[Most Melancholy Person on the Douluo Continent, TOP 1: Khaslana] [BGM: Corona]
A mournful voice hummed softly in the background.
The Sky Curtain had finally revealed the top spot on its melancholy ranking.
People across every time and space were stunned.
From TOP 9 to TOP 2, the list had included humans and Soul Beasts, even people from several different eras.
Even the Phoenix God and the Silver Dragon King had made the list.
But no one seemed to have heard of Khaslana. Which era did he come from?
For that matter, was he even human? That was still an open question!
The world of Douluo I.
When Yu Xiaogang saw that the top spot belonged to someone else, he shook with rage.
"Why?!"
"I'm clearly the most melancholy person on the Douluo Continent!"
"I've endured so many contemptuous looks and humiliations, yet I can't even make the list?"
Yu Xiaogang was beside himself with fury, his face livid.
He had even boasted earlier that if he made the list and his story was revealed, Bibi Dong might come looking for him again.
Now those words had slapped him right in the face.
He was dizzy with anger.
Nearby, Ning Rongrong fought to hold back a laugh. She had wanted to say this for ages:
Yu Xiaogang, what makes you think you deserve a spot on the list?
Keep dreaming.
Just who is this Khaslana, and how miserable must he be to take the top spot?
Just then.
Dai Mubai suddenly spoke up. Barely suppressing a wicked grin, he said with a perfectly serious face,
"Grandmaster, don't worry."
"Rankings like this usually start at TOP 10 and count down."
"But the Sky Curtain started at TOP 9, leaving one spot unaccounted for."
"Maybe there's a hidden TOP 0!"
"With your qualifications, perhaps you're that zero standing above the entire list!"
At Dai Mubai's words, Yu Xiaogang's dejected expression vanished. His eyes lit up.
"Mubai, you have a point!"
"Perhaps I'm the one and only zero!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang speak with such confidence,
the Shrek members took one look at the grin Boss Dai could no longer contain and understood at once.
Boss Dai was obviously making a fool of the Grandmaster!
Tang San, watching from the side, could only sigh helplessly.
Teacher, oh, teacher!
You're far too confident!
The Star Dou Great Forest.
Beast God Di Tian stared at the name in first place, utterly baffled.
He could say with certainty that, in all his long life, he had never heard it before.
He turned to Bi Ji.
Bi Ji shook her head in confusion too.
"The Sky Curtain has given us only a name, with no indication of who he is. It's hard to guess where he comes from."
Bi Ji continued her analysis.
"I think he's most likely human. If he were a Soul Beast, there's no way we wouldn't know him."
Di Tian nodded.
So what if Khaslana was human?
As far as he was concerned, he could handle even a powerful human—as long as things did not become as absurd as they would tens of thousands of years later, when four-word Battle Armor could turn out Titled Douluo by the batch.
For now, the urgent task was to strangle Tang San in the cradle. Once that was done, everything else could be dealt with.
Heaven Dou City, Phainon's Clothing Store.
Qian Renxue stared at the name on the Sky Curtain, dumbfounded.
She had never heard of this person, nor had she seen his name in Spirit Hall's vast archives.
She turned to Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao and asked,
"You two come from the future. Is there any record of this name in your time?"
Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao exchanged a glance.
Both shook their heads. They had never heard it either.
At that moment, Qian Renxue noticed something unusual about Phainon's expression.
Phainon, who was normally so calm that nothing seemed to bother him, now wore a strange look.
Even the corners of his mouth were faintly twitching.
Qian Renxue asked tentatively,
"Brother Phainon, do you know the person on the Sky Curtain?"
What could Phainon say?
Tell her outright, That's me?
Inside, he was furiously grumbling.
Damn you, Aha!
You actually put me in first place!
I fled all the way to Douluo Star, and you still won't leave me alone!
Did you make this whole ranking just to put me at the top and publicly roast me for your own amusement?
Just then, the image on the Sky Curtain began to change.
[Khaslana came from Amphoreus.] [Amphoreus was also known as the Eternal Land.] [It was a world whose existence was unknown to most people in the universe.] [Even Akivili, the Aeon of Trailblaze, had never visited it.] [More unusually still, it lay at the intersection of three Paths: Erudition, Remembrance, and Destruction.]
The words on the Sky Curtain left humans and Soul Beasts across countless parallel eras stunned.
Amphoreus?
Where was that?
Everyone was at a loss.
Wasn't this supposed to be a ranking of people from our Douluo Continent?
Where did Amphoreus suddenly come from?
What was more, the Sky Curtain showed only the shadowy outline of a planet. Its shape was bizarre, like an enormous bow.
No one had any idea what Khaslana even looked like!
And what were Aeons?
Paths?
What were those supposed to be?
Everyone was utterly baffled.
The Worship Hall.
Qian Daoliu studied the Sky Curtain, then turned to Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and the others.
"Have any of you heard of Amphoreus?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo shook his head.
"Never in my life."
He was a full generation older than Qian Daoliu, yet even he had never heard of it.
Azure Luan Douluo, however, looked thoughtful. After a moment, he said,
"Great Enshrined, look at the shape of that celestial body called Amphoreus. Doesn't it resemble an upside-down figure eight?"
"It feels like an endless loop. I suspect there's some profound mystery hidden in it!"
Qian Daoliu nodded, finding that entirely plausible.
"If Amphoreus is another planet, doesn't that prove someone from another planet has arrived on Douluo Star?"
"We must be on our guard!"
What concerned him more was the so-called Aeon.
The Qian Family had no record of such a god. He had no idea what sort of being it was.
The world of Douluo III.
"Someone from another planet has actually come to Douluo Star!"
Tang Hao, now the Plane Master, frowned.
If Khaslana was hiding somewhere in his era,
then as Plane Master, Tang Hao would find him!
Khaslana had invaded the Douluo Plane without his permission. He had already earned himself a path to death!
A parallel era.
The Divine Realm.
Ma Hongjun, now a First-Level God, could not help marveling at the Sky Curtain.
"So there are planets this wondrous beyond Douluo Star."
"I wonder which of us is stronger, an Aeon or me?"
Tang San smiled beside him.
"You've become a First-Level God. Apart from God Kings, I doubt many could stand against you."
But Bai Chenxiang, standing nearby, brought him back down to earth.
"There's always someone beyond the next person, and perhaps a god beyond the next god!"
"We haven't even figured out what level of existence this Sky Curtain is, have we?"
"Maybe it has something to do with Amphoreus."
At Bai Chenxiang's words, Ma Hongjun and Tang San both grew solemn.
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