Everyone knew about the matter between Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, except Dugu Bo, who had only recently joined Spirit Hall. Although there were reasons behind it, who could say what Qian Xunji had truly been thinking when he did something so despicable?
Then there was the Grand Pontiff suddenly having Tang Yuehua leave to establish some Moonlight Pavilion. The timing was indeed rather coincidental. He had those useless aristocrats from the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire come to Spirit City to learn music and etiquette—was he not worried that those young nobles would corrupt Spirit City's atmosphere? The Grand Pontiff was not someone greedy for wealth, either.
Perhaps the Grand Pontiff had learned that Qian Xunji had treated Tang Yuehua the same way he treated Bibi Dong and done something so vile, so he was now offering her some kind of compensation.
If Qian Xunji knew what the elders and pontiffs were thinking at this moment, he would surely be furious enough to cough up blood. He had never done such a thing! Was his image in their minds really that terrible?
Whether Qian Daoliu's claim that Tang Yuehua was still a virgin was true or false, Bo Saixi found it utterly despicable that he would use a young woman's innocence to destroy the Clear Sky Sect. Her already terrible impression of Qian Daoliu had now worsened to the extreme.
The disgust in Bo Saixi's eyes flashed away. She set the subject aside. Qian Daoliu was full of lies, and there was no point in arguing further. She had to take Tang Yuehua away from the demonic den that was Spirit Hall.
"I will investigate the truth myself. Since Tang Yuehua did not have your son do something so vile to her, hand her over to me. If the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect truly happened as you said, then when Tang Chen returns, I will try to persuade him."
"Ha ha ha..."
Qian Daoliu could not help laughing. With a trace of disdain in his gaze, he looked at Bo Saixi, whose expression had become increasingly ugly. "Bo Saixi, do you think I am so easy to fool? Or do you think you have known Tang Chen longer than I have? Do you understand Tang Chen's character better than I do?"
"No matter what the truth is, when someone learns that their clan has been destroyed and hundreds of descendants have been killed or wounded, so long as the clan had not deliberately sought its own destruction, the first thing they would think of after learning the truth would surely be revenge. Would your so-called persuasion really be of any use?"
"Or do you think you carry that much weight? Do you think you are more important than Tang Chen's hundreds of descendants from the Clear Sky Sect? If Tang Chen truly listened to your persuasion and did not care whether those hundreds of descendants lived or died, who would think highly of such a man?"
Bo Saixi's expression completely fell apart, turning utterly ugly. She gave a cold snort, as though trying to save face. "You have a guilty conscience and refuse to hand Tang Yuehua over to me. You know the truth yourself."
"Qian Daoliu, persist in your stubborn ways. When Tang Chen returns, you and your Spirit Hall can wait to face Tang Chen's undying wrath."
With that, Bo Saixi turned around and prepared to return to Sea God Island. This was the continent, without the support of the sea's power. It would be exceedingly difficult for her to snatch someone from Qian Daoliu's hands, especially when this was Qian Daoliu's territory.
Just as Bo Saixi flew away from Pope Mountain, a flash of golden light appeared. Qian Daoliu, six wings spread behind his back, blocked her path. A teasing smile curled across his lips. "Undying enemies? Would you truly stand by and watch Tang Chen die? Or would you help Tang Chen take revenge?"
A love god like the God of Life, whose loyalties lay with outsiders, was probably the only lunatic in the entire Douluo God Realm and the one hundred and eight realms below it. Qian Daoliu did not believe Bo Saixi was another lunatic like the God of Life. Even he would not gamble by placing the opportunity in someone else's hands.
As he spoke, immense Soul Power erupted from Qian Daoliu's body, sealing off the space around Bo Saixi.
Bo Saixi's face turned completely cold. She struck the Sea God Scepter against the ground, releasing her own immense blue-gold Soul Power. Eight black and one red Soul Rings lit up beneath her feet.
The bright, sunny sky darkened within only a few breaths. Heaven and earth changed color, and the air grew viscous.
All the Soul Masters in Spirit City stopped what they were doing and looked up at the golden and blue-gold figures in the sky. They were especially stunned by the blue-gold figure. Eight black and one red Soul Rings, with a ten-thousand-year first Soul Ring—how was that possible? Could that blue-gold Title Douluo Soul Master possess Twin Martial Souls?
"Qian Daoliu, do you think you can keep me here? In prolonged aerial combat, I truly cannot defeat you, but on land, our strength is evenly matched. And this is your Spirit City.
"Move aside. As a high priest of a god, I do not wish to slaughter needlessly."
Bo Saixi's words carried a double meaning, clearly mocking Qian Daoliu for being unworthy of serving as the Angel God's high priest.
"Who said I intended to take you down alone?"
Qian Daoliu suddenly waved his hand, releasing a shrill whistle. As though answering him, shrill whistles rang out simultaneously from the Worship Hall and Elder Hall.
The five great pontiffs—Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, Guang Ling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo—the entire Elder Hall's Title Douluo elders, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Qian Xunji all mobilized.
Gold, azure, icy blue, red, black, fiery red... beams of light shot into the sky as more than a dozen figures descended. Apart from Golden Crocodile Douluo's nine Soul Rings of two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red, and Snake Lance Douluo's nine Soul Rings of two yellow, three purple, and four black, every other Title Douluo possessed two yellow, two purple, and five black Soul Rings.
Dugu Bo was among the Title Douluo elders as well, and his expression was thoroughly displeased. Today was meant to be his title conferment ceremony, the most glorious moment in a Soul Master's life. Yet it had been ruined by some female Soul Master who had appeared from nowhere. How could he possibly be happy?
He might have been the weakest Title Douluo, and his soul skills were all meant for large-scale attacks. In a battle of this level, his soul skills would be of little use and might even injure his allies.
But they should not forget that he also possessed a Soul Bone skill—the long-range Soul Bone skill of the Medusa Head Bone, Medusa Gaze, which could provide support from afar.
Pope Hall, Saintess Bedchamber.
"Mom, what happened? Why have Grandpa, Dad, and all the pontiff and elder uncles mobilized?"
Qian Renxue, who had been diligently cultivating alongside Bibi Zhu, sensed the change in Spirit City's atmosphere. She walked out of the cultivation chamber and gazed toward the more than dozen distant figures glowing in different colors, each surrounded by nine Soul Rings.
"Of course the elders and pontiffs have mobilized to eliminate an intruder."
Bibi Zhu rubbed Qian Renxue's head. Her eyes narrowed as she watched Bo Saixi, surrounded by eight black and one red Soul Rings. The aura Bo Saixi emitted and the sense of hierarchy in her Soul Power both felt very similar to Qian Daoliu's.
That woman should be the descendant of the Sea God from across the sea whom Qian Daoliu had mentioned.
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