Chapter 170: Eve of the Storm
The high-ranking officials of various major powers were even more terrified, immediately convening emergency meetings.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Star Luo Empire's Imperial Family...
All those in power had extremely solemn expressions.
They understood better than ordinary people what a planar invasion meant.
It often meant a battle for the survival of the continent and its races!
"No wonder so many unheard-of experts and Martial Souls appeared at Big Dipper Academy."
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"Could they perhaps be from another plane?"
Ning Fengzhi clenched his fists, his face incredibly serious.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin's entire body was filled with a cold Sword Qi: "Regardless of where they come from, now that the slaughter list has appeared, a great enemy is upon us."
"The primary task is to unite all forces that can be united and prepare for war!"
Bone Douluo Gu Rong said hoarsely: "Although this move by the heavenly curtain is an incentive, it also confirms the seriousness of the crisis."
"We must act immediately, integrate resources, and investigate possible invasion points!"
Inside Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong quickly calmed down from the shock of the slaughter list's announcement, sharp light flickering in her purple eyes.
The previous dejection and powerlessness were replaced by a resolute Battle Intent.
With a foreign enemy present, internal conflicts must be temporarily set aside.
"Order all branch halls to enter the highest state of alert and collect all intelligence regarding spatial anomalies and the appearance of strange experts!"
"Open up some of the secret treasury resources and prioritize arming the Soul Master legions directly under Spirit Hall!"
She paused and looked at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo: "Yue Guan, Gui Mei, you two set off immediately to find where spatial instability has occurred on the Douluo Continent."
"Especially in sparsely populated places like the Far North, overseas isolated islands, and Death Canyon!"
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
The entire Douluo Continent, because of the abrupt descent of the 'slaughter list'...
...instantly shifted from the heated discussion and anticipation brought by the list to a tense and oppressive state of full-scale war preparation.
A heavy atmosphere, like the wind before a mountain storm, shrouded the entire World.
Big Dipper Academy.
The atmosphere within the academy was equally solemn!
But compared to the panic outside, there was more of a sense of steadiness and sharpness here.
Disciples like Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling had shock and tension on their faces, but they also looked toward Lu Xiao and the teachers with focus.
Li Bai took a swig of wine, the tipsiness in his eyes fading away to reveal a light as sharp as a sword: "An otherworldly invasion? It comes at a good time."
"It just so happens that my sword has not drunk 'foreign blood' to its heart's content for a long time."
Lü Bu thudded his sky piercer halberd on the ground and laughed heroically: "A cross-realm war? Interesting! My sky piercer halberd has long been thirsty and impatient!"
"Principal, give the order. Lü Bu is willing to be the vanguard!"
Lu Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at that blood-colored slaughter list, his eyes as deep as the starry sky.
He was not surprised by the planar invasion; he even had a faint premonition long ago.
The appearance of the heavenly curtain had already changed the future trajectory of the Douluo Continent.
"slaughter list!"
Lu Xiao murmured softly.
"Using war to sustain war, using killing to stop killing, gathering the strength of all living beings to resist foreign enemies is indeed a way to quickly improve the overall strength of this plane within the permitted rules."
He withdrew his gaze and looked at everyone in the academy, his voice calm but carrying a power that settled people's hearts.
"Foreign enemies are coming, and the continent will be in chaos."
"From this day forth, the academy enters a state of war preparation."
"Yes! Principal!"
Dugu Yan and the others responded in unison, Battle Intent igniting in their eyes.
With the academy as their backing and powerful teachers leading them...
...most of their panic dissipated, replaced by a sense of responsibility and eagerness to try.
"Rongrong, Lingling."
"The strategic value of your 'Glazed Divine Domain' is extremely high. You must master it as soon as possible and think about its application in different battlefield scenarios."
Lu Xiao looked at the two young girls.
"Yes, Principal!"
Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling nodded heavily... Above the Douluo Continent, in the firmament.
Two heavenly curtains, one gold and one red, floated there, emitting completely different auras.
The war alarm brought by the blood-colored [slaughter list] still vibrated in the hearts of countless creatures, with panic and Battle Intent intertwining.
Undercurrents surged throughout the continent.
The golden heavenly curtain, however, fell into a strange silence.
The golden light of the heavenly curtain froze, the light no longer flowing, as if it were "stuck" by some invisible force.
This sudden change caused doubts to arise in the hearts of the countless onlookers below.
"What's going on? The golden heavenly curtain isn't moving?"
"Isn't the next list supposed to be announced? Why is there no movement?"
"It feels... a bit strange, like it's being interfered with by something?"
Discussions broke out everywhere as a sense of unease spread.
Even the tense war-prep atmosphere just stirred up by the slaughter list was cast with a layer of eerie color due to this anomaly of the golden heavenly curtain.
Lu Xiao stood by the window with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze piercing through the Void Realm.
He murmured to himself, the light of contemplation flashing in his eyes.
"At this point in time on the Douluo Continent, there shouldn't be a calamity of large-scale invasion from other planes."
He recalled certain scattered "future fragments" or "parallel trajectories." The intersection between the Abyssal Saint Lord and the Douluo Continent should have been tens of thousands of years later.
It shouldn't be like it is now, with the heavenly curtain directly releasing the slaughter list and announcing it to the World.
It was clearly an imminent planar war.
"Could it be that the appearance of the heavenly curtain accelerated or changed certain processes?"
"Without any surprises, this invading plane should be the Abyss Plane!"
Lu Xiao was deep in thought.
He was not wary of the Abyssal Saint Lord's own strength.
With his current state plus the academy's foundation, it was enough to handle it.
What truly needed attention was that super divine artifact bred by the Abyss Plane: the heavenly saint abyss-splitting halberd.
As well as the Abyss's nearly endless, fearless demonic sea tactics, which could cause devastating loss of life to the continent.
"I can't just sit and wait for the other side to come to the door; I must proactively investigate and find out the situation."
Lu Xiao made a decision in his heart.
With a slight movement of his body, he appeared at the back mountain of the academy.
He looked beneath that tree rooted in the earth, its branches and leaves spreading like a canopy, emitting a vast aura of life: the ancient tree of life.
Among the branches and leaves of the ancient tree, a blue-gold dragon shadow was coiled, its scales and claws faintly visible, its storm power restrained.
It was precisely the Storm Dragon King!
It was here using the pure life aura of the ancient tree of life to further purify its Bloodline.
"Profound Wind."
Lu Xiao's voice was calm.
Among the branches and leaves of the ancient tree, a blue-gold light flashed, and the massive dragon body quickly shrunk and transformed.
It turned into a young man wearing a cyan dragon-patterned robe, with a cold and handsome face and a pair of blue-gold dragon horns on his forehead, landing in front of Lu Xiao.
His entire aura was heavy, with the sound of wind and thunder faintly contained within; it was the human form of the Storm Dragon King.
Lu Xiao had named him Profound Wind.
"Principal."
Profound Wind bowed slightly, his voice like his name, having a texture of the coldness of wind and the majesty of thunder.
"Come with me for a trip outside the Douluo Continent to see what that crack actually looks like and how far the Abyss's claws have reached."
Lu Xiao said indifferently.
A sharp light flashed in Profound Wind's eyes, and he did not hesitate.
"Yes!"
He had no specific concept of the Abyss, but since it was a threat the Principal wanted to investigate, then he would just trample it.
The pride of the Dragon Clan and the fury of the storm made him hold the most direct Battle Intent toward any enemy who dared to covet the Douluo Continent.
"Boom!"
Lu Xiao said no more and waved his hand. The space in front of him rippled like a water curtain, revealing the deep and boundless starry sky background behind it.
He stepped inside, and Profound Wind followed closely behind.
The spatial ripples smoothed out, and the figures of the two had disappeared from the Douluo Continent.
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