Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 375 Suicide note
With each passing second, the flames burning on Golden Crocodile Douluo's body diminished by one point, and correspondingly, his injuries also lessened by one point.

Until the last wisp of pure white flame on his body disappeared, Golden Crocodile Douluo had recovered to his peak condition, and even the old and hidden injuries in his body had been mostly healed.

The treatment was incredibly effective, but the price was the sacrifice of a level 99 Peerless Douluo with an Angelic Martial Soul.

Golden Crocodile Douluo was immersed in the sorrow of the passing of a thousand streams, and it took him a long, long time to recover.

"Brother, when I inherit the position of God of War, no one on the entire continent will be my match. I will not let go of anyone who is involved in the death of the young master."

Such a tone is entirely indicative of a "better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free" attitude.

If it weren't for the interference of the corrupted Angel Inheritance Statue in the Angel Inheritance Space, Golden Crocodile Douluo should have inherited the God of War's position more than a month ago.

If it weren't for that accident, what would Tang Chen be compared to the true god?

Golden Crocodile Douluo sighed at the fickleness of fate, picked up the Angelic Holy Sword and several soul bones that had fallen to the side, and left the place to find a secluded place to retreat.

……

Tiandou Empire.

In the early morning, the tranquility of Tiandou City was tinged with a faint aura of bloodshed and slaughter.

The main hall of the Heavenly Dou Martial Spirit Hall.

Inside the hall, the ghost, who was supposed to be on a mission elsewhere, unexpectedly appeared here.

Of all the Spirit Hall's main hall, only the highest-ranking official, Platinum Bishop Lawrence, knew of the arrival of the Eighth Elder, the Ghostly Demon Lord.

"My lord, I..."

Lawrence hesitated for a long time, and just as he mustered up the courage to ask something, he swallowed the words back down.

A few hours earlier, almost as soon as the news of the Great Emperor Xueye's critical illness reached him, this Eighth Elder Ghost appeared silently behind him and gave him a secret order that was said to be personally issued by His Holiness the Pope.

Send men to wipe out the Xue family of the Tiandou royal family, leaving no one of their bloodline alive.

The Heavenly Dou royal family is sparsely populated, with the other royal family members, including Xue Ye, Xue Xing, Xue Qinghe, Xue Bai, and Xue Ke, totaling less than ten people.

And this royal family of less than ten people consists entirely of the offspring of Xue Ye and Xue Xing, the two brothers.

The mission clearly states that the royal family members in the palace are not within the scope of the mission, so the only people who need to be dealt with are the royal family members in Prince Xuexing's mansion.

Xue Beng, Xue Xing, and their children, who lived in the Xue Xing Prince's Mansion, were all beheaded. The rest of the people in the mansion were also killed by five high-level Soul Saints sent by the Spirit Hall headquarters.

Regret is something you only regret after you've done it.

Lawrence didn't think much of it until he learned the outcome of the mission, and only then did he realize how serious it was.

His Holiness the Pope's arrangement suggests that he is being used and discarded like a pawn.

If the Heavenly Dou Empire investigates this matter, I will definitely be the one to take the blame.

The ghost didn't look at Lawrence, but instead picked up a file from the desk and began to peruse it. Looking at Lawrence's handwriting, it said calmly:

"Your handwriting is quite good, but it's time for you to get going!"

Before he finished speaking, a ghostly figure broke free from the phantom and appeared without warning behind Lawrence, merging into his own shadow.

"Lorence, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall, disobeyed the Pope's orders and cruelly murdered four members of the Heaven Dou royal family, including Prince Xue Beng. After the incident, he was too ashamed to face His Holiness the Pope and committed suicide out of fear of punishment!"

"Don't worry, I've been studying your handwriting for hours. It's not difficult for you to forge a will."

The ghost finished speaking with a smile, and that eerie smile was no different from that of a ferocious demon from hell in Lawrence's eyes.

"Waaah..." Lawrence struggled desperately, but his body was controlled by the shadow, and he couldn't even speak, only able to let out intermittent whimpers.

Under the control of the shadow, Lawrence took out a sword from the soul tool that symbolized the identity and status of the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall.

call out!
The blade was drawn, and the gleaming sword, under Lawrence's uncontrollable manipulation of his hands, pierced his heart without any resistance.

Contra's vitality was tenacious. Even with his heart pierced, Lawrence took several minutes to finally breathe his last. It was only then that the ghost withdrew the shadow that was controlling Lawrence's shadow.

Ghost sat down at the desk, hastily forged a will with a few strokes, and then disappeared into the darkness. Lawrence, the only person in the Spirit Hall who knew the truth, was dead, and no one knew that he had ever been here.

……

Time flies by.

noon.

Tiandou Palace.

All the dignitaries and nobles of Tiandou City gathered here.

The group split into several small groups, huddled together and whispered among themselves, their eyes occasionally glancing at certain people in the room.

It was truly an amazing day; they felt they had never experienced anything so exciting in their lives.

No sooner had news spread that Emperor Xueye was critically ill than it was revealed that the murderer was actually Xue Qinghe, the young master of the Spirit Hall, who was disguised as the crown prince.

The Spirit Hall's actions were aimed at seizing the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Meanwhile, members of the Heaven Dou royal family all perished in the coup plot launched by the young master of the Spirit Hall.

This has been verified by a will written by Platinum Bishop Lawrence, which they found in the heavily guarded main hall of the Spirit Hall.

As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a ruler for a single day.

Now that the Heavenly Dou royal family has suffered the calamity of extermination, the most important thing at present is to elect a new emperor to inherit the Heavenly Dou throne, and the family of the new emperor will also become the new royal family of Heavenly Dou.

Of all the nobles, only ten hereditary nobles were eligible to run for the next throne:
The three hereditary dukes:

The Lin family, the Bai family, and the Shi family.

The Seven Hereditary Marquises:

The Ye, Aus, Yu, Wei, Lü, Zhi, and Du clans.

Although the current head of the Lin family, Lin Rong, is young, many people do not believe that the Lin family has the lowest probability of seizing the throne.

The head of the Zhi clan, a long-time friend of the Lin family, and the head of the Du clan, the maternal family of the current head of the Lin family, were both standing behind the head of the Lin family at this moment.

Not only these two families, but the heads of the Ye and Wei families also stood behind the head of the Lin family. Even the head of the Bai family, one of the three dukes, stood behind the head of the Lin family.

Of the ten hereditary noble families in Tiandou, the Lin family alone accounts for six.

This is only what's on the surface.

If the former Heavenly Dou royal family hadn't just been wiped out, and if Jin Wen, as the leader of the Royal Knights, hadn't been unable to directly express his stance without anyone trying to win him over, he would have stood behind Lin Rong.

"Duke Shi, Marquis of Os, Marquis of Yu, Marquis of Lü."

Lin Rong called out the names one by one, and said with a smile:
"How do you intend to contest this vacant throne?"

"Any way is fine with me, I'm happy to oblige!"

(End of this chapter)