Boom!
Streaks of light shot out, with a dark green figure among them.
As a Guest Elder of the Body Sect, Dugu Bo had not been in the sect long, but he had no reason to stay out of this now.
The eleven crossed the square and rose into the sky above the sect.
Above the canyon, eight figures hovered in midair. Their leader wore purple-and-gold robes, her papal crown gleaming with a cold, dim luster in the twilight.
Seven people stood in a line behind Bibi Dong: Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and five other Spirit Hall elders, including Demon Bear, Ghost Leopard, and Ling Yuan.
The auras of eight Titled Douluos poured out without restraint.
"Those are... Titled Douluos! Eight whole Titled Douluos!"
In the square below, the newly arrived disciples looked up at the sky. At the sight of Bibi Dong and her companions, most instinctively took half a step back.
"Only eight. Our Body Sect has more Titled Douluos." The original Body Sect disciples were clearly much calmer.
"What are you panicking for!"
Jin Peng's voice rang throughout the Body Sect.
"Listen carefully, children. The ground beneath your feet belongs to the Body Sect! No disciple of our Body Sect shall ever bow to anyone!"
The disciples looked up.
Eleven figures had appeared in the sky, likewise standing in a line. None of their auras was inferior to those opposite them.
"Aoyu, what's going on?"
Hearing the commotion, Zhu Zhuqing ran out. Dressed in white, she came to Long Aoyu's side and asked softly.
"Who knows what madness has gotten into Spirit Hall's Pope? She brought a few elders here to make trouble."
Long Aoyu gave a brief explanation.
"Don't worry. Elder Jin Peng and the others can handle it."
Long Aotian and Vina had also come over, and they looked toward the sky together.
Jin Peng stopped looking down and turned his gaze back to the other side.
The Body Sect's eleven Titled Douluos faced off against Spirit Hall's eight across the sky.
"Old Poison?"
Yue Guan swept his gaze over the opposing lineup, visibly surprised when he spotted Dugu Bo-wasn't Old Poison a Guest Elder of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family? Why was he standing with the Body Sect?
But he did not ask.
Jin Peng spoke first, his voice neither servile nor overbearing. "Pope Bibi Dong, isn't it rather discourteous to come uninvited and turn up on our doorstep?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Yue Guan and Gui Mei, displeasure showing on his face.
"Yue Guan, Gui Mei, this wasn't how we did things when we discussed cooperation before."
"Ahem."
Yue Guan and Gui Mei were both somewhat embarrassed.
Indeed, they had represented Spirit Hall in the previous two rounds of cooperation talks. The Body Sect had shown them every courtesy, and the discussions had gone smoothly.
Flying straight above someone else's sect this time was rather improper.
Bibi Dong's expression was cold as she said, "I did not come today to discuss cooperation. A Soul Douluo from the Body Sect injured a deacon of our Spirit Hall in Soxina City."
"I have come to demand an explanation."
"Heh."
Jin Peng raised an eyebrow. He had not heard about this, but he did not simply accept Bibi Dong's one-sided account. Instead, he sneered.
"Then let me ask Your Holiness what that deacon did."
Jin Peng's stance was firm. "Our Body Sect's people would never attack without cause!"
A trace of displeasure flashed through Bibi Dong's eyes. "Elder Jin Peng, are you saying that the Body Sect's people can never be in the wrong?"
"Exactly!"
Jin Peng spoke calmly, without blushing or missing a heartbeat. "Everyone knows that our Body Sect's people have always been reasonable."
"If a disciple of our sect really did injure someone through a slip of the hand, then he must have had his reasons."
At those words.
Not only Bibi Dong, but all the Spirit Hall elders could not help cursing inwardly.
The Body Sect had always been reasonable?
What kind of joke was that?
Jin Peng's words thoroughly enraged Bibi Dong.
Her voice turned cold. "It seems the Body Sect has no intention of providing an explanation."
"Of course."
Jin Peng looked at her without yielding an inch.
"Bibi Dong, let this old man offer you a word of advice. If you insist on targeting our Body Sect, prepare to face our wrath!"
Bibi Dong's gaze darkened.
"You are not qualified to speak with me. Have your sect master come out."
At that.
Jin Peng's expression also turned cold. "We offered you face, and you threw it away."
"You want to see our sect master? With your strength, you aren't worthy!" Jin Peng spat, no longer showing Bibi Dong any courtesy.
The moment he said that.
Bibi Dong flew into a rage and immediately released her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul. Purple-black light surged from her body.
"You're courting death!"
Nine Soul Rings rose from beneath Bibi Dong's feet.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!
The Death Spider Emperor was Bibi Dong's first Martial Soul, with only one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
The Spider Emperor's phantom solidified behind her, its eight spider legs spreading. She moved, turning into a purple-black afterimage that lunged straight at Jin Peng.
"Brothers, all together!"
The instant Bibi Dong attacked, Jin Peng shouted.
He released his torso Martial Soul and actively triggered his Silver-Grade Second Awakening!
All eleven, Jin Peng included, attacked at once.
Eleven bursts of Soul Power erupted, blasting toward Bibi Dong simultaneously from different positions.
Bibi Dong had not expected Jin Peng and the others to fight so dirty, with eleven people ganging up on her alone. They were so fast that she had no time even to retreat.
Boom-
Jin Peng's giant golden hand, Elder Zhou's iron fist, Elder Qian's blazing heart fire, Elder Wei's sound waves, Elder Chen's Spiritual Attack...
The eleven Titled Douluos held nothing back in their attacks.
"This is bad!"
"Fourth Soul Skill, Thorn Spider Armor!"
Bibi Dong had only just raised her defenses when all eleven attacks struck her simultaneously.
Amid a series of violent explosions, Bibi Dong was sent flying backward.
Even her papal crown was knocked off!
Tears had also appeared all over her purple-and-gold robes. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and she looked utterly disheveled.
"Damn it!"
"How do any of you act like Titled Douluos?"
Bibi Dong coughed up blood incessantly. After steadying herself, her face was as dark as could be.
She turned to the seven Spirit Hall elders and roared furiously, "What are you waiting for!"
Without hesitation, Yue Guan and Gui Mei released their Martial Souls, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and a ghostly specter, and moved behind Bibi Dong.
The other five Spirit Hall elders followed closely, revealing their Martial Souls at the same time.
The Soul Power fluctuations above the Body Sect instantly climbed to their peak!
A melee was on the verge of erupting.
"Three of you, join me in surrounding Bibi Dong!" Jin Peng shouted, unleashing three enhancement-type Soul Skills in succession as he charged at Bibi Dong.
"All right!"
"Coming!"
Elder Qian, Chen Yuan, and Elder Zhou followed close behind, surrounding Bibi Dong.
The remaining seven Body Sect elders met Yue Guan and the others.
Exactly seven against seven.
Everyone on the Body Sect's side possessed a Soul Core, and apart from Dugu Bo, all had undergone a Silver-Grade Second Awakening of their body Martial Souls. Their combat strength was formidable.
The instant they clashed, the Body Sect gained the upper hand!
Yue Guan and Dugu Bo were on the outskirts of the battle. They had barely exchanged blows when Yue Guan transmitted his voice. "Old Poison, let's just go through the motions."
Hearing the voice transmission, Dugu Bo hesitated.
"Fine."
Dugu Bo thought that, as a rank-93 Titled Douluo, keeping Yue Guan, a rank-95 Titled Douluo, occupied was a gain however he looked at it.
And so,
The two began competing in acting skills.
They unleashed Soul Skills one after another, but each was "just barely" dodged by the other...
The others fought far more fiercely. Violent collisions rang out one after another, with furious curses sounding from time to time.
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