"If you don't want to run, then don't!"
"Stay here forever!"
A cold, hard voice drifted over on the wind.
The next moment, Qian Daoliu emerged from the darkness with the Sword of Judgment in hand and soared into the sky, stopping less than a hundred meters from Xue Ye, Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and the others.
Qian Daoliu's sudden appearance startled everyone.
An invisible killing intent radiated from Qian Daoliu. Anyone enveloped by it felt as though a sharp blade had been pressed against their neck.
The chill crawling down their spines made them shudder.
In the past, Qian Daoliu had treasured his reputation. Unwilling to tarnish either his own name or Spirit Hall's, he had always left himself some room to maneuver.
But the Sky Screen had revealed that Spirit Hall would be destroyed by their own idiotic decisions. They upheld honor, but their enemies did not.
Tang San was shameless, the Sea God was shameless, and the Asura God was even more shameless.
To fight people like them, Qian Daoliu had to become shameless too-and more shameless than anyone else.
This time, he would show no mercy.
Ge Long proved loyal enough. He drew his heavy sword, stepped in front of Xue Ye, and shouted, "Protect His Majesty!"
Several palace guards on either side drew their swords with trembling hands. Though they lacked any imposing presence, they at least stood in front of Xue Ye.
Xue Ye's face was deathly pale. If not for Ning Fengzhi's enhancements still supporting him, he would have fainted by now.
He raised a trembling finger and shouted, fierce in appearance but craven within:
"Great Enshrined, I address you as such out of respect. Even if you are the strongest man on the Douluo Continent, how dare you bully the Heaven Dou Empire like this!"
"By leading an attack on Heaven Dou City, you have made enemies of our empire's million mighty soldiers! The Heaven Dou Empire has over a hundred million citizens. If each of them spat once, they could drown every last member of Spirit Hall!"
As though he had heard a hilarious joke, Qian Daoliu tilted his head back, covered his face with his left hand, and laughed without restraint:
"So what if I am bullying your Heaven Dou Empire?"
"If I don't destroy your Heaven Dou Empire now, should I wait for you to destroy our Spirit Hall?"
"Hahaha..."
"Xue Ye, I don't mind telling you. Dai Hanting of the Star Luo Empire and the entire Star Luo Imperial Family have already died by my hand in a surprise attack."
"Today, you will meet the same fate!"
"What?!" Xue Ye's pupils shrank to pinpoints. Relations between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire had always been strained, and he had always regarded Dai Hanting as his enemy.
Yet now, hearing that his enemy Dai Hanting had already died at Qian Daoliu's hands, Xue Ye still felt the fox's sorrow at the rabbit's death.
"You won't succeed!"
"The Heaven Dou Empire has loyal ministers and capable generals! Grandmaster, attack! Sect Master Ning said that whoever gains the Grandmaster gains the world. Now show Qian Daoliu what you can do!"
Yu Xiaogang opened his mouth. Looking at Qian Daoliu's murderous bearing, his heart sank to rock bottom. He finally understood the consequences of boasting without thinking.
Me, fight Qian Daoliu???
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Before Yu Xiaogang could act, Ning Fengzhi rushed forward first, staring fixedly at Qian Daoliu without blinking.
"Qian Daoliu, I only have one question. Where are our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo now?"
Qian Daoliu turned toward him, a mocking smile appearing on his face, and pointed at the Sky Screen overhead.
"Just like the future shown on the Sky Screen, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo stood in my way, sacrificing their lives to buy Tang San time to escape. In the end... the sword broke, and the bones shattered..."
The sword broke, and the bones shattered!
Those words seemed to drain every last trace of vitality from Ning Fengzhi. His jet-black hair began turning white at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He swayed several times before collapsing onto his backside.
"I was such a fool!"
"I actually believed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's lies and sent Uncle Jian and Uncle Gu to escort Tang San to Sea God Island. I brought this fate upon them!"
"It was my fault! It was all my fault!"
"I was the one who doomed Uncle Jian and Uncle Gu..."
Ning Fengzhi wept as though his heart and guts were being torn apart, tears and snot streaming down his face. His heart spasmed as though a dagger had been driven into it.
On the Douluo Continent, perhaps only Dugu Bo could rival Ning Fengzhi as a hapless sucker.
The sword had broken, the bones had shattered, and the hidden weapons had been taken back after the war. Ning Rongrong had ascended to godhood, while their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had sacrificed everything, only to receive the hollow name of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
It hurt!
Ning Fengzhi wanted to die!
"Cry! You can take your time crying on the road to the underworld!"
Qian Daoliu raised the Sword of Judgment high.
"First Soul Skill, Angel Wheel Slash!"
"Oh no!" Yu Xiaogang cried out. Now he had no choice but to fight.
"Flender, Sister Erlong, Sun and Moon Radiance, Golden Transformation!"
Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, and four Soul Rings-two yellow and two purple-appeared around him. After consuming nine-grade purple ganoderma, his aptitude had improved, and over the years, he had become a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.
Eight Soul Rings appeared around Flender and Liu Erlong each: two yellow, two purple, and four black. They thrust their hands forward, sending all sixteen Soul Rings into Luo Sanpao's body.
With an ample supply of energy, Luo Sanpao began to transform. Dragon horns sprouted from his head, scales grew over his body, and his limbs became dragon claws. The hideous purple-skinned pig turned into a thirty-meter-long dragon, cutting quite an imposing figure.
"Roar!"
Luo Sanpao roared and charged forward fiercely, opening his jaws wide as terrifying Soul Power gathered in his throat. The strength of this attack rivaled that of a level ninety-five Peak Douluo.
But against the level ninety-nine Qian Daoliu, it was nowhere near enough.
The next instant!
A hundred-meter-long arc of golden sword energy tore through the air with the sound of ripping silk. Both the energy beam Luo Sanpao spat out and his own body were cleaved in two by that golden sword energy.
Panic and terror filled Luo Sanpao's dragon eyes. With a faint, almost inaudible cry, his severed body vanished into the air.
Even the Golden Sacred Dragon's final cry could not withstand a single strike from Qian Daoliu.
"Pfft!"
With Luo Sanpao destroyed, Yu Xiaogang, who shared his suffering, endured the backlash. Blood poured from his mouth in great gushes, his eyes rolled back, and he toppled stiffly backward.
"Xiaogang!"
Liu Erlong let out a heart-rending cry and threw herself onto Yu Xiaogang.
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is gone. You're all I have left. If you die today, I will never live on alone."
Flender coughed violently, as though he would cough up all his internal organs. He turned to look toward Shrek Academy, only to see flames already raging into the sky.
It was easy to imagine that Shrek Academy had surely been destroyed.
Flender's eyes were filled with venom, hatred, and fury as he roared:
"Aaaaaah... that damned Sky Screen! If it hadn't appeared, our Shrek Academy would have endured for tens of thousands of years at least!"
"I can't accept this..."
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