There was more than one path from the City of Slaughter leading to the outside world. Jiang Chen's true body and his clone separated, each heading toward a major city.
He pushed his speed to the maximum. Along the way, he caught up with hundreds of Fallen Ones and dealt with them one by one.
When his true body finally reached that city, he only then let out a slight breath of relief.
The Fallen Ones he had killed on the road were still a very long distance from this city; there should not yet have been any Fallen Ones who had entered the city.
Of course, it could not be ruled out that some Fallen Ones who were extremely skilled in speed had already entered the city.
Jiang Chen did not pause for even a moment. He went straight to the Spirit Hall in the center of the city and issued the highest-level orders.
Ordinarily, issuing such orders absolutely meant that a major incident had occurred.
One order after another was sent out from this Spirit Hall, transmitted to the surrounding cities, and also sent back to Spirit City headquarters.
Jiang Chen's Spirit Master clone did the same.
While issuing the orders, the Spirit Hall also urgently organized Spirit Masters to go outside the city for defense and inspection.
Jiang Chen's mood was heavy. From the information transmitted by those few puppets and his clone, he learned that Fallen Ones had already entered the cities and were slaughtering wantonly.
His clone and the puppets had killed some of them, but the other Fallen Ones, seeing that the situation was unfavorable, immediately hid among the vast sea of people.
Just then, Jiang Chen sensed waves of battle fluctuations erupting inside the city.
His expression changed, and he charged out.
Near the city gate, the massacre had already begun. Quite a few ordinary commoners had already fallen in pools of blood.
The Spirit Masters who had just received the orders and come out of the Spirit Hall were at this moment fighting those Fallen Ones.
The Spirit Hall's Spirit Masters were being firmly suppressed. Facing those Fallen Ones whose methods were cruel and whose auras were like demons, they were completely at a disadvantage.
The fierce aura of the Fallen Ones was not something ordinary Spirit Masters could compare to.
Although they did not have the Killing God Domain, the killing intent on their bodies had also condensed to a terrifying degree.
Jiang Chen's face was gloomy. He had just wanted to take action personally when he heard the leader of the Spirit Hall Spirit Masters roar: "Use the soul tools!"
In an instant, dozens of Spirit Hall Spirit Masters took out the soul tool weapons that the empire had only just manufactured. Cooperating with their own spirit abilities, they opened fire at full force and bombarded those Fallen Ones.
When the artillery fire died down, those Fallen Ones had already been blown to pieces on the ground.
Among the distant watching crowd, several Fallen Ones revealed looks of terror in their eyes and were about to quietly vanish into the crowd.
Jiang Chen's gaze flashed. His speed was extremely fast as he charged into the crowd. Several Fallen Ones were thrown out by him.
These Fallen Ones carried a strong resentful aura on their bodies. Other Spirit Masters could not detect it, but it could not escape Jiang Chen.
"It's the Holy Son!" someone cheered.
"The Holy Son has appeared. We don't have to be afraid anymore."
"Holy Son, I love you!"
The commoners who had just been trembling with fear, upon seeing Jiang Chen appear, had their fear swept away in an instant and became extremely excited.
Especially those young girls. Their faces flushed red, and they almost wanted to throw themselves at him.
The god-like Holy Son, who in the Spirit Empire still did not know of him?
He was a myth admired and loved by countless commoners, the male god who made countless young girls tremble with shyness in their dreams.
His portrait was deeply engraved in the minds of every commoner of the Spirit Empire. There were even people who enshrined his portrait…
Jiang Chen pressed his hands downward. The scene instantly fell silent. All the commoners pricked up their ears.
Jiang Chen explained the cause of this incident a little, letting the commoners understand that someone had, in a fit of madness, released the most terrifying prisoners from the empire's prison, which had led to the slaughter.
Under the commoners' questioning, he did not hesitate at all and named the Shrek Seven Devils.
He comforted the people for a while and ordered the Spirit Hall to give heavy pensions and compensation to the families of the commoners who had died.
"Holy Son, rest assured. We will definitely cooperate well with the Spirit Hall and report any suspicious people around us." The commoners shouted one after another.
Jiang Chen nodded. His figure shot into the sky. In just a few breaths, he disappeared beyond the horizon.
"The Holy Son can fly. He really is a god."
Seeing Jiang Chen's means of flying through the air, the commoners all prostrated themselves in worship.
Jiang Chen's expression remained stern. The city his true body had gone to was in the best situation.
In the cities that his clone and the puppets had gone to, quite a few people had died. Large numbers of Fallen Ones had charged into the cities.
The city where his clone was located was still all right; he had timely notified the Spirit Hall.
But those few puppets of his were completely unable to communicate with the Spirit Hall. They could only block outside the cities and slaughter the Fallen Ones that appeared.
Yet there were still many Fallen Ones who had slipped into the cities and were slaughtering wantonly.
The villages outside the cities had also suffered heavy losses, causing Jiang Chen's heart to sink to the bottom.
Those innocent ordinary people had been cruelly killed just like that. The death toll, by conservative estimate, had already approached ten thousand, and the chief culprit of all this was the Shrek Seven Devils.
This debt had to be counted on the heads of Tang San and the others. Tang San and the others would certainly become sinners in the history of the Douluo Continent, spat upon by countless people.
One day later, Jiang Chen finally stopped.
For the sake of this matter, he had been rushing back and forth among the cities nearest to the City of Slaughter, not resting for even a moment.
With his vast spiritual power, he still felt somewhat exhausted.
After one day had passed, the Fallen Ones he had killed only numbered a little over three thousand. There were still large numbers of Fallen Ones whose whereabouts were unknown.
Perhaps they had gone directly to more distant cities, or were still in the wilderness outside.
This was a protracted war that could not be calmed down in a short time.
Jiang Chen rested for a short while and then set out to return to Spirit City.
The surrounding cities had all already made their deployments. As long as those Fallen Ones were discovered, they would be killed without the slightest hesitation.
Even the villages outside the cities were tightly protected.
Right now, the number of Spirit Masters in the Spirit Empire was absolutely terrifying. Every city had large numbers of Spirit Masters, and with the addition of soul tool weapons, as time passed, those Fallen Ones would certainly be wiped out.
There was no longer any point in Jiang Chen remaining. He still had more important things to do.
By the time he returned to Spirit City, another day had passed.
Inside the Imperial Study, Bibi Dong looked at the messages transmitted back from all over the country and felt somewhat overwhelmed.
These messages were all about incidents of Fallen Ones slaughtering commoners. Among them were also the letters Jiang Chen himself had sent back.
After learning the news, Bibi Dong realized the seriousness of the matter. She immediately mobilized an army of five hundred thousand to go support the cities near the City of Slaughter, searching and investigating city by city. Even the wild areas were not spared, gradually shrinking the encirclement toward the direction of the City of Slaughter.
Clearing out the Fallen Ones was only a matter of time. However, the number of commoner casualties made Bibi Dong's head ache.
The Spirit Empire had only just unified the continent not long ago when this man-made disaster occurred. If it was not handled well, she would leave a bad name in history, and it might even affect Jiang Chen.
Just as she was fretting, Jiang Chen strode in.
"Teacher."
Bibi Dong hurriedly stood up and pulled Jiang Chen to sit down.
"Quickly tell Teacher exactly how this matter happened."
In the earlier letters, Jiang Chen had only said that the King of Slaughter was dead, the City of Slaughter had been broken open, and the Fallen Ones had returned to the world. He had not explained in detail.
Bibi Dong was extremely familiar with the City of Slaughter and was also extremely wary of the King of Slaughter's strength.
The King of Slaughter's strength was absolutely not inferior to Grand Worship Qian Daoliu's.
Such a powerhouse had actually died.
Jiang Chen sat down and told her about challenging Tang Chen for the second trial of the Asura God.
"You child, how could you keep such a dangerous matter bottled up in your heart?"
Bibi Dong unceremoniously gave Jiang Chen a smack on the head.
Jiang Chen showed a smile. "I was just afraid that you and Xue'er and the others would worry. Besides, I've already succeeded now."
Bibi Dong glared fiercely at Jiang Chen, then sighed. "I never thought that the King of Slaughter was actually the Tang Chen who once shook the continent. By the way, you didn't kill him?"
Jiang Chen said, "He died. He died at the hands of his own great-grandson, Tang San."
Bibi Dong was startled and asked in puzzlement, "Tang San? The Tang San from Shrek?"
Jiang Chen nodded and told her about how Tang San and the others had obtained god inheritances, that their cultivation had already reached the Titled Douluo level, and about the process of them intercepting and trying to kill him in front of the City of Slaughter.
Bibi Dong listened in shock. Those seven young people from Shrek had actually all obtained god inheritances at the same time.
Such precious opportunities, were they now obtained so easily?
When she heard that the Shrek Seven Devils had wanted to kill Jiang Chen at the City of Slaughter, Bibi Dong flew into a rage and slammed the table as she stood up.
"Little Chen, I taught you from the beginning that when doing things, one must cut the weeds and dig up the roots. There are times when one cannot be merciful. The Shrek Seven Devils all deserve to die!"
Killing intent surfaced on Bibi Dong's pretty face. Seven Titled Douluo who possessed god inheritances joining forces to kill Jiang Chen, she could imagine how perilous it had been.
Although Jiang Chen spoke of it lightly, she understood her disciple's temperament extremely well. As long as it was something that would make her worry, he would absolutely not speak of it.
Bibi Dong pulled Jiang Chen and reached out to feel around his body. "You must have been injured, right? Are you all better now?"
After defeating Tang Chen, he had still endured the attacks of the Shrek Seven Devils. She did not believe Jiang Chen had not been injured.
Jiang Chen pushed Bibi Dong's hands away and smiled. "Teacher, rest assured. Those minor injuries recovered long ago."
Only then did Bibi Dong stop. She sat back down and frowned as she asked, "You just said that when Tang San and the others were about to be killed by you, the Sea God intervened and rescued them?"
Jiang Chen nodded. "That's right. They should all be hiding on Sea God Island recovering from their injuries right now. After I break through to Titled Douluo, I will definitely kill my way onto Sea God Island."
Bibi Dong said worriedly, "Won't that Sea God make a move against you?"
Jiang Chen said, "Teacher, rest assured. Senior Asura God is the enforcer of the God Realm. As long as the Sea God dares to make a move against me, Senior Asura God will destroy him."
As he spoke, Jiang Chen even looked up at the sky. He did not know whether the Sea God was monitoring him. If so, this was undoubtedly a warning to the Sea God.
Bibi Dong finally relaxed. Regarding the Asura God of the God Realm, she also knew a little. That was a terrifying existence.
Jiang Chen did not tell her about himself being regarded as a thorn in the eyes of the various gods. Otherwise, Bibi Dong would absolutely worry so much that she could not sleep, and might even lock him up at home and not let him go out.
Bibi Dong's entire body radiated killing intent as she said coldly, "Since that's the case, then there is no longer any need for Sea God Island to exist. When the time comes, Teacher will set out together with you and lead the army to level Sea God Island."
She was clear about the existence of Sea God Island.
Back then, the Spirit Hall had once made a move against Sea God Island. However, at that time the Spirit Hall had suffered heavy losses and fled in defeat.
The current Spirit Empire was already far stronger than back then. Destroying a single Sea God Island would not be difficult.
"Anyone who dares to make a move against my disciple, even if they are people of the Sea God, I will kill them all the same!" Bibi Dong's pretty face was full of killing intent. The actions of the seven from Shrek had truly enraged her.
Her reverse scale was her disciple, daughter, and granddaughter. Whoever dared to touch them had better be prepared to endure her fury.
Jiang Chen shook his head. "Teacher, when the time comes, I can go alone. With Qiongqi helping me, and also Chen Xin and several other puppets, the seven from Shrek cannot threaten me."
Although he was very confident, he instinctively did not want Bibi Dong to go adventuring together with him.
Bibi Dong pondered for a moment, then said in a somewhat grave voice, "After what you've said, I've realized that the matter is not simple.
"Some time ago, the scouts we arranged to monitor the Clear Sky Clan sent back word that the Clear Sky Clan emptied overnight. Everyone disappeared without a trace.
"There is also Shrek Academy. Flender, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Ning Fengzhi all left Heaven Dou City in secret as well.
"Although they left covertly, our people discovered that they later all appeared in Hanhai City, and just two days ago, they actually went out to sea.
"At that time I had already mobilized experts to go over, but we were one step late. Looking at it now, the Shrek Seven Devils' assassination attempt on you was premeditated long ago, and they had already made preparations for retreat.
"Therefore, what you have to face is not only the Shrek Seven Devils, but also several Titled Douluo of the Clear Sky Clan. You alone will definitely not be enough."
Being told by a woman that he was not enough, if it had been Qian Renxue or Hu Liena, Jiang Chen would long ago have pressed them down and taken care of them.
"All right, then when the time comes I'll have to trouble Teacher," he said.
There were originally quite a few Titled Douluo on Sea God Island, and with the addition of several Titled Douluo from the Clear Sky Clan, if he soloed this dungeon by himself, it would indeed be somewhat difficult.
"How much longer until you break through to rank ninety?" Bibi Dong asked.
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Within a month I will definitely be able to break through."
"Good. After you break through to Titled Douluo, we will level Sea God Island." Bibi Dong was incomparably domineering.
Jiang Chen nodded. "Teacher, this matter of the Fallen Ones slaughtering the commoners—we need to handle it as quickly as possible."
Bibi Dong said, "Rest assured. After receiving your news, I mobilized an army of five hundred thousand to go support them. Not a single one of those Fallen Ones will be allowed to escape.
"Originally I was still fretting over how to give the empire's commoners an explanation. Now that explanation is already here."
Bibi Dong showed a smile. "The full responsibility for this matter lies with the Shrek Seven Devils. I will immediately issue a proclamation to the world: the Shrek Seven Devils' crimes are enormous, and everyone has the right to execute them. This way, they will absolutely not dare to return to the Douluo Continent again."
"Good." Jiang Chen nodded. This way, he only needed to focus on cultivating and wait until after he broke through to go to Sea God Island.
He already possessed the combat strength of an Extreme Douluo right now. After becoming a Titled Douluo he would gain one more spirit ability, plus the rewards for overcoming the tribulation and the rewards of the Asura God's second trial. His strength would absolutely soar to a terrifying degree.
At that time he would become the strongest on the Douluo Continent, and Shrek would be nothing more than a joke.
Qian Renxue and Hu Liena were still in seclusion. According to what Bibi Dong said, the two of them had already reached the critical stage of their inheritances. He believed it would not be long before they could break through to the legendary realm of rank one hundred and become gods.
Jiang Chen suddenly felt some pressure. He was a proper man. If he was surpassed by two little wives, that would really be somewhat embarrassing.
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Half a month later, the Fallen Ones were all cleared out, but the number of dead commoners reached several tens of thousands, shocking the entire empire.
In the current Spirit Empire, the transmission of information was already far more developed than before. Anything that happened in any part of the empire could spread throughout the entire empire in less than two days.
Bibi Dong boldly announced the casualties and stated that this was the Shrek Seven Devils deliberately releasing the serious criminals from the empire's prison in an attempt to cause chaos in the empire and seize the opportunity to overthrow the Spirit Empire.
In a short time, the Shrek Seven Devils became the target of everyone on the entire continent shouting to beat them, just like street rats.
Shrek Academy endured enormous pressure and was spat upon by countless commoners.
The students inside the academy were all forced by their families to withdraw. Shrek Academy had no choice but to dissolve, and the academy was leveled by the enraged commoners.
After half a month of cultivation, Jiang Chen's spirit power finally broke through to rank ninety.
What made him helpless was that the Asura God still had not contacted him.
One day in the God Realm was one year in the mortal world. Calculating it this way, half a month on the Douluo Continent was only one hour in the God Realm. Back then the Asura God had said he was going to find the God of Evil to convene a meeting.
One hour, the meeting had probably not even finished yet.
Because he did not know what reward the Asura God would give him, Jiang Chen did not dare to rashly absorb the ninth spirit ring.
He waited another two days before he finally received the Asura God's message.
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