reached forty percent. In other words, a Rank 99 Title Douluo could face at least four Title Douluos below Rank 95 at the same time.
It was precisely because of Sword Douluo's words that the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had dared to stand united against Spirit Hall. After all, the Upper Three Sects had possessed a total of four Title Douluos, and with Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support, that was equivalent to eight Title Douluos.
It was also because of Sword Douluo's words that Tang Xiao believed the reconstruction of the Clear Sky Sect required the presence of at least two Rank 99 Title Douluos. That was why he had come to Sea God Island to seek Bo Saixi's assistance.
Bo Saixi smiled faintly. She found it difficult to believe that such frogs at the bottom of a well still existed on the continent, capable of uttering words amusing enough to make her laugh. Those words certainly had not come from Tang Chen, nor did she believe that the continent's Soul Masters possessed some unique cultivation method that could shrink the power gap between Title Douluos of different ranks to such an extent.
A Rank 99 Title Douluo facing four Title Douluos below Rank 95 at once? Whether the Seven Holy Pillar Douluos of the Sea God combined could withstand a single move from her was questionable.
"Tang Xiao, remember this: the gap in strength between a Rank 99 Title Douluo and anyone below Rank 99 is the gap between heaven and earth. No number of Rank 95 Title Douluos gathered together could possibly be a match for a Rank 99 Title Douluo."
"If you can step into the realm above Rank 95 Title Douluo, you will gain some understanding of my words."
With that, Bo Saixi became like a cloud of red as she flew toward Spirit Hall on the continent.
Tang Xiao was stunned. How many Rank 95 Title Douluos was a Rank 99 Title Douluo equal to? Was the gap between Rank 99 and Rank 95 Title Douluos truly so enormous? It was as though, aside from Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi did not regard Spirit Hall's dozen or so Title Douluos as worthy of her attention.
"Senior Bo Saixi, may your journey be smooth."
Tang Xiao silently said to himself. He sighed softly, an indelible worry clouding his face as he feared that Bo Saixi might fall in Spirit Hall and never return. But Bo Saixi was so confident—there should not be a problem, right?
Afterward, Tang Xiao followed eight Sea God Island Soul Masters to meet the Sacred Pillar Douluos and undergo the Sacred Pillar assessment.
Not long afterward, a pillar of black light shot into the sky. Tang Xiao had received the Black Level Assessment: Black Level Four Trials.
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