Bi Ji stood to the side, her expression equally filled with shock.
She looked at Di Tian's livid face, momentarily at a loss for how to offer comfort.
She knew Di Tian's pride all too well; this blow was simply too heavy for him to bear.
Di Tian stared at the Sky Screen, his eyes brimming with unwillingness and obsession. He couldn't wait to see the rest of the ranking to find out exactly what kind of sacred entity could step over his head.
Meanwhile, in the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The gathered fierce beasts were also dumbfounded as they looked at the results on the Sky Screen.
"This... how is this possible?"
Xiong Jun rubbed his eyes in disbelief, his large mouth agape:
"How could Boss Di Tian only be fourth? Did this Sky Screen make a mistake?"
King of Ten Thousand Demons' expression was grave to the extreme as he spoke in a deep voice:
"The Sky Screen has never been wrong. Since Lord Di Tian is ranked fourth, it means there truly exist two terrifying beings on this continent whose strength far surpasses that of Lord Di Tian."
By the shores of the Lake of Life.
Gu Yuena stood quietly on the water, her silver hair fluttering in the breeze.
Her expression was solemn.
"An 890,000-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King... In terms of bloodline and combat power, Di Tian is nearly invincible below the god level."
"Even an average million-year soul beast is absolutely no match for him."
"Who exactly... are the second and third?"
Gu Yuena's hands clenched slightly.
She faintly sensed that this Douluo Continent seemed to hide many secrets that even she, a half-body of the Dragon God, did not know.
And the source of all this seemed to point toward that Nine-Colored Man.
At the same time, in the Sun Moon Empire.
In the deepest part of the Evil Eye Forest.
That massive Evil Eye hovered in mid-air, emitting a burst of unbridled, mocking laughter.
"Hahahaha! Di Tian, you self-important fellow, you have your day too!"
The voice of the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign was filled with schadenfreude.
"This Seat is ranked sixth, and you are fourth; there is hardly any gap between us at all!"
"So-called Beast God, nothing more than this!"
Although he mocked him with his words, a flicker of deep dread also shimmered within the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign's massive eye.
He mocked Di Tian only to vent the unwillingness in his heart.
But he was equally aware that those who could rank ahead of Di Tian must possess strength that had reached a truly desperate realm.
In the Far North.
Amidst the sky-filling wind and snow.
Ice Empress looked at the ranking on the Sky Screen, her small face full of an excited smile.
"Big Sister! Did you see? That arrogant black dragon only ranked fourth!"
"That means the third place must surely be you, Big Sister!"
Snow Empress stood quietly on the peak of the snow mountain, her white dress dancing in the wind, looking like a fairy of the snow.
Hearing Ice Empress's words, a gentle smile appeared on her face as she shook her head slightly.
"The ranking is not important. However, I am also curious as to what kind of demeanor those in the top three possess."
Snow Empress looked at the Sky Screen, her eyes shimmering with anticipation.
She had a faint intuition that she might soon meet that mysterious His Excellency Nine-Colors.
Compared to the intense reaction of the soul beast clan, the voices in the human world were filled more with fear.
In Martial Soul Hall, inside the Pope Palace.
Bibi Dong sat upright on the papal throne, her beautiful face filled with exhaustion and gloom.
They had only recently retreated from the Star Dou Great Forest.
Originally, upon learning that the Soul Beast Ranking had been announced, Martial Soul Hall had organized a hunting operation targeting the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, attempting to kill it before the soul beast could receive its reward.
However, when they truly entered the Star Dou Great Forest, they discovered that the soul beast defenses there were tighter than they could have imagined.
Moreover, those soul beasts that had been rewarded by the Sky Screen had seen their strength increase terrifyingly.
After a brief probe that cost the lives of several Soul Saints, Bibi Dong decisively ordered a retreat.
As if that were a joke.
Half of the top ten soul beasts on the Soul Beast Ranking reside in the Star Dou Great Forest.
How is one supposed to fight that?
Are they just going to throw their lives away?
At this moment, watching the fourth place announced on the Sky Screen, Bibi Dong slumped back against her chair, completely drained of strength.
"Eight hundred and ninety thousand years..."
"Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian."
Bibi Dong's voice was hoarse. She looked at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo in the hall, her eyes filled with a sense of powerlessness.
"Your Holiness, the foundation of this Star Dou Great Forest is truly terrifying."
Chrysanthemum Douluo swallowed hard, his face pale.
"An eight hundred and ninety thousand-year soul beast—is this not already an existence approaching the gods? Yet, he is only ranked fourth..."
Ghost Douluo also wore a grave expression, remaining silent.
Bibi Dong closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them again, a touch of resolve had returned to her gaze.
"Pass down the order: from this day forth, no one from Martial Soul Hall is to set foot into the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest without authorization."
"Our goal remains the dominion of the soul master world. As for these soul beasts... until we have absolute certainty, we must not provoke them."
She stared at the Sky Screen, the sense of crisis in her heart having reached its peak.
Rainbow Academy, within the Elemental Space.
Xiao Wu stood amidst a sea of colorful flowers, her hands nervously clasped in front of her.
She wore a tight-fitting pink miniskirt that showcased her long, straight, and near-perfect legs, exuding a unique charm that blended youthfulness with allure.
However, at this moment, her beautiful eyes were filled with shock.
"Di Tian... he actually has eight hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation?"
Xiao Wu murmured to herself.
Having lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for so many years, she had only ever heard legends of the "Beast God," but had never truly seen him.
She had even assumed that Da Ming and Er Ming were the pinnacle existences of the Star Dou Great Forest.
But now, the Sky Screen told her that Da Ming and Er Ming could not even be ranked in the presence of true powerhouses.
"So, the world is this vast."
Xiao Wu was lost in thought.
She turned her head to look at Long Yun, who was playing with two small dragons not far away, her eyes shimmering with fanatical adoration.
This man was countless times more powerful than she had ever imagined.
At this moment, the Sky Screen above the firmament changed once again.
The golden light began to slowly recede, and a brand-new image began to unfold.
The eyes of the entire Douluo Continent were drawn to it once more at this instant.
The golden radiance above the firmament gradually converged, the once dazzling halo collapsing inward until it finally condensed into a vast, boundless scroll of the starry sky.
In the depths of that dark night, a colossal dragon, its body blotting out the heavens, let out a long roar. As it spread its wings, it directly obscured half the sky of the God Realm.
The golden characters on the Sky Screen appeared blindingly bright at this moment, striking directly at the soul of every observer.
"Fourth Place: Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian."
"Identity: Patriarch of the Black Dragon Clan, descendant of the Nine Dragon Kings. Former Dragon God Personal Guard Chief of the God Realm, Divine Dragon who commands space and darkness, once the strongest being on the Douluo Continent."
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