The Lion King led his fleet away.
By now, everyone across the Douluo Continent knew that Hades was about to revive.
The Heaven Dou Empire.
Dressed in the luxurious robes of a prince, Xue Qinghe said, "Tang San, I believe you alone are suited to this task. I must entrust you with the grave responsibility of stopping Hades's revival and recovering our Heaven Dou Empire's nation-guarding divine artifact."
Xue Qinghe spoke earnestly.
The emergence of the Underworld's forces had completely disrupted her Spirit Hall's plans.
Had he not needed to conceal his identity, he truly would have wanted to soar into the sky and fight the Lion King just now!
What a pity.
"Rest assured, Crown Prince. Even without you asking, the Lion King dared to snatch the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and injure my teacher right before my eyes. I, Tang San, will never let him off!"
As he spoke, Tang San clenched both fists.
His knuckles crackled.
A trace of killing intent appeared in his eyes.
Just then, Yu Xiaogang walked over. "Little San, you needn't worry either. Although the Lion King is powerful, that attack he unleashed just now didn't injure anyone. Based on my many years of research into Soul Power, he should be the type whose thunder booms loudly but whose rain falls lightly."
"Exactly. He was bluffing to make us wary, and he actually managed to fool us all just now."
"Little San, back then, you managed to defeat the Spirit Hall Golden Generation with only Soul Elder cultivation. Now, even facing the Underworld's forces, who are stronger than you, you should still feel that you're no weaker than them!" Flender said, adjusting his glasses.
Liu Erlong stood beside Yu Xiaogang, holding his hand. "But if Little San and the others want to stop Hades's revival, how will they reach the Underworld?"
"Well..."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others exchanged glances before turning their gazes toward the Heavenly Screen.
At that very moment.
Spirit Hall.
"What an overbearing Seven Injuries Tribulation strike. Fourth Brother, how does this desperate lion compare to you?" Qian Daoliu watched the battle footage on the Heavenly Screen.
At last, he spoke.
The curtain fell.
Spirit Hall's other five offerings all turned their eyes toward Mighty Lion Douluo.
"He's merely a little bigger. Had I been there, I would have won."
Mighty Lion Douluo flexed his wrist.
He displayed absolute confidence in himself, bordering on conceit.
"Big Brother, if you ask Fourth Brother, naturally he'll say he would win. Of all of us, he's the most competitive."
The taciturn Third Offering, Azure Luan Douluo, finally spoke.
His expression, however, remained fairly calm.
"Hades is about to revive, but... the more critical the moment, the less we can afford to throw ourselves into disarray."
Qian Daoliu said nothing.
Demon Subduing Douluo could no longer sit still. "Third Brother, you're too cautious. If you ask me, all nine of us brothers should charge into the Underworld together and chop that Hades fellow to pieces. Let's see who the true calamity of the Douluo Continent is!"
His voice brimmed with viciousness.
A ferocious air also showed on his face.
"Little Brother, don't be rash. We'll follow Big Brother's orders." Beside him, his elder twin brother, Qian Jun Douluo, could not help shaking his head at his impulsiveness.
He immediately pressed a hand onto Demon Subduing Douluo's shoulder.
"..."
Inside the Pope's Palace.
As they watched the scene on the Heavenly Screen in which the Lion King's all-out strike instantly razed Heaven Dou Imperial City to the ground.
Everyone in the hall fell silent as cicadas in winter.
"What an Underworld! What a Lion King!"
Pope Bibi Dong rose.
Just now, she had seen that Yu Xiaogang seemed to have been injured.
The Lion King must have injured him!
At the sight, concern instantly threw her into disarray. "Yue Guan!"
"At your service."
Yue Guan dared not say anything further, for he had served under Bibi Dong for many years.
He knew His Holiness the Pope's temperament. Although Bibi Dong had yet to issue an order, he was already extremely nervous.
"Mobilize every force under Spirit Hall!"
"I shall soon march upon-the Underworld!"
After uttering those final two words.
She rose, her chest held high, killing intent in her eyes.
"What!?"
At that same moment, Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo looked up almost simultaneously, shock appearing on their faces.
"But, Your Holiness, these people from the Underworld are elusive. In the blink of an eye, they've already vanished without a trace..."
An embarrassed expression appeared on Yue Guan's face.
However.
In the very next second.
[The Underworld's forces have obtained the Xuanming Key. Countdown to Hades's revival: 100 days] [During this period, stopping Hades's revival can save the continent from catastrophe] [The first stop on the route into the Underworld has opened: Thunder Mountain Range]
Thunder Mountain Range!
On the Heavenly Screen.
A mountain range appeared.
It was an enormous mountain range covered in lightning.
And among those mountains, Nine Dragons Mountain was the main peak.
As they watched the scene on the Heavenly Screen.
Everyone found it increasingly familiar.
"Isn't that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's headquarters?"
Yue Guan spoke in a soft, effeminate voice, covering his mouth with his hand. His eyes shone with disbelief.
"Thunder Mountain Range?"
"Very good. We have the location. Yue Guan, I want you to lead... no, this time, I will go myself!"
With that.
Bibi Dong swept her sleeve, her skirts fluttering in the wind.
She carried the bearing of an empress whom no one could defy.
Meanwhile.
At Heaven Dou Imperial City and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
The leading figures on both sides, Yu Yuanzhen, Tang San, and the others.
All looked shocked. "Thunder Mountain Range!?"
At Thunder Mountain Range.
On the clan's Nine Dragon Peak.
Yu Yuanzhen stood at the head.
Below him was the second-in-command, Yu Luomian.
Standing beside them were members of the collateral branches: Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin.
"Grandfather, the Heavenly Screen said the first battle on the way to the Underworld would be at our Thunder Mountain Range?"
"The people of the Underworld will definitely try to stop us."
"After all, reviving Hades is a major undertaking for them."
Yu Tianxin clenched his fists, his expression turning extremely solemn.
Yu Luomian said, "Then, Clan Leader, how do you think we should handle this? The entire world's attention must be on our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan now, right?"
As he spoke.
He did not seem particularly nervous, and his expression was probing.
His gaze shifted uncertainly.
"Our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is one of the Upper Three Sects! The Underworld may have the strength to crush the Heaven Dou Empire, but it can do nothing to our clan!"
"What a pity that the Underworld's Lion King went after Heaven Dou Imperial City just now, rather than our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
With that.
A trace of conceit flashed across Yu Yuanzhen's face.
He had reached the rank of a level 95 Super Douluo.
Moreover, he possessed the True Dragon Crown.
The combat power he could unleash in an instant rivaled a level 97 Super Douluo!
Thus, he thought nothing of the strength the Lion King had displayed.
This was absolute confidence in his own martial soul, the world's number one Beast Martial Soul!
Disdain for the people of the Underworld appeared in his eyes!
"Clan Leader, since the people of the Underworld also know about the Heavenly Screen, do you think they might send people to our clan ahead of time? To intercept those of us on the Douluo Continent who want to stop Hades's revival?"
Just then.
Yu Tianheng, a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's younger generation, asked tentatively.