(Second update)
Yang Ming stood high in the sky, his Rinnegan fixed on a spot in Heaven Dou City. There stood the delegation the Spirit Hall Empire had sent to congratulate Xue Ye on his sixty-fifth birthday. Its two leaders were old acquaintances of Yang Ming's: the brothers Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, the Elder Hall's Sixth and Seventh Consecrated.
Looks like that old turtle Qian Daoliu chose to keep hiding in Spirit City, too scared to come out. He must be afraid I'll send him skyward with another Chibaku Tensei. What a pity.
Yang Ming silently shook his head. He had already coordinated everything in secret, spreading a net across heaven and earth throughout Heaven Dou City, all in preparation for Qian Daoliu's arrival. He had never expected that, after suffering the previous blow, that old turtle would become even more cautious, not daring to set a single foot inside Heaven Dou City. All Yang Ming's painstaking preparations had gone down the drain.
His gaze flickered, and Yang Ming turned his attention elsewhere.
A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes. He had spotted the Four Element Academies—Thunder Academy, Godwind Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Skywater Academy—and their delegation contained quite a few familiar faces.
Among them were Huo Wushuang, captain of the Blazing Fire Academy team, and its vice-captain, Huo Wu; Shui Bing'er, captain of the Skywater Academy Team, and Shui Yue'er, the dolphin Spirit Master who could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her. There was also Yu Tianxin of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, captain of the Thunder Academy team. Only Feng Xiaotian, captain of Godwind Academy, was missing.
As for the former Elephant Armor Academy, since Yang Ming had destroyed the Elephant Armor Sect so early on, the academy had lost