Chapter 36: Gui Mei Makes the List
Facing this sudden attack, Gui Mei dared not show the slightest negligence.
He roared, and the seventh Soul Ring around his body suddenly shone with dazzling light!
"Seventh Spirit Ability: Spirit Avatar!"
In an instant, Gui Mei's figure became completely illusory, seemingly merging into the surrounding shadows.
Countless mournful ghost wails sounded. His body transformed into a massive, terrifying ghostly shadow composed of countless resentful and fierce Martial Souls, emanating dense Yin Qi.
Attempting to forcefully withstand this tyrannical strike!
"Rumble!"
The Clear Sky Hammer and Gui Mei's Spirit Avatar fiercely collided.
A terrifying energy storm instantly swept out, tearing up the surrounding land and snapping trees.
Even though Gui Mei had activated his Spirit Avatar, under this furious strike from Tang Hao.
That massive ghostly shadow was smashed, causing it to ripple violently and become significantly more illusory.
Clearly, he had suffered a considerable loss.
Gui Mei was horrified internally. He knew Tang Hao was powerful, but he hadn't expected the opponent to seem even stronger than before.
With Tang Hao intervening, forget about killing anyone today.
Whether he could retreat unscathed was an issue in itself.
"Tang Hao, must you insist on being an enemy of my Spirit Hall?"
Gui Mei roared, putting on a brave but false front.
"Hmph, cut the nonsense! Either scram, or die!"
Tang Hao's figure appeared atop a large tree not far away, holding a miniaturized Clear Sky Hammer. Although his clothes were ragged, his world-dominating Aura was captivating.
Tang San stood quietly behind him, watching the scene below with complicated eyes.
Gui Mei stared intently at Tang Hao, then glanced at Flender and the others, who were ready for battle, knowing that the situation was unsalvageable.
If he continued to linger, once Tang Hao attacked with full force, he might truly perish here.
"Good, what a Clear Sky Douluo!"
"I, Gui Mei, will remember what happened today. His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff will definitely not let this matter rest!"
Leaving behind a harsh threat, Gui Mei's figure instantly transformed into countless plumes of black smoke, retreating like a tide.
In the blink of an eye, he vanished without a trace, leaving behind only the cold Aura, which had not yet completely dissipated.
Seeing Ghost Douluo retreat, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Their backs were soaked with cold sweat.
In that moment just now, they truly felt the approach of death.
Everyone quickly stepped forward and respectfully bowed to Tang Hao atop the tree.
"Thank you, His Excellency Clear Sky, for saving us!"
Tang Hao waved his hand, his voice still deep and hoarse: "Little San asked me to save you. Besides, you showed kindness in educating Little San, so my intervention is only right."
His gaze swept over the ruined academy below and the startled crowd, and he warned them.
"This place is not safe to stay in for long. Spirit Hall will not give up easily. You should leave as soon as possible and find another location to rebuild the academy."
"In the future, you must be more careful."
Flender and the others nodded solemnly. After this ordeal, they knew they had to lie low and plan for the long term.
Tang Hao said no more. Taking Tang San, his figure flashed, and he vanished into the night once again... Just as the Shrek group was regaining their composure and preparing to completely flee this troubled area.
The high-hanging heavenly curtain seemed completely unaffected by the disturbance below, and the golden light shone brightly once more.
New ranking list information began to condense.
[special martial soul ranking, Fifth Place: Gui Mei!]
[Gui Mei, a special Ectoplasmic Spirit. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that this Martial Soul was not naturally Awakened; rather, it is a special existence formed by the mutation of the original Martial Soul under extreme death conditions, combined with Soul power. Its form is ethereal, without Soul Rings, only layers of ghostly shadows. It can be immune to the vast majority of physical attacks, manipulate shadows and Soul power, and is unpredictable. It is a unique phenomenon rarely seen in the Douluo Continent for a hundred years.]
[Owner: Gui Mei (Spirit Hall, Title: Ghost Douluo)]
[Reward: Soul Power increased by one level, the age of all Soul Rings increased by three thousand years, and a 50,000-year-level Torso Spirit Bone perfectly compatible with his Martial Soul is awarded!]
Having just escaped danger and still feeling lingering fear, Gui Mei hadn't even had time to catch his breath.
He felt a golden pillar of light containing immense energy cross space and accurately envelop him!
"This is..."
Gui Mei was both shocked and delighted.
His Soul Power, which had been stagnant at level 95 for many years, broke through the Bottleneck like a hot knife through butter under the impetus of this power.
Reaching level 96.
The nine Soul Rings around his body also began to rapidly deepen in color. The first four Soul Rings directly turned purple, and the subsequent black Soul Rings became even deeper and darker.
The overall increase of three thousand years in Soul Ring age brought benefits far exceeding Yue Guan's two thousand years!
Finally, a Torso Spirit Bone, entirely black like ink, yet flowing with strange dark-gold patterns on its surface, emanating dense Yin Qi and Soul fluctuations, slowly condensed.
Merging into his body.
A 50,000-year Torso Spirit Bone!
Its value far surpassed that of Head Spirit Bones, providing a comprehensive improvement to a Soul Master's physical quality!
"Hahaha!"
Feeling the surging power within his body, and the Torso Spirit Bone that perfectly matched his Martial Soul as if they were one, Gui Mei couldn't help but burst into laughter.
The previous frustration and resentment were swept away.
"As expected, my Gui Mei Martial Soul made the ranking list, and it's even ranked above Old Chrysanthemum!"
He could feel that his Martial Soul seemed to have undergone some subtle changes, becoming more solidified.
His control over shadows and Souls was stronger.
The ability of "Ethereality" also seemed to have been somewhat enhanced... All major powers across the Continent were deeply shocked once again to see that Ghost Douluo Gui Mei's Martial Soul was ranked above Chrysanthemum Douluo's and had received even richer rewards.
Especially the 50,000-year Torso Spirit Bone, which left them profoundly shaken.
"Ghost Douluo's Martial Soul was actually formed by a post-mortem mutation? This... is unheard of!"
"Immune to physical attacks? That's too abnormal! No wonder he's so difficult to deal with!"
"Three thousand years added to Soul Ring age, a 50,000-year Torso Spirit Bone—my heavens, in a single day, the strength of two Titled Douluo in Spirit Hall has greatly increased!"
"Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo already possess a Spirit Fusion Technique. Now that both of their strengths have surged, the power of that 'Two Extremes Stillness Domain'... is probably enough to threaten level 98, or even level 99 Peak Douluo!"
The expressions of the high-level officials from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and other powers were extremely solemn.
The continuous strengthening of Spirit Hall's top combat power hung like a heavy dark cloud over the hearts of all factions not aligned with Spirit Hall.
The balance of the Continent was being broken step by step by this heavenly curtain ranking list.
And Spirit Hall's prestige and deterrence reached an unprecedented height at this moment... Inside the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
Bibi Dong looked at Gui Mei's name and reward on the heavenly curtain, the smile on the corner of her mouth growing colder and more satisfied.
"Yue Guan, Gui Mei... excellent. With this, my authority within Spirit Hall is even greater!"
She muttered softly, flames of ambition flickering in her eyes, "Once I complete the God Trial... this Continent is due for a change."
The golden light in the sky continued to flow, and the suspense over the top four spots on the special martial soul ranking captivated everyone's hearts.
And behind this, the increasingly turbulent undercurrents had begun to accelerate.
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