Night over the plains was thick and heavy, like a thick quilt draped over the Earth Goddess. All around was still, making the chirping of crickets especially piercing. Even three meters underground, the rhythmic pattering of a groundhog could be heard.
Twenty figures dressed in black advanced toward a pass ahead under cover of darkness.
"Jialing Pass is up ahead. If we go any farther, it'll be difficult to approach without being detected by the patrols and hidden sentries."
Enveloped in a black robe, Xue Qinghe lowered his voice and cast a complicated glance at Dugu Bo beside him.
Dugu Bo nodded and gazed at the black walls ahead. "We're still two hundred meters from Jialing Pass. It's a little far, but I'm confident I can spray my venom from here and slaughter the entire city."
"Then there's no time to lose. Hurry and act before anything changes," Xue Qinghe urged.
To improve their chances of success tonight, Xue Qinghe and Dugu Bo had brought only eighteen people with them.
Dugu Bo nodded and stamped his foot. Nine Soul Rings lit up around him, and emerald-green Soul Power condensed into a giant emerald python behind his back.
"Old Poison, what took you so long? You certainly kept us waiting!"
The light shining from Dugu Bo was like a signal flare. The instant it lit up, more than a hundred people came hurtling toward them from over five hundred meters away.
"Demon Subduing Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, Su Chen!"
Dugu Bo's expression grew grave, his white brows knitting tightly. Among the three leading figures were none other than the Sixth and Seventh Worshippers of Spirit Hall's ten great worshippers. As for the man standing at the very front, he was actually Spirit Hall's former His Holiness the Pope and the current