The Most Melancholy, Top 9! Dugu Bo Makes the List!

Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Inside a luxurious VIP room.

Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and Poison Douluo had gathered together.

Xue Beng eagerly poured tea for Poison Douluo and heaped on the praise:

"Thank you for stepping in, Senior! The moment you unleashed the presence of a Titled Douluo, those three education committee members under my elder brother were so frightened they barely dared to breathe. Truly awe-inspiring!"

Poison Douluo calmly sipped his tea, though inwardly he was speechless.

If not for Prince Xue Xing saving his life years ago,

why would a Titled Douluo like him bother associating with an ignorant, spoiled fool like Xue Beng?

Just then, the Sky Curtain descended.

Once everyone had recovered from their shock,

Xue Beng asked curiously,

"Senior Poison Douluo, have you made anything of that Sky Curtain?"

"It doesn't look like an ordinary object to me. If it belongs to no one, it would be wonderful to seize it and study it."

Poison Douluo fell silent.

Seize it?

He couldn't see through the thing at all.

Besides, if it had any value, he would hardly be the first to get his hands on it!

He waved a hand and said,

"Let's wait and see."

"From what I can tell, the requirements for making the list have little to do with a Soul Master's strength."

"There are billions of living beings in this world, and far too many have suffered tragic lives. Pull a random beggar out of the slums, and his story might be enough to make anyone's blood run cold."

"If this were a contest of strength, I might have some hope."

"But a contest of misery? Forget it."

He had no desire to have his old wounds laid bare again.

Instead, he glanced at Xue Beng and offered a pointed warning:

"Those talented Little Monsters you provoked today are no simple opponents. You'd better be careful from now on."

But Xue Beng, dressed head to toe in bright yellow and purple, looked utterly unconcerned.

I'm an imperial prince!

They're just a few commoners from the countryside!

They don't even know to wear Heaven Dou City's trendiest yellow-and-purple outfit. And they think they deserve to enter Heaven Dou Imperial Academy?

Meanwhile, in Heaven Dou City, at Blue Tyrant Academy.

Or rather, Shrek Academy.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, who wore a yellow-and-purple outfit, were together.

They were wrapped up in each other.

"Xiaogang, I'll go to that shop another day and have them make an outfit like this for you."

Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back and smiled faintly. "All right!"

Tang San, standing not far away: "..."

He couldn't understand what looked good about that combination. It seemed all of Heaven Dou City had been infected by yellow and purple.

After thinking it over, he could only conclude that a country boy like him didn't understand the city's sophisticated tastes.

Just then, the Sky Curtain appeared.

Tang San activated the Purple Demon Eye, trying to see through the Sky Curtain, but got nowhere.

Stunned, he turned and asked,

"Teacher, you're the most knowledgeable person I know. What is that thing in the sky?"

Liu Erlong, lost in admiration, asked curiously too,

"Yes, Xiaogang. Do you know what it is? It looks extraordinary."

Yu Xiaogang was just as puzzled.

It was his first time seeing anything like it, but his curiosity had already surged.

People toyed with by fate, people who have suffered tragic lives, can make the list and receive generous rewards?

As he saw it, he was a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, yet he had been born with only half a rank of Soul Power!

Two failed romances, and his clansmen had looked down on him!

Even ordinary teachers at Nuoding Soul Master Academy had mocked him!

If that didn't count as a tragic life, who in the world had suffered more than he had?!

What astonishing reward might he receive if he made the list?

And since it was a ranking, the higher the position, the greater the reward had to be.

I, Yu Xiaogang, can surely rank in the top three, can't I?

First place isn't out of the question, either.

I've been suffering for years!

Maybe I really can defy fate and change my worthless aptitude!

Meanwhile, Tang Hao watched the Sky Curtain from his hiding place and frowned.

"Those toyed with by fate, those who have suffered tragic lives, can make the list?"

He had once been a favored son of heaven, one of the Clear Sky Twin Stars, among the continent's greatest talents.

Yet because his wife was a Soul Beast, Spirit Hall had hunted him down, leaving him to play the mad fool he was today.

If tragic lives could be ranked, then he, Tang Hao, would surely be near the top!

He simply didn't know what these so-called rewards were.

Elsewhere, at Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong looked at the Sky Curtain and sneered.

Though her beast of a teacher had once violated her, making her own past tragic enough, she had no interest in appearing on such a list.

To her, relying on herself was the only sure path.

As for this Sky Curtain that had appeared from nowhere, it was deeply strange.

She was already a Limit Douluo!

Yet she still couldn't sense the Sky Curtain's true nature!

It seemed to touch the very source of the rules, beyond her reach.

She frowned.

She didn't want to make the list, but she didn't want anyone else on it either, least of all her enemies.

Spirit Hall had hunted Tang Hao back then, leading the Blue Silver Emperor to sacrifice herself. His experience certainly counted as tragic.

What if Tang Hao made the list, gained a reward, and came back to kill them?

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, standing nearby, said nothing.

In their view, their younger years had indeed been miserable, but not miserable enough to make the list.

After all, they were now lofty Super Douluos whom countless people looked up to.

A ranking of misery was probably for weak, pitiful ants alone!

The Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian roared, "Dragon God Claw!"

A massive dragon claw tore through the void and slashed viciously at the Sky Curtain overhead!

But a moment later,

the Dragon God Claw passed straight through empty space, accomplishing nothing.

The Smiley Player only grinned more absurdly, as though mocking his helplessness.

Such blatant provocation left Di Tian both furious and alarmed!

Even his strongest attack had failed. What kind of being had created this Sky Curtain?

Could it be those God Kings in the Divine Realm?

Yet the Sky Curtain seemed almost eager for him to challenge it!

Di Tian was utterly baffled. Could this damned thing actually enjoy being attacked?

If it were a contest of combat strength, his Soul Beast Clan could hold its own.

But melancholy?

What was that supposed to be?

To Di Tian, the world of Soul Beasts had always been one where the weak were prey to the strong and the victor was king. Who had time to brood?

His Soul Beast Clan had no need for such weakness!

Once his slumbering lord awoke, everything would be all right.

Beside him, Bi Ji covered her red lips, her eyes full of shock.

Something even Beast God Di Tian could do nothing against was almost beyond imagining.

Could it be something beyond a divine artifact?

Meanwhile, beside the lake at Imperial Heaven Dou Academy.

Phainon still sat serenely on his stool, fishing without a care.

Splash—

This time, he finally had the luck to catch a palm-sized crucian carp. He was beside himself with excitement.

He carefully took the fish off the hook and placed it in the bucket beside him.

Two other fish, each no bigger than a finger, flopped about inside.

That was his entire haul.

Watching the uncommonly calm Phainon, Qian Renxue wore an odd expression.

She suddenly remembered the mask Phainon had fished up earlier. It seemed rather like the one on the Sky Curtain.

She couldn't resist probing him.

"Brother Phainon, do you know anything about this Sky Curtain?"

Phainon sighed and said with complete sincerity,

"Your Highness, this is my first time seeing the thing too."

Qian Renxue stared hard at Phainon's face. His gaze was clear; he truly didn't seem to be lying.

Meanwhile, Phainon muttered to himself,

It really is my damn first time seeing the Sky Curtain.

But I've seen Aha's mask more times than I can count.

Then again, who could possibly guess how Aha's mind works?

By then, the contents of the Sky Curtain had begun to change. Images and music even appeared:

[Douluo Continent's Most Melancholy, Top 9: Dugu Bo]

[BGM: A single phone call divides the world in two, yet we never meet. In the mirror, you sometimes wear rouge. Who hurt you and shattered the way you looked...]

As the music began, everyone across Douluo Continent turned their eyes to the Sky Curtain.

They all wanted to see what sort of person the Sky Curtain had certified as the tenth most melancholy on the continent.

Many people knew Dugu Bo's name.

But did being strong mean he was melancholy?

Some Wealthy Soul Masters thought resentfully,

I might not match him in strength, but don't I stand a chance at being the most melancholy on the continent?

Back in the VIP room at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng stared at the words on the Sky Curtain, their eyes widening.

"Senior Dugu Bo, look! You made the list!"