Chapter 192: Xun Er: Brother Gu Fei, did I amaze you this time?

"Kid, consider yourself lucky this time!"

On the stage, after hearing Gu Yao's words, Lingquan had no choice but to comply; as he left, Lingquan gave Xiao Yan a look of contempt.

"Creak..."

At this moment, the sense of humiliation in Xiao Yan's heart could no longer be described in words.

He clenched his fists tightly, and the sound of cracking knuckles continuously emanated from between his fingers.

But unfortunately, he could only vent in this way; even if he felt extreme anger, he could not do anything to Lingquan, a Dou Zun.

Fortunately, at this moment, no one cared about the emotions of a small fry.

Even Xun Er was much the same.

In her view, it was already a great stroke of luck that Xiao Yan could avoid a battle with Lingquan this time.

Without putting themselves in his shoes, not many people could understand the distress in Xiao Yan's heart.

"Why am I so incompetent?"

Xiao Yan shouted inwardly; he seemed to feel that Xun Er was protecting him as if he were a weakling, not out of concern.

"Xiao Yan, relax, there shouldn't be anyone looking for trouble with you anymore!"

Venerable Feng patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder.

These words of his finally pulled Xiao Yan back from his inner world to reality.

That's right!

I am a Dou Zong good-for-nothing.

Being able to avoid a fight with that Lingquan is already the greatest of fortunes, what else can I ask for?

Xiao Yan smiled with great self-mockery.

As Lingquan walked off the stage, one after another, the younger generation of the Ancient Clan went up to test their bloodline grades and receive their Clan Marks.

Soon, it was Gu Yao's turn to test his bloodline.

Gu Yao stepped onto the stage, extended his palm, and lightly touched the Star Plate.

The Star Plate was silent for a moment, then it suddenly trembled, and brilliant, intense light shot out from within it; one by one, stars appeared on the Star Plate in succession.

"One, two, three... eight!!"

Looking at the eight stars slowly appearing on the Star Plate, the venue was instantly in an uproar.

Even some Elders nodded with a hint of admiration; clearly, this test made them extremely satisfied.

"It is actually an Eight-Rank bloodline grade... truly worthy of being one of the four Chief Commanders!"

Whispers filled with envy continuously came from the people of the Ancient Clan in the plaza.

"Gu Yao, one of the four Chief Commanders of the Black Annihilation Army, Nine-Star Dou Zun, Eight-Rank bloodline power, grant Purple Gold Clan Tattoo!"

As the shout fell, an Elder took out a Purple Gold Dragon Pen, and the tip of the pen suddenly erupted with extremely brilliant light.

Soon, an arcane rune rapidly appeared on Gu Yao's forehead.

"Hoo!"

Drawing this so-called Purple Gold Clan Tattoo seemed to consume an extreme amount of Dou Qi.

Therefore, when the last stroke fell, the Elder's forehead was slightly sweaty; he let out a long breath, stopped his hand, and the brilliant light at the tip of the pen slowly faded.

"Nine-Star Dou Zun... when my teacher was at his peak, he seemed to be at this realm too, yet this member of the Ancient Clan has already reached such an achievement at such a young age..."

Watching the members of the Ancient Clan go up one by one, Xiao Yan felt the power of this clan more and more, and at the same time, he felt a sense of dejection.

People said that a thousand years ago, the strength of his Xiao Clan was no worse than the Ancient Clan, but unfortunately, a thousand years later, it had fallen to such a state...

What exactly happened back then to cause the Xiao Clan, a great ancient clan, to decline?

"Let me preside over the next part of the ceremony."

After continuing to test the bloodlines of several more young members of the Ancient Clan, an aged voice carrying immense pressure resounded over the plaza.

Immediately following, an old man appeared abruptly on the plaza; the surrounding Elders all bowed very respectfully, while their eyes were filled with shock. They all understood what it meant for even this person to personally preside over the Adult Ceremony.

This time, there would definitely be a monstrous clan member with a bloodline exceeding Eight-Star.

"Xun Er, it's your turn!"

After this old man appeared, he cast his gaze toward Xun Er in the corner of the plaza.

"Mm!"

Hearing this, Xun Er held her head high and chest out, and under the gaze of ten thousand people, she slowly walked onto the high platform.

"Brother Gu Fei, in a moment, you will definitely be surprised by me..."

After Xun Er went on stage, she looked deeply in the direction where Gu Fei was, then closed her eyes and placed her jade hand on the Star Plate.

One by one, the stars quietly emerged.

The gaze of the entire audience was completely focused on the Star Plate at this moment.

One, two... five... eight!

Looking at the increasing number of stars on the Star Plate, the breathing of many in the plaza became heavy.

Even those with keen perception could discover that the space in this sky was fluctuating slightly, and faintly, obscure and powerful auras were being emitted.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, not long after the eighth star appeared on the Star Plate, another burst of strong light gathered.

"Nine-Star, Nine-Rank bloodline!"

Looking at the nine brilliant and dazzling stars on the Star Plate, almost all the members of the Ancient Clan gasped.

A Nine-Rank bloodline meant that the Ancient Clan would have a clan member with the potential to advance to Dou Sheng! Although this was only potential, with this potential and enough time, it would truly create a new Dou Sheng! Dou Sheng, an existence that now symbolized the pinnacle of this world.

Even a super power like the Ancient Clan valued this extremely highly, because for powers like theirs, what they actually competed on was the number of Dou Sheng each clan possessed! Whoever had more Dou Sheng was the true peak power!

"It really is a Nine-Rank bloodline; Xun Er's bloodline power is truly formidable..."

Gu Yao, who had been promoted to Asura Commander, watched this scene and could not help but click his tongue.

Although Gu Yao no longer liked Xun Er, this did not in the slightest affect his appreciation for a clansman with a high-grade bloodline.

"It has already reached the peak of the ninth grade..."

On the plaza, the Ancient Clan powerhouse who was testing Xun Er stared fixedly at the stars, which were shining with an extremely blinding brilliance.

Under the convergence of those countless gazes, Xun Er's jade hand suddenly trembled, and her jade arm seemed to become transparent in that instant.

Within it, inside the blood vessels, blood flowed at high speed, and tiny golden light spots, following the blood vessels, rapidly converged toward the jade hand she was using to touch the Star Plate.

"Hiss!"

As the golden light spots grew denser and denser, eventually, Xun Er's entire arm became as if it were cast from gold.

When this radiance reached its peak, the Star Plate suddenly began to tremble violently, and thin, tiny cracks actually emerged quietly, finally spreading rapidly.

"What terrifying bloodline power, it actually cannot even be withstood by the Star Plate!"

Seeing this scene, even those Elders revealed expressions of shock.

"Hum hum!"

As the cracks spread, on the Star Plate, behind that ninth star, a point of golden fluorescent light suddenly emerged, flickering in and out of existence.

After a while, a star that was entirely golden, though slightly dim, appeared completely under the gaze of countless eyes.

"Bang!"

The moment that tenth golden star appeared, the Star Plate used for testing directly exploded into pieces with a bang.

"Ten stars. God-Grade Bloodline!!"

Almost all the people of the Ancient Clan stared dumbfounded at that golden pillar of light in the sky.

"Brother Gu Fei, I wonder, did Xun Er manage to amaze you this time?"

Xun Er slowly opened her eyes, seemingly not surprised by this situation; she looked straight at Gu Fei, feeling slightly proud in her heart.

(End of this chapter)