"Your Majesty the Pope, this time it is my fault. I did not anticipate Dugu Bo's changes, leading to these consequences. If Your Majesty wishes to punish, then punish me," Yue Guan replied, his face pale.
At this moment, any excuse would seem feeble, so it was better to admit it honestly, which might lighten his punishment.
He understood in his heart that Your Majesty the Pope had not yet firmly established herself in Spirit Hall and would not impose too severe a punishment on a Titled Douluo like him. She still needed his strength to help her.
"You deserve to be punished, but considering the severity of your injuries, this punishment will be waived. If there is a next time, your head will no longer belong to you!" Bibi Dong said with an icy expression, activating her God of Slaughter Domain and directly pressing down on Yue Guan.
However, she dared not go too far. If Yue Guan were to suffer irreversible injuries, it would be a greater loss than gain.
"Yes, Yue Guan understands!" Yue Guan lowered his head and responded, then steeled his heart, raised his head to look at Bibi Dong above, and said coldly, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that once my injuries recover, I will personally kill that junior, Xu Yang."
"There's no need! Do not take action against Xu Yang again in the future. Ning Fengzhi has already spread the news of Spirit Hall sending you to attack him to the major forces, causing Spirit Hall to lose face this time. It has even caused some forces that were originally leaning towards Spirit Hall to become estranged. Unless you have absolute certainty of success, cease the assassinations of Xu Yang!"
Thinking of Ning Fengzhi's response, Bibi Dong's teeth itched with anger. This counterattack had diminished the prestige she had painstakingly built in Spirit Hall by a significant amount. Many sects she had personally recruited, such as the Sacred Dragon Sect, Black Tiger Sect, and Fire Leopard Sect, had begun to distance themselves from her.
Most importantly, the Elder Hall. Many elders in the hall were very dissatisfied with her, not because they disapproved of her assassinating Xu Yang, but because they were unhappy that she had failed to kill Xu Yang even after sending a Titled Douluo. This made them seriously doubt whether Bibi Dong's political skills were suitable for continuing to hold the position of Pope.
These repeated failures had completely disgraced Spirit Hall. It should be known that when the previous Pope, Qian Xunji, was in power, he had wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's top genius in one fell swoop, causing a slight break in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's cultivation lineage.
She had arranged five assassinations, but all had failed.
She was becoming apprehensive. If she failed again next time, the Elder Hall would probably completely lose faith in her, and by then, the hatred and revenge in her heart would be difficult to achieve.
Therefore, the matter of assassinating Xu Yang could only be considered in the long term.
Also, the Titled Douluo Dugu Bo, now seemed to have sided with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which meant that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's strength would become even greater...
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Two days later, after treatment from the arriving healing-type Soul Masters, Xu Yang, Ning Haiyan, and Dugu Bo's injuries had somewhat recovered, especially Xu Yang, whose injuries had recovered to about seventy or eighty percent with the help of healing secret techniques!
At this time, Xu Yang was in Dugu Bo's room, chatting with Dugu Bo.
"Haha!" Dugu Bo was in a good mood, stuffing a fruit similar to an orange into his mouth, and then laughed, "Little brat, although you didn't kill that Yue Guan guy this time, you did bring him to the brink of death, and his strength might even have declined."
The weaker others were, the stronger he was. Dugu Bo had already thought about how to deal with Yue Guan next time.
Xu Yang shook his head and said softly, "If it were other Soul Masters, such injuries would most likely damage their strength, and a drop of a few levels of Soul Power wouldn't be a big deal. But Yue Guan's Spirit is the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which has the effect of circulating energy through the limbs and blood through the eight meridians, allowing him to cultivate an indestructible body. Just the effect of circulating energy through the limbs and blood through the eight meridians is enough for him to smooth out the injuries in his body and not be greatly affected."
"Doesn't that mean that Yue Guan won't be affected at all? You have to know that his injuries at the time had reached the point of being on the verge of death, right?!" Dugu Bo was a little anxious. He fought desperately, but in the end, he didn't kill many enemies and even allowed them to recover. What was he doing?
"Of course it's impossible for him to be completely unaffected. Such injuries have already damaged Yue Guan's foundation. Being able to recover his strength is already a miraculous effect of his Spirit. If he wants to replenish his foundation and improve his strength again, that's impossible!" Xu Yang analyzed calmly.
But Dugu Bo's expression was not good. Being unable to improve one's strength was normal for Titled Douluos like them. He himself had a premonition that he would most likely be stuck at level ninety-five, and without external force, he would be at this level for the rest of his life.
Therefore, Yue Guan's inability to improve his strength was not a serious matter at all.
Feeling a little annoyed, Dugu Bo took out two iron balls from his Storage Ring and muttered, "I wonder if these little things can have a miraculous effect next time?! Let me rub Yue Guan's prestige hard again."
"I don't think it's possible. These are just little gadgets I made. For Titled Douluos, as long as they are prepared, you basically can't hurt them with these things! But you can try another little gadget, I think it will bring a good effect."
The iron balls were imitations of the Soul-Chasing Life-Snatching Mother-Child Bombs. It should be said that the principle of this thing was very simple, that is, there was a mechanism inside the iron ball that could be triggered by impact, and then the gunpowder explosion would cause the steel needles inside to be launched.
And Xu Yang's Soul-Chasing Life-Snatching Mother-Child Bombs were considered semi-Soul Tools. As long as the two iron balls were separated by more than three meters, they would automatically collide with each other. Inside, there was no longer flame, but the Soul Master's own Soul Power compressed and exploded, and the effect was much stronger than the original version.
It was one of the small gifts Xu Yang gave to Dugu Bo, and the other was the Dragon Beard Needle. For this, he also smashed a lot of crystalline.
"I can only hope so!" Dugu Bo sighed faintly.
"Xu Yang, accompany me to go shopping!"
Just then, Dugu Yan pushed the door open and walked in, cheerfully greeting Dugu Bo, and then took Xu Yang's hand and said.
"No need, right? There shouldn't be anything good to shop for in Soto City."
The thought of accompanying a girl shopping made Xu Yang's scalp tingle, even with a Storage Soul Tool, he felt his legs go weak.
"No, we have to go!"
Dugu Yan's attitude was firm, and she directly pulled Xu Yang towards the door, waving goodbye to Dugu Bo as she left.
Soto City, as the granary of the Barak Kingdom, has a very prosperous economy.
Because it is close to the Star Dou Great Forest and the Star Luo Empire, the goods here are diverse, and some are not available in Heaven Dou City.
Dugu Yan took Xu Yang shopping for more than two hours before stopping with lingering interest, and began to accompany Xu Yang for lunch.
Xu Yang stared blankly at the crowds of people coming and going on the street through the balcony on the second floor.
Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and he found that three figures, one large and two small, were walking from a distance.
Looking at the attire of the three, especially the pair of peach blossom eyes and the red-haired little fatty, Xu Yang guessed who the three were.
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