[Notification: Emperor Tian's Answer: The highest-ranking soul beast on Douluo Star is the Silver Dragon King. The answer is incorrect!]
[Penalty: 10,000 years of cultivation lost!]
[Notification: Poseidon's Answer: The highest-ranking soul beast on Douluo Star is the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. The answer is incorrect!]
[Penalty: Loss of one rank in soul power!]
[Notification: Qian Daoliu's Answer: The highest-ranking soul beast on Douluo Star is the Beast God Emperor Tian. The answer is incorrect!]
[Penalty: Loss of two ranks in soul power!]
[Notification: Demon Lord's Answer: The highest-ranking soul beast on Douluo Star is the Silver Dragon King. The answer is incorrect!]
[Penalty: 10,000 years of cultivation lost!]
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In the live broadcast room, as Lin Yu's answer was confirmed correct, the many participants who rushed to answer found themselves punished for their incorrect responses.
"How could it be? The highest-ranking soul beast isn't the Master?"
When Emperor Tian saw the live broadcast notification that his answer was wrong, he was more stunned than concerned about the penalty. He couldn't believe that the Silver Dragon King was not the highest-ranking soul beast on Douluo Star!
On the other side, at Sea God Island:
"The highest-ranking soul beast isn't the Deep Sea Demon Whale King?!"
Poseidon was equally shocked to see the notification of her incorrect answer. In her understanding, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was the highest-ranking soul beast on Douluo Star, having nearly reached a million years of cultivation.
After all, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was feared even by the great Sea God. It was inconceivable that there could be a soul beast with greater cultivation on Douluo Star.
Seeing that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King also answered incorrectly, Poseidon sighed in relief. At least the Dragon Essence would not fall into the hands of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
At the Spirit Hall, when Qian Daoliu saw his answer was wrong, he too was incredulous. According to the Spirit Hall's records, the highest-ranking soul beast should be the Black Dragon King of the Star Dou Forest, known as the Beast God Emperor Tian!
It was unthinkable that this was not the case!
Similarly, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who discovered its answer was wrong, was also surprised. As one of the top soul beasts on Douluo Star and the strongest sea soul beast, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King knew of the Silver Dragon King Gu Yue Na. Yet, it was baffling that this answer was incorrect.
Now, with the penalty, its cultivation would be reduced by 10,000 years. The nearly 990,000-year cultivation would drop back to 980,000 years. Recovering this would take an enormous amount of time.
Cultivation becomes increasingly difficult as soul beasts advance. It is no longer just a matter of accumulating energy.
If it were just about energy accumulation, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, as the strongest sea soul beast in the vast Endless Sea, would have long since reached the million-year mark, given the countless treasures available in the ocean. The Endless Sea is far larger and richer in resources compared to land.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King had explored the ocean for hundreds of thousands of years, collecting innumerable treasures. If its cultivation speed had remained the same as before, it would have long since ascended to the million-year level!
However, if like the Sky Blue Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, its transformation into human form was insufficient, the million-year advancement would still be challenging.
"Phew! Fortunately, I didn't answer!"
Seeing the continuous penalties on the screen, Yu Xiaogang at Notting Academy felt a sense of relief and narrowly escaped disaster.
As the most knowledgeable master in martial spirits and soul beast theories on the Douluo Continent, Yu Xiaogang considered himself more knowledgeable about soul beasts than most. Many soul masters only knew that the Star Dou Forest's Titan Giant Ape was the only ten-thousand-year soul beast on the continent.
However, Yu Xiaogang knew that there was also a ten-thousand-year Sky Blue Bull Python in the Star Dou Forest, which was stronger than the Titan Giant Ape.
If the live broadcast had not occurred and the question asked was: "Who is the highest-ranking soul beast on Douluo Star?" Yu Xiaogang would have immediately answered the Sky Blue Bull Python.
However, during the live broadcast, the image from the Extreme North showed two figures. One was a woman in a white fur dress with snow-white hair and ice-blue eyes, exuding a pure and lofty aura. The other was a girl in a green dress with green hair styled in twin tails, looking youthful and cute but with a cold and dignified demeanor.
Yu Xiaogang recognized that these two figures were not human. It was inconceivable that anyone could survive in the harsh environment of the Extreme North. If these were soul beasts, they must be extraordinarily powerful!
Surviving in the Extreme North would mean they were not just ten-thousand-year soul beasts. Even among ten-thousand-year soul beasts, they would be much stronger than the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Blue Bull Python, as these two giant beasts had not transformed into human forms despite their immense power.
Although Yu Xiaogang did not answer the question, he was still intensely interested in the Dragon Essence reward. This essence could help evolve martial souls with dragon lineage.
Yu Xiaogang's martial soul, the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus, was a degenerated form of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus. If he could obtain the Dragon Essence, it might allow for evolution, helping him shed his reputation as a failure and fulfill his lifelong dream.
"If someone answers correctly and obtains the Dragon Essence, I will find a way to trade for it!"
Yu Xiaogang resolved to find a way to obtain the Dragon Essence if someone else won it. This was his chance to prove himself and achieve his dream of martial soul evolution.