Pope Palace, filled with Title Douluo elders, was deathly quiet at that moment.
After running at full speed all the way, Gui Mei had barely recovered from his injuries. He could only maintain the most basic mobility. As time passed, his recovery could no longer keep up with his expenditure, and before he even reached Spirit City, Gui Mei was already on the verge of collapse.
In the end, he relied on sheer willpower to hold on until Pope Palace. Unfortunately, before he could speak, he had reached his limit and lost consciousness. His injuries could no longer be suppressed; blood streamed directly from his facial features, while beads of blood seeped from the surface of his skin.
Seeing Gui Mei in such a miserable state, everyone present fell silent.
Bibi Dong had originally intended to lead people in encircling and killing Tang Hao. Thus, she had instructed several hidden elders to take the lead and stir things up before going together to kill Tang Hao. Yet the more fiercely they had jumped about before, the quieter they now became.
When Bibi Dong had previously told them that Yue Guan and three Title Douluo had died in some remote region, they had not fully believed her. They thought she was bluffing them and testing their loyalty. But now, they were silent.
Yue Guan was a level ninety-five Title Douluo, and Gui Mei was also a level ninety-five Title Douluo. If Title Douluo of that caliber had ended up one dead and one severely injured, then would Title Douluo like them, who had not even reached level ninety-four, not simply be seeking death by going after Tang Hao?
For a time, they all lost their nerve. Instead, the elders who had previously unanimously opposed encircling Tang Hao were moved. In their eyes, Tang Hao's strength had already become a threat to Spirit Hall. If he was not dealt with in time, he might bring another crisis upon Spirit Hall in the future.
Seated on the papal throne, Bibi Dong looked at the silent crowd and said, "Put the matter of killing Tang Hao on hold for now. Let us first hear what Gui Mei has to say. Someone, I want Gui Mei awake in the shortest possible time."
Not long after Bibi Dong finished speaking, a healing-type Spirit Douluo arrived at Pope Palace. She was a woman, and without wasting any words, she immediately released her Martial Soul and used several soul skills in succession, even using her seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar.
Half an hour later, Gui Mei awoke from his deep coma. His injuries had recovered seven or eight tenths of the way, but the price was that this Spirit Douluo's Soul Power was nearly exhausted. After all, treating a severely injured Title Douluo consumed an enormous amount of Soul Power.
Bibi Dong waved a hand, signaling for the woman to be taken away. She merely looked coldly at Gui Mei and asked, "Tell me exactly what happened. Why were the other three elders killed in an instant, while you..."
Bibi Dong did not finish the rest of her words, but Gui Mei naturally understood her meaning. He had no intention of concealing anything, and his expression was grave.
The surrounding elders, however, were all shocked, because Bibi Dong had not previously said that the three dead Title Douluo elders had been killed in an instant.
They found it hard to believe. After all these years, they had never expected Tang Hao's strength to rise to such a terrifying level. One by one, their expressions turned solemn. After all, being able to instantly kill three Title Douluo was simply outrageous.
Yet Gui Mei's next words excited every one of them. Without exception, even Bibi Dong's expression became animated!
Gui Mei dropped directly to his knees, lowered his head, and said, "Your Holiness, the other three elders and I went directly to Nuoding City. We had originally planned to use our spiritual power to see whether anything unusual was there, when we discovered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had rebuilt itself as a human. Moreover, that human was a child."
At those words, everyone present revealed eager looks. What did a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast rebuilt as a human signify? It meant a living Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and soul bone. Although none of them could use them, their descendants could. For a moment, all sorts of schemes stirred in their minds.
However, Gui Mei's next words poured a bucket of ice water over them! Their hearts instantly plunged into an abyss of ice, and Bibi Dong's expression darkened as well.
"Just as we were preparing to capture that human, a silver-haired woman suddenly appeared behind us. That woman's strength was terrifying. Neither I nor the other three elders could see through her cultivation, and it was she who killed the three elders other than me in an instant."
"Moreover, if that woman had not been ordered not to kill me, I too would have been killed instantly! At that time, I saw it clearly: that woman possessed four blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings!"
Everyone present first shuddered, their scalps going numb, before disbelief filled their faces. Even a single Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring was rarely seen, much less one person possessing four of them.
Even Bibi Dong looked at Gui Mei doubtfully. She wondered whether Gui Mei had fabricated this story. As someone who possessed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring herself, she naturally knew how difficult it was to absorb one. Absorbing a single ring was already immensely difficult, let alone four Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
Yet based on her understanding of Gui Mei, he did not seem like the sort who would fabricate a story out of fear of punishment. Still, Gui Mei continued.
"In that instant, the silver-haired woman wielded a massive silver sword and instantly killed the three elders. I was merely struck by the aftershock of her attack, yet I was severely injured at once and unable to move. In the end, I understood why that silver-haired woman had not killed me. She brought me before a young man."
"And that young man was the prodigy mentioned in the letter from the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch, the one with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Soul Power of at least level sixteen—the young master of God Nine Sect, Xiao Feng!"
The moment Gui Mei said this, everyone present was instantly shocked. All of them were stunned by Twin Martial Souls and Innate Soul Power of at least level sixteen. Only a few noticed Gui Mei's final words—"the young master of God Nine Sect."
Bibi Dong was somewhat puzzled. God Nine Sect? Why had I never heard of such a force on the continent?
Golden Crocodile, who had remained silent from beginning to end, turned to look at Qian Jun and Jiang Mo beside him. Qian Jun and Jiang Mo also looked at Golden Crocodile, and the confusion in each other's eyes was plain to see.
Their thoughts were roughly the same: What kind of sect is God Nine Sect?
At last, Gui Mei raised his head to look at Bibi Dong and said, "Your Holiness, Xiao Feng also asked me to deliver a message to you."
Bibi Dong frowned and said, "Speak."
"Xiao Feng said that if you set your sights on him or anyone around him again, then God Nine Sect would not mind destroying our Spirit Hall. He said that even if Qian Daoliu came, it would be useless. He also said that the world was vast, that all beneath the God Realm were ants, and that you should consider whether Spirit Hall possessed the power to contend against the God Realm."
After Gui Mei finished speaking, he immediately sprawled on the ground, terrified that Bibi Dong would kill him the very next second.
What Gui Mei did not see, however, was that everyone present wore uncertain expressions.
The ignorant Title Douluo elders immediately looked at one another, because they did not understand any of it. They did not even know who Qian Daoliu was, much less the God Realm.
Golden Crocodile, Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and the others, however, wore dark expressions. Others might not know Qian Daoliu, but they did. They believed more than half of Gui Mei's words. Anyone who dared to speak of destroying Spirit Hall and claim that even Qian Daoliu would be useless was certainly no ordinary person!
As for the God Realm, they had heard little of it. Bibi Dong, standing nearby, was the one whose expression became incomparably grim. Others did not know of the God Realm, but she did! She had already come into contact with matters such as the Rakshasa God's divine position, so she possessed some understanding of the God Realm.
Now, Gui Mei's words made her realize that God Nine Sect was likely not a force of this continent. If that was the case, then the silver-haired woman with four Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings made sense.
Because Bibi Dong knew of something called a god-bestowed spirit ring!
For a moment, the desire to retreat arose within her!
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