Tang Chen retracted his Martial Soul and looked forward.
"199999, well done. From now on, you're my dedicated human wall."
Dragon Lance Douluo knelt down with a thud, lifted his serious face, and said earnestly, "I am Dragon Lance! The titled Dragon Lance! Dragon Lance Douluo!"
Tang Chen stared at him with equal seriousness.
"Alright, 199999."
"…Why must the Eighth Elder torment me like this?!"
Tang Chen said, "I am a particularly stubborn person. I never care what others say to me or tell me to do, just like no matter how many times Xi Xi abuses me, I still treat her as if she was my first love."
Dragon Lance blinked, his expression collapsing as he asked, "So... what does bringing up that example have to do with calling me Dragon Lance?!"
Tang Chen picked his nose, stating nonchalantly:
"Nothing, I just don't feel like calling you Dragon Lance, that's all."
"Pfft!!!"
A spray of fresh red blood blossomed in the air.
Dragon Lance Douluo, looking up at the sky, suddenly began to question the meaning of his existence in this world.
He was dragged away by several Elders while a group of Spirit Hall Attendants efficiently came up on stage to wipe the blood off with rags.
"What happened?! Bi Ji climbed to second on the trending search?!"
Di Tian suddenly shouted in surprise from below the stage.
Gu Yuena's beautiful eyes widened as she immediately opened the trending search list to take a look.
Trending at number two: Soul bone falling from the sky! A silly and cute girl goes wild picking them up in the wilderness!
Gu Yuena suddenly had a bad premonition.
She immediately clicked on the second trending search.
The second trending search was a short video clip posted by a netizen called "Goose Goose won't be fooled".
In the beginning of the video, a silly-looking girl with big green eyes gazed into the camera. Although calm, she seemed to be having some sort of brainstorm.
The camera then shook wildly, switching to the rear view, and the scene was filled with precious soul bones scattered all over the ground!
Then the girl in the green dress started the process of picking up soul bones, heave-ho heave-ho, and the video suddenly ended halfway through.
The Douluo netizens were astounded.
"Little Second Hot Bowl Urine": I originally thought it was a cute beauty posting her daily life, but damn, I was shocked when I saw the rest! Picking up soul bones as a daily routine?! (900,000 likes)
"Sausage Mouth Uncle": How can someone just throw away soul bones! Where is the morality, where is the bottom line, where is the address!! (640,000 likes)
"Lying Flat Douluo": Didn't you see her profile? She's in Soul City, my god, Soul City has turned into this...?
"Short Winter Melon" replied to "Lying Flat Douluo": Brother! I'll boost you up!
…
Lin Yi also watched the video and roughly summarized that Bi Ji had just registered on Weibo and didn't understand any of its functions. After fumbling around, she was recorded without realizing and even posted it.
And it actually soared to the second spot on the trending search.
Lin Yi said to Thousand Waves, "Delete Bi Ji's Weibo account. It can easily cause turmoil."
Thousand Waves hesitantly said, "But senior, it has already reached the second spot on the trending search. Won't deleting it now seem even more suspicious?"
Lin Yi continued, "Just do as I say."
What he wanted was to envelop Soul City in even more mystery. He had refrained from disclosing any information regarding Soul City for this very reason. Bi Ji's unintentional act was akin to whetting their appetite, essentially a playmaker's assist, much like leaving a novel at a cliffhanger.
Thousand Waves immediately took action, deleting Bi Ji's Weibo post, though the second spot on the trending search remained, only now clicking it led to no video from Bi Ji.
Gu Yuena expressed her dissatisfaction, "Will Bi Ji still receive her bonus rewards then?"
Lin Yi: "The bonus for being second on the trending searches will still be given to her, but if this matter escalates to the top of the trending searches, she won't receive the first place bonus due to the deletion of her Weibo post."
Gu Yuena pouted, "Tch."
Despite the rapid changes in the trending list, making it onto the list was daunting, as many had already attempted and failed there on-site.
In just one hour, the front page had seen tens of millions of new Weibo posts, with all of Soul Land going mad for those bonus buffs, yet only a few caught fire. Even Ning Rongrong started posting selfies to act cute in an attempt to gain more followers.
Di Tian reported, "My lord, although Bi Ji's Weibo is deleted, her home page followers have risen to three million."
Gu Yuena finally heard some good news.
She resumed her stern demeanor, "Now go find her. First, to retrieve the soul bone, because if it stays with her for even a day, it will be tricked away completely, undoubtedly, the others in Soul City must know her location."
"Second, teach Bi Ji how to post on Weibo, and tell her to update more frequently to keep her follower count increasing."
Di Tian stood up straight, "Yes, my lord!"
After Gu Yuena finished speaking and turned around, she noticed Lin Yi watching her.
With a prideful expression, she casually flipped her hair over her shoulder, trying to maintain the calm and commanding presence she had in front of Lin Yi.
Unbeknownst to her, Lin Yi looked elsewhere, completely uninterested.
Gu Yuena: "..."
[Health Dropped: 731647]
[Remaining Health: 883047804638]
[Damage Level: Gold (Junior)]
[Random Reward: Extreme Practice]
[Host Reward: Extreme Practice (Shortened Required Time)]
This was the outcome of Tang Chen's second attack.
It could be said that this was just a regular strike from Tang Chen.
But to be more precise, it's the combination of Ultimate Douluo level Soul Power + a 20% damage bonus from a human wall + a 100% bonus from Northwest Hammer King's command + a 5% Divine Power from Asura God. With all these buffs, Tang Chen's regular attack had skyrocketed to 730,000.
His subsequent damage potential had already ranked him among the top three on-site, with Gu Yuena undoubtedly in the first place.
As for the reward, Extreme Practice...
Lin Yi promptly opened the annotation to read about it.
A few moments later, he spoke to Tang Chen, "Damage 731647, Gold Junior level, your reward is Extreme Practice."
"The meaning of this award is that if you practice something every day, keeping at it daily, you'll achieve perfection. The effect demonstrated at the pinnacle will be quite exaggerated."
Tang Chen was puzzled, "Is this... practice makes perfect?"
Lin Yi nodded, "You can understand it that way. Let's take an example. If a normal person practices getting stabbed with a knife every day, for the first few months they may get hurt. However, over time, their skin will form calluses, become thicker and tougher, so ordinary knives might not injure them anymore."
"But if you incorporate the Extreme Practice reward, on the first day, you'll get hurt being stabbed by a regular person with an ordinary knife. On the second day, the same person will find they can't stab you. On the third day, if a Soul Master expert tries to stab you, they can't; on the third day, even if an Ultimate Douluo attempts to stab you, they can't; on the fourth day if a Soul Master uses a knife-type Martial Soul to stab you, they can't... By practicing getting stabbed every day and gradually increasing the difficulty, after a very short period of time, you'll reach a point where even gods using Divine Artifacts can't penetrate your skin."