Inside the Clear Sky Sect.
The five elders were breathing heavily, their eyes glued to the golden list in the sky.
Only the top three remained; where the Clear Sky Hammer would rank was their biggest concern.
[Ranked 3rd on the Martial Soul Ranking: Clear Sky Hammer. Reward: The strongest and most talented member of its family will have all soul rings increased by 9,000 years.
Obtains the special skill: God-Suppressing Hammer Technique, receives three skill enhancement opportunities, Asura's affinity +2%.]
Third place had just been announced, as Ling Yun had predicted.
A new prompt appeared: The reward intended for the Clear Sky Hammer family's strongest member could not be granted and would be transferred to the sect's most talented individual.
However, since Tang Hao had already received the reward, the reward originally belonging to Tang Chen would be reclaimed by the system.
Everything was within the Clear Sky Sect's expectations, and they didn't find anything amiss, even welcoming it.
Except for Tang Xiao, the rest of the Clear Sky Sect didn't want to see Tang Hao hogging all the benefits.
What displeased the Clear Sky Sect was that they were only in third place, which they found unbearable.
"What! My Clear Sky Hammer is only in third place! There's definitely something wrong with this golden list! What a joke!"
The seventh elder roared, smashing the stone table with a palm strike.
With a "whoosh," he jumped up, pointing at the sky and cursing.
"Damn heavens, do you even have eyes? How could my clan's Clear Sky Hammer only be in third place! If you don't know how to rank this golden list, let me do it for you; it's fairer than you, who have no eyes!"
The seventh elder's reaction also drew the fifth and fourth elders into the fray.
The three old geezers were spitting fire with their curses, and the Second Elder couldn't stand it any longer, coldly snapping at them.
"Can you three shut your mouths? Third place on the Golden List is already pretty good, much better than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Besides, the rewards aren't going to you anyway, so what are you so worked up about? I'm telling you, if anyone says another word, they can go clean the chamber pots for me!"
The Second Elder's ferocious appearance made the three elders swallow their saliva, and in the end, they didn't dare to say anything more.
[Martial Soul Ranking: 2nd Place - Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. Reward: All soul rings of the strongest and most talented member of their family are upgraded by 9,000 years. Obtains special skill: Holy Purification. Obtains three skill enhancement opportunities. Angel God Affinity +2%]
Watching the second-place result appear, Ling Yun's eyes widened, and about ten seconds later, he burst into a fit of laughter.
"Hahaha! How could Qian Renxue be so miserable! This is already the third time she's gotten second place. Could it be that she's really destined to be the eternal runner-up?"
"Fortunately, fortunately, I didn't make the list this time. Even if Qian Renxue wants to hate someone, it's not me; it should be Bo Saixi."
While Ling Yun was gloating, Qian Renxue saw her martial soul once again ranked second.
Her face alternated between green and white. Being second once wasn't a big deal, but being second twice in a row made her a little unbearable.
Now, the third time she was second, she was so angry that her beautiful eyes turned red, she stomped her jade feet, and her face was filled with grievance.
She just couldn't understand why she couldn't always seize the first place.
It was as if the heavens were playing a trick on her.
Unlike her feeling of grievance, in the Elder Hall, Qian Daoliu felt the warm current flowing through his body, and a proud smile appeared on his face.
"Hmph, I have received rewards for being in the top five on the Golden List twice in a row and have been granted an 18,000-year increase in all soul ring lifespans, two special skills, and six skill enhancements."
"That old geezer, Tang Chen, won't get any rewards. The gap between us will probably widen. If I get a chance to meet him again, I'll easily defeat him, haha..."
His spirited demeanor made the other elders in the Elder Hall look at him with admiration.
If Bo Saixi was considered the living Sea God in the eyes of everyone on Sea God Island…
Then Qian Daoliu, in the eyes of many in the Spirit Hall, was the living Angel God!
[Soul Beast Ranking - 1st Place: Sea God. Reward: All soul rings of the owner are increased by 10,000 years. Obtains the special skill, Sea God's Fury. Obtains three skill enhancement opportunities. Sea God Affinity +3%.]
Almost no one on the Douluo Continent knew about this martial soul, except for the mention on the Power Ranking a half-month ago.
Besides Ling Yun, only a few people like Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, Tang Xiao, and Tang Hao knew about it.
The appearance of the Sea God Martial Soul on two consecutive rankings left countless people staring at the Golden Martial Soul Ranking with question marks in their heads.
Not only the commoners, but even the elders of the Clear Sky Sect had never heard of it.
The Seventh Elder angrily asked the Second Elder,
"Second Brother, did you see that? This Sea God Martial Soul? What kind of martial soul is that? It actually ranks above our Clear Sky Hammer!
This Golden Ranking is completely unfair and unjust; how can I not be angry? Damn it, I just can't stand it!"
Not only him, but the Fifth Elder and the Fourth Elder also nodded in agreement with his viewpoint.
"That's right, Second Brother, this Golden Ranking is clearly targeting our Clear Sky Sect, and it even produced a martial soul we've never heard of.
It's actually shameless enough to rank ahead of us; if I don't curse this old heavens, I'll feel uncomfortable!"
"My Clear Sky Hammer is the number one weapon martial soul in the world, yet it can't compare to this bullshit Sea God Martial Soul! I'm going to curse today!"
...
The Second Elder was also having a massive headache; his three younger brothers' constant chatter made his hands itch to hit someone.
Tang Xiao was also speechless with his uncles and could only tell them about the time when he and Tang Hao had gone to Sea God Island.
The three elders widened their old, cloudy eyes, revealing expressions of shock.
The obscure Sea God Island actually had a terrifying being that even Tang Chen couldn't defeat!
Tang Chen's power had long been deeply imprinted in the minds of the Clear Sky Sect disciples; being invincible on land wasn't just talk.
Yet even the land-invincible Tang Chen was suppressed on Sea God Island, which was hard for them to imagine.
The Fifth Elder swallowed his saliva and asked Tang Xiao in a tentative tone.
"A being that even our big brother can't defeat… could she have become a god?"
Tang Xiao shook his head with a wry smile.
"Becoming a god, it's not that easy. That senior is the Sea God Island's High Priest, in other words, the Sea God's spokesperson in the human world, and is said to be infinitely close to a god."
The Seventh Elder sucked in a breath of cold air, not a god, but infinitely close to a god.
No wonder her Martial Soul was able to achieve the first place, and her combat power was second only to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who was over nine hundred thousand years old.
What else could one say besides "strong"?
The fourth golden list came to an end, and the fifth golden list appeared.
The golden list was inscribed with the words "Soul Beast Ranking," which was enough to show that the next golden list would be the Soul Beasts' turn to shine.
The originally scheduled semi-annual release of the lists had also become random.
This meant that the opening time of the golden list was entirely up to the mood of the manipulator; perhaps the fifth golden list would open tomorrow.
It might even take ten years, twenty years, or even a hundred years. Anyway, the ranking would just be hanging there, just for fun.
Ling Yun flipped the bird at the sky, expressing his deep condolences to the person manipulating the ranking.
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