Chapter Fifty-Two: The Strongest Saint

After listening to Dustheart's analysis, Ning Fengzhi nodded as well. "Uncle Sword, your views are basically the same as mine. I just never imagined that a sect, hidden from the world for a thousand years, could possess such terrifying foundations. This continent truly is a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!"

Dustheart nodded. "Not to mention those two powerful Title Douluo, just take that young sect master Xiao Yu, who sparked conflict among the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, the Heaven Dou royal family, and the Nine Star Hall. At thirteen or fourteen, he already possesses the cultivation of a Soul Sect, with his second ring at the millennium level and his fourth ring at the ten-thousand-year level. I can almost be certain that his first and third soul rings were also absorbed beyond their ranks. As long as he doesn't die young, he is destined to become a terrifying figure akin to the two mountains of the Soul Master world from years past!"

"Indeed!" Ning Fengzhi said with no small amount of envy, "What a pity such a prodigy was not born in my Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect!"

"Fengzhi, you're being too pessimistic!" Dustheart comforted him. "Our Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect also has Rongrong—an auxiliary-type soul master with innate soul power at rank nine. Such talent is encountered only once in a century on the continent. With her gifts, perhaps she may break the shackles of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, becoming the first Title Douluo of our sect!"

"Ah, let's hope so." Ning Fengzhi sighed, then recalled his own gifted but mischievous daughter. His expression suddenly hardened. "Uncle Sword, starting today, Rongrong's daily training will increase by two hours. You and Uncle Bone are not allowed to interfere!"

The butterfly effect triggered by Xiao Yu ultimately landed on Ning Rongrong, whom he'd never even met.

But Xiao Yu knew nothing of this. He was busy settling the system rewards:

Intercepting the opportunity at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well from the Shrek Seven—earned him the highest-level gold summon card.

Recruiting Dugu Bo into the sect—earned a red summon card.

Bringing in Yang Invincible and breaking another sect—earned a black summon card.

The addition of Ye Renxin and Nine Heart Begonia—another black summon card.

Completing the task of absorbing his ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring—yet another red summon card.

Additionally, beating up the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon experts and Heaven Dou royal family members, expanding the sect's influence, growing the soul tool business, and advising Feng Xiaotian—altogether, Xiao Yu now had one gold summon card, three red summon cards, and five black summon cards. As for the remaining purple and yellow cards, Xiao Yu only considered them as fragments to synthesize more black cards.

After this clash with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan and the Heaven Dou royal family, the Nine Star Hall had truly entered the stage of Douluo Continent. From now on, all major powers would closely monitor the Nine Star Hall. Xiao Yu immediately used all summon cards above black level, adding more power to his sect.

"Ding, black-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained God Fighter Yuheng Xing Feilu, Martial Spirit: Polar Wolf, innate soul power rank 8, current soul power level 75."

"Ding, black-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained SS-era Gold Saint Pisces Aphrodite, Martial Spirit: Rose, innate soul power rank 8.5, current soul power level 83."

"Ding, black-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained Omega-era Second-class Engraved Fighter Rhea, Martial Spirit: Shadow Spear, innate soul power rank 8, current soul power level 79."

"Ding, black-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained ND-era Silver Saint Crater Water Mirror, Martial Spirit: Crater Holy Cup, innate soul power rank 9, current soul power level 84."

"Ding, black-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained Saint Fighter Girl Dolphin Mei Yi, Martial Spirit: Dolphin, innate soul power rank 7, current soul power level 25."

"Ding, red-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained Underworld Fighter Heavenly Fierce Star Radamanthys, Martial Spirit: Winged Dragon, innate soul power rank 9.5, current soul power level 96."

"Ding, red-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained Omega-era Bronze Saint Wolf Rong Dou, Martial Spirit: Solid Earth Greedy Wolf, innate soul power rank 9, current soul power level 39."

"Ding, red-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained SS-era Gold Saint Capricorn Shura, Martial Spirit: Holy Sword, innate soul power rank 9.5, current soul power level 96."

"Ding, gold-level character selected. Congratulations, host: you've obtained SS-era strongest Gold Saint Gemini Saga, Martial Spirit: Yin-Yang Twins, innate soul power rank 10, current soul power level 99."

Level 99!

The man acclaimed as the strongest Saint!

For a moment, Xiao Yu felt as if he were possessed by the luck of a king, to have drawn Saga.

With a level 99 Limit Douluo standing guard, Xiao Yu suddenly felt an immense surge of confidence. What Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, what Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect—before a Limit Douluo, they were all mere trash.

Even the Spirit Hall, which had its own Limit Douluo, left Xiao Yu only one worry: that they would leverage their high prestige in the soul master world to launch a numbers tactic, exhausting all the resources he had managed to accumulate.

If it came down to top-tier combat power, Xiao Yu believed that Qian Daoliu, who had only reached level 99 by relying on Angel God's power, could never be a match for Saga.

Of course, the premise was that the battlefield couldn't be the Angel Temple; there, Qian Daoliu could fully draw upon the Angel God's power, reaching a demi-god state, and Saga might not necessarily prevail.

"Young master, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe of the Heaven Dou Empire, Sect Master Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Sword Douluo Dustheart have come to visit!"

At that moment, Miluo's voice sounded outside. Xiao Yu immediately closed the system page and walked out of his room. "Let's go, time to meet them!"

He could easily guess the purpose of Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi's visit: first, to redeem the few Soul Douluo he held in his hands; second, Nine Star Hall's display of power had stunned them, and Ning Fengzhi likely wanted to bring the Nine Star Hall onto his side, pursuing his grand plan of united resistance against Spirit Hall.

As for Xue Qinghe—or rather, Qian Renxue—it was almost certain she was here to probe the overall strength of the Nine Star Hall, to assess whether it might threaten Spirit Hall's plan to unify the continent. If Xiao Yu had worried about Qian Renxue using the "Grandfather Summoning Technique" before, now he was fearless.

Unless Qian Daoliu came with the Golden Crocodile and the other six worshippers, then perhaps Xiao Yu would face a real threat.

But was that possible?

Of course not. After all, Qian Daoliu still had to guard against Bibi Dong, that lunatic. If anything happened to those old men, Spirit Hall's power would truly fall entirely into Bibi Dong's hands.

In Qian Daoliu's heart, Bibi Dong—the one who killed his son, his de facto daughter-in-law, and his disciple's disciple—was only a temporary pope. Ultimately, the power of Spirit Hall had to return to his descendants, namely Qian Renxue. No matter what, he would preserve a force in Spirit Hall for Qian Renxue, sufficient to deter Bibi Dong.