Chapter 206: The Secret Letter on Bibi Dong's Desk
Lower Realm, Douluo Continent, Spirit City, The Pope's Palace.
A mysterious letter with no signature had been placed silently upon Bibi Dong's desk, no one knew by whom or through what hidden means.
With a hint of suspicion, Bibi Dong opened it. When she fully comprehended the contents of the letter, a cold yet captivating smile slowly bloomed on her peerlessly beautiful face.
"Interesting... truly interesting."
"This seat would never have imagined that the little girl who has been hiding within the Tang Sect's team is actually that surviving remnant of the hundred thousand year Soft Bones Rabbit that escaped back then."
Bibi Dong gently stroked the letter, a flash of greed passing through her eyes. "This seat's second Martial Soul happens to still need three Soul Rings. Using this Little Rabbit's 100,000-year soul ring to condense the seventh Soul Skill, the Martial Soul Incarnation, would be a perfect choice."
As for who sent this letter, Bibi Dong didn't care in the slightest, nor did she bother to investigate.
So what if the intelligence was wrong and they mistakenly killed that girl named Xiao Wu? Better to kill in error than to let her go!
Since the Tang Sect dared to repeatedly harm her beloved Xiaogang while also choosing to stand in the camp of that 'rebellious daughter' Qian Renxue, it was only a matter of time before this group faced reckoning from the Spirit Hall.
Moreover, she had clearly sensed earlier that, for some unknown reason, her beloved Xiaogang's Soul Power could no longer even maintain its Peak at rank 29 and had instead begun to regress.
Her own body was already fully equipped with Soul Bones. The Soul Bone that would drop from this Transformed Soul Beast of hundred thousand years would be perfect for her beloved Xiaogang to use!
'By my calculation, Yue Guan and Gui Mei should have already taken people to ambush the Tang Sect team in the canyon. Once they return, this seat will thoroughly interrogate them about the details of this Little Rabbit, " Bibi Dong schemed in her heart.
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At the same time, in a dark corner on the outskirts of Spirit City.
A wretched figure, his entire body concealed beneath a tattered hood, silently melted into the darkness only after sensing that the trace of Soul Power he had left on the secret letter had been touched and dispelled.
This person was none other than the biological father whom Tang San had firmly nailed to the pillar of shame in his heart, labeled as 'inherently evil, with a filthy Bloodline, and seeking his own death' — the Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao!
If not for the immense pressure the Tang Sect's current display of hidden strength placed upon him, this former Douluo who once shook the continent would never have stooped to such a risky gambit, proactively leaking information about a hundred thousand year Transformed Soul Beast to his mortal enemy, the Spirit Hall.
He was well aware that his current act of using another as a knife for murder was akin to conspiring with a tiger, carrying the constant risk of backfiring.
But he had no other choice!
Leaving aside Jiang Li's terrifying, unfathomable cultivation, just the Four Single-Attribute Clans within the Tang Sect, whom he had once regarded as Clan Servantss, were absolutely not opponents his current, grievously wounded and unrecovered strength could face head-on.
Moreover, the current Clear Sky Sect was in utter chaos internally; he desperately needed a force to break the deadlock!
"Ah Yin, don't blame me for my despicable methods. For my Ren'er, for the Clear Sky Sect's revival... I believe your Martial Soul in heaven will understand my difficulties, right?"
Tang Hao continuously hypnotized himself in his heart. The hesitation in his turbid eyes beneath the hood vanished in a flash, replaced by unprecedented malice and resolve!
According to his original plan, he intended to seize the right moment during the finals in Spirit City, relying on the brief explosive power of the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Explosion, to forcibly abduct Xiao Wu right under everyone's noses.
But not long ago, through his spy network in the Star Luo Empire, he had obtained a top-secret piece of information — Bibi Dong had already dispatched experts to ambush Tang San and the others in a canyon their convoy was bound to pass through!
When the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits.
If he could take advantage of the Spirit Hall and Tang Sect experts fighting to a stalemate in the canyon, then strike out like a ghost amidst the chaos to take away that hundred thousand year Soft Bones Rabbit, it would naturally be the best possible deal.
Taking a step back, even if things didn't work out at the canyon, once they reached Spirit City, he would still have a second chance to strike!
Thinking this, Tang Hao hesitated no longer. The dormant Soul Power within his body surged wildly as his figure transformed into a dark streak of light, shooting straight towards the direction of the canyon where the Heaven Dou Empire convoy was being ambushed!
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On the other side.
Under the escort of a vast contingent of Imperial Knights, the convoys of the sixteen academy teams from the Heaven Dou competition zone sped along the main road towards Spirit City.
In the blink of an eye, ten days of the journey passed uneventfully. Everything seemed calm and peaceful.
At the very front of the convoy was naturally the Royal Fighting Team as the seeded team, followed closely by the New Element Academy and the other qualifying teams.
Inside the carriage, Jiang Li leaned comfortably against a soft cushion, seemingly resting with his eyes closed. In reality, his immense Spiritual Power had already silently spread out like a tide, taking in every movement within a radius of several miles.
Jiang Li, familiar with the plot's trajectory, knew with the tip of his toe that this journey to Spirit City could not possibly be peaceful.
Not to mention that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang had recently been whispering a lot into Bibi Dong's ear lately. Attracting some 'filthy things' for an ambush was practically a foregone conclusion.
Sure enough, just as the vanguard troops entered a narrow, elongated valley flanked by two hills, a sudden change occurred!
A murderous and chilling coldness poured down from the ridges on both sides without any warning.
Every Soul Master present was an elite from their respective academies, possessing extremely sharp perception of danger. In that instant, a cold sweat broke out on them all.
"All forces, be alert! Enemy attack—!"
The captain of the Imperial Knights roared sharply, and knightly lances instantly rose like a forest.
The leading teachers and students from the other Soul Master academies also simultaneously activated their Martial Soul Possessions, ready to fight at any moment!
Boom rumble rumble—!
Accompanied by deafening roars, massive boulders from the hilltops on both sides cascaded down like a dense meteor shower!
Within moments, the huge rocks had built thick barriers in the narrow valley path, forcibly dividing the originally connected, massive convoy into dozens of isolated combat zones.
Immediately after, thousands of black-clad figures leaped down from the mountain slopes like a black tide, charging towards the various academies with astonishing speed.
Brilliant Soul Rings flashed wildly within the canyon as blades and sword shadows instantly intertwined.
As casualties mounted, the Imperial Knights gradually began to falter. The leading teachers finally changed their expressions, horrified to discover that among these black-clad figures were mixed a large number of elite Soul Masters. Just those with Soul Power exceeding rank 50, the Soul Kings, numbered nearly a hundred!
Whoever could mobilize such terrifying force at once was certainly no ordinary mountain bandit.
This was a long-planned, highly targeted, organized assassination!
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