Douluo Continent: I had just reached my limit when the sky exposed me.

Chapter 170 Before the Storm
The leaders of various factions were terrified and immediately convened an emergency meeting.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan, and the Star Luo Empire Royal Family.
All those in power wore extremely solemn expressions.

They understand better than ordinary people what a dimensional invasion means.

Those were often battles for the survival of the continent and its races!
"No wonder Beidou Academy has produced so many unheard-of powerhouses and martial spirits."

"Could they be from another dimension?"

Ning Fengzhi clenched his fists, his face extremely serious.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin exuded a chilling sword aura: "No matter where they come from, the Kill Ranking has been released, and a formidable enemy is at hand."

"The first priority is to unite all forces that can be united and prepare for war!"

Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo, said hoarsely, "While Tianmu's actions are encouraging, they also confirm the severity of the crisis."

"We must act immediately, pool our resources, and investigate potential intrusion points!"

In the Wuhun Palace.

Bibi Dong quickly calmed down from the shock of the kill list being announced, her purple eyes flashing with sharp light.

The previous dejection and helplessness were replaced by a resolute fighting spirit.

With external enemies at hand, internal conflicts must be temporarily set aside.

"Order all branch halls to enter the highest alert status and gather all intelligence regarding spatial anomalies and the appearance of unfamiliar powerful figures!"

"Open up some of the secret vault resources and prioritize arming the Spirit Hall's directly subordinate Soul Master Legion!"

She paused, then looked at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo: "Yue Guan, Ghost, you two set off immediately. Where in the Douluo Continent is there spatial instability?"

"Especially in remote places like the far north, isolated islands overseas, and Death Valley!"

"Yes, Your Majesty the Pope!"

The entire Douluo Continent was thrown into turmoil by the sudden appearance of the "Kill Ranking".

The discussion and anticipation brought by the rankings instantly shifted to a tense and stressful state of full-scale preparation.

A heavy atmosphere, as if a storm was brewing, enveloped the entire world.

Beidou Academy.

The atmosphere within the academy was equally solemn!

But compared to the panic in the outside world, there is more composure and determination here.

Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and other disciples looked on with surprise and tension, but also with concern towards Lu Xiao and the other teachers.

Li Bai took a swig of wine, the drunkenness in his eyes dissipating, revealing a sharp, sword-like light: "An invasion from another world? How timely."

“Perfect timing, my sword hasn’t had a good drink of ‘outer-world blood’ in a long time.”

Lu Bu slammed his halberd to the ground and laughed heartily, "A cross-realm battle? Interesting! My halberd has been itching for battle for a long time!"

"Dean, please give the order! Lü Bu is willing to be the vanguard!"

Lu Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, gazing up at the blood-red killing list, his eyes as deep as the starry sky.

He was not surprised by the dimensional invasion; in fact, he had a vague premonition of it.

The appearance of the Heavenly Curtain has already altered the future trajectory of the Douluo Continent.

"Kill Ranking!"

Lu Xiao murmured to himself.

“Using war to sustain war, using killing to stop killing, and gathering the power of all living beings to fight against external enemies is a way to quickly improve the overall strength of this plane, within the limits of the rules.”

He withdrew his gaze and looked at the students, his voice calm yet carrying a reassuring power.

"Foreign enemies are coming, and the mainland will be in chaos."

"Effective immediately, the academy is entering a state of preparedness."

"Yes! Dean!"

Dugu Yan and the others responded in unison, their eyes blazing with fighting spirit.

With the support of the academy and the guidance of strong teachers, they have the opportunity to succeed.

Their panic largely dissipated, replaced by a sense of responsibility and eagerness to try.

"Rongrong, Lingling."

"Your 'Glassy Divine Realm' has extremely high strategic value. You need to master it as soon as possible and think about its application in different battlefield scenarios."

Lu Xiao looked at the two girls.

"Yes, Dean!"

Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling nodded emphatically.

……

Douluo Continent, above the heavens.

Two canopies, one gold and one red, floated in the sky, emanating completely different auras. The war alarm bells brought by the blood-red [Kill Ranking] still resonated in the hearts of countless beings, a mixture of panic and fighting spirit.

Undercurrents are surging everywhere on the mainland.

The golden sky, however, fell into an unusual silence.

The golden light in the sky froze, its radiance no longer flowing, as if it had been "stuck" by some invisible force.

This sudden change aroused numerous doubts in the minds of the onlookers below.

"What's going on? The golden sky isn't moving?"

"Wasn't the next list supposed to be released? Why hasn't there been any news about it?"

"It feels... a bit strange, like something's interfering with me?"

Discussions arose, and a sense of unease spread.

Even the tense atmosphere of preparation that had just been stirred up by the kill list was shrouded in an eerie hue due to the anomaly of this golden sky.

Lu Xiao stood with his hands behind his back by the window, his deep gaze piercing through the void.

He muttered to himself, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.

"At this point in time, the Douluo Continent should not have suffered a large-scale invasion from other planes."

He recalled some scattered "future fragments" or "parallel trajectories," the intersection between the Abyss Saint King and Douluo Continent, which should have occurred tens of thousands of years later.

Instead of the current practice of directly announcing the kill list to the world from the heavens.

It's clearly an imminent interdimensional war.

"Could it be that the appearance of the celestial canopy accelerated or altered some process?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, this invaded plane should be the Abyss Plane!"

Lu Xiao seemed to be deep in thought.

He was not afraid of the Abyss Saint King's strength.

With his current condition and the academy's resources, he is more than capable of handling the situation.

What we really need to pay attention to is that super artifact born from the abyss: the Heavenly Saint Rift Halberd.

And the near-endless, fearless horde of monsters in the abyss could cause devastation to the continent.

"We can't just sit and wait for the other party to come knocking on our door; we must take the initiative to investigate and find out the situation."

Lu Xiao made up his mind.

With a slight movement, he appeared on the back mountain of the academy.

Looking at that ancient tree rooted in the earth, its branches and leaves spreading like a canopy, exuding a vast life force.

A cyan-gold dragon shadow coiled among the ancient tree branches and leaves, its scales and claws faintly visible, its storm power contained within.

It is the Storm Dragon King!

Here, it uses the pure life force of the ancient tree of life to further purify its bloodline.

"Mysterious Wind".

Lu Xiao's voice was calm.

A flash of cyan-gold light appeared among the ancient tree branches and leaves, and the enormous dragon body rapidly shrank and changed.

He transformed into a young man wearing a blue dragon-patterned robe, with a cold and handsome face and a pair of blue-gold dragon horns on his forehead, and landed in front of Lu Xiao.

His aura was deep and concentrated, with the faint sounds of wind and thunder within him; he was the human form of the Storm Dragon King.

Lu Xiao named it Xuanfeng.

"Dean."

Xuanfeng bowed slightly, his voice as his name suggested, carrying the chill of the wind and the power of thunder.

"Come with me to the outside of Douluo Continent and see what that rift looks like and how far the claws of the abyss have reached out."

Lu Xiao said calmly.

A sharp glint flashed in Xuanfeng's eyes, and he acted without hesitation.

"Yes!"

He had no concrete concept of the abyss, but since it was a threat that the dean wanted to investigate, he would simply crush it.

The dragon's pride and the storm's fury make him harbor the most direct fighting spirit against any enemy who dares to covet the Douluo Continent.

"boom!"

Lu Xiao said no more, raised his hand and waved it, and the space in front of him rippled like a water curtain, revealing the deep and boundless starry sky behind it.

He stepped inside, Xuanfeng following closely behind.

The spatial ripples subsided, and the two figures had disappeared from the Douluo Continent.

(End of this chapter)