Five Flying Titled Douluo Terrify Heaven Dou City! Yue Guan Plays It Safe

"Spirit Hall? What are Spirit Hall's people doing here?"

Flender went pale with shock.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's face darkened.

"Xiaogang, what... what do we do?"

Flender looked at Tang Hao, lying in bed wrapped in bandages, and bitterly regretted not leaving sooner.

If only they had moved him somewhere else. Then Spirit Hall wouldn't have caught them here.

Bang!

Yue Guan gave them no time to recover. He kicked the door open.

"Well, well."

His gaze swept the room and landed at once on Tang Hao, unconscious beneath layers of gauze.

"So he really is here. Shrek, you've got some nerve! Men, arrest them all!"

At Yue Guan's order, the twenty-odd Spirit Hall soul masters he had brought surged forward.

They cuffed Flender and Yu Xiaogang with their hands behind their backs. Even Tang San, who had only just woken up, was brutally pinned to the floor.

"You—!"

Flender struggled, but with Yue Guan's strength as a Super Douluo, he knew it was useless. He would only earn himself a beating.

In the other rooms,

Zhao Wuji, who was recovering from his injuries, along with Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, were arrested and brought over too.

Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong weren't there. The two had left as soon as they returned.

Yue Guan approached Tang Hao's bed cautiously. The Clear Sky Douluo's fondness for Ring Detonation had left its mark on him.

He carefully reached out a finger and felt for Tang Hao's condition.

"Mm. I can sense it."

"Severe internal injuries. His soul power is circulating very slowly. Looks like Gui Mei was right. That old fellow from the Sun Moon Sect nearly killed Tang Hao with that blow."

"Take them away!"

At Yue Guan's signal, his men shoved Flender and the others out of the house.

"Xiaogang! You said you had a way, didn't you? Whatever it is, use it!"

Flender leaned toward Yu Xiaogang, his voice urgent.

He knew about Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong. At this point, the Papal Decree she had left Yu Xiaogang was their only hope.

"Wait!"

Yu Xiaogang shouted, "I have a Spirit Hall Papal Decree! Which of you dares arrest me?"

Silence fell. Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and the others looked at Yu Xiaogang with delight.

"That's Grandmaster for you! He even has a Papal Decree!"

"Thank goodness Grandmaster stepped in! We're saved!"

Yue Guan turned back suspiciously. "What did you say? You have a Papal Decree?"

Grandmaster snorted and jerked his arm.

Yue Guan signaled the soul masters on either side to release him. Yu Xiaogang pulled free and took a golden token from his clothes.

Yu Xiaogang said disdainfully, "To see the Papal Decree is to see the Pope herself! Release my students and get lost!"

Frowning, Yue Guan stepped closer and examined the Papal Decree in Yu Xiaogang's hand.

It really is a Papal Decree?!

Yue Guan was stunned—and baffled.

Where did this old bastard get it?

The Papal Decree was Spirit Hall's highest-ranking token. Even the elders of the Worship Hall had to show it some respect.

Yue Guan was dumbfounded. How could a no-name academy like Shrek produce a Papal Decree?

"Well..."

The Spirit Hall soul masters looked to Yue Guan.

"Let us go! Otherwise, when we get to Spirit Hall, the Pope will make you pay!"

Oscar and Ma Hongjun shouted.

They were talented soul masters whose martial souls had been awakened by Spirit Hall, and they knew quite a bit about it.

"Lord Yue Guan, should we...?" one of the Spirit Hall soul masters asked in a low voice.

"Hmph! Shrek has forged a Papal Decree! Add that to their charges. Take every last one of them!"

Yue Guan's expression hardened.

Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened as they seized him again. "Are you fucking blind? It's a real Papal Decree!"

Yue Guan snatched it from his hand. "The Pope can decide whether it's real. Take them away!"

"Fuck you!"

Yu Xiaogang exploded into furious curses.

Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others felt their hearts sink. Had Grandmaster really brought out a fake?

Yue Guan walked ahead with the token, turning the matter over in his mind.

Real or fake, he needed to bring these people before Bibi Dong first.

If it was fake, simple: throw them all in prison and kill Tang Hao.

If it was real, that was simple too. He would do whatever Bibi Dong decided.

He already had his excuse ready. He would say the token's paint had worn off with age, so he hadn't recognized it.

Yue Guan still leaned toward Yu Xiaogang having forged it, but there was no harm in being careful.

Things weren't like they used to be. Working under Bibi Dong these days, one wrong move could cost him his head. Yue Guan intended to tread carefully.

Sunset Forest.

Li Chen and the other four soon entered the forest. It was much smaller than the Star Dou Great Forest.

Because it lay near Heaven Dou City, plenty of soul masters came to Sunset Forest. Most in the area chose to hunt for soul rings here.

The five flew openly, heading straight for the forest's center.

"Look! Five people are flying!"

"Holy shit, are those five Titled Douluo?"

"No way. Some of them look so young! Titled Douluo at that age?"

On the ground, soul masters along their route cried out in astonishment.

After all,

apart from the skills granted by a few rare soul bones or soul rings,

flight in this era was an ability only Titled Douluo possessed!

"Quick! Report to the imperial family! Five Titled Douluo have entered Sunset Forest!"

The Heaven Dou City Defense Force stationed nearby was stunned. Its soldiers rushed into Heaven Dou City to deliver the news.

"Huh. They seem to think we're Titled Douluo," Meng Hongchen said with a smile.

Huo Yuhao smiled.

"They're not far off. With Soul Tools on my side, and with Titled Douluo of this era not even having soul cores, I might not lose to an average one."

Li Chen smiled and nodded.

Huo Yuhao wasn't exaggerating.

He had his first million-year Soul Spirit, the four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Empress as another Soul Spirit, and a gift for Soul Tools.

He would have little trouble fighting the mediocre Douluo of this era.

"Heaven Dou City's right next to us. You don't think the Heaven Dou Empire will send someone after us, do you?" Xiao Hongchen asked, a little worried.

"Relax. The Heaven Dou Empire doesn't even have a Titled Douluo. They'd have to borrow someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"And whoever they bring won't be a match for Elder Kong. Let's find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first."

Li Chen wasn't worried in the slightest.

Kong Deming's power rivaling a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo was no empty claim. Even Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Yu Yuanzhen together wouldn't be enough to beat him.

The five soon reached the Core Area of Sunset Forest. A stretch of poison miasma lay below them.

"That place is poisonous," Huo Yuhao sensed.

"It's fine. I came prepared."

Li Chen tossed out several Soul Tool gas masks.

"Just put these on. Let's go down."

Meng Hongchen caught one in surprise. Once they put the masks on, they found that the poison was blocked without hindering their breathing.