Spirit Hall Announcement

"Damn it!"

"Those Soul Beasts really are all dead..."

Bibi Dong slammed her right fist down viciously. Divine Slaughter's Domain instantly spread from her body, and her eyes turned blood-red.

Though she had expected it, Bibi Dong still found it difficult to accept.

How had the perfectly fine Soul Beast Clan suddenly gone extinct?

If she had known earlier, she would have simply hunted down two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with somewhat higher cultivation for the final two Soul Rings of her second Martial Soul.

Besides being angered that she had no leads for her next two Soul Rings, Bibi Dong was also troubled by what would happen next in the Soul Master world.

She already knew that the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire had concealed the extinction of the Soul Beasts, claiming only that they had gone missing. The announcement Spirit Hall had released to the public said the same.

But such concealment could only maintain stability for a while. If Soul Beasts could not be found in the long term, the Soul Master world would still descend into chaos.

"Xiao Gang, if only you were here. With your astonishing wisdom, you would surely be able to think of a good solution..."

At a time like this, Bibi Dong could not help thinking of Yu Xiaogang.

"With the Soul Beasts gone, we can only research Artificial Soul Rings or Self-Condensed Soul Rings..."

"Xiao Gang, if it were you, you should have a way, right?"

Bibi Dong murmured to herself, seized by a powerful urge to invite Yu Xiaogang back from his secluded life at Nuoding Academy and have him return to conduct research.

Although she had already ordered Spirit Hall to gather a large number of scholars, in her heart, the person who carried the most weight was undoubtedly Yu Xiaogang.

Yet Bibi Dong did not know that the Yu Xiaogang she had been longing for was about to be thoroughly humiliated.

Nuoding Academy.

Su Mo sat cross-legged on his bed in the work-study student dormitory, his mind completely immersed in his sea of consciousness.

[Ding~ Congratulations, Host, on creating a new cultivation technique. Please name it!]

The cold system prompt echoed through his mind, and the corners of Su Mo's mouth could not help but rise.

He had succeeded!

He did not know how Rogue Rabbit had managed it.

She had actually conned an Internal Energy Method out of Tang San, along with some knowledge regarding Internal Energy Methods, meridians, and acupoints.

Tang San had not taught Rogue Rabbit the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Skill. Instead, he had given her an Internal Energy Method from another sect.

Its level was certainly inferior to the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but it was still overwhelmingly superior to the Meditation Methods of this world.

The original story had stated that the advanced Meditation Method Yu Xiaogang had developed—something Yu Xiaogang boasted was a top-tier Meditation Method on Douluo Continent—was, in Tang San's eyes, merely a rudimentary prototype of an Internal Energy Method.

Using the rhythm of breathing and energy circulation he had observed from Tang San, combined with his own understanding of the human body and Soul Power, Su Mo had forcefully deduced an entirely new cultivation technique with the system's assistance.

This technique was far more efficient than the ordinary Meditation Method he had cultivated before, increasing its efficiency threefold!

Combined with the boost from the concentration of Soul Power, Su Mo's cultivation speed had suddenly reached more than ten times what it had been before the Soul Beasts' extinction.

"Let's call it the Soul Power Cultivation Technique."

With a thought, Su Mo named the technique.

The name was as plain and unadorned as ever.

With it, the time needed to condense his First Soul Ring would be greatly shortened.

Of course, that was because Su Mo wanted to condense a Soul Ring of relatively high quality. If he did not care about quality, he could condense a Self-Condensed Soul Ring at any time.

[Ring Condensation Technique: You can condense a Soul Ring through your own Soul Power. The more Soul Power you accumulate, the higher the quality of the condensed Soul Ring.]

"This is bad! Something huge has happened!"

Suddenly, a student came panting into the work-study student dormitory, his face filled with unprecedented terror and confusion. "The headmaster! The headmaster has summoned all teachers and students to assemble at the main field immediately! Spirit Hall! Spirit Hall has issued the highest-level Continent-wide Announcement!"

"Spirit Hall Announcement?" "The highest level?" "What happened?"

The dormitory instantly erupted into an uproar.

Thinking of the rumors that had been spreading wildly these past few days, an ominous premonition settled over everyone's hearts.

"Spirit Hall Announcement?"

"It should be meant to calm people down, right?"

"Surely Spirit Hall will not directly reveal that the Soul Beasts have already gone extinct..."

Su Mo's heart stirred, and he followed the others toward the academy field.

All the teachers and students of Nuoding Academy had already gathered on the field, and the atmosphere was somewhat solemn.

Su Mo swept his gaze around and discovered that Rogue Rabbit was nowhere to be seen.

However, he did not pay much attention to it.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were both present, though.

"Teacher, has something major happened?"

Standing beside Yu Xiaogang, Tang San could not help asking curiously.

He had assumed that, given Yu Xiaogang's status, he would already know in advance.

"I'm not sure. These past few days, your teacher has been exhausting himself over your study plan and has had no time to listen to news from the outside world."

Yu Xiaogang shook his head. He was also curious about what could have happened to make Spirit Hall issue a Continent-wide Announcement and require every academy to read it aloud.

Hearing this, Tang San was immediately moved once again.

As expected of the teacher he had chosen. Yu Xiaogang had not even had time to pay attention to the outside world because of him.

"The headmaster is about to speak. We'll know what happened soon enough."

Yu Xiaogang continued.

"Yes, Teacher!"

Tang San nodded and said nothing more.

Could it be related to those rumors about the Soul Beasts disappearing?

Yet Tang San could not help linking it to the earlier rumors.

The headmaster stood on the raised platform with an ashen face, tightly clutching an announcement document stamped with Spirit Hall's bright red seal.

He took several deep breaths before reading the contents of the announcement with a trembling voice.

"By decree of the Pope of Spirit Hall, let all kingdoms, duchies, provinces, towns, Soul Masters, and citizens across the continent be informed:"

"Following repeated investigations and verification by Spirit Hall in cooperation with the two great empires, it has now been confirmed..."

"...Throughout Douluo Continent, including Star Dou Great Forest, Sunset Forest, the major Soul Beast habitats, the oceans, deserts, glaciers... all Soul Beasts have mysteriously disappeared, and their whereabouts are unknown."

"This is a shocking upheaval that concerns the very foundation of the continent. We ask all parties... to do everything possible to preserve stability and calm the people. Spirit Hall will join forces with the two great empires and spare no effort to find where the Soul Beasts are hidden."

"All Soul Masters everywhere must continue cultivating with peace of mind!"

"By this decree, let it be proclaimed to the world!"

Boom—!

The instant the headmaster finished speaking, the entire field fell deathly silent for a moment before erupting in a tidal wave of cries.

"What?"

"All the Soul Beasts really disappeared?"

"Then can we still find Soul Beasts to attach Soul Rings?"

"How could something like this happen..."

"This is too unbelievable, isn't it?"

"..."

All the students were stunned. Although they had heard some news already, they had never expected the situation to be this serious.

It was not one Soul Beast Forest, not the territory of one kingdom, not the scope of one nation. It was all of Douluo Continent—the entire Soul Beast Clan had vanished without a trace.