Ning Fengzhi's Despair (Please Keep Reading and Ask for Updates)

Qian Renxue's face went pale with horror. Her teeth chattered, and fear gripped her.

"That's impossible, isn't it? Poison Douluo is only level 92. Even if poison is his specialty, he couldn't poison an army of five hundred thousand!"

"That's five hundred thousand living, breathing people. All of them poisoned to death."

"After committing something so Heaven-Defying, isn't he afraid of divine retribution?"

To Qian Renxue, they were five hundred thousand living people. To Xiao Ran, they were just a statistic.

He had only frightened her because he thought it was fun.

"Poison Douluo's poison doesn't work well on Soul Masters above the Titled Douluo level, but against anyone below it, it's devastating."

"Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison spreads through blood. Every soldier it kills becomes a new source of poison. Through that chain reaction, Poison Douluo created a Death Zone at Jialing Pass."

Seeing Qian Renxue's pale face and vacant stare, Xiao Ran softened a little and tried to comfort her.

"Poison Douluo suffered divine retribution too. In the end, the Dugu Lineage died out completely."

Qian Renxue murmured, her eyes unfocused.

"Even if the Dugu Lineage dies out, it won't bring back five hundred thousand lives!"

Douluo Continent!

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace!

Dugu Bo's face had turned grim, and his body shook violently. His temperament was twisted, neither wholly righteous nor evil, and killing a few people was usually like child's play to him.

But learning that he would poison five hundred thousand people in the future left him feeling as though he could not breathe.

In a daze, he seemed to see countless wronged souls stretching without end like an ocean, swallowing him whole.

The Dugu Lineage... wiped out!

Dugu Bo's vision darkened again and again.

"Your Excellency, so you had a move like that up your sleeve! You can actually poison five hundred thousand troops of the Spirit Hall Empire. When our Heaven Dou Empire fights them in the future, we'll be counting on you."

Ning Fengzhi's face had gone somewhat pale from fright. When he spoke to Dugu Bo, his tone was so respectful that not a trace of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master's airs remained.

Now this was a true, ruthless butcher!

He had poisoned five hundred thousand people as easily as saying it.

Fortunately, they had never crossed him. If he did that to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the sect would be wiped out to the last member, even more thoroughly than in Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Operation.

"Haha! Well done, Your Excellency! Spirit Hall has committed every evil under the sun, and the Spirit Hall Empire is the source of the war ravaging the continent. You needn't feel troubled about poisoning five hundred thousand of their troops. It doesn't matter how many of them die. Once they're all dead, everything will be settled."

Yu Xiaogang's eyes burned. Ever since the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed, he had hated Spirit Hall to the bone.

He had already wanted to wipe Spirit Hall out. What Dugu Bo had done was exactly to his taste.

He kept urging Dugu Bo to set his mind at ease.

"Your Excellency, a petty man is no gentleman, and a man without poison is no man at all. You're among the finest men on this continent!"

"Poison is righteous when used for righteous ends and evil when used for evil ones! Xiao San uses poison too, and didn't he become the great and glorious Sea God?"

"The Spirit Hall Empire is steeped in sin. By poisoning its people, you're walking the righteous path. They deserved it, and you rid the people of a scourge."

"Think about it. You poisoned five hundred thousand troops of the Spirit Hall Empire, but indirectly saved a million, perhaps even ten million civilians of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. That's immeasurable merit."

Yu Xiaogang's frenzy sent a chill down even Dugu Bo's spine.

Those were five hundred thousand living people, not five hundred thousand steamed buns.

Dugu Bo was afraid. Thinking of how the Dugu Lineage would die out, he wanted to take Dugu Yan into the mountains and live in seclusion, never involving himself in the continent's affairs again.

His voice came out unnaturally hoarse as he stared straight at Yu Xiaogang.

"Grandmaster, my Dugu Lineage dies out! I don't know why my future self would do something so Heaven-Defying, but I absolutely cannot do it."

Yu Xiaogang's eyes were bloodshot, and he breathed like an ox as he thumped his chest in assurance. "What are you afraid of, Your Excellency? However many people die, they're people who deserve to die. If it comes to it, I'll share the burden with you."

"They serve the Spirit Hall Empire, so they deserve death. Think of them as pigs or dogs. Just don't think of them as people."

Dugu Bo opened his mouth, his pupils contracting slightly. Yu Xiaogang had gone mad. He could actually say that people should be treated like pigs and dogs.

Spirit Hall!

Qian Daoliu's eyes were bloodshot. He had thought Tang San would be the one to inflict the greatest harm on Spirit Hall. Instead, it was that inconspicuous Jade Phosphorous Serpent.

"Dugu Bo, this old man will kill you!"

Golden Crocodile and the other five echoed him loudly.

"He must die!"

Papal Hall!

Bibi Dong's thin lips curled in disdain. "Heh. As if Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison could compare with my Death Spider Emperor and Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor. The next time I see him, I'll kill him without a second thought."

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo bowed.

"The Pope is wise!"

Blue Star!

Seeing Qian Renxue so despondent, Xiao Ran decided to tell her something cheerful to lift her spirits.

"Don't worry. Tang San wants to win, and the Heaven Dou Empire wants to win, but it won't be that easy."

"After you and the Spirit Hall Empire were defeated, Bibi Dong emerged from seclusion, having inherited the Rakshasa God's divine position. With her help, you quickly recovered from your injuries."

"Though Tang San had deep reserves and was stronger, he couldn't defeat you and Bibi Dong together. In the end, Bibi Dong crushed his heart with her own hand."

Qian Renxue's eyes brightened. Forgetting all ladylike decorum, she slapped her thigh, sending a ripple through the flesh of her legs beneath her skirt.

"Good riddance! Tang San deserves to die! He should be hacked to pieces, his bones ground to dust and his ashes scattered. Bibi Dong only crushed his heart? He got off far too easily."

Xiao Ran shook his head with a rueful smile and continued.

"On the Heaven Dou Empire's side, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo charged out without a thought to recover Tang San's body. In the end, the sword broke and the bone shattered."

"Ning Fengzhi's hair turned white overnight. In the end, he was left to collect Sword Douluo's and Bone Douluo's bodies all alone."

"You can't talk about Tang San's hypocrisy and double standards without mentioning Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi. Dugu Bo gave up his medicinal garden, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and his lineage ended up dying out."

"As for Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, not only did it lose Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, but after the war, Tang San took away all its Hidden Weapons on the grounds that the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons were too powerful."

"Ning Fengzhi had paid for those Hidden Weapons. And without Sword Douluo or Bone Douluo, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed them just to maintain a show of strength. Tang San took them anyway."

"Ten thousand years later, all that remained of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was the name Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Otherwise, it had become a sect hidden from the world, with none of the standing it once had as the second-greatest sect under heaven."

Douluo Continent!

Heaven Dou Imperial City!

Ning Fengzhi's head swam. Sword broken, bone shattered. His hair white overnight. Every Hidden Weapon taken after the war. Nothing left of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect but the name Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, reduced to a sect hidden from the world.

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu..."

Dread rose in Ning Fengzhi's heart. His heart clenched, and despair gripped him. Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had escorted Tang San to Sea God Island and had yet to return.

Could it be that they'd already...

He regretted it. He regretted it deeply. Betting everything on Tang San had been the worst decision he had ever made.

"Pfft!"

Ning Fengzhi spat blood and toppled straight backward.