Chapter 267: Bibi Dong, I've Come Home
Half a month had passed since the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. During that time, the spirit master world had known no peace. All the major sects were consolidating their forces, gathering support from their affiliated clans, and covertly investigating Spirit Hall.
Because the two great empires had restricted the issuing of spirit master subsidies, incidents of unrest caused by spirit masters were steadily climbing, forming an "L-shaped" curve. Spirit Hall's reputation was in tatters, crippling its efficiency in dealing with these matters. The Douluo Continent—once in a state of gentle simmer—suddenly became inflamed.
Night fell. The starlight was dim, clouds smothering the moon. A light breeze seemed to foretell an impending event of great magnitude.
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, all efforts were currently focused on security rather than rebuilding the many structures lost in the battle with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Only a few temporary tents had been erected to accommodate the large army stationed there by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Evidently, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family attached great importance to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, its longtime ally. After Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited the palace, Emperor Xue Ye promptly dispatched an army of one hundred thousand troops, recalling the empire's most loyal war god, Marshal Ge Long.
Marshal Ge Long was considered the steadfast pillar of the Heaven Dou Empire, formerly stationed at the mighty Jialing Pass to defend against the Star Luo Empire. Yet the sudden, silent annihilation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan by Spirit Hall—only revealed thanks to Liu Erlong's survival—urged the empire to act. With the continent in turmoil and Spirit Hall seemingly harboring ambitions to control it all, the Star Luo Empire wouldn't foolishly wage war on Heaven Dou at such a critical moment, knowing that if the "lips" fell, the "teeth" would freeze as well.
Recalling Marshal Ge Long to guard the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan also served as a check. If the clan itself rebelled and subverted the one hundred thousand troops, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would be in jeopardy.
Ning Fengzhi felt grateful. A hundred thousand troops could indeed defeat a Title Douluo—even possibly encircle and kill one. On defense, two Title Douluo might stand against them, but Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo combined might not manage to wipe out those one hundred thousand soldiers before exhausting their spirit power.
Under a black, moonless sky, two figures with blazing, voluptuous silhouettes easily cleared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's walls, avoiding the patrols' gaze. They were Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong.
Bibi Dong said calmly, "Spare only the Ning clan. As for everyone else, do whatever you want."
Liu Erlong snorted coldly. "Hmph, leave Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo to me. I'll hack them to pieces!"
"Sure."
Bibi Dong's tone didn't waver, though a faint scarlet flickered in her eyes. She had no intention of truly letting Liu Erlong kill Ning Fengzhi or Bone Douluo. She herself wanted to dismember those two a thousand times over. After they destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, that worthless woman Liu Erlong would no longer serve any purpose. Then would come her turn to die.
Suddenly, two yellow, two purple, and four black spirit rings—eight in total—lit up in midair above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. Liu Erlong instantly assumed her Crimson Dragon form and, without a word, charged. Scorching blue flames burst forth, mercilessly sweeping through an area crowded with clan disciples.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan immediately launched a firework signal. The entire clan roused from sleep and scrambled into combat readiness.
The Hundred Thousand Heaven Dou Imperial troops stationed at the clan—led by Marshal Ge Long, whose own spirit rings (two yellow, two purple, four black, eight in total) lit up beneath him—responded with a piercing whistle. In half a minute, the well-trained soldiers were in uniform, spears in hand, surging out of their tents.
"What fine troops," Bibi Dong observed, already standing at the edge of the army's camp. Two red, three black, one red, one black—a total of seven spirit rings—appeared around her, as her Rakshasa God Spirit possessed her. A giant purple-black sickle materialized in her hands, and the first of the Sea God's God-bestowed spirit rings on her feet lit up.
"First spirit skill: Rakshasa Dire Grievance Slash."
The hundred-thousand-year first spirit ring glowed beneath Bibi Dong. A towering mass of resentment converged around her sickle, her eyes turning blood-red as a purple-black crescent blade, easily a hundred meters wide, slashed toward the Heaven Dou soldiers. Around that huge crescent swirled infinite wrath.
Meanwhile, on Liu Erlong's side, she had activated her Crimson Dragon true form. Several bone-white spines clung to her draconic body, and savage gashes marred her hide.
Staring out through dragon eyes flickering with blue flame, Liu Erlong's venomous hatred practically spilled out. "Why? You killed Xiao Gang, so now all of you must die!"
Bone Douluo heard that name yet again. Yu Xiaogang—this worthless waste in every conceivable way. Snorting, Bone Douluo said, "So there's no saving you, is there? Out of respect for you being the last branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, I'd wanted to spare you. Since you want to die, I'll oblige."
Just as he prepared to strike, a booming explosion sounded more than a thousand meters away. A pillar of purple-black light soared up, an unimaginably horrifying, utterly evil wave of spirit power rippling from it.
"That's…the direction of the Heaven Dou army camp."
Bone Douluo lifted his hand, about to finish off Liu Erlong and rush over to help, when a familiar, judgment-like voice rang in his ear. A malevolent surge of spirit power locked onto him at once:
"Shameless beast, that worthless trash's life is mine!"
From a kilometer away, a purple-black semicircular blade of light swept toward him, its perimeter entwined with a layer of scarlet, razor-sharp killing intent. This was the terrifying killing aura Bibi Dong had cultivated for countless years in her Killing God Domain. In just a few blinks, it reached Bone Douluo.
Sensing extreme danger from this blade, Bone Douluo used his Black Hole ability to retreat to where Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi stood, not even sparing the time to kill Liu Erlong. Faced with this new assailant on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, their best bet of victory lay in the full cooperation of Sword, Bone, and the Glazed Tile Pagoda.
In the clan's inner courtyard, over a hundred Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagodas glowed rainbow lights in formation, led by Ning Fengzhi himself, with the sturdy walls of the inner keep and over a thousand clan disciples behind them.
A black hole opened, and Bone Douluo reappeared.
"Old Bones," greeted them.
"Uncle Bone," came another voice.
Bone Douluo wore a grave expression. "Fengzhi, Old Sword, the woman attacking us possesses unimaginable, fiendish spirit power. I've never felt such evil or bloodthirst before. We must go all out."
"Such horrifying killing intent…even at his peak, Tang Hao was nowhere close."
Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong all stared toward the Heaven Dou military camp. The sky there, already dark, was painted red with killing aura, and that crimson hue was advancing swiftly in their direction.
The instant that fearsome presence soared over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's inner courtyard, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and all disciples over fifty years old froze.
Their pupils quivered, old memories from a few months ago flashing back. They saw the figure that had captivated the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan—and the one now hovering in midair, scarlet-eyed and wearing a twisted grin. The two images merged into one.
Slack-jawed, Ning Fengzhi murmured, "Bi…Bi…Dong."
"Fengzhi-ge, Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone…I've come home," Bibi Dong said, voice soft and sweet. Yet the Killing God Domain she released felt at least ten times more potent than before, blanketing the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan in ice.
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