Spirit Ring Stripper, Dugu Bo Will Kill Xiao Wu!

But was this truly what he wanted?

If he relied on his own talent to create a godhood and strive for Becoming a God at Level 100, perhaps he would be unable to achieve it even in his entire lifetime.

Yet by completing the Asura God Trial, he could directly inherit everything from the other party and ascend in a single step.

If it were ninety-nine percent of the people in the world facing such a choice, they would probably choose the latter without hesitation.

Moreover, he had already completed eight trials of the Asura God Trial. Only the final step remained...

Tang Chen stared at the cold words on the light screen and fell into a long silence.

Above the City of Slaughter, the support of its immense killing aura had vanished.

The sky was as dark as lead, heavy clouds pressing down overhead. A bleak, chilling wind howled freely, sweeping up dust and desolation.

Lightning, like gleaming blades, sliced across the murky night sky.

Then,

A torrential downpour came crashing down, mercilessly washing away the congealed bloodstains on the ground.

It was as though it meant to thoroughly cleanse this city of sin of the karma it had accumulated over countless years.

Cold rain soaked Tang Chen's loose hair and slid down his cheeks.

He stood quietly in the rain, allowing the wind and rain to batter him.

His figure looked exceptionally lonely.

Suddenly,

A blood-red sword light tore through the curtain of rain!

Whoosh!

Tang Chen plunged the Asura Divine Sword into the earth!

He turned and left without hesitation, his long black hair drifting away through the rainy night.

If the price of becoming a god was severing his own path of cultivation...

Then he would rather not become one.

Asura Divine Sword,

You should remain in the City of Slaughter.

I, Tang Chen, will walk a path of my own...

From this moment on, the gears of fate began to turn slowly.

In the future,

An emperor invincible beneath the heavens would shake the Myriad Worlds with his name...

Within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's council hall.

Gu Rong looked solemnly toward Ning Fengzhi, seated at the head of the hall. "Fengzhi, Spirit Hall has been stirring beneath the surface lately. There have been unusual movements everywhere. Something major may be about to happen."

Ning Fengzhi's fingers tightened slightly as the white jade staff turned half a circle in his palm.

His voice remained gentle, though it carried a trace of gravity. "Spirit Hall has great ambitions, but no one knows what they are planning."

"For now, we can only wait and respond to change with stillness."

Chen Xin, seated to one side, slowly nodded. His cool gaze drifted toward the window.

"The winds and clouds on the continent are beginning to stir... I wonder where Grandfather is now. It has been nearly a month since we last parted, and there has been no news from him."

Hearing this, Gu Rong raised a brow at Chen Xin, his tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"Wimp, you still have the leisure to worry about Sword Master? In this world, I'm afraid no one capable of harming him has been born yet."

His tone shifted, and a curve formed at the corner of his lips.

"But you, who also possess the Seven Kill Sword, still haven't crossed the threshold to Level 97."

"Aren't you afraid of disgracing the old Sword Master?"

A cold curve crossed Chen Xin's lips. "You make it sound as if you've already reached the threshold of Level 97... Oh, I nearly forgot. It seems someone hasn't even touched the boundary of Level 96 yet."

Gu Rong's aura surged abruptly. "Wimp, do you want to fight?"

"I'll accompany you to the end."

Sword qi flickered faintly at Chen Xin's fingertips.

The two stood at daggers drawn, their auras clashing like needle against wheat awn.

Ning Fengzhi sighed helplessly and rubbed his temples.

Uncle Jian and Uncle Bone had argued like this for so many years, yet neither had changed in the slightest.

Just then, a lithe figure fluttered into the council hall like a butterfly.

"Dad! Sword Grandpa! Bone Grandpa! I'm back!"

Ning Rongrong's clear voice came from outside the door.

The two Titled Douluo, who had been confronting each other moments ago, instantly withdrew their auras. They looked toward the hall entrance in unison, the sharpness in their eyes turning entirely into affection.

"Rongrong is back?"

Before the words had even faded, Ning Rongrong had already lifted her skirt and skipped through the doorway, smiling like a flower.

The two old men immediately beamed, and all their earlier disputes vanished in an instant.

Then,

After a round of doting greetings, Ning Fengzhi took the initiative to ask, his expression stern.

"Rongrong, why have you suddenly come back instead of studying at the academy?"

"Did you disobey your academy teachers again?"

Ning Rongrong hurriedly shook her head. This time, she put away her usual playfulness, and her voice carried a hint of tears.

"Dad, Sword Grandpa, Bone Grandpa, one of the students at our academy was taken away by a Titled Douluo. She's my best friend. Can you bring her back?"

"Please..."

Ning Rongrong hurriedly bent her knees and knelt, intending to kowtow to the three of them.

"Rongrong, what are you doing?!"

Chen Xin and Gu Rong flashed forward at the same time, each using one hand to support Ning Rongrong.

"Don't cry, Rongrong. Tell Sword Grandpa whatever grievance you have. What exactly happened?"

Chen Xin stroked Ning Rongrong's hair with distress filling his eyes.

Ning Fengzhi, meanwhile, wore a puzzled expression and frowned slightly.

"A Titled Douluo... abducted a student from your academy?"

Ning Rongrong nodded, sobbing as she answered.

"That Titled Douluo seems to be called Dugu Bo. He took my companion Xiao Wu away. Dad, please, can you save Xiao Wu?"

Gu Rong looked astonished when he heard that.

"Dugu Bo?"

"Hasn't that old poisoner always kept out of worldly affairs?"

"How could he do something so beneath his status?"

Ning Fengzhi, however, sensed that something was wrong. His eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke calmly.

"Rongrong, if you don't tell the truth, Dad can't help you."

"No faction wishes to offend a Titled Douluo for no reason..."

"Especially Dugu Bo."

If they offended Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi truly did not know whether Dugu Bo might sneak into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect one day and release a wave of snake venom.

Ning Rongrong had originally wanted to conceal it and trick Chen Xin and Gu Rong into going first.

Seeing that she could not hide it any longer, Ning Rongrong had no choice but to reveal that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Before her words had even finished, the atmosphere in the hall abruptly froze.

The expressions of all three men briefly stiffened.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that underwent Humanoid Transformation?"

"Rongrong, is what you said true?!"

A fiery gleam flashed through Gu Rong's eyes.

"Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts are already exceedingly rare. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that underwent Humanoid Transformation is even more unheard of. It is something that only exists in records."

Chen Xin also found it difficult to suppress his emotions.

If he possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring as well, then even if he could not reach Grandfather's accomplishments, he might still be able to attain the level of his father, Chen Jianjun.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was the most precious treasure in the world!

Ning Fengzhi quickly looked at Ning Rongrong and asked,

"Rongrong, besides you, who else knows about this?"

"Other than the teachers and students at our academy, no one else knows."

Ning Fengzhi nodded.

He exchanged glances with Gu Rong and Chen Xin before slowly saying,

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Bone, come with me to find Dugu Bo."

"Mm."

Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo's cave dwelling.

Within the cold, gloomy cave, Dugu Bo lay on a stone bed, browsing the Myriad Worlds Mall.

Xiao Wu lay on the ground at that moment, still unconscious.

"I am already a Titled Douluo. If I kill her just for the soul bone, it would be too wasteful to throw away a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring."

"I wonder if there are any useful items in the Myriad Worlds Mall..."

Dugu Bo entered the words "spirit ring" into the search bar.

The next moment,

An item immediately caught Dugu Bo's attention.

Spirit Ring Stripper: Can strip the spirit rings of soul beasts and soul masters, exchanging them with one's own spirit rings.

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