This time, Yu Yuanzhen did not stop the elders from running their mouths. He did not think a snake with legs deserved to be called a dragon either.
As Tang Fan spoke, he found another short video introducing dragons for Bibi Dong.
In the video, a five-clawed golden dragon soared through the nine heavens, weaving in and out of sight among the clouds. At the end, a deep, lingering dragon roar rang out.
Bibi Dong thought nothing of it after hearing it, but the video was broadcast to the Douluo Continent through the sky screen, and that was another matter entirely.
That single dragon roar shook the Soul Beasts with dragon bloodlines into kneeling as one, and made the hearts of everyone with a dragon-related Martial Soul tremble with fear.
The elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, who had just been spewing filth from their mouths, were now on their knees, trembling all over. Even Yu Yuanzhen instinctively knelt.
The fear that came from his very soul left him too terrified to stand.
He looked up at the sky screen. The five-clawed golden dragon on it was imposing and majestic, and the moment Yu Yuanzhen met its gaze, he let out a scream.
"Ah! My eyes! My eyes! Ah..."
Yu Yuanzhen rolled on the ground in pain, but no one helped him. They were all too frightened to get to their feet.
The elders who had been cursing so gleefully moments ago had even wet themselves. Their fear of the unknown had utterly shattered their mental defenses.
How could the majesty of a true dragon be defiled?
Meanwhile, on Sea God Island, Xiao Bai had also fallen to her knees. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the four seas all answered to the Dragon King. As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she might truly be worth less than those shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
As for Bo Saixi, her grip on her scepter tightened again and again. She barely managed to keep her composure, but the fear in her heart could not be concealed.
"Across worlds, perhaps not even in the same world, it can still wield such terrifying might. The mythology of that world... is too terrifying!"
At the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian had also been shaken out of hiding.
"What is that? This dragon's might? Dragon God! No, even the Dragon God can't compare..."
Di Tian's true Golden-Eyed Black Dragon form lay prostrate on the ground as well, utterly afraid to look directly at the five-clawed golden dragon on the sky screen.
Tang Fan had no idea how much of a shock the short video of a five-clawed golden dragon he had found had caused on the Douluo Continent.
When the video ended, he put away his phone, and the dragon's might on the Douluo Continent faded with it.
"Where we come from, true dragons are born gods. They command the clouds and rain and rule over the waters.
"I seem to have gone off topic again. Let's get back to the Sea God's divine artifact, the Sea God Trident. Do you know how much it weighs?"
Bibi Dong shook her head, and Tang Fan answered without keeping her in suspense. "One hundred and eight thousand jin! Sounds heavy, doesn't it? But in modern society, that weight is honestly rather petty."
"Ah! One hundred and eight thousand jin, and that's still petty?"
"If the author had lived in ancient times and never seen modern machinery, one hundred and eight thousand jin really would have been impressive.
"Just like the Golden Cudgel in the Great Sage's hands in Journey to the West, which weighed only thirteen thousand five hundred jin. But that book was written in ancient times, and that was the limit of ancient imagination.
"Let me show you a few things, and you'll understand why I called it petty."
Tang Fan found a picture of a Dayun truck.
"Take a look. This is a type of transport truck that's very common where we live. It could haul the Sea God Trident away without breaking a sweat.
"And a crane of this size, or even a fairly large excavator fitted with a special grab, could swing the hundred-and-eight-thousand-jin Sea God Trident around with ease."
Tang Fan pulled up several more construction vehicles, which the sky screen also broadcast to the Douluo Continent.
Seeing Tang Fan make the Sea God Trident sound so unimpressive, Bo Saixi was annoyed, but had no way to refute him.
Yet the real blow was still to come.
Tang Fan continued joking with Bibi Dong. "If the Sea God could really swing the hundred-and-eight-thousand-jin Sea God Trident around with the wind roaring in its wake, I'd have nothing to say.
"The funniest part is that the Sea God himself can't even swing the hundred-and-eight-thousand-jin Sea God Trident."
A question mark appeared over Bibi Dong's head. She could not understand what Tang Fan meant.
"Tang Fan, isn't the Sea God Trident the Sea God's own weapon? How could he be unable to swing it himself?"
"You'll have to ask the author about that. The book states clearly that the Sea God Trident weighs only 108 jin in the Sea God's successor's hands.
"In other words, the Sea God himself can't swing the hundred-and-eight-thousand-jin Sea God Trident. He has to use some method to reduce it to 108 jin before he can wield it comfortably.
"Look at it that way, and doesn't it make gods seem a lot less impressive?"
Bibi Dong nodded instinctively again, then immediately shook her head.
"Heh, why are you nodding and shaking your head?"
"No, it's nothing. Since the Sea God Trident is the Sea God's divine artifact, what about the Angel God?"
"The Angel God... Her divine artifact is called the Angel Holy Sword. It weighs thirty-six thousand jin. I think that's the number; I don't remember very clearly."
"Huh? Is the Angel Holy Sword that much lighter than the Sea God Trident?"
"One's a one-handed sword, and the other's a long-handled weapon. A threefold difference in weight is normal.
"Although the book doesn't say so explicitly, I think the Angel Holy Sword is probably the same as the Sea God Trident. In Qian Renxue's hands, it should weigh only 36 jin.
"Thirty-six jin and 108 jin are indeed too heavy for an ordinary person like me to swing around.
"But even in a world like ours, without supernatural powers, there are still some fierce people who can wield them.
"The gods in the book can only compare to ordinary people in reality. There really are no gods less impressive than these."
At Tang Fan's mocking words, Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi both looked grim, while everyone else on the Douluo Continent also had their rose-colored image of the gods shattered to pieces.
"Big brother, is that true? Does the Angel Holy Sword deep inside the Worship Hall weigh only 36 jin in Lady Angel God's hands?"
"Ahem, although that's true, it certainly can't be explained the way he did.
"The weight of a divine artifact is reduced in a god's hands, certainly so it can be wielded comfortably. When it strikes an enemy, it still carries its original weight.
"Surely you don't mean to look down on the gods because of that?"
"Big brother, that's certainly not what we mean. We are all the Angel God's most loyal believers."
"It had better not be! The gods must not be questioned!"
Qian Daoliu's words were nothing more than a forced attempt to save face. Elsewhere, when Xiao Bai asked Bo Saixi the same question, she chose not to answer.
Whatever she said now would be wrong. Saying nothing was the best choice.
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Bone Douluo also laughed when he heard Tang Fan's teasing. "Heh, looking at it that way, these so-called gods aren't all that impressive."
"Old Bones, that's not funny at all. Think about it: if even the gods are so unimpressive, what does that make Titled Douluo like us?"
"Uh... Oh, well done! That brat has mocked every last one of us! Damn it!"
Ning Fengzhi also shook his head with a wry smile. "Uncle Gu, calm down. There's an entire world between us, so none of us can do anything to him. Don't make yourself ill with anger."
"Hmph! I wouldn't get angry with a young brat."