Visiting the Consecration Hall, Kong Deming's Shock

The next morning.

While Meng Hongchen prepared for her upcoming trip, Xia Yu also arrived at the Sun Moon Empire's Consecration Hall.

As the place where the many consecrators cultivated and lived, the Sun Moon Empire's Consecration Hall had naturally been built with extreme magnificence and elegance, sacred and noble.

Its height was even comparable to that of the tallest building in the imperial palace.

"I wonder whether Teacher will be surprised when he learns about the changes over this period. And the person behind that attack... after so long, there should be some news by now, right..."

At the foot of the steps leading to the Consecration Hall, Xia Yu looked up at the solemn Sun Moon totem and his eyes flickered slightly.

He then tidied his appearance a little before slowly walking up the steps, making his way toward the Consecration Hall one step at a time.

Little did he know that, at this very moment, the Consecration Hall had become unusually lively because of his arrival.

"That kid really came at the right time. Old Kong had just cleaned up his mess and found some clues about that so-called person behind the scenes, and Xia Yu arrived right afterward. What a coincidence, huh?"

"Enough with your sarcasm. Be careful Xia Yu finds out and challenges you to a spar. You might not even be his match, and it'll be quite a sight when you lose."

"Exactly, exactly. Xia Yu beat Ghost Fox so badly that there wasn't a single piece of good flesh left on him. We old bones might not necessarily be his opponents either."

"Ah, it's both gratifying and heartbreaking. Our era will eventually pass, but that's fine. With such an outstanding junior as Xia Yu, our Sun Moon Empire will surely flourish."

"Enough, you old fool. You connect everything to the empire. That's all you've done your entire life; how dull."

The consecrators of the Consecration Hall spoke one after another.

In truth, they were all quite familiar with Xia Yu. It would not have been an exaggeration to say they had watched him grow up.

But Xia Yu's changes over this period had simply been too rapid. He had only just broken through to become a Titled Douluo, yet he had effortlessly killed Ghost Fox. It was truly baffling and unbelievable.

If Ghost Fox had been an ordinary Rank-9 Soul Engineer, it would have been one thing. With Xia Yu's abilities and the numerous Ninth-Level Soul Tools he possessed, he could have managed a counterkill.

But Ghost Fox had been a genuine Combat-Control Rank-9 Soul Engineer. Compared to ordinary Soul Engineers, his combat power had generally been far stronger.

Yet such a veteran powerhouse had not possessed the slightest ability to fight back against Xia Yu.

Don't ask how they knew Ghost Fox had been unable to fight back against Xia Yu. His miserable corpse, without a single intact piece of flesh, was the best proof.

It was precisely because of this that the consecrators were exceedingly curious about Xia Yu's strength and could hardly wait to investigate it for themselves.

Unfortunately, they could neither do so nor dared to do so.

Didn't they see Kong Deming, the head of the Consecration Hall, seated in the place of honor?

Daring to openly investigate Xia Yu's strength right under his nose—wouldn't that be slapping him in the face?

Therefore, no matter how curious the consecrators were, they could only wait obediently for Xia Yu's arrival in the Consecration Hall.

They did not even dare to use their spiritual power to probe Xia Yu's condition.

"By the way, should we guess that kid Xia Yu's soul power rank?"

"I think that works, but just guessing would be too dull. How about we put something on the line?"

"Sure. Then I'll go first. I guess rank ninety-three..."

"All right, quiet down. Xia Yu is almost here. What would it look like if he saw you acting like this?"

Just as the consecrators were preparing to bet on Xia Yu's soul power rank, Kong Deming spoke.

In an instant, every sound vanished, leaving only the consecrators staring intently at the doors of the Consecration Hall.

"Hmm? What's going on? Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

Xia Yu, who had already made it halfway up, suddenly raised his head and suspiciously surveyed his surroundings.

For some unknown reason, his back had abruptly tensed, and he was suddenly struck by a sense of foreboding.

But this was the Consecration Hall, where the Sun Moon Empire's strongest forces gathered. Who would dare act recklessly here?

After giving it some thought, Xia Yu stopped paying much attention to it. Keeping a bit of his focus on alert, he continued up on foot.

"Come straight in. There's no need for all those formalities."

The moment Xia Yu arrived before the sacred Consecration Hall, before he could report his arrival according to protocol, his teacher Kong Deming's voice came from within.

"Yes, Teacher!"

Since Kong Deming had said there was no need to announce himself, Xia Yu naturally went along with it. He stepped forward, pushed open the doors, and entered.

After passing through the corridor, Xia Yu soon entered the main hall.

Before him sat the consecrators led by Kong Deming, all of them examining him with shocked expressions.

"That aura... monstrous. It's absolutely monstrous. No matter how you look at it, he's at rank ninety-five, isn't he?"

"Yes, rank ninety-five. He has directly surpassed us old fellows. Tell me, are Twin Martial Souls really this monstrous?"

"Ah, I'm leaving. This blow is just too great. Out of sight, out of mind."

"Count me in..."

Since he had come to the Consecration Hall to pay respects to his teacher, Xia Yu had not deliberately concealed his soul power aura.

But what he had not expected was that this alone would deal the consecrators a severe blow.

Originally, they had wanted to ask Xia Yu about the details of his battle with Ghost Fox and learn what had happened at the time.

But now, what was there left to ask? With such a soul power rank, crushing Ghost Fox, that beaten cur, had been effortless.

Very soon, nearly all the consecrators had left, leaving only Kong Deming, the chief consecrator.

"Xia Yu, you really prepared a huge surprise for your teacher. As expected of my disciple."

Kong Deming was equally stunned beyond words.

He had never expected that, in the blink of an eye, his personal disciple would become a Super Douluo and completely surpass him as his teacher.

"Well, if you put it that way, Teacher, then I'm going to get cocky."

Seeing Kong Deming's stunned expression, Xia Yu could not help secretly feeling delighted.

Taking advantage of the moment, he immediately played around and teased Kong Deming a little.

But it was only a slight tease. Xia Yu would certainly not go any further.

He respected Kong Deming, his teacher, from the bottom of his heart.

This old man truly was a good teacher and had taught Xia Yu many things.

He was wholly deserving of Xia Yu repaying his kindness.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Yu directly took out a small piece of Gold of Life that he had prepared beforehand and handed it to Kong Deming.

"Teacher, this is a treasure I obtained in the Star Dou Great Forest. It should be useful to you. Please accept it!"

"This... this is? Such life force..."

Receiving a gift from Xia Yu had already been shocking enough for Kong Deming.

But when he sensed the dense life force contained within the Gold of Life, he was so startled that he rose to his feet, rendered incoherent.

This was not really Kong Deming's fault. The Gold of Life Xia Yu had produced was simply too astounding.

He had never seen such incredibly dense life force before.

No, forget seeing it—he had never even heard of it.

This small piece of Gold of Life before him seemed to have solidified life force itself. It was simply unbelievable.