Bibi Dong picked up the documents beside her and, in a surge of fury, shattered everything into fragments.
The entire Pope Hall fell into deadly silence. A pin dropping would have been audible, even breathing sounded unnaturally clear. No one dared provoke Bibi Dong's wrath, terrified of becoming the one who took the hit.
In the Far North, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion clan leader, Ice Empress, who appeared in the form of a petite green-haired girl, was seething with anger.
"You damned Martial Soul Ranking, are you deliberately picking a fight with me?"
As a ferocious beast of over four hundred thousand years, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Ice Empress had never suffered such humiliation.
"Ice Explosion Technique." Just hearing these three words was enough to make her lose control. It was the only regret in her long life.
How terrifying was the power of the Ice Explosion Technique? Other than herself, no one truly understood it.
It was a genuine god-tier soul skill. Even if a ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion possessed such a talent, its combat power in the Far North would definitely not be inferior to that of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
If Ice Empress herself were to master this secret technique, she could absolutely contend with ferocious beasts of six hundred thousand or even seven hundred thousand years.
"Xue'er, did you see that? The Ice Explosion Technique was actually learned by a human soul master. Absolutely unforgivable!"
"Ahhh! My Ice Explosion Technique! Ice Explosion Technique!"
The green twin-tailed little girl that Ice Empress had transformed into rolled around in the snow, completely unable to swallow this injustice.
Seeing this, Snow Empress gently comforted her in a soft voice.
"Bing'er, isn't there still the Soul Beast Ranking later? With your strength and cultivation, placing in the top few won't be difficult. When the rewards are distributed, are you afraid there won't be an Ice Explosion Technique?"
"That's true. You bastard Martial Soul Ranking, Soul Beast Ranking, did you hear me? If you don't give me the Ice Explosion Technique, just wait and see how I deal with you later!"
At Heavenly Path Academy, after receiving the reward from the Martial Soul Ranking, Shui Bing'er's aura erupted outward.
Her soul power level had unmistakably reached the Soul Emperor realm.
At only sixteen years old, she was already a Level 64 Soul Emperor. Her talent was nothing short of terrifying.
More importantly, this was not the result of single-minded cultivation. During the day at the academy, she also trained in soul tool crafting, studied soul master theory, and worked on battle armor forging, all of which consumed most of her time and energy.
With the distribution of seven levels of soul power, Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix martial soul possessed her body. One yellow, two purple, and three black soul rings appeared as her cultivation instantly reached the realm of a Level 70 quasi–Soul Saint.
With the increase in soul ring age by ten thousand years, her configuration transformed into six black rings, six pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul rings.
At the same time, the Extreme Cold Ice Phoenix martial soul behind her let out an excited cry. The divine beast aura it emitted instantly suppressed Shui Yue'er and Dugu Yan, both of whom possessed beast-type martial souls.
Even Xiao Hongchen, whose Three-Legged Golden Toad martial soul had just completed its evolution into a divine beast tier, felt a trace of pressure.
"The quality of Bing'er's martial soul is actually this high. My Poison Dragon martial soul is being suppressed so severely."
Dugu Yan bent forward as her Poison Dragon martial soul involuntarily manifested. Despite resisting with all its might, it could not withstand the terrifying bloodline pressure radiating from a divine beast-tier martial soul.
Shui Yue'er had it even worse. Her Dolphin martial soul was only barely considered a high-tier martial soul. Before it could evolve into the top-tier Mermaid martial soul, she was directly pressed to the ground by Shui Bing'er's martial soul pressure.
She puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, stubbornly holding the unfinished chicken leg high in her right hand.
"This is so unfair. How did I end up being the weakest one? Hurry up and let me get up!"
Zhu Zhuqing, however, was not suppressed at all. Instead, her Dark Demon Evil God Tiger martial soul let out a roar and resisted effortlessly.
In the next moment, the Ice Phoenix's icy feathers all fell away, forming a massive ice-blue cocoon around her.
A moment later, the ice cocoon shattered instantly. An Ice Phoenix even more majestic and extraordinary than before soared out, the martial soul pressure surrounding it pressing everyone present so hard that they could barely lift their heads.
A God King–level martial soul was an absolute, unquestionable suppression over any martial soul below its tier.
"Ow, my dentures!"
Shui Yue'er had just barely climbed up when she was knocked flat again by the sudden pressure.
With a loud thud, she slammed face-first into the ground, her two rows of front teeth knocking into the dirt. Even the chicken leg in her hand flew out and smacked her on the head.
Shui Bing'er floated in midair, eyes closed and silent, as subtle changes occurred in her appearance.
If her original aura could be described as that of an aloof, unworldly goddess, noble and cold, then now she was like a female emperor. With the God King–level Ice Phoenix martial soul as her backdrop, she looked down upon the world, gazing arrogantly over all, as though nothing in existence could enter her sight.
An ice-blue phoenix sigil appeared at the center of her brow, making her presence even more extraordinary.
Before long, Shui Bing'er slowly opened her eyes and reached out to grasp the rewards floating in the air.
A hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion torso soul bone containing the Ice Explosion Technique and an ice-attribute domain, as well as that brilliant golden orb-shaped God-Granted Soul Ring.
"Teacher, my soul power has reached Level 70."
Shui Bing'er opened her eyes and happily walked toward Li Tianyi.
"Very good, very good. A sixteen-year-old Soul Saint, a two-word battle armor master, a fifth-level soul tool engineer, and capable of refining many ice-attribute pills. That's already excellent."
As if afraid Shui Bing'er might not believe him, Li Tianyi hurriedly pointed toward Yun Ming, who was watching from the side.
"If you don't believe me, ask Teacher Yun Ming."
Shui Bing'er turned her head, hope shining in her ice-blue eyes.
"Ahem. You do have a bit of my style from back then."
Yun Ming was not boasting. In truth, Shui Bing'er's comprehension was inferior to his.
At sixteen, he had been a Level 69 Soul Saint, a two-word battle armor master, and a fifth-level soul tool engineer. He could not refine pills, and at first glance seemed inferior to Shui Bing'er.
However, as a current teacher at Heavenly Path Academy, he knew exactly how vast the resources the academy headmaster invested in these children were. They were so immense that even Yun Ming, a genius who had later gathered the resources of multiple major factions over twenty thousand years, could not help but feel envious.
If he had received such resources from childhood, he would likely have already ascended to the Divine Realm.
Stimulated by Yun Ming's words, Shui Bing'er turned back to Li Tianyi.
"Teacher Yun Ming's talent and comprehension are still beyond what you can compare to right now."
Li Tianyi said with a smile.
"Teacher Yun Ming is that strong?"
"Bing'er only ranked seventh. According to what the teacher said, wouldn't Teacher Yun Ming be in the top five, or even the top three?"
"That's very possible!"
The girls discussed animatedly, unanimously believing that Yun Ming was someone so powerful that they could only look up to him.
Shui Bing'er was not discouraged. Instead, she became even more diligent.
If being a sixteen-year-old Soul Saint was not enough, then she would just keep pushing forward.
After some time passed, the Martial Soul Ranking continued to update, and the sixth place was finally revealed.
[Martial Soul Ranking No. 6: Six-Winged Angel]
[Holder: Qian Renxue (Hall of Offerings / Heaven Dou Empire)]
[Evaluation: The Six-Winged Angel martial soul, like the Sea God martial soul, is a god-granted martial soul. However, Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel martial soul is different. It is close to the God King tier, or rather, she herself is the reincarnation of the Angel God. She possesses innate Level 20 soul power, and her martial soul embodies extreme light and extreme fire attributes.]
[Reward: Unlocking of sealed memories from a previous life (Angel God memories), all soul ring ages increased by ten thousand years, martial soul evolution to the God King tier, breaking the limitations of a first-tier god and possessing infinite potential.]
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