Chapter 227 Three-Party Action (2 in 1)

The next day, Skywalker Academy.

As soon as Shui Zilu arrived, he mentioned that Tang Hao was planning to besiege Lin Manshan and the others who went out to obtain spirit rings.

"What?!"

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao's expressions changed drastically on the spot, and they looked at each other with gloomy expressions. The fact that the Speed Clan and the Strength Clan were also involved meant that the Tai Tan and the Bai He had completely made a choice, choosing to follow Tang Hao's orders, disregarding their past friendships, and becoming mortal enemies with them.

Upon hearing the entire plan to the end, Yang Wudi didn't hesitate to say, "Brother Zilu, this is a simple matter, I'll find some time to go to the back mountain clearing with Old Niu to spar, and when the scouts of the Speed Clan sense the spirit power fluctuations and come to investigate, they'll naturally be able to know that the two of us are still at the academy."

"This is indeed a good way." Shui Zilu nodded, then arched his hand, "In that case, Brother Yang, Brother Niu, it's time for me to go back and prepare."

"Good." The two nodded in response.

When Shui Zilu left, Yang Wudi immediately turned his head to look at Niu Gao and laughed coldly, "Heh, I've long said that the so-called following Tang San means following Tang Hao, and has nothing to do with the Clear Sky Clan is just a joke. Even Tang Yuehua was involved in the development of the plan, and this is what the Tai Tan means by nothing to do with it?"

"And with Tang Hao's temper, in his eyes we're traitors, and he would've long wanted to get rid of us."

"Old Rhino, if Tang Hao's plan succeeds, what do you think the future end of our two clans will be?"

Undoubtedly an extinction... Niu Gao's brows immediately furrowed, and then he heard Yang Wudi continue, "Since Tai Tan and Bai He have already participated in it, it means that they have completely abandoned all the past camaraderie and are determined to go against us. Since this is the case, there is no need for us to be polite."

"And now that things have come to this point, it's no longer the time to cherish old friendships, but rather, it's a matter of the clan's survival."

"Old goat, I understand what you mean." Niu Gao said. At one point, he was the one who had the best relationship with Tai Tan among the four clans, and Yang Wudi's words were obviously addressing him.

Yang Wudi nodded and added, "Old Rhino, we haven't joined the academy for a long time, yet the dean is willing to promise elixirs with medicinal effects equal to immortal herbs. He has also taken care of us on usual days and regards us as friends. Did not force, did not distinguish between inferiority and superiority, we have not worked an inch, but received care, there are also a lot of benefits. Now the vital matters concerning their lives were informed, it means, they're showing their trust in us."

"Whether it's out of clans' interests and survival, or out of sentimentality, we must stand up to this trust. We must not act like the ungrateful ones such as the Clear Sky Clan and Tang Hao father and son."

"This is natural." Niu Gao nodded solemnly, " I, Niu, can't afford to dishonour myself like that."

"Well, this crisis is also considered the Academy's test for us. Since the enemy has already taken the initiative to attack us; if we don't make a gesture, then we'll really become deadbeats, and it'll also make the enemy feel that we're soft and weak!" When he said this, Yang Wudi's gaze flickered for a moment, and he snorted out coldly, "Moreover, it's time to pay back the harm that Tang Hao has brought to our two clans."

"Let's go! Old Rhino, let's go find a place and spar." With that, he turned around and walked towards the door.

"Hmm." Niu Gao nodded and followed with the same pace.

***

A few days later, the Strength Clan's residence.

Tai Tan reported with a happy face, "Master, it has been confirmed that Shui Chaozong is still in Skywater City and that two traitors, Yang Wudi and Niu Gao, have sparred in the back of the mountain, and haven't left the Skywalker Academy. Shui Zilu and Bai Xue have also shown their heads, and likewise haven't left the academy."

"And, traces of Ye Lingling and Ye Xintang were also found."

"In that case, it seems that the ones who followed Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan out of the academy should be the remaining six girls. After all, with Lin Manshan around, there's really no need for Ye Lingling to accompany them. Moreover, Ye Lingling can't fight, so she'll suffer if she follows them. The purpose of this trip, in this old slave's opinion, should be that Lin Manshan wants to lead the team to cooperate in hunting spirit beasts, and Dugu Bo is just accompanying and protecting them to avoid accidents."

"As for the number of people judged to be seven from the marks left by the wheels back then, it's easy to understand."

"After all, there are six girls with light bodies, and that carriage is probably not a heavy carriage, so some error is normal."

Tang Hao nodded and turned his head to look at Bai He.

"According to what was stated by the disciples who returned that day, there is indeed such a possibility. With the financial power of Skywalker Academy, customizing a carriage isn't a difficult task. With different materials and good craftsmanship, the weight will naturally be different from ordinary carriages." Bai He immediately responded back.

Tai Tan then chimed in, "Master, since that's the case, then the only person we really need to pay attention to on this trip is just Dugu Bo."

"Although Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan who are travelling with them also possess the ability to fly, the difference in strength is there, so with Old Bird's cultivation, and by bringing those few Spirit Emperor disciples from the clan with us, I think they can all be captured effortlessly, including Lin Manshan. As for the others who can't fly, just leave them to the old slave. With my strength and a few more clan members to help hold them back for a moment or two, they'll definitely be captured as well."

Tang Hao nodded, "Then act according to the plan."

"Yes, master!" Tai Tan, who was eager to contribute to his master, hurriedly arched his hand.

That night, the darkness of the night was thick, and dark shadows rose up in the sky from the Strength Clan's residence.

Early the next morning, Tang Yuehua left Moon Pavilion in a carriage.

***

On the other side, the Extreme North.

In the snow-covered land, noiselessly, two silhouettes suddenly appeared in front of the eyes of a 10,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion cluster.

In just a few breaths, there were lots of figures lying on the ground, and only the leader managed to escape.

Not long after, in the distant northern sky, the clouds were haloed in emerald green, and a majestic might approached rapidly.

"This should be that Super Spirit Beast, the leader of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan, it's certainly a formidable one. Looking at this energy fluctuation, I'm afraid that its cultivation level has exceeded 300,000 years." Standing beside Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, who looked up into the sky, couldn't help but sigh.

As he said that, his face suddenly flashed with a hint of complexity, "The last time I encountered this kind of super spirit beast was back when I went to Sea God Island together with Tang Chen."

"According to what the Sea God Island's High Priestess stated, its name is Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and its age is already close to a million years."

"Million-year-old spirit beast," Hearing this, Bibi Dong's expression also changed.

This matter was not recorded within the Martial Spirit Hall, and she hadn't encountered it when she went with the large troop back then.

Qian Daoliu seemed to understand her thoughts and looked back squarely and continued:

"Back then, Tang Chen and I wanted to challenge it, but by the time we got close, it had already disappeared into the deep sea. A spirit beast of that level, and being in its own familiar environment, it can fully utilize its own strength and has almost no natural enemies. Moreover, it is extremely perceptive, and without special means, it is simply impossible to kill it. The reason why I didn't leave a record when I came back was also because I was worried that someone would take the risk."

"It's the same with this Extreme North. With its harsh environment and cold climate, it may be a forbidden area that is difficult for us humans to set foot in. But for the spirit beasts born here, it is a natural aid. Fighting here, their strength can be increased by a considerable amount."

This was exactly the reason why he had come over with Bibi Dong first to explore the place while suppressing their aura. For one, he didn't know how this super spirit beast's combat strength would be under the environmental boost and needed to test it out. Two, they were worried that the other party would sense their strength and directly run away.

"However, this is a land, and the limitations on how we can utilize our strength are much smaller than the ocean." Qian Daoliu added.

Bibi Dong nodded and didn't say anything.

It is indeed difficult to fully utilize her abilities to fight on the sea.

In the middle of her thoughts, a flash of turquoise-coloured streams of light suddenly surfaced in the snow in the distance, rushing over at an extremely fast speed.

"Humans, you must pay for what you have done." Before the body arrived, the voice was resounding in the ears.

As soon as the voice fell, an ice-blue-coloured scorpion with a length of around one meter and a half appeared in front of the two.

The two big chelae raised lightly, covered in turquoise colour diffusion, a bone-chilling cold breath spread all around at a very fast speed, and wherever it passed, everything was turned into cold ice.

Not only the ground snow, but even the snowflakes flying in the air also turned into ice diamonds in an instant.

This is a domain skill, a terrible frigid energy. Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu both felt a sense of awe in their hearts, and the former instantly stretched out six thin purple wings behind her, and her spirit rings unfolded under her feet. Qian Daoliu also unleashed his martial soul, and his six angelic wings unfolded behind his back. The two of them rose up in the sky in unison.

Looking at the spirit rings under the feet of the two and the might on their bodies, the Ice Empress's voice became even colder, "You're here to kill me!"

"You want my spirit bone, dream on!"

When the words fell, several hexagonal protrusions on her body suddenly filled with green light and then burst out a turquoise-coloured column of light, which rushed straight into the sky.

In just a moment, in the distant northern sky, an appalling aura suddenly erupted.

"This aura, there is another super spirit beast, and its cultivation is more than 600,000 years of age" Qian Daoliu's expression instantly changed.

Just as the words trailed off, another wave of energy erupted from the northern edge near the eastern side.

"200,000 years, another one."

"There are actually three super spirit beasts living in this extreme north." Bibi Dong also had a grave expression on her face, her gaze flickering.

The two looked at each other and quickly sped up into the sky.

And right at this moment, to the west of the north, "Roar!" A furious roar suddenly rang out.

"And..." Qian Daoliu turned his head to look to the north and let out a low murmur, "This one should just have passed through the first heavenly tribulation and not reached 200,000 years."

As they swept their eyes, the pupils of the two of them shrunk in unison.   

A fifteen-meter tall giant bear ran on all fours in the western part of the sky, and on the right side was a hundred-meter tall giant ape-like spirit beast hurrying along in large strides, and the ground trembled with every step it took. The most terrifying thing was that under the snowy mountains directly to the north, a stunningly beautiful woman with white hair and white clothes actually floated over.

"Humanoid spirit beast!?"

This kind of aura was definitely a proper spirit beast rather than a human, the two were completely certain.

"There's even this kind of existence in the Extreme North?" Qian Daoliu's voice was low, things had far exceeded his expectations. As he swept a glance around, densely packed different spirit beasts were approaching at a rapid pace, with the Ice Jade Scorpion being the majority.

Every single one of them had an aura of more than 30,000 years old, with a few 100,000-year-old spirit beasts scattered in between.

"Bibi Dong, this matter has to be handled after a lengthy consideration." Qian Daoliu gazed warily at the white-haired woman and turned his head. Fighting alone would be fine, but it was hard to say what would happen in a group fight.

Bibi Dong's gaze lingered on the giant bear and the Hundred-meter Ape-Like Spirit Beast, then she nodded before turning around and flying away.

"Don't try to escape!" A furious shout came from the Ice Empress below, and blue light shot out from a few hexamorphic protrusions behind her back.

But one after another, they dodged them, and with just a few flashes, the two disappeared into the sky.

Just when she wanted to elevate and chase after them, "Bing'er, quickly stop." A clear voice echoed from behind her.

"Damn it!" Looking at the two who had already disappeared into the sky, the Ice Empress was furious as she flung her pair of chelae in succession.

And right at this moment, the white-haired, stunningly beautiful woman, Snow Empress, came to her side. Looking at the direction where the two disappeared, she spoke with a grave expression, "These two should be Limit Douluo among human spirit masters, and their strength is by no means inferior to ours."

"If we pursue them out of the Extreme North Land, we have no chance of winning, we might even be ambushed, and the consequences are hard to predict."

"Ai, now that humans have discovered our existence, in the future, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the Extreme North Land to have peace."

"It must have been because of my negligence last time!"

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While the two beasts were talking, on the other side, Qian Daoliu, who was flying in midair, turned around and said, "Bibi Dong, when we go back, I would like to trouble you to write a letter describing the spirit beasts that we have seen today clearly, and have someone send it to Lin Manshan to ask if there are any relevant records in the ancient book that he has read before."

"Especially that humanoid spirit beast with a cultivation of over 600,000 years, which even I've never heard of."

I've also been reading books in the Book Depository for so many years, how did I miss that ancient book that Lin Manshan had read? Let's hope there's a relevant record... He thought inwardly.

"There's also that ape-shaped spirit beast that's a hundred meters tall, I'm afraid that it's also a long-extinct breed of spirit beast."

"If I'm not wrong, these two, along with that scorpion, should both be the kings of the Extreme North, possessing the ability to command other high-level spirit beasts." When he said this, Qian Daoliu couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that this continent has more hidden secrets than I had imagined."

Bibi Dong nodded, not retorting in a rare manner.

What she had seen and heard today had brought her quite a bit of shock, especially that humanoid spirit beast, which was far beyond her perception. A Spirit Beast, surprisingly, could still be humanoid...

In addition, judging from the intensity of the cold aura released by that Ice Jade Scorpion after it had used its domain skill earlier, she didn't think that its spirit ring was suitable for her. The same went for that humanoid spirit beast, with ice crystals attached to its body, she believed that it also possessed an extremely strong ice attribute, which was not something that she could withstand.

Her second martial soul has the devouring talent, which can make some conflicting attributes compatible through consummation, but if the intensity is too great it will cause harm to herself.

Qian Xunji is the best example, after devouring him, quite a bit of hidden dangers were left in her body as well.

As for the giant bear and the 100-meter behemoth, just by looking at the body type, it is clear that its attributes favour strength, the intensity of the ice attribute shouldn't be too high, and the conflict shouldn't be too significant.

But how to kill them?

She believed that she was capable of killing them on her own, but the spirit beasts in the extreme north obviously had a leader.

Having a leader meant unity, and when one side was attacked, the rest of the high-level spirit beasts would support them. Even if they managed to hunt and kill one, safely absorbing the spirit rings would still be a problem.

"Let's discuss everything when we go back." Collecting her thoughts, she faintly responded and accelerated to fly away.

Qian Daoliu didn't say anything either and accelerated to follow.

***

A few days later, the Sunset Forest.

At the bottom of the weedy, dark mountain, with a plop, a pitch-black panther-type spirit beast collapsed.

"Come on, Yu'er." Lin Manshan retracted his martial soul, turned his head and shouted softly, as he said this, he channelled his soul power into Zhu Zhuyu's body and then took out a carpet from his spirit tool.

"Hm." Zhu Zhuyu nodded and approached carrying the dagger. She then crouched down and stabbed it at the panther's eyes.

With a tremor, the black panther's not-so-big body softly slumped down, and a black spirit ring slowly floated out.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhuyu hurriedly sat on the carpet that Lin Manshan had already laid out and absorbed the spirit ring on her knees.

Right at this moment, Lin Manshan raised his eyebrows, squatted down, and skinned down the black panther's right leg.

It seems that my luck physique is still going strong... In between his thoughts, a right leg bone was grasped in his hand.

"A spirit bone has been produced?!"

Looking at the spirit bone that Lin Manshan pulled out from underneath the black panther, Zhu Zhuyun and Shui Yue'er were all taken aback.

"This luck!" Dugu Bo was also jaw-dropped.

"Not bad, right." Lin Manshan weighed the spirit bone and slowly walked towards the two women who had already gathered.

"Now Zhu Zhuyu has a spirit bone as well." Zhu Zhuyun rejoiced from the bottom of her heart.

At this moment, Dugu Bo also approached, and the four of them laid down a carpet and sat down, taking out wooden cards, and quietly playing cards while waiting.

A few hours later, Zhu Zhuyu woke up and received the spirit bone with a surprised face, and closed her eyes to absorb it.

After another few long hours had passed, she woke up again and got up to take small steps towards the crowd.

"How was it?" Zhu Zhuyun was the first to ask.

"Level 54." Zhu Zhuyu smiled coyly.

"Not bad, not bad," Dugu Bo gave his comment.

Lin Manshan smiled and nodded, "It's getting late, let's set up camp and rest here tonight. We'll continue our journey in the morning."

"Hm." The three women nodded and started packing.

Two days later, Zhu Zhuyun completed her spirit ring absorption.

Because of the two spirit bones, the strength of her physical body was greatly improved, and the increase in strength that her body could adapt to in a short period of time was also strengthened, so under the cross-level spirit ring absorption, her spirit power directly broke through to level 64.

Ten days later, on the shore of a giant lake under the snowy mountains, Shui Yue'er woke up quietly.

Absorbing a spirit ring at a higher level, coupled with consuming a piece of Origin Energy Immortal Grass leaf, her spirit power level should have increased greatly, but because her body was not strong enough, her physical body was oversaturated in advance, and the medicinal power could not be absorbed any further, her spirit power level could only reach level 54. After her body adapts, the remaining medicinal power in her body will continue to be transformed as she cultivates, so her cultivation speed should be greatly increased in the short term.

At this moment, the three of them had all acquired their spirit rings.

"Let's go, it's time to go back." Dugu Bo shook the snowflakes from his body and urged.

After continuously staying in the snow for several days, his eyes had become blurry from looking at the same thing, so he couldn't wait to leave.

"Hm." Lin Manshan nodded and followed Dugu Bo on the way back.

A few days later, the group arrived outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, after sending Dugu Bo inside to take out the required medicinal herbs. Everyone turned together and rushed to the rendezvous point outside the Sunset Forest, and met Yang Wudi and the others who had long since arrived and were waiting.

After a brief discussion, the crowd walked to the forest.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Manshan freed the horses that were fed from time to time from the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse and dumped out the horse carriage from the Storage Spirit Tool. When the assembly was finished, they got into the carriage and embarked on the return journey.

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PS: It is undoubtedly a transitional chapter.

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