Shrek Academy.
Dean Flender pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose; the small eyes behind the lenses sparkled with the light of future gold coins pouring in abundantly.
He rubbed his hands, revealing his signature cunning merchant smile: "Hehe, the martial soul ranking has twenty spots, after all."
"If one or two of our academy's Little freaks can make it onto the list, that would be monumental publicity for our Shrek Academy!"
"Think about it," Flender grew more excited as he spoke, "this ranking list can be seen by everyone across the entire continent!"
"At that time, as long as one person makes the list, even if the academy's name isn't attached, those curious powers and Spirit Masters will definitely investigate!"
"What kind of divine academy could possibly cultivate such astonishingly brilliant genius students! Hehehe—"
Flender seemed to already see countless gold coins flying towards him, future enrollment spots being in short supply, and Shrek Academy becoming famous across the continent and reaching the pinnacle!
In his opinion, among this group of Little freaks, Tang San with his twin spirits and Oscar, who possessed Innate Maximum Spirit Power in the food system, undoubtedly had the greatest chance of making the list!
However, Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix and Dai Mubai's Evil Eyes White Tiger were also top Beast Spirits on the continent, meaning they weren't without a chance either.
Now, they just had to wait for the ranking to be officially announced!
Just one hour after the heavenly screen appeared, the entire Douluo Continent, from the major powers in the open to the hidden experts in the dark, began making their preparations.
Some were full of anticipation, hoping that they or their family's younger generation could make the list and bring honor to their ancestors.
Others had already issued death orders to their elites: once an unaligned Rogue Spirit Master without background appeared on the list, they must be recruited immediately!
If recruitment failed, they had to find every way possible to foster good relations.
If good relations couldn't be established, then they must spare no effort to eliminate them before they grew strong!
An uncontrolled top-tier genius was a huge potential threat to any power.
Meanwhile, in a tavern in a remote small town somewhere on the continent, a middle-aged man wearing a black cloak, whose face could not be clearly seen, raised his head and looked through the window at the golden ranking in the sky.
Tang Hao!
He had originally planned to visit a few more Spirit Hall branch temples to cause some trouble and vent the hatred in his heart.
Now, things were better.
If a genius from Spirit Hall appeared on this ranking, they would become his next hunting target!
At the same time, a trace of indescribable anticipation rose in his heart.
Could his Clear Sky HammerSpirit, once the continent's number one Tool Spirit, also make it onto this ranking?
Buzz—
Just at this moment, the golden heavenly screen in the sky suddenly emitted a buzz, like the Sound of the Great Dao!
Immediately afterward, the small, golden, transparent characters in front of all living beings began to violently shift and reorganize!
It's here!
Everyone held their breath, their hearts lodged in their throats, staring intently at the sky!
Finally, the light stabilized, and the first line of the ranking was clearly imprinted in everyone's mind!
[martial soul ranking, 20th Place: Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor]
[Holder: Dugu Yan (Canglan Academy)]
[Evaluation: Top-tier offensive control systemBeast Spirit. The Spirit bloodline has been purified, evolving from serpent to python, and python to Flood Dragon. With the appearance of a Dragon Emperor, its poison dominates the world! This Spirit evolved from the Jade Phosphor Serpent, possessing infinite potential and a promising future!]
[Reward: spirit power level increased by one rank, all spirit ring ages increased by five hundred years!]
The moment these lines of text appeared, the entire Douluo Continent fell into a deathly silence.
After a brief silence came an uproar and shock like a mountain tsunami!
Countless Spirit Masters widened their eyes, their faces displaying three large words:
"What the hell?"
Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor? What kind of Spirit is that? When did such a Spirit appear on the continent?
And the holder is named Dugu Yan? Who is that?
Most importantly, Canglan Academy?!
What kind of power is that? They've never heard of it before!
Canglan Academy...
"Ah?!"
Dugu Yan stared at her name on the heavenly screen, utterly stunned. Her small mouth slightly open, she stood frozen in place.
"I... I made the list?"
"Teacher, did you see that? I actually made the list!"
She simply couldn't believe her eyes!
Although her teacher had said her Spirit was very strong after its evolution, she never dreamed she could ascend this martial soul ranking, which drew the attention of the entire continent!
After all, although her Spirit was the Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor, its degree of development was actually only moderate. She needed to increase her strength to fully transform into a dragon.
Although she was called a Dragon Emperor now, she had essentially only grown four limbs, as the heavenly screen indicated—she was merely a Flood Dragon Emperor.
The gap between her and a true Dragon Emperor was still quite large.
Just then, a gentle golden pillar of light seemed to pierce through the endless void, accurately projecting down from the heavenly screen and enveloping her entirely.
"Boom!"
Dugu Yan felt a warm current instantly rush into her limbs and bones, and her spirit power bottleneck shattered immediately!
Her spirit power level directly increased by one rank!
But that wasn't all!
What shocked her even more was that the six spirit rings rising beneath her feet were clearly those of a six-ring Spirit Emperor!
In this era, a nineteen-year-old six-ring Spirit Emperor had already set a historical record! (Dugu Yan is seven years older than Tang San.)
However, it was a bit unfortunate that Dugu Yan started following Lin Yuan relatively late. She was thirteen when she and Ye Lingling were brought to Canglan Academy to study.
She came after Xiao Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrived after the three of them.
Actually, Xue Wu originally didn't quite meet the criteria for acceptance, but who told her that she could perform the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Drifting Ice and Snow, with Shui Bing'er?
This Martial Soul Fusion Skill had directly caused Tang San to become depressed in the original work, so naturally, she had to be taken in.
Since Shui Bing'er was following him, her strength would certainly increase rapidly, so Xue Wu naturally couldn't fall too far behind.
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan's six spirit rings deepened in color at a visible rate under the illumination of the golden light!
The yellow spirit ring, which originally represented a hundred years, grew brighter and brighter, its edges even beginning to emit a hint of purple!
The second spirit ring directly transformed into a purple thousand-year spirit ring!
And the two existing purple thousand-year spirit rings became even deeper in color, as if flowing light was circulating within them.
All spirit rings had their age increased by five hundred years!
"Wow! Sister Yanzi, you're amazing!" Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were the first to rush up and hug her excitedly.
Zhu Zhuqing also walked over, a sincere smile appearing on her normally cold face: "Congratulations."
Dugu Yan was jolted back to reality by them, and a flush of wild joy instantly surged onto her face.
This heavenly dao reward was truly overwhelming!
"T-Teacher, this heavenly screen reward is actually real! I'm already at Rank 64 spirit power now!"
(End of Chapter)
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