"This..."
"Could his fusion talent surpass the Ninth-grade Gold Pattern?"
Everyone knew Elder An Qing's Nine-Colored Stone. It was a wondrous treasure from the chaos and could test one's talents. Yet now, it had emitted white light and been shattered by Fusion Qi—something that had not happened even with Fei Yu!
Could it truly be as Elder An Qing had just said? Did he possess a talent beyond the Ninth-grade Gold Pattern?
This was simply too heaven-defying!
Throughout the history of the Spirit Tamer Tower, only one Ninth-grade Gold Pattern Spirit Tamer had ever appeared—the founding ancestor, the Big Dipper Star Lord. After him, the strongest had only reached the Ninth-grade Silver Pattern. Beyond the Ninth-grade Gold Pattern... this...
The room fell silent. All five of them stared at Nie Yun, hoping he could offer an explanation.
"Nie Yun, weren't you an eighth-grade Spirit Tamer? What is going on..." Unable to hold back any longer, Qiongya finally asked.
"I never said I was eighth-grade!" Nie Yun scratched his head.
"Then this is..."
"I fused ten Special Talents. Nine of them rank among the top thirty, so I should be... a Ninth-grade Half-step Heavenly Pattern Spirit Tamer!"
Nie Yun said.
"Ninth-grade Half-step Heavenly Pattern..."
The four Grand Elders trembled at the same time, their eyes nearly falling out of their sockets.
Though they had already formed some guesses, hearing it confirmed still left them unable to contain their shock.
A Spirit Tamer beyond the Ninth-grade Gold Pattern—after the founding patriarch, the Big Dipper Star Lord, such a supreme figure had never appeared again!
"Good! Qiongya, you truly are a lucky star for our Spirit Tamer Tower. With such talent, let's see who still dares say anything. His becoming the next Tower Master is almost set in stone!"
After an unknown amount