"Hiss!"
With a faint sound, the purple-black flame finally dispersed completely. High in the sky, a black-robed youth with a heavy ruler strapped to his back hovered, beating his Ice-Fire Dual-Colored Bone Wings.
"Heh, Spirit Hall, you certainly have some nerve!"
"You ambushed me on my way to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. If not for Qian Daoliu, I would have turned against you long ago. Now you dare attack again? I'll make sure none of you return alive."
The black-robed youth hovered in midair, his cold laughter slowly echoing across the sky and making everyone from Spirit Hall abruptly stiffen.
"Xiao Yan? You're Xiao Yan?"
After staring blankly for a moment beneath that cold laughter, the two black-clad Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall cried out in shock.
"Didn't His Holiness the Pope say Slaughter City was destroyed and Xiao Yan was trapped inside? Otherwise, she probably wouldn't have attacked Jia Nan Academy." Clutching his chest, Chrysanthemum Douluo looked deathly pale and utterly incredulous. In a panic, he said, "Old Ghost, once the fighting starts, we both flee immediately. Don't hesitate."
Meanwhile, in Spirit City, at the Pope's Hall.
A layer of frost seemed to have settled over the Council Hall within the Pope's Hall. Only two people were present: Bibi Dong, seated in the place of honor, and Qian Renxue, standing a short distance before her, having changed back into women's clothing and looking valiant and imposing.
Qian Renxue stood a dozen meters across from Bibi Dong, glaring at her fiercely. "Bibi Dong, have you gone mad? Didn't I warn you not to touch anyone from Jia Nan Academy?"
"Heh, must I obey everything you say?" Bibi Dong showed no fear of Qian Renxue's fierce bearing. Instead, she remained utterly composed. "You're worried about that boy