Only after seeing Qian Daoliu's furious remarks in the chat channel did Yu Xiaogang belatedly realize that he seemed to have stirred up trouble and caused problems for Bibi Dong.
But then he reconsidered.
How heartless Bibi Dong had been back then, abandoning him without the slightest regard for his feelings.
Besides, Bibi Dong had long since had a change of heart.
She was no longer the Bibi Dong he knew at all.
The last time he had taken Tang San to see Bibi Dong, all he had wanted was a cultivation method for twin martial souls, yet Bibi Dong had actually refused to give it to him.
She was utterly despicable.
She had made him lose face in front of Tang San.
The old Bibi Dong would never have held anything back from him. She would have told him every secret.
Seeing Bibi Dong leave the Pope's Palace, Yu Xiaogang paid her no further attention and continued posting in the chat channel instead.
[Yu Xiaogang: I have finished assessing the five strongest factions.] [First, Sea God Island. Second, Spirit Hall. Third, the Clear Sky Sect. Fourth, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Fifth, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.] [Next, let us wait for the sky curtain to announce the answer and see whether my assessment was correct.]
After deciding to compile the Top Five Factions Ranking, the Sky Curtain System immediately announced the ranking rules.
"The five strongest factions on the Douluo Continent and in its surrounding seas will be assessed. Their rankings will be determined by factors including their martial souls, numbers of Soul Masters, and numbers of powerful experts."
"All factions on the list will receive rewards."
"The Douluo's Strongest Top Five Factions Ranking begins now. The sky curtain will display the relevant information at the same time."
[Douluo's Strongest Top Five Factions Ranking.]
[Fifth place: the Clear Sky Sect.]
[The Clear Sky Sect has eight Titled Douluos and a total of over two hundred Soul Masters.]
[The Clear Sky Hammer martial soul is of average quality, possessing only the ability to attack. However, the Clear Sky Sect has passed down supreme techniques such as the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, Asura Profound Meaning, and Ring Detonation, elevating the Clear Sky Hammer to a position beyond its rightful station. This, too, is a form of ability.]
[Of its eight Titled Douluos, five are ordinary Douluos: the Clear Sky Sect's five elders.]
[Two are Super Douluos: the current sect master, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao, who abandoned the sect.]
[The remaining one is a Peerless Douluo. This Peerless Douluo is none other than Tang Chen.]
[However, Tang Chen is trapped in Slaughter City, so the Clear Sky Sect has provisionally been ranked fifth.]
[Everyone belonging to the Clear Sky Sect will receive one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as a reward.]
[For those with a full complement of soul bones, one soul bone in their body will be selected and its age increased by ten thousand years.]
[Rewards will now be distributed.]
[The next assessment in the Top Five Factions Ranking will take place in ten minutes, revealing the fourth-place faction.]
The words on the sky curtain vanished.
Some two hundred streaks of golden light descended from the sky curtain, scattered here and there.
The members of the Clear Sky Sect exclaimed excitedly.
[Tang Yun: It's real! The sky curtain's reward is real! I can feel an extra ten-thousand-year soul bone inside my body.] [Tang Long: I feel terrifyingly strong now.] [Tang Yan: I have a soul bone now, too! This is wonderful, and it's even a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone!] [Ning Fengzhi: This is truly miraculous, but why is the Clear Sky Sect only ranked fifth?!] [Does that mean our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect isn't even qualified to make the list?]
Boundless desolation rose in Ning Fengzhi's heart.
He was not about to question the Sky Curtain System.
Real-time communication across the continent alone was beyond what any ordinary person could accomplish, never mind that the Sky Curtain System had now actually bestowed rewards.
He could hardly imagine it. If even the Clear Sky Sect could only rank fifth, which faction could possibly rank first, and just how powerful would it be?!
After reading the Clear Sky Sect's information, Yan had to admit that the Clear Sky Sect did have a few tricks up its sleeve, but it still fell far short of their Spirit Hall.
At the same time, he could now mock Yu Xiaogang.
[Yan: Tsk, tsk. Where has Grandmaster Yu gone, after all that shameless boasting just now?] [Didn't you say the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would rank fifth, and the Clear Sky Sect third?] [How come the Clear Sky Sect can only rank fifth now, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan can't even make the list?] [Grandmaster Yu, with your knowledge of the heavens above and the earth below, of ancient times and the present, come out and explain!] [I really question how much substance you have.] [I think you should stop calling yourself Grandmaster Yu and call yourself Yu Dashi instead!] [Zhang San: Senior Yan is right. Someone like this deserves to be called a grandmaster? What a joke!] [Li Si: Shrek Academy actually took a grand dampster like this as a teacher. That tells you just how little substance they have. I really don't know how they made it into the finals, or where they found the courage to fight our Spirit Hall Team.] [Wang Mazi: Yu Dashi, why have you gone mute? Have we shut you up so thoroughly you can't speak?] [Tang San: You have already paved your own paths to death, daring to mock my teacher! My teacher could never be wrong. If anything is wrong, it must be the Sky Curtain System.]
Tang San had always regarded Yu Xiaogang as a godlike existence, as his second "father."
How could he tolerate seeing Spirit Hall collectively mock Yu Xiaogang now? He immediately threatened Yan, Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Mazi, and the others who had spoken.
He also accused the Sky Curtain System of making a mistake, even though it had rewarded him with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Yu Xiaogang admitted that the Sky Curtain System's actions had caught him off guard, but he was Grandmaster Yu, versed in the heavens above and the earth below, in ancient times and the present. How could he possibly admit that he was wrong?
The Sky Curtain System had to be the one that had made a mistake.
He immediately began questioning it in the communication channel.
[Yu Xiaogang: How could the Clear Sky Sect only rank fifth? It clearly ought to rank third.] [Sky Curtain System, you must have made a mistake.] [Correct it for me right now.] [Fifth place should belong to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.]
Yu Xiaogang coveted a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, too.
Both Tang Hao and Tang San had received Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as rewards because of the Clear Sky Sect.
It was not as though he could not receive one himself!
This was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. How precious it was!
The Sky Curtain System paid no attention whatsoever to Yu Xiaogang's questioning in the chat channel.
Seeing that the Sky Curtain System actually dared to ignore him, Yu Xiaogang grew angry and anxious, roaring loudly:
"Sky Curtain System, your rankings are completely arbitrary!"
"They aren't fair at all!"
"How could the Clear Sky Sect rank fifth?"
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan should be fifth! I told you to correct it. Did you hear me or not?"
"Sky Curtain System, my teacher is right."
"The Clear Sky Sect's ranking is too low."
"The Clear Sky Sect could never be fifth!" Tang San joined Yu Xiaogang in shouting at the sky curtain.
Fifth place alone earned a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
He could scarcely imagine what sort of rewards third place would receive.
The third-place reward should have been his!
In any case, the Sky Curtain System had already said that only those who attacked the sky curtain would be erased. Questioning the Sky Curtain System would not get them erased.
What harm could there be in trying?
What if the Sky Curtain System really had made a mistake?
No, the Sky Curtain System must have made a mistake!
How could his teacher possibly be wrong?!
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