Moonlight filled the night, spilling over the deserted Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
A man and a woman walked through the air and landed in the vast empty plaza.
"Damn it. We couldn't find that little bastard, and that dog Tang Hao has vanished without a trace too."
Shen Tianyu frowned deeply, puzzled.
After killing Gu Rong, he had searched with all his might for Tang Hao and Tang San.
He searched back and forth several times, yet failed to find even the slightest trace of them.
The two of them seemed to have vanished into thin air.
"The Heaven Dou Empire is vast. If they hide themselves, finding them won't be something we can accomplish in a short while."
Qian Renxue spoke, her Golden Eyes calm as still water, revealing not the slightest emotion.
Deep down, she was quite satisfied with this outcome.
Ning Fengzhi and Sword Bone Douluo had both fallen.
Nearly seventy percent of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's disciples had been slain.
Reduced to such a state, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect no longer posed much of a threat.
"Once I return to Heaven Dou City and inherit the throne, I'll immediately issue an imperial decree.
The entire Heaven Dou Empire will hunt down the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and slowly root out these little rats."
"That's all we can do."
Shen Tianyu nodded in agreement. The Heaven Dou Empire was enormous.
If they searched bit by bit for the remaining people, who knew how long it would take.
Rather than waste that time, he might as well head to the Extreme North first.
"I'm leaving!"
Qian Renxue stood with her back to Shen Tianyu, her pearl teeth lightly biting her red lips.
Her brow was filled with struggle.
"This time, thank you!"
At last, Qian Renxue still spoke her words of gratitude.
"You're going to Heaven Dou City?"
"Mm!"
"It's so late. Why go back to Heaven Dou City now? Girls shouldn't walk alone at night. It could be dangerous!"
"Do you take me for a three-year-old girl?"
She snapped coldly in faint anger, an inexplicable fury rising within her as her chest heaved unevenly.
"I did save your life, didn't I? Shouldn't you thank me?"
Shamelessly pressing closer, Shen Tianyu watched as Qian Renxue abruptly turned around.
The Sacred Sword was in her hand, aimed directly at Shen Tianyu's throat.
"You saved me this time, so I won't kill you. But the next time we meet, I'll definitely tear you into ten thousand pieces!"
Whenever she recalled what had happened in Sunset Forest, Qian Renxue gritted her teeth in hatred. In her heart, she had already killed Shen Tianyu seven or eight hundred times.
"Sure! If you want to kill me, that depends on whether your cultivation has surpassed mine. How has your Immortal Arts training been? Let me inspect it!"
The moment these words left his mouth, Qian Renxue's delicate body trembled.
"You, you... You want to do it here..."
"That's right! We'll spar and exchange Immortal Arts right here. Let me see whether Little Xue has improved during this time!"
He caught the Sacred Sword between two fingers, easily dissolving it with Spiritual Energy.
With a flash, he arrived before Qian Renxue.
Her pretty face drained of color as Qian Renxue immediately circulated her Spiritual Energy.
Facing Shen Tianyu, she knew that Soul Power was useless. She could only respond with Spiritual Energy.
"Wing-Catching Butterfly Finger!"
Two fingers struck together. Qian Renxue immediately spun around, and a pair of Butterfly Wings stretched open.
His fingertips landed upon the Butterfly Wings, making the colorful wings tremble.
Space burst apart with a boom as Spiritual Energy surged wildly in, its violent aftershock striking Qian Renxue's delicate body.
"Ah!!!"
As if struck by lightning, Qian Renxue cried out.
Controlling her Butterfly Wings, she tried to turn and flee.
"Little Xue, let me show you the latest Immortal Arts I've comprehended. You'll definitely be shocked!"
Shen Tianyu mobilized surging Spiritual Energy, his pupils shining as he pounced from behind.
Sensing that things were going badly, Qian Renxue immediately launched a counterattack.
"Butterfly Wings Convergence!"
"Ninefold Entry into the Netherworld, One Spear Shatters the Soul!"
The gathered Spiritual Energy formed into a golden spear.
With this move, Ninefold Entry into the Netherworld opened the nether gate, while One Spear Shatters the Soul sought immortality!
It was not merely an attack on the fleshly body, but a blow against the soul itself.
Its power was impossible to estimate.
As the spear came down, the converged butterfly wings opened wide.
The golden spear drove straight through, blasting open Nether Space.
"Ah!!!"
The surrounding space exploded, and the resonating energy waves swept over Qian Renxue's delicate body, nearly severely injuring her soul.
Her Golden Eyes glared furiously at Shen Tianyu. This strike truly had taken her by surprise.
Qian Renxue let out an angry cry and surged forward. The exchange of Immortal Arts between the two officially began.
On a moonlit wilderness, at the edge of a lonely little village.
A head emerged from a foul-smelling cesspit.
Purple light flickered in his eyes. After scanning the surroundings, he leaped out.
"Everyone, come out! It's safe now!"
As soon as he spoke, a group of people scrambled out one after another.
"Little San, you were right. We successfully avoided Shen Tianyu!"
Yu Xiaogang beamed with joy, thoroughly satisfied at having escaped certain death.
"Hey, hey, hey! Who are you people? What are you doing standing by our village's cesspit? Are you here to steal manure?"
In the darkness, a middle-aged man's shrill voice rang out.
Tang San and the others' expressions changed slightly as the middle-aged man approached.
Before they could explain, that shrill voice erupted into piercing laughter.
"Hahahaha! Oh? Did you people fall into the cesspit? You stink from head to toe!
Folks, come out and take a look! A bunch of idiots fell into the cesspit!"
The mocking laughter was especially piercing in the silent night. Tang San's expression instantly darkened.
His martial soul appeared, and his first soul ring lit up as he roared inwardly.
You have chosen the path to death. Blue Silver Grass Entanglement!
Shh! Shh! Shh!
Blue Silver Grass swept upward. The laughter came to an abrupt stop, and the middle-aged man fell dead.
"He was shouting so loudly. If he drew too many people here, our tracks would be exposed. We had to kill him!"
Everyone wholeheartedly agreed with Tang San's explanation.
"Let's leave this place quickly. It still isn't safe here."
"Where should we go next?"
Everyone's gazes gathered in one place. Yu Xiaogang raised a hand to stroke his chin.
The stench assaulted his nose. Frowning tightly, he lowered his hand and said,
"Return to the Balak Kingdom. I know that place well, so finding somewhere to settle won't be a problem."
"Who would have thought that after going in circles, we'd still return to where it all began?"
Tang San shook his head with a bitter smile. The Balak Kingdom was precisely the kingdom where Shrek had once been located.
"There's no time to lose. Let's set off immediately!"
The group swiftly departed, ignoring the stench of manure clinging to them as they raced through the night toward the Balak Kingdom.
Under the night sky, Tang San clenched both fists and secretly swore.
Shen Tianyu, I, Tang San, will definitely return!
Not long after the group left, a burly man crawled out of another cesspit not far away.
The man was missing his right arm and wore a tattered robe, exposing flashes of bronze skin.
This man was Tang Hao!
After Gu Rong's spatial soul skill had sent him away, Tang Hao had originally planned to flee at once.
But he had witnessed Shen Tianyu's speed.
If he simply ran day and night, he would inevitably be caught.
The best method was to find a concealed place to hide.
Seeing the cesspit outside the village, Tang Hao had not hesitated before diving right in.
Worried that Shen Tianyu would notice him, he had remained still inside.
Only when Tang San and the others appeared was Tang Hao certain that it was safe, but he did not reveal himself immediately.
How could Clear Sky Douluo be frightened into hiding in a cesspit?
"Good thing Little San didn't find me, or I'd have been humiliated to death! Clear Sky Douluo's great reputation absolutely cannot be tarnished!
I, Tang Hao, will remember today's humiliation. One day, Shen Tianyu, I'll make you repay it ten thousandfold!"
His burly figure swiftly melted into the night as he followed Tang San and the others toward the Balak Kingdom.
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