Today, a momentous event shook the usually peaceful Dou Ling Continent!
The Spirit Pagoda Branch Headquarters, home to one of the continent's two most powerful organizations, had been destroyed. Its senior members had suffered few casualties, but many lower-ranking personnel had died, and the headquarters itself lay in ruins. The Tang Sect claimed responsibility.
The news stunned organizations large and small across the Dou Ling Continent.
On this continent, only the Dou Ling Imperial Royal Family and the Tang Sect had both the nerve and the means to strike the Spirit Pagoda.
The royal family would never do it. The Spirit Pagoda controlled Soul Spirits, a resource too valuable to lose.
For the Dou Ling Royal Family, attacking the Spirit Pagoda would bring nothing but harm. Besides, destroying the Branch Headquarters would have required a substantial force.
If the royal family had mobilized that many people, the smaller organizations would have heard about it. That left only the Tang Sect.
Suspecting the Tang Sect was one thing. Hearing the Tang Sect admit it was another. By claiming responsibility, the Tang Sect had formally declared war on the Spirit Pagoda! The news would shake the entire continent.
The Tang Sect's explanation was simple: Evil Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult had been found beneath the Spirit Pagoda branch, along with evidence that the Spirit Pagoda and the cult were working together to develop a secret drug targeting the Dou Ling Empire. The Tang Sect had therefore destroyed the branch.
At the same time, the Spirit Pagoda denied the allegations and condemned the Tang Sect's slander.
Madness. It was sheer madness!
Whether the Spirit Pagoda had colluded with Evil Soul Masters or not, the Tang Sect's statement made one thing clear: there would be no peaceful settlement between them.
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