Chapter 0375: Another Breakthrough?

Daniel’s voice fell, and silence enveloped the great hall.
All the disciples stared at the Yellow Dragon, then at the small pile of primal beast crystals belonging to the Upper Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions.
The Yellow Dragon sneered and turned to the female disciple, saying, “Since he doubts it, then follow the procedure and verify its authenticity.”
Verifying whether a primal beast crystal was killed by a human was simple—after a primal beast died, its crystal would emit a sense of resentment. When this resentment was triggered and encountered by the person who killed it, it would react violently.
The female disciple at the service desk hesitated for a moment. Then Daniel shouted, “What are you waiting for?!” Hearing his shout, she hurriedly replied and said to the Yellow Dragon, “Lord Huang Hai, I’m just doing my duty!”
She was just an ordinary direct descendant. Faced with someone like Daniel, who had strong backing, she naturally dared not disobey.
Of course, like everyone else, she also didn’t believe that Huang Hai could kill 125 Upper Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions in a hundred years. Just as they had thought it impossible even for Chester to kill 100 such lions in a hundred years, they believed the Yellow Dragon was even less likely to succeed.
The female disciple approached the pile of primal beast crystals, channeled divine power within her body, and emitted a beam of light that covered them.
Daniel watched the Yellow Dragon, who remained calm, and sneered inwardly, “Kid, keep pretending. Let’s see how long you can go on with that!”
Silence reigned in the great hall as everyone held their breath. Many disciples became even more nervous than the trial participant, Huang Dragon, at the prospect of verification.
Under the light of the female disciple’s divine power, the pile of primal beast crystals emitted a glow, revealing over a hundred miniature shadows of Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions—each greatly reduced in size. These shadows were grayish-black in color, exactly 125 in number. These were the manifestations of resentment. Upon seeing the Yellow Dragon, these shadowy lions were filled with terror. A strange sound arose in the great hall—the sound of their panicked resentment.
“What?! This… this is impossible?!” Daniel, who had been sneering inwardly, screamed again upon seeing this scene.
However, unlike before, while the disciples still looked incredulous, many also stared at Daniel with dumbfounded expressions.

Facts speak louder than all guesses. Though the current facts are hard to believe, they prove that these original beast crystals were indeed hunted by Huang Hai.
At this moment, in a spacious mansion south of the headquarters city…
“Grandpa, that Huang Hai has returned!” Fei De rushed into the mansion. After greeting Bishop, he spoke eagerly.
“Oh, Huang Hai has returned?” Bishop was surprised, then smiled and said, “This Huang Hai really makes people worry—playing around until now before returning.” Turning to Fei De, he asked, “Is he at the Sihai Mansion now?”
Fei De looked troubled and hesitated, saying, “As soon as he returned, he went to the Tianhe Hall.”
“Tianhe Hall?” Bishop said, “Is Huang Hai really that eager to submit his task? Tell me—how many High Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions did he hunt? Eight, or ten?”
In Bishop’s mind, even if Huang Hai had eight divine avatars and the help of a High Divine Wind-Flame Dragon Scale, finding and hunting ten Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions within a hundred years would already be the limit of his abilities.
But this time, Fei De stammered and didn’t answer right away.
“Could it be he didn’t even catch eight?” Bishop guessed from his grandson’s expression, then laughed, “That makes sense—eight is already an overstatement of him.” Turning back, he sneered, “He can’t have caught not even one, right? Haha, if that’s the case, he’d truly break the record set by the descendants of our Luning family over several eras.”
At that moment, Fei De raised his head, his expression extremely grim. He couldn’t help but stammer, “Grandpa, he… he hunted 125!”
“Oh, 125.” Bishop wasn’t immediately responsive and replied casually. But as soon as he finished speaking, he froze, eyes wide, staring at his grandson: “What?! 125?! 125 High Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions?!”
Bishop wondered if he had misheard due to distraction—maybe the number was wrong, or it was Mid Divine rather than High Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions.
Fei De looked conflicted, head bowed: “Grandpa, the news confirms it—125 High Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions!”
Bishop stared at his grandson for about a dozen breaths before finally looking away, taking a deep breath. “Has Tianhe Hall verified that it was Huang Hai who hunted them?”
Fei De understood what Bishop meant and nodded. “It’s been verified. There’s no fraud. And… there’s more.”
Bishop turned back. “What else?!”

“That, that Huang Hai has already reached the rank of Upper Divine!” Fei De struggled to utter this unbelievable news, his tongue feeling heavy as he spoke.
“R-reached Upper Divine?!” Bishop felt his mind go blank as he stood there stunned.
This time, he was fully focused—surely he hadn’t misheard?
But hadn’t Huang Hai, just before the trials, risen from the late middle divine stage to the peak of the middle divine stage in Tianlong Space?
“Risen again?!” Bishop muttered to himself, instinctively looking in the direction of the Sihai Mansion.
At the same time, a similar scene was unfolding at Donald’s mansion.
“What did you say? Say it again—Huang Hai has returned, and he hunted down 125 Upper Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions, completing the mission?!” Donald stared in shock at the middle-aged man reporting to him.
This middle-aged man was one of his grandsons.
“Yes, Grandpa. And I also heard… more,” the middle-aged man hesitated.
“What did you hear?” Donald pressed.
“I heard that Huang Hai has reached the rank of Upper Divine and even defeated Daniel in the Tianhe Hall!” the man replied truthfully. Of course, he omitted the fact that he’d heard Daniel was defeated in one move by Huang Hai, with no chance to resist. But the fact that Huang Hai had hunted down 100 Upper Divine Azure-Scaled Cloud Lions in a hundred years, risen to the rank of Upper Divine, and defeated Daniel was already enough of a shock—there was no need to mention the one-move defeat of Daniel.
“R-reached Upper Divine?! Defeated Daniel?!” Donald stammered.
His reaction was similar to Bishop’s upon hearing this news.
“Grandpa, Grandpa!” Seeing Donald frozen in place, the middle-aged man called out cautiously.
Donald snapped back to his senses and instantly vanished in a flash of light. The middle-aged man was stunned. By the time Donald reappeared, he was already at the largest mansion of the Runing Clan Estate—the clan mansion itself!
After arriving at the clan mansion, Donald ignored the guards’ salutations and rushed inside, leaving them staring at each other in confusion.
“Elder Donald, you’re here. Judging by your expression, what’s so urgent? Sit,” Kennedy said upon seeing Donald, pointing to a chair nearby before sitting down himself leisurely.

But as soon as Kennedy sat down, Donald stood up and said urgently, “Elder, Huang Hai has returned—he’s back.” Kennedy interrupted in surprise, “Huang Hai has returned?” Then he asked gravely, “Judging from your expression, has something happened to Huang Hai?!”
An accident? Donald smiled bitterly. Indeed, something “accidental” had happened to Huang Hai—a shockingly unexpected event.
After hearing what Donald had to say, Kennedy naturally stood there in stunned silence.
Huang Hai had made a breakthrough just by entering the Tianlong Space once, and now he could even achieve a breakthrough while on a trial mission?!
“This Huang Hai is really quite special,” Kennedy said to Donald after a long while.
Donald smiled; he didn’t know how to respond.
Since Huang Hai arrived at the Runing Family’s headquarters, he had kept them surprised time and time again, and each surprise was quite significant!
“Is Huang Hai still in the Tianhe Hall?!” Kennedy asked, standing up.
“I heard he was still there when I got the news, but I guess he’s back at the Sihai Mansion by now,” Donald replied.
Kennedy paced back and forth in the hall, deep in thought.
Donald stood there without saying a word.
“Tell me, what other secrets does Huang Hai have that we don’t know?” Suddenly, Kennedy stopped in his tracks and turned to ask Donald.
Donald wasn’t expecting Kennedy to ask this and didn’t know how to respond.
But given that everyone had thought Huang Hai couldn’t complete the trial mission, yet he not only succeeded beyond expectations but also reached the rank of Upper God and defeated Daniel, it was understandable for Kennedy to wonder.
“Now, I’m thinking of that trial on the Trial Island a hundred years ago,” Kennedy continued.
“The Trial Island? Are you referring to the disappearance of sixty million primal beasts back then?” Donald asked in surprise.
During that trial on the Trial Island, sixty million primal beasts vanished mysteriously. A hundred years later, the Runing Family still hadn’t figured out what happened. Now that Kennedy brought it up, was he suspecting Huang Hai?!
Kennedy nodded. “That’s right. I always feel it’s related to Huang Hai.” Though he couldn’t explain it, it was an intuition.
Donald fell into deep thought. He had thought about the possibility of it being related to Huang Hai before, but he always found the idea ridiculous. Now that Kennedy had brought it up again, he couldn’t help but doubt it once more.
The two fell silent for a while.
“Huang Hai has now completed the trial mission,” Kennedy said suddenly after a while, raising his head with a sly smile. “It seems we’ll need to arrange for him to enter the Ancestral Dragon Pool soon.”

According to him, he didn’t want Huang Hai to enter the Ancestral Dragon Pool so early, but now that Huang Hai has not only completed the trial tasks but also reached the rank of Supreme Deity, he can think of no reason left to stop him from entering the Ancestral Dragon Pool.