The Fall of Langya Hall's Upper Echelons! Interrogation!

At the same time.

A quarter of an hour earlier.

Following instructions from the Langya Hall Master, the Third Elder of Langya Hall went to the secluded grounds in the rear mountain and summoned the ancestors who had been in seclusion for years, as well as the Supreme Elders who had long stepped down from their elder positions.

In the rear mountain, upon hearing that Langya Hall was under enemy attack, the two ancestors and several Supreme Elders did not hesitate. They resolutely emerged from seclusion or came out of hiding.

Seeing that the visitor was the current Third Elder, they hurriedly asked:

"How strong are the intruders?"

"Reporting to the ancestors and Supreme Elders, there are eleven Super Douluo among them!"

The moment those words were spoken.

The two ancestors and several Supreme Elders were all startled.

"What kind of force can deploy eleven Super Douluo?"

The Third Elder shook his head.

"I don't know. They are all unfamiliar faces, with no records of ever acting on the continent!"

The two ancestors were somewhat doubtful.

"Are you certain that all eleven Super Douluo are unfamiliar?"

"There are still explanations for one Super Douluo never having appeared on the continent!"

"But for all eleven Super Douluo to have never appeared before—isn't that too absurd? Or have you, Third Elder, simply not been paying attention to the situation on the continent?"

The Third Elder shook his head.

"It isn't just me. The Hall Master and the other elders know nothing about them either. Surely it cannot be that the Hall Master and the other elders have all ignored the situation on the continent?"

Hearing this, the two ancestors and several other Supreme Elders were immediately taken aback.

Then, the two ancestors spoke.

"In that case, let us go take a look!"

"Eleven Super Douluo think they can wipe out Langya Hall? Isn't that far too fanciful?"

"Though Langya Hall does not have that many Super Douluo, we have seven. If we each hold off seven of them one-on-one, the remaining four can be restrained by our many elders, hall masters, deacons, and disciples working together. Langya Hall has no shortage of disciples. If a hundred are not enough, then a thousand. We can even mobilize Tianding City's outer members—ten thousand, fifty thousand. I refuse to believe that four Super Douluo can stand against an army of fifty thousand led by twenty Title Douluo!"

Having said that.

The two ancestors and several Supreme Elders followed the Third Elder toward the main hall at the front of Langya Hall.

However.

The moment they arrived at the hall, they were utterly dumbfounded.

The Langya Hall Master and four Super Douluo elders had actually been trapped and captured alive by a Super Douluo with a Chessboard Martial Soul working together with a group of Super Douluo.

More importantly, not far away, the deacons, hall masters, and countless disciples were facing...

Title Douluo.

They were all Title Douluo. There were dozens of them—ninety in total at a rough count.

Adding the ten Title Douluo stationed around the Flying Soul Tool in midair, there were exactly one hundred Title Douluo.

One hundred Title Douluo, eleven Super Douluo...

What an extravagant lineup. What terrifying strength.

Seeing this, the two arriving ancestors immediately shouted without hesitation:

"Run! As long as there are green hills, there will be firewood to burn."

If the enemy had merely been eleven Super Douluo, then despite their strength, Langya Hall could still have repelled them through its home-field advantage and perhaps even kept several Super Douluo behind.

But once those hundred Title Douluo appeared, Langya Hall no longer held any advantage, even on its own ground.

If they did not flee now, when would they?

However.

How could Shui Jieyu, Huo Qingwu, Yu Lian, and the others allow them to escape?

Before this group arrived, the Langya Hall Master and the others had already had their Soul Power sealed.

Those whose Soul Power had been sealed were no different from ordinary people. One or two Super Douluo were more than enough to watch over them.

That still left eight or nine Super Douluo free to pursue them.

Facing the pursuit of eight or nine Super Douluo, including two Peerless Douluo.

The two Super Douluo ancestors who had just emerged from seclusion, several Title Douluo Supreme Elders, and the Super Douluo Third Elder naturally held no advantage whatsoever.

They were outnumbered.

Their Soul Power Levels were also completely suppressed.

Before long, they were caught up to, then stopped one by one.

With Super Douluo facing Peerless Douluo and ordinary Douluo facing Super Douluo, there was simply no way for them to escape, even if they wanted to.

Moreover.

Some of the hundred Title Douluo had also been dispatched to seal off the area. After all, there was no need for so many Title Douluo to deal with disciples and hall masters or deacons whose Soul Power was only in the seventies or eighties.

Very soon.

The two ancestors, several Supreme Elders, and the Third Elder from before were all subdued.

Either their Soul Power was sealed, or they were heavily injured by powerful methods and left unable to move.

And so.

Langya Hall's upper echelon—including two ancestors, one Hall Master, five elders, and six Supreme Elders—were all brought into Lin Shu's Sky-Guarding Shuttle.

As for the other elders, they had naturally all died in battle.

When Langya Hall's upper echelon was brought into the Sky-Guarding Shuttle and saw Lin Shu, they were immediately shocked.

"It's you, Lin Shu!"

"Lin Langya's son? How could it be you!"

"Impossible!"

Lin Shu had spoken earlier.

But how could they have known?

They had only learned that Lin Langya had a son through their secret investigation of him.

Few among them had even met Lin Langya in person, much less his son. They had merely uncovered a portrait of him during their investigation.

Naturally, they had never heard his voice.

Now that they saw Lin Shu, looking exactly like the portrait from their investigation, how could they not be shocked?

Lin Langya had been killed through a joint effort between several of them and the Hammer Heaven Sect.

Fearing that the truth might leak out, Langya Hall had sent only three or four people at the time. Together with three or four people from the Hammer Heaven Sect and five Title Douluo from Stone Gate, they had ambushed Lin Langya and killed him on his way to the Empire.

If Lin Langya had possessed such a foundation, how could he possibly have been killed?

Even Lin Langya had not possessed such a foundation, so how could Lin Shu possibly command such terrifying power?

Not even forces that had existed for hundreds or thousands of years possessed this kind of strength. One could even say with certainty that across the entire continent, apart from those hidden forces left behind by ancient Divine Beings, among the powers in the open...

Only Papal Hall and Spirit Hall could compare. The rest were utterly incomparable.

Even Papal Hall and Spirit Hall had only acquired such terrifying foundations after the Empire was established and rose to power, absorbing countless experts from across the continent.

Before the Empire was established, they had not possessed such terrifying strength either.

Lin Shu paid no attention to their shocked expressions and spoke directly.

"Now, I ask, and you answer!"

"What exactly are you searching for?"

Unexpectedly, the Langya Hall Master did not conceal anything and answered directly.

"Clues to the Azure God Hall!"

"Your ancestor was once a disciple of Langya Hall as well. He suddenly left Langya Hall, and it is very likely that he obtained clues to the Azure God Hall!"

This was more or less what Lin Shu had learned earlier.