Chapter 428: The Offering Hall's Response

The gaze returns to the Spirit Hall.

While Qian Renxue was conversing with Qian Daoliu, a letter from Nan Tianchen also arrived.

After reading this letter, Qian Daoliu sighed, "A fine Gu Lei Kingdom, to actually play such a trick on me."

"Great Elder, I feel there is absolutely no need to agree to this matter. What does the Gu Lei Kingdom amount to? Are any stray cats or dogs qualified to challenge our Offering Hall?" Golden Crocodile Douluo said with disdain. "In my view, it is better to follow the original plan and root out Nan Feihuang. His talent is too terrifying; we cannot let him continue to grow."

"No, the Gu Lei Kingdom has the power to challenge us, based solely on the fact that Lan Xue once defeated Tang Hao in the valley, and Nan Feihuang defeated me without using any petty tricks. If it weren't for his mercy, I would already be dead. These two matters are now known to all the world," Guangling Douluo said. "The Clear Sky Douluo, who has always represented the number one sect in the world, and an Offering of the Offering Hall, both defeated at their hands—does the Second Elder still think the Gu Lei Kingdom is truly just a mere kingdom? At least in the eyes of the world, they are already one of the top-tier forces."

Qingluan Douluo echoed, "I agree. If we truly want to force a battle with the current Gu Lei Kingdom, I fear we must be prepared to pay a considerable price. Moreover, this time, I fear we have no room to refuse."

Qingluan produced another piece of intelligence and handed it to Golden Crocodile Douluo, "That old fox Nan Tianchen has already spread the news across the entire continent. Now, even the beggars on the roadside are heatedly discussing this duel."

"If we refuse this duel at this time, there will only be one result: being mocked by the world as cowards who did not dare to accept the challenge from the seven Great Consecrators of the Spirit Hall."

"Beside Nan Tianchen and Nan Feihuang, there is a very clever person who knows how to use open schemes well. We cannot avoid it."

When an open scheme is used well, it is absolutely more terrifying than a conspiracy. A conspiracy can be broken, but to break an open scheme, one usually has to pay a great price.

For instance, this time, if the Offering Hall does not agree to the duel, the price paid will be the destruction of the Spirit Hall's thousand-year reputation in one fell swoop. This is something Qian Daoliu cannot accept under any circumstances.

"Despicable! Nan Tianchen is afraid that our Offering Hall would surround and kill his son like the previous Elder Group, so he turned passive into active, right?" Lion Douluo said angrily. "But so what? Great Elder, Second Elder, since they want to fight, we shall accept. Do the seven of us Great Consecrators mean we can't even defeat a few Title Douluo from the Gu Lei Kingdom?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Grandpa Lion makes a lot of sense. So, Grandpa, let's agree! It's just a mere Gu Lei Kingdom!" There was one person more excited than the seven Great Consecrators, and that was Qian Renxue.

In her view, this was a heaven-sent opportunity.

Didn't you see what the letter said? If the Gu Lei Kingdom loses, they will surrender the entire nation and submit to any disposal.

Submit to any disposal—these four words were too wonderful. Doesn't this mean that later, whether she wants to lock Feihuang in a secret room or put shackles on him and tie him to her side, forbidding him from leaving her for even a step, it would all be up to her freedom? Qian Daoliu glanced at her sideways. As a grandfather, how could he not see Qian Renxue's psychology? It was likely that her love-struck, slightly yandere illness, just like her parents', had flared up again.

"It's not that simple, Xiao Xue. Since Nan Tianchen dares to challenge us, he naturally has some confidence. Nan Feihuang himself, as well as his mother, both have the strength to challenge an Offering. Dugu Bo defeated both Ju and Gui consecutively back then; so many years have passed, I fear he has also made a breakthrough." Qian Daoliu analyzed that since the Gu Lei Kingdom was seeking a best-of-five, they must at least bring out three figures capable of challenging an Offering.

Not many, not few; there are exactly three in the Gu Lei Kingdom right now.

Actually, Qian Daoliu was very clear that the Gu Lei Kingdom would definitely choose to give up the match against him; they could not bring out anyone to be his enemy.

They must be pinning their hopes on the first three matches.

And it was impossible for him to appear in the first three matches. For no other reason than the issue of face; as the Great Elder of the Offering Hall, he must serve as the final anchor. If he appeared early, it would still reflect the Offering Hall's wariness of the Gu Lei Kingdom.

However, this was not without a way to cope. As long as Qingluan, Lion, and Golden Crocodile were placed in the first three matches, as long as the Gu Lei Kingdom lost any one match, they would be finished, because they could not bring out a fourth person to confront the Offering Hall.

Just as Qian Daoliu finished expressing his thoughts to everyone, Qingluan Douluo raised a different opinion, "Wait, Great Elder, there is one more person we need to pay attention to."

Qian Daoliu asked, "Who?"

"Thunder Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen!" Qingluan said. "Ever since the battle of the Soul Hunting Operation, he and Dugu Bo disappeared together. Privately, Dugu Bo has a life-saving grace to his entire clan; if Dugu Bo requests his help, given Yu Yuanzhen's character, he likely wouldn't refuse. And publicly, both the Gu Lei Kingdom and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family are under our threat; it is only natural for the two major forces to huddle together for warmth."

Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu immediately felt there was some truth to it. In that case, their lineup would have to change slightly; after all, this old fellow Yu Yuanzhen was not simple either.

Although he was only Level 95, his actual combat ability was extremely terrifying. If they really fought, Qianjun and Jiangmo had been out of practice for a long time and might not be his match.

Guangling's injuries had not yet recovered, so at least someone like Lion or Qingluan, a Super Douluo at Level 97, would be needed to deal with him.

"Heh, four people with the strength to challenge an Offering—has the Gu Lei Kingdom grown to this extent without me noticing? Bibi Dong, this is all because of your own selfishness." Qian Daoliu finally felt some regret at this moment; he shouldn't have agreed to Bibi Dong's plan to forcefully kill Nan Feihuang back then.

Now, he had inexplicably forced the Gu Lei Kingdom into becoming a formidable enemy of the Spirit Hall, and also made the hope between his granddaughter and Nan Feihuang become slim.

Mainly, he hadn't expected Nan Feihuang's growth speed to be this fast.

If that ambush back then had succeeded, it would naturally have been the end of it, but it failed, and the subsequent impact was unprecedentedly large.

Now, the Spirit Hall's plans for many years had been completely disrupted.

The Soul Hunting Operation did not achieve its full goal, the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan failed completely, and the plan to annex the kingdoms had to be temporarily shelved because of the Gu Lei Kingdom affair.

To continue, they must first resolve the Gu Lei Kingdom.

Very well, then let's use this opportunity to correct everything that had gone off track.

The Offering Hall had not taken action for many years; it was time to show a little majesty to the world.

If they could defeat the Gu Lei Kingdom with overwhelming strength this time, they could take this opportunity to demonstrate to other kingdoms and, in one go, annex them all.

Having made the decision, Qian Daoliu immediately sent people to the Gu Lei Kingdom to express his intent to Nan Tianchen.

He agreed to this duel!