Douluo: Did you move Danta here?

Chapter 488 Hiding Away
In the following days, Ning Bei and Little Angel traveled throughout the eastern border of the Heaven Dou Empire, eliminating Tang Sect members who had been tasked with assassination missions.

The atmosphere within the Tang Clan was tense, as all the personnel they had sent out had vanished without a trace. It was nearly five days later when Ma Hongjun and Walton realized something was wrong. The two were now sitting solemnly in the Tang Clan headquarters council hall, discussing countermeasures.

With Tang San away hunting souls, neither of them has a leader to rely on, and they don't know whose advice to take.

"If you ask me, it must have been the Evil Extermination Sect. They were quiet for a whole year, but now that they see our Tang Clan is growing stronger, they've started to encircle and suppress us."

"What you said is possible. In any case, the Tang Sect should not accept any more missions before Tang San returns. Let's make a decision after Tang San comes back."

"Tch, if you ask me, we should just attack that Evil Extermination Sect directly. Why be so cautious?"

Ma Hongjun agreed with Walton's guess, but he scoffed at the idea of ​​directly attacking the Demon Extermination Sect's stronghold. Walton didn't know, but he had heard Tang San say that the Demon Extermination Sect was very likely to have a Title Douluo in charge. Although the Tang Sect had many core members, it was still quite lacking in top-tier strength. The entire Tang Sect couldn't even find a single Soul Douluo-level expert. Wouldn't it be like throwing food to the enemy if they rashly attacked the Demon Extermination Sect? Although Ma Hongjun didn't like to use his brain, he wasn't a complete fool.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. I heard Tang San say that the Extermination Sect in the Star Luo Territory has a Title Douluo-level expert in charge. You can't guarantee that the Extermination Sect in the Tian Shuang Duchy doesn't have an expert of that level."

"What? A Title Douluo?"

Upon hearing this, Walton's face turned extremely ugly. If that were the case, even if the sect leader returned, it seemed there wouldn't be much they could do. He just didn't understand why, with such a powerful background, the other party hadn't yet taken action against the Tang Sect of the Salicer Duchy. It was really quite unreasonable.

"Could it be that those titled Douluo stayed behind in the Star Luo territory and didn't come? Otherwise, they should have already attacked us, right?"

"Whether they come or not, it's best not to go looking for trouble with them. If we lose the bet, all our efforts over the past year will be for nothing, and Tang San won't let us off the hook then."

"Forehead"

Thinking about Tang San's terrifying methods, Walton shuddered and buried all his ideas deep in his heart.

"Then I'll do as you say. I'll tell my men to stop accepting missions."

With Qian Renxue sniping nearly twenty missions of the Tang Clan in five days and cooperating with the forces of the Exterminator Sect to wipe out all the restaurants in Sichuan, the Tang Clan's hard-earned power over the past year was compressed back into the province of Toks.

The two are currently in Lingdou Province, nearly 600 kilometers away from the Duchy of Salikel. As an important granary of the Heavenly Dou Empire, this place was originally the next major target of the Tang Clan. The Shuzhong Restaurant had long established multiple branches here, but with the intervention of the two, all of the Tang Clan's plans were completely crushed.

“Abe, the number of times Tang Clan members go out has decreased significantly in the past two days. It must be because Tang San has already noticed.”

"Heh, it's not that Tang San found out. That guy is currently hunting for his seventh spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest and has no idea what's happening outside. It's highly likely that Ma Hongjun, who is currently stationed in the Duchy of Salikel, has given the order to hold back and wait for Tang San to return before making a decision."

"Moreover, news came from Ah Yin that no Tang Clan members have been taking on any more missions these past few days."

Ning Bei smiled and shook her head, denying the little angel's guess. The other party immediately showed a knowing look, and then, with a flash of inspiration, said:
"Since that guy is hunting souls, should we go to the Star Dou Great Forest and cause him some trouble?"

"Haha, do you think I'd do nothing after I found out he went to hunt souls? This guy is extremely cautious now, and seems to no longer trust anyone around him. He went to hunt souls alone this time, which is convenient for my actions."

"Oh? You've already made arrangements? Tell me about it." Hearing that Ning Bei had already taken action, the little angel immediately became interested, quickly turning her head over as if she were all ears.

Ning Bei glanced helplessly at her woman; the child was indeed incredibly cute.

"It's not really a special method, I just wanted to see if I could give the other party another seventh spirit ring that would last for a hundred years."

"Pfft."

Speaking of century-old spirit rings, the little angel couldn't help but laugh when he thought about the spirit ring configuration of the other party's two martial souls.

"The same as his previous spirit rings?"

"That's right, Xiaodie is not the same as before. Even though his mental strength has improved a lot, he still can't break free from the perfect illusion that Xiaodie set up for him."

"Alright, then I won't worry about Tang San anymore, but what's our next step?"

The little angel expressed his anticipation for Ning Bei's arrangements and began to inquire about his next move, since waiting in place for Tang San to return with his soul-hunting skills was not a good idea.

"Well, let's go inside the Tang Sect. There's still some room for maneuver with Ma Hongjun."

"Oh? That fat guy with the evil fire?"

"That's right, let's go see him."

Having decided on their next goal, the two didn't waste any time and headed straight for the Duchy of Salikl.

Meanwhile, after traveling for many days, Tang San arrived at a remote town on the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. Despite being surrounded by various toxins, Tang San was not worried about being disturbed while absorbing his spirit rings. Therefore, he did not notify Flander and the others to come and help. It was not because he did not trust them, but because Shrek Academy was very likely to have spies planted there. If Flander and the others were to come, it could cause unnecessary trouble.

In comparison, going out alone would make him a much smaller target. He was careful along the way to make sure he wasn't being followed, and took a long detour before finally arriving at the Star Dou Great Forest. Now he didn't have to worry about anyone trying to trip him up while he was absorbing the spirit ring.

Little did he know that all his actions were being observed by the Blue Silver Grass covering the ground, and that Xiao Die, whom Ning Bei had arranged, had been following him for nearly twenty kilometers, making him completely unaware that he was being followed.

Upon learning that Tang San had set off, Ning Bei immediately sent the Silver Dragon King back to his lair, instructing Di Tian and the others to restrain all the high-level soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. Ning Bei even thought that the other party might wander around the forest for half a month without encountering a single ten-thousand-year soul beast.

This would also create better conditions for Xiaodie to take action, since without high-level soul beasts interfering, Xiaodie's illusion would become even more impenetrable.

As Ning Bei had predicted, Tang San spent the entire day in the Star Dou Great Forest without finding any trace of soul beasts with a cultivation level of ten thousand years or more. However, since it had only been a short time, he had not yet noticed anything amiss.

(End of this chapter)