Chapter 361: Nine Great Elders Assemble; The Spirit Hall Begins Its Move

After Ci Xue killed Liu Erlong and the Grandmaster, he did not stop there.

He did not return to Qian Renxue's side, but instead went to do two things.

First, he arrived at the Heaven Dou Spirit Hall Sanctuary and informed the person in charge there, Salas, one of the four Platinum Bishops of the Spirit Hall, ordering him to send men immediately to Wuhun City to notify them to accelerate the execution of the Soul Hunting Operation Plan.

After all, since the plan had already been leaked, it was easy for changes to occur if they delayed.

Second, he personally went to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, preparing to eliminate Xue Beng, because in his understanding, it was Xue Beng who sent Sima Yi to notify the Grandmaster, and he had also established cooperation with Tang Hao; either one was enough for him to die ten times over.

This time, Ci Xue had to be much more cautious.

It was not easy to kill Xue Beng silently under the noses of the Three Education Committee Members; these three committee members had been famous for many years, possessed profound cultivation, and had plenty of combat experience.

If the three of them attacked together, even he might not necessarily be able to gain an advantage.

Even if he could eventually win, the commotion created would be very large, and that would be troublesome.

But do not forget, who is Ci Xue? He is one of the very few Poison Spirit Masters in the world today who can rival Dugu Bo.

When it comes to assassination, there is no better method than poisoning.

Xue Beng stayed near the Three Education Committee Members, so he could not find an opportunity to strike for a time.

Thus, he did something truly terrifying: he filled the entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a chronic, highly toxic gas.

The toxicity of this poison was not too strong; as long as one reached the level of a Spirit Emperor or above, one could resist it, but unfortunately, Xue Beng was currently only at the level of a barely-reached Soul Ancestor.

The advantage of this poison was that it was colorless and odorless; the toxic gas could not be seen, touched, or smelled, and even a Title Douluo powerhouse would find it difficult to detect.

By the time the Three Education Committee Members realized something was wrong, it would likely be too late.

Ci Xue's ruthlessness was evident; in order to kill Xue Beng, he was prepared to slaughter everyone in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. It was not just the students; even the teachers in the academy would be affected. After all, Heaven Dou-rank Teachers above the sixtieth level were always in the minority, and the teachers at the Heavenly Micro and Heavenly Ultimate levels were still afraid of this poison.

Moreover, the majority of the academy consisted of students. These students were usually pampered, arrogant, and domineering aristocratic children who did not work hard at their cultivation, so how could there be anyone among them who had reached the sixtieth level?

Their bodies would gradually be eroded by the potent poison, becoming weaker and weaker, followed by hair loss, eyes turning white, bleeding from the seven orifices, and finally death.

In any case, Ci Xue felt that the people here were basically worthless existences, and their deaths would not be any loss to this Douluo Continent.

After finishing everything, Ci Xue returned to Qian Renxue's side and reported to her that the mission had been completed.

Qian Renxue nodded without asking any further questions; she trusted Ci Xue absolutely.

But she did not know that Ci Xue's so-called completion of the mission was precisely because he had done it too well, which would cause great trouble later on.

On the other side, when Salas transmitted Ci Xue's intelligence back to the Spirit Hall, the head of the Spirit Hall's intelligence organization, Luoerdi Yala, immediately reported it to the Nine Great Elders.

The Soul Hunting Operation Plan had already been fully formulated, and Bibi Dong no longer concerned herself with it, handing it over entirely to the Nine Great Elders to handle. Among the Nine Great Elders, except for Citun Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo who were guarding Qian Renxue, the other seven were present, and with the newly promoted Title Douluo Tuoba Xi, there were eight in total.

At this moment, the eight sat in a circle, and as the head of the Nine Great Elders, Ghost Douluo Guimei spoke, "You have all seen the intelligence transmitted back by Ci Xue, right? It is truly unexpected that the top-secret Soul Hunting Operation Plan would actually be leaked. He speculates it was the Min Clan; indeed, only they have that ability."

"Tuoba Xi, after the Soul Hunting Operation Plan ends, your All-Continent Sect Incorporation Plan for the Lower Four Sects must also be accelerated. Start by taking the Four Single-Attribute Clans as the first targets."

"Yes, First Elder!" Tuoba Xi replied respectfully.

Although Guimei was not necessarily the strongest among the Nine Great Elders—Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo were not inferior to him—firstly, he and Ju Hua Guan were the public faces of the Spirit Hall, and secondly, they were completely loyal to Bibi Dong, so naturally, Bibi Dong had to place her own people in the highest positions of the Nine Great Elders.

Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard, these two who were known as the closest to the Offerings, were only the Third Elder and Fourth Elder.

The so-called All-Continent Sect Incorporation Plan was actually the follow-up to the Soul Hunting Operation Plan.

The Spirit Hall's annihilation of the Upper Three Sects was not only to destroy the great enemies who would prevent them from unifying the continent in the future, but also to serve as a deterrent.

After all, they did not want to kill every Spirit Master on the entire continent.

Besides the Seven Great Sects, there were many other sects of various sizes on the continent. The Spirit Hall wanted to incorporate them all for their own use; for those who did not agree, the fate of the Upper Three Sects would be their fate.

In the original work, Huyan Zhen seeking out the Yu Clan was actually to complete this plan.

Although they were stopped by Tang San and Titan's group at the time, the Four Single-Attribute Clans were only a small part of the plan.

With one of the Upper Three Sects in seclusion, one severely damaged, and one annihilated, the Lower Four Sects almost swept through all the small sects on the continent.

Those who surrendered were spared, those who resisted were destroyed, and the strength of the Lower Four Sects increased rapidly; three of the outstanding ones were later promoted by the Spirit Hall to be the new Upper Three Sects.

Relying on the two major plans of the Soul Hunting Operation and the incorporation of sects, the Spirit Hall controlled nearly seventy to eighty percent of the Spirit Masters on the entire continent when they established their empire.

That was why they were able to be so destructive when attacking the Two Great Empires simultaneously.

"Then Ghost, when do you think it is best for us to act?" Ju Hua Guan asked.

"Start gathering forces today. In one day, I want eight thousand Spirit Masters gathered at the foot of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect mountain and by the lake of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family respectively," Ghost Douluo said.

Originally, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had prepared a full ten thousand Spirit Masters, but now their strength was greatly reduced, so the force attacking them could be appropriately relaxed.

"Everyone, as the Title Douluo who are the public faces of the Spirit Hall, Chrysanthemum and I cannot take action this time, so the rest is left to you all. Demon Bear, Lingyuan, I trouble you two to head to Seven Treasure Mountain and rendezvous with Citun and Snake Spear there. You handle the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; be sure to annihilate them completely, and it is best not to leave a single survivor."

"Ghost Leopard, you lead the remaining Elders and Tuoba Xi to launch a surprise attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family. Coordinate with Yu Luomian from the inside and outside to exterminate this fence-sitting family. I want them to know that in this chaotic continent, neutrality is the greatest path to self-destruction!"

"Understood, rest assured, Ghost!" The elders stood up and began to take action one after another.

A late-night war that would change the landscape of the continent was about to begin.

(End of chapter)