The transformation unfolding before their eyes was nothing short of a tale from a thousand and one nights. Everyone present was utterly dumbfounded!
The moment Xu Wensu appeared, his Soul Power fluctuations had been terrifying, but nearly everyone present was an elite of the Star Luo Empire.
As such,
they could all more or less tell that the old man was already in his twilight years.
One could even say that one foot was already in the grave!
By the common understanding of the Soul Master World, a Soul Master like him had no chance of breaking through to become a Titled Douluo!
Even the legendary Immortal Herb might not have given him such an opportunity!
But!
What had they just seen?
He had taken a pill none of them had ever seen before, and in a mere two and a half minutes, he had broken through to Level 90 and become a Titled Douluo with eight Soul Rings!?
At that moment!
Everyone was stunned!
Especially the old ministers who prided themselves on their vast knowledge. Each of them stared at Xu Wensu, sitting cross-legged on the ground, as if they had seen a ghost, their minds completely blank.
Even Tang Wei, First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, abruptly rose to his feet, his pupils contracting. "What kind of pill is that!?"
"This..."
As if he had thought of something, he suddenly lifted his head and looked at Chen Fan, his eyes filled with shock!
This young Sect Master of the Seven Kill Sect didn't seem as simple as he appeared!
How had he made that pill?
Who was he, really!?
However,
before the crowd could recover from their shock,
Chen Fan, quite pleased with their reactions, flipped his hand again. A diamond-shaped crystal, completely blood-red, appeared in his palm.
The crystal was as translucent as colored glass. Under the lights, it refracted an eerie glow and gave off energy fluctuations strikingly similar to those of a Soul Ring!
His gaze swept around the room, and he nodded with satisfaction.
As expected, the best way to advertise was to show off and slap everyone in the face, leaving the entire crowd in shock!
He was sure that from now on, continuing to enjoy the blessings of having many children would be several times easier!
Of course,
he dared to do this because Chen Jianjun was backing him!
Otherwise, an ordinary person who tried this sort of thing wouldn't even know how they'd died.
"Elder Xu."
After the thought crossed his mind, Chen Fan handed the crystal to Xu Wensu. "You just broke through, and you haven't absorbed your ninth Soul Ring yet, right?"
"Try this!"
Xu Wensu opened his eyes and let out a long breath, feeling as if he had just awoken from a dream.
However,
Chen Fan's words immediately snapped him to attention.
Or rather, it was the energy fluctuations coming from the blood-red crystal, so similar to those of a Soul Ring, that brought him back to his senses!
At once,
his gaze fell instinctively on the crystal, and his pupils contracted sharply.
Because...
his Martial Soul was overcome with an intense longing for the crystal!
"This..."
Xu Wensu's eyes widened like brass bells. He stared blankly at Chen Fan and was about to say something when Chen Fan simply pushed the crystal into his hand.
Seeing this,
Xu Wensu hesitated no longer. He took a deep breath, circulated his Soul Power, and began absorbing it just as he would a Soul Ring!
Boom!
The instant the crystal entered his body, an immensely powerful mental shockwave and a surge of Soul Power burst from him.
Chen Xin, who had been prepared, stepped forward to shield Chen Fan from the shockwave.
But the ministers of the Star Luo Empire, who still hadn't recovered, weren't so lucky. Those with lower Soul Power Levels were sent reeling by the blast, their minds going completely blank!
"This... this fluctuation?"
"Is this the mental shock unique to a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!?"
"No, that's not right. The fluctuations are even stronger than those from the eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring I absorbed back then!"
"Could it be..."
Under the crowd's utterly astonished gazes,
behind Xu Wensu, above his two yellow, two purple, and four black Soul Rings, another ring gradually coalesced in the position of his ninth Soul Ring—a blood-red one!
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. His ninth Soul Ring!
The entire hall fell silent!
Everyone stared blankly at the scene before them, mouths agape, eyes vacant.
Was this... the legendary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!?
And at that moment!
The Soul Power fluctuations around Xu Wensu began to climb rapidly!
Peak Level 90!
Level 91!
Level 92!
Level 93!
Only when he reached Level 93 did the terrifying fluctuations of Soul Power slowly subside.
The hall was utterly silent.
Everyone stared dumbly at the blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring behind Xu Wensu, their minds a blank.
A Level 93 Titled Douluo!
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as his ninth!
Just like that... one had been born?!
How was that possible!?
Was this a dream!?
Since when had it become so easy to break through to become a Titled Douluo and obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!?
Some of the old ministers simply couldn't believe what they were seeing. They pinched their thighs so hard that their faces twisted in pain.
Beside them, Dai Yue nearly popped her eyes out!
A Titled Douluo, made on the spot!
And with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!
Was this really something a pretty face could offer!?
How was that possible!?
"Y-Your Majesty..."
Empress Zhu had gone pale. She stared at what was unfolding, her expression uncertain.
Her legs felt weak. She instinctively grabbed the chair and sat down, but even beneath her white skirt, her legs still trembled...
Dai Li's lips quivered, but he couldn't get a single word out.
"What kind of fortuitous opportunity has the Seven Kill Sect stumbled upon!?"
Compared with being stunned, Tang Wei was more shaken!
He was, after all, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect.
He had once heard Sect Master Tang Chen speak of the divine. But it was nothing more than a legend; even Tang Chen had never seen one with his own eyes. And yet...
By contrast,
Tang Xiao's face had gone pale, and he kept his head lowered, not daring to look at Chen Fan.
He'd just wanted to fly into a rage for the sake of a beauty?
Heh... What a joke!
Chen Fan could casually turn an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo into a Level 93 Titled Douluo. What was a mere Level 62 Soul Emperor like him supposed to be?!
"Phew..."
Xu Wensu let out a long breath and opened his eyes.
Feeling the unprecedented strength surging through his body, Xu Wensu was overwhelmed with emotion, almost moved to tears.
He had been stuck at Level 89 for so many years. He had thought he might become the Xu Family's last guardian, eventually dying in battle or passing away in meditation.
But he had never imagined that,
today, when he had already resigned himself to death and prepared to die fighting in the hall,
a pill and a crystal, both practically miraculous, would haul him straight from hell to the clouds.
Level 93!
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!
It all felt like a dream.
And the one who had given him all of this was the young man before him.
At the thought, Xu Wensu drew a deep breath, turned around, and slowly knelt before Chen Fan. "Sect Master Chen, I will never forget your great kindness!"
His voice was hoarse, yet filled with unprecedented solemnity. "From this day on, the entire Xu Family will follow your every command!"
He lifted his head, his cloudy eyes now exceptionally bright. "I wouldn't dare presume to offer my two great-granddaughters as wives. I only hope they may serve at your side. That alone would be an immense blessing for the Xu Family!"
Xu Jiuer and Xu Qinger stood to one side. Hearing his words, both their pretty faces flushed to the roots of their ears. They lowered their heads, not daring to look at anyone, and nervously twisted the hems of their clothes.
The ministers were still reeling as they turned their trembling gazes toward Chen Fan.
A pill and a crystal had created a Level 93 Titled Douluo!
Such a method was unheard of!
The way they looked at Chen Fan had changed completely!
All the contempt, disdain, and mockery they had shown him before had now turned into deep wariness and reverence.
A scene this unbelievable had completely overturned their understanding of the world!
Meanwhile, Tang Wei, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect beside the main seat, pressed his lips together and said nothing, his gaze shifting uneasily.
I have to send word of this back to the Clear Sky Sect immediately!
I even have to tell the Sect Master!
This Seven Kill Sect actually possesses pills the likes of which no one has ever heard!
One pill could take an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo and break him through to become a Titled Douluo. One crystal could grant someone a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. If the Seven Kill Sect had found a way to mass-produce these things...
Tang Wei didn't dare continue the thought.
At that point, forget the Clear Sky Sect—even if the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect joined forces, they might still...
Beside him, Tang Xiao wore an expression as if he'd seen a ghost. Eyes wide, he stared fixedly at Chen Fan.
What was this?
Creating a Titled Douluo out of thin air!?
And not just any Titled Douluo, but one with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!?
Damn it, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it even if someone beat him to death!
As for Dai Yue, the Dai Family's eldest princess...
She bit her lip so hard that it nearly bled, feeling as if she'd just missed out on a hundred million.
Earlier,
she had looked down on Chen Fan as nothing but a pretty face, thought him unworthy of her, and tacitly approved of Empress Zhu's exorbitant price.
But now... as she looked at the Xu sisters standing beside Chen Fan, her face burned with shame.
He could casually create a Titled Douluo, and she had still been congratulating herself over that pathetic princess title?
She felt that if she put something red on her nose, she might as well be a clown.
Why...
Why did those two girls from a declining ducal family get chosen?
She bit down hard on her lip, her nails digging into her palms. A jumble of feelings welled up inside her, but jealousy eclipsed them all!
Why?
Why had those two girls from the Xu Family been granted such an opportunity?
"It should be over..."
Many ministers thought to themselves as they watched the scene.
Now that Xu Wensu had broken through to become a Titled Douluo, even if the Xu Family wanted to leave the Star Luo Empire and declare independence, it would be no problem at all.
Dai Li couldn't stop the entire Xu Family from joining the Seven Kill Sect. All he could do was watch—and become the very picture of an incompetent emperor...
However!
Just as everyone thought the dust had settled, Dai Li suddenly spoke. "Our Star Luo Imperial Family has an ancestral pill that can help an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo break through to Level 90 and become a Titled Douluo."
"But a traitor appeared in the imperial family back then, and the recipe for this pill was stolen and lost."
"Now that I think about it, it must have been stolen by your father's generation, Chen Fan!"
His words sent the entire hall into an uproar once more!
The civil and military officials stared at Dai Li in disbelief. Even Tang Wei, the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, looked at him incredulously.
A thought surfaced in their minds...
Had Dai Li gone mad?