Who was the most mysterious Title Douluo on the continent today?
Without a doubt, it was Leng Hanyuan before them.
Ordinary people only knew that the Spirit Pagoda had suddenly gained a Grand Elder equal in rank to its Pagoda Master.
People like Zhen Hua, who had their own information channels, knew a little more.
They knew Leng Hanyuan came from the Phoenix Family and could suppress Qiangu Dieting, the Spirit Pagoda's former Pagoda Master.
But that was all.
As for anything else about Leng Hanyuan, they knew nothing whatsoever.
No one even knew of any prior traces of activity from this quasi-god of the Phoenix Family.
No matter how they investigated, there seemed to have been no sign of him over the past century.
It was as though he had appeared out of thin air.
The Phoenix Family called Leng Hanyuan their ancestor, but most people had not taken that seriously.
After all, throughout the Phoenix Family's several-hundred-year history, there had never been an ancestor named Leng Hanyuan.
As for even more distant history...
No one considered that possibility.
After all, even quasi-gods only lived for a few hundred years.
Thus, Zhen Hua and the others could not suppress their curiosity toward the continent's most mysterious quasi-god.
"Very well."
Leng Hanyuan nodded without refusing.
Brilliant soul rings slowly rose beneath him, one after another.
Zhen Hua and the others could not help holding their breath, their pupils shaking violently.
Red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red!
Every single one was red!
That bloodlike crimson was dazzlingly bright and especially eye-catching.
Mu Ye drew a deep breath.
In his eyes, Leng Hanyuan's terrifying soul ring configuration had surely been obtained through postnatal spiritual ascension.
Yet even so, it remained incomparably shocking.
What shocked him was not the hundred-thousand-year soul rings themselves.
Mu Ye had hundred-thousand-year soul rings too, and more than one at that.
What truly stunned Mu Ye was that all nine were hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
After all, the age limit of soul spirits was directly linked to spiritual power.
Precisely because he himself possessed several hundred-thousand-year soul rings, Mu Ye understood even better how immense the spiritual power requirements became when raising the age of later soul rings.
With nine hundred-thousand-year soul rings, just how terrifying must Leng Hanyuan's spiritual power be?
As the soul rings rose,
a crisp phoenix cry echoed through the room.
He did not deliberately release any power, yet the surrounding temperature still began to plummet.
White frost had already begun faintly condensing in the corners.
That noble phoenix might made even Mu Ye, the strongest of the three, feel tremendous pressure, his face turning slightly pale.
"Ultimate Ice!"
"This is definitely Ultimate Ice!"
Mu Ye muttered aloud.
That bone-deep chill could be nothing other than Ultimate Ice!
"May I ask what Your Excellency's martial soul is?" Zhen Hua narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although he was not as strong as Mu Ye,
he was still a genuine Title Douluo.
Though there might have been some inflated elements to his cultivation, he still had sharp eyes.
Naturally, he could tell how extraordinary Leng Hanyuan's martial soul was.
He continuously searched through his memories for relevant knowledge, yet could never find anything matching Leng Hanyuan's martial soul.
"Ice Crystal Profound Phoenix."
Leng Hanyuan spoke softly.
Ice Crystal Profound Phoenix!
This was the top-tier martial soul that had once suppressed Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny of an era, so thoroughly that he had been unable to lift his head for more than a decade.
It not only possessed the Ultimate Ice attribute,
but also carried the bloodline of a True Phoenix!
One had to know that the True Phoenix bloodline was a top-tier divine beast bloodline equal to the True Dragon bloodline!
In this Douluo III Era, where martial souls with dragon bloodlines were everywhere, Leng Hanyuan's Ice Crystal Profound Phoenix was no inferior to any martial soul.
Even Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline would have absolutely no way to suppress him.
Martial souls with dragon bloodlines were everywhere in the Douluo III Era.
As half of the Dragon God, the Golden Dragon King bloodline could be called the strictest father of all such martial souls.
It had once caused countless soul masters to lose thirty percent of their strength the moment they fought Tang Wulin.
It could be considered the choice of a certain plane.
After all, before Tang Wulin's era, soul masters with dragon-type martial souls were powerful, but not numerous.
It was nothing like this era, where nearly half of those genius soul masters had martial souls related to dragons in one way or another.
The dragon race had supposedly revived through human martial souls.
Unfortunately, Leng Hanyuan was not among them.
He was a phoenix, not a dragon. Dragon pressure did nothing to him!
He withdrew his martial soul.
The phoenix might permeating the room disappeared.
Zhen Hua and the others could not help letting out a breath.
Their foreheads were already covered in dense beads of glistening sweat.
Was this the terrifying pressure of a quasi-god?
Even though it had not been deliberately directed at them, the pressure that leaked out still made their hearts pound with fear.
"I roughly understand Your Excellency's requirements for battle armor metals."
Zhen Hua spoke softly.
He had already drawn up a preliminary list of the materials Leng Hanyuan would need for his Four-Word Battle Armor.
"Mm." Leng Hanyuan nodded.
As a Divine Craftsman, Zhen Hua certainly understood this better.
He was merely someone who cultivated martial souls. What did he know about forging battle armor metals?
Four-Word Battle Armor...
Mu Ye glanced at Leng Hanyuan gloomily.
He was already this powerful without any battle armor enhancement.
If he truly possessed a set of Four-Word Battle Armor that belonged to him, how terrifying would this man's combat strength become?
Would the title of the continent's strongest truly change hands?
At that thought, Mu Ye suddenly felt a little schadenfreude.
Shrek Academy had been on a meteoric rise in recent years, largely thanks to Yun Ming, the Sky-Propping Douluo and the continent's strongest man.
If someone could suppress him and seize the title of the continent's strongest, it would be a blow to Shrek Academy as a whole.
Moreover, Leng Hanyuan belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, which had always been at odds with Shrek Academy.
Mu Ye was greatly looking forward to the expressions on those Shrek Academy people's faces when that time came.
The Body Sect and Shrek Academy had never gotten along, and this had been true since ten thousand years ago.
As the Body Sect's leader, Mu Ye did not have much fondness for Shrek Academy either.
Naturally, he was happy to watch the show.
"Divine Craftsman, would you be interested in joining my Phoenix Family?"
Leng Hanyuan suddenly extended the invitation without warning.
Zhen Hua froze for a moment, though he was not particularly surprised.
Since entering the realm of Divine Craftsmen, every prominent faction on the continent had offered him an olive branch.
Yet Zhen Hua had never been tempted.
He felt that serving as the Blacksmith Association's president was already quite good.
As the continent's sole Divine Craftsman, his influence spoke for itself.
The continent's top powerhouses all treated him as an honored guest. There was no need for him to join another faction and be needlessly placed beneath someone else.
Thus, Zhen Hua intended to decline Leng Hanyuan's invitation as he always had.
However, before he could speak, Leng Hanyuan interrupted him.
"Divine Craftsman, why not hear my terms before deciding?"
"Oh?"
"Please, Your Excellency, speak."
Zhen Hua raised an eyebrow.
Yet he was not actually expecting much.
As the continent's sole Divine Craftsman, there were very few things that could tempt him.
Still, out of courtesy, Zhen Hua intended to let Leng Hanyuan state his conditions first before tactfully refusing.
However, Leng Hanyuan's next sentence abruptly changed the Divine Craftsman's expression and quickened his breathing.
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