Chapter 420: Information Spreads, The Continent is Shocked
After a night of intimacy, the next morning, Feihuang finally left Tiandou City under Xue Ke's reluctant gaze, returning to Gu Lei Kingdom with Long Gong, She Po, and Lv Lingqi.
However, on the way, he had Long Gong, She Po, and Lv Lingqi return first, as he still had one thing left to do.
Within these past day or two, the news of the events from the last few days finally spread across the entire continent.
No one expected that, only a month after the disaster of the Upper Three Sects, so many major events would occur again.
First, the Spirit Hall dispatched several Title Douluo to ambush Nan Feihuang, but they were defeated by the combined efforts of Nan Feihuang and his mother, with two of them even being captured.
Those who originally thought this news was just hearsay had no more doubts after seeing Gui Douluo and Snake Spear Douluo being escorted back to Gu Lei Royal Palace for imprisonment.
Many people did not recognize Snake Spear Douluo, but Gui Douluo was the public face of the Spirit Hall.
Many people had seen his portrait.
Following that, within the Spirit Hall, the Saintess Qian Renxue from the Offering Hall launched the Tiandou Palace Coup, and it was Nan Feihuang again who, in order to help his wife Xue Ke, led his subordinates Long Gong, She Po, and Lv Lingqi to repel the Spirit Hall.
He even took action personally, fighting Guangling Douluo and defeating him.
These few battles left the entire continent in a state of panic; what was happening to the Douluo Continent? In just over a month, it seemed as if the landscape of the continent had suddenly undergone a massive change.
And then there was Nan Feihuang; was this guy even human? It had only been a few years since he led his team to win the championship of the continent-wide Soul Master Tournament, and in such a short time, he was already able to defeat even a Super Douluo.
Compared to this, the fact that Long Gong Meng Shu had broken through to the Title Douluo realm—an event that would normally have been enough to shake the continent—seemed somewhat insignificant.
This left Long Gong very depressed; he had spent most of his life's effort to successfully break through to Title Douluo, and he had hoped to receive more praise and adoration from the people of the continent.
As it turned out, Nan Feihuang's sudden emergence had completely overshadowed him.
If it were anyone else, he would have challenged them, but unfortunately, Nan Feihuang was on his side; without him, he would not have broken through to Title Douluo so smoothly. Moreover, he truly could not beat Nan Feihuang, so he could only swallow his pride and accept his bad luck for being born in the same era as such a monster.
In a luxury hotel in Tiandou City, three young people sat together.
They were Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
After the disaster at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, only a few people escaped, but after fleeing, the remaining disciples of the affiliated families did not continue to follow Ning Rongrong and instead went their separate ways.
These affiliated families had originally pinned their hopes on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to develop themselves; now that the sect was gone, why would they still follow Ning Rongrong? Some of them even harbored lustful thoughts toward her, but Ning Rongrong still had the last Spirit Douluo who had escorted them out of the sect by her side.
Ning Fengzhi had entrusted such an important task to this person, of course, because he was a loyalist brainwashed and raised by the Ning family since childhood, named Ning Chen; it was a name given by the previous head of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, who even gave him the Ning surname, meaning he was a retainer of the Ning family. Even at this point, he remained loyal to Ning Rongrong.
With this person present, they could only give up on seizing Ning Rongrong, but they were unwilling to be subordinates to a little girl like her; this was the meaning of "when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter."
By now, only Ma Hongjun and Oscar were still willing to follow her. Ma Hongjun had no choice; he needed money, and his evil fire was becoming harder to control, requiring him to stay in brothels every day—how could he manage without money?
Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had fallen, Ning Rongrong still had several Gold Soul Coin cards on her, enough to last him a lifetime.
As for Oscar, it was purely due to good fortune; after Shrek Academy was destroyed, he had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect along with Ma Hongjun.
He had always liked Ning Rongrong and tried hard to pursue her, but unfortunately, after entering the sect, he learned of the rule that a direct descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must marry a Battle Spirit Master.
This cut off his connection with Ning Rongrong at the root.
Therefore, he chose to go out for training to see if he could find an opportunity to gain combat power, hoping that perhaps he might have a glimmer of hope with Ning Rongrong, or at the very least, eventually be able to forget her.
Unexpectedly, during his training, he heard the massive news that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been destroyed, and out of concern for Ning Rongrong, he chose to abandon his training and return to the Heaven Dou Empire.
He happened to encounter those affiliated family disciples who had left Ning Rongrong, learned of her whereabouts from them, and then headed to Tiandou City.
"Nan Feihuang, I really didn't expect that this person would have become so powerful; this time, he has indirectly saved us," Oscar said.
Ning Rongrong nodded noncommittally; she had originally come to Tiandou City intending to seek refuge with Xue Qinghe, as Xue Qinghe was her father's only disciple and there was still some sentiment there; she had even considered marrying Xue Qinghe.
As long as she became the future Empress of the Heaven Dou Empire, perhaps she would have a chance to use the empire's power to one day revive the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
But then such huge news suddenly broke: Xue Qinghe was not Xue Qinghe, but Qian Renxue of the Spirit Hall in disguise.
Perhaps the disaster that destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect even had a hand from her.
If they had really gone to seek refuge with Xue Qinghe so foolishly, wouldn't that be no different from delivering a sheep into a tiger's mouth? If they all died then, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would truly be finished.
"So Rongrong, what should we do next?" Oscar asked.
Ning Rongrong shook her head, tears streaming down her face as she bit her lower lip; her last hope was shattered, and she had no idea where to go.
"How about we go to the Star Luo Empire and find Dai Laoda?" Ma Hongjun suddenly suggested.
"No!" Oscar immediately retorted, "Fatty, have you forgotten? During the Academy Tournament back then, Zhu Zhuyun died at the hands of our Shrek Academy. Although it was Xiao San who dealt the killing blow, anyone could see that it was ultimately due to all of us in Shrek. Xiao San is the murderer, and we are the accomplices. The White Tiger Great Emperor has been placing a bounty on us Shrek people across the continent; even if Dai Laoda could tolerate us, could the White Tiger Great Emperor? Could Dai Weisi?"
"Besides, I heard that Dai Laoda's current situation isn't too good either. After Zhu Zhuyun died, Zhu Qing lost all motivation and has been locking herself at home, ignoring everything outside. Without her full support, Dai Laoda cannot gain the upper hand against Dai Weisi. If he loses this battle for the throne, we definitely cannot go to Star Luo; Dai Weisi would absolutely kill us."
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