Preparing to Make a Move

Leng Yaozhu gave a cold smile. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Perhaps he can be of use to me."

"Vice Tower Master, that kid has already aligned himself with the War God Hall. You should give up on the idea."

"Who said that?

His relationship with the War God Hall seems to be nothing more than a partnership. He pays people to protect him, but I can protect him without asking for payment. He has no reason not to choose me, does he?"

A confident smile appeared on Leng Yaozhu's face. "He has a grudge against the Spirit Pagoda, but only against the Qiangu Clan. That alone is enough.

I'm planning to take him as my disciple. What do you think?"

"Ah?"

Han Tianyi was utterly stunned by Leng Yaozhu's unpredictable nature.

If Leng Yaozhu openly took Lin Chen as her disciple, wouldn't that be laying all her cards on the table?

"You're just saying that, right?"

"How could I be? I'm very serious." Leng Yaozhu instinctively pulled up Lin Chen's profile. "Innate Soul Power Rank 9, a mutated martial soul—the Heavenly Eye Hand—a dual-attribute martial soul of spirit and body. He has a promising future.

Most importantly, the kid has money, ability, and more than enough reason to trip up the Qiangu Clan. I'm looking forward to seeing him grow."

Han Tianyi finally understood.

"This wasn't a spur-of-the-moment idea, was it?

You've had this in mind for a long time, haven't you?"

"That's right." Leng Yaozhu admitted it outright. "I started paying attention to him long ago, because that boy is simply too clever.

It took him only a year to go from being cornered to turning the tables.

After Qiangu Yunling had his parents killed, he was nothing more than an orphan anyone could manipulate—someone with money but no way to hold on to his assets.

Yet who could have imagined that his subsequent series of moves would leave Qiangu Yunling with nothing but the helpless ability to watch him slowly spread his wings?

If we want to deal with the Qiangu Clan, we must win over more people like him.

You know as well as I do what kind of brutal reckoning awaits us if we lose this game of power."

Han Tianyi said nothing more upon hearing that, because Leng Yaozhu was right. He knew better than anyone just how tyrannical and cruel the Qiangu Clan was.

A day later,

On Heaven Dou Continent, four uninvited guests appeared in a luxury hotel owned by the Lin Clan Group in New Heaven Dou City.

They were Di Tian, Bear Lord, Myriad Demon King, and Scarlet King, all disguised in human form.

Through black market dealings, Lin Chen had helped them acquire temporary identities. They then openly boarded a passenger ship and traveled from the port of Eastsea City to Heaven Dou Continent.

Heaven Dou Continent was a new landmass west of Douluo Continent. Ten thousand years ago, remnants of the Heaven Dou Empire, after being defeated by the Sun Moon Empire, discovered this new continent while fleeing. Through overwhelming military force, they successfully colonized it and later named it Heaven Dou Continent.

Heaven Dou Continent was a slave society. All native inhabitants were slaves of the Heaven Dou Imperial House, while the capital of Heaven Dou Continent was called New Heaven Dou City—at least, that was what people from Heaven Dou City on Douluo Continent called it.

On Heaven Dou Continent, it was simply Heaven Dou City. Only outsiders added the word "New" before its name.

After all, the original Heaven Dou City still stood, unfallen after ten thousand years. The Heaven Dou City on this continent ultimately lacked a certain weight.

At that moment, Di Tian and the others were in New Heaven Dou City, but their eyes were fixed on the tallest structure in the city. It was one of the Spirit Pagoda's Eighteen Heavenly Pillars on Heaven Dou Continent.

The two new continents were Heaven Dou Continent and Star Luo Continent. Star Luo Continent was far more developed than Heaven Dou Continent, but Heaven Dou Continent was no slouch either, having made a fortune through the slave trade.

Every noble on Heaven Dou Continent possessed immense wealth. There was a huge market here, and the Spirit Pagoda could not possibly let it pass by.

There were two Heavenly Pillars on Heaven Dou Continent: one in New Heaven Dou City, the continent's capital, and one in Moon-Slaying City, the largest city on Heaven Dou Continent.

Moreover, every city on Heaven Dou Continent had a Spirit Pagoda. Though smaller in scale, their numbers were considerable.

And the big job Lin Chen had mentioned was targeting the Spirit Pagoda's Eighteen Heavenly Pillars. He intended to pull off one job that would last them for years.

The Spirit Pagoda and the Federation did not have strong control over either of the two new continents, which was why he had chosen Heaven Dou Continent as his target.

If he had not wanted to quietly raise soul beasts, he would have long since sent Di Tian and the others to destroy the Spirit Pagoda in Eastsea City to avenge his parents. But he was not that foolish. To avoid suspicion, he had set his sights on Heaven Dou Continent instead.

The Spirit Pagoda had operated on Heaven Dou Continent for thousands of years. The soul spirit reserves in its two Heavenly Pillars were quite abundant, and there were many experienced spirit masters there as well. It perfectly matched his needs.

After the attack, he could use the slave trade to secretly transfer those people away without anyone noticing. It was simply perfect.

At that moment, Lin Chen and Di Tian were in a state of one body, two souls. He glanced at the other three great fierce beasts before slowly speaking.

"I know how much you hate the Spirit Pagoda, and I know you didn't willingly agree to help because you wanted to assist me. You want revenge. Helping me is merely incidental.

But I want to make one thing clear: the purpose of this operation is only to seize soul spirits, obtain energy to nurture soul beasts, and capture spirit masters to bring back to the small world so they can develop an alternative method for creating soul spirits.

Other than that, you absolutely must not slaughter innocents. Otherwise, what we'll face won't just be a joint assault from the Spirit Pagoda, but every force in the entire Federation, including Shrek and the War God Hall. They'll definitely search every inch of the land for you. You don't want the small world to be discovered, do you?"

At first, Bear Lord, Scarlet King, and the others had not cared much. They had only wanted to vent properly. But once Lin Chen said this, their expressions finally changed.

Provoking the Spirit Pagoda alone was manageable, but if they truly triggered the backlash of the entire continent, the small world's location might actually be exposed.

"Fine. We understand."

Only then did Lin Chen slowly nod.

"Since that's settled, I'll assign the tasks.

Bear Lord and Myriad Demon King, you'll handle the Spirit Pagoda in Moon-Slaying City. Make it quick.

The tower masters of the Eighteen Heavenly Pillars are basically Soul Douluo-level. With your strength, you can take down the Spirit Pagoda in a matter of minutes.

The difficult part is cracking the passwords, entering the core, and taking away the soul spirits. Bear Lord, just use the Darkgolden Terror Claw to destroy it. Once the entire Spirit Pagoda has been demolished, the passwords will naturally become meaningless."

"Works for me. I like that method."

Bear Lord rubbed his fists together, a savage gleam appearing on his face.

"Then pack the entire storage facility into the storage Soul Tool I prepared for transporting soul spirits. Take as much as you can.

As for the people, just knock them unconscious. Someone will come collect them afterward.

Scarlet King and I will handle this side. You can head over. Once you're in position, I'll move at the same time as you, and then we'll withdraw quickly."