Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue

Chapter 398 Using children as threats?

Orange's cheeks suddenly flushed, but more than that, her heart skipped a beat.

Qian Renxue understood exactly what she meant. Without the royal family's signed order to launch a battle, they could not take the initiative to attack.

Could it be that the young master is going to initiate a war? Does she have that much power?

Seemingly noticing Ju Zi's confusion, Qian Renxue smiled and said, "Relax. Let me ask you, how do the other divisions on the border compare to yours in terms of strength?"

After a moment's thought, Orange described the other characteristics of the Terror Claw and the Evil Lord Soul Master Corps.

"I understand." Qian Renxue nodded slightly. "Remember what I just told you."

Orange frowned, but finally hummed in agreement.

The current situation is very strange. Everyone knows that the Sun Moon Empire is going to send troops, but no one is firing the first shot. What Qian Renxue wants to do is simply to use a plan to lure the three eastern countries into attacking first!

Thus, the war was named the Self-Defense Counterattack War.

They've already attacked you, why aren't you fighting back?

After giving instructions to Ju Zi, Qian Renxue left and, together with Ye Xishui, infiltrated the Starsea Empire. After traveling for a while, they arrived at Starsea City, the capital of the Starsea Empire.

This place is relatively close to the Mingdou Mountains, so Ye Xishui's detection system detected the aura of Haihuan Douluo. Although it was fleeting, it was still detected.

"Young Master, Your Majesty." Bone Dragon Douluo appeared.

Upon learning that the old man and the young girl had arrived in Starsea City, Bone Dragon Douluo immediately rushed over to assist them.

"How did things go?" Qian Renxue asked.

"Reporting to Young Master." Bone Dragon Douluo glanced at Ye Xishui and noticed that the old man was now open for business, so he continued to report the situation to Qian Renxue.

The current situation is as follows—

"The news of the Chosen One has spread, and many people want to go to Shrek Academy to force their way out, but they don't dare to. Shrek City has also heard about this rumor, but has remained silent."

"After the Soul Master Competition ended, Haihuan Douluo returned to Shrek City temporarily and arrived in Xinghai City yesterday. His movements were so secretive that it would have been difficult for me to detect them. I immediately reported this to Your Majesty."

Qian Renxue nodded, signaling the Bone Dragon Offering to continue.

"I've been in Starsea City since yesterday. In the early hours of this morning, Sea Illusion Douluo went to the palace, but I didn't follow him in rashly. Originally, the Star Luo Empire's Hall of Worship had fourteen Title Douluos. Even after five of them fell, four Title Douluos still followed Xu Jiujiu here."

"Among them, the strongest is a level 95 Super Douluo, titled Thunderflame, Martial Soul Thunderflame Spear..."

After listening, Qian Renxue nodded: "In that case, there shouldn't be any Title Douluo with a mental ability among them, which means it will be difficult for them to resist the actions of Hai Huan Douluo."

"That's right. Moreover, of these four Title Douluos, only two are stationed within the palace, including this Thunder Flame Douluo. The other two are stationed in the border camps on the east and west sides, respectively. From this morning until now, no news has come out of the palace, and the morning court session was still held."

Bone Dragon Douluo was right not to rashly infiltrate the palace. He instead placed spies around the palace to monitor the ministers' actions.

"Perhaps, there will be a good show tonight," Qian Renxue murmured to herself.

"Then what about our actions?" Bone Dragon Douluo asked.

"Wait." Qian Renxue uttered only one word.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of scene the palace coup in the Starsea Empire will be like." She stood in her small inn room, looking out the window.

Because Bone Dragon Douluo had to plan many matters concerning the Shadow Palace, Qian Renxue transferred him away from Coco Nair's side so that he could focus on handling the affairs of the secret forces.

Coco Nair returned to the Sun Moon Empire after the Soul Master Competition and hasn't traveled abroad for the time being. Recently, she absorbed the Qiluo Tulip given to her by Qian Renxue, and it seems her martial soul has changed. Perhaps treasure-type martial souls are very compatible with this kind of immortal item. It just so happens that Ning Rongrong won't be able to evolve her Seven Treasures Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda in the mortal realm.

As night fell, nothing unusual happened in Starsea City.

"So patient? Or is he setting something up?" Qian Renxue twirled her fingers.

"Perhaps there's some kind of plan. After all, Hai Huan is very likely here on orders from Shrek Academy," Ye Xishui said calmly.

"Then let's keep waiting." Qian Renxue closed her eyes.

Two days passed, and there was still no movement in Starsea City, making Qian Renxue wonder if the Sea Illusion Douluo had been captured in the palace.

Finally, on the night of the third day, Ye Xishui suddenly woke up Qian Renxue, who was meditating.

"He made a move?" Qian Renxue asked.

"Come with me. The Bone Dragon has already passed." Ye Xishui grabbed Qian Renxue's hand and left the inn.

They arrived at a point about a kilometer above the palace and met up with Bone Dragon Douluo. Qian Renxue then focused her mind slightly.

Because, within the palace, she seemed to sense a strange spiritual force.

"What's going on?" She frowned.

Ye Xishui knew that Qian Renxue couldn't mobilize too much spiritual power at this moment, so she took the initiative to explain: "The reason why Haihuan Douluo hasn't made a move these past few days is because he's preparing a special formation. Look—"

Following Ye Xishui's guidance, Qian Renxue sensed it.

"Within this small palace, there are a total of eighteen places resembling 'eyes.' This formation can amplify the Sea Illusion Douluo's mist domain," Ye Xishui said in a low voice. "This might be something he's been preparing as a trump card."

"This madman wants to kill everyone in the palace?" Qian Renxue said expressionlessly.

"It shouldn't be. The Holy Spirit Cult has also explored array formations." Ye Xishui's eyes were fixed on it. "Although his array formation has expanded its range, it has also weakened its effect. It can control people with low cultivation levels without any problem, but it can't play its original role against Title Douluos."

"He intends to use the entire palace as hostage to force a Title Douluo to submit!"

Qian Renxue didn't really understand formations, but after hearing Ye Xishui's explanation, she understood.

At this moment, with Ye Xishui's help, Qian Renxue and Bone Dragon Douluo saw that inside the palace, there was a man and a woman, and two children were being carried out by a masked man. In front of the man was Xu Jiujiu, who was struggling to stay afloat.

"That boy is the current young emperor, and the girl is?" Qian Renxue asked.

"The boy is Xu Jiawei's son. The girl is Xu Jiujiu's youngest sister, named Xu Yun, who is not yet twenty years old and is a Soul Master," said Bone Dragon Douluo.

Qian Renxue frowned: "They're trying to force her to comply by using Xu Jiujiu's family connections."

Why do I always feel like he's a bit brainless?

(End of this chapter)