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His originally majestic and resolute face was now so gloomy that it seemed water could drip from it.
It was just unclear whether his gloominess was real or fake...
Seated in an orderly fashion on both sides below him were five Elders, who were the core of the highest power of the Clear Sky Sect today—five Elders of the Council of Elders who were still at the Sect.
In the center of the main hall, Tang Hu and three other Spirit Emperors lay paralyzed on stretchers like four pools of mud.
Especially Tang Hu; his originally robust body had thinned down by a large circle, and his complexion was as pale as paper.
His arms hung weakly by his sides, and the parts below his wrists were wrapped in thick bandages, but foul-smelling black pus still seeped out.
Those two once-proud hands that could wield giant hammers weighing tens of thousands of catties had completely turned into two lumps of boneless rotten flesh.
"Speak! What on earth is going on?!"
Seventh Elder Tang Lie, who had the most explosive temper, fiercely slapped the tea table beside him, and the tea table forged from fine steel instantly turned into a pile of debris all over the floor.
His hair and beard stood on end, and he roared with bloodshot eyes:
"Who?! Who dares to injure the people of our Clear Sky Sect like this?!"
Hearing the Seventh Elder's roar, Tang Hu trembled violently all over.
Enduring the heart-piercing pain, he lifted his head with difficulty on the stretcher and wailed with tears streaming down his face.
"Sect Master! Elders! You must uphold justice for me!"
With snot and tears streaming down, his eyes filled with a vicious glint, Tang Hu began his exaggerated performance:
"I was ordered to go to Heaven Dou City to find Tang Yuehua to raise funds, but who would have known that that bitch... that Tang Yuehua, she simply doesn't take the Sect seriously at all!"
"Not only was she unwilling to cough up a single cent, but she also connived with the kept toyboy she supported to ruthlessly murder us!"
"That bastard named Luo Nan has become arrogant and domineering to the extreme."
"He said our Clear Sky Sect is just a bunch of cowards hiding in the mountains, and asked what kind of thing the Sect is to even deserve to ask her for money!"
"I was furious and wanted to teach him a lesson."
"However... However, that kid's strength was extremely formidable. Not only did he crush both of my hands, but he also crippled the knees of my three brothers!"
"He... He also dropped word that Moon Pavilion is not a place the Clear Sky Sect can lay its hands on, and if anyone dares to go again, this will be their fate."
"Even... Even he also said..."
Tang Hu stealthily glanced at Tang Xiao in the main seat.
"What else did he say?! Speak quickly!" The Seventh Elder roared in irrepressible fury.
"He said... Even if the Sect Master goes personally, as long as his attitude is bad, he will still crush the Sect Master's bones inch by inch!"
"Audacious! Arrogant! Court death!"
The Seventh Elder trembled all over with anger, directly summoning his own gigantic Clear Sky Hammer and slamming it heavily onto the ground, smashing out a large pit:
"A good-for-nothing swept out of the Sect dares to ally with outsiders to humiliate our Clear Sky Sect like this!"
"Do they really think my Clear Sky Hammer can't smash people to death?!"
"Sect Master, I will go down the mountain right now, go to Heaven Dou City to twist off the heads of that pair of adulterous scumbags, and move all the money of Moon Pavilion back to the Sect!"
The other Elders were also filled with righteous indignation and chimed in one after another.
They all demanded immediate and severe punishment for Tang Yuehua and that arrogant Luo Nan.
Tang Xiao sat in the main seat, his fists tightly clenched, his knuckles turning white from excessive force.
Although he knew that Tang Hu's words must have contained exaggerated and embellished components, it was impossible for Luo Nan to deal such a heavy hand for no reason.
But the fact that Tang Hu was crippled was true, and the fact that the dignity of the Clear Sky Sect was trampled upon was also true!
Tang Xiao hadn't expected that Luo Nan and Tang Yuehua would actually act so ruthlessly!
He originally only thought that according to the personalities of Luo Nan and Tang Yuehua, at most there would be a conflict, and then Tang Hu would leave deflated.
Then he would enter the scene and negotiate with Tang Yuehua and Luo Nan.
One playing the good cop and the other playing the bad cop, there was a high probability they could get the money.
But Tang Xiao didn't expect that they would be rejected so decisively!
This made him feel that things were getting a bit out of control.
"Seventh Elder, calm down."
Tang Xiao took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the anger in his heart. Although he knew the situation, he still asked as if he didn't know:
"What on earth is that Luo Nan's strength?"
"As a seventy-first-rank Spirit Saint, even if you weren't a match, you shouldn't have had no room to even fight back, right?"
Tang Hu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with a trembling voice:
"Sect Master, he... he is not a Spirit Saint. He is... a Spirit Douluo!"
"A Spirit Douluo?"
The Second Elder slightly frowned and let out a cold hum.
"Mere Spirit Douluo dares to be so rampant?"
"Old Seven, make a trip and let him know the insurmountable chasm between a Titled Douluo and a Spirit Douluo!"
"No... not an ordinary Spirit Douluo..."
"His spirit ring configuration is... Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black! And..."
"And a 100,000-year red spirit ring!!!"
The Seventh Elder, who had still been clamoring to go down the mountain to kill people, was like a drake whose neck had been suddenly choked by someone.
His mouth was wide open, but he couldn't emit a trace of sound.
The other Elders were also dumbfounded, their faces full of disbelief.
A 100,000-year spirit ring?!
These five words were like an unsurpassable 100,000-great-mountain, pressing heavily onto the heart of everyone.
As the upper echelon of the number one Sect in the world, they knew clearer than anyone what a 100,000-year spirit ring meant.
A Spirit Douluo with a 100,000-year spirit ring had a true combat power that was definitely no less than that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.
And it might even be stronger!
Moreover, the configuration of that kid's first seven spirit rings was simply that of a thorough monster!
The main hall fell into a long silence, with only the painful groans of Tang Hu and the others echoing.
The Elders gradually calmed down, but what followed was a deep sense of powerlessness and extreme grievance.
They knew best in their hearts what the current situation of the Clear Sky Sect was.
Back then, pressured by Spirit Hall, the old Sect Master died of pent-up anger, and the Sect closed its mountains.
Today's Clear Sky Sect could be said to have its Peak combat strength withered to the extreme.
Counting fully, the entire Sect only had two Titled Douluo.
One was Sect Master Tang Xiao, at rank ninety-five.
But as the pillar of the Sect, he had to guard the Sect at all times to guard against a sudden attack by Spirit Hall, and absolutely could not leave easily by even half a step.
The other was the Second Elder, who had just broken through the ninety-rank major hurdle and become a Titled Douluo not long ago.
He hadn't even obtained his ninth spirit ring yet!
Let the Second Elder deal with Luo Nan?
Several Elders looked at each other, and all saw a trace of shrinking back in each other's eyes.
The Second Elder had just been promoted, and his spirit ring hadn't been obtained yet. If he faced a monster with a 100,000-year spirit ring and unfathomable strength, he might not necessarily come out ahead.
In case the Second Elder met with any misfortune in Heaven Dou City, it would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the already precarious Clear Sky Sect!
Can't beat him? Or rather, didn't dare to fight?
This realization made the usually proud Elders of the Clear Sky Sect feel a suffocating sense of humiliation.
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