Dou Emperor Expert

The appearance of two Dou Emperors greatly shocked the Rippling Mountain Empire below and the allied Rogue Cultivators.

"Who are those two? They defeated four Dou Kings the moment they appeared!"

"Are you stupid? Didn't you hear one of them call himself the 'Barbarian Emperor'?"

"Gasp!"

"They're actually Dou Emperor experts! No wonder the ruler and the Chu Family Head haven't said a word."

"A Dou Emperor... I've lived in the empire for most of my life, yet I've never seen a Dou Emperor expert."

Dou Emperor experts were truly terrifying!!

The people below all chimed in, one after another.

The Barbarian Emperor beside the black-robed elder sneered. "Mere Dou Kings dare set their sights on a Dou Sect's cave dwelling? They truly don't know their place."

With a flash, he arrived before the sinister Dou King. Cold light flickered in his eyes. "Wouldn't you say so?"

"So fast!"

"!!!"

Watching the Barbarian Emperor suddenly appear before the sinister Dou King, Yan Mao was inwardly alarmed. That speed... he isn't a low-level Dou Emperor!

Lan Cangshan muttered to himself as well, "I never expected such a massive body to possess such speed. He's likely no ordinary Dou Emperor."

The sinister Dou King looked at the Barbarian Emperor, who had suddenly appeared before him, swallowed hard, and turned pale. Trembling, he said, "...Y-yes. You two Dou Emperor Lords are considering things for our sake. We are endlessly grateful. This lowly one will wait here and absolutely will not disturb you two Lords."

Heh.

The Barbarian Emperor snorted coldly and turned his gaze toward Yan Mao and the other three Dou Kings.

"We have no objections," Mo Kun and Yan Ming, the two Dou Kings, said at the same time.

What a joke. That was a Dou Emperor expert radiating killing intent. Although Yan Ming's sect also had a Dou Emperor, it was over ten thousand li away and could not help him.

Besides, the two of them were only mid-level Dou Kings. Unless they no longer wanted to live, why would they defy a Dou Emperor expert?

Feeling the Barbarian Emperor's murderous gaze, Yan Mao clenched his fist, his expression shifting uncertainly. "Yes, my lord. Please do as you wish."

It was not as though he had never considered encountering a Dou Emperor. If there had only been one, then with his abilities and the other three Dou Kings joining forces, they could have resisted an ordinary Dou Emperor. But there were two Dou Emperors, and they did not appear to be low-level ones.

"Hahaha, Barbarian Emperor, there's no need to be like this. My distribution plan is perfect. They won't have any objections, right? Your Majesty, ruler of the Rippling Mountain Empire?"

The black-robed elder laughed and turned to look at the ruler of the Lan Cangshan Empire below.

The reason the black-robed elder was so utterly unscrupulous was that, while lurking in the shadows, he had already learned that this so-called Rippling Mountain Empire did not have a Dou Emperor. The strongest people present were merely Dou Kings, no match for a Dou Emperor like him. Thus, he acted with extreme arrogance.

This is troublesome.

Looking at the black-robed elder before him, Lan Cangshan frowned. With two Dou Emperors here, Dou Kings have no right to interfere. It seems I can only ask the Supreme Elder to act.

The reason he had been reluctant to ask the Supreme Elder to act was that the elder had little lifespan remaining. Furthermore, because of his advanced age, his strength had greatly declined. Every time he acted, it consumed more of his lifespan.

Otherwise, he would have summoned the Supreme Elder long ago. Why would he have needed to negotiate with Dou Kings like Yan Mao?

Moreover, these past few days, he had believed that the empire lay in a remote corner of the northwest, where Dou Kings were the limit. Even if a Dou Emperor appeared to seize it, mobilizing more than eighty percent of the empire's experts should have been enough to take this Dou Sect cave dwelling. Who could have expected two extraordinary Dou Emperors to emerge as variables?

"You're going too far!"

The Chu Family Head standing beside Lan Cangshan finally could not contain his anger. He had always been hot-tempered.

These two merely dared to be so brazen because there was no Dou Emperor expert present capable of matching them.

"Hehe, going too far? Have I?"

As he spoke, the black-robed elder waved his hand. Blood-red battle qi condensed into sharp spikes that instantly scattered toward the surrounding family disciples, Rogue Cultivators, and the others.

"Pfft!"

"Ah!"

"Pfft! Pfft!"

"..."

In an instant, the Great Dou Masters present were injured, coughing up blood as they staggered back. As for the other Dou Masters and Dou Practitioners, more than half were directly killed or wounded in just moments.

Then the black-robed elder dove down and instantly appeared before the Chu Family Head. A pair of pale, withered hands clamped around his neck, his five fingers tightening.

"You..."

The Chu Family Head's face turned deathly pale. His mouth hung open as blood seeped from the corners of his lips.

"Old Xiong!"

"Family Head!"

"You're courting death!"

"Old thief, let go of my father!"

"..."

At the sight, every member of the Chu Family beside him glared murderously, their eyes filled with hatred.

"Hmph, you don't know what's good for you. You bunch of trash, you can't even match a mere Dou King. So what if I kill you?"

The black-robed elder spoke disdainfully. Then he flung the Chu Family Head to the ground and formed hand seals. Blood-colored battle qi surged from between his palms, forming two savage giant snakes that were about to attack the Chu Family members.

"You dare!"

Seeing the Chu Family members about to be devoured by the savage giant snakes, Lan Cangshan's expression changed drastically. He roared, "Supreme Elder, please take action!"

Boom!

With an earth-shaking boom, a massive shield formed from earth-attributed battle qi appeared behind the Chu Family members, blocking the charging savage giant snakes.

Then, an overwhelmingly powerful force erupted from the massive shield and struck toward the black-robed elder.

"What powerful defense!"

Sensing the powerful aura behind him, the black-robed elder's expression changed slightly. His withered old hands suddenly thrust out.

Bang~~!

With a thunderous crash, the massive shield shattered explosively, and powerful shockwaves swept out in all directions.

Those around them who had not reached the Dou Spirit realm were all blasted several steps back by the shockwaves.

"Oh, have they all made their move?"

The owner of that voice was none other than Xie Tianxiao, who had remained hidden in space for so long without showing himself.

Xie Tianxiao yawned and said indifferently, "That works too. I suppose there are no major fish left. It's time I brought this boring battle to an end."

Just as Xie Tianxiao was preparing to act, the aura approaching from afar made him frown. "Eh? Why is there a Dou Sect aura rushing over from afar, and one so sinister?"

"This feeling is..."

"Soul Hall!"

Based on Xie Tianxiao's guess, this Soul Hall Protector had heard that a large number of experts would gather here, so he had come to harvest souls and, incidentally, inspect this so-called cave dwelling containing a Dou Sect inheritance.

"Interesting. More and more interesting. It seems this Soul Hall Protector wants to be the fisherman as well. What a pity. I wonder whether he'll be the fisherman or the fish?"

Looking at the Soul Hall Protector hiding nearby without revealing himself, Xie Tianxiao sneered.

He had stayed in this cold, lonely space for so long and watched this show for so long, all for those meager gains. Had that been easy?

For this mere Soul Hall Protector to dare compete with him for his things—wasn't that like carrying a lantern into a latrine, or an old immortal eating arsenic? Courting death!?