"Once a stranger, twice a friend—you’ve lived long enough to know that, right?" Dugu Qianye didn’t care and launched another attack. This ti it was still Huo Yu, but each feather was a concentrated essence, smaller yet far hotter.
Yu Lu clasped her hands together, beginning to draw upon the Heaven and Earth Phantom Power. The hurricane struck once again.
"Yu Lu has been a Phantom Emperor for so many years, are you guys really okay with her being alone?" Hei Zi asked Mo Chi and the others.
"Growing through battle is what she said," Mo Chi replied.
Who said they weren’t worried? If possible, they wanted her to do nothing and live peacefully as the distinguished young lady of the Mo Family. But alas, the heavy burden of fate rested on her shoulders, leaving her with no choice.
The fierce battle between Dugu Qianye and Yu Lu continued, and with each use of Phantom Power, Dugu Qianye got a better handle on it, the discomfort of his sudden advancent gradually disappearing. Yu Lu, having been a Phantom Emperor for so many years, was indeed more difficult to deal with than Niu Yan. But now, she was the one being used by Dugu Qianye as a trial.
"Keke, let’s use a feint and then escape," the Little Baiqiu stubbornly clinging to Dugu Qianye’s shoulder suddenly spoke up.
Little Baiqiu refused to go to the Phantom Beast Space, insisting on staying on Dugu Qianye’s shoulder, even during battles. It was a mystery how its tiny claws managed to hold on even when Dugu Qianye fought, without being thrown off.
"How can we let him escape!" Dugu Qianye said, condensing Phantom Power into two Fire Dragons.
"Twin Dragons Erge from the Sea!"
With a loud shout from Dugu Qianye, the two Fire Dragons flew towards Yu Lu. Seeing that Dugu Qianye was still able to use Phantom Techniques after fighting for so long, Yu Lu was shocked. She had been a Phantom Emperor for many years, and her Phantom Power was almost depleted, whereas her opponent was just a young upstart who had recently advanced. She had thought to use a feint and then escape, not expecting that plan would be revealed by the Little Baiqiu.
Little Baiqiu? Yu Lu’s eyes widened as she stared at the white dot on Dugu Qianye’s shoulder. Wasn’t that the target the Hall Master had asked everyone to search for? The two Fire Dragons, one on each side, cornered Yu Lu, casting her thoughts back to her primary purpose for being out here at the last mont.
The Fire Dragons engulfed Yu Lu, and just as they burned her to ashes, they dissipated into the air.
The people from the Secret Pavilion watching from below swallowed hard as they saw Dugu Qianye eliminate his opponent, exclaiming, "Dominant!"
"Mighty!"
"Aweso!"
Dugu Qianye landed on the ground and looked at Hei Zi, saying, "We et again, Lord Hei Zi."
"I’m no lord," Hei Zi replied. He wasn’t a Phantom Emperor, and the only reason he could fly was that he had a flying Phantom Device, "Weren’t you on Wuyou Island? How did you end up here?"
"Fen Jian said you guys were trapped here, so I ca over to help. That would be you guys, right?" Dugu Qianye replied.
"Uh, yes, that’s us," Hei Zi replied. "I didn’t expect Fen Jian to actually send you."
"Fen Jian couldn’t make it, and you guys got trapped because you were looking for soone for ," Dugu Qianye explained briefly before adding, "Let’s get out of here before we attract any more trouble."
It was only then that the people from the Secret Pavilion rembered to take their Healing Pills; they had been so captivated by the battle between Dugu Qianye and Yu Lu that they had forgotten to take their elixirs. However, all their elixirs were for healing people, and many of their Phantom Beasts were also severely injured. Especially Hei Zi’s Hurricane, which had been injured two days ago and now didn’t even have a single feather left.
Dugu Qianye took out a Jade Bottle and handed it to Hei Zi, who thought it was Healing Pills and declined.
"This is for the Phantom Beast. Since you don’t want it, I’ll take it back," said Dugu Qianye.
"Thank you." Hei Zi grabbed the Jade Bottle from Dugu Qianye’s hand before it was retracted and passed it to the people below to feed the Phantom Beast. Then, everyone quickly left the mountaintop.
On Holy Spirit Island, Rain Hall.
"Snap." The sound of a Life Token shattering rang out again, and the guard outside was the sa one on duty the day Niu Yan was killed. Hearing the noise inside, his nerves jolted into alertness.
"There’s nothing wrong. I must have heard wrong," the guard muttered as he walked inside. But when he saw Yu Lu’s Life Token turned to dust, he was so frightened that he sat down hard on the floor. It took quite a while before he trembled his way out, shouting, "Sothing’s, sothing’s happened!"
Yu Batian, grieving over the loss of his beloved disciple, was simring with suppressed fury, afraid that he might succumb to madness; he hadn’t secluded himself for cultivation again. Every ti he thought of Dugu Qianye, he just wanted to crush her to death! Suddenly, he heard a commotion outside and, in his irritable mood, yelled, "What’s all the noise about!"
"Report, Hall Master, the tenth Hall Master’s Life Token has also turned to dust!"
"What?!" Yu Batian, enraged, stood up abruptly and went to the Life Token room to see for himself. Indeed, Yu Lu’s Life Token was turned to dust, just like Niu Yan’s had been.
"Who did this!" Yu Batian’s bellow shook the entire Divine Temple.
anwhile, Hei Zi, Dugu Qianye, Mo Chi, and the others were up ahead.
"You don’t know the Secret Pavilion’s code; how did you find us?" asked Hei Zi.
"Actually, Fen Jian told your code, but we looked all around and couldn’t find it. We just happened to be nearby and ca over when we heard the sound of fighting," said Dugu Qianye. "If I hadn’t seen you, I wouldn’t have known you were the people I was looking for."
The people from the Secret Pavilion were speechless. It seems they had almost really gone to et King Yama.
"Uh, who would have guessed your code was so well hidden that I couldn’t find it," said Dugu Qianye, seeing everyone’s accusing eyes, innocently.
"By the way, why would the people from the Divine Temple co here? Aren’t they about to conduct a major ceremony? Do you know why the Sea Phantom Beasts are gathering around here?" asked Dugu Qianye.
"The people from the Divine Temple have been searching for sothing all along but have never found it," responded Hei Zi. "As for why the Sea Phantom Beasts outside are behaving this way, we don’t know either. We just arrived here not long ago."
This island was not as bustling as Holy Sea City and didn’t even form into a city; it was rely a settlent on the island, shaping into a small town.
Dugu Qianye and others arrived at the town and were pointed at by the townspeople. With no inns here, as few people co to stay, they had no choice but to buy supplies and set up camp on a hillside outside of town.
The tumult caused by the Sea Phantom Beasts outside had slowly cald down, but the walls of water from the tsunami remained, still encircling the entire island. Dugu Qianye stood on the hilltop, thinking back to the panicked expressions she had seen in town and the sense of being forsaken, reflecting on the profound impact the Divine Temple had on these people.
"Keke, I’m hungry," said Little Baiqiu, clinging to the clothes on Dugu Qianye’s shoulder.
"Eh, it hasn’t been that long, has it? You’re hungry again," said Dugu Qianye, speechless, wondering if she was raising a pig.
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