49th Place, Xiong Jun! Reward, Bloodline Ancestral Return?!

In those fierce, tiny eyes, a raging fire named "greed" was burning.

"ROAR--!!!"

Xiong Jun slammed to a halt and let out a roar of indignation toward the sky, shaking the surrounding ancient trees until they trembled.

"Why!

Why does that little scorpion from the Extreme North get to be ranked tenth!

And get such a good reward!"

Xiong Jun turned around and looked at Di Tian, his eyes filled with a hint of red-eyed madness:

"Boss! That is immunity from the Heavenly Tribulation!

If I, Old Bear, had this reward, even with an additional twenty thousand years of cultivation, I would dare to go and tear apart that so-called Qian Daoliu!

Why hasn't this Sky Screen announced the next one yet?

It must be me!

It must be me, Old Bear!

My Sky-Rending Claw bows to no one but you, Boss!

No matter how hard that Ice Empress's shell is, I can crush it to pieces!"

Di Tian stood with his hands behind his back. Although his golden eyes remained deep, his hands hidden in his sleeves were tightly clenched into fists.

Immunity from the Heavenly Tribulation...

For these fierce beasts who have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, these four words were even more lethally tempting than becoming a god.

Every time they faced a tribulation, it was a brush with death.

Even he, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, did not have absolute certainty when facing his next deadline.

"Stay calm."

Di Tian took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart, and said in a low voice.

"Since the Ice Empress could make the list, it shows that this ranking covers the entire soul beast world.

With your strength, you indeed have a chance."

Hearing Di Tian's words, the fanaticism in Xiong Jun's eyes intensified. He stared fixedly at the sky, muttering incessantly:

"It must be me... It must be me... Give me twenty thousand years, and I will be invincible..."

As if it had heard Xiong Jun's prayer, filled with resentment and longing, the image on the Sky Screen surged again after a brief silence.

The image of the ice-covered Extreme North shattered, replaced by a lush, dense forest filled with primitive wildness.

This familiar scene caused the breathing of the fierce beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest to hitch instantly.

"This is... the Star Dou Great Forest?!" Bi Ji covered her mouth in surprise.

The image zoomed in rapidly.

In a rocky forest in the core area, a terrifying giant beast over fifteen meters tall was roaring at the sky.

Its entire body was covered in dark golden fur, each strand standing up like a steel needle, radiating a suffocating metallic luster.

Most eye-catching were its disproportionately thick arms and the dark golden claws several meters long!

In the image, a black dragon with one hundred thousand years of cultivation (not Di Tian) was diving toward it.

However, the giant bear did not dodge or evade; a cruel arc spread across its mouth, and its right claw swung out violently!

"Screech--"

The space seemed to be torn apart in that instant, leaving behind five pitch-black spatial rifts.

That one-hundred-thousand-year-old black dragon, with its astonishing defensive power, was torn into a rain of blood as if it were made of paper!

Violence!

Extreme violence!

There were no fancy techniques, only pure power and destruction!

The image froze on the hideous moment when the giant bear was bathing in dragon blood, laughing wildly at the sky.

Immediately after, the golden characters that shook the entire continent crashed down!

[Top Ten Peak Soul Beast Ranking]

[Ninth Place]

[Identity: Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear · Xiong Jun]

[Affiliation: Star Dou Great Forest]

[Cultivation: 470,000 years]

[Race: Patriarch of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan, possesses the bloodline of the Behemoth]

[Reason for ranking: The true King of Destruction of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Although his cultivation is not the highest among the Great Beasts, the ferocity of his bloodline and his monstrous offensive and defensive capabilities are peerless in the soul beast world.

In particular, that pair of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear claws possesses the terrifying trait of ignoring defenses and tearing through space.

He is a natural war machine; in terms of pure destructive power, even the higher-ranked Great Beasts are unwilling to clash with his edge head-on.

Were it not for his slightly weaker spiritual power, his ranking could have been even higher.]

Looking at the domineering introduction on the Sky Screen and the frozen image of him "tearing apart a black dragon with his bare hands," the area beside the Life Lake fell into a brief, deathly silence.

Immediately after.

"ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR ROAR--!!!"

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering burst of wild laughter erupted.

Xiong Jun was so excited that he stood upright, his two massive bear paws frantically pounding against his chest, creating a thunderous sound like a war drum:

"It's me!

It's really me!

Hahahaha!"

"Ninth place!

Old Bear is in ninth place! One spot higher than that Ice Scorpion!"

"Did you see that, Scarlet King!

Did you see that, Ten Thousand Demon King!

I made the list!

I made the list!"

Xiong Jun was completely lost in a frenzy of joy, his ferocious bear face practically blooming with a grin.

He didn't care at all about the "slightly weaker spiritual power" mentioned in the evaluation; he only saw the words "Ninth Place" and "King of Destruction"!

Of course, most importantly...

Xiong Jun abruptly stopped his wild laughter, his small, greedy eyes fixed intently on the Sky Screen, drool cascading down like a waterfall:

"Where's the reward? Give me my reward quickly!"

"The Ice Scorpion got twenty thousand years of cultivation and exemption from the heavenly tribulation for tenth place, so for ninth place, Old Bear should at least get thirty thousand years, right?!"

"Come on! Golden light! Shoot me! Shoot me hard!"

Watching Xiong Jun's undignified posture, butt in the air as he waited for the windfall, Di Tian's mouth twitched slightly, feeling a headache coming on.

However, the gravity in his eyes did not dissipate.

If even a Great Beast like Xiong Jun, with four hundred and seventy thousand years of cultivation, could only rank ninth...

The weight of this list was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Moreover, since it was ranked by strength...

Di Tian looked up at the Sky Screen, silently calculating in his heart:

If Xiong Jun is ninth and Ice Empress is tenth.

Then the remaining eight spots...

Snow Empress must be on it, Bi Ji might make the list due to her support abilities, and Ten Thousand Demon King is also a possibility.

But what about himself?

As the universally acknowledged Beast God, the eight hundred and ninety thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, what rank could he achieve?

First?

No...

A silver and a golden figure flashed through Di Tian's mind; those were the Lord and the Young Lord currently in Suotuo City.

With the Lord and the Young Lord present, first place could absolutely not be him.

But apart from the Lord and the Young Lord, who else in this world could suppress him?

He should be able to make the top three, right?

But then Di Tian thought of the Evil Emperor of the Sun Moon Continent and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the ocean.

These were all threats.

But at the very least, he should be able to make the top five!

Just as Xiong Jun was waiting with bated breath and Di Tian was lost in thought.

On the Sky Screen, the reward text belonging to Xiong Jun finally appeared amidst the gaze of all!

Just as Xiong Jun's bloody maw was stretched nearly to his ears and drool covered the ground, the fortune belonging to him finally descended from the Sky Screen!

[TOP.9 Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Jun's review concluded. The Heavenly Dao has sensed this and bestows a fortune!]

[Reward: Complete bloodline atavism!]