Demon Spear Douluo drew his spear, murderous aura erupting. Born and raised in Slaughter City, killing was as natural to him as eating or drinking. He'd been taught that his first purpose in life was to obey and protect the King of Slaughter, and only second to uphold the rules of Slaughter City.
"Such terrifying killing intent—greater even than Tianlin or Sword Douluo." Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan were stunned. When had the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect gained such a monster?
"Whoever offends my master—dies!" Demon Spear Douluo's nine spirit rings (two yellow, two purple, five black) glowed on his spear. His soul power far surpassed Ling Tian Douluo's.
Ling Tian Douluo, a peak level-94 Title Douluo, was among the strongest, just one step from level 95.
"He's a Super Douluo!" the others realized.
"Seventh Soul Skill: Demon Spear True Body!" Demon Spear Douluo wasted no words, immediately activating his martial soul avatar and attacking. Unlike those who liked to talk tough, he was born to kill—never showing mercy. Once he recognized someone as an enemy, he would kill them at any cost.
"Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul Avatar!" Startled by Demon Spear Douluo's decisiveness, Ling Tian Douluo also activated his true body.
In the main hall, spear and hammer clashed fiercely, each soul power shock making the entire sect shake as if in an earthquake.
"Xiao Tian, shouldn't we stop them? Otherwise the main hall will be destroyed," Yin Yang said.
"No need to worry, Grandpa Ying. Let the Clear Sky Sect see Demon Spear's power. As for the main hall, I'll protect it!" Tianlin wrapped the hall in his own, even greater soul power, ensuring no damage could occur.
Demon Spear's assault grew fiercer—he'd ignore being struck by the Clear Sky Hammer if it meant driving his spear through Ling Tian Douluo's heart. Forced to defend, Ling Tian Douluo's attacks were stifled.
"Damn, is this guy insane? He's stronger than me, but insists on fighting like this?" Ling Tian Douluo was miserable.
The others were also frightened; usually, when fighting a weaker opponent, you fought steadily and safely. Demon Spear, however, seemed to think every second delay in killing was a crime, attacking relentlessly and efficiently.
Ling Tian Douluo lacked such resolve. Having finally become a Title Douluo, he cherished his life and now regretted attacking Tianlin in a rage. Not only was this the Seven Treasure Sect's headquarters, but Tianlin himself was more than a match—Ling Tian Douluo couldn't have killed Lieyang Douluo in a single blow.
Fear made him increasingly passive, focusing only on defense. But constant defense leads to mistakes; one error let Demon Spear's spear pierce Ling Tian Douluo's shoulder.
"Grand Elder!" Tang Yuehua, who had been despairing, now panicked. Her brother, the seventh elder, and Tang San were all dead—she couldn't bear to lose the grand elder too.
"Enough, stop, Demon Spear!" Ning Fengzhi entered with Xiao Hei. In fact, they'd arrived long ago—they simply wanted to demonstrate their strength to the Clear Sky Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Yes!" Demon Spear stopped immediately—he would obey, since Tianlin had ordered him to listen to Ning Fengzhi.
The two deans and Tang Yuehua quickly helped the injured Ling Tian Douluo, Meng Shenji using soul power to staunch the bleeding. Fortunately, as a Title Douluo, the wound was not fatal.
"Sect Master Ning, I apologize for what just happened, but our grand elder was provoked. Your sect has killed so many of us. Didn't you always say the three upper sects were as close as brothers?" Tang Yuehua asked softly, without any accusation even in such a situation.
Ning Fengzhi was surprised—he'd planned to make things even more difficult for them, since Ling Tian Douluo had attacked first. But faced with Tang Yuehua's calm and apology, he had nowhere to vent his anger.
"Since you've apologized, let's leave Ling Tian Douluo's injury at that." Ning Fengzhi took his seat. "As for the others, they brought it upon themselves. First, Tang Hao killed Oslo, so his son's death was the Heaven Dou battle team's revenge."
"But Your Excellency swore not to pursue that matter. Are you not afraid of breaking your spirit oath and suffering inner demons?" Tang Yuehua couldn't understand—was it worth all this for Oslo?
"If I'd done it, Tang San wouldn't have been the first to die—it would have been Tang Hao. My father-in-law just said, it was the Heaven Dou team's revenge."
Tang Yuehua immediately understood. Though Tang San died in Tianlin's presence, the killer was a Heaven Dou team member, not Tianlin himself. She didn't bother asking who—she knew Tianlin wouldn't say.
"Fine, the Heaven Dou team had reason. What about my brother? None of them could defeat him. If it wasn't you, who else could've killed him?"
"Tang Hao's crimes go beyond that. Don't pretend you don't know how he slaughtered soul beasts in the forest to get bones for his son. That violated laws set by the seven sects, Spirit Hall, and the two empires. Even if I'd killed him myself, it'd be justified. But he didn't die by my hand—he was wounded by a beast king in the Star Dou Forest, then fled to the Extreme North, only to encounter even stronger soul beasts. The 690,000-year Snow Empress and the 390,000-year Ice Empress killed him. If you want revenge, go find them."
"Snow Empress, Ice Empress!" Tang Yuehua was shocked by the existence of such powerful soul beasts. She knew about Tang Hao's slaughter of soul beasts—if he was killed by beast kings, it was his own doing.
"As for Lieyang Douluo, you were there that day. I've already answered that. Anything else?" Tianlin stared coldly at Tang Yuehua.
Even Tang Yuehua, normally composed, was intimidated. "No, thank you for clarifying. The Grand Elder is badly hurt—we'll take him for treatment now. Farewell."
Supporting their elder, Tang Yuehua left with the others. Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly. Killing people while remaining in the right—his son-in-law was becoming more and more like him.