"I rarely leave the Extreme North." A trace of astonishment flashed in the Snow Empress's eyes, then she shook her head.
"Among the soul beasts that have reached the level you humans call Limit Douluo, most are arrogant and proud."
"Legend has it that beyond the Douluo Continent, there are also seas and lands."
"I'm not very clear either, but..."
"Wait." The Snow Empress paused for a moment as if reacting, speaking somewhat uncertainly, "If it's about a Limit Douluo-level soul beast that pledges allegiance to the Sea God, I do think of one..."
Twenty thousand years ago, before the Sea God ascended to godhood, he came to find her and the Ice Empress again.
He hoped that she and the Ice Empress could believe in him, help him become a god, and there would surely be generous rewards in return.
Both she and the Ice Empress refused. The other party was already a Limit Douluo, not someone to make enemies with easily, so they could only use their faith in the Ice Goddess as a shield.
Perhaps it was also out of fear of the Ice God that Poseidon did not forcibly change her and the Ice Empress's faith, unlike their first meeting where the two fought him.
Poseidon stood at the pinnacle of the human world.
He also mentioned that the Sea Clan had already pledged faith to him.
"The Sea Clan..."
The Snow Empress's mind fell into recollection. "Ning Rongrong, do you know of the Sea Clan?"
"In human terms, it should be the merfolk clan."
"Sea Witch?"
"Yes, that's the Sea Clan." The Snow Empress nodded seriously.
"When Poseidon hoped we would pledge faith to him, he mentioned the princess of the Sea Clan with 590,000 years of cultivation. It's said she lives in the icy sea, with power no less than the Extreme North, perhaps even stronger."
"So that's how it is."
Ning Rongrong pondered, lightly biting her lip.
No wonder it could gather such a massive number of soul beast crowds, along with the aura of Ultimate Ice.
During the Unrivaled Tang Sect period, the Sea Clan princess who appeared was the supreme powerhouse in the icy sea, and also a soul beast specializing in the spiritual aspect.
If it was the icy sea, it wouldn't be strange to mobilize multiple 100,000-year soul beasts.
Now it was just the Douluo Continent period, not the Unrivaled Tang Sect.
Without experiencing a million years of human slaughter, there would only be more 100,000-year soul beasts, not fewer, especially those protected by powerful soul beast groups—those 100,000-year soul beasts would be preserved in quality and quantity.
In the Unrivaled Tang Sect, the icy sea revealed at least three 100,000-year soul beasts.
And that was after being schemed against by the Holy Spirit Cult.
What about now?
Compared to the Extreme North, beyond the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, the Extreme North had nearly double digits of 100,000-year soul beasts, and even more at 80,000 to 90,000 years, not to mention on the resource-rich vast ocean.
"Hoo—"
Ning Rongrong exhaled a breath of turbid air lightly.
She extended her slender fingers and waved them gently, opening a spatial teleportation gate.
No matter what, return to Vast Sea City first.
Understand the specific situation, then plan what comes next.
...
Vast Sea City, Nine Treasure Chamber of Commerce.
Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, Ye Xinyun, and 7 Spirit Douluo offerings dispatched here, with as many as 25 Spirit Saints.
They also brought nearly thirty seventh-tier soul tools and over a hundred sixth-tier soul tools.
It could be said that this small Vast Sea City had gathered nearly half of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's forces.
As for Lou Gao, for safety's sake, Gu Rong had already sent him back to the sect.
"The beast tide is coming fiercely; we may not be able to hold Vast Sea City." Ning Fengzhi sighed.
Before, if not for the vanguard Limit Douluo-level soul beast being careless and being repelled by Sword Douluo's Ring Melting skill, Vast Sea City might not have been defendable.
But even so, a 100,000-year soul beast still sneaked in and nearly killed Lou Gao and his eldest son Ning Yun.
This was undoubtedly a premeditated action.
Wang Quan Fugui also fell after severely injuring that 100,000-year humanoid soul beast, and the soul beast tide fell silent after that.
And the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's reinforcements arrived afterward.
However, Ning Fengzhi still felt uneasy deep down.
Especially those sea soul masters; Ning Fengzhi was truly worried they might stab them in the back at a critical moment, but now was not the time to break ties with them—being attacked from both sides would be even more troublesome.
"Sect Master, these sea soul masters seem to harbor strong hostility toward us." A white-bearded Spirit Douluo sitting in a chair stood up. "I always feel these events might be connected to them."
"Whether connected or not isn't important; what's important is, even if they are, we have to repel the beast tide before dealing with it—keep our guard up for now!"
Ning Fengzhi stopped there. Everyone present was a veteran, having followed Ning Fengzhi for a long time, and they understood what he meant.
Another man, with an inch-cut head and burly build, stood up, slightly bowing to Ning Fengzhi as he asked,
"Vast Sea City—do we have to defend it? Or to what extent?"
"You and the two elders have a martial soul fusion skill, but there are many myriad-year sea soul beasts in that massive horde."
As the continent's number one chamber of commerce, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's soul masters weren't just Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul masters; for example, there were agility attack soul masters and aerial soul masters.
Before, they had detected a vast number of sea soul beasts gathering in the distant sea.
That number far exceeded the previous repelled soul beast tide.
"This might just be their goal." Ning Fengzhi sighed softly.
The sea soul beasts of Vast Sea City wanted to use this incident to tell the world that soul masters who do not obey the Sea God will not be protected by the Sea God, planning to reestablish the Sea God's faith.
"Sect Master, has the Young Sect Master responded?"
Ye Xinyun also stood up. As the deputy pavilion master of the Medicine Refining Pavilion second only to Dugu Bo, and given his granddaughter's relationship, he knew about Ning Rongrong going to the Extreme North.
"Rongrong said she'll return as soon as possible and brought two friends." Ning Fengzhi sighed.
"Is that all?"
Ye Xinyun was quite surprised. He understood Ning Rongrong's personality well.
To increase the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's strength, Ning Rongrong had gone to almost any lengths.
This time, a Titled Douluo had fallen—it could be said she was of the elder generation who watched her grow up.
And yet only such a brief message?
Suddenly, a oppressive aura rose in the conference hall.
A pitch-black space slowly formed, and everyone's minds tightened as they released their martial souls to resist this pressure.
The space peeled away layer by layer, forming a pitch-black mirror surface.
In this tense moment, no one dared to be careless; if what emerged was some soul beast, it would be disastrous.
But when they saw a pink-haired girl emerge from the pitch-black space, holding a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in her hands, everyone immediately relaxed.
Black, black, black, black, black, black, brilliant gold, deep red.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, and the bizarre soul ring colors—ordinary people couldn't fake that.
Ning Fengzhi signaled everyone to withdraw their martial souls, and the tense atmosphere in the hall dissipated.
"You're finally back, Rongrong!" Ning Fengzhi said with emotion. Heaven knows how much pressure he'd been under during this time.
Moreover, his daughter's first fief—both emotionally and rationally, it couldn't be lost.
After Ning Rongrong stepped out, following closely were the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Dugu Yan.
"Sorry, something came up and delayed us a bit."
Ning Rongrong slightly bowed, apologizing to Ning Fengzhi and the various offerings and elders.
Seeing Ning Rongrong's unusually serious expression, Ning Fengzhi's heart skipped a beat instead.
"Rongrong, Offering Wang Quan..."
"Yes, I know." Ning Rongrong nodded. "Tell me from the beginning what happened during this time, including Tang San and Sea God Island."