Intimidating Ah Rou
Ah Rou looked stunned, and her gaze toward Ling Yi gradually became serious and wary.
"What's wrong?" Ling Yi smiled calmly. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You actually joined the Spirit Hall?!" Ah Rou exclaimed in disbelief. "Do you even know that the Spirit Hall has several Titled Douluo and Soul Douluo?"
"Ugh—"
Faced with Ah Rou's question, Ling Yi pondered for a moment before replying, "As far as I know, there should be seven or eight Titled Douluo in the Spirit Hall, and at least twenty or more Soul Douluo."
Upon hearing this answer, Ah Rou forgot all about being wary of Ling Yi and her pupils constricted sharply. "So many?!"
Although she had spent five or six years in the human world and had learned about the power of the Spirit Hall —for example, the "Douluo Hall," which was dedicated to Titled Douluo and was unique among other forces on the Douluo Continent —she truly had no concept of how many Titled Douluo and Soul Douluo the Spirit Hall possessed. The junior Soul Master Academy she attended didn't teach these things, and her social circle couldn't provide her with such information.
"Let me put it this way," Ling Yi explained to Ah Rou, "In the human world, the various forces can be divided into two types."
"One is called the Spirit Hall, and the other is called other forces."
"What do you mean?" Ah Rou asked instinctively.
"Heh~" Ling Yi revealed a strange smile that Ah Rou couldn't understand, "Because the strength of the Spirit Hall is comparable to the combined strength of all other forces on the Douluo Continent except for the Spirit Hall!"
"So strong?!" Ah Rou exclaimed in surprise, "This... how is this possible?!"
Even in the Star Dou Great Forest, before she took human form, her strength, along with her daughter Xiao Wu and the extremely powerful "Sky Azure Bull Python" Da Ming and "Titan Giant Ape" Er Ming, was not enough to fight against the entire Star Dou Great Forest at the same time.
After all, although no other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast have been born in the Star Dou Great Forest, there are quite a few creatures with cultivation levels of 80,000 or 90,000 years.
Just like those three "Thousand Ton Ant Emperor" who were driven out of the inner forest by Da Ming and Er Ming a few years ago, their cultivation level had reached 90,000 years!
In addition, there is the "Dark Demon Evil God Tiger," whose cultivation is only fifty or sixty thousand years, but whose strength is enough to fight against the Da Ming or the Er Ming in one-on-one!
Not to mention, the Star Dou Great Forest is only one of the three major habitats of Soul Beast on the Douluo Continent. Although it is the largest one.
According to Ah Rou's speculation, there must also be other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the other two of the three major Soul Beast gathering places in the Douluo Continent, namely the "Lost Track Grand Canyon" and the "Land of the Far North"!
"Nothing is impossible~" Ling Yi shook his head and said, "If it were a hundred years ago, the Spirit Hall really wouldn't be this strong."
"Hmm?" A look of confusion appeared on Ah Rou's face, and she was also a little uncomfortable with Ling Yi's abrupt change of topic. "Wh... what do you mean?"
"You should know that Soul Master's strength is divided into levels, with each level representing a realm. Soul Scholar one to ten constitute the first realm. After obtaining their First Soul Ring, they break through to the second realm, becoming One-Ring Soul Master levels eleven to twentieth). Then come the Two-Ring Grand Soul Master, the Three-Ring Soul Elder ... all the way up to obtaining their Ninth Soul Ring and breaking through to the tenth realm, the Titled Douluo!"
Ling Yi continued his detailed explanation, then asked:
"You must have heard that the Clear Sky Sect is hailed as the number one sect in the world, right?"
Faced with this question, Ah Rou nodded. In this era, the Clear Sky Sect was at its zenith, and even though her previous small city was relatively remote, she had still heard of it.
"Then do you know what it was that allowed the Clear Sky Sect to ascend to the throne of 'Number One Under Heaven'?" Ling Yi asked again.
Ah Rou shook her head blankly at this.
She had heard of the current sect leader of the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Zhen, known as the "Heaven-Shaking Douluo," but the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan not only had the current patriarch Yu Yuanzhen, known as the "Thunder Douluo," but also many uncles and elders whose strength had reached the Soul Douluo level.
Logically speaking, the overall strength of the Clear Sky Sect is inferior to that of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Ling Yi: "It's Tang Chen!"
"Tang Chen?" Ah Rou repeated the name.
"Yes!" Ling Yi nodded. "Tang Chen, ' Clear Sky Douluo ' Tang Chen!"
"Haotian... [Clear Sky Sect], Clear Sky Douluo..." Ah Rou's face showed a look of realization. "So that's how it is, [Clear Sky Sect] has two Titled Douluo ~"
"It's not just about the words ' Titled Douluo '~"
Ling Yi's smile grew increasingly enigmatic, giving Ah Rou a chilling feeling.
"Tang Chen is a Level 99 Titled Douluo ~"
His voice was soft and his tone leisurely, but Ling Yi's last words were like a thunderclap, booming in Ah Rou's heart.
"Nine... Level 99?!" Ah Rou swallowed hard, asking almost in a daze.
"Yes, Level 99." Ling Yi gave her a reassuring look.
"Hiss--!"
A collective gasp filled Ling Yi's shop, but before it reached within two meters of the two people, all the sound was absorbed by the large-mouthed bat statue on the table in front of them.
Ah Rou's expression became somewhat dazed.
What does Level 99 mean?
That was the pinnacle of humanity, just one step away from becoming a god at level 100!
Why would Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, who had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, transform into a human and start cultivating from the weakest state again? Why would she have to accept the short lifespan of a human, which is only a hundred years, and face the risk of being discovered by human powerhouses at the Soul Douluo level or above, being hunted down, and having her soul and bones taken?
Isn't it all for the sake of taking a gamble on the legendary possibility of becoming a god at level 100?
Although in the bloodline memories of Da Ming and Er Ming, Soul Beast can also break through their own limits and further enhance their strength by resisting heavenly tribulations, it is obviously not something that Ah Rou, who is just a "Soft Bone Rabbit", can hope for.
However, Da Ming and Er Ming, whose bloodline talents stand at the top of the Soul Beast Realm, have a good chance of breaking through the limits, withstanding the power of the heavenly tribulation, and becoming Ferocious Beast above the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast level!
Furthermore, as a former Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Ah Rou also knew that in front of a Level 99 Titled Douluo, the strength of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was really nothing.
If that Level 99 Titled Douluo named Tang Chen makes a move, Xiao Wu, the daughter of the Star Dou Great Forest, as well as Da Ming, the Sky Azure Bull Python Da Ming, Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape, will all be likely to have their Soul Ring made by human Soul Master, and their Soul Bone will also be dug out to enhance the strength of human Soul Master.
Thinking of this, Ah Rou felt a chill run down her spine.
"Guess what," Ling Yi's voice, like a devil's whisper, rang in Ah Rou's ear again. "The Clear Sky Sect, the number one sect in the world, possesses Tang Chen, the ' Clear Sky Douluo ' at Level 99. Why did I say earlier that the Spirit Hall's strength is comparable to all the other forces on the Douluo Continent combined?"
Upon hearing this, Ah Rou was taken aback at first, then seemed to realize something, her watery eyes widening suddenly as she stared at Ling Yi in disbelief. "You mean...?!"
Ling Yi narrowed his eyes slightly. Although he spoke softly, to Ah Rou, it was like a chilling wind from hell blowing into the human world. "Qian Daoliu, titled ' Angel,' former Grand Elder of the Spirit Hall, he is also Level 99!"
Still writing, next chapter before midnight~