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"Your Excellency Ruthless, please take your man away; unless absolutely necessary, I will not kill a Federation hero like him."
In the conferment field, the young man's clear and magnetic voice echoed, announcing the end of the three-move battle.
Feng Zaixing clearly knew that his reputation's Foundation stemmed from the Blood God Legion, and he absolutely could not kill Blood Six today, or he would destroy his own standing.
Cao Dezhi looked deeply at Feng Zaixing, nodded, and walked toward Blood Six.
He could tell that Feng Zaixing had held back in the final move.
But the next moment, his pupils suddenly constricted: "Blood Six, you?"
"Sect Leader, I said I would definitely take revenge; since I lost the battle, I don't want to live anymore." Blood Six ignited his life's fire, determined to die.
Cao Dezhi quickly pointed several fingers, intending to stop Blood Six, but it was futile; once the fire of life is ignited, even a Limit Douluo is powerless to reverse it.
Feng Zaixing shook his head slightly; he possessed a life sapling and had burned his own life before, so he had the experience to stop Blood Six; however, given the current situation, he had no need to do so.
Since he decided to act against the Hidden Family Sects, this scene was bound to happen sooner or later.
"Whoosh!"
The fire of life burned out, and Blood Six fell into ash, leaving nothing behind except his Three-Word Battle Armor.
Cao Dezhi bent down to collect the Three-Word Battle Armor, his expression sorrowful, and then summoned his Ruthless Sword and pierced the sky, departing.
The situation was more severe than he had imagined; a young man more astonishing than Yun Ming had appeared in the Federation.
"The conferment of ranks continues."
Feng Zaixing spoke up to ease the awkward atmosphere, and the Federal Speaker and the Minister of Military Affairs looked at the young man with greatly changed eyes, completely devoid of contempt.
"Alright."
New military rank insignia appeared on the members of the One Heart Society one by one; the boys and girls were filled with glory, standing tall and proud.
When Gu Yue finished receiving her conferment, a mischievous voice sounded in her heart.
"How about it, Great Silver Dragon? Can you finally give up? Big Brother is very strong now, you know."
Gu Yue immediately raised her delicate eyebrows and said angrily: "What does this little bit of strength count for? Before I transformed, I could take him down with a single pinky finger."
"But you are weak now. The past is the past, and the present is the present. Why don't you mention the Dragon God era?"
Na'er delivered a barrage of words, reminding student Gu Yue to recognize the reality that she was currently a weakling.
Gu Yue gritted her silver teeth: "——"
This idiot is hateful, but what she said seems to hold a shred of truth.
Unless she encounters some great Opportunity, she probably has no hope of suppressing Feng Zaixing with force in the short term.
Plan A has no hope of restarting, so continue with Plan B: lurking and infiltration.
"Later, I'll have Di Tian search for other Hidden Family Sects that deserve to die — — Hmm, Clear Sky Sect is not bad."
Her clever intellect took the high ground, and Gu Yue believed this was a good Opportunity to weaken human forces amid the chaos, allowing the Vicious Beasts to vent some frustration.
Douling Continent, a certain important Tang Sect warehouse.
Swarms of vultures foraged in the bloodied bones, and dusky crows cried on the withered vines; the once flourishing Tang Sect was desolate.
"Clang!" A pleasing sword cry suddenly appeared, and a crescent-shaped black light swept up, startling away thousands of flying birds.
The Ghost Emperor high in the sky noticed this scene, descended, and smiled at the instigator: "What has provoked you into getting angry at a bunch of animals?"
"A large number of my strongholds left on the Douluo Continent have been dismantled, and many of my subordinates were there."
A cold, soul-stirring voice drifted out from crimson-purple lips, and a terrifying figure, like a ghost from the underworld, emerged from the dark underground; purplish-black light enveloped her voluptuous and tall devilish figure, her face enchanting and stunningly beautiful, terrifyingly pale, bearing some resemblance to Leng Yaozhu.
Dark Phoenix Douluo, Leng Yulai.
"That was expected, they were originally just pawns."
The Ghost Emperor smiled carelessly, then, as if recalling something very interesting, he chuckled and teased: "Few of the Hidden Family experts who admired you survived. Are you angry because of this?"
"Those disgusting things only wanted to use our power to accomplish things they couldn't do themselves; otherwise, why would all their Families tacitly allow them to contact our Cult?"
Leng Yulai said coldly: "However, with their heavy casualties, our intelligence network on the Douluo Continent has been largely destroyed, and rebuilding it will be extremely difficult."
"Wiping out twelve old Hidden Families and Hidden Family Sects, and eliminating everyone involved, the Federation is truly vicious and Ruthless."
Leng Yulai sneered: "Everyone says our Holy Spirit Cult is ruthless, but we killed everyone in the Tang Sect on the Douling Continent, and the number of Titled Douluo we eliminated is only a fraction of theirs."
Hearing this, the Ghost Emperor smiled wickedly: "We caused millions of deaths in the Douling Empire. An Evil Soul Master mocking others for being ruthless is truly an ironic joke."
"That guy Old Ha killed countless people to resurrect the Twelve Death Knights; the resources gained contributed significantly to your Breakthrough as well."
With Dark Blood Demon and Dark Hummingbird gone, the previously lower-ranked Leng Yulai automatically became the Second Heavenly King; the Holy Spirit Cult lost a large number of elites, and the resources allocated to Leng Yulai more than doubled, allowing her to advance to Rank 98 recently.
Leng Yulai "hmphed" and said nothing more.
The ghostly fire in the Ghost Emperor's eyes flickered, and he glanced at the spirit tool screen Leng Yulai was holding, which was broadcasting the conferment ceremony in Mingdu, his gaze fixed on Feng Zaixing.
"Tsk tsk, a two-word Spirit Emperor defeated a three-word Titled Douluo. Even Yun Ming wasn't such a Prodigy back then. His growth speed is faster than this Emperor imagined."
"Dark Phoenix, how confident are you in killing him?"
Leng Yulai raised her chin and said coldly: "Are you underestimating me? I only need one hand to kill him."
"Instead of worrying about this little thing, you should worry about Yun Ming; Cao Dezhi has returned, he no longer has any worries, and he will definitely come to hunt us down. You know the power of the sky piercing spear better than I do."
"Caw caw caw caw — — — — — — Whoever believes talk about trans-oceanic pursuit is an idiot. No matter how capable Yun Ming is, he cannot easily cross the endless seas."
The Ghost Emperor laughed wildly, gasping for breath: "Although the injuries this Emperor sustained have not yet recovered, as long as this Emperor randomly finds a place to hide on the sea, Yun Ming won't be able to find me, no matter how great his abilities are!"
"Furthermore, he has suffered setbacks twice in front of the Federation, losing his edge, and he is no longer the Yun Ming of the past. This Emperor is considering whether or not to continue making Shrek City the primary target."
Leng Yulai frowned: "If we are retreating, we should make arrangements quickly, or another batch of subordinates will die."
"Let them die, let them die. If he kills my subordinates, I will kill civilians; then, just as Feng Zaixing said, the civilians here will blame it all on them!"
The Ghost Emperor rubbed his hands, cackling wildly with delight: "What kind of scene will it be when the Shrek people are condemned by thousands? I look forward to imagining it — — "
Suddenly, he called out behind him: "Blood Eyes!"
"My Lord."
The dark shadow gathered, transforming into a gray-robed figure, a female voice, with crimson eyes.
"How did the communication with the Douling Emperor go? Is he willing to cooperate with us?" the Ghost Emperor asked with a smile.
"He certainly agreed." Dark Blood Eyes respectfully said: "The Douling Royal Family relies only on two Super Douluo who have no hope of achieving the Limit Realm. Your subordinate and Lord Underworld Emperor made a trip, and he agreed readily, disclosing all military deployments, opening the national treasury, and allowing us to take resources and spirit tool weapons."
"Your subordinate saw it personally; inside, there are many Rank 9 spirit tools that the Tang Sect traded with them, including many Rank 9 fixed-load spirit tool cannon shells, and even two Rank 10 ones, though the activation switch is held by the Tang Sect."
"Hmph, the Tang Sect branch was destroyed by us, and the activation password was already interrogated by this Emperor. How could we allow them to be uncooperative?"
The Ghost Emperor snorted dismissively, flew high into the sky, and laughed sinisterly: "I heard that the Tang Sect's underground armory in Heaven Dou City was completely blown up. What if this Emperor also buries some cannon shells here and detonates them remotely when Yun Ming and the others arrive — — "
He turned his fleshless face, his ghostly fire eyes looking toward the Douluo Continent, his voice growing lower and his expression becoming increasingly crazed.
"How wonderful would that scene be?"
"After many years apart, I never imagined things would change so much."
Below the Sea God's Pavilion, the solitary Cao Dezhi met the long-waiting Yun Ming and Zang Xin, and they sighed at each other.
The principle of holding small meetings for big matters and big meetings for small matters applies everywhere; the three Limit Douluo powerhouses—Yun, Cao, and Zang—met to discuss the future of their two endangered powers.
Zang Xin spoke first, describing the situation: "The Tang Sect was originally the largest financial backer for the Dove Faction, numerous Hidden Family Sects, the Shen Family, and some small and medium-sized Families. The Hawk Faction's Guo Family also received our funding."
"The largest manufacturers and distributors of spirit tool production in the current Federation are related to us. One-third — —
is controlled by us, and we hold shares in sixty percent of the remaining two-thirds; the production capacity of the Heaven Dou City headquarters armory could easily support a war."
In short, the Tang Sect controlled the lifeblood of the Sun Moon Federation's spirit tool businesses, making them a veritable oligarchy, which is why Feng Zaixing exerted all his effort to dismantle them.
"But! The great explosion in Heaven Dou City changed everything."
Even today, Zang Xin still dared not recall it, stating painfully: "The military factory was completely destroyed. To handle the astronomical compensation, we gave up one-third of our spirit tool controlling shares, and the Federation will never give us another chance to rebuild the armory."
"Researchers and research results were completely annihilated, and the new research institute doesn't even have a framework yet. Our spirit tool technology has regressed by over a thousand years."
"Our layout on the Douling Continent is ruined, and the continuous impact has even begun to affect Star Luo."
Cao Dezhi's veins bulged as he calculated the losses: "Counting the destruction of the Hidden Family Sects, the Tang Sect's strength is already less than one-third of what it was ten years ago."
Yun Ming sighed: "Shrek's reputation has been severely damaged, and the new generation is powerless. If this continues, perhaps Shrek will be finished the moment I die."
Cao Dezhi concluded: "It now seems that the Hawk Faction is stirring, and they might soon put war on the agenda."
"Moreover, their attitude is extremely tough. If we don't bow down, we will still be their target for attack."
"Bang!"
Yun Ming slammed the table and said angrily: "Sometimes I really want to go to Mingdu and fight them to the death!"
"But we are far from what we once were. The public won't support us. The Hawk Faction acts domineeringly, but what they do is faultless."
Cao Dezhi scratched his head: "The current plan must be to restore our reputation and enhance our strength. I think we need to divide our forces into two paths."
"How so?" Yun and Zang both looked at him.
Cao Dezhi cleared his throat and slowly began: "Well, I think — — "