Chapter 170 The Eve of the Storm.
The top leaders of various forces were terrified and immediately convened an emergency meeting.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Star Luo Empire's royal family—all the leaders wore extremely solemn expressions.
They understood better than ordinary people what a dimensional invasion meant.
It was often a war for the survival of a continent and a race!
"No wonder so many unheard-of powerhouses and martial spirits appeared at the Big Dipper Academy."
"Perhaps they come from other planes?"
Ning Fengzhi clenched his fists, his face extremely serious.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin's sword aura was chilling: "No matter where they come from, now that the Kill Ranking has been released, a formidable enemy is at hand."
"The primary task is to unite all forces that can be united and prepare for war!"
Bone Douluo Gu Rong said hoarsely, "Tianmu's move, while encouraging, also confirms the severity of the crisis."
"We must act immediately, integrate resources, and investigate possible invasion points!"
Inside the Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong quickly calmed down from the shock of the Kill Ranking's release, 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 had to be temporarily set aside.
"Order all branch halls to enter a state of highest alert and collect all intelligence on spatial anomalies and the appearance of unfamiliar powerful figures!"
"Open up some 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, Ghostly Demon, you two set off immediately. Where on Douluo Continent are spatial instability occurring?"
"Especially in remote places like the far north, overseas islands, and Death Valley!"
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
The entire Douluo Continent, due to the sudden arrival of the "Killing Ranking," instantly shifted from the heated discussions and anticipation brought by the ranking to a tense and oppressive state of full-scale preparation for war.
A heavy atmosphere, like the calm before a storm, enveloped the entire world.
Beidou Academy.
The atmosphere within the academy was equally solemn!
But compared to the panic outside, there was a greater sense of composure and determination.
Disciples like Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling wore expressions of astonishment and tension, but also looked intently at Lu Xiao and the teachers.
Li Bai took a swig of wine, the drunkenness dissipating from his eyes, revealing a sharp, sword-like light: "An invasion from another world? How timely."
"Perfect! My sword hasn't had a good drink of 'outer realm blood' in a long time."
Lu Bu slammed his halberd to the ground, laughing heartily: "A cross-dimensional war? Interesting! My halberd has been thirsting for blood for a long time!"
"Dean, give the order! Lu 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 wasn't surprised by the dimensional invasion; in fact, he had a vague premonition.
The appearance of the celestial curtain had already altered the future trajectory of the Douluo Continent.
"The Kill Ranking!"
Lu Xiao murmured to himself.
"Using war to sustain war, using killing to stop killing, and gathering the power of all beings to fight against external enemies is not a bad way to quickly improve the overall strength of this plane, within the rules."
He withdrew his gaze and looked at the academy students, his voice calm yet carrying a reassuring power.
"External enemies are coming, and the continent will be in chaos."
"From today onwards, the academy will enter a state of war preparedness."
"Yes! Dean!"
Dugu Yan and the others responded in unison, their eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
With the academy as their backing and powerful teachers leading them, their panic dissipated considerably, 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 consider its application in different battlefield situations."
Lu Xiao looked at the two girls.
"Yes, Dean!"
Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling nodded emphatically.
Douluo Continent, above the sky.
Two celestial curtains, one gold and one red, floated, emanating completely different auras.
The war alarm bells brought by the blood-red Killing List still resonated in the hearts of countless beings, a mixture of panic and fighting spirit.
Undercurrents surged across the continent.
But the golden sky fell into an unusual silence.
The golden light of the sky froze, its radiance no longer flowing, as if "stuck" by some invisible force.
This sudden change aroused suspicion among the countless onlookers below.
"What's going on? The golden sky isn't moving?"
"Wasn't the next list supposed to be announced? Why is there no movement?"
"It feels... a bit strange, like something's interfering?"
Discussions arose, and unease spread.
Even the tense atmosphere of preparation for battle, just stirred up by the Killing List, was shrouded in an eerie hue due to the anomaly of the golden sky.
Lu Xiao stood with his hands behind his back by the window, his deep gaze piercing through the void.
He murmured to himself, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.
"At this point in time, Douluo Continent shouldn't be facing 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 should have occurred tens of thousands of years later, not as it is now, with the Heavenly Curtain directly issuing a kill list to announce it to the world.
It's clearly an imminent interdimensional war.
"Could it be that the appearance of the Heavenly Curtain accelerated or changed some process?"
"If I'm not mistaken, this invading plane should be the Abyss Plane!"
Lu Xiao pondered.
He wasn't afraid of the Abyss Saint King's strength.
With his current state and the academy's resources, he could handle it. What he really needed to be wary of was the super artifact nurtured by the Abyss Plane: the Heavenly Saint Abyss Splitting Halberd.
And the Abyss's almost endless, fearless sea of demons, which could cause devastation to the continent.
"We can't just sit and wait for them to come to us; we must actively investigate and find out the situation."
Lu Xiao made a decision.
He moved slightly and appeared at the back of the academy.
He gazed at the ancient tree of life, rooted in the earth, its branches and leaves forming a canopy, radiating a vast aura of life.
A cyan-gold dragon shadow coiled among the ancient tree's branches, its scales and claws barely visible, its storm power contained within.
It was the Storm Dragon King!
It was using the pure life force of the ancient tree to further purify its bloodline.
"Xuanfeng," Lu Xiao said calmly.
A flash of cyan-gold light appeared among the ancient tree's branches, and the massive dragon body rapidly contracted and transformed.
It transformed into a young man wearing a cyan dragon-patterned robe, with a cold and handsome face and a pair of cyan-gold dragon horns on his forehead, landing before Lu Xiao.
His aura was deep and concentrated, faintly containing the sounds of wind and thunder—the human form of the Storm Dragon King.
Lu Xiao named him Xuanfeng.
"Dean," Xuanfeng bowed slightly, his voice as sharp as his name, carrying the chill of wind and the power of thunder.
"Come with me to the outskirts of Douluo Continent and see what that rift truly looks like, and how far the abyss's claws have reached," Lu Xiao said calmly.
A sharp glint flashed in Xuan Feng's eyes, and he answered without hesitation.
"Yes!"
He had no concrete concept of the abyss, but since it was a threat the Dean wanted to investigate, he would crush it.
The pride of the Dragon Clan and the ferocity of the storm instilled in him a direct fighting spirit towards any enemy who dared to covet Douluo Continent.
"Boom!"
Lu Xiao said no more, raising his hand and waving it. The space before him rippled like a curtain of water, revealing the deep, boundless starry sky behind it.
He stepped in, Xuan Feng following closely behind.
The spatial ripples subsided, and the two figures had vanished from Douluo Continent.
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