Chapter 318: The Expedition

"I will handle the lord of Panlong Territory; you arrange the rest. Kill the chicken to warn the monkey—I want the name of our Reincarnation Mansion to resound throughout the entire continent after this battle! Do you understand?"

Shi Quan's gaze landed on Long Wenhe.

Long Wenhe's entire body shuddered, and at this moment, a hint of excitement could not help but emerge from the depths of his eyes; he said in an agitated tone, "This subordinate will certainly not fail the Venerable One's choice."

"Go on down." Shi Quan waved his hand. Sure enough, as long as one's strength is sufficient, all problems become exceptionally simple.

"This subordinate takes his leave."

Long Wenhe bowed and retreated, and Juntian also walked out of the room along with him.

Within the territory of Reincarnation Mansion, Long Wenhe's sudden changes over these past few days naturally stirred up discussions among many people, especially the soldiers; their sudden mobilization made them inevitably somewhat nervous, and they speculated one after another about what major event had occurred.

When everyone heard that they were about to set out to conquer Panlong Territory, these soldiers were even more chaotic; after all, they were well aware of the strength of Panlong Territory and did not understand why their lord would make such a suicidal decision.

When they saw the powerful figure of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, everyone became excited and stirred up, and with Long Wenhe's inspiring speech, the morale of the territory's soldiers rose instantly.

The next day.

Boarding the carriage arranged by Long Wenhe, Shi Quan set out with Long Wenhe to conquer Panlong Territory.

The unusual movements on the side of Reincarnation Mansion naturally attracted the attention of surrounding territories; in every territory, there was no shortage of spies from other territories, and Reincarnation Mansion was no exception. When the soldiers of Reincarnation Mansion arrived outside Panlong Territory, the Panlong Lord had already received news of the invasion by Reincarnation Mansion and personally led a great army to arrive outside Panlong Territory.

"Long Wenhe, what are you trying to do?" The Panlong Lord's deep voice, mixed with soul power, passed through the great army and rang out beside everyone's ears.

The Panlong Lord was not stupid; he understood Long Wenhe quite well. He was not afraid of the current Reincarnation Mansion; what he truly worried about was that Reincarnation Mansion was merely a catalyst, and that there were other territories secretly fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Long Wenhe laughed out loud and said ostentatiously, "Naturally, I have come for this Panlong Territory of yours. Panlong, I advise you to surrender voluntarily; that way, you will suffer less physical pain!"

Upon hearing this, the Panlong Lord's expression suddenly became exceptionally ugly, and fury churned in his eyes. He, a Spirit Douluo, actually dared to provoke him, a Title Douluo? "Seeking death!"

Panlong roared, leaping directly from the great army. Beneath him, nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—appeared. Behind him, a strange phantom emerged; the phantom looked like a stone disk, yet it was in the shape of an earth-yellow giant dragon coiling and winding.

"Submit... or die!"

Shi Quan's voice resounded through the heavens and earth like a thunderclap, the vigorous and powerful voice ringing out in every corner between heaven and earth as if it were divine might.

A phantom figure suddenly appeared in mid-air. The simple five words were perfectly integrated with Shi Quan's massive Mental Power. Everyone present could clearly feel the grim intent of this voice, as well as that incomparable, terrifying Mental Power.

In an instant, the space within a radius of ten thousand meters seemed to solidify, and the many soldiers within Panlong Territory clutched their heads in pain at this moment, collapsing to the ground.

"Who are you?!" Panlong looked at the Shi Quan before him with a grave expression.

"Submit or die..." Shi Quan calmly repeated the five words from just before.

"Playing the fool!" Panlong's expression paused, and a bit of violence grew in his eyes. After a roar, his Seventh Soul Ring suddenly lit up, and the earth dragon stone disk coiling behind him seemed to come alive, making a *clack-clack-clack* sound.

"Then die!"

Boom! The heavens and earth seemed to darken along with it, and a massive phantom emerged behind Shi Quan. The people present could not see clearly at all what soul skill Shi Quan had released.

One saw Shi Quan's right index and middle fingers pressed together to form a sword finger, slowly landing between his own eyebrows.

"Light! Of! De! Struction!"

Shi Quan in mid-air just floated there quietly in the sky, reciting these four words one by one, flatly. The voice was filled with a strange tone; every time a word was spoken, the air would twist strangely. The terrifying, extreme Mental Power seemed to have condensed into a solid, and as he recited the words, his right hand also lightly wiped across his brow!

In an instant, a silver Magic Pattern emerged, transforming into a silver eye, and even Shi Quan's own eyes turned silver—that kind of transparent silver.

Everything around seemed to have slowed down. The powerful Mental Power transformed into a force field, and the entire space was locked down in an instant.

In mid-air, Panlong was greatly horrified. In this instant, he finally felt a huge crisis—it was a life-and-death crisis pointing directly at death. The extreme pressure caused his will to collapse instantly. "I surrender! My Lord, I am willing to submit..."

"Too late..."

And in that very instant, a black-silver light suddenly burst forth from between Shi Quan's eyebrows, shining directly onto that Panlong.

The black-silver light illuminated the air entirely in the same color.

The Panlong's Ninth Soul Ring in the sky had just lit up when the earth dragon stone disk behind him suddenly stalled, then transformed into light and dissipated.

Panlong's sturdy figure also stalled in mid-air, then vanished. The entire person seemed as if he had been directly erased; not even a corpse was left behind.

Silence. Everyone at the scene was stunned in place, shocked by this scene before them.

Especially Long Wenhe; he had thought that the strength of Shi Quan and his companion was very high, but he had never imagined it would be this strong.

A Title Douluo!

Actually killed in seconds with just a single strike!

What kind of concept was this?

"If I hadn't been willing to submit before, would my end have been the same as this Panlong?" Thinking of this, Long Wenhe could not help but shiver.

"Submit or die!"

The same five words rang out again. Most of Panlong Territory knelt directly on the ground; only some who were die-hard loyalists to Panlong charged madly toward the people of Reincarnation Mansion.

Long Wenhe gave an order directly, and Juntian's massive figure leapt out from the great army with a bang. The violent figure tore them all to shreds. The bloody scene, combined with the pressure of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, brought yet another visual shock to the people of Panlong Territory.

"Continue to spread the Faith. Within five days, take over all of Panlong Territory, then prepare to continue expanding!" Shi Quan's voice entered Long Wenhe's mind.

"This subordinate obeys." Long Wenhe bowed respectfully toward Shi Quan in mid-air and responded.

Seeing this, the personal troops around Long Wenhe also hurriedly bowed toward Shi Quan in mid-air.

The Panlong Lord was dead, and Panlong Territory was left without a leader. Coupled with the fact that the predecessor of Reincarnation Mansion, Wenhe Territory, had already established a good reputation beforehand, the speed of taking over Panlong Territory was surprisingly fast. In less than three short days, Long Wenhe had already taken over the entire Panlong Territory and spread the Faith of Reincarnation Mansion.

(End of this chapter)