Black Rose

Tang Xiao stared blankly at all of this, as if he had been nailed to the spot.

Then, he suddenly picked up the black porcelain bottle, kissed it several times, and muttered incoherently to himself, "So amazing, so amazing... You are truly my lucky star."

Just then, the First Elder's voice came from outside the door. "Sect Master, my elder brother's medicine is ready."

Tang Xiao stood up, walked quickly to the door, and opened it.

The First Elder stood outside the door with a bowl of medicine in his hand. His gaze passed over Tang Xiao's shoulder, and he casually glanced into the room before he froze in shock.

He saw Tang Yin lying on the bed, and his complexion was much better than yesterday.

"Why do you feel... your complexion has improved?"

Tang Xiao glanced around the corridor, pulled him into the room, and closed the door.

He paused for a few seconds, then took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve and said in a low voice, "I gave this medicine to my father."

"Just now, my dad actually... passed away."

"What!"

The First Elder shuddered, and the medicine bowl slipped from his hand, shattering into pieces on the ground, spilling the medicine everywhere.

But he ignored the bowl, his withered hand grabbing Tang Xiao's arm, "Really?"

Tang Xiao nodded.

He no longer concealed anything and told the First Elder the whole story of how he met Xiao Wu in the room that night, and how he took the pill to break through to the Titled Douluo...

After listening, the First Elder's gaze fell on the porcelain bottle in Tang Xiao's hand. "Can I... can I eat one?"

I want to try it.

Tang Xiao poured a pill out of the bottle and handed it to him.

The First Elder took the pill with both hands, tremblingly put it into his mouth, then sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.

About ten minutes later, he suddenly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in his cloudy old eyes, and a look of wild joy appeared on his face.

"Level 94... Really, really?"

He leaped to his feet, his eyes red-rimmed, "Our Clear Sky Sect... will no longer be trampled on by the Spirit Hall!"

"Yes."

"I don't know how many of these pills she has, but just this one bottle is enough to raise the overall strength of our Clear Sky Sect to another level."

The First Elder nodded repeatedly, then suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Should we tell the others about this pill?"

I think...

Tang Xiao was about to speak, the door was suddenly kicked open.

The Third Elder stumbled in, his face ashen.

Tang Xiao and the First Elder both turned to look at the doorway.

"It's terrible, Qian Xunji Master! Qian Xunji... Qian Xunji has arrived at the foot of the mountain with five thousand elite Spirit Hall!"

"Down the mountain... down the mountain is in complete chaos!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiao punched the sandalwood table next to him, shattering it into pieces.

"What a fine Spirit Hall!"

"Not only did they kill my brother, but they even came up the mountain to try and destroy my Clear Sky Sect! This is outrageous!"

The First Elder trembled slightly, both shocked and anxious.

He walked over to Tang Xiao and asked in a low voice, "What do we do?"

"Although we have pills, it still takes time to break through even after taking them. Qian Xunji has already reached the foot of the mountain; this amount of time is simply not enough!"

The Second Elder had arrived at the door at some unknown time, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked, his old face filled with a resolute expression.

"If we can't dodge it, then let's fight!"

"Our Clear Sky Sect has no cowards who fear death; even if it means death, we will take a piece of flesh from the Spirit Hall!"

"If you fight now, there will only be one outcome: you will all die."

The Third Elder and the Second Elder simultaneously turned to look at the corner.

Suddenly, another person appeared in the corner of the room.

It was a girl in a black dress, her blood-red eyes coldly staring at them.

When did she arrive?

No one sensed her presence, no one heard her footsteps; it was as if she had been there from the beginning, but no one had noticed her just now.

The First Elder instinctively took a half step back and shouted sternly, "Who are you!"

Tang Xiao patted the First Elder on the shoulder, walked past him, and knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Wu without hesitation.

"Master, you've arrived."

The First Elder's eyes widened in disbelief. He never expected that what Tang Xiao had told him before, which he thought was just an exaggeration, would turn into a nightmare. Now, seeing the Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, a peak Level 98 Peak Douluo, kneeling on one knee and calling a girl who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old "Master," all the thoughts in his mind were crushed to dust by this scene.

The second and third elders were completely bewildered.

They had never heard of Xiao Wu before, and now, looking at Tang Xiao kneeling on the ground, they were completely baffled.

"Who is this? Why are you kneeling and calling me 'master, 'Tang Xiao?"

Xiao Wu ignored him and looked down at Tang Xiao kneeling before her. "Get up."

"Yes, Master." Tang Xiao stood up, not daring to delay for a moment. "Master, you must already know the current situation. What should we do now?"

"Of course, we should escape."

Tang Xiao replied without hesitation, "Okay, let's escape."

The Second Elder panicked. "How do we escape? The area down the mountain is already surrounded, with the Spirit Hall people on all sides. Where can we escape to?"

Xiao Wu raised her arms and gently lifted them in mid-air.

A giant black rose bloomed from her palm, its petals spreading out in all directions, lifting the roof off.

Seconds later, the Black Rose hovered tens of meters above the Clear Sky Sect.

Inside the courtyard and on the mountain path, thousands of the Clear Sky Sect disciples who were urgently gathering to prepare for battle stopped in their tracks, looking up at the enormous Black Rose with bewildered expressions.

Just then, the Black Rose released countless slender black vines.

The vines spread downwards like living things, wrapping around the bodies of every Clear Sky Sect disciple.

The disciples struggled in panic, slashing with their swords, tearing with their hands, and attacking with their Soul Power, but the vines remained unmoved and they were completely unable to break free.

"Don't panic, everyone!"

"They've come to rescue us!"

Upon hearing the sect leader's order, the Clear Sky Sect disciples, though still fearful, ceased their desperate struggles.

The vines tightened their grip Entanglement their bodies, and then a thick cloud of Black Mist rose from each of them simultaneously.

The Black Mist engulfed them completely, and finally, they vanished along with the mist on the spot.

Xiao Wu withdrew her hands and turned to look at Tang Xiao and the three elders.

"They're gone."

At the foot of the mountain, shouts of battle shook the heavens.

The elite Spirit Hall surged past the gates of the Clear Sky Sect like a tidal wave.

The disciples of the Clear Sky Sect and the Four Single-Attribute Clans fought desperately on the mountain path, but faced with overwhelming combat power, their desperate struggle was more like a battle of trapped beasts whose outcome was already predetermined.

Yang Wudi, the patriarch of the Breaking Clan, wielded a twelve-foot-long spear, its tip radiating a sharp spear light. He held the mountain pass firmly, sending the dozen or so Spirit Hall Soul Master charging at the forefront flying.

His marksmanship truly deserves the description of "the ultimate in marksmanship".

Until he saw Qian Xunji.

Qian Xunji did not stop. He twirled the Angel Sword in his hand, and the sword light flashed like a golden lightning bolt across the mountain path.

The instant Yang Wudi's spear tip collided with the sword's edge, the Martial Soul that had accompanied him throughout his life of battles snapped in two, and the sword's momentum continued, piercing through his chest.

Yang Wudi glanced down at the sword wound on his chest, then fell backward in resentment.

Qian Xunji looked at the mountain peak. Ever since he and Bibi Dong returned from the Fasinuo Province, Qian Daoliu had also learned of this news.

At that time, Qian Daoliu remained silent in the Worship Hall for a long time, and finally just sighed and blamed Qian Xunji for making the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect mortal enemies over a single Soul Ring.

Qian Xunji did not reveal the real reason, but calmly replied: From the day the Spirit Hall became the number one power in the world, it has been impossible for it to coexist peacefully with the Clear Sky Sect.

Qian Daoliu looked at his son and ultimately said nothing more.

However, just three days ago, when Qian Xunji convened a joint meeting of the Pope Palace and the Worship Hall and formally proposed to eradicate the Clear Sky Sect completely.

Several of the old worshippers in the Worship Hall, the elders who had followed Qian Daoliu for most of their lives, stood up in opposition.

Besides provoking dissatisfaction from various forces, there is another reason.

That was a promise Qian Daoliu had made to Tang Chen back then, "No one belonging to the Spirit Hall shall set foot in the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gate until I personally defeat Tang Chen."

These words were spoken by Qian Daoliu himself, and were heard by the elders of the Worship Hall.

Qian Xunji remained silent for a long time, then stood up and asked only one question, "Tang Chen is dead, does this promise still stand?"

"Since the object of the promise is no longer alive, the promise itself is naturally invalid."

These words silenced the entire hall.

Persuading the elders wasn't enough; he personally went to the Worship Hall to persuade his father, Qian Daoliu, before he was finally able to lead his troops up the mountain.