"Holy crap, don't tell me we're seeing ghosts?"
Stormterror's Lair, high in the sky.
Tianfeng Douluo, Bai He, and the Hell White Tiger had turned around. Their faces were now filled with panic as they stared blankly at Lumine, who had spread her Wings of Wind high above them.
"Sustainer of Heavenly Principles? Seeing ghosts?"
Lumine had heard the two people and the beast muttering to themselves.
(Going to revise something from earlier: Khaenri'ah was Aether's doing. Lumine was the one who was completely in the dark.)
In an instant, she latched onto the key phrase the two people and the beast had said. Her expression changed abruptly. "You know that Sustainer of Heavenly Principles?"
Everyone knew.
Lumine, the Traveler, had only just woken up. She needed to find that unfamiliar god if she wanted to find Aether.
So she had yet to meet Aether, the Abyss Prince.
And right now,
she didn't know which of the Seven Nations' Archons had stopped the two of them back then, so she could only search for them one by one.
However,
just as she was about to help Dvalin, the Sky-Splitting Demon Dragon, purge the Abyssal corruption, she'd heard that familiar phrase from two oddly dressed people who somehow seemed familiar, as well as a tiger that could spit human eyes and fly?
The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles?
Wasn't that the god who had stopped the two Traveler twins back then?
How did these two know about her?
Could it be... Lumine suddenly thought of the man who had said he would escort the two of them out of Teyvat, the one holding an extremely massive hammer!
Could they be...
that man's accomplices?
A flash of inspiration struck Lumine. She realized that although these two were dressed differently from the man with the hammer, their outfits were all part of the same general style.
So...
they were all working together?
But why were they helping her?
"Who exactly are you?"
Lumine's expression turned serious. "Do you know something?"
Her words left the two people and the beast utterly dumbfounded!
Know something?
What did they know?
They didn't know a damn thing!
"Roar!"
Just as they were caught in a stalemate, the enormous Demon Dragon let out a furious roar. Countless whirlwinds came howling at them from every direction!
"Get out of the way!"
Bai He wasn't much of a fighter, but as the head of the Speed Clan, his reflexes were still quick. As for Tianfeng Douluo, he was a Titled Douluo, and his Wind Martial Soul gave him a keen sense for the wind.
Thus,
as the whirlwinds came howling toward them, the two quickly reacted.
But
the Hell White Tiger, formed by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, reacted a beat too slowly.
Their Soul Power Levels were both around Level 60. The combined Hell White Tiger could at most fight a Soul Douluo, and it lacked the other two's sensitivity to the wind.
Thus...
BOOM!
In an instant!
The enormous Hell White Tiger was struck by countless gusts of wind. It dissolved at once, leaving two figures to plummet from the skies, tens of thousands of feet above the ground...
"No!"
Star Luo Empire, Star Luo Imperial Palace.
When the Star Luo Empress saw the scene in the sky's projection, she shot to her feet in shock and screamed.
However,
it was no use.
Once the two figures plunged into the currents below, the image disappeared...
[The representative of the Star Luo Empire faction has been eliminated. The Star Luo Empire faction's mission is confirmed to have failed!]
[Punishment for failure: Soul Power Levels of all Spirit Masters belonging to the Star Luo Empire will drop by ten levels!]
[However, considering that this is the Star Luo Empire faction's first time participating in this Heavenly Dao mission, 90% of the penalty is pardoned!]
Only a moment later, the Heavenly Dao's majestic, emotionless voice echoed in the hearts of every living being across the Douluo Continent!
In an instant,
the Star Luo Empress felt her whole body go weak. She nearly collapsed to the floor.
And she wasn't the only one!
Almost everyone in the imperial court felt weakness flooding through them!
"It's over! My Soul Power Level..."
"No, I only just managed to break through to Level 90 yesterday! My Titled Douluo rank..."
In an instant,
the entire court filled with cries of despair.
"Enough!"
The Star Luo Emperor's face darkened as he barked at them.
He held considerable authority at court. His shout plunged the hall into silence, and no one dared make a sound.
"Is this the time to complain?"
The Star Luo Emperor's gaze swept coldly across the hall. "Our priority now is to decide who will participate next time."
"Even my Star Luo Crown Prince gave his life for this, and you're still holding back?"
"Don't forget!"
"We only get this one chance to have the penalty reduced!"
"If we fail the next mission, everyone will lose ten levels of Soul Power!"
"Get your act together!"
The many ministers' expressions shifted again and again, their faces turning pale and then red.
Everyone knew the Star Luo Emperor was telling the truth!
Instead of complaining here, they might as well think about what to do next...
"Your Majesty, I'll issue an announcement at once, summoning Spirit Masters with all kinds of specialized talents from throughout the empire to Star Luo City!"
"Approved!"
"This is no time to argue about it!"
In Stormterror's Lair,
after narrowly avoiding the gusts, Tianfeng Douluo abruptly turned to look at Lumine, who had also dodged the attack. "Our top priority now is to deal with the poisonous blood on this Demon Dragon!"
Every time he looked down, he felt dizzy, as if his head were plunging straight toward the ground. His fear of heights made him terribly uncomfortable, and even his legs were going weak.
Of course,
he knew full well that the whole Douluo Continent could see this projection right now.
He couldn't afford to let the Spirit Hall Empire lose face!
"Fine!"
That last wave of wind had made Lumine realize this wasn't the time to discuss any of that.
She drew a deep breath, suppressing her excitement at what felt like a glimmer of hope. "You deal with the poisonous blood near its head. I'll handle the rest!"
"Got it!"
"If the wind knocks you back, I'll catch you!"
Bai He knew his limits very well.
He was a pure agility-type Spirit Master, with pitifully little fighting power. A Demon Dragon this huge was far beyond anything he could break through.
So,
he might as well handle support.
"No problem!"
Tianfeng Douluo was afraid of heights too, and feared he might fall. When he heard someone would cover the rear, he quickly agreed.
The next moment,
nine Spirit Rings appeared behind him: two yellow, two purple, and five black.
And
almost the moment the Spirit Rings shone, his ninth Spirit Ring suddenly blazed bright!
"Ninth Spirit Skill: Destruction Storm!"
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