In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

"Haotian Douluo, be careful! Lan Si's second martial soul can draw upon heavenly lightning for his own use. This strike is no small matter." Dugu Bo, holding the unconscious Tang San, exclaimed in shock upon seeing this horrifying yet familiar scene. Although he had never seen Lan Si's self-fused martial soul technique, he had witnessed Lan Si's lightning-drawing technique before. With only his Soul Master cultivation, he had broken Tang San's Haotian True Body under the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique.

Now that Lan Si's strength has reached the Soul Saint level, this attack is probably comparable to that of a Title Douluo.

At least, without being suppressed by the orange-red flames, he had no confidence in taking it on.

"Dugu Bo, quickly take Xiao San away..." Tang Ritian had naturally witnessed Lan Si's lightning-inducing technique, and he had observed it even more carefully than Dugu Bo. He not only recognized it as a self-fusion martial soul technique, but also meticulously discovered the changes in Lan Si's external soul bone.

This undoubtedly strengthened his resolve to kill Lan Si. Black, black, red—the first two of his remaining three spirit rings shattered, and the massive phantom of the Clear Sky Hammer instantly swelled to a hundred meters. He blew up all the spirit rings he could.

Meanwhile, Lan Si had also finished accumulating power. With the blessing of the Supreme Qiankun Technique, which reached the eighth level, he completed the process of drawing lightning into his body. At this moment, the illusory image of Haotian Bamboo Shoot had grown to a height of no less than 100 meters.

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Seeing the terrifying power of both sides, Dugu Bo knew that staying here would surely mean certain death, so he immediately pulled the unconscious Tang San and rushed out of Tian Dou City.

Just as he was about to leave the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, he encountered Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo who had just arrived. Dugu Bo ignored them, and the two passed each other by.

Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo with some surprise, "Uncle Sword, those two people just now seemed to be Dugu Bo and Tang San, right?"

"Hmm. It seems something really big has happened in the palace. Right now, there are two extremely strong energy fluctuations emanating from within the Heavenly Dou Palace." Sword Douluo nodded solemnly, speaking as he hurried towards the source of the energy.

Just then, I witnessed Lan Si drawing lightning into his body, his own martial soul fusion skill colliding with Tang Ritian's Great Sumeru Hammer.

Boom! The two virtual hammers collided in mid-air, completely changing the color of the sky, as if a small nuclear bomb had landed on the ground. The entire sky above the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace was a dazzling fiery red. Even outside the palace, this scene could be clearly seen.

...Outside the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace.

"That's..." Dugu Bo, carrying Tang San and preparing to head to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to pick up his granddaughter, looked towards the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and was stunned as he watched the sky turn fiery red. Without Lan Si's orange-red flames suppressing him, with his level 92 cultivation, he could clearly feel the aura of the collision, an aura that surpassed that of ordinary Title Douluos.

Only a level 95 Super Douluo of the Power Attack type can reach such a terrifying level.

...In front of the Emperor's palace on a snowy night.

Because it was far from the battlefield and its location was higher than the palace square, the impact on the Emperor's bedroom on the snowy night was not as great as expected.

With the addition of four titled Douluo—Chrysanthemum, Ghost, Porcupine, and Serpent Spear—secretly intervening, Qian Renxue, Little Cat, and Ye Lingling were completely unaffected.

"Sister Xue'er, how is it?"

"Is Ami alright?"

The kitten and Ye Lingling had already released their martial souls, with six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—pulsating around their bodies. They anxiously asked Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue frowned slightly. She couldn't sense the auras of Lan Si and Tang Ritian, but she could sense the auras of Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.

“I didn’t sense A-Si and Tang Hao’s presence, but don’t worry, A-Si has spatial teleportation and an invincible golden body, so this kind of explosion can’t hurt him. He should have taken Tang Hao and teleported out of Heaven Dou City.” While answering the kitten, she transmitted her voice to the four Title Douluos, saying, “Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin are here. Hide yourselves well and don’t give yourselves away.”

The four Title Douluos exchanged glances, looking down at each other, their eyes meeting in unison as they turned to Ghost Douluo. Ghost Douluo understood immediately and released his Ghost Shadow, enveloping the four of them. Only Ghost Douluo could have managed to deceive Chen Xin, whose soul power was as high as 97.

Hearing this, the kitten and Ye Lingling felt a little relieved.

Above the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, the enormous fiery red halo slowly dissipated, revealing a ravaged land. At this moment, the entire plaza had completely vanished, replaced by a huge hole resembling a meteorite crater.

Ye Lingling released the Sacred Heart Begonia to heal the armored soldiers affected by the blast. Meanwhile, Little Kitten and Qian Renxue looked in another direction, where two figures were rapidly approaching on a flying sword—Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.

"Qinghe, what exactly happened here?" This was the first thing Ning Fengzhi said to Qian Renxue after they met.

Before Lan Si and Tang Ritian clashed, Ning Fengzhi recognized their identities at first glance.

Tang Ritian, needless to say, is the only one in the world capable of unleashing the Exploding Ring.

They recognized Lan Si through his self-fusion martial soul technique and the lightning-inducing technique. After all, they had witnessed Lan Si use these two moves five years ago at the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

But for some reason, the two disappeared at the same time after the collision.

Even the Sword Douluo, whose soul power was as high as 97, could not sense the presence of the two, which was truly unbelievable.

Qian Renxue deliberately feigned a heartbroken expression and sighed softly, "Teacher, Senior Sword Douluo, please come with me to Father's palace. Once inside, you will know exactly what happened."

Led by Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, Little Cat, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo entered the dilapidated and blood-soaked palace of Emperor Xueye.

P.S.: Second update. I had a little wine today. Four updates tomorrow.

Chapter 319 Ning Fengzhi: It turns out the clown was actually me.

Inside the Emperor's palace on a snowy night.

Before my eyes were corpses with purple skin or mangled flesh. In the innermost part, in the center, were three stretchers, each covered with a blood-stained white cloth. Several soldiers stood around them.

From the outline on the white cloth, it is not difficult to tell that these are three corpses.

"Open it." Qian Renxue waved her hand, and the royal guards standing beside the corpse lifted the blood-stained white cloth.

Upon seeing the corpse's face clearly, even Ning Fengzhi, with his composure, couldn't help but gasp in shock, "This is...!"

Putting aside the avalanche and the snow star, Emperor Xue Ye was the ruler of one of the two great empires of the Douluo Continent, a dignified emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, and... just died like that?

Thinking of this, Ning Fengzhi looked at Qian Renxue again, a complicated look flashing in his eyes. He found that he could see through this disciple even less.

Qian Renxue nodded slowly and said to the royal guards, "You are my father's personal guards. Tell me everything you know."

"Yes," the three replied respectfully, then looked at each other in bewilderment.

From entering the palace and seeing the corpses of Xue Ye, Xue Xing, and Xue Beng, to Tang San and Dugu Bo slaughtering them without explanation, and finally the timely appearance of the Crown Prince and Marshal Ge Long, who surrounded Dugu Bo and Tang San with their men... they told them everything they knew in detail.

After listening to the soldiers' words, Ning Fengzhi fell into a brief silence. Unlike Dugu Bo's arrogance, he, a support-type Soul Master, did not have the pride of a Title Douluo, nor would he put on airs like the leader of the three sects. Having entered the palace to meet Emperor Xueye many times, he could at least recognize the faces of every guard, if not know them all.

Ning Fengzhi could confirm that the group were Emperor Xueye's personal guards and that they were not lying, but he couldn't find any reason why Tang San and Dugu Bo would do this.

It's one thing to consider Xue Ye the Great, since Tang San once expressed his desire to support Xue Beng to ascend to the throne. It's not impossible that he would take risks to seize the throne.

But what's with killing Avalanche and Snow Star?

Isn't this like shooting yourself in the foot, clearing the way for Xue Qinghe to ascend the throne and handing it over to him for nothing?

“Fengzhi, I just observed that the dead soldiers all died from poison and being struck by heavy objects. The cause of death of Xueye, Xuebeng, and Xuexing is almost the same as that of the soldiers who died from being struck by heavy objects. If these people are not lying, Emperor Xueye should have died at the hands of Tang San.” Just then, Sword Douluo’s voice suddenly rang in Ning Fengzhi’s mind, interrupting his thoughts.

Qian Renxue said with a pained expression, "Teacher, I think you already know what happened next. Originally, it wouldn't have been difficult for A Si to take down Dugu Bo and Tang San with her strength, but they had obviously been planning this for a long time, with Tang Hao secretly helping them. Now, we don't know how A Si is doing."

Ning Fengzhi was a shrewd and experienced man. Although he had no evidence, he could naturally guess that this was a deadly trap set by Qian Renxue for Tang San, Dugu Bo, Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and even Emperor Xue Ye, in order to clear the obstacles to his ascension to the throne.

However, Ning Fengzhi did not expose the matter. Firstly, the matter was already settled, and secondly, Xue Qinghe's ascension to the throne was in the interest of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

However, Xue Qinghe's methods made him feel somewhat terrified upon closer examination.

While inwardly lamenting Qian Renxue's ruthlessness, he nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty, please accept my condolences. Although the late emperor is dead, you must still pull yourself together. The Spirit Hall is now eyeing our Heaven Dou Empire with covetous intent, and we need you to lead the Heaven Dou Empire out of this predicament. As for A Si, I believe he will surely be able to turn misfortune into good fortune."

Just then, the little cat next to her, acting like a drama queen, started to put on a show with Qian Renxue, "Your Highness, please rest assured, A-Si has a spatial soul skill. We didn't see him at the center of the explosion, so he must have left using a spatial teleportation soul skill."

"That's good, that's good." Qian Renxue looked relieved. Then she said to Ning Fengzhi, "By the way, teacher, there's something I need to tell you. A-Si is Tang Ritian."

Ning Fengzhi was suddenly startled, "A-Si is Tang Ritian?"

Sword Douluo also showed a look of shock, his brows furrowing slightly. Now he finally understood why Tang Ritian had repeatedly rejected his beloved granddaughter, Ning Rongrong. It turned out that Tang Ritian was Lan Si, and Lan Si was Tang Ritian. Given his granddaughter's attitude towards him during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, it would be strange if she liked him at all.

Qian Renxue nodded slightly. "Yes, his appearance changed drastically because of the second awakening of his martial soul."

I think you should also know that Dugu Bo and A Si have a conflict. After he took the immortal herb from Dugu Bo's medicinal garden, his martial soul showed signs of a second evolution, and his appearance changed temporarily. Later, in order to avoid Dugu Bo coming after him, he concealed his original appearance and changed his name to Tang Ritian.

Now that his martial spirit has completely completed its second evolution, his appearance can no longer be restored to its original state.

"I see." Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath, a self-deprecating smile on his face, and sighed, "Then he really fooled us terribly."

At this moment, he felt like a clown, his self-proclaimed intelligence completely manipulated. The reason Lan Si used the alias Tang Ritian wasn't to guard against Dugu Bo, but rather to protect himself and his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. On one hand, he feigned politeness under the name Lan Si, while on the other hand, he fabricated the non-existent Tang Ritian to divert his attention and laugh at him and his daughter.

It's pathetic that I once wanted to marry him; it's laughable. He didn't even look at my daughter, who was still hung up on Tang Ritian and was entangled with Oscar.

Now that the other side has become powerful, there's no need to fear the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School anymore, so there's no need to put on an act any longer.

"Please forgive me, teacher. Ah Si had no choice at the time." Qian Renxue nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty is overthinking it. I was just surprised and touched, and I didn't mean to blame him at all." Ning Fengzhi hurriedly returned the greeting. He was no longer able to accept such a grand gesture from the emperor.

A short while later, Ning Fengzhi rode the Seven Kill Sword of Sword Douluo and left the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

"Uncle Sword, what do you think?" Ning Fengzhi asked, standing behind Sword Douluo with one hand on his shoulder.

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Sword Douluo hesitated for a moment before replying, "Although Emperor Xue Ye did indeed die at the hands of Tang San and Dugu Bo, this matter is definitely related to Xue Qinghe and Lan Si. We all misjudged him; he is a very cunning person."

Ning Fengzhi sighed softly, "Yes, I should have seen it coming sooner. These two put on quite a show for us today. Now that Xue Ye and Xue Beng are dead, and the first two princes have also died young, Xue Qinghe's ascension to the throne is inevitable. Encountering such a cunning and unfathomable ruler, I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse for our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School..."

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Chapter 320 The Demise of the Power Clan

Just as Ning Fengzhi was sighing, Sword Douluo suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong, Uncle Jian?" Ning Fengzhi asked, somewhat surprised.

"Feng Zhi, look..." Sword Douluo turned his gaze towards the Power Clan's residence. At this moment, the Power Clan's residence was surrounded by fully armed armored soldiers. Inside the residence, many soldiers and Soul Masters were fighting against the Power Clan's Soul Masters. Among them, Titan, the elder of the Power Clan, was being besieged by three members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's teaching committee.

The three instructors seemed to have no intention of harming the old Titan, repeatedly showing him mercy. However, the old Titan was ungrateful, activating his Martial Soul True Form to unleash a deadly attack. For a time, the three Soul Douluo instructors were on the defensive. Helpless, they had no choice but to go all out.

Looking at the Power Clan, now reduced to mere puppets, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but sigh, "Tang San is the leader of the Tang Sect, and the Power Clan has joined the Tang Sect. Now, Tang San is carrying the name of a regicide and has been rescued by Dugu Bo. After today, I'm afraid the Power Clan will become history. Let's go, Uncle Jian, this has nothing to do with us."

Sword Douluo nodded solemnly and continued flying towards the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

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The Tang Clan—the residence of the Force Clan—is now a ruin.

Facing three Soul Douluo instructors, three thousand Heaven Dou Empire Soul Masters, and five thousand Royal Knights led by Golong, the Tang Clan and its Power Clan were outnumbered and outmatched.

Apart from a very small number of clansmen who went out, the rest of them either died from being ganged up on or were captured. Even Titan, the patriarch of the Power Clan, was severely injured and exhausted, and was bound by Zhilin Soul Douluo Tian Qing Teng, one of the three teaching committee members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and could not move an inch.

Of course, the Heaven Dou Empire also suffered heavy losses. With the entire Power Clan equipped with the Zhuge Crossbow, the Heaven Dou Empire's royal knights and low-level soul masters were killed or wounded. It can be said that conquering the Power Clan was almost entirely achieved by paying with human lives.

"Alas, old Titan, why did you do this?" The three education committee members were old acquaintances of the old Titan, belonging to the same generation of Soul Masters. Seeing the Power Clan reduced to this state, they couldn't help but feel regretful; such a promising sect had been destroyed just like that...

"Enough nonsense. The Power Clan would rather die standing than live kneeling. The Heavenly Dou Royal Family has offended my Tang Clan and invaded my Power Clan without any regard for right or wrong. Even if I see Xue Qinghe in person, I will still say the same thing." Old Titan was as stubborn as ever.

"Sigh, I don't believe Tang San and Poison Douluo would kill His Majesty, Prince Xue Xing, and Prince Xue Beng either. But Marshal Ge Long and many royal guards witnessed it with their own eyes; the evidence is irrefutable. Why can't you understand? At first, I explained the crux of the matter to you: you only needed to lead your clan to surrender and then declare your separation from the Tang Sect. With the guarantees of the three of us old men, the Li Clan would be safe from repercussions. But you insisted on doing it your way. Now look at you, because of your incorrigible bad temper, so many people have died... What are we going to do..." Meng Shenji, one of the three teaching committee members, sighed.

Upon hearing this, the old Titan fell into a brief silence. He looked at the few remaining members of his tribe, all of them bound hand and foot and their soul power sealed. He then looked at the corpses of his tribesmen that had been cleared away and felt a pang of regret.

Suddenly, he recalled the scene when the Power Clan was abandoned by the Haotian Sect.

How similar it is to that now!