Jialing Pass, Spirit Branch Hall.
Under the puzzled gazes of countless soul masters, a man wearing a bamboo hat slowly walked out of the Spirit Branch Hall.
Following the flow of people, the man passed the inspection and left Jialing Pass. After finding a deserted place, he removed the bamboo hat from his head, and long golden hair appeared in view.
It was Dai Yao.
He glanced at the majestic Jialing Pass, then shifted his gaze toward the Star Dou Great Forest, his expression somewhat dark. "Well done, Spirit Beast Clan. So the power behind the scenes really was you. You injured Golden Alligator Douluo, released the Clear Sky Sect, and blocked Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo's reinforcements, leaving me isolated and helpless in the Heaven Dou Empire. If I hadn't prepared in advance, Qian Renxue really would have been captured by the Clear Sky Sect by now."
"When that time came, even if I managed to return safely, Qian Daoliu wouldn't tolerate me anymore."
After parting from Qian Renxue, Dai Yao had not been in any hurry to leave. Instead, he lingered in Jialing Pass for a while, because there were many questions he had yet to resolve. The Clear Sky Sect's entrances and exits had clearly been sealed off by Golden Alligator Douluo, so why had they been able to leave the mountain? Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo had had time to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so why had they not come to help them? Thus, in Spirit Hall's branch hall, he had gotten the answers he wanted through Chrysanthemum Douluo.
The Spirit Beast Clan wanted to turn Dai Yao into a man with no allies, forcing him to accept the Spirit Beast Clan's help and thereby control him.
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