The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud!?
When those five words reached every corner of the Douluo Continent through the Heavenly Screen.
Everyone's heart skipped a beat.
Among them, in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San was.
"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the Xuanming Key?"
Tang San's brows furrowed slightly.
"Brother, is the Xuanming Key the Underworld is looking for in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace?" Xiao Wu asked.
Watching the live broadcast on the Heavenly Screen, her heart trembled too.
In response, Tang San stroked Xiao Wu's head. "I'm not sure, but there's one thing we can be certain of. Teacher is in the imperial city. Even if the Underworld attacks, everything will definitely be fine."
Since it was a treasure of the imperial palace.
Then Xue Ye, the monarch of the Heaven Dou Empire, would absolutely not let this Lion King achieve his objective so easily!
Elsewhere.
In Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Inside the imperial palace.
Xue Qinghe stood atop a pavilion.
"They seem to have come prepared. Unfortunately, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is the Heaven Dou Empire's supreme national treasure. Even I have never touched it. These people from the Underworld will probably be making the trip for nothing."
Xue Qinghe spoke.
Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, standing behind him, exchanged a glance and let out mocking sneers.
They had originally thought it was some great secluded sect.
Now, it seemed they were merely a pack of Soul Beasts that had yet to develop intelligence. Never mind Heaven Dou Imperial City-even an ordinary sect should be able to put up a fight, right?
The few of them intended to watch the show.
They held their positions.
Inside the imperial palace.
Xue Ye sat upright on the imperial throne.
He looked up at the Heavenly Screen.
"Your Majesty, this Underworld actually knows of our Heaven Dou's divine national treasure!?" Prince Xue Xing was shocked.
At this, Xue Ye's expression darkened as well. "The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is our Heaven Dou Empire's divine national treasure. We absolutely cannot allow outsiders to take it. Moreover, if what the Heavenly Screen said is true, then this Hades is so terrifyingly powerful that we absolutely cannot allow him to be resurrected either."
"Summon Senior Dugu to the palace to discuss this."
"Yes-"
As the Heavenly Screen broadcast footage of the Underworld's marching forces to every corner of the Douluo Continent.
Everyone's mood shifted from initial disbelief to a measure of solemnity.
The Heaven Dou Empire, as the party supposedly under attack, also began making defensive preparations with drums and gongs beating in urgent succession.
Sunset Forest.
A white-haired old man in black armor set out.
"Grandpa, why have you come to the palace?"
The old man rode in a carriage.
As he passed the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy in Heaven Dou Imperial City, Dugu Yan spotted her grandfather.
The old man was none other than Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
At the sight of his granddaughter, kindness appeared on his cold face. "Yanyan, the Underworld is attacking the Heaven Dou Empire. His Majesty summoned me here to protect the imperial city."
"These next few days won't be peaceful. Yanyan, remember to keep yourself safe."
As he spoke.
He looked at the young man beside Dugu Yan.
"Rest assured, Senior Dugu. I'll protect Yanyan and won't let her suffer the slightest harm."
Yu Tianheng could not help speaking up, a trace of resolve appearing in his eyes.
Dugu Bo gave Yu Tianheng another look.
In his heart, he would have preferred his granddaughter to grow closer to that little poison freak.
Still, this lad Yu Tianheng was, after all, the future heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
He was not too bad either.
Thus, he showed Yu Tianheng some friendliness. "Mm. Don't wander around outside without a reason. No one knows how strong this guardian of the Underworld is."
With that.
With his hands clasped behind his back, he boarded the carriage and headed toward the palace.
"Senior Dugu's presence feels so dangerous."
Looking at Dugu Bo's retreating figure, Yu Tianheng could not help speaking.
In response.
Dugu Yan smiled. "Tian Heng, you don't need to be nervous. That's just how my grandfather is. He's actually very nice, and he dotes on me."
Hearing this, Yu Tianheng nodded.
Just as he was about to say something.
Boom!
The ground beneath their feet suddenly shook.
It was as though a massive earthquake had struck, making both of them stagger and nearly fall.
"What happened?"
The same thing.
Happened throughout Heaven Dou Imperial City.
The tremors spread all the way to Shrek Academy on the outskirts of the imperial city.
"Xiaogang, the Underworld's people are here! Look!"
Flender bristled, his eyes wide.
He pointed at the image on the Heavenly Screen.
There, the surroundings of the Underworld's forces led by Lion King were no longer a pitch-black expanse of chaos.
Instead, there was an azure sky. The next second, a rift tore open across it.
Warships hovered in the void in groups.
And the Underworld warriors led by Lion King, each clad in black armor, leaped down from ten thousand meters in the air.
"They're jumping straight down from that high up? Are they even human!?"
Flender was shocked.
Because he saw that the people from the Underworld in the footage had not grown wings at all.
Nor did they release any Soul Power.
They simply jumped down.
"What!? How is that possible!?"
Underworld warriors plummeted one after another from ten thousand meters above.
Yet the immense pressure generated as they tore through the air had no effect on them whatsoever.
It was also Yu Xiaogang's first time seeing such a thing.
His eyes widened, his face revealing utter shock.
Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Ma Hongjun had already entered the city ahead of the others.
He was in the bustling market district of the imperial city, very close to the imperial palace.
If the Underworld's people came, his position lay along the route they would have to take.
At that very moment.
He too saw the black figures in the sky, falling one after another like hail.
The sight was utterly stunning.
"Could they be flying Soul Beasts? Jumping straight down from that height?"
Although Ma Hongjun was conceited.
In all fairness, if he faced such a height and jumped straight to the ground without activating his flight ability, he would probably be smashed into a meat pancake.
"What the hell?"
Suddenly, the first Underworld warrior landed.
Then came the second.
The third...
In the blink of an eye, fifty or sixty soldiers of the Lion King Fleet appeared above the imperial city and atop its walls.
They wore black armor.
Their entire heads were concealed by helmets.
Making it impossible to see their true faces.
"Go find the Xuanming Key."
Whoosh!
As that voice rang out.
Dozens of Underworld warriors vanished from their spots the next second.
At incredible speed, they shot toward every corner of the imperial city.
This scene was broadcast live once again.
"So fast!"
"Are you pretending I don't exist!?"
Ma Hongjun saw that he had been ignored.
Moreover, he was certain that the mighty voice just now had been that man named Lion King issuing an order.
"Stop right there!"
Ma Hongjun roared.
Phoenix wings spread behind him, and his martial soul let out a piercing cry. Wreathed in blazing flames, he leaped into the sky, about to attack an Underworld warrior in one direction.