Yet there was no fear on Qian Renxue's face. She had never intended to flee with her hands and feet bound by fear.
"Since my identity has been exposed, I'll kill my way out!"
Qian Renxue shouted coldly, and six dazzling golden wings spread from her back.
Her sacred Angel Martial Soul possessed her, and seven Soul Rings-two yellow, two purple, two black, and one red-pulsed around her, making her look like a goddess of war descended to the mortal world.
Beside her, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo also released their Martial Souls simultaneously.
Two terrifying waves of pressure belonging to Titled Douluos soared into the sky, sending the vanguard soldiers charging into the crown prince's residence flying.
Although Heaven Dou Imperial City had numerous troops, it had no true Titled Douluo stationed there. Its strongest combatants were merely a few royal enshrined at the Soul Douluo level.
Against a breakout by a Seven-Ring Soul Sage with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and two nine-ring Titled Douluos, these ordinary soldiers were nothing but cannon fodder.
A brutal battle to break out erupted in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Shrek Academy.
When Ning Fengzhi read the information about Qian Renxue on the Firmament, he felt as though lightning had struck him, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Qinghe... was actually Qian Renxue, Spirit Hall's young master, in disguise?!" Even Ning Fengzhi's voice was trembling.
He recalled his painstaking instruction of "Xue Qinghe" over the past ten years, and how many of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources and connections he had used to help "Xue Qinghe" ascend to power.
He had even once regarded "Xue Qinghe" as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's greatest future pillar of support!
Who could have imagined that the prized pupil he took such pride in was a venomous snake lurking in the shadows?
If the Firmament had not exposed her today, once Qian Renxue finished stealing the empire, the first she would eliminate would probably be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"That was close... far too close!" Ning Fengzhi forced himself to calm down.
He turned toward Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo beside him and said gravely:
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, the situation has changed! With Qian Renxue's identity exposed, Heaven Dou Imperial City is bound to descend into chaos. If Emperor Xue Ye captures Qian Renxue alive, he will certainly use her to threaten Spirit Hall. We must hurry to Heaven Dou Imperial City immediately and help His Majesty take Qian Renxue down. We cannot let her return to Spirit Hall alive, or there will be no end to the trouble!"
"All right, we'll leave at once!" Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo also realized the gravity of the situation and immediately prepared to summon their Martial Souls and take flight.
Just as they were about to leave, a cold laugh, effeminate and shrill, suddenly rang out above the grounds.
"Hehehe... Sect Master Ning, where are you going in such a hurry? As I see it, none of you are going anywhere today."
Two figures appeared out of thin air above Shrek Academy.
The man on the left wore golden armor and had bewitching features. He toyed with a peculiar chrysanthemum in his hand.
The man on the right was shrouded in black mist, his face obscured, with only a pair of eyes flickering with eerie green ghost-fire showing.
They were none other than the two great elders of Spirit Hall's Papal Hall-Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei!
The two had originally been acting on Bibi Dong's secret orders to come to Shrek Academy and capture Tang Hao and Xiao Wu, that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit.
But along the way, they had encountered three enshrined from the Worship Hall who had been sent by Qian Daoliu to capture Tang Hao and the others-the Fifth Enshrined, Light Feather Douluo; the Sixth Enshrined, Qian Jun Douluo; and the Seventh Enshrined, Demon Subduing Douluo.
Although Spirit Hall was internally divided into the Papal Hall and Worship Hall factions, with constant overt and covert struggles between them,
their goals were aligned when facing external enemies and safeguarding Spirit Hall's core interests.
Moreover, Light Feather Douluo and the other two enshrined were all level-96 Peak Douluos, stronger than the level-95 Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos.
In the Soul Master World, strength determined who had a say. Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos could only obediently follow the three enshrined's orders.
Light Feather Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo also slowly descended from the air.
Holding a longbow, Light Feather Douluo looked at Ning Fengzhi with icy eyes and sneered:
"Sect Master Ning, the Firmament has only just exposed our young master's identity, and your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is already rushing to Heaven Dou City. Could it be that you want to help the Heaven Dou Imperial Family capture our young master alive and use her to threaten Spirit Hall?"
Ning Fengzhi's expression darkened, but he said nothing.
Light Feather Douluo continued, "Our young master is the pearl in our Great Enshrined's palm, and more importantly, Spirit Hall's hope for the future. With us old fellows here, none of you will take so much as half a step out of Shrek Academy today!"
At the sight of these five Titled Douluos from Spirit Hall who had suddenly arrived, Sword Douluo Chen Xin's and Bone Douluo Gu Rong's expressions changed instantly.
"Chrysanthemum Guan, Gui Mei, and... three old fellows from the Worship Hall!" Sword Douluo tightened his grip on the Seven Kill Sword, cold sweat seeping from his palm.
Their situation could not have been worse.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were both level-95 Titled Douluos, and they also possessed the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, "Two Extremes Stillness Domain."
The three from the Worship Hall were level-96 Peak Douluos.
Even though he, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, was reputed to have the greatest attack power in the world, he could at best barely defeat one of those enshrined.
And although Bone Douluo Gu Rong's defensive power was astonishing, he could not withstand a joint assault by two Peak Douluos.
Even though Ning Fengzhi's Martial Soul had now evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, greatly enhancing his support abilities,
before this absolute disparity in strength, the three of them facing Spirit Hall's five Titled Douluos meant ten deaths and no survival, with no chance of victory.
"Qian Jun, Jiang Mo." Light Feather Douluo drew the ice-crystal longbow in his hands, pointing the arrowhead straight at Ning Fengzhi, and instructed without turning his head:
"You brothers go capture Tang San and that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit alive first. As for these three fellows from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leave them to me and Elders Chrysanthemum and Ghost."
"Yes, Fifth Brother!" Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo answered in unison.
The twin brothers simultaneously summoned their Martial Souls-the Coiling Dragon Staff!
"San, Xiao Wu, run!"
Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders nearly shattered. Under the pressure of Titled Douluos, they could barely even resist.
Qian Jun Douluo laughed savagely and walked toward Tang San, swinging his Coiling Dragon Staff.
At that hair's-breadth moment, a furious shout exploded above Shrek Academy.
"Let's see who dares touch my son!"
Boom-!
An enormous Clear Sky Hammer, pitch-black and covered in dark-gold demonic patterns, slammed down hard onto the path before Qian Jun Douluo.
The violent shock wave drove Qian Jun Douluo back.
Immediately afterward, a tall, powerfully built figure like a demonic god appeared in front of Tang San.
He wore a tattered black cloak, his disheveled hair whipping wildly, and tightly gripped the Clear Sky Hammer that radiated an aura of destruction.
Nine Soul Rings pulsed beneath his feet, most notably the final, red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
The newcomer was none other than Clear Sky Douluo, whose might shook the continent-Tang Hao!
Like an insurmountable mountain, Tang Hao blocked all the pressure from Spirit Hall's five Titled Douluos, shielding Tang San and Xiao Wu behind him.
"Dad!"
As Tang San gazed at his father's broad, imposing back, his eyes instantly grew wet, his expression filled with admiration and excitement.
Qian Jun Douluo steadied himself and looked at Tang Hao, who had suddenly charged out:
"Tang Hao! You're a fugitive wanted by Spirit Hall, yet you actually dare deliver yourself right to our door."
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