Chapter 269

With the rapid development of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, just as Gu Xuan was preparing to leave for the deep sea to hunt the Deep Sea Devil Whale King, Bi Bi Dong, this backstabbing whelp, finally couldn't hold back and launched the Spirit Hunt operation!

Bi Bi Dong's timing for launching the Spirit Hunt operation was not much different from that in the original novel; it was only advanced by a few months.

And the reason for this is also because, by not taking action, she felt that everything was slipping out of her control.

Two years ago, the Hall of Worship personally attended the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's platform, and at that time Bi Bi Dong already sensed something was wrong.

After all, Qian Renxue is her daughter no matter how you say it, yet she has united with Gu Xuan of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect and they are already husband and wife in fact.

Furthermore, after Qian Renxue returned to the Spirit Hall she secluded herself and did not come out, and the original task of lurking in the Tian Dou Empire was completely handed over to a stand-in.

This also gave Bi Bi Dong a sense of crisis, but precisely because of that, it also gave her an opportunity.

Qian Daoliu was in closed-door cultivation to restore his strength, not concerning himself with worldly affairs; the Hall of Worship's Golden Crocodile Douluo and others guarded Qian Renxue as they fully commenced the Angel God's trial, while the stand-in far in the Tian Dou Empire was directly controlled by her, for at this time the Spirit Hall had no one to stop her.

After two years of her manipulation, the Snow Night Emperor of the Tian Dou Empire was practically doomed; moreover, with the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect and Qian Renxue allied, if they waited for Qian Renxue to attain godhood, she would have no chance at all.

After all, Qian Renxue is Gu Xuan's wife, so she naturally wanted to safeguard the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect where Gu Xuan resided; thus, after arranging the affairs of the Tian Dou imperial family, she directly launched the Spirit Hunt operation.

Although she now knows that the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has improved, after all the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo sent initially was to scout the sect's strength, but the sect hid too deeply, and the information she obtained only indicated that the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect had gained one more Titled Douluo.

So although she reinforced the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect with extra manpower, she had no idea how terrifying the sect had become!

No matter how many come, even if Bi Bi Dong herself comes in person, the final result can only be that they come and never return!

The Spirit Hunt operation and the Tian Dou palace coup were taking place at the same moment, because Gu Xuan, this little butterfly, had caused the plot line to drift far beyond Bi Bi Dong's control.

Although she now controls the four sects of the Lower Four Gates, due to the changes concerning Qian Renxue, she is forced to advance her own Spirit Hall Empire's grand unification plan ahead of schedule.

Because her Asura God's trial has only just begun, her progress toward godhood already lags behind Qian Renxue's.

Although Qian Renxue, after attaining godhood, would probably not kill her, her ambition would surely be dashed then, and the already somewhat maniacal Bi Bi Dong absolutely would not allow such a thing to happen; therefore she now launched all her plans in advance, hoping to achieve continental unification with the speed of a thunderclap before Qian Renxue could react.

Then, relying on her vast human resources, her path to godhood will be smooth sailing; even if Qian Renxue reacts then, she will be able to contend with her.

But she overlooked one thing: the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has long since become vastly different from what it once was.

That day, Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan had just returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect; Gu Xuan planned to take Gu Rong and Chen Xin together to the sea to hunt the Deep Sea Devil Whale King.

Although Gu Xuan's current strength is sufficient to face the Deep Sea Devil Whale King one-on-one, and thanks to his martial soul's second awakening he can guarantee success in slaying it, the sea is after all not the mainland, so to ensure absolute safety, the Sword Bone Douluo went along to provide cover for Gu Xuan, also to guarantee no mishap.

But what Gu Xuan never expected was that, that very night after he and Du Gu Yan had just returned to their room—since Gu Xuan did not intend to bring Du Gu Yan to the sea—just as they were preparing to engage in a sweaty activity, a signal arrow suddenly burst in the sky above the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's mountain gate.

The sparks from the bursting signal arrow were crimson, with a blood-red 'enemy' character at its center; this style of signal arrow has hardly ever been released since its manufacture, because it is a special signal used only when someone attacks the mountain gate and the sect faces danger.

Upon seeing this signal, the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's originally tranquil night instantly became lively.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong, who had originally been meditating in cross-legged practice, quietly opened their eyes, a hint of gloom flashing in their gazes; how many years has it been? Someone actually dares to scheme against our Seven Treasure Glazed Sect?

Moreover, the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has long since become vastly different from before; which blind fool dares to covet our sect? Aren't they afraid of being exterminated?

Oh, although the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's strength has greatly increased, what is exposed on the surface remains as it was before, hidden too deeply; even spies from other factions within the sect have not found the slightest trace.

Well, they've come right to our door.

As a hostile signal arrow illuminated the night sky, the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, this terrifying beast hidden for years, began to bare its sharp fangs and ruthlessly slaughter the invaders.

Above the night sky, Gu Rong and Chen Xin, accompanied by Ning Fengzhi, instantly appeared before the mountain gate; at the foot of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's mountain gate, thousands of black-clad individuals densely swarmed forward to attack the sect's various strongholds.

But what the invaders did not expect was that they hadn't even broken through the mountain gate yet when they were stopped outside it; the people of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, even the most ordinary disciples who hadn't suffered a single injury, had already been detected.

Because coincidentally, the Titled Douluo on duty tonight was the Left Wing, which has now reached rank ninety-four; relying on the top-tier agility-attack martial soul, the Wings of the Wind God, the invaders hadn't even touched the mountain gate yet—they were already discovered.

After the invaders were discovered, although they were full of doubt and astonishment, the arrow was already on the bow and had to be released; moreover, this time they had actually come with five thousand Soul Masters and five Titled Douluo, full of confidence.

The leading Bear Demon Douluo roared angrily: 'According to the prior plan, Ghost Leopard, Snake Spear, Porcupine, and Spirit Kite, each of you lead a thousand men to attack the other strongholds of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, aiming for total annihilation!'

The five Titled Douluo are respectively the rank ninety-five Ghost Leopard Douluo and Bear Demon Douluo, rank ninety-four Spirit Kite Douluo, rank ninety-three Snake Spear Douluo, and rank ninety-two Porcupine Douluo.

With these five Titled Douluo plus five thousand Soul Masters, in Bi Bi Dong's plan capturing the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect is absolutely a piece of cake.

After all, even if a few years ago the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect had one more Titled Douluo, it would still be impossible to simultaneously block a joint assault by five Titled Douluo.

And in Bi Bi Dong's plan, the Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo leads the remaining Titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall and the remaining five thousand Soul Masters, together with several sect masters and the main force of the Lower Four Gates, to launch a surprise assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, aiming to wipe out the two largest sects on the continent in one fell swoop.

But what the Bear Demon Douluo and his companions did not expect was that, when they divided their forces into five routes intending to annihilate the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect one by one, the five Titled Douluo leading the teams were all stunned, wondering if the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect wasn't perhaps too strong.

How many years has it been? Is it really appropriate for your Seven Treasure Glazed Sect to be so overpowered?

The Bear Demon Douluo led the team in from the front gate, aiming to pin down the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's main force, but he hadn't even entered the mountain gate when the Sword Douluo Chen Xin already stood alone blocking the way.

Chen Xin, treading the Seven Slaying Sword, looked down from high above upon the Bear Demon Douluo, his gaze indifferent yet laced with killing intent, actually causing the Bear Demon Douluo to dare not advance another step!

The Spirit Hall dared to launch an attack only after having 'scouted out' the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's strength; according to intelligence, Chen Xin is merely rank ninety-six, though famed as the continent's top attacker, but the Bear Demon Douluo is also a rank ninety-five super Douluo.

He indeed cannot defeat Chen Xin, but restraining Chen Xin is absolutely sufficient.

And the Ghost Leopard Douluo is also rank ninety-five; at that time, the Ghost Leopard Douluo will restrain Gu Rong, who is likewise rank ninety-five, causing the two great guardians of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect to be unable to support the battle directly.

Furthermore, the Spirit Hall still has three Titled Douluo left, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has only one Titled Douluo remaining; any one of those three could go restrain that remaining Titled Douluo of the sect, and the Spirit Hall would still have two Titled Douluo left.

At that point, wouldn't it just be a free-for-all slaughter by the remaining two Titled Douluo?

And this is also the purpose of their dividing into five routes, after all the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda's support ability is first on the continent; if they all five went out together and simultaneously faced the Sword Bone Douluo aided by Ning Fengzhi, they might not even be able to win!

But what they did not expect was that the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has far more than just three Titled Douluo!

Chen Xin gazed indifferently at the Bear Demon Douluo, his cold voice echoing: 'Those who invade the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect shall be killed without pardon!'

At the same moment, the Ghost Leopard Douluo was intercepted by Gu Rong, the Snake Spear Douluo by You Ming Luo, the Porcupine Douluo by Long Wu, and the Spirit Kite Douluo by the Left Wing!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has thus already produced five Titled Douluo!

But that's far from all; Mi He, Zhang Jinyuan, and Dugu Bo directly led the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's Soul Saints and above to charge out against the several divisions of the Spirit Hall's great army.

And this is also because Yang Wudi and Ye Haitang are refining pills and cultivating medicinal herbs in the Binghuo Liangyi Yan; otherwise, the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect here would have produced two more Titled Douluo!

But merely what is displayed at this moment already amounts to eight Titled Douluo: rank ninety-eight peak Chen Xin, title: Sword; rank ninety-seven peak Gu Rong, title: Bone; rank ninety-five Dugu Bo, title: Poison; rank ninety-four Left Wing, title: Wind God; rank ninety-four Long Wu, title: Tyrant Dragon; rank ninety-four Mi He, title: Breaker of Armies; rank ninety-three You Ming Luo, title: War Dragon; rank ninety-one Zhang Jinyuan, title: Lion King.

A full eight Titled Douluo—this is already on par with the Spirit Hall, right? And Chen Xin and Gu Rong, these two cheat-like fellows, have actually reached ranks ninety-eight and ninety-seven?

Even the worshippers of the Hall of Worship are probably no more than this level, right?

Moreover, as sect master, Ning Fengzhi hasn't even made a move yet!

After the five Titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall discovered their exposure, having just arrived at their battle positions, they were immediately intercepted by the five Titled Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect.

Furthermore, the other three Titled Douluo, leading the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's Soul Saints and above, directly launched a slaughter against their five thousand Soul Masters!

Actually, if it weren't for them splitting into five routes, Dugu Bo alone would be enough to settle everything.

In the original, he already had the ability to slaughter a city at just rank ninety‑two; now he has broken through to rank ninety‑five, entering the ranks of Super Douluo, his strength compared to the original is many times greater, and slaughtering five thousand Soul Masters who don't even have nine Soul Rings is easy.

However, this time Dugu Bo did not go for the kill, because most of those five thousand Soul Masters were merely following orders, not the main culprits, so there was no need to exterminate them all.

They only need to capture the ringleaders causing trouble and beat them to death; those willing to surrender can be directly accepted; those who resist to the death will be left to Dugu Bo and his men to skirmish, giving the sect disciples practice and boosting their killing intent.

The originally unstoppable terrifying attack to annihilate the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect turned into a one‑sided beating; Dust Heart killed the Magic Bear Douluo with a single sword, the sword he had hidden and nurtured for many years, and the Magic Bear Douluo helped him unveil it.

The other four Titled Douluo did not die, because Dust Heart's sword was too terrifying; even from far away they could feel its unparalleled terror, and after witnessing Dust Heart's terror they decisively chose to surrender to the enemy.

After all, they are not fools, and each knows how much hardship they endured to reach the Titled Douluo level; moreover, they are not die‑hard loyalists of Bi Bi Dong, merely following her because it was the prevailing trend.

Now that they realize the situation is hopeless, they decisively choose to follow their hearts.

The earth‑shaking battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, ending right after the Magic Bear Douluo was slain by Dust Heart's sword.

The four Titled Douluo were captured; of the five thousand Soul Masters, fewer than one thousand were die‑hard loyalists of Bi Bi Dong, while the remaining four thousand offered no resistance and decisively chose to follow the leader and surrender.

Of course, among those remaining four thousand plus Soul Masters there might still be some die‑hard loyalists of Bi Bi Dong, but it doesn't matter, because they will be scattered and distributed, from now on becoming the vanguard of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect.

The earth‑shaking battle ended just like that; at this moment Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan were sitting with Ning Fengzhi in the main hall, drinking tea, especially Du Gu Yan, who wore a gloomy expression because the Spirit Hall's investment had interfered with her plans.

The Ghost Leopard Douluo, Serpent Spear Douluo, Spine‑Pig Douluo, and Spirit Kite Douluo were being held by the two Sword Bone Titled Douluo and brought to the hall, while Dugu Bo and his left‑wing companions were dealing with the remaining four thousand plus Soul Masters of the Spirit Hall.

After all, there are over a thousand people; they cannot be arranged all at once, so they need to carry it out step by step.

At this moment Ning Fengzhi sat upright in the chief seat, his gaze icy as he looked down at the four Titled Douluo; Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan sat respectively to his left and right, one refilling his tea, the other fanning him.

The Sword Bone Titled Douluo stood on either side of the hall; to the left, Dust Heart had a Seven‑Slaying Sword hovering silently before him, its terrifying sword intent pressing straight toward the heavenly spirit covers of the four kneeling Titled Douluo below.

In his right hand, Gu Rong had two soul bones wandering over his fingertips; the terrifying spatial power imprisoned the four kneeling individuals, making even their breathing somewhat difficult.

Worth mentioning, the two soul bones Gu Rong was playing with came from the Magic Bear Douluo, who was slain by Dust Heart's single sword, leaving only those two soul bones behind.

At this moment the four—Ghost Leopard, Serpent Spear, Spine‑Pig, and Spirit Kite—who ought to have been high‑spirited Titled Douluo now trembled like baby chicks, kneeling there and daring not to lift their heads.

They are not gods; even gods might fear death, let alone them.

At this moment they had already cursed the eighteen generations of Bi Bi Dong's ancestors in their hearts.

Is this what you called foolproof? Is this what you called completing your hegemony? Eternal fame?

A single Seven Treasure Glazed Sect could wipe you out! Can't you at least make some use of your intelligence‑gathering ability?

Do you know what it feels like to have a sword pointed at your head? Do you know what it feels like to find even breathing difficult? Do you know what it feels like to kneel on the ground like a dog?

The hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; after a long while Ning Fengzhi took a sip of tea, his cold, clear voice ringing out: "I ask, you answer. Get one word wrong…"

PS: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)