The light inside the Spirit Ascension Platform gradually faded, and the two were forcibly teleported back to the real world.
The moment they landed, Gu Yue eagerly grabbed Tang Wulin's arm, her purple eyes full of confusion and curiosity. "Linlin, that Tyrant Dragon just now... did it become your soul spirit?"
Tang Wulin frowned, carefully examining the state of his body, then slowly shook his head. "Impossible."
"Why?" Gu Yue asked, puzzled. "It clearly went into your body."
"First, I haven't reached rank eighty yet, so there's no way I could have another soul spirit," Tang Wulin patiently explained. "And even if it really had become my soul spirit, according to the principle of attribute compatibility, it should have chosen my second martial soul—the Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul. But it didn't."
Tang Wulin spread his hands, displaying his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul. "It didn't attach itself to my Blue Silver Grass, and none of my soul rings changed. In other words, it didn't become my soul spirit. Instead... it disappeared?"
Just as the two were puzzling over it without finding an answer, the lounge door was pushed open.
Leng Yaozhu, the Spirit Pagoda Master, strode inside. The Titled Douluo, usually so imposing, now wore a distinct look of apology and anxiety.
"Wulin, Gu Yue, thank goodness you're all right."
Leng Yaozhu breathed a sigh of relief. Her gaze swept over Tang Wulin, and only after confirming that he was unhurt did she continue. "We saw everything that happened just now from the monitoring room. I'm truly sorry. This was a mistake on our Spirit Pagoda's part."
She paused, her expression turning solemn. "That Tyrant Dragon was supposed to be the 'guardian' stationed at the boundary between the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform. For