Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 483, Section 502: The Three Giants Who Are of One Mind

At this moment, at the headquarters of the Divine Order Alliance, a spy brought news of what had happened in Martial Soul City.

Upon receiving this news, all the top officials in the league were furious.

"Bibi Dong signed the Human-Soul Beast Joint Declaration on behalf of us humans and the Soul Beast race? This is blatant betrayal, a betrayal of our human interests!" Dai Tianfeng said resentfully.

"Damn it! The Spirit Hall has enjoyed the reputation of being a holy land in the spirit master world for many years. Is this how it repays the spirit masters who support it?" Yu Yuanzhen said angrily.

"Hunting spirit beasts and obtaining spirit rings is a divinely granted right, our right. Bibi Dong has no right to give up this right. No, as the Pope of the Spirit Hall, she enjoys the obedience of all spirit masters on the continent. She should fight against spirit beasts and defend our human spirit masters' right to hunt for spirit rings." Even the very cultured Ning Fengzhi was furious.

Of course, what angered them was that the Spirit Hall did not act as they had expected.

In their plan, the Spirit Hall would be even more eager than them to fight the Spirit Beast Clan to the bitter end, while the Divine Order would sit back and reap the benefits.

As a result, the news that came back from the Spirit Hall told them that the Spirit Hall, the spirit beasts, and Xinghuo, the three parties that were their greatest threats, had secretly colluded and joined forces, and were not acting as they had planned.

After this declaration is signed, it is not humans who are betrayed, but them. The Spirit Hall and the Starfire faction can directly create artificial spirits and form contracts with spirit beasts, but they do not have this technology. If they want to improve their strength, they must use the traditional method of hunting spirit beasts to obtain spirit rings. However, this method is prohibited by the Spirit Hall's decree in the human world and is also strongly blocked by spirit beasts. If this continues, they will perish.

Sitting on the throne of the Alliance Leader, Yu Xiaogang chewed on a ten-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum while farting, and said, "Bibi Dong has so blatantly disregarded the interests of all humanity; she is unworthy to sit on the throne of the Spirit Hall Pope. We..."

"Wait, Alliance Leader Xiao Gang!" Ning Fengzhi stepped forward and said, "The Soul Masters do not yet know what the side effects of the artificial Soul Spirit system are. We can use our spies to incite the lower-level Soul Masters to force the Spirit Hall to take action, making the Spirit Hall a sharp weapon in our hands."

Upon hearing Ning Fengzhi's suggestion, Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up. He smacked his lips twice and swallowed the Ganoderma lucidum, saying, "Sect Leader Ning, what you said is exactly what I was thinking. Let's proceed according to my plan."

Therefore, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School began spending money to bribe various forces behind the scenes, attempting to incite riots within Martial Soul City.

However, just as Ning Fengzhi's funds were injected and the instigation plan had not yet been implemented, the Spirit Hall took swift and decisive action, uprooting the intelligence network that Ning Fengzhi had established within Spirit City. The funds that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had invested were completely wasted.

Upon receiving this news, Ning Fengzhi was so angry he nearly vomited blood.

"Sect Master, are you alright?" Gu Rong helped Ning Fengzhi soothe his blood and qi.

Ning Fengzhi exhaled a breath of turbid air and said, "Now I understand. The Spirit Hall has been watching our people for a long time. The reason why they only acted now is that Bibi Dong wanted to tell us that our plan was a joke."

At this point, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

The Spirit Hall, the Starfire, and even the emerging spirit beast forces—each of these is an entity that the Divine Order Alliance must unite to resist.

Ning Fengzhi's plan was to instigate conflict among the three giants, causing them to fight each other. However, reality left Ning Fengzhi feeling hopeless. These three seemingly unrelated forces were actually working together, leaving him no chance to intervene.

"Then what should we do? We can't just stand by and watch the younger generation waste their lives without obtaining any soul rings, achieving nothing in the process," Chen Xin said.

Ning Fengzhi said, "Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, we can only rely on ourselves now. You two go and invite the Body Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the Star Luo Empire, and other forces to discuss this privately."

"Okay," Gu Rong said, then asked, "Should we invite Yu Xiaogang over as well?"

"There's no need for that. He'll only get in the way. We can inform this pig after we've finalized our plan," Ning Fengzhi said disdainfully. (Don't be fooled by how much Ning Fengzhi respects the alliance leader in front of outsiders; deep down, he despises Yu Xiaogang the most.)
Soon after, the leaders of various forces gathered here.

Ning Fengzhi briefly recounted the setbacks of his plan and the grim situation currently facing the alliance.

“The Spirit Hall, with its interconnected Starfire and its alliance with the Soul Beasts, is in danger,” Dai Tianfeng said, frowning.

Yu Yuanzhen asked, "Sect Leader Ning, you are resourceful and wise. Do you have a way to break this situation?"

Ning Fengzhi said, "For now, I only have two options: either gather all our forces and conquer a gathering place of soul beasts to develop it into our soul hunting ground, or launch a surprise attack on the Spirit Pagoda and seize its technology. As long as we also master the technology of artificial soul spirits, there will be no more soul ring crisis."

Thus, in a desperate struggle, the Divine Order Alliance faced two different choices: attacking soul beasts to obtain soul rings, or seizing the Spirit Pagoda technology. Each side held its own opinion.

Ning Fengzhi looked at Huo Qiqiang, who was deep in thought, and asked, "Sect Leader Huo, what are your thoughts?"

The room fell silent, and everyone turned to look at Huo Qiqiang. There was no other way; the Body Sect held the most weight among the various forces. Only with the Body Sect's presence could they unite and contend with giants like the Spirit Hall and Starfire. The Body Sect would also play a significant role in the execution of the plan.

"I think it's safer to attack the soul beasts," Huo Qiqiang said.

“But, Sect Master Huo, if we can seize the Spirit Pagoda, then we won’t need spirit rings,” Dai Tianfeng said.

Huo Qiqiang said, "We can think of this, but do you think the Spirit Hall and the Starfire faction can't? The Spirit Hall and the Starfire faction have clearly joined forces, and their power is far greater than ours. If they use the Spirit Pagoda as bait to set up an ambush and lure us into a trap, and then take the opportunity to wipe us out, what should we do?"

Upon hearing Huo Qiqiang's analysis, many forces fell into deep thought. Indeed, how could they not have thought of this?

"In comparison, the soul beasts have far fewer complexities than humans, and they also have a fatal weakness."

(End of this chapter)