Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 403 Betraying an ally is a tradition of the Haotian Sect!

The first Eternal Spirit Tower is located on a nameless plain between Shrek City and the Star Dou Great Forest. It is twenty meters high and its internal structure is very simple. After all, the Soul Spirit system is still in its infancy and it is normal to be poor and blank.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and the work on the Soul Contract of the Eternal Spirit Tower finally got on track. The Soul System also completed its most basic framework construction. From now on, it only needs to develop within this framework. This means that the Soul System has taken an important step from zero to one. How to develop it from now on is no longer a castle in the air.

The Eternal Spirit Tower has a simple organizational structure. After all, it is an organization jointly created by Shrek Academy and Star Dou Great Forest, so it has two tower masters, two deputy tower masters, and several deacons.

The two tower masters are more symbolic and do not actually manage anything; they are Zhu Ziyang and Di Tian, ​​respectively. Regarding the position of tower master, the soul beast side is unlikely to change it easily, while on the Shrek Academy side, Zhu Ziyang has already made a decision at the Tianyuan Pavilion meeting: from now on, the Tianyuan Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy will concurrently serve as the tower master of the Eternal Spirit Tower.

The two deputy tower masters are the true managers of the Eternal Spirit Tower. The deputy tower master on the soul beast side is naturally Bi Ji, and her position is unlikely to change easily. The first deputy tower master on the Shrek Academy side is naturally Tianhe Douluo Lin Lao. Regarding the position of deputy tower master, the Tianyuan Pavilion meeting also made relevant regulations. The Tianyuan Pavilion will add a deputy pavilion master to be specifically responsible for the affairs of the Eternal Spirit Tower.

There's no need to elaborate on the deacons; they all hold positions responsible for assisting the two deputy tower masters in managing the Eternal Spirit Tower.

This structure of two principals and two deputies was the initial power structure of the Eternal Spirit Tower, but it was by no means the final power structure. The power structure during the organization's early stages would inevitably have many loopholes, so it would definitely change in the future. As for the direction of the change, Zhu Ziyang could not predict.

The establishment of the Eternal Spirit Tower and the Soul Spirit System did not cause much of a stir on the continent, because at this time, the major powers on the continent were actively preparing for war and had only a superficial understanding of the Soul Spirit System that Shrek Academy had developed. Even if they knew the potential of Soul Spirits, no one cared. Their only task at the moment was to win the war they were about to fight.

If they cannot win, their organizations will be destroyed, so what future can they talk about for the Soul Spirits? Based on this, the appearance of the Soul Spirits failed to attract the attention of the royal families and major powers of the three great empires.

However, this is a good thing for Shrek Academy; at least no other human power will share the power of the Eternal Spirit Tower with them, which is a good thing. As for the future, well, Shrek Academy doesn't believe that the three great empires will be a match for the Sun Moon Empire.

Over the past three months, nearly a hundred soul contracts have been completed in the Eternal Spirit Tower. These people are all disciples of Shrek Academy, mostly outer court disciples, but also a few inner court disciples. They will be the most powerful evidence for the declaration of the soul system, and there will be more such evidence.

To Zhu Ziyang's surprise, Di Tian's side was taking action. Originally, Di Tian, ​​though known as the Beast God, only had influence and dominance within the Star Dou Great Forest. Now, perhaps to reduce dissent within the Star Dou Great Forest, he was actually trying to control the soul beasts in other soul beast settlements.

Through overwhelming strength, the Star Dou system soul beast clan represented by Di Tian quickly took control of several small soul beast settlements closest to the Star Dou Great Forest, and continued to expand outwards. Following this trend, Di Tian may very well unify the soul beast forces across the entire Douluo Continent.

The most outrageous thing is that after the Eternal Spirit Tower started operating normally, this guy actually sent out about ten 100,000-year-old soul beasts to block all the entrances to the Star Dou Great Forest, causing all the soul masters who wanted to enter the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul rings to return empty-handed. It was only because Di Tian knew his limits and instructed those 100,000-year-old soul beasts not to harm anyone that the situation would have been so tragic.

Due to Di Tian's actions, the workload of the Eternal Spirit Tower increased very rapidly, and news of the spirits spread quickly in the cities surrounding the Star Dou Great Forest. Objectively speaking, this can be considered as the spirit beasts promoting the development of spirit masters!

Shrek Academy, Tianyuan Pavilion.

Zhu Ziyang finally had some free time, and after resting for a few days, he called Huo Yuhao over.

"Senior brother, you wanted to see me?" Huo Yuhao asked respectfully as he entered Tianyuan Pavilion.

"Congratulations, Yuhao, you've made a breakthrough." Zhu Ziyang glanced at Huo Yuhao and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As expected of the chosen one, he has made another breakthrough in just three months. No one else can match his speed.

It turns out that after Huo Yuhao signed a soul contract with the Three-Eyed Fox, his soul power immediately reached level 74. The reason for such a rapid increase was not only due to the quality of the 100,000-year soul ring itself, but also because of the skull piece provided by the Three-Eyed Fox. Now, Huo Yuhao's soul power has reached level 75, increasing by one level every three months, and even considering that one month was used to consolidate his cultivation, it actually only took about two months. That's truly outrageous.

"Hehe, I just want to become stronger, after all, I'm going to fight against the gods in the future." Huo Yuhao chuckled. He can now face this matter calmly, which is a kind of growth.

"Very good, that's my junior brother Zhu Ziyang!" Zhu Ziyang patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Let's go, let's go to Haotian Sect."

"Now? Okay, I'll lead the way!" Huo Yuhao's face lit up with excitement and anticipation as he spoke.

In reality, Huo Yuhao was well aware that Xiao Xiao was in the hands of the Haotian Sect, but he was helpless because he lacked the strength to do anything about it. Thinking back to the last time they went to the Haotian Sect to demand her return, not only were they not treated well, but Xuanzi was also injured – the thought alone was incredibly frustrating.

Now, when he heard that Zhu Ziyang was going to Haotian Sect, he was overjoyed. Huo Yuhao didn't know how powerful Zhu Ziyang was, but he knew that the old guy in Haotian Sect was no match for his senior brother. Didn't he see that even the universally acknowledged strongest person on the continent, Beast God Di Tian, ​​treated his senior brother as an equal? ​​What was that old guy in Haotian Sect?

Huo Yuhao was already looking forward to the moment when he found Xiao Xiao at the Haotian Sect.

Soon, Zhu Ziyang led Huo Yuhao to the mountain range where the Haotian Sect was located. Looking at the towering peaks that reached into the clouds, Zhu Ziyang and Huo Yuhao had different expressions. Zhu Ziyang's face was calm and composed, while Huo Yuhao's eyes were full of anticipation mixed with a little nervousness.

"Senior brother, Haotian Fortress is located on the peak of this mountain," Huo Yuhao said. "However, there seems to be some kind of restriction on this mountain, preventing outsiders from flying on it."

"It's nothing," Zhu Ziyang said with a faint smile. He clearly saw the restriction Huo Yuhao mentioned; it was nothing more than gravity control enhanced by divine power. Such a trivial trick was utterly insignificant to him. He grabbed Huo Yuhao's shoulder and said, "Let's go!"

Then, Zhu Ziyang leaped into the air and, to Huo Yuhao's astonishment, arrived in front of a black castle in a few quick movements.

The people from the Haotian Sect had clearly noticed the arrival of the two. The castle gates opened, and a burly man and a sprightly old man emerged. The burly man surprised Zhu Ziyang, yet it was also expected. Unsurprisingly, he was the Sea God's other brother-in-law, the Titan Giant Ape. The other man, though called an old man, only had gray hair; otherwise, he showed no signs of aging and could easily be mistaken for a middle-aged man.

"It's you, Huo Yuhao!" The Titan Giant Ape was taken aback when he saw Zhu Ziyang and the other person, but he immediately recognized Huo Yuhao. His face turned ugly as he said, "I remember warning you not to come to the Haotian Sect again. The Haotian Sect has no such person as Xiao Xiao!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao wanted to step forward to argue, but was stopped by Zhu Ziyang. Zhu Ziyang still had a smile on his face as he looked at the Titan Giant Ape and the old man from the Haotian Sect and said, "We are here not for Xiao Xiao's matter, but for the matter of you injuring the deputy pavilion master of my Shrek Academy's Tianyuan Pavilion."

"Who are you?" The Titan Giant Ape and the old man from the Haotian Sect turned their gazes to Zhu Ziyang, looking down on him. They clearly didn't take Zhu Ziyang seriously. Of course, they didn't know Zhu Ziyang, so they didn't know his identity.

"My name is Zhu Ziyang, and I am the current head of the Tianyuan Pavilion at Shrek Academy. My title is Jingtian. You two can address me as Your Majesty Jingtian." Zhu Ziyang said in a calm tone, but his words were not so friendly. Your Majesty is usually a respectful title used by the weak to address the strong.

"Hmph! You brat, you dare call yourself Your Majesty?" The elder from the Haotian Sect said with a gloomy face and a cold snort, "I'm the one who injured that old bastard. What, you want to stand up for him?"

"So you admit that it was your Haotian Sect that injured the people from my Shrek Academy?" Zhu Ziyang said expressionlessly, his smile fading.

"That's right, what are you going to do about it?" The old man from Haotian Sect had an indifferent attitude, or rather, he was fearless. At this moment, the Titan Giant Ape had already stood behind the old man, clearly a body length behind him, which meant that the old man's identity was not ordinary.

"Heh!" Zhu Ziyang chuckled, angered by the old man's attitude. He said, "If I remember correctly, Shrek Academy and your Clear Sky Sect are allies, right? Injuring an ally, indeed, this is something the Clear Sky Sect is capable of doing, heh!"

"You brat, you're asking for death!" Zhu Ziyang's sarcastic tone seemed to have touched a nerve with the old man of the Haotian Sect. He was so angry that his eyes turned red, and a black giant hammer appeared in his hand. He then smashed it down on Zhu Ziyang without hesitation.

"As expected, attacking without reason is indeed the style of the Haotian Sect!" Zhu Ziyang continued sarcastically. He showed no mercy to the old man who attacked him in anger. With a thought, he waved his hand, and a bone-chilling cold instantly filled the entire Haotian Sect area. The old man was then frozen into an ice sculpture.

"Old man, trying to act tough because of your age, huh?" Zhu Ziyang waved his hand again, and the ice on the old man's body disappeared instantly, along with his martial spirit. Then, a strange attraction pulled him into Zhu Ziyang's hands.

Zhu Ziyang grabbed the old man by the collar and kicked him, causing the old man to kneel down. The old man's eyes immediately filled with bloodshot rage, as if he wanted to devour Zhu Ziyang alive. However, Zhu Ziyang didn't care at all and slapped him twice, stunning the old man and freezing the Titan Ape who was about to attack in place.

"You actually..." The Titan Ape stared blankly at Zhu Ziyang and said in disbelief. He really didn't expect that this young man came with the idea of ​​fighting to the death. Well, slapping Old Tang is exactly what fighting to the death is all about.

(End of this chapter)