In the Sunset Forest, Tang Ya, who had just put away her soul bone, suddenly looked up after hearing the Vast Divine Sound. Gazing at the giant Divine Stele shimmering with golden light in the sky, her heart surged. Previously, she knew that with her talent, she had no hope of making the list, so she didn't pay much attention to it, treating it as a bit of fun.
But, now it was different. After consuming two Celestial Herbs in a row, Tang Ya could proudly declare herself a monster, a person of outstanding talent.
Therefore, Tang Ya was very much looking forward to seeing her name appear on the Divine List. The divine reward couldn't possibly be bad.
There were many others who shared her thoughts. At this moment, countless people on the continent looked up at the giant Divine Stele shining with golden light, their eyes filled with a strong desire. They all wanted to be the chosen lucky ones.
"Talent Ranking, tenth place: Lan Shuang, age fifteen, Martial Soul, White Bone, soul power level, fifty-seven."
The Divine Sound spread across the continent. At this moment, many strong individuals within the Ben Ti Sect emerged from their chambers. Even several elders who were in closed-door cultivation were no exception. Among them, a tall, middle-aged man was the most eager. This man was slender, with a broad frame. He was one of the ten great elders of the Ben Ti Sect, a genuine Title Douluo with the title White Bone.
The reason he was so excited was because Lan Shuang, the tenth-ranked person on the Divine List, was his son, and his only son. The White Bone Douluo was now over ninety years old, and had a son late in life. In addition, his son was intelligent and filial, so the White Bone Douluo naturally doted on this son.
Before long, the White Bone Douluo found his son in the sect's training ground. At this moment, not only was Lan Shuang there, but also Lin Kong, the Xiang Wuqing siblings, and a group of outstanding young people.
Simultaneously, disciples and elders from within the sect were drawn by the news. These individuals didn't expect to make the Divine Rankings themselves, but they wanted to see what rewards Lan Shuang would receive and broaden their horizons.
"Greetings, Elder." The arrival of the White Bone Title Douluo caused everyone present to respectfully bow.
"Dad," Lan Shuang called out softly.
"That guy is actually tenth."
In the Sunset Forest, Huo Yuhao was also keeping an eye on the Divine Rankings. He hadn't expected that Lan Shuang, at fifteen years old and a Soul King at rank 57, would only be tenth. The high threshold of the Divine Rankings left Huo Yuhao secretly admiring.
However, upon careful consideration, it made sense. After all, this was a selection of the top ten individuals from across the entire continent. It was already remarkable that Lan Shuang had made the list.
"Reward: Martial Soul Golden Grade second awakening, and compensation for deficiencies."
Just then, the Vast Divine Sound announced the reward after a brief pause.
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly because he keenly sensed unusual words within it: deficit. What did this deficit mean? What aspect was it referring to? Was it a physical deficit or a Martial Soul defect? What was the cause? Could there be some flaw in the Ben Ti Sect's Martial Soul's second awakening?
Huo Yuhao couldn't figure it out, feeling a mess in his head. He decided to go back and ask his master.
Ben Ti Sect, the training ground. A golden light descended from the Divine Stele in the sky. The golden light landed on the Ben Ti Sect and finally entered Lan Shuang's body before fading away.
Lan Shuang seemed to have realized something, immediately sitting cross-legged on the spot and entering meditation.
At this moment, over a hundred people had gathered on the training ground. Ordinary disciples and elders could only retreat far away to avoid disturbing Lan Shuang.
A group of elders surrounded Lan Shuang, constantly observing. This was a miracle. Even they, as Title Douluo, were seeing it for the first time. Even Du Busi had rushed to the scene. It was also the first time in his life that he had touched the realm of the gods so closely.
Moreover, if the Ben Ti Sect could add another Golden Grade second awakener after his disciple, with the protection of these old bones, the future of the Ben Ti Sect would be promising.
In the eyes of everyone present, a phantom appeared behind Lan Shuang after he entered meditation. It was a silver White Bone skeleton.
After the second awakening of their Ben Ti Martial Soul, a light and shadow condensed from their Martial Soul would appear behind them. The color of the light and shadow could be used to distinguish the level of their second awakening. The levels of the second awakening were divided into four tiers, from low to high: Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Golden Grade.
The second awakening of a Martial Soul could greatly enhance a Soul Master's strength. This was also the reason why the disciples of the Ben Ti Sect were much stronger than their peers. The Iron tier could increase a Soul Master's combat power by thirty percent, Bronze by sixty percent, and Silver by one hundred percent. The Golden Grade was even more exaggerated, surpassing one hundred percent.
There were no detailed records of the specific increase for the Golden Grade. This was because there were very few Golden Grade second awakening individuals in the history of the Ben Ti Sect. The increase ranged from one hundred and fifty percent to over two hundred percent, but the highest did not exceed three hundred percent.
In fact, the increase for the Iron, Bronze, and Silver tiers was not fixed either, but would vary for various reasons. In short, it depended on the individual. The Ben Ti Sect had only summarized an approximate ratio.
But this was already very abnormal. A Golden Grade Martial Soul second awakening individual had a minimum increase of one hundred percent, effectively doubling their strength. It was equivalent to having a ridiculously powerful auxiliary Soul Master following them around, and without needing to be responsible for them.
Huo Yuhao's current strength, aside from the Heavenly Demon Skill and self-created soul skills, also owed a significant amount to his Golden Grade Martial Soul second awakening.
The silver skeleton that everyone saw at the moment was Lan Shuang's Martial Soul, and it also represented that he was a Silver tier second awakening individual.
But as time passed, in everyone's view, the silver skeleton began to change. First, its limbs. At some point, a faint golden light appeared on its hands and feet. Initially, this golden light only lingered on the hands and feet, but as time went on, it spread across the limbs like a virus invading a body.
The golden light corroded the leg bones, then the arm bones, followed by the spine, chest bones, and ribs. By this point, nearly twenty minutes had passed, and the entire skeleton, except for the head, had been rendered a golden color.
In the training ground, the group stared with wide eyes at this historic scene, their eyes filled with curiosity about the unknown. Even Du Busi, who was usually as calm as a well, was the same.
He wasn't unfamiliar with Golden Grade second awakeners. Not to mention his disciple, he himself was a Golden Grade second awakener. However, they had all reached this stage after undergoing countless trials. It was nothing like Lan Shuang, who could achieve it just by absorbing a divine light.
Ten minutes later, the head of the White Bone skeleton was completely engulfed in the golden light. When the last trace of silver disappeared from the skull, the entire skeleton suddenly flashed with brilliant golden light, causing everyone present to wince and quickly avert their eyes.
The golden light soon vanished. This was because Lan Shuang had already exited his meditative state and retracted his Martial Soul.
"Is this the power of a Golden Grade second awakening? It's truly captivating."
Standing up, Lan Shuang clenched his fists, feeling stronger than ever before. He was radiant, as if he had drunk a potent tonic.
"Hahaha, good, good, good! Worthy of being my son, you haven't brought shame to the old Lan family."
Just as Lan Shuang was reveling in his newfound power, while everyone else was still in a daze, a hearty laugh shattered the silence. It was none other than the White Bone Title Douluo.
"Uh, Dad, this doesn't really have anything to do with me, it's a reward from the gods after all," Lan Shuang said weakly, his voice barely audible. He felt like he was just lucky. Based on his own talent, he probably wouldn't have been able to reach the Golden Grade in his lifetime.
"Haha, you can't say that! Being chosen by the gods proves you're a talented kid!" The White Bone Title Douluo chuckled, his face practically blooming into a chrysanthemum.
Seeing the young man successfully awaken to the Golden Grade, Du Busi was also in a great mood. Before leaving, he sent a voice transmission to the White Bone Title Douluo: "Your son is quite good. Go to the sect's treasury later and choose a soul bone for him. Anything under a hundred thousand years is yours to pick."
The White Bone Title Douluo's eyes lit up upon receiving the message, and he immediately wanted to thank the Sect Master. But he looked around, and the Sect Master was nowhere to be seen.
While the Ben Ti Sect celebrated for Lan Shuang, the announcement of the Talent Ranking continued.
"Ninth place on the Talent Ranking: Xu Sanshi. Age: fifteen. Martial Soul: Mysterious Nether Tortoise. Soul Power Level: Forty-two."
"Reward: Martial Soul evolves into Xuanwu, and a copy of the Sunflower Manual."
Shrek Academy. Right now, all the students and teachers had gathered outside the teaching buildings. This was a spectacle rarely seen in a thousand years; who would want to miss it?
Moreover, they were Shrek, the number one academy on the continent. They were brimming with talent, a gathering of heroes. Those who made the list would surely include people from their academy. This was the confidence Shrek had, confidence accumulated over thousands of years. Even though their team had been utterly defeated by the Body Sect team in the recent Soul Master Tournament, they only felt that the other side was lucky. If their team hadn't suffered heavy losses while eliminating evil soul masters, who would have won the Soul Master Tournament was still up for debate. They still considered themselves the number one academy on the continent, believing that Shrek's position was unshakeable. It was a kind of blind self-confidence.
Just like what had happened at the Body Sect, a golden light descended from the sky, heading straight for the black teaching building in the outer courtyard's upper grades area of Shrek Academy.
The grades at Shrek Academy were clearly divided. The black building where the golden light landed belonged to the fifth-year teaching area. At this moment, dozens of students had gathered beneath the building; these were all fifth-year students, and Xu Sanshi was among them.
After the ninth place was announced, everyone's gaze focused on Xu Sanshi. This guy was quite famous in the outer court and was known as one of Shrek's twin stars alongside Bei Bei. There were also rumors that he had an unclear relationship with Ma Xiaotao, an inner court disciple and the Martial Soul Department's dean's disciple.
Moreover, before the rumors with Ma Xiaotao, his pursuit of Jiang Nannan, the school's flower from the outer court, was relentless, like a stubborn plaster.
Xu Sanshi was like a hyped-up celebrity, attracting attention wherever he went.
Therefore, unless they were newly enrolled freshmen, there were few who didn't know this famous person.
At this moment, Xu Sanshi didn't care about the gazes of those around him, carefully sensing the benefits brought by the golden light that had entered his body.
Closing his eyes and concentrating, his Martial Soul automatically released itself, but it didn't attach to his body like usual.
What others saw was a three-meter-long, one-meter-high phantom of a turtle floating behind Xu Sanshi, with a green snake coiled on its back.
"Huh, it doesn't seem like there's any change? Isn't this still the Mysterious Nether Tortoise?"
Seeing Xu Sanshi's Martial Soul, someone immediately questioned it, but this person also knew the importance of the moment and, fearing to disturb Xu Sanshi, kept their voice very low.
"It seems to be true, I've seen this guy in a Soul Battle before, and his Martial Soul was like this back then."
A familiar student immediately echoed.
"Tch, what do you know? How can we speculate on the methods of the gods?"
Just as the students were chattering amongst themselves, two figures appeared on the roof of the teaching building behind them, seemingly out of nowhere.
The person in the lead was Yan Shaozhe, the Dean of the Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy. Standing a step behind him was Du Weilun, the Director of Education.
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