The Straightforward Qian Daoliu (1 / 2)

Above the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"

Bibi Dong's pupils abruptly contracted. She stared at the Sky Ranking List, her face filled with horror and disbelief, and cried out in shock:

"How could that old bastard Qian Daoliu rank only tenth!"

Bibi Dong's mind was reeling.

She suddenly felt that the world had become utterly unfamiliar.

As far as she knew, although Qian Daoliu was weaker than her, he should at least have ranked third. Yet he was only tenth.

Where had so many powerful experts on the Douluo Continent come from?

Blue Tyrant Academy.

Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the others all stared at the Sky Ranking List, dumbstruck.

A deathly silence fell over the entire academy.

Tang San was so shocked that his scalp tingled:

"Y-you've got to be kidding, right? An unrivaled expert of this caliber only ranked tenth, and his combat power was a mere hundred points?"

Yu Xiaogang's face was filled with horror and disbelief:

"That's impossible. With my knowledge and experience, there shouldn't be any powerful experts on the Douluo Continent that I don't know about, should there?

"I read every book in Spirit Hall's collection. How could there possibly be experts who weren't even recorded in those books?"

Almost all the knowledge he took such pride in had come from Spirit Hall's book collection.

In his view, there should be no powerful experts on the Douluo Continent that even Spirit Hall knew nothing about.

"Could Bibi Dong have kept some books from me back then?"

Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists, his expression dark:

"Damn it! I was right to leave that woman back then! She actually held something back from me! Unforgivable!"

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo stared at the Sky Ranking List in stunned disbelief.

All three looked utterly bewildered.

Sword Douluo was too stunned to speak. It felt as though an invisible hand had clamped around his throat, leaving him unable to utter a single word.

Wait, Qian Daoliu only ranked tenth, and he had actually thought that he and his father could make the list?

Make the list, his ass!

His face was burning now.

Fortunately, no outsiders were present. Otherwise, he really would have made a clown of himself.

On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi's face was filled with astonishment:

"He only ranked tenth? Could the rankings include more than just humans?"

At that thought, Bo Saixi's expression immediately grew grave:

"If soul beasts can make the list too, we're in serious trouble. With such generous rewards from the Sky Ranking List, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might transform directly into a god. When that happens... wait!"

Bo Saixi suddenly slapped her fair forehead and relaxed:

"How did I forget about that? The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was killed a year ago."

The terrifying scene from a year ago remained vivid in Bo Saixi's mind.

At the time, she had sensed unusual disturbances in the ocean and gone to investigate.

What she saw was a sight she would never forget for the rest of her life.

An extraordinarily handsome young man casually threw a punch at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Then, unable to put up even the slightest resistance, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King exploded into a cloud of bloody mist, his enormous body vanishing.

In less than three seconds, the young man absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Spirit Ring, collected his Soul Bone, and vanished into thin air.

The sea returned to calm.

She had stood rooted to the spot, utterly dumbfounded.

She had never imagined that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would die like that.

Nor had she ever imagined that anyone could blow him apart with a single punch.

Heaven Dou City, by the River.

"Why did my grandfather only rank tenth?"

Qian Renxue's face was filled with disbelief.

"Probably because soul beasts were included in the rankings too," Long Yichen said indifferently, his eyes fixed on the fishing float on the River.

"Soul beasts?" Qian Renxue was even more bewildered:

"There are soul beasts on the Douluo Continent stronger than my grandfather? Even those two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest together wouldn't be a match for him."

"Those two are just gatekeepers. They're nothing special. There are soul beasts on the Douluo Continent with over five or six hundred thousand years of cultivation, and even some approaching a million years. Isn't it perfectly normal for them to be stronger than your grandfather?"

Long Yichen shrugged as he spoke.

"Huh?" Qian Renxue looked adorably confused:

"Aren't hundred-thousand-year soul beasts the strongest?"

"Keep watching and you'll find out." Rather than explain, Long Yichen pointed at the Sky Ranking List.

Qian Renxue tilted her head back to look at the sky.

Just then, all the words on the Sky Ranking List disappeared, and a scene emerged in their place.

Countless living beings across the Douluo Continent fixed their eyes on the scene displayed on the Sky Ranking List.

It showed a battle between Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen in an uninhabited wilderness.

Every clash between Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen sent violent tremors through the earth, leaving one deep crater after another.

They fought until heaven and earth darkened, battling from day into night, every move stirring the winds and clouds.

Countless living beings across the Douluo Continent watched, dumbstruck.

Was this Qian Daoliu's strength? It was actually this terrifying.

Who was the man fighting him? How could he battle the Demigod Qian Daoliu to a standstill?

When the people of the Clear Sky Sect saw Tang Chen in the scene, tears of excitement streamed down their faces. "Supreme Sect Master..."

Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen finally landed atop a mountain peak.

"Let's settle this!" Tang Chen roared. Nine Soul Rings appeared around him, then exploded. His aura surged, and he raised his enormous Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it toward Qian Daoliu:

"Great Sumeru Hammer!!"

At the sight, a crimson Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring lit up around Qian Daoliu, and an enormous golden Angel Phantom appeared:

"Ninth Soul Skill: Angel's Breath."

Faced with Tang Chen's all-out strike, he could clearly have chosen to fly away and avoid its fiercest edge.

But Qian Daoliu was far too straightforward. He simply refused.

He activated his ninth Soul Skill and took it head-on.

The two ultimate techniques collided with a thunderous crash.

A deafening boom rang out.

The enormous mountain peak exploded, dust filling the sky as shattered rocks flew everywhere.

Once the dust cleared, the enormous mountain peak was gone, leaving only a massive crater.

The scene ended there.

It did not show the final outcome between Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, or who had won and who had lost.

Countless living beings across the Douluo Continent stared at the final scene, dumbstruck.

"Is this the strength of a Demigod? He actually blasted that enormous mountain peak out of existence. Is that something a human can do?"

"And an expert like that only ranked tenth! His combat power was only a hundred points!"

Everyone was stunned and horrified.

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo stood frozen in place.

Even Sword Douluo's voice trembled. "Was Father fighting an unrivaled expert like this back then? There was no shame in his defeat..."

At Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the others were likewise stunned and horrified.

"So this is the might of a Demigod! How utterly terrifying!"

The Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu rubbed his chest. Back then, he had nearly kicked the bucket.

Thank goodness the Sky Ranking List had stopped there. Otherwise, the entire Douluo Continent would have witnessed his wretched state.

Fortunately, his heroic image remained intact.

Heaven Dou City, by the River.

"Do you dare show just one more second?"

Long Yichen looked at the Sky Ranking List in amusement.

This thing is pretty crafty. It knew one more second would reveal Qian Daoliu's defeat, so it simply stopped showing it. Nicely done.

"Who was that man? He could actually fight Grandfather to a draw?" Qian Renxue was utterly shocked, then looked exasperated at her grandfather's failure to do better:

"Grandfather could clearly have flown away and easily dodged that man's ultimate attack. Once it was over, he could have gained the upper hand. Why did he insist on taking it head-on?"

"Could it be that your grandfather is too straightforward?" Long Yichen suddenly said.

"..." Qian Renxue fell silent.

Thinking it over carefully, that really was the case.

Just then, a new line of information appeared.

Under the gazes of countless living beings across the Douluo Continent, that new line slowly emerged.

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