"Y-you, you, you..." Bai Cangyue pointed at Toji, stammering, "Why did you never tell me?"
"Tch! Did you ever contact me? If I'd come looking for you, we probably would've ended up fighting like we did today." Toji sneered, turned, and walked away. "I'm leaving."
Bai Cangyue did not follow him. Instead, she cupped her hands toward everyone present, then vanished into a mass of shadows.
Only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the two Titled Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost, remained, staring at one another.
Naturally, Ning Fengzhi did not know Bai Cangyue, but she had just identified herself as an Honorary Consecrated Elder of Spirit Hall. Recalling Hei Ranbai's records and his mutated shadow martial soul, then connecting that to Bai Cangyue's shadow martial soul, the answer was obvious.
The child named Hei Ranbai was their son.
Ning Fengzhi drew in a sharp breath, the calculating gleam unique to a merchant flashing in his eyes. "Since she's only an Honorary Consecrated Elder, that means the Shadow Douluo isn't all that loyal to Spirit Hall. Perhaps we can win her over through His Excellency the Tyrant."
It did not matter if she refused to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, as long as she sided against Spirit Hall.
The battle had ended in the blink of an eye. All told, it had lasted barely more than half a minute.
Yet the overwhelming strength of Titled Douluo had still left everyone deeply shaken. These were the continent's greatest fighting forces, found only in Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects.
Tang San was excited. With his Purple Demon Eye, he had managed to make out Toji's face. That man was Hei Ranbai's father, which meant his good brother Hei Ranbai had come too.
There were still three