Qian Daoliu Grew Wary, Azure Luan Douluo Took Action

The main hall of the Worship Hall.

The brothers Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo returned, both looking somewhat bedraggled. Demon Subduing Douluo was especially worse for wear, with half his face badly swollen and red, making him look rather comical.

They looked at Qian Daoliu, who stood with his hands clasped behind his back, and both cupped their hands. "Eldest Brother!"

Qian Daoliu turned toward them. At the sight of Demon Subduing Douluo's swollen face, even his normally placid expression betrayed a trace of surprise.

"Jiang Mo, what happened to your face...?"

Qian Daoliu asked.

Demon Subduing Douluo touched his injured face. It burned with pain.

"Eldest Brother, we failed you. Neither of us could defeat him, and I even got kicked in the face!"

Demon Subduing Douluo looked indignant.

He had truly lost face this time, but what could he do when his skills fell short? His face had been kicked swollen, yet he did not even know who had struck him.

"The two of you still couldn't force him to reveal himself?"

"Tell me what happened!"

Qian Daoliu looked at the brothers, his expression growing more solemn.

He knew their strength. Together, they were a match for a rank ninety-eight Titled Douluo.

To think even that level of strength had failed to uncover the person behind this. It made him suspect that this visitor had come with ill intent.

Qian Jun and Jiang Mo exchanged a glance, then recounted their battle with the mysterious Douluo exactly as it had happened.

"Eldest Brother, do you know of any Douluo in this world with abilities that absurd?"

After finishing his account, Demon Subduing Douluo could not help asking.

He desperately wanted to know who had hit him. Only then would he have a chance to take revenge.

Qian Daoliu shook his head slightly and said helplessly, "I don't. Across the entire Douluo Continent, no Titled Douluo possesses spatial abilities that powerful!"

"He could be a newly ascended Titled Douluo, or he might be deliberately concealing his identity!"

As Qian Daoliu analyzed the situation, light flickered in his eyes, and he sank into thought.

"Eldest Brother, could he be here for you?"

Seeing Qian Daoliu's thoughtful expression, Qian Jun Douluo could not help offering that guess.

"It's possible."

"He has kept his abilities deeply hidden. Perhaps he really is here for me."

The same possibility had just occurred to Qian Daoliu.

An utterly mysterious Douluo was lurking in Spirit City. Now that he had emerged, he had ignored the Supreme Pontiff and attacked the Worship Hall instead. If he was not here for Qian Daoliu, who else could he be after?

"Eldest Brother, have you guessed his identity?"

Qian Jun Douluo's expression changed as he asked.

"No."

Qian Daoliu shook his head again. Ever since he had become a rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo, there had been scarcely any Douluo on the entire Douluo Continent capable of standing against him.

And none of those who had a grudge against him possessed powerful spatial abilities.

"Eldest Brother, could it be someone from the Clear Sky Sect?"

Qian Jun Douluo ventured another guess.

At present, perhaps only powers such as the Clear Sky Sect could challenge Spirit Hall on the continent.

"The Clear Sky Sect's martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer. They couldn't possibly possess such a powerful Space Martial Soul!"

"Whoever is behind this must have an extraordinary background!"

Qian Daoliu waved a hand. He knew the Clear Sky Sect all too well. They were currently hiding with their heads tucked into their shells and were unlikely to send a Douluo specifically to stir up trouble in Spirit City.

So, no matter how much he pondered it, he simply could not work out who had come to cause trouble in Spirit City.

"Eldest Brother, if it isn't those hammer-wielders from the Clear Sky Sect, who else could it be?"

"Don't tell me some monstrous Douluo has emerged from Slaughter City?"

Demon Subduing Douluo muttered.

"Slaughter City!"

"That doesn't seem likely."

Qian Daoliu rejected that possibility as well. That place bred lunatics, and once they attacked, they were bloodthirsty. They would not merely kick Demon Subduing Douluo's face swollen.

This person's actions were not intended to kill, but to slap the Worship Hall in the face.

"Eldest Brother, if it's neither this nor that, then who on earth is it?"

"I will avenge that kick to my face!"

Demon Subduing Douluo was growing impatient.

"Then let us do this. Since he wishes to probe the Worship Hall's stance and hidden strength, I shall oblige him!"

A fierce light suddenly blazed in Qian Daoliu's eyes as he made his decision.

"Azure Luan Douluo, come out here!"

Qian Daoliu called in a booming voice.

"Yes."

A reply came from a space within the Worship Hall.

The next moment, an elderly man with short blue hair strode out and appeared before them. He wore azure robes, and his eyes were cold and penetrating.

"My respects, Eldest Brother!"

Azure Luan Douluo saluted.

Qian Daoliu raised a hand and said gravely, "Azure Luan, someone is causing trouble in Spirit City. Neither Qian Jun nor Jiang Mo could subdue him. Join them, capture the person behind this, and bring him to the Worship Hall."

"I will interrogate him personally!"

Qian Daoliu gave his orders.

Since the person behind this refused to show himself and kept skulking in the shadows, how could Qian Daoliu possibly let the matter rest?

"Oh? Someone actually dares run wild in Spirit City?!"

"Utterly outrageous!"

Azure Luan Douluo's expression grew cold. He seemed somewhat surprised that anyone could be so brazen.

"Go."

Qian Daoliu waved his hand.

"Yes, Eldest Brother!"

Azure Luan, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo all cupped their hands.

The three turned and walked outside.

"Azure Luan Douluo, with you taking action this time, surely the person behind this won't be able to hide any longer."

Demon Subduing Douluo sounded expectant.

Azure Luan Douluo's martial soul was a divine bird. Once he unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, he gained extraordinarily keen perception and would surely be able to find the person hiding behind the scenes.

"Jiang Mo, what sort of Douluo did you encounter to have your face beaten like that?"

Azure Luan Douluo noticed the redness and swelling on Demon Subduing Douluo's face and asked in some surprise.

"Ah, don't bring it up. He's a Douluo with a Space Martial Soul. His spatial abilities are too powerful, and he seized an opening to ambush us brothers."

Demon Subduing Douluo hurriedly turned his face aside to hide its unsightly state.

"A Douluo with a Space Martial Soul?"

"Very well. I shall see what skulking rat dares act so insolently in Spirit City!"

Light flashed in Azure Luan Douluo's eyes as his fighting spirit ignited.

A short while later, the three Douluo arrived at the site of the earlier battle.

"Azure Luan Douluo, this is the place!"

"I wonder if that mysterious Douluo has fled?"

Demon Subduing Douluo said.

"All right, I'll take a look."

"Let's see what manner of creature dares run wild in Spirit City. I'll drag him out, tear out his tendons, and flay his skin."

"Martial Soul Avatar!"

Azure Luan Douluo barked coldly. Without the slightest hesitation, soul power surged through him, and he soared into the air, transforming into an enormous azure luan bird. Sacred and magnificent, he radiated tremendous power.

A peculiar light flickered in his eyes in particular. As he swept his cold gaze downward, he seemed capable of detecting unusual movements.

Another Douluo has arrived. Judging by his martial soul, he should be Azure Luan Douluo from the Worship Hall.

Let's see whether he can detect my presence!

Li Tianyuan was still cultivating in the same spot.

Just as he had expected, Qian Daoliu had indeed dispatched another powerful Douluo.

This time, however, he intended to strike first and continue testing the capabilities of his soul skills.