Identity Exposed, Hunted Across the Continent!

"What? A Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast was hiding in the Heaven Dou Empire?"

Inside Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong slammed the table and rose to her feet.

The rewards from killing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast were simply too great.

An ordinary Soul Ring granted only one Soul Skill, but a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was guaranteed to grant two.

What was more, killing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was certain to yield a Soul Bone.

There were scarcely any Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in the entire Douluo Realm.

And that was without mentioning the chance it might yield an External Soul Bone, which could grow alongside its Soul Master.

But Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were rare and powerful, making them difficult to hunt.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had transformed, however, was no stronger than a low-level human Soul Master and would be easy to capture.

So Bibi Dong did not hesitate. She was about to send people to the Heaven Dou Empire.

"No need. I'll go myself."

Qian Daoliu, seated at the head of the hall, shook his head and stood.

"Great Enshrined, why go in person? I'm willing to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire and bring back the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

Mighty Lion Douluo thumped his chest, eager to get moving.

"Exactly, Great Enshrined. The Heaven Dou Empire isn't strong. Any one of us Enshrined would be enough. Spirit Hall still needs you here to hold down the fort."

"Heh. Capturing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast isn't my only reason for going. I need to see Xiao Xue, too."

Everyone present belonged to Spirit Hall's innermost leadership, so they all knew Qian Renxue was undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire.

At the mention of Qian Renxue, a complicated look flickered through Bibi Dong's eyes.

"Come to think of it, we haven't heard from Xiao Xue in a long time."

Golden Crocodile Douluo had watched Qian Renxue grow up and had long regarded her as his own granddaughter.

After so long apart, he missed her dearly.

"Golden Crocodile, don't worry. Xiao Xue is the Heaven Dou Empire's First Prince now. She's safe."

With that, Qian Daoliu turned to Bibi Dong.

"Seal off all news of my departure. Don't let anyone else know. You should also step up your preparations and be ready to launch the Soul Hunting Operation at any time."

Huge angel wings appeared behind Qian Daoliu. Before the gathered Enshrined could blink, he was gone.

"As expected of the Great Enshrined. What terrifying speed."

Watching Qian Daoliu's afterimage slowly fade, Fifth Enshrined Light Feather Douluo sighed in admiration.

"The Great Enshrined is called Sky Invincible for a reason. No one in all of Douluo can keep up with his speed."

Golden Crocodile Douluo tapped the table, stood, and looked outside.

"Let's go. We should get ready, too. The Young Master will probably be back before long."

As Qian Daoliu left Spirit Hall, the words on the Sky Screen began scrolling again:

[Sky Screen Ranking, seventh place. Reward: one Martial Soul Evolution, enhanced life essence, and no bottlenecks in cultivation]

"What does this reward even mean? It doesn't seem as good as the last one."

Someone compared it with the reward for eighth place on the Background Ranking, looking thoroughly puzzled.

"Seventh place gets not just Martial Soul Evolution but a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, too. But what does 'no bottlenecks' mean?"

Inside Zi Tian Palace, Bone Douluo's eyes widened at the seventh-place reward, his face full of disbelief.

"Did I read that right? What kind of heaven-defying reward is this?"

He did not understand what enhanced life essence meant, but Bone Douluo had plenty to say about cultivating without bottlenecks.

The higher one's Soul Power climbed, the harder it became to advance. After level ninety, every single level was another hurdle.

Bone Douluo had reached level ninety-five more than a decade ago.

Yet no matter what he tried afterward, he could not break through to level ninety-six and become a Super Douluo.

Without the Pill Zi Tian had bestowed on him, Bone Douluo believed he would never have reached level ninety-six in his lifetime.

Most Titled Douluo, in fact, never made it past level ninety-two.

A reward that removed cultivation bottlenecks meant that, as long as its recipient kept working hard, they could continue breaking through until they became a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo.

A Peerless Douluo! Across the entire continent, only Spirit Hall had one now, most likely.

At the thought, longing spread across Bone Douluo's face.

If I had that reward, I could lead the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to defeat one powerful enemy after another, rule the continent, and make it the strongest sect. Heh, heh, heh.

"A reward that removes bottlenecks is certainly good for ordinary people, but it's still of little use to a genius."

Seated upright on his throne, Zi Tian shook his head.

Zhu Zhuqing sat obediently beside him, watching Xiao Wu pant on the Sky Screen.

As for Ning Rongrong, Zi Tian had caught her trying to lay claim to his throne and punished her by making her pound his back.

Bone Douluo had felt sorry for Ning Rongrong and wanted to put in a good word for her.

But after one look from Zi Tian, he returned meekly to the doorway and took it upon himself to guard it.

"Brother Zi Tian, I'm so tired. I can't keep pounding."

Feeling the soft little fists against his back, Zi Tian pointed to one side, and a chair appeared.

"All right, go rest. And stop coveting my throne."

"I knew it! Brother Zi Tian, you're the best."

Seeing that her wheedling had worked, Ning Rongrong hurriedly clung to Zi Tian's arm and shook it over and over.

Only when Zi Tian was nearly dizzy did she happily sit down and watch Xiao Wu on the Sky Screen.

A beam of golden light descended and enveloped Xiao Wu.

As warm golden energy poured into her, Xiao Wu felt her vitality growing stronger and stronger.

Not only that, her mind suddenly became much clearer.

Problems she had never been able to make sense of now offered a clear path forward after only a little thought.

She also felt as though a shackle within her body was slowly falling away. Her speed at absorbing Soul Power increased dramatically.

Anyone else would have leaped for joy at such a reward.

The Sky Screen's enhancement of life essence changed a being's very nature at its roots.

Even the weakest Soul Master would leap into the ranks of top geniuses after receiving it.

But Xiao Wu felt no joy at all.

What she needed was not greater potential. She needed to survive.

In the glow of the reward's golden light, people had already spotted her.

"There she is! After her!"

"Did you see that? The Sky Screen's reward means she'll never face a bottleneck in cultivation.

If we kill her, maybe we can get that reward too. I'm going to become a Titled Douluo!"

Quite a few people had already realized how terrifying the Sky Screen's reward was this time.

After all, geniuses who could ignore bottlenecks were vanishingly rare. Most people were constrained by their Innate Soul Power level and could never break through, no matter how long they lived.

But now, in Xiao Wu, they saw a chance to grow stronger!