"Teacher!"
"Teacher, you have to save my Heaven Dou Empire!"
Thud!
Xue Beng, the Heaven Dou prince, his face smeared with blood, crawled and stumbled his way to Tang San's feet.
He clutched Tang San's pant leg tightly and dropped to his knees, pleading through tears, "Teacher! That bitch Qian Renxue seized Heaven Dou City and killed the imperial guards!"
"I beg you and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to send troops again, help your student fight back into Heaven Dou City, and reclaim the throne that belongs to me!"
Listening to Xue Beng's pleas, Tang San's expression was uglier than if he had eaten a fly.
Fight back into Heaven Dou City?
With what?
Just now, Qian Renxue... no, that demon!
She had consecutively killed Yang Wudi, Zhao Wuji, and Flender, instantly recovered from her injuries, and her combat strength had surged again and again!
Even when the Sword and Bone Douluo, two Super Douluo, joined forces, they had only barely held their own against her.
If they could have fought their way back, why would they have fled through a spatial rift like homeless dogs?
"Xue Beng, get up first."
Tang San's voice was hoarse. His fists clenched so tightly that they cracked as he forced out several words in extreme humiliation. "This matter... cannot be handled recklessly for now."
Ning Fengzhi, standing nearby, took a deep breath and stepped forward to smooth things over. "Your Highness Xue Beng, Tang San is right."
"The change that occurred in Qian Renxue is extremely bizarre. That is simply not a power ordinary people can comprehend."
"She can instantly recover and dramatically increase her strength merely by killing people. Without absolute certainty of killing her, we must never fight such demonic sorcery."
Ning Fengzhi rubbed his aching temples and said gravely, "Heaven Dou City has now fallen into Spirit Hall's hands. With only the remaining strength of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek, we have no chance of contending against them."
"We must seek outside assistance!"
Tang San suddenly raised his head, his eyes erupting with desperate hatred. "Sect Master Ning, who else can we seek help from?"
"As long as I can destroy Spirit Hall and kill Qian Renxue, I, Tang San, would not hesitate to be shattered to pieces!"
At those words, Tang San's heart bled.
The core strength of the Tang Sect that he had painstakingly built, the Four Single-Attribute Clans, had all been left behind in Heaven Dou City!
Yang Wudi had died a miserable death.
Facing that berserk demon Qian Renxue, the remaining three clans were likely doomed as well!
Twenty years of Tang San's planning had turned to nothing in a single day! If he did not avenge this hatred, he swore he would not be human!
A flash of resolve and authority passed through Ning Fengzhi's eyes as his voice rang through the entire hall. "The Upper Three Sects share the same breath and branches."
"The power Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall has displayed has already shattered the continent's balance."
"Spirit Hall's ambitions are plain for all to see!"
"When the lips are gone, the teeth grow cold!"
Ning Fengzhi looked at Tang San and said each word distinctly, "We must immediately inform the Clear Sky Sect."
"We will establish the Continent-wide Anti-Spirit Hall Alliance!"
"If we alone are not enough, then we will add the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the reclusive Clear Sky Sect!"
"If even that is not enough..."
A cold glint burst from Ning Fengzhi's eyes. "Then we will send envoys to the Star Luo Empire, win over the Star Luo imperial family, and ignite a war between the two empires!"
"We will gather all the power on the continent, stake everything on a single battle, and eradicate Spirit Hall completely!"
Listening to Ning Fengzhi's vast and cold-blooded plan, Tang San's icy heart finally began pounding wildly again!
That was right!
He still had the Clear Sky Sect!
He still had his father, Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo!
"Qian Renxue..."
Tang San stared fixedly in the direction of Heaven Dou City, the resentment and killing intent in his gaze nearly overflowing as he let out a shrill roar in his heart.
"Just you wait!"
"The day I return with the Upper Three Sects and the Star Luo Empire, along with the elders of the Clear Sky Sect and my father... will be the day you, Qian Renxue, are cut into a thousand pieces, and Spirit Hall is utterly destroyed!"
Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Golden Hall.
This had once been the supreme symbol of power in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Now, an indelible, overpowering stench of blood hung in the air.
Qian Sha Yu lounged boldly upon the pure-gold dragon throne that had once belonged to Xue Ye the Great.
A pair of long, beautiful legs belonging to Qian Renxue rested arrogantly atop the carved table.
The Slaughter Blood Sword had been casually thrust into the white marble floor tiles at his side.
"Tch. The fight's over. Time to study this damn system."
Qian Sha Yu focused his mind and summoned the system interface within his consciousness.
Unfortunately, the interface was exceedingly simple.
Other than a main panel labeled [Demon King Guardian] that glowed with dim blood-red light, it had almost no other functions or descriptions.
"Other than fighting and killing for rewards, there isn't even a beginner's guide. Brutal enough."
Qian Sha Yu shook his head and tried tapping the corner of the panel with his spiritual power.
Very soon, he discovered that although he was in "proxy combat" mode,
he could actually access the detailed status panel of the body's original owner—Qian Renxue—at any time.
A golden fluorescent screen unfolded before his eyes:
[Name: Qian Renxue] [Soul Power: Level 72 Soul Sage] [Martial Soul: Six-Winged Angel] [Domain: Angel Domain] [Soul Rings: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black] [Soul Bones: Angel God Suit: Skull, Right Arm Bone] [Soul Skills: Angel Assault, Angelic Holy Light, Angelic Blessing, Angelic Divine Power, Angelic Holy Sword, Angelic Roar, Angelic True Body]
Looking at this clean, pure Angel panel, Qian Sha Yu's lips curled into an amused smile.
The original owner, Qian Renxue, followed the Divine Light Dao of supreme holiness, purifying all things.
But as the Demon King Guardian, Qian Sha Yu displayed the Slaughter Demon Dao that ruled over slaughter and blood!
Though the two shared the same delicate body,
in terms of physique, martial soul, soul rings, and soul bones, they were actually two completely separate systems that did not interfere with each other at all.
"By day, a holy angel maiden who bathes the world in light; by night, a blood demon king who kills without blinking... I like this contrast!"
Qian Sha Yu sneered wantonly.
Then he separated a wisp of spiritual power and sent it into the deepest reaches of this body's sea of consciousness.
There,
at the center of a vast, pure golden ocean wrapped in a sea of blood,
a beautiful figure was peacefully curled up within a cocoon of light.
Qian Renxue's eyes were tightly closed, her breathing even as she lay in an exceptionally deep sleep.
This was the soul of her true self.
She seemed completely unaware of the earth-shaking bloodbath that had just occurred outside, or of the horrific fate of Flender being beheaded and Yu Xiaogang being castrated and having his legs broken.
"Hey, little miss, wake up. Get up and watch the show."
Qian Sha Yu tried to touch that golden cocoon with his spiritual power, wanting to communicate with her.
However, before he could touch it, a line of cold, blood-red warning text abruptly appeared in his mind:
[Ding! Current body control: 0% (Demon King proxy combat mode is under mandatory control)] [Notice: Communication or interaction with the primary soul in any form is currently unavailable!]
"Tch, body control at 0%? It won't even let me talk."
Qian Sha Yu rolled his eyes and helplessly withdrew his spiritual power.
It seemed that as long as the Demon King's control period had not ended, Qian Renxue's soul could only remain forcibly sealed asleep by the system, serving as an oblivious "human-shaped accessory."
He glanced at the countdown in the corner of the panel.
[Remaining Demon King proxy combat time: 20 hours 45 minutes]
"Twenty more hours? Enough to turn Heaven Dou City upside down."
Qian Sha Yu stretched lazily, his gaze turning cold as he looked beyond the hall.
Those two old men, She Long and Ci Xue, had already led people to purge the rebel forces within Heaven Dou City and capture Xue Ye the Great and the other members of the Heaven Dou imperial family.
With those two Titled Douluo in command, the remaining remnants of Heaven Dou were nothing more than lambs waiting for slaughter. They could not possibly stir up any trouble.
"Still, just sitting here and waiting for results would be far too boring."
A trace of teasing cruelty flashed through Qian Sha Yu's eyes, as though he had suddenly thought of something amusing.
"That hypocrite Tang San ran fast enough, but he still has people connected to him in Heaven Dou City."
"For instance, the woman known as Heaven Dou's number one noblewoman—the younger sister of Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, and Tang San's own aunt—Tang Yuehua!"
At that thought,
Qian Sha Yu spread the Six-Winged Slaughter Blood Wings behind him, transforming into a blood-red rainbow that shot into the sky and flew straight out of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace!
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