"Hmm!?"
Du Busi suddenly trembled, his eyes revealing suspicion.
"Xuan Zi, are you yourself? This doesn't seem like your personality."
"What nonsense!" Xuan Zi waved his hand forcefully, saying irritably, "Come on, old poison, come sit with me at the Sea God Pavilion. And looking at your cultivation, it seems you're about to break through?"
"Heh, indeed." Du Busi said indifferently, "If not for your call for help, this old man was just one step away at that time."
Xuan Zi, who had just turned around, paused in his steps.
"Old poison freak, this old man owes you a favor."
He naturally knew what this so-called "final step" meant. In other words, as long as Du Busi closed his doors for cultivation for at most half a day more, he could break through to the Limit Douluo realm.
Yet, he had been delayed by their Shrek.
"A minor matter." Du Busi rubbed his chin, "When the time comes, just let this old man break through again in your Sea God Pavilion. How about it?"
"...Fine!"
No matter what, this favor had to be acknowledged!
This stunned Du Busi.
"Not joking?"
Then he laughed heartily, "Excellent! Let's go!"
Transforming into a green flowing light, he rushed toward the Sea God Pavilion direction together with Xuan Zi. And along the way, he asked one more question.
"By the way, what are you planning to do next?"
"What to do!?"
Xuan Zi's somewhat turbid eyes had never been this clear before. At this moment, his killing intent erupted, "Make them pay blood for blood!"
...
"Make them pay blood for blood!" At this very moment, in the eyes of everyone from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, there was suppressed infinite fury.
Just moments ago, the casualties had been tallied.
Within Nine Treasures City, the surviving population was less than one in a hundred.
On the surface, Nine Treasures City was a city of the Heaven Soul Empire. In reality, it had deep ties with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect—many civilians in the city were related by blood or marriage to the sect's disciples.
And now...
As for the sect itself, a large number of disciples had also perished. Even with the protective sect great array, which only brought massive casualties to the attackers, nearly a thousand disciples had still sacrificed their lives in the assault. For the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, this could be called damage to their very foundation.
Who would agree to just let this go!
"I wonder if the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect needs any assistance?"
At this moment, the vice sect master of the Heaven Dragon Sect suddenly spoke up.
"If you all need help, then we can also lend a hand. After all, when the tournament ended back then, you sent people to rescue our participating members—we all owe you a debt of gratitude."
Since someone had spoken thus, Ning Bowen naturally wouldn't be polite about it, so he smiled and said, "Then many thanks."
Then, he turned to look at Chen Junting.
Probably sensing someone's gaze on him, Chen Junting, who had been pondering, raised his head. The moment he met eyes with Ning Bowen, "Since they've had this thought, then fight!"
"Putting aside for now what to do about the Sun-Moon Empire, the Holy Spirit Cult and the Evil Emperor must be completely destroyed this time!"
Chen Junting's face was cold and stern, his killing aura surging!
Take a beating without fighting back?
This wasn't his personality!
As for the Sun-Moon Empire...
Hmph hmph!
Just wait for the national war!
"Well said—revenge is not overnight."
A voice of agreement rang out, and the next moment, a spatial crack was suddenly torn open in the high skies as Di Tian stepped out.
Clearly, he was the one who had just spoken.
"Greetings, Beast God." ×N
Seeing the arrival, the various powerhouses either nodded or saluted. Only Di Tian's gaze never rested on them from beginning to end—only when he saw Ye Xuanji did he pause slightly.
"You broke through, and it's actually the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores."
"The Beast God has good eyes."
Ye Xuanji gently stroked his beard, acknowledging it.
Di Tian didn't say anything more. Only after gazing deeply at him did he turn to continue looking at Chen Junting.
"Brat, do you want my help?"
"Then I'll trouble Elder Di Tian!"
Since Di Tian had spoken, Chen Junting naturally agreed immediately.
After all, the Evil Emperor's strength was such that even his own master would find it difficult to be a match. Only with Di Tian's intervention could victory be guaranteed.
With Di Tian's arrival, the other guests gradually dispersed. Soon, only Di Tian remained around Chen Junting, along with Di Yao who had just walked over from the Shrek side.
"Little one, are you alright?"
Di Yao's arrival caused all of Di Tian's attention to focus on her. His concerned gaze was something rarely seen ordinarily.
"I'm fine."
Di Yao shook her head, the excitement in her eyes unconcealed. She brushed past Di Tian's concern with a single word, then her gaze fixed tightly on Chen Junting, causing Di Tian to notice something unusual.
"You succeeded?"
This abrupt sentence made Di Tian slightly puzzled. But Chen Junting directly nodded, "That's right, I succeeded. Come, follow me to a place. I'll let you see up close."
Thus, he led Di Tian and Di Yao, bypassing the guests, directly to that secret chamber beneath the Golden Tree.
Then, "Hum—"
As his martial soul released, soul rings appeared one by one.
When Di Tian saw the first two hundred thousand year soul rings that appeared, it was as if he had discovered something inconceivable, his eyes instantly widening. And when that final rose-gold soul ring appeared, a look of shock continuously flickered in his dragon eyes.
"Brat, come with me!"
Di Tian's hand subconsciously rested on Chen Junting's shoulder, but just as he was preparing to tear through space to take him away, his movement paused slightly after reacting, then he turned his head to look at him.
Clearly, Di Tian was seeking Chen Junting's opinion.
"Yes, but not now."
"Indeed."
After pondering briefly, Di Tian suppressed his excited heart.
He gazed at Chen Junting with complex emotions, and only after a long while did he sigh, "Unexpected—hundreds of thousands of years, a problem that all heroes couldn't solve, yet you found the answer."
"But..."
Having calmed down, Di Tian also saw new crises after the self-condensing soul ring method. His golden dragon eyes stared at Chen Junting, as if what was reflected within them was human greed. "The greed of you humans, I know it well. Presumably you do too."
Chen Junting was very clear about what Di Tian meant.
Soul bones—the one and only soul bones!
As for soul rings...
For the spirit beast race, they were actually also a form of protection.
Previously, Di Tian wanted the self-condensing soul ring method to succeed simply so his people would no longer be hunted and killed by humans on a large scale. But once soul rings were resolved, hidden crises were also exposed.
"I have a solution."
Chen Junting spoke, with quite a confident appearance.
"Oh?!" The moment these words left his mouth, it instantly brightened Di Tian's eyes and also made Di Yao turn her head. "You're serious!?"
"Of course."
Chen Junting nodded slightly, "Actually, I've researched soul bones and discovered that soul bones and soul rings have similar marvelous effects. And what can be called 'bone' in soul bones is only their shape."
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