On the other side, in Spirit City, inside the Pope's Palace, the lights were blazing.
At this moment it was already late at night. Originally, Bibi Dong had long since gone to bed, but an urgent message from the Slaughter City left her without the slightest trace of sleepiness.
The Slaughter City had an extraordinary background. As a partner, Spirit Hall had not been stingy in planting spies within the Slaughter City.
And the official entrance to the Slaughter City was located in the southern part of Barak Kingdom. The distance from Spirit City was not too far. With the spies' expedited transmission, Bibi Dong had already received the news: Spirit Hall's number one wanted criminal—Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao—had perished, and the one who struck him down was none other than Mu Yang of the Elemental Sacred Academy.
Seated upright upon the Pope's throne, Bibi Dong's elegant brows furrowed slightly. Her slender jade-white finger lightly tapped the armrest, her thoughts exceedingly complicated.
Tang Hao actually died? That was far too much of a pity!
It wasn't that Tang Hao had any personal relationship with Bibi Dong. The main point was that, within Bibi Dong's anticipated plans, Tang Hao was an important chess piece.
And now, before this vital chess piece had even managed to play any role, he had directly perished?
'Trash!'
Bibi Dong cursed silently in her heart.
She had thought the vaunted, arrogant Tang Hao was so powerful! Yet unexpectedly, he fell in the hands of a junior. He had simply failed her expectations!
Fortunately, Tang Hao had died early, before she had entrusted him with a "weighty mission." Otherwise, how could she possibly rely on such useless waste to strike against Spirit Hall?
But good news was not absent either. Tang Hao was gone, but someone even more formidable—Mu Yang—had appeared.
'If the Elemental Sacred Academy could be pushed into opposition against Spirit Hall…'
Bibi Dong's heart could not help but stir.
Truth be told, before tonight, even though the Elemental Sacred Academy had four Titled Douluo stationed, they had never been taken seriously in Bibi Dong's eyes.
After all, those four Douluo had not stepped into the nine rings for long. Even the earliest to achieve the title, Huo Lie, had only done so less than ten years ago. Their soul power levels could not be too high.
And Titled Douluo of this strength standard were hardly lacking in the Elder Hall.
Furthermore, aside from those four, the strong individuals of the Elemental Sacred Academy were but a handful of cats and kittens.
Purely in terms of the numbers of eight-ring Soul Douluo and seven-ring Soul Saints, let alone the Three Upper Sects of the continent, even when compared with a Lower Sect such as the Elephant Armored Sect, the Elemental Sacred Academy fell far short. Their renown came entirely from the former three great elemental academies' status in the industry and the influence of the four Douluo.
But Bibi Dong no longer thought this way now.
Since the ice-blue humanoid Martial Soul Fusion Skill that killed Tang Hao was unleashed by Mu Yang, then the group that had previously snatched from her three Hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest could only have been Mu Yang and the four Douluo of the Elemental Sacred Academy.
Thus it seemed, the mid-tier strength of the Elemental Sacred Academy was lackluster, even weak, but its high-end combat power was extremely strong.
Blazing Fire, Extreme Ice, and Fierce Wind each had at least level 95 strength. Violent Dragon's strength was probably between level 96 and 97. As for the younger generation's Mu Yang, he had at least level 97 strength.
Such strength was at least equivalent to the Worship Hall, excluding Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.
Although Bibi Dong was not clear why the four Douluo of the Elemental Sacred Academy and Mu Yang possessed such strength, she knew that if the Elemental Sacred Academy could be pushed into opposition against Spirit Hall, the two sides becoming enemies, then Spirit Hall would certainly face tremendous trouble in the future.
Creating enemies for Spirit Hall—this was something Bibi Dong was extremely willing to do.
However… her "unfilial daughter" had a good relationship with Mu Yang. How to push the Elemental Sacred Academy into opposition against Spirit Hall—this was a matter that required careful thought.
After all, the Elder Hall was not her personal domain. Limited by Qian Renxue's relationship, the Elder Council would never approve a proposal for Spirit Hall to dispatch forces to strike the Elemental Sacred Academy.
"Ghost Elder, how is the preparation going?"
After a while, withdrawing from her thoughts, Bibi Dong turned her head toward one of her two most trusted subordinates standing in the hall: Ghost Douluo.
"Your Majesty, Demon Bear, Ghost Leopard, Snake Lance, and Porcupinefish, the four elders, as well as a total of ten thousand in the Soul Master Legion, are about to be in position. Within five days, we can annihilate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
Ghost Douluo understood exactly what Bibi Dong was asking and immediately reported.
"Very good! Chrysanthemum Elder, Ghost Elder, you both will also participate in this operation. Make absolutely certain that Yu Yuanzhen does not escape."
Bibi Dong nodded in satisfaction, speaking toward Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo.
Although according to intelligence, Yu Yuanzhen's soul power level was only a level 95 Titled Douluo, Bibi Dong would not underestimate him.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was publicly recognized as the most powerful beast spirit in the Soul Master world. Moreover, as clan patriarch, even if Yu Yuanzhen did not possess Hundred-thousand-year spirit rings, his spirit bones would surely be a full set. He could not be regarded as an ordinary level 95 Titled Douluo.
To be safe, Bibi Dong was preparing to send Chrysanthemum and Ghost as well. With their Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Polarized Still Domain—they could quickly capture Yu Yuanzhen, ensuring their side's high-end combat power would hold an absolute advantage and minimize losses.
Bibi Dong's aim was indeed to create enemies for Spirit Hall, but her purpose was not to send ordinary soul masters to die. It was to use the hands of enemies to eliminate the strong within Spirit Hall who were loyal to the Angel Clan.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The Chrysanthemum-Ghost pair bowed and accepted the command.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Bibi Dong's mind. She added, "That's right, there is another matter for you to do afterward."
"Please instruct us, Your Majesty."
"After annihilating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the two of you select a small number of elites and send them to the Elemental Sacred Academy to abduct a few key students being cultivated.
Remember, do not reveal yourselves directly. Leave the specific matters to subordinates, but make sure to leave behind some traces—enough to frame the Clear Sky Sect."
Bibi Dong spoke with a calm expression.
Her scheme was very simple. Summed up in two words: stir trouble!
By carrying out a framing scheme within a scheme, on the surface, the abductors of the Elemental Sacred Academy's genius students would be the Clear Sky Sect. Since Mu Yang had slain Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect would have such a motive.
But Bibi Dong knew well—wind leaves traces, geese leave echoes. Entrusting the specifics to subordinates carried not a small chance of mistakes. As long as the Elemental Sacred Academy exerted some effort, eventually the trail would lead back to Spirit Hall.
Hmm, even if the Elemental Sacred Academy failed, it mattered not.
At first, they might not be able to discover that Spirit Hall was the true hand behind it, but after a few more similar incidents, eventually they would find out, wouldn't they?
Spirit Hall framing others, harboring ulterior motives—would that not create contradictions?
As long as persistence was maintained, the contradiction between the Elemental Sacred Academy and Spirit Hall would only grow larger, deeper, until inevitably they stood as enemies.
And since the actions were relatively small in scale, not requiring powerful experts to be dispatched, this matter did not need Elder Council approval. It could be quietly carried out.
As for not allowing Chrysanthemum and Ghost to appear directly, this was mainly to avoid the chance of leaving a flaw, being caught or even killed on the spot by the Elemental Sacred Academy. If she, the Pope of Spirit Hall, lost both her right and left arms, the loss would be too great.
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