At the same time, Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiao from the Upper Three Sects also reacted. After slight hesitation, they still stood together with Meng Bei and the others.
And as the Upper Three Sects completed their alignment, the rest of the Lower Four Sects, various smaller sects, and the two great empires also stood together with Meng Bei and the others.
These forces weren't actually united at all, but when facing Spirit Hall, they could achieve temporary unity against a common external threat.
After all, it was universally acknowledged that Spirit Hall was the public enemy of the continent.
In this world, there was actually a force that disregarded bloodline inheritance, extensively recruited commoner children, and awakened martial souls for those commoners free of charge?
Was this reasonable?
Was there any justice in this?
When a large number of powerful individuals from commoner backgrounds were cultivated, the original interest groups would inevitably suffer harm.
This was also the reason why sects across the continent generally held hostility toward Spirit Hall.
At this moment, at Meng Bei's wedding, the major forces of Douluo Continent stood together, jointly opposing Spirit Hall represented by Bibi Dong.
And Bibi Dong at this moment was fearless. Even facing twice as many Title Douluo on the field as her own side, Bibi Dong still didn't retreat a single step.
Bibi Dong's exquisite face bore an incredibly stern temperament. Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—nine spirit rings floated around her body.
The immense pressure she emanated could stand in equal confrontation even against everyone on Meng Bei's side combined.
After releasing her martial soul, Bibi Dong's eyes transformed to purple. At this moment, her purple eyes glared over, and Meng Bei and the others immediately felt enormous killing intent bearing down. Those weaker members around them let out muffled grunts and retreated several steps.
Even the Snow Fox Clan patriarch couldn't help but be affected, letting out a muffled grunt and retreating half a step, not daring to raise his head to look directly at Bibi Dong's eyes again.
This was Bibi Dong's Killing God Domain, derived from the Asura God. Against enemies, especially those weaker than Bibi Dong, the Killing God Domain had extremely strong suppressive power.
At this moment, seeing Meng Bei in the crowd completely unaffected, a trace of surprise flashed through Bibi Dong's eyes.
Interesting!
A smile traced across Bibi Dong's stern face.
Able to withstand the attacks of both Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, and also resist her Killing God Domain—Bibi Dong finally began to take Meng Bei seriously.
Bibi Dong's gaze swept over everyone present as she questioned eerily:
"You all—do you wish to make enemies of Spirit Hall?"
Everyone present remained silent, but Meng Bei could see that some of the smaller sects already showed faint signs of retreat.
Meng Bei spoke: "Does Your Holiness the Pope wish to make enemies of us?"
Bibi Dong snorted coldly:
"This Pope doesn't want to make enemies with anyone, but this Pope is not easily bullied either. This Pope came here to seek an explanation for Ghost Leopard Douluo. Ghost Leopard Douluo was brutally murdered—this matter won't just end like this!"
"And you, boy—you dared to kill an important witness in front of everyone. Do you think Spirit Hall can be bullied?"
Hearing this, Meng Bei replied:
"When spirit masters fight, there are deaths—this is perfectly normal. I will compensate Spirit Hall for Ghost Leopard Douluo's death. As for Count Ferran... he was a noble count of the Heaven Dou Empire. Even if I killed him, His Majesty should be the one to hold me accountable, not Your Holiness the Pope!"
Bibi Dong laughed in anger: "What a silver-tongued boy!"
"You say you killed Ghost Leopard Douluo, but this Pope heard that Ghost Leopard Douluo was killed by people from the Clear Sky Sect—two working together, one ambushing, one lying in wait. Utterly despicable!"
As soon as these words came out,
Blazing Sun Douluo, who had accompanied Tang Xiao to the banquet, immediately turned deathly pale.
One ambushing, one lying in wait—wasn't this referring to him and Tang Hao?
At this very moment, Bibi Dong's gaze happened to land on him.
Blazing Sun Douluo broke into even more profuse sweating.
He regretted listening to that youngster's words that day—his woman-like mercy had implicated the sect today.
Blazing Sun Douluo cursed inwardly.
He had always been upright and wasn't good at lying.
Now that he had been publicly exposed, at worst he would risk his life and absolutely not implicate the sect!
Blazing Sun Douluo seemed to have made some kind of resolution.
Honestly, in this respect, Blazing Sun Douluo and Tang Hao truly lived up to being from the same ancestry.
When doing things, they were equally stupid.
And they only cared about themselves, completely disregarding their allies' lives.
If Blazing Sun Douluo were to reenact what Tang Hao had done back then right here, it would be a devastating blow to the morale of Meng Bei's side.
Fortunately, Tang Xiao was one of the few in the Clear Sky Sect with a brain.
Seeing Blazing Sun Douluo about to step forward to "confess," he hurriedly grabbed hold of Blazing Sun Douluo.
Because Tang Xiao had already experienced a similar scene once before.
When A Yin was exposed back then and accused by Spirit Hall, Tang Hao's expression had been just like this.
At that time, everyone was preparing to go to war with Spirit Hall.
Then Tang Hao, alone, seemed to have made some kind of resolution, his expression exactly the same as Blazing Sun Douluo's now.
Then the next day, Tang Hao left the Clear Sky Sect alone with A Yin.
Everyone was confused.
No matter how they searched, they couldn't find them.
With both Tang Hao and A Yin gone, who were they supposed to protect?
The Upper Three Sects alliance that had been about to assemble vanished overnight.
Today's scene was so similar.
Especially for Tang Xiao—if not exactly the same, it was virtually identical down to the smallest detail.
He grabbed hold of Blazing Sun Douluo and also covered Blazing Sun Douluo's mouth.
Even as everyone looked at Tang Xiao sideways, he didn't let go.
He thought: Fine, let it be embarrassing.
Better than losing our lives.
Seeing this scene, Meng Bei breathed a sigh of relief internally.
He turned to Bibi Dong and asked:
"Can Your Holiness the Pope slander one of the Upper Three Sects, the Clear Sky Sect, without any evidence?"
Bibi Dong said: "The townspeople of Ancient Yang Town are all witnesses to this matter!"
Meng Bei retorted: "A group of ignorant commoners—they can't even recognize martial souls. They're insufficient as evidence!"
Bibi Dong angrily said:
"Ferran just now was a witness. I also have his testimony here as material evidence!"
Saying this, Bibi Dong produced a blood-stained testimony with Ferran's signature and handprint.
Seeing this, Meng Bei said:
"There are countless strange martial souls in Douluo Continent, among which there are martial souls like paper and pen that are good at forgery. I myself have been harmed by them before. Therefore, this testimony is insufficient to prove the truthfulness of what Your Holiness says. Please bring Ferran up, and I will confront him in court to determine the truth!"
Hearing this, Bibi Dong nearly crushed the testimony in anger.
"Bastard! You already killed Ferran just now!"
Meng Bei said: "I apologize, Your Holiness. I have an irreconcilable personal vendetta with Ferran. Upon seeing him, I couldn't help but eliminate him to my satisfaction!"
Bibi Dong ground her teeth.
"You're from the Extreme North and only arrived in Heaven Dou City a few months ago. What grudge could you possibly have with Ferran!"
Meng Bei said: "This is my privacy. I'm afraid it's not convenient to inform Your Holiness."
After hearing this, Bibi Dong was so angry that her five slender fingers clenched tightly together into a fist as she said through gritted teeth:
"In that case, it seems I can only personally verify whether you truly have the ability to kill Ghost Leopard Douluo!"
(End of Chapter)