During this time, Ghost Leopard Douluo had temporarily healed his injuries and quickly planned an escape route in his head. He was originally a Titled Douluo known for his agility, so when he fled now, Blazing Sun Douluo simply couldn't catch up.
"Despicable villain!"
Blazing Sun Douluo roared angrily from behind!
He mobilized all his soul power and chased furiously, but there was still a certain gap between his speed and Ghost Leopard Douluo's, and this gap kept widening.
Looking at Ghost Leopard Douluo's retreating figure, Blazing Sun Douluo could be said to be filled with regret.
His eyes red with fury as he watched Ghost Leopard Douluo's escape, he fiercely slapped himself and knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his aged face.
"My son, father has failed you!"
Just at this moment.
A tremendous roar echoed between heaven and earth.
"Haotian Sect Ultimate Technique, Great Sumeru Hammer!"
A hundred-meter giant hammer phantom descended heavily. With a "boom," the earth shook and mountains trembled, and heaven and earth fell silent for a moment.
Soon after, Tang Hao walked back step by step, carrying Ghost Leopard Douluo's broken head.
"This, this is..."
Blazing Sun Douluo looked at Tang Hao with excitement.
Tang Hao knelt on one knee before Blazing Sun Douluo, offering up the head:
"Seventh Uncle, Tang Hao has not failed his mission. I have avenged you and the Haotian Sect..."
After saying this, with a thud, Tang Hao collapsed onto Blazing Sun Douluo.
This was an act.
But Blazing Sun Douluo didn't know that.
He thought Tang Hao had fainted from excessive consumption after using the Great Sumeru Hammer.
Looking at Tang Hao who had collapsed before him, Blazing Sun Douluo was moved beyond measure.
The truth was, the person he hated most in his heart wasn't Tang Hao, but Spirit Hall.
Now that Tang Hao had avenged him, the hatred in Blazing Sun Douluo's heart toward Tang Hao suddenly dissipated by more than half, replaced by a trace of gratitude.
Blazing Sun Douluo put away Ghost Leopard Douluo's head, then carried Tang Hao on his back, murmuring:
"Hao'er, Seventh Uncle... forgives you!"
The next day, Tang Hao awoke.
This time, Blazing Sun Douluo's attitude toward Tang Hao completely changed, and he no longer mentioned Tang Hao returning the spirit bones.
Tang Hao then followed Meng Bei's plan and naturally proposed his request to return to the sect and atone for his sins through merit for the Haotian Sect.
Upon hearing this, Blazing Sun Douluo agreed without hesitation and said he would help Tang Hao push this matter forward.
By breaking through at one point to affect the whole surface, having won over the Seventh Elder, taking down the entire Haotian Sect was just around the corner.
Subsequently, Tang Hao found Meng Bei alone and handed a spirit bone to him.
It wasn't the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor spirit bone.
Tang Hao had secretly given that spirit bone to Meng Bei earlier, but Meng Bei felt the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor spirit bone was somewhat weak, so he hadn't absorbed it.
The spirit bone Tang Hao handed to Meng Bei this time was a black right arm bone emanating dark attribute aura. From the soul power fluctuations within, this spirit bone's age was definitely over ten thousand years. As for exactly how many tens of thousands of years, that was somewhat difficult to determine.
According to Tang Hao, this had dropped from Ghost Leopard Douluo's arm. From this perspective, this spirit bone's age shouldn't be too low.
Meng Bei put away this spirit bone, then remembered he still had a spirit bone with the little cat, wondering if she had made up her mind yet.
These past few days he had been busy with various matters, especially at the Crown Prince's quarters where there were many affairs requiring his personal attention, leaving him with little leisure time and somewhat neglecting the little cat.
This time returning, he should be able to relax for a while, which would be a good opportunity to visit the little cat.
Subsequently, Meng Bei and the others secretly returned to the city.
The news of Marshal Ge Long's assassination also spread to Heaven Dou City.
Meng Bei was kind-hearted. Coming from humble origins, he could better understand the common people's difficulties, so he didn't massacre the town.
However, precisely because of this, many messages from that time were spread by the town's residents.
Some said Ghost Leopard Douluo had attacked Marshal Ge Long and assassinated him.
Others said Ghost Leopard Douluo's assassination of Marshal Ge Long had failed, and it was Bone Douluo from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect who appeared after Ghost Leopard Douluo and killed Marshal Ge Long.
In any case, various accounts differed, and no one knew whether these rumors were true or false.
Emperor Xue Ye was extremely shocked and angry upon learning of Marshal Ge Long's assassination. He almost immediately determined that the culprit must be Ning Fengzhi, because Ning Fengzhi currently had the most motive to do such a thing.
So soon, Emperor Xue Ye summoned ministers and nobles, preparing to publicly and seriously discuss this heinous incident, pointing the finger directly at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi calmly attended, then when facing Emperor Xue Ye's accusations, he brought up the surrendered Soul Sage.
"It's Count Blazing Lion Feren!"
The ministers and nobles present recognized this Soul Sage.
Feren was the current patriarch of the Blazing Lion family, an old noble family of the Heaven Dou Empire whose inherited martial soul was the Twin-Headed Blazing Lion.
Originally, the Blazing Lion family held a marquis title, but later, because generations of family members indulged in pleasure and neglected cultivation, with several consecutive generations failing to produce anyone who could break through to Soul Douluo, the Blazing Lion family was gradually demoted to count status.
However, despite this, they were still an old noble family, and most ministers and nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire still had some relationship with Feren.
Ning Fengzhi smiled and said to Feren:
"Count Blazing Lion, please tell His Majesty truthfully who killed Marshal Ge Long at that time!"
Upon hearing this, Feren shrank his neck, remembering the poison Poison Douluo had given him yesterday.
He quickly said:
"It was Ghost Leopard Douluo who killed him. I saw it with my own eyes—Ghost Leopard Douluo transformed into a netherworld divine light and killed the Marshal."
Ning Fengzhi turned to look at Emperor Xue Ye:
"Your Majesty, now you know!"
Meng Bei didn't participate in the court affairs.
There was nothing much to say about this matter.
As long as Ning Fengzhi insisted that this was done by Ghost Leopard Douluo, Emperor Xue Ye would have absolutely no way to turn the tables.
With Ge Long dead, the position of Imperial Marshal was vacant, and Emperor Xue Ye had temporarily lost military power. During this vacancy period was the best opportunity for Xue Qinghe to seize power and replace Emperor Xue Ye.
Of course, Meng Bei didn't need to participate in this matter.
Ning Fengzhi was better at power struggles than him. Having grasped the initiative, this Sect Master had plenty of methods to gradually force Emperor Xue Ye to step down.
Meng Bei returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
The first time he returned, an unexpected person came looking for him.
It wasn't Zhu Zhuqing, nor Liu Erlong.
But Tang San!
"Xiao Bei, you're finally back! This is a gift I specially prepared for you!"
Tang San said eagerly.
He took out a row of precision items from his soul tool.
"This is a Hidden Sword, this is Zhuge Divine Crossbow, this is Sand Shooting Shadow, this is Flying Divine Claw!"
Seeing this, Meng Bei pointed at these hidden weapons and asked somewhat surprised:
"Third Brother, what is this about?"
Tang San said: "Xiao Bei, I'm giving these to everyone for free—everyone gets some!"
(End of Chapter)