Stella: "What's going on? The atmosphere suddenly got tense."
Akame: "Looks like the enthronement ceremony is about to turn into a massive brawl."
Saeko Busujima: "Seems Bibi Dong insisting they submit to her is the trigger."
Mikoto Misaka: "That's so strange. She's the Pope, right? Normally citizens should be loyal, no?"
Megumi Kato: "Perhaps there are factors we're unaware of."
Rei Ao: "It's not that complicated. Simply put, this continent—and this entire world—is not unified. Various factions and empires fight for their own interests, and the Spirit Hall itself never managed to unify the world. In fact, even though the Spirit Hall's pretty strong, quite a few sects have been hostile toward it for a long time."
Erica: "Ah, that would explain why these people are so upset."
Hiiragi Shinoa: "Probably their interests are threatened, and they don't want to bow to someone else."
Sui: "That world is all about the strong ruling. A clash is practically inevitable."
Mai Sakurajima: "But with Rei Ao there, nothing to worry about. He can casually beat them all."
Rei Ao: "I'm not going to step in."
Mai Sakurajima: "Huh?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "But if a war starts, a lot of people will die, right?"
Rei Ao: "Yukino, I thought you'd be too embarrassed to even speak to me now."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "...That's different. This is serious."
Izawa Shizue: "Did something happen between Yukino and Rei Ao?"
Mabel: "Waaa—! Yukino came back from Rei Ao's house and stopped spoiling me, wuuu~"
Kasuga Hijiri: "Seems something interesting happened. Why not share with us?"
Rei Ao: "Haha, it's Yukino's shy secret."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Don't you dare say!!! If you say it, then...don't even think about..."
She blushed deeply. She couldn't even bring herself to finish the sentence about "together with others."
Frieren: "Oh my! I really want to hear the details!"
Rei Ao: "Fine, fine—let's drop it."
Rei Ao: "Anyway, about what's happening here, I just made a quick trip out and took care of it. You'll see—no casualties will happen."
Indeed, he had just gone and arranged certain matters, even running to the Star Dou Forest, the extreme north, the oceans, and so on...
"Bibi Dong, demanding the surrender of our sects—aren't you going a bit too far?"
Ning Fengzhi stepped forward. Whatever happened, they couldn't simply kneel to the Spirit Hall. The Hall might be powerful, but the top three sects, allied, plus the Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou Empire, should be enough to counterbalance them.
That was their mindset, at least—unaware of the power of the Spirit Hall's Elder Hall. While Qian Daoliu had been around, the Hall's Elders never acted personally. But now was different. Qian Daoliu was dead, and all the Hall's Elders served under Bibi Dong's rule.
"I see you all share the same thought."
Bibi Dong's gaze swept across the many sects and academies gathered, united in their opposition. Her eyes were only faintly cold.
"You underestimate the strength of the Spirit Hall."
"Hmph. So what? Even if the Hall's strong, if all our sects unite, what can you do to us?"
Yu Chenzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan crackled with lightning, brimming with bravado.
Bibi Dong's thin lips parted in a whisper.
Her papal scepter struck the ground heavily. Next moment, about a dozen figures shot out from within the Hall, rising into the air. There they hovered, martial spirits appearing, spirit rings fully unleashed.
Yu Chenzhen, Ning Fengzhi, and the others were shocked. Those dozen people were all Titled Douluo with nine rings, many of them above rank 95!
Sword Douluo's face darkened. "Damn...The Spirit Hall actually has over a dozen Titled Douluo!" This sudden revelation of unknown Titled Douluo put Ning Fengzhi in a panic as well.
"This place is too dangerous! Bone Uncle!"
He shouted. Immediately, a pitch-black spatial hole opened; that was the Bone Douluo's ability. A bony arm reached through the portal, trying to pull Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo inside.
A cold snort rang out. The black portal vanished.
Bone Douluo spat blood, reeling and stumbling to the ground.
"Bone Uncle!" Ning Fengzhi gasped, rushing to help.
"Fengzhi!" Sword Douluo barked, stopping him. "Look...over there..."
For the first time, his sword-heart clarity was rattled with trembling fear. Ning Fengzhi looked up, only to freeze on the spot.
Another twenty or so figures had appeared in midair. Some men, some women—burly or beautifully graceful, gloomy or seductive. Most crucially: each one of them possessed nine spirit rings, all Titled Douluo.
Furthermore, in each ring set, their final one or two—or even more—were red, signifying a 100,000-year spirit ring!
Even the aura produced by those countless 100,000-year spirit rings was enough to cow Soul Emperors and Soul Sages into kneeling.
Only Sword Douluo and Yu Chenzhen still stood, but they looked utterly incredulous.
"Impossible! There's no way so many Titled Douluo exist—much less with this many 100,000-year rings!"
Ning Fengzhi muttered in near madness. Indeed, it shouldn't be possible. Even if you killed every known 100,000-year spirit beast in the world, you still wouldn't collect that many. Unless—there was a chance these beings weren't human at all.
Among the new arrivals, one was especially eye-catching: a man clad in black armor with a total of eight red 100,000-year spirit rings.
He cast a cold look at the fallen Bone Douluo, having been the one to blast him with aura. With eight 100,000-year rings and a rank 99 "peerless Douluo" power, the shockwave alone was something Bone Douluo stood no chance of resisting.
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