Chapter 70 Sign-in, Storm Dragon King.
"The Demon King's abilities are becoming increasingly troublesome."
Zi Ji's dragon shadow rippled slightly, carrying obvious apprehension.
Even she was unwilling to be easily influenced by the Demon King's spiritual power or that strange time domain.
Di Tian looked at the Demon King and nodded: "For a plant-type soul beast to reach this point, Demon King, you are quite impressive."
Spirit Hall, Pope's Hall.
The atmosphere inside the hall was so oppressive that it was almost suffocating.
Bibi Dong's heart was filled with turbulent waves.
Her phoenix eyes were fixed on the sky.
The dark golden claws of Xiong Jun that tore through space, and the unpredictable demonic tree projection of the Demon King's demonic eyes.
The ambition to look down on the world that had originally been born because of the Rakshasa God Trial was now as if it had been doused with ice water, leaving only a bone-chilling cold.
"More than 400,000 years, dark golden terror claw bear, Behemoth bloodline..."
She repeated these words in a low voice, each word like a heavy hammer striking her heart.
She once believed that with her twin martial souls and divine trials, she would eventually stand at the pinnacle of the continent.
Even… replace the Angel lineage and become the true, sole ruler of the Spirit Hall.
But now, these spirit beasts hidden in the Star Dou Great Forest, the far north, and the endless seas are showing her, in the most direct way, what true power is.
"Your Holiness,"Ghost Douluo's ghostly figure appeared like a phantom, his voice unusually solemn.
"This Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, according to the description in the Heavenly Curtain, is a symbol of ultimate offense; its claws can even ignore any defense."
"And that Ten Thousand Demon King… a plant-type spirit beast over 500,000 years old, possessing multiple attributes of spirit, poison, and time; its strangeness is probably…"
He paused, looking at Bibi Dong, and cautiously said, "Especially the Ten Thousand Demon King's abilities, which seem to have similarities to the deadly poison and spirit-corroding characteristics of your second martial soul, the Death Spider Emperor. If you could…"
"Enough!"
Bibi Dong abruptly interrupted him, her voice icy and piercing, with a barely perceptible tremor.
"Ghost, tell me, what will you use to hunt it down? Is it your cultivation as a Title Douluo? Or Chrysanthemum Douluo's wondrous Heaven-Reaching Chrysanthemum?"
"Or perhaps we should mobilize all the elders and tens of thousands of Soul Masters of the Spirit Hall, using human lives to fill the void?"
She slowly rose from her throne, her gaze sweeping over the few Cardinals and Elders below, who stood frozen in fear.
Her gaze finally settled on the Ghostly Demon, a hint of self-mockery and helplessness in her eyes: "Faced with claws that can tear space apart, faced with demonic trees that can manipulate time and spirit, what meaning do numbers even have?"
"I'm afraid that before we even see their true forms, our people will already be corroded to death by the venom of those demonic trees in the stagnation of time and space."
"Or perhaps they'll be torn to shreds with a casual wave of that Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear!"
She took a deep breath.
Forcibly suppressing the fear and resentment in her heart, she sat back down on her throne.
The voice regained its majesty, but carried an unprecedented caution and resignation: "By my order, the Spirit Hall hereby declares the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, the core circle of the Far North, and all unknown deep-sea areas as the highest taboo!"
"Without an order jointly signed by me and the Hall of Worship, no one may approach for any reason!"
"Those who disobey will be considered traitors and executed without exception!"
"Yes!"
The crowd in the hall responded in unison, their voices filled with the relief of surviving a catastrophe.
They were truly afraid.
Afraid that the Pope would act unilaterally and send them to face monsters they could not comprehend.
Hall of Worship.
Qian Daoliu stood with his hands behind his back, his long, snow-white hair fluttering in the breeze.
He gazed up at the sky, his usually calm face now etched with unprecedented solemnity.
Golden Crocodile Douluo stood beside him; this newly-broken level 99 Limit Douluo was now somewhat unsteady on his feet.
He said in a hoarse voice, "Brother, a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear over 400,000 years old, a Demon Eye Tree over 500,000 years old... this is completely beyond the scope of what is recorded in the classics!"
"Our Spirit Hall has stood for a thousand years, collecting information on all the spirit beasts in the world, yet we know almost nothing about these two!"
Qian Daoliu slowly closed his eyes, as if recalling something.
After a moment, he opened them, his eyes flashing with a sharp light: "This didn't just appear out of thin air, Golden Crocodile. Do you remember decades ago, when we joined forces to venture deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, intending to explore the secrets of the Lake of Life?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo's body trembled: "Of course I remember! At that time, as soon as we stepped into the edge of the core area, we felt several soul-chilling auras locking onto us."
"If it weren't for your decisive action, Brother, using the power of the Angel God to deter us and quickly retreat, I'm afraid..."
"Among those auras back then, there was an extreme sharpness and a strange spiritual fluctuation, so similar to the Bear Lord and the Demon King today!"
Qian Daoliu said in a deep voice.
"Now that I think about it, what we sensed back then was probably just a trace of their aura that they unintentionally leaked."
"They are not non-existent, but have been lurking in a level or space that we cannot reach!"
Qingluan Douluo gasped: "Does the Grand Elder mean... that there is one or more independent secret realms or small worlds in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"These top-tier ferocious beasts usually live there?"
"That's the most reasonable explanation."
Qian Daoliu nodded.
"Otherwise, it's impossible to explain why so many distinctive and terrifying soul beasts have almost never left any definite traces in the outside world over the long years."
"The level they belong to is beyond the comprehension of ordinary soul beasts and human soul masters."
Beidou Academy.
Lu Xiao looked at the ferocious beasts that appeared one after another in the sky, his expression still calm.
Just as the Demon King appeared on the list, the system notification sounded in his mind.
Lu Xiao raised an eyebrow.
He thought to himself, "Check-in."
[Ding! Detected host performing daily check-in]
[Gained: All soul rings and soul bones increased in age by 5,000 years!]
[Gained: Random Summoning Card *1!]
He didn't care about the 5,000-year increase in soul ring and soul bone age.
His soul rings and soul bones were at least 200,000 years old; this increase was negligible.
However, the random summoning card piqued his interest.
"System, use random summoning card."
[Ding! Random summoning card used successfully! Summoning…]
In an instant, within the system space, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, lightning flashed and thunder roared!
A vast, majestic, and terrifying pressure, carrying the aura of endless storms and thunder, descended.
A colossal dragon phantom, covered in cyan-gold scales and swirling with destructive storms and thunder, materialized in the space.
Its dragon eyes were like two thunderous suns, radiating an aura that would make even gods tremble!
"Storm Dragon King?"
Lu Xiao's lips twitched slightly as he looked at the familiar appearance and the name the system had given him.
A strange expression crossed his face.
He glanced at Li Bai, who was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard, and Lü Bu, who was wielding his halberd, his eyes becoming even more playful.
"First Li Bai and Lü Bu, and now the Storm Dragon King..."
"System, what are you up to? Are you gathering heroes from another world for a team battle?"
Lu Xiao thought to himself, then an idea surfaced uncontrollably.
He looked up at the still dazzling, unfathomable golden sky, his gaze deepening.
"This ranking list... appeared so coincidentally, and the rewards are so generous."
"First Ao Yin appeared, and now the Storm Dragon King has transformed into a soul beast. System, could this sky... be something you created?"
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
With the system's twisted sense of humor and powerful abilities, creating such a ranking list that would stir up the entire continent didn't seem impossible.
"If that's really the case…"
Lu Xiao stroked his chin, a meaningful smile appearing on his face, "then this will truly be interesting."
He seemed to have a vague grasp of something, but wasn't quite sure.
However, this didn't stop him from continuing to watch the show.
He'd also like to see what tricks this system… or rather, this "Sky Curtain," would pull next.
Meanwhile, all sides on the continent were completely terrified by the 500,000-year-old Demon King, their fear of the Star Dou Great Forest reaching its peak.
In this extreme shock and fear, everyone awaited the revelation of the top nine.
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