Attack on the Clear Sky Sect

A few days later, the clan heads of the Seven Great Sects had arrived at Spirit Hall with their sects' elites. Outside the Papal Palace, Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, the two consecrated elders, along with Spirit Hall's eight elders, the clan heads of the Seven Great Sects, Soul Douluos, and Soul Saints, had all gathered. There were hundreds of them in total.

Bibi Dong looked solemnly at the crowd below. "Everyone, are you ready?"

Hu Yanzhen stepped forward and cupped his fists. "Yes, Your Excellency the Pope. Our Seven Great Sects are ready to go through fire and water for Spirit Hall at any time."

"Very good." Bibi Dong rose from the Pope's throne and said, "The Clear Sky Sect is the number one sect in the world. Within the sect, including Tang Xiao, there are six Titled Douluos and more than twenty Soul Douluos. Their strength cannot be underestimated."

"Moreover, the Clear Sky Hammer is the strongest Tool Spirit. If we uproot the Clear Sky Sect, Spirit Hall will be one step closer to unifying Douluo Continent. Everyone present will become founding heroes."

"Long live! Long live! Long live..." The Soul Masters outside the Papal Palace immediately began to cheer.

Although the Spirit Hall Empire had not yet been established, everyone here was in the same boat as Spirit Hall and understood what Spirit Hall intended to do next. Once the Clear Sky Sect was eliminated and the Seven Great Sects' election was over, it would be time for the Spirit Hall Empire to be founded.

"Set out..."

Soon, everyone prepared to depart. The Clear Sky Sect was the number one sect in the world. Although it had only a few hundred direct disciples, and barely over a thousand even with its outer disciples included, the Clear Sky Sect's combat strength was extremely formidable.

Among Soul Masters of the same rank, the Clear Sky Hammer Spirit was practically invincible. Thus, every member dispatched by Spirit Hall this time was an elite Soul Master, five thousand in total.

They would enter the Star Luo Empire in squads. After all, the Star Luo Empire was unlike the Heaven Dou Empire; its military strength far surpassed that of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Zhao Zilong looked at Hu Liena and Huo Wu beside him. "Nana, Huo Wu, why don't you stay behind? Aren't you both pregnant? That place will be dangerous. Wouldn't it be better to stay at Spirit Hall with Lingling and wait for me to return?"

Hu Liena replied seriously, "How could that work? I'm also a member of Spirit Hall. In a situation like this, I have to go. Being pregnant doesn't affect my ability to fight, and I want to help Teacher too."

Huo Wu also looked serious. "That's right, same here. I can't feel anything yet anyway. I probably will in a few more months. Besides, such a major battle—Spirit Hall against the Clear Sky Sect—wouldn't it be a pity to miss it in my lifetime?" As she spoke, Huo Wu gently stroked her lower abdomen with a tender expression.

At the same time, she said somewhat troubledly, "Honestly, I still don't feel prepared to be a mother..."

"It's our first time with something like this too, okay?" Hu Liena said helplessly from the side.

Zhao Zilong did not say much more. Unlike Hu Liena and Huo Wu, Ye Lingling's belly was already noticeably rounded. She was now five months pregnant. Gently stroking Ye Lingling's smooth little face, he said, "Lingling, be good and wait for me at home."

"Mm." Ye Lingling obediently nodded her little head.

"Zilong, it seems you're the core of this plan. Can the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud really hold five thousand people?" Hu Liena looked at Zhao Zilong seriously.

As the Pope's disciple, Hu Liena understood the importance of this campaign against the Clear Sky Sect. The Clear Sky Sect was built atop mountain peaks, each peak separated by a natural chasm and linked only by iron chains. If they launched a frontal assault, the losses would inevitably be severe.

They could only rely on Zhao Zilong's Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Zhao Zilong smiled faintly. "Of course. You've entered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before. It has nine levels, and the interior is spacious enough. It can also draw in oxygen from outside. It'll just be a little crowded."

At that moment, Bibi Dong called out, "Zilong, Nana, it's time to depart."

"Yes."

Zhao Zilong waved to Ye Lingling. "We're leaving. Wait for us to come back."

Two nights later, Spirit Hall's five thousand-plus people arrived at the foot of the Clear Sky Sect's mountain.

Zhao Zilong took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud out of his Soul Tool and threw it into the air. The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud rapidly grew in size.

As they watched the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, now nearly a hundred meters wide, floating in midair, a blue glow appeared at its base and instantly sucked in a group of Soul Masters.

The remaining Soul Masters also hurried toward the blue light and were drawn into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud one after another.

The Soul Masters who had entered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud looked around at this aqua-blue world. The boundaries were entirely made of transparent aqua-blue glass, and some Soul Masters curiously knocked on it.

Soon, all five thousand people had been transferred into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. They were packed shoulder to shoulder inside, making it truly rather cramped.

Outside, only Zhao Zilong, Bibi Dong, the eight elders, and the two consecrated elders remained. Bibi Dong said, "All right, let's go. Elder Flame Eagle, I'll leave it to you."

Yue Yao nodded lightly, summoned her Flame Eagle Spirit, carried everyone onto it, and flew toward the Clear Sky Sect.

At the Clear Sky Sect, several third-generation disciples were out on patrol when they suddenly spotted the fiery bird flying through the sky. They were instantly shocked. "That's... a Titled Douluo! This is bad, something's happened..."

A cold smile curled across Bibi Dong's lips. "Disciples of the Clear Sky Sect? Since we've run into them, then die!"

"Leave it to us!" Snake Lance Douluo and Thorn Blood Douluo acted at once, leaping directly from Flame Eagle's back and dealing with the Clear Sky Sect patrol disciples.

Everything went smoothly, without alerting the Clear Sky Sect. Bibi Dong and the others soon arrived at the sect's main gate. Looking at the Clear Sky Sect, constructed entirely from enormous stone gates and stone materials, one could imagine just how sturdy it was.

That massive stone gate alone likely could not be opened without the power of a Titled Douluo.

"Two consecrated elders, I'll leave this stone gate to you." Bibi Dong looked toward Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo.

The two nodded gently and summoned their Dragon Pattern Staff Spirits. Nine Soul Rings appeared one after another around the staffs.

With a boom like thunder, the enormous stone gate symbolizing the Clear Sky Sect shattered.

"What's going on..." Tang Xiao, who was in seclusion preparing to break through to rank 97, sensed the entire Clear Sky Sect shaking, as though the whole sect were trembling.

"An earthquake?" Tang Xiao frowned slightly, then his pupils suddenly contracted. From the Clear Sky Sect's gate, he sensed the auras of several Titled Douluos.

"This is bad, the stone gate..."