Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 318 Clan Extermination | Mission Precursor

Ning Feiliu snapped out of his daze, looked at Dugu Yan who was calling him, and then broke out in a cold sweat.

Damn it... the runes were bewitching him again, and this time he almost succumbed to them.

If he truly falls into this trap and starts killing without regard for the consequences in order to become stronger, then he will have completely become a puppet of the runes.

Just like... in the League of Legends lore, Ryze eventually became a rune puppet—the disciple of Brand, the Burning Vengeance, Keegan Noah.

Although he eventually became stronger, he was no longer himself, and might even go on a killing spree at any cost, including those around him...

They might die at his hands!

Ning Feiliu broke out in a cold sweat at the thought of this. With his current mental strength and the added support of Arester's indomitable will, he was almost bewitched by the runes.

It's easy to imagine how terrifying the erosion of the mind by runes is. If it weren't for Arester's indomitable will, he would probably have become a puppet of the runes by now.

"Fei Liu? What's wrong with you?" Dugu Yan asked, looking at Ning Fei Liu who was inexplicably covered in sweat.

"It's nothing... This place is not safe to stay for long..." Ning Feiliu took a deep breath and then planned to leave with Dugu Yan.

"Okay... I reckon someone will be here soon," Dugu Yan replied without suspicion.

However, at that moment...

"Huh?" Ning Feiliu suddenly glanced at the Titan's corpse, which was gradually being burned to ashes by the Dark Light of Hell, and something suddenly fell off.

That is……

A piece of right leg bone?

This was something Ning Feiliu hadn't expected; Titan actually had a soul bone?

However, upon closer reflection, as the patriarch of the Power Clan, whose clan had been living quite comfortably after leaving the Clear Sky Sect, Titan might possess one or two soul bones.

While the acquisition of soul bones largely depends on opportunity rather than cultivation level, it is certainly true that the higher one's cultivation level, the greater the chance of possessing a soul bone.

It's impossible that a teacher at an academy with only the cultivation level of Soul Saint could possess a Soul Bone, especially a head Soul Bone, which is second only to the torso bones in rarity.

It's already quite rare for a Titan to possess a Soul Bone, isn't it?

Ning Feiliu absorbed the soul bone with her soul power, then turned around and said, "Let's go!"

Soon, the two disappeared into the night.

After all, killing someone is bound to cause trouble. In this era, even if a Soul Master kills someone, they will be subject to the Spirit Hall's restrictions and wanted status.

Even Soul Masters with powerful backgrounds like Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan might not be able to escape the Spirit Hall's opportunistic attack.

After all, the Spirit Hall was clearly at odds with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu did not rely on her background and chose to stay where she was. After all, it was better to let the matter pass and avoid trouble.

However... in Dugu Yan's eyes, this matter cannot be left unresolved; the Power Clan... must also pay the price.

She didn't care about any of that. If Titan dared to come and cause trouble for Ning Feiliu, then she would... tell her grandfather about it!

As for what Dugu Bohui will do... well, those who know, know.

Soon, a heinous murder by a Soul Master occurred in Tiandou City that very night, causing a huge uproar.

Although Titan was burned to ashes and his bones were reduced to dust, the Spirit Hall still managed to find clues and characterize the incident as a death battle between powerful individuals at the Soul Douluo level or above.

One of the Contras died, and because the Titan's body was gone, there was nothing left to identify him, so the identity of the deceased could not be determined.

However, based on the traces of the battle at the scene, Salas deduced that...

The culprit could be a control-type Soul Douluo with both lightning and fire attributes, or even more than one person, because the traces now show crack patterns from the eruption of lightning.

The body was burned to ashes, but there were few signs of struggle, so there must have been at least one control-type Soul Douluo present.

Therefore, it could be either a control-type Soul Douluo with Thunder Martial Soul plus a Fire Attribute Martial Soul Soul Douluo, or a Soul Douluo with Thunder Martial Soul plus a control-type Soul Douluo with Fire Attribute Martial Soul.

In short, we can only guess in these two directions.

This incident has caused some people to feel uneasy, after all, this is Tiandou City!

Right under the emperor's nose! A Contra-level powerhouse is committing murder?!

He committed the crime while the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament was underway.

If they can act so recklessly, who can protect the safety of the royal family and Emperor Xueye?

The Spirit Hall also felt that the Soul Douluo's behavior was a challenge to their authority!

With the Spirit Hall of Heaven Dou City stationed here, and vicious people committing murder, isn't this a provocation against the Spirit Hall?

Emperor Xueye and Salas then ordered a thorough investigation into the matter and began to offer a reward for the capture of this unknown murderer, requiring all major forces to cooperate.

But their investigation was destined to fail.

After Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan returned, they each told Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo about the matter.

When Ning Fengzhi found out, he intentionally covered for Ning Feiliu, because if the Spirit Hall really used this as an opportunity to cause trouble, it would be quite troublesome.

The Clear Sky Sect is powerful, right? But when the Spirit Hall found an opportunity to attack Tang Hao, he was chased away like a stray dog.

The Spirit Hall is still very strong. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Ning Feiliu are not as strong as them. So there's nothing wrong with being honest and low-key.

Otherwise, like Tang Hao, who thought he and the Clear Sky Sect were incredibly powerful, instead of staying within the sect, he took Ah Yin around and attracted the attention of the Spirit Hall experts, ultimately causing a great disaster.

That would be incredibly foolish.

The Spirit Hall doesn't dare to openly confront the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School right now, mainly because they want a legitimate reason to do so.

Before they can complete their plan, they still need to win people's hearts and minds, and at least they can't make things too obvious or go too far.

Otherwise, their Soul Hunting Plan wouldn't have been carried out secretly. They just didn't have a legitimate reason, so if they took the initiative to attack, they would be in the wrong.

If Ning Feiliu were to admit to this matter now, as if she were fearless, wouldn't that be handing the Spirit Hall a handle against her?

The Spirit Hall could question the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School about this, and it would be perfectly reasonable for them to escalate the situation and launch a direct attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Therefore, Ning Fengzhi later felt that Ning Feiliu's actions at the time were correct.

This can be considered as avoiding an unnecessary conflict, except that the other side is a Titan... a race of power...

Ning Fengzhi was certainly aware of the relationship between the Titans and the Power Clan and Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.

He quickly realized that Ning Feiliu might be deliberately seeking revenge because of what happened with Tang Hao.

Ning Fengzhi certainly didn't intend to let the matter rest, but just as he was thinking about how to punish the remaining members of the Power Clan...

Less than two days later, news came that the Power Clan had been wiped out!

Hundreds of people, both inside and outside the household, died overnight!

Moreover, their deaths were extremely gruesome; they all turned into emerald green pus and died, with not a single survivor. Even the guard dogs of the Power Clan turned into pus.

Everyone knows this... It was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo who did this!

Ning Feiliu was witnessing her cheap teacher's ruthless methods for the first time. Sure enough... Poison Douluo's formidable reputation was not fabricated, but built on solid battle achievements.

Dugu Bo has killed his entire family for personal gain more than once or twice, which is why he instills fear in many forces across the continent.

After all, he was a ruthless character who would kill your whole family if he said he would. His personality was both righteous and evil, and the key point was not only the righteous part, but also the evil part.

At least when Dugu Bo needed to be ruthless, he was truly a quintessential evil spirit master!

Naturally, Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about this, and that very night, without saying a word, Dugu Bo immediately went to the Li Clan's residence and released the Azure Scale Serpent King's Poison.

Then, overnight, the entire Power Clan was brutally murdered.

The key point is that everyone knows this was done by Dugu Boqian, but no one dares to say anything about Dugu Boqian.

After all, Dugu Bo has always been like this. How many times has he killed entire families in the past?

What can you say about such a ruthless character?

Okay, you're next one to get wiped out.

My main point is that I don't even need a reason; I can just kill your whole family.

The key point is that Dugu Bo is now even stronger, and the Spirit Hall is well aware of this. Even Chrysanthemum Douluo was brutally beaten by Dugu Bo.

Who on Salas' side can stop Dugu Bo?

The Porcupine Douluo who was originally able to restrain Dugu Bo would not dare to say that he was 100% able to restrain Dugu Bo now.

After all, the premise of restraint is that the difference in strength is not too great. In the original work, Dugu Bo only had a level 92 soul power, which was the same as the cultivation level of the Porcupine Douluo, so it was naturally a form of restraint.

However, Dugu Bo now possesses a soul power of level 94, and due to the manifestation of the Poison Core Technique, his combat strength is so great that he can even beat Chrysanthemum Douluo, who is at level 95.

Just like when the top laner is two levels behind, even Fiora, who is known as the mother of Aatrox, may not be able to counter her due to the counter relationship.

Moreover, Dugu Bo is not like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School might care about its reputation. If the Spirit Hall messes with me, I will directly deal with those people in the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City without saying a word.

But Dugu Bo... you said you were going to mess with me, right? Just saying that? I don't care, your whole family will be gone tonight anyway.

The main message is: I don't care about your personal matters, and if I say I'll kill your whole family, then I have to keep my word.

Even the Spirit Hall didn't dare say anything about this, so of course the other forces in Heaven Dou City wouldn't dare say anything either.

The Heavenly Dou royal family is in cahoots with Dugu Bo. Even Emperor Xue Ye's poison needs Dugu Bo to suppress, so they also turn a blind eye to it.

This matter seems to have been put behind us because of the even bigger and more shocking incident involving the entire Dugu Bo family, a clan with immense poisonous power.

After all, even the death of a Contra Master doesn't seem as shocking as the annihilation of a large family.

Moreover, everyone mistakenly believed that Titan was also on the Power Clan's death list, so strictly speaking, it was Dugu Bo who wiped out a Soul Douluo along with his entire family.

Although the reason is unknown, Dugu Bo has a reputation for being unpredictable, so it's possible that the Power Clan inexplicably offended him.

Anyway, no one asked, and no one dared to ask.

Anyone who wants to die should just ask Dugu Bo why he wiped out the Power Clan.

Are you really not afraid of death? If you're not afraid of death, fine, but don't drag your whole family down with you.

The matter was thus concluded, while the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament continued in full swing.

After the preliminary rounds, the qualifying rounds will begin, which will feature the fifteen winning teams from the entire Tiandou Empire region.

Then the qualifying matches were held.

As usual, Team One of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy did not need to participate, and the qualifying round was a solo match (one-on-one match), truly demonstrating that the champion of the solo match is also a champion.

The rules of the competition are also very simple: each side sends seven players to participate. Each player must fight until they are defeated. The winner will face the next opponent, until all seven players on one side are defeated.

Ning Feiliu still doesn't plan to play, since there's really no need for it. He doesn't even plan to watch the game this time.

I'll only go to one or two shows occasionally.

Because the skill level is there, even if the competition format is changed to a solo competition, it won't make much difference.

Instead, he planned to continue developing the soul-guided cannon for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in his own laboratory.

However, developing a soul-guided cannon wasn't that simple. Simply firing energy wasn't a problem, but without precision, controllability, and the ability to use it continuously, it was meaningless in his view.

The margin for error in a single shot is too low; if you miss, you're essentially useless. After all, a Soul Master isn't the kind of target you can just sit still and shoot at.

We need to have at least three or four shots to increase the margin for error.

As for Tianshui Academy, Ning Feiliu really didn't need to worry about anything; they continued to hold the top spot in the qualifying rounds with an undefeated record.

Fourteen matches in the qualifying rounds, fourteen consecutive wins. Among all fifteen teams, Tianshui Academy ranked first, achieving the best ranking in the Tiandou Empire division.

This time, Tianshui Academy defeated strong teams such as Blazing Fire Academy, Plant Academy, Thunder Academy, and Divine Wind Academy, proving their true strength with their results.

Even without Ning Feiliu, their strength was still the highest in this competition for the Heaven Dou Empire, second only to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!

At the end of the game, Emperor Xueye undoubtedly gave him another impassioned encouragement.

Next, the finals will begin soon, and that will be the real battle to determine which academy is the strongest on the continent.

As an emperor, Emperor Xueye certainly could not leave Tiandou City without permission.

After his speech, Emperor Xueye announced that his crown prince, Xue Qinghe, would represent him as the envoy of the Heavenly Dou Empire to participate in the judging of this competition.

He will personally accompany the fifteen teams from the Heavenly Dou Empire to a city at the border of the two empires for the final competition.

The finals will be hosted by the Spirit Hall, giving each team only three days to make adjustments.

Three days later, a total of fifteen teams, along with their teachers and five hundred Royal Knights soldiers, a group of over a thousand people, set off for the venue of the finals—Wuhun City!

This city belongs almost entirely to the Spirit Hall, situated at the border of two great empires, neither of which claims ownership of it. Most importantly, one of the two most prestigious halls of the Spirit Hall, the Papal Palace, is located within Spirit City.

(End of this chapter)