Preparations Begin

Yu Yuanzhen slumped in his chair and slowly closed his eyes.

The moment he closed them, the most horrifying memories from his past life flooded back into his mind.

It was as if he had returned to that night.

He saw Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo descend like grim reapers. He saw his clansmen scream in despair amid pools of blood.

Spirit Hall was too powerful.

So powerful that a single school like theirs could not possibly contend with it.

The hall fell silent. Everyone looked expectantly at Yu Yuanzhen, waiting for his final command.

When Yu Yuanzhen opened his eyes again, reality had shattered the pride and defiance in them.

He could not bear to watch the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School be destroyed again.

"Forget it... forget it..."

Yu Yuanzhen let out a miserable laugh. Two streams of tears slid from the corners of his eyes as he weakly waved his hand.

"Tianheng, take this letter... to the Heaven Dou Holy Hall. Tell Spirit Hall that our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School... surrenders..."

The Heaven Dou Holy Hall was brightly lit.

Dressed in black, Yu Tianheng strode into the hall. Without hesitation, he dropped to both knees in the center, raising Yu Xiaogang's handwritten plea for aid high in both hands. His voice trembled as he said,

"Yu Tianheng of the criminal Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School kowtows before His Highness the Holy Son and Her Holiness the Pope!"

"Tianheng offers this letter and intelligence as a token of submission, begging Her Holiness the Pope and His Highness the Holy Son for mercy. Please accept the sworn loyalty of the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School... unto death!"

The hall fell quiet.

After the time it took to burn half an incense stick, Ye Yuan turned to Bibi Dong beside him and chuckled.

"Sister Dong'er, looks like we guessed right. That old dragon of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School is a sensible, clever man after all. He didn't make us wait long."

Bibi Dong did not even spare Yu Tianheng a glance. In a light, casual tone, she said,

"They are indeed sensible. Consider them lucky. I had originally planned that if Yu Yuanzhen still hadn't surrendered by midnight, I would have Second Elder Golden Crocodile Douluo lead Qingluan, Lion, and Guangling, along with Moxiong, Guibao, Lingyuan, and Citun from the Elder Hall... eight Titled Douluo in total... for a little stroll through the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School's grounds."

Bibi Dong sighed somewhat helplessly, her red lips parting slightly.

"I had already arranged the manpower and planned to wipe that eyesore of a school clean tonight. Who would have thought they would kneel first? At least it saved the old gentlemen of the Elder Hall a midnight trip."

Listening to Bibi Dong's casual remarks, Yu Tianheng felt as though his mind were about to explode.

Second Elder Golden Crocodile Douluo! Qingluan, Lion, Guangling!

And the four great Titled Douluo of the Elder Hall!

Eight Titled Douluo in total, with four of them even being Super Douluo above rank ninety-six!

Yu Tianheng's scalp went numb, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

It was too terrifying.

If they had not decided to surrender tonight under the pressure of the war faction—

Then in merely two more hours...

No, not even two hours would have been needed. The thousands of lives in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School would have been wiped out completely.

What vengeance for the destruction of their school?

What hope of Tang San becoming a god?

Before such absolute power, it was nothing but a ridiculous joke.

"Tianheng... Tianheng thanks Her Holiness the Pope for sparing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School. Tianheng thanks His Highness the Holy Son for his boundless grace."

Yu Tianheng frantically kowtowed against the floor, his forehead striking the tiles with dull thuds.

He had truly been scared out of his wits.

"Enough. Since we're all people of Spirit Hall now, stop kowtowing."

Ye Yuan rose and walked over to Yu Tianheng. He took the letter from him and quickly skimmed through it.

Besides Yu Xiaogang's manipulative rhetoric, the most important thing in the letter was an agreed meeting place.

Yu Xiaogang begged Yu Yuanzhen to gather the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School's elite and meet the Jade Clear Sky School's reinforcements at Luoma Slope, thirty li outside Heaven Dou City, before charging into Heaven Dou City together to rescue Tang San.

"Luoma Slope? Heh, that fine patch of geomancy is perfect as the Clear Sky School's graveyard."

Then he looked at Yu Tianheng.

"Yu Tianheng, since the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School wishes to survive, I have your first task for you now."

Yu Tianheng's expression turned solemn.

"Please give your orders, Your Highness the Holy Son."

With his hands behind his back, Ye Yuan said quietly,

"Go back and tell Yu Yuanzhen to immediately use the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School's secret order to reply to Yu Xiaogang. Tell him this: The plea for aid has been received. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School shall commit all its strength. The school will lead its elite to meet the Clear Sky School in three days."

Yu Tianheng froze for a moment, then a chill ran down his spine.

His Highness the Holy Son was planning to... turn their scheme against them!

Ye Yuan walked to the map in the hall, his finger coming to rest on Luoma Slope as he slowly said,

"Once Yu Xiaogang receives this letter, Tang San and the others at Blue Ba Academy will have their minds put at ease. They will wait eagerly for you to rescue them."

"In three days, your school will arrive at the meeting point on time."

Ye Yuan turned around and looked at Yu Tianheng, speaking each word distinctly.

"Once the Clear Sky School lowers its guard, I want the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School to turn on them directly and stab them in the back! At the same time, our people from Spirit Hall will charge in from the outside. We'll strike from within and without, swallowing the Clear Sky School's elite reinforcements in one bite!"

Yu Tianheng's pupils contracted upon hearing this plan.

Turn on them at the meeting point?

He could practically imagine the disbelief in their eyes when the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School's lightning struck the Clear Sky School in the back.

Ye Yuan looked at the map and continued,

"Remember, not only must you kill them, you must wipe them out completely. Leave no survivors!"

Too vicious...

This scheme would not only annihilate the reinforcements Tang San had struggled so hard to summon, but would also use this betrayal as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School's pledge of complete allegiance to Spirit Hall!

"Tianheng... accepts the order!! The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School will fully cooperate with Your Highness the Holy Son and show absolutely no mercy!"

Yu Tianheng pressed his head deeply against the floor.

As for how Spirit Hall would make use of this matter afterward, that was no longer something he had the right to ask about. All he had to do now was grit his teeth and serve as this blade of slaughter!

"Go. Have Yu Yuanzhen make the preparations. In three days, we meet at Luoma Slope."

Ye Yuan waved his hand.

"Yes! This subordinate takes his leave!"

Yu Tianheng rose and respectfully withdrew from the side hall. He did not even dare wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Watching Yu Tianheng's figure vanish into the night, Bibi Dong slowly rose from her grand chair and walked to Ye Yuan's side. Her alluring phoenix eyes swirled with undisguised admiration and killing intent.

"Little Yuan, this move of yours, striking from within and without, will probably make those people from the Clear Sky School die with their eyes wide open."

Bibi Dong's slender jade finger lightly traced across Luoma Slope on the map as she softly asked,

"Since you plan to swallow the Clear Sky School's elite whole at Luoma Slope and leave no survivors, who do you intend to send to close the net?"

Ye Yuan wrapped an arm around Bibi Dong's soft, slender waist.

"Since the Clear Sky School is being so accommodating, we cannot be stingy either. Aside from Elder Golden Crocodile staying behind to guard the Holy Hall, send out all seven of the Titled Douluo Sister Dong'er named earlier!"

"In three days, at Luoma Slope, I want the Clear Sky School's blood to dye the ground outside Heaven Dou City red!"