Chapter 272: Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong Defect to Spirit Hall
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, already razed to the ground, was saturated with the aura of death. Vast streams of deathly energy converged upon one spot, and countless corpses floated upward, sending filaments of transparent purple-black energy surging around Bibi Dong. The space several hundred meters behind her gradually darkened into a deep purple void, radiating an extremely malevolent aura.
"Eighth spirit skill."
Sensing the oppressive energy fluctuations—already locked onto her with intense force—Bo Saixi promptly activated her eighth ring. Behind her, the Sea God spirit shone brilliantly, swelling into a giant several hundred meters tall.
If Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had been here at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, they would have been shocked. Even in all the battles they'd fought against Bo Saixi at sea, she had never used her eighth or ninth spirit skill. One would only witness Bo Saixi's eighth or ninth skill if a god-level combatant emerged.
"Ninth spirit skill, Abyssal Strike of Space Rend!"
Bibi Dong gathered the death energy of the tens of thousands of lives lost at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan into her two arms. Two huge, emerald-green pincers clamped together in an X-shape, unleashing a pair of towering emerald blades cleaving straight at Bo Saixi's head.
Wherever that X-shaped emerald blade passed, space itself tore like paper. The remnants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan below were reduced to dust by the violent ripples of energy.
With the power of an entire clan and tens of thousands of soldiers behind it, this strike surpassed the one Bibi Dong had unleashed in her previous life during the Jialing Pass War against Tang San—when she used the Spatial Rend Abyssal Strike to instantly kill Demon Bear Douluo and even crack his Invincible Golden Body. Now, it was even more terrifying.
"Sea God's Judgment!"
Bo Saixi waved the Sea God Scepter in her hand toward the emerald blade. The colossal Sea God spirit behind her, standing hundreds of meters tall, reached out a palm comparable in size to that emerald slash, halting it in place.
Both Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi wore severe expressions. Emerald and blue-gold light flashed, and a column of emerald and blue-gold shot up, erupting with a sky-splitting explosion that flattened the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. All its buildings, its living creatures, and its corpses were swallowed in the blast, reduced to dust.
At least ten thousand meters away, in Heaven Dou City, fierce winds battered them like the onslaught of a hurricane. Windows shattered, roofs were torn away, and sleeping citizens were blown from their homes, suffering broken arms and legs. Chaos engulfed Heaven Dou City.
"That dreadful spirit power fluctuation can be felt even from here. It's from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. Spirit Hall has destroyed yet another sect."
High above the Clear Sky Clan, Tang Xiao solemnly stared in the direction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. With grave tones, he said, "Xiao San, in this life, you must also inherit a god's position and obliterate Spirit Hall."
Meanwhile, in Spirit Hall's Supreme Pontiff Palace…
Qian Xunji likewise looked toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. "Clan Master Ning… you and your beloved daughter must survive this, or I'll have to spend heaven knows how many Qiluo Tulips to create a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda again."
Qian Xunji had naturally anticipated that Bibi Dong, after eradicating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, would turn next to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. So he'd arranged for one of its less-talented but acceptable disciples to be captured. Should Bibi Dong wipe out the entire Ning Family, he meant for the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Spirit to persist in this world—under Spirit Hall's banner.
That disciple had an innate spirit power of just over rank six. Even one Qiluo Tulip likely wouldn't be enough to evolve him to the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda level.
Elsewhere, atop the Holy Tiger Spirit Beast, Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong crossed another mountain, hearing the towering explosion from behind. Even at that distance, the accompanying gale was still fearsome.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan… Bibi Dong…"
Red-rimmed, Ning Fengzhi closed his eyes. His hair, already streaked with gray, turned increasingly white, strand by strand, at astonishing speed.
Below them, the Holy Tiger halted, as if sensing Ning Fengzhi's deep grief. It let out a soft cry in consolation.
Tears ran down Ning Rongrong's cheeks. "Dad, the Clan is gone. Everyone was murdered by Bibi Dong. What do we do now?"
"Revenge. We have to avenge them!" Ning Fengzhi clenched his fist, his once-handsome, refined face taking on a ghostly pallor in the moonlight, terrifying to behold.
After a moment, he looked toward the direction of Spirit City. "We're going to Spirit Hall. We'll go to Qian Xunji."
"Dad, shouldn't we turn to the Clear Sky Clan?"
Ning Rongrong stared, as if she'd misheard. Her father wanted to flee to Qian Xunji—that beast in human form, that filthy rapist? Wasn't that jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire?
"Rongrong, the Clear Sky Clan right now has four Title Douluo, along with its four single-attribute clans—five thousand disciples in total. It's definitely stronger than our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. But if we add our clan plus one hundred thousand Heaven Dou soldiers, we still pale against them. And that force was crushed by Bibi Dong anyway. How would the Clear Sky Clan fare any better? If Bibi Dong strikes them, will we have a second chance to escape?"
Ning Fengzhi drew a long breath, eyes clouded with sorrow. "This time, we survived the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan only because Chen'er gave his life to save us. Next time, who will sacrifice themselves for us?"
"But that other world's Spirit Hall destroyed our clan and sought to unify the entire continent. Now this Spirit Hall has destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan once more—" Ning Rongrong argued.
"You still don't understand," Ning Fengzhi snapped. "It was Bibi Dong—the real beast in human form—who massacred the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. This Spirit Hall is not like the one in that other world."
"The only place we can survive is in Spirit Hall. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda can persist there, too; future generations will have a chance to rebuild the clan. And only by going to Spirit Hall can we exact revenge on Bibi Dong!"
He gently patted the Holy Tiger, lifting a finger. "Xiao Guang, head toward Spirit City—no need to rush. Don't exhaust yourself."
Carrying Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, the Holy Tiger Spirit Beast set off again, bound for Spirit City.
On their journey, they ran into one danger after another; numerous spirit masters coveted Ning Rongrong, a woman among the top three beauties of the spirit master world. Each time, the Holy Tiger shielded them both.
Back at the flat ruins of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Bo Saixi spread her spiritual power to its utmost, but she found no trace of Bibi Dong's aura. Narrowing her eyes, she murmured, "So Bibi Dong escaped? Even if you find the Heart of the Sea God and earn its recognition, I will never allow you to inherit the Sea God's divinity."
"Rakshasa and Angel have always been mortal enemies. If she's permitted to grow further, she'll become a plague to the entire continent. That's best left to Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji—to kill Bibi Dong."
Once Bo Saixi left, Salas arrived with a large contingent of Spirit Temple masters, searching through the rubble. They recovered six precious spirit bones dropped by Liu Erlong, along with several spirit bones originally stored by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
As for the clan's final assets—the rare jewels in its treasury, crystal, gold spirit coins, and the undamaged remnants of its solid-gold buildings—they hauled them all away as well.
Later, many citizens from Heaven Dou City also flooded the site, though they could only scavenge some shattered gold or crushed gemstones—any large pieces had already been taken.
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