Chapter 254: Sword Broken, Pagoda Shattered; Xiao Wu, You Are a Smart Girl
As everyone knows, "This person, Jiang" is extremely pure and noble.
This method of refining dead people into one's own Puppets was truly a bit too evil; it absolutely could not be known by others.
And since the prey had already completed its Transformation, he didn't intend to continue playing any cat-and-mouse games.
Thus, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would just have to suffer a bit more.
With a thought from Jiang Li.
In the next second, within the pupils of Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, which were dilated from extreme terror, the four Clear Sky Sect Elders who had been refined into Puppets—Tang Gong, Tang Kai, Tang Tian, and Tang Lie—charged toward their position without hesitation.
Immediately after, they simultaneously detonated all the Soul Power within their bodies!
BOOM!!!
A blindingly intense light instantly stripped away all the colors between heaven and earth!
"Fengzhi!"
Chen Xin's eyes were nearly splitting from rage; he squeezed his Soul Power, which had just achieved a Breakthrough to rank ninety-seven, to its limit, attempting to forcibly tear open a path to survival within this storm of destruction.
However, in the face of such a terrifying energy explosion, all struggles appeared futile and laughable.
Ning Fengzhi didn't even have time to let out a scream before the defensive light of his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which he took such pride in, was instantly evaporated.
This Sect Master of the Upper Three Sects, who had spent his life calculating and was accustomed to playing all sides among the major powers, had only endless regret and despair remaining in the depths of his eyes.
Immediately following, Sword Douluo Chen Xin's battered body was also completely swallowed by this overwhelming torrent of destruction.
The deafening roar caused the ground for a hundred miles around to tremble violently.
A massive mushroom cloud, mixed with blood-red light and black Qi, rose into the air, piercing straight into the clouds.
The violent shockwave was like a world-ending hurricane, sweeping out in all directions; wherever it passed, whether towering trees or hard rocks, everything was instantly ground into powder.
After an unknown amount of time, when the dust filling the sky and the violent energy aftermath finally dispersed in the fierce wind...
The originally undulating hills and dense forest no longer existed.
What appeared before Jiang Li's eyes was a massive, bottomless pit with a diameter of several thousand meters.
The surrounding landscape had been completely razed to the ground, with wisps of high-temperature heat rising from the charred soil, as if it were a silent land of death.
As for Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi?
Forget a complete body; not even a scrap of clothing or a piece of broken bone remained—truly, not a trace of their corpses was left.
Jiang Li floated at the edge of the deep pit, a hint of regret showing in his eyes.
"Sigh."
"It's a pity my true body isn't here."
"The Soul of a rank ninety-seven Super Douluo would be excellent nourishment."
With a thought from Jiang Li's true body in the distance, Tang Xiao's body instantly transformed into a streak of black Qi and returned to where it belonged.
Immediately after, this figure of Jiang Li, condensed from nearby Blue Silver Grass, also dissipated into the world.
This place wasn't that far from Spirit City; with such a massive commotion, it was only a matter of time before the experts of Spirit Hall arrived.
...
Shifting the view back to the carriage, Tang San felt somewhat confused as he watched the smile suddenly appear at the corner of his Master's mouth.
Although he didn't know what made his pure and noble Master happy, as his Master's most beloved Disciple, he should be happy along with him.
Involuntarily, the same smile as Jiang Li's appeared at the corner of Tang San's mouth.
Jiang Li:...
After returning to Heaven Dou City to rest for a while, Tang San planned to follow his Master's arrangement and go to Slaughter City to train.
But before that, he decided to return to the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire to visit his mother, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
If possible, he also wanted to pour his heart out to his mother about how magnificent and pure his Master was!
Compared to him, that calculating Tang Hao was simply born evil and deserved to die!
"Master, I will head straight to Slaughter City after visiting my mother. I just don't know... if Xiao Wu can accompany me to that dangerous place?"
Hearing his Disciple's question, Jiang Li's eyes shifted slightly, and he nodded in agreement without much hesitation.
Xiao Wu was, after all, the scabbard prepared for Tang San by the Asura God; even if she was unexpectedly resurrected due to his own intervention, the fates of both parties were already tightly intertwined.
With that most rule-breaking law enforcer of the God Realm watching in the shadows, Tang San and Xiao Wu would never encounter true life-threatening danger even if they went to Slaughter City.
But thinking of this, another matter suddenly came to Jiang Li's mind.
Bibi Dong's second Martial Soul was still missing its last two 100,000-year soul rings; the power he displayed would surely stimulate that woman, and her plan to hunt the giant ape and bull python in the Star Dou Great Forest would likely be moved forward significantly.
In that case, it would be better for him to strike first.
"Little San, you step aside for a moment. I have some private matters to ask Xiao Wu alone."
"Ah... yes, Master." Although Tang San was a bit puzzled, he had absolute blind obedience toward his Master and immediately exited the carriage respectfully.
Once Tang San left, only Jiang Li and Xiao Wu remained in the spacious carriage.
"Teacher Jiang Li, why are you keeping me here alone? What's the big secret?" Xiao Wu blinked her clear rabbit-like eyes and stared at Jiang Li with curiosity.
"Xiao Wu, the two overlords in the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape—they are your family, right?"
"Yes, Teacher Jiang Li! One is named Da Ming, and the other is Er Ming." Xiao Wu's gaze instantly softened. "Speaking of which, since my Transformation, I haven't seen them for a very, very long time."
Hearing this answer, a meaningful curve quietly rose at the corner of Jiang Li's mouth.
"Xiao Wu, you are Little San's beloved, so I won't hide certain secrets from you." Jiang Li sighed slightly, his tone carrying a deep sense of compassion for the world. "Little San has already touched the threshold of the Sea God Legacy; becoming a god at rank one hundred is only a matter of time for him."
"But... the path of the Divine Trials is filled with killing intent at every step and fraught with difficulties. As his Master, what I can do for him is to give everything to increase his chances of safely passing the Divine Trials."
Jiang Li paused, his gaze looking deeply at Xiao Wu, his voice becoming increasingly gentle and full of allure. "You should know better than I do that for a Hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, Transformation is already a life-or-death gamble. And if they choose not to transform, then the Heavenly Tribulation that descends every hundred thousand years will eventually be something they cannot withstand, and they will be wiped out."
"Therefore, I hope you can find time to return to the Star Dou Great Forest and persuade those two brothers of yours. Have them willingly Sacrifice themselves to Little San and entrust this power to him."
Watching Xiao Wu's pupils dilate and her expression turn dazed, Jiang Li continued to slowly cast his final bargaining chip.
"When Little San successfully completes his Divine Trials and becomes a god at rank one hundred in the future, your two brothers will be able to revive again using his Divine Power. At that time, they will have leaped out of the shackles of heaven and earth to become genuine Divine Beasts!"
"Such an opportunity to ascend to the heavens in a single step is a blessing that many Soul Beasts couldn't even pray for in several lifetimes. You are a smart girl; think carefully about my painstaking efforts."