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Dugu Bo stepped forward, grabbed Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's ankle like dragging a dead dog, and dragged him out of the secret room.
"Wuwuwu—!"
Sect Master Yu Xiaolie struggled desperately, his face covered in a mixture of tears, snot, and blood.
Until this very moment, he truly understood the fear of wishing neither life nor death.
He regretted it; he truly regretted it. Why on earth did he provoke Luo Nan, this absolute madman!
Had he known earlier, he wouldn't have listened to Ning Fengzhi and targeted Luo Nan.
Wouldn't it have been better to honestly Cultivate in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect?
As the door of the secret room closed, Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's sobs completely vanished.
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Two days later.
Outside Heaven Dou City, in an extremely covert manor.
On the surface, this place was a wealthy merchant's villa, but in reality, it was the largest secret stronghold of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect near Heaven Dou City.
The morning mist had not yet dispersed when a muffled sound of hooves suddenly came from outside the stronghold's gate.
Shortly after, a black wooden box soaked in blood was fiercely thrown from the back of a galloping horse, slamming heavily against the manor's thick gate.
"Who goes there?!"
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect Disciple responsible for guarding was greatly alarmed and immediately rushed out. But outside the gate, apart from the receding sound of hoofbeats, there wasn't even a single shadow of a person.
Only the black wooden box exuding a thick stench of blood lay quietly on the steps.
Several Disciples looked at each other in dismay, carefully holding the wooden box inside and handing it to the person in charge of the stronghold, a Spirit Saint Elder over level 70.
When this Elder opened the wooden box in the council hall in front of several Core Disciples, the entire hall instantly fell into a dead silence.
Inside the wooden box quietly lay a pale and stiff finger.
Beside the finger, there was also a letter written in blood.
"This... This is..." A Disciple pointed at that finger tremblingly, his face turning pale.
The Elder's hands trembled violently; he recognized at a glance the archaic sapphire ring worn on that finger.
This was Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's personal item!
"Sect Master... Sect Master has met with disaster!"
The Elder let out a shrill exclamation, grabbed the blood letter, and read through it at a glance.
The content of the letter was extremely brief, but this Spirit Saint Elder felt his vision go dark and almost fainted.
"Quick! Immediately blockade the news! Prepare horses! I want to return to the Sect personally to report to the Elder!"
The Elder roared hoarsely. He knew the sky had fallen!
The current Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was captured, and even had a finger chopped off to be used for extortion.
This was not only an unprecedented humiliation, but also a huge crisis concerning the life and death of the Sect!
With the current financial resources of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, it was simply impossible to produce so many industries and gold coins.
The only way was to seek reinforcements!
...
After a period of time, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, council hall.
Ning Fengzhi sat squarely in the main seat.
Opposite him sat several Elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
"Sect Master Ning! You must save our Sect Master!"
"That Luo Nan is simply a lunatic demon; not only did he capture our Sect Master, but he also chopped off one of his fingers!"
"He wants us to cede half of our industries and five million gold coins; this is clearly trying to cut off the roots of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!"
"Indeed, Sect Master Ning!"
"Our Upper Three Sects breathe through the same breath and share the same branch. This time, our Sect Master also went to test the truth of Moon Pavilion in order to cooperate with your plan, and that was how he fell victim to Luo Nan's vicious hands."
"You cannot stand by and do nothing!"
Ning Fengzhi put down his teacup, let out a long sigh, his face filled with an expression of grief and indignation.
"Respected Elders, upon such a matter occurring, Fengzhi is also extremely grieved."
"For the joint great cause of our Upper Three Sects, Sect Master Yu did not hesitate to put himself in danger. This noble and righteous character is deeply etched in Fengzhi's heart."
"Please rest assured, Elders. The affairs of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect are the affairs of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"I, Ning Fengzhi, will never sit idly by."
"I will immediately send someone to negotiate with Moon Pavilion, exhaust all means to mediate, and find a way to rescue Sect Master Yu safely!"
Hearing Ning Fengzhi's righteous commitment, several Elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect were moved to tears, thanking him repeatedly as if they had grasped the last lifeline.
After comforting them properly, Ning Fengzhi ordered someone to lead these Elders away to rest.
When the doors of the hall closed again, leaving only Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who had been resting his eyes, in the hall,
Ning Fengzhi's gentle and compassionate expression instantly vanished without a trace, replaced by a deep sense of disgust and disdain.
"Idiots! Truly a bunch of idiots who accomplish nothing and ruin everything!"
Ning Fengzhi let out a cold snort and sat back down in the main seat.
"As the dignified Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, bringing two Spirit Douluos and dozens of elites to waylay someone, yet getting completely surrounded and even becoming a captive yourself!"
"Sect Master Yu Xiaolie's strength is simply garbage to the extreme!"
"Once Yu Yuanzhen dies, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect will be completely finished."
Chen Xin slowly opened his eyes, and a trace of solemnity flashed through those sharp, sword-like eyes.
"Fengzhi, although Sect Master Yu Xiaolie is trash, the information revealed behind this matter is not optimistic."
Chen Xin said in a deep voice, "According to the description of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect Elders, the one who captured Sect Master Yu Xiaolie and poisoned dozens of elites to death is Dugu Bo."
"This is the most troublesome part." Ning Fengzhi rubbed his brow, his expression turning somewhat gloomy.
"No matter how I calculated, I never expected that Old Poison Dugu Bo had actually secretly defected to Luo Nan long ago!"
"No wonder Luo Nan acted so unbridled in Heaven Dou City; it turns out he had this Old freak escorting him in secret."
Chen Xin frowned slightly and analyzed, "Dugu Bo's individual combat power can only be considered at the bottom among Titled Douluos."
"If it's one-on-one, I can take his life within ten moves. But..."
Chen Xin's understanding of Dugu Bo was still only that of a level 91 Titled Douluo gatekeeper. He had no idea just how strong Dugu Bo's current strength really was!
Chen Xin paused, a hint of dread adding to his tone, "His Jade Phosphor Serpent poison is the world's most terrifying group-attack Sharp Weapon."
"Spirit Masters below the Spirit Douluo level simply cannot withstand that kind of toxin. Even for a Spirit Douluo, if it drags on for a bit, they will die."
"Once we drive Luo Nan to desperation and let him release Dugu Bo to go on a killing spree in Heaven Dou City or our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's stationed grounds, the consequences... would be unimaginable."
"I'm afraid all the low-level Disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be poisoned to death!"
Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath and nodded:
"Uncle Sword is entirely right. Luo Nan's move of fishing like this, he is warning us not to act rashly."
"Then what should we do now? Are we really going to take money to ransom that trash Sect Master Yu Xiaolie?" Chen Xin asked.
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