Random Punishment Countdown, Everyone Panics! (Everyone, please recommend, check in, and comment!)

For a moment, Hu Yanzhen felt an invisible force suddenly descend upon his body, forcibly imprisoning him where he stood.

This force was incredibly powerful. No matter how furiously Hu Yanzhen struggled, his body remained completely unable to move.

His Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul emerged uncontrollably from behind him.

At the same time, eight soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—rose from beneath Hu Yanzhen's feet and circled around him.

The next moment, an intense pain instantly swept through Hu Yanzhen's entire body, as though an invisible force were trying to rip all the flesh and bones from within him.

"Aah!!"

Through the searing pain, Hu Yanzhen clearly saw that his eighth soul ring had actually begun to loosen.

Then, the next second, the eighth soul ring suddenly detached from his body and vanished without a trace.

Hu Yanzhen (shocked and furious): No! How is this possible? My soul ring! My soul ring!!

In the Live Stream Room, Hu Yanzhen's shocked and furious words immediately appeared on the illusory screens before everyone.

This left many people staring at one another in disbelief.

Hu Yanzhen's Eighth Soul Ring had really been stripped away?

Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi was somewhat horrified.

He wondered whether a stripped Eighth Soul Ring could be absorbed again.

If it could, then perhaps this punishment could still be exploited. But if not, that would be terrible!

No matter what, for a Soul Douluo, finding a suitable Eighth Soul Ring was no easy task.

Now that it had suddenly been stripped away, even if it could be absorbed again—

finding another soul beast satisfactory in both type and cultivation age to serve as an Eighth Soul Ring would be an extremely difficult matter.

While Hu Yanzhen was being punished, the others who had answered incorrectly—whether Tuoba Xi, Di Tian, or anyone else—were also punished one after another.

For a time, messages filled with fear, terror, anger, and countless other emotions flashed rapidly across the illusory screens before everyone.

This left many who had not answered temporarily silent as cicadas in winter.

After all, Hu Yanzhen, whose Eighth Soul Ring had been stripped away, was not the only one.

Tuoba Xi had lost three levels of Soul Power, and some had even been stripped of their Martial Souls and lifespans.

Who could possibly remain indifferent in the face of such punishments?

Hu Yanzhen (furious): I refuse to accept this! Why is it that we all answered incorrectly, yet I had my Eighth Soul Ring stripped away while Tuoba Xi only lost three levels of Soul Power?!

After his Eighth Soul Ring had been stripped away, Hu Yanzhen's unwilling words once again appeared on the illusory screen.

That's right! Why were the punishments of different severity? Could the punishments be random?

Many people could not help thinking the same thing.

Following Hu Yanzhen's words, a line of large, blood-red characters appeared before everyone.

At the same time, a cold voice rang out beside everyone's ears.

Ding! Friendly reminder: Although punishments are random, the more outrageously incorrect your answer is, the harsher the punishment will be. Conversely, the closer your answer is, the lighter the punishment!

So that was how it was!

Everyone suddenly understood.

But didn't that mean Tuoba Xi's answer had been very close to the correct one? Did it simply need to be more specific?

For a moment, many people's thoughts became active as they began considering how to give a more complete answer based on Tuoba Xi's response.

Meanwhile, in Windmill Village.

Ding! Notice: Live Stream Room member Hu Yanzhen answered incorrectly. His Eighth Soul Ring has been stripped away and stored in the System Space. The host may retrieve it at any time!

Ding! Notice: Live Stream Room member Tuoba Xi answered incorrectly. Three levels of Soul Power have been stripped away and stored in the System Space. The host may retrieve them at any time and convert them into pure Soul Power to be infused into the body!

Ding! Notice: Live Stream Room member Di Tian answered incorrectly. Ten thousand years of Soul Power have been stripped away and stored in the System Space. The host may retrieve it at any time and convert it into pure Soul Power to be infused into the body!

As many people suffered punishments for answering incorrectly, the system's cold notification chimes kept ringing in Lin Yu's mind.

This thrilled Lin Yu beyond measure.

All the punishments extracted from those who answered incorrectly belonged to him. This was amazing!

Even if he could not become a soul master now, with the Soul Power extracted from these people as punishment—

after being converted by the system, he could still become a soul master!

But after his excitement faded, Lin Yu began to feel troubled again.

Because he had actually answered along with them earlier. His answer had been the same as Di Tian's: that the birth of soul masters was related to the Silver Dragon King and the dead divine beasts, including the Dragon God.

Yet his answer had been judged wrong.

But according to the settings he had read in his previous life and his deductions from the original story, this answer should not have been wrong!

After all, neither soul beasts nor soul masters could have naturally come into being.

If all beasts born naturally on Douluo Star were soul beasts, then Tang San could not possibly have encountered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent in the City of Slaughter.

And after the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent was killed, it would not have failed to produce a soul ring.

But if it was not related solely—or not at all—to the Silver Dragon King and the dead divine beasts, including the Dragon God, could it also be related to the gods of the God Realm?

Lin Yu began racking his brains.

Wait! During the God Realm Calamity, because of the war against the divine beasts led by the Dragon God, quite a few gods seemed to have died as well. Perhaps it really was related to the gods too?

A flash of inspiration struck Lin Yu, and he could not help thinking to himself.

With that thought, Lin Yu immediately answered again.

As the host, Lin Yu could conceal his answer information.

Therefore, Lin Yu's answer did not appear on the illusory screens before everyone.

Lin Yu: The birth of soul masters should be related to the gods of the God Realm, the Silver Dragon King, and the divine beasts, including the deceased Dragon God!

After answering, Lin Yu waited somewhat nervously for the system's response.

Yet a few seconds later, the system's cold notification sounded in his mind again, informing Lin Yu that his answer was wrong once more.

Ding! Incorrect answer!

Lin Yu was dumbfounded.

How was that still wrong?!

He remembered correctly!

It should have been because the Silver Dragon King tore through space and crossed over to Douluo Star, causing the origin power of the deceased divine beasts and dead gods of the God Realm to leak into Douluo Continent. That was why soul masters and soul beasts were born. How could that be wrong again?!

As Lin Yu answered incorrectly once more, many others also answered again, offering more complete responses based on Tuoba Xi's answer.

But unfortunately, they were still all wrong, and some even received harsher punishments!

This caused no one in the entire Live Stream Room to dare answer the question anymore.

However, as time passed and no one answered, the system's countdown began.

In an instant, a line of blood-red characters appeared once more before everyone.

At the same time, the system's cold notification sounded beside everyone's ears.

Notice: One minute remains to answer. If no one provides the correct answer, one soul master's Martial Soul, all cultivation of one soul beast with over one hundred thousand years of cultivation, or one ordinary person's life will be randomly stripped away!

Damn! This punishment was way too severe!

For a moment, upon hearing the system's punishment, everyone panicked.