Huff—
Huff—
Huff—
Tang San was pursued all the way by the Hao Tian Sect youngsters, finally arriving at the cliff behind the sect.
A ten-thousand-metre cliff!
"You dog."
"Keep running!"
"If we don't beat you to death today, we'll be letting down the Hao Tian Sect's hundred-year foundation."
"..."
Stealing the sect's secret techniques!
This was unprecedented in the Hao Tian Sect's history.
If the sect master defended this little bastard again this time, they would be the first to disagree.
At this moment...
Tang Xiao, having received the news, arrived through the air, landing directly in front of his clansmen.
His face was so gloomy it seemed about to drip water!
"Sect Master."
"This little bastard Tang San stole our Hao Tian Sect's Ring Explosion and Hao Tian Nine Absolutes."
"What do you say we do?"
The clansmen's tone was hard to conceal their dissatisfaction.
When he had wanted to keep Tang San at the Hao Tian Sect back then, they had all strongly opposed it.
The result was Tang Xiao using his identity as sect master to forcefully keep Tang San in the sect.
And the result?
This little bastard Tang San actually learned their sect's secret techniques.
"Unforgivable!"
"Stealing sect secret techniques will be handled according to sect rules."
Tang Xiao's sentence pronounced Tang San's death penalty.
This time, Tang Xiao not only didn't plan to defend Tang San—if not for Tang Hao, he would have wanted to personally end this little beast himself.
Since its founding, the Hao Tian Sect had experienced several generations of sect masters; only under his watch had such a morally corrupt incident occurred.
He was now almost too ashamed to continue as the Hao Tian Sect's sect master.
"Uncle..."
"Don't call me uncle."
Tang Xiao's gloomy face transformed into substantial killing intent, frightening the surrounding clansmen to continuously retreat and avoid his sharp edge.
Tang San's expression suddenly changed, but he quickly became relieved, saying with slight bitterness: "What should come has finally come."
He slowly raised his head...
"I know that stealing this sect's secret techniques is an unforgivable crime, intolerable by sect rules."
"But Tang San swears to heaven that I absolutely did not reveal any of the secret techniques I stole to the outside world."
These words came from the bottom of his heart!
Just like when he brought Tang Sect secret techniques from another world to this one—even when his mentor Yu Xiaogang asked about Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he hadn't revealed a single word.
"I'm saying this not hoping for the sect master's leniency, but only wanting to tell the elders that Tang San has never forgotten his roots."
"Never before, and never will in the future!"
Tang San's emotions suddenly became calm at this moment.
For himself, none of this mattered anymore—whether it was violating sect rules or stealing secret techniques.
Ultimately, he couldn't escape the fate of jumping off a cliff again!
He looked at the ten-thousand-metre abyss behind him, his expression suddenly showing a moment of trance.
This place...
Really resembled that cliff back then!
"Farewell!"
Tang San suddenly stepped backward, and under the cover of blue silver light, leaped toward the abyss behind him.
Familiar scenes instantly surged in his heart.
Wind ah—
If only he could appear in another world again, the Douluo Continent was too unfriendly to him.
The moment Tang San jumped off the cliff, everyone's heartbeat seemed to skip a beat.
No one expected this bastard Tang San to jump so decisively.
"Where is he?"
"He jumped?"
"Sect Master, how did you let this kid jump down?"
When the five elders of the sect arrived at full speed, there was already no trace of Tang San on the cliff.
This ending satisfied none of the Hao Tian Sect soul masters.
"Our Hao Tian Sect's cliff is ten thousand metres high; besides flying-type soul masters, only Titled Douluos can safely land from here."
"Do you think Tang San can still be alive?"
Tang Xiao indeed had the opportunity to stop Tang San from jumping off the cliff, but he ultimately chose to give Tang San a dignified death.
"..."
The elders were speechless.
Of course they didn't believe Tang San could survive jumping from a ten-thousand-metre abyss.
Only...
Letting Tang San die so peacefully was really too cheap for him.
He should have been skinned and tendons pulled!
"Seventh Elder."
"The library matters will be your responsibility."
The youngest among the elders slightly bowed.
"Sect Master, rest assured."
"In the future, our Hao Tian Sect will never again have incidents of people stealing secret techniques."
"Other elders."
"Let's discuss what comes next."
As the former number one sect on the Douluo Continent, although the Hao Tian Sect had closed its doors, that didn't mean they hadn't progressed.
Now all five elders plus himself were already Titled Douluos standing at the peak of the continent.
And the result?
They had actually allowed a kid who just got his fourth ring to steal Ring Explosion and Hao Tian Nine Absolutes right under their noses.
Their faces were being slapped!
"No time to delay!"
Tang San's theft incident could be said to be the Hao Tian Sect's greatest case since closing its doors. The severe impact had already begun to change the entire sect's rules.
Not to mention distant matters!
In the future, ordinary people would absolutely no longer be able to step into the sect's library.
...
Spirit City.
In a secret room below the Pope's Palace that no one knew about.
Bibi Dong stood here wearing a purple dress, and the eight spider legs behind her were swinging rhythmically.
Before her was a phantom of a purple scythe.
The scythe phantom suspended in midair, filling the entire room with ultimate evil.
"Are you ready?"
The scythe spoke.
The voice was evil and hoarse, giving people a hair-raising feeling.
However, this unpleasant hoarse voice made Bibi Dong extremely excited.
"Yes, Lord Rakshasa God."
"I now wish to accept the seventh trial of the Rakshasa God."
Rakshasa God Trial!
If she could smoothly pass, she could use the divine weapon Rakshasa Devil Scythe in the future, and could also temporarily borrow partial Rakshasa divine power.
Then on the Douluo Continent, even Qian Daoliu would no longer be her opponent.
In an instant…
A stream of Rakshasa divine power poured into Bibi Dong's mind, and her eyes also turned blue-purple in that moment.
Strange patterns covered her face, making her originally near-perfect appearance look extremely ferocious.
Evil aura continuously eroded Bibi Dong's body and mind.
...
On the other side.
Qian Daoliu slowly opened his eyes from cultivation...
"Bibi Dong."
"You have finally still walked down this path."
As the guardian of the Angel God position, he could sense that Bibi Dong was accepting the Rakshasa God trials.
He had once advised Bibi Dong!
The Rakshasa God position was the evil of the world; one careless step could lead to eternal damnation.
Of course!
He didn't want Bibi Dong to accept the Rakshasa God trials also because he worried that Spirit Hall would not return to the Angel Family's hands, and even more worried that Bibi Dong would do something excessive.
But now…
Bibi Dong had still done it.
"Xiao Xue."
"In the future, how should you face this woman?"
Qian Daoliu no longer knew whether Bibi Dong accepting the Rakshasa God position was good or bad.
He only hoped this woman could still remember there was another woman far away in the Tian Dou Empire.
...
Tian Dou City.
"Hahaha—"
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Level 99 Limit Douluo."
"Our Breaking Clan now also has a powerhouse capable of standing at the peak of the Douluo Continent."
After Tang Chen's death!
There were currently only two known Limit Douluos left on the Douluo Continent, but now another had appeared in their Breaking Clan.
If Yang Wudi's advancement to Super Douluo had established the Breaking Clan's status as a first-tier sect, then now they could proudly announce that the Breaking Clan was the number one sect on the Douluo Continent.
"Good kid!"
"You're really making us old fellows proud."
The happiness wasn't limited to Yang Wudi alone.
Niu Gao and Bai He, the two patriarchs who had watched him grow up, were equally gratified.
The Breaking Clan's other two lawless elders naturally needed no mention.
"Grandfather."
"It's time."
Everyone's expression changed at this moment.
Although Yang Fan didn't explicitly say it, everyone knew what he meant.
"Damn!"
"I don't know how many years I've waited for this day."
"This time we will settle the blood debts of these years at the Hao Tian Sect."
To say who hated the Hao Tian Sect most on the Douluo Continent—it absolutely wasn't Spirit Hall.
It was them!
If the Hao Tian Sect hadn't chosen to abandon them back then, even if the entire family had died fighting Spirit Hall in the end, there would have been no complaints.
But the Hao Tian Sect didn't!
At the final moment, the Hao Tian Sect chose to close its doors to protect itself, while their four attribute sects became Spirit Hall's punching bags.
"Tell us!"
"When are we going to get those bastards?"
Everyone's gaze turned to Yang Fan.
Obviously!
Although the grandfathers present all held high status, the one to give the final orders for this matter had to be the strongest, Yang Fan.
"Tomorrow night!"
Delay leads to change.
There was no longer any need to drag this matter out.
"Good!"
"Let's agree first."
"This time in the expedition against the Hao Tian Sect, I, Niu Gao, will be the first vanguard."
Niu Gao's hatred for the Hao Tian Sect exceeded anyone present.
His younger brother and son had both died at Spirit Hall's hands after being driven out by the Hao Tian Sect.
"Let's prepare now."
"This time only bring the clansmen with combat capability, and this matter must be conducted secretly—don't tell others."
They were all old foxes who had lived for decades; naturally they understood the importance of this matter.
Once the news leaked…
It would bring nothing but harm to them.
"Little Fan."
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect side will be your responsibility."
They were going to settle accounts with the Hao Tian Sect; it wouldn't be impossible for Spirit Hall to stab them in the back while their home was empty.
This was something Spirit Hall might actually do.
"Mm... good!"
At this moment!
The various backbone members preparing to attack the Hao Tian Sect had already begun intensive preparations.
Tomorrow night!
The decades of grievances between them and the Hao Tian Sect would all come to an end.
Whether it was life or death, there would be no aftermath.
"Eh...?"
"Old Rhino, you were supposed to be the most enthusiastic one just now—why do you now look like an eggplant beaten by frost?"
"Are you scared?"
Niu Gao immediately became anxious upon hearing this, publicly declaring that whoever was scared was a green turtle.
"I was thinking whether or not to tell Old Gorilla about this matter."
Since Tai Tan and Yang Wudi had fallen out over the Tang Hao father-son matter a few years ago, the four patriarchs had never sat down to eat together again.
Although Yang Wudi had magnanimously indicated he didn't take this matter to heart, Tai Tan himself couldn't get over this hurdle.
All these years, he had been too ashamed to see Yang Wudi again.
Especially in recent years, with the Breaking Clan's rapid development, Tai Tan was even more ashamed to visit.
"Don't you know that old fellow?"
"If he wanted to come, you wouldn't need to invite him at all."
"Furthermore..."
"We haven't had any news of Tang San all these years; that kid is probably hiding in the Hao Tian Sect right now."
"If Tai Tan really participates in tomorrow night's operation and encounters Tang San, what do you think Tai Tan would do?"
Niu Gao was speechless for a moment!
He actually also knew that Tai Tan most likely wouldn't participate in tomorrow night's operation.
"No!"
"I still have to inform him."
Whether Tai Tan went or not was that old fellow's business, but he now had to do what brothers of many years should do.
At this moment…
Bai He timely stopped Niu Gao.
"Tell him before the operation."
The two looked at each other, both understanding the meaning.
...
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Honestly speaking!
This was Yang Fan's first time personally visiting the sect to see Ning Fengzhi.
"An entire mountain!"
Although the Breaking Clan's development was now very good, there was still a visible gap in financial resources compared to a large sect like Seven Treasure.
After all, they lacked decades of foundation!
For the Breaking Clan, this point still required long-term accumulation and consolidation.
"Yang Fan?"
"What are you doing here?"
As soon as he arrived!
He encountered the witch young lady Ning Rongrong.
Although increasing in age had brought some changes to Ning Rongrong, she still couldn't raise any good feelings in Yang Fan.
"Look at what you're saying."
"I came to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect naturally to visit Sect Master Ning—could it be to see you?"
Ning Rongrong sneered: "Follow me."
It could be seen that this witch young lady had indeed changed quite a bit.
In the past, let alone bringing him into the mountain gate, she would probably have already thought of vicious schemes to drive him down the mountain.
...
"Little Fan... a rare guest."
Ning Fengzhi, hearing of his arrival, had already come out from the council hall early to greet him.
Hospitality pulled to the max!
"Uncle Ning."
"I won't beat around the bush."
Yang Fan immediately spoke of the impending attack on the Hao Tian Sect.
Ning Fengzhi wasn't too surprised.
The Hao Tian Sect's abandonment of the four attribute sects back then was inherently improper conduct.
With the Breaking Clan's rapid development in recent years, he knew this day would come sooner or later.
If it were him, he would make the same decision as the Breaking Clan.
"Stay safe."
Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Breaking Clan were allies, they didn't plan to participate in this private grudge between sects.
All they could do was pray that the Breaking Clan could return safely.
"You can rest assured about Tian Dou City matters."
"I'll go play chess with Emperor Xue Ye in a moment."
Ning Fengzhi was a smart person; he knew Yang Fan's purpose in coming this time was absolutely not to have him participate in this reckoning.
"Thank you, Uncle Ning."
Yang Fan said.
"That's too formal."
"Don't forget we've always been allies."
"Before, now, and in the future!"
Ning Fengzhi was a man with a big-picture view. Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was still nominally one of the three upper sects, the Breaking Clan would definitely stand above Seven Treasure in the future.
Perhaps in not many years, it would be their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect hugging the Breaking Clan's thigh.
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