Seeing the battle conclude, Li Qing ducked into a building to change his clothes before approaching Ning Fengzhi and the others. By this time, Dugu Yan had already recovered under Ye Leng Leng's healing.
"You're a Spirit Ancestor, yet you ran off to fight a Spirit Douluo. What were you thinking? Do you have a death wish?"
Although Li Qing was deeply moved, his words were unsparing, yet there was no mockery in his tone, only worry and lingering fear.
"Hmph, who told you to be so weak? If you hadn't been in danger, would I have gone?"
Dugu Yan couldn't help but snort. She herself didn't know where she got the courage at the time; she just saw Li Qing in danger and instinctively rushed forward.
Thinking about it now, she was still filled with lingering fear.
That was a Spirit Douluo! It was only because the opponent was solely focused on killing Li Qing; otherwise, if they had just used one of their Spirit Abilities on her,
she probably would have kicked the bucket.
"They got away."
Chen Xin and Gu Rong, having finished their treatment, also came closer, looking a bit awkward. After all, if they hadn't held back during the battle, the situation would never have escalated to what it became.
"Thank you for your hard work, two grandfathers."
Li Qing bowed slightly, not dwelling on it too much. After all, let alone them, even Dugu Bo must have held back, otherwise the situation would never have been so difficult.
"Young Master!"
Yang Wudi and Yang Wuwei also walked over, their expressions slightly sorrowful. Although there were healing Spirit Masters from the Ye family assisting, many members of their Breaking Clan had perished this time.
"You've worked hard!"
Looking at the Ye family members constantly moving through the crowd, Li Qing didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, whether dead or injured, it was all because of him.
"Let's go to the Imperial Palace first; the battle there hasn't ended yet."
Gu Rong looked towards the Imperial Palace. The spirit power fluctuations there had not yet subsided, but those with insufficient strength couldn't feel them, and the specific battle situation was unknown.
"City Guard, come out and clean up!"
Dugu Bo, having finished looting, shouted towards the city wall. He was very displeased with the City Guard who hadn't shown up at all.
Although the City Guard's strength wasn't too strong, their commander at least had the level of a Spirit Emperor, plus numerous Spirit Elders and Spirit Ancestor-level City Guard, they could still play some role.
However, they did not make a move.
At Dugu Bo's shout, the City Guard commander, looking embarrassed, finally led the City Guard out to clean up, while Li Qing and the others headed straight for the Imperial Palace.
The members of the Breaking Clan and the Ye family, at Li Qing's instruction, returned to their respective homes.
The battle at the Imperial Palace was a matter for the Heaven Dou Royal Family; they didn't need to risk their lives for it. Moreover, Dugu Bo and the two others were completely sufficient, as Devil Bear and the other had already fled.
As Li Qing and the others approached the Imperial Palace, they realized that the battle was not inside the Imperial Palace, nor even outside it.
It seemed that the Royal Guard had been blocked by the Pope Knights on their way to support Li Qing and the others, and the battle was quite tragic.
Facing the elite of the Pope Knights, even with their numerical advantage, the Heaven Dou Royal Guard didn't gain any advantage.
Most of the bodies on the ground belonged to the Royal Guard.
Dugu Bo and Chen Xin charged out. The elite of the Pope Knights had no resistance against them, and killing them was as easy as slicing melons and dicing vegetables.
Even the sole Spirit Douluo couldn't last three rounds against Chen Xin.
In just two and a half minutes, the elite of the Pope Knights were completely annihilated by the two, and then Li Qing and his group entered the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace without any obstruction.
Emperor Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe personally came to greet them.
"School Master Ning—"
Emperor Xue Ye wanted to explain something, but Ning Fengzhi raised his hand to interrupt: "It's not His Majesty's fault; it's just that Spirit Hall is too cunning.
No one expected them to go to such lengths."
To be honest, Spirit Hall's actions were indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.
He could understand their desire to kill Li Qing, but to attack Xue Beng and Xue Qinghe just to kill Li Qing was somewhat irrational.
After all, what was the difference between that and declaring war on Heaven Dou?
One must know that the Heaven Dou Empire currently only had two princes, Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng. If they both died, who would inherit the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire in the future?
Fortunately, Xue Qinghe didn't die, otherwise things would have been disastrous, possibly leading to civil unrest.
Li Qing's attention had always been on Qian Renxue. It must be said, she truly lived up to her reputation as a top-tier spy who could lie in wait for so long. Seeing them safe and sound, there was no abnormality in her expression.
It was as if this matter truly had nothing to do with her.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Emperor Xue Ye led them into the Imperial Palace. It was at this moment that Qian Renxue moved closer to Li Qing.
"Brother Li Qing, are you alright?"
Li Qing: "..."
Isn't that a stupid question? If something was wrong, could I still be standing here? How is that different from asking an air conditioner technician what their job is?
"I'm alright, not dead yet."
Qian Renxue: "....."
She felt like Li Qing was being sarcastic, but she had no evidence.
Devil Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo sat on a mountaintop, their faces filled with despair, unsure of what to do next.
They had caused such a huge commotion, not only failing to complete their mission but also losing Snake Lance Douluo.
Not only that, the three Spirit Douluo of the Pope Knights and Platinum Bishop Salas were also gone. If they hadn't arranged for Hu Liena and the others to evacuate beforehand,
perhaps...
Ghost Leopard Douluo said: "We only have two choices before us now. One is to emulate Ju Gui, and the other is to honestly go back and face punishment."
"If we defect now, the High Priest and the Second High Priest won't have time to react. As long as we escape overseas, we'll basically be safe."
"If we go back to face punishment, there shouldn't be too big of a problem. After all, only the two of us are left in the Elder Palace now. Even if Bibi Dong is crazy, she can't do anything to us."
"Otherwise, she'll have no one to use."
Devil Bear Douluo said: "We caused such a big commotion this time. The Heaven Dou Empire and Ning Fengzhi certainly won't let it go. What if they join forces to pressure Spirit Hall?"
"Heh heh!"
Ghost Leopard Douluo sneered: "Don't even mention them joining forces. Even if you add the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Clear Sky Sect, what then? Do you really think the High Priest is a pushover?"
"The High Priest has a good temper, but that doesn't mean she has no temper."
"With Snake Lance dead, they should be thanking the heavens that the High Priest isn't actively looking for trouble with them. How dare they apply pressure? If they truly anger the High Priest, she'll wipe them all out."
"They are all the Young Lady's trusted aides. Is Snake Lance really worse than Porcupinefish?"
"Moreover, the Young Lady has no one by her side now. If we go back, the High Priest might arrange for us to protect the Young Lady, which would also prevent Bibi Dong from continuing to act insane."
"Following the Young Lady has more prospects and is much safer than following Bibi Dong."