Meanwhile, on the official road several hundred li outside Longxing City.
"Huff... huff... breathe..."
A ragged middle-aged man, reeking of filth, limped along the roadside.
Yu Xiaogang's face was caked with dried mud. His lips were cracked and peeling from dehydration, and every step his worn-through soles took left a faint bloody print on the ground.
His Level 29 Soul Power had long since been exhausted. He could not even summon Luo Sanpao anymore.
Yet a stubborn obsession still burned in his eyes.
"Longxing City... is right ahead... Tang San, your teacher is coming for you... This time, I'll definitely make it..."
The Grandmaster muttered as he dragged his nearly crippled right leg, staggering toward the towering city at the edge of his vision.
However...
"Rumble!"
A thunderous roar suddenly sounded in the sky.
Yu Xiaogang stiffly raised his head and looked toward the clear blue sky behind him.
High above, nine Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Dragon soul beasts, each radiating dazzling golden light, pulled an enormous and luxurious Golden Sedan Chair through the clouds, flying toward Longxing City with an utterly domineering and ostentatious bearing!
Several Titled Douluo-level experts faintly escorted the sedan chair through the air. Sacred angel feathers and violent Rakshasa evil aura reflected off one another, dyeing half the sky an eerie color.
Yu Xiaogang collapsed into a muddy roadside ditch. Watching the sedan chair that represented the highest authority on the entire continent speed past, he finally could not hold back his tears any longer.
"Spirit Hall... Bibi Dong... Qian Renxue..."
"Why are you... always faster than me..."
Inside the sedan chair, the space was as spacious as a traveling luxury palace.
Ye Yuan sat on a soft sofa, his right hand lightly stroking the Primal Genesis Sword resting across his knees.
"Xiao Yuan, what are you thinking about? You're so absorbed."
Qian Renxue reclined elegantly on the opposite side, her platinum miniskirt making her long, fair legs look even more dazzling.
She extended a jade-like finger and lightly flicked the spine of the Primal Genesis Sword, producing a crisp sword chime.
"I was wondering just how far this sword's defense-piercing ability can go."
Ye Yuan answered honestly. He had no memories of the God War from his previous life in his mind now. To him, he was merely a lucky man who had inexplicably risen from a useless Martial Soul to awaken dual God-Level Martial Souls in one leap.
He was filled with curiosity and eager excitement toward battle.
"Hehe, since Xiao Yuan wants to test it, the Defense Clan is the best target."
Bibi Dong sat nearby, her dark purple qipao accentuating her mature and graceful figure.
She elegantly lifted a cup of tea and took a sip, her phoenix eyes full of affection and gentleness.
"The Defense Clan's Plate Armor Rhinoceros Martial Soul possesses peerless defensive power. Their old clan leader, Niu Gao, is now an eight-ringed Soul Douluo. The outer walls of his residence, reinforced by his own Soul Power, are as solid as bedrock. An ordinary attack-type Soul Ancestor could not even break through the Dark Iron Stone Wall of their outer courtyard."
"You may only be Level 39 now, but you possess God-Level Martial Souls and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. If you can use the Primal Genesis Sword to cleave apart the solid defense maintained by a Soul Douluo's Soul Power with a single strike, it will prove that your Genesis Nullification trait can already cross the gulf of several major realms and forcibly erase the defenses of high-level experts."
Qian Renxue pouted somewhat unwillingly after hearing that. She moved to Ye Yuan's side and grabbed his arm.
"Xiao Yuan, Xue'er will watch from the side when the time comes. If that old turtle's shell is too hard, you don't need to force yourself. One Angel Strike from Xue'er will help you find a way to tear it apart. Even if he's a Soul Douluo, he won't last long before my sacred flames."
"Xue'er, what do you know, child?"
Bibi Dong shot Qian Renxue a sidelong glance, looking at her with an amused smile.
"The Primal Genesis Sword's trait is to reverse all defenses into primordial Soul Power. No matter how strong Niu Gao's defense is, it is still constructed from Soul Power. Xiao Yuan is going to verify his Martial Soul's trait, not show off. I brought so many people with me. Do we still need you to act?"
Qian Renxue clenched her silver teeth and lightly kicked Ye Yuan's ankle beneath the table with her white silk-clad jade foot, muttering under her breath.
"Xiao Yuan, you'd better prove yourself and let certain women who love lecturing people see that you don't need anyone worrying pointlessly over you."
Caught between the two women, Ye Yuan could only smile bitterly in silence.
Still, as he looked at the white jade sword in his hand, flowing with faint Primordial Light, a powerful fighting spirit rose in his heart.
With the strength of Level 39, I'm going to directly challenge a city wall defense personally reinforced by an eight-ringed Soul Douluo?
I really want to see how many seconds a Soul Douluo's turtle shell can last before my Genesis Nullification.
Meanwhile, Longxing City.
As an important hub in the southern region of the Heaven Dou Empire, Longxing City's atmosphere today was strangely unsettling.
"Rumble!"
When the Golden Sedan Chair pulled by nine Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Dragons hovered over the city, the entire city was instantly placed under strict lockdown by Spirit Hall's Holy Emperor Warriors and Holy Hall Knights.
The city's commoners and low-level soul masters all shut themselves inside, trembling in fear.
Before the massive residence of the Defense Clan, a dense mass of Spirit Hall elites had already surrounded the entire estate so thoroughly that not even water could pass through.
"People of the Defense Clan, listen up! Hand over the wanted criminals Tang Hao, Tang San, and Gu Rong!"
A burly middle-aged man with a fierce face stepped forward. Two yellow, two purple, and four black Soul Rings lit up around him.
The Elephant Armor School's sect leader, the Soul Douluo Huyan Zhen!
He waved his massive hand and cursed furiously at the tightly shut gates of the Defense Clan.
"Niu Gao! You old stubborn fool! Spirit Hall's holy carriage has arrived, and Her Holiness the Pope and His Highness the Holy Son have come in person! If you still refuse to open the gates and surrender, then today, my Elephant Armor School will act personally and flatten your Defense Clan!"
In this life, Huyan Zhen was eager to demonstrate his loyalty before Spirit Hall. Especially after hearing that they had come to test Holy Son Ye Yuan's sword, he spared no effort in trying to take the lead and display his value.
"Huyan Zhen! You lackey of Spirit Hall!"
"Boom!"
The tightly shut Heavy-Duty Dark Iron Gate burst open with a deafening roar.
Niu Gao, the clan leader of the Defense Clan, strode out with several dozen direct disciples who were just as burly as he was.
Niu Gao's eyes were red. The same eight powerful yellow, purple, and black Soul Rings flashed around him as he glared furiously at Huyan Zhen.
"In our previous life, your Elephant Armor School became Spirit Hall's cannon fodder and ended up annihilated. Yet in this life, you still refuse to wake up and shamelessly come back to be their dog!"
"Our previous life?"
Huyan Zhen was briefly stunned. Then a cruel, savage smile appeared on his face.
"Hahaha! So you old ox also returned to life with your memories! If that's the case, you should understand even better that Spirit Hall is invincible in this life! The Grand Worshiper and Pope's Palace joined forces long ago. Your Tang Sect is finished!"
"Hand over that cripple Tang Hao and Tang San if you know what's good for you. Otherwise, today will be the day your Defense Clan is wiped out!"
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