Almost at the same time, in the highest-level conference room of the East Continent Federation Branch deep within the core district of Sun Moon City.
Federation Speaker Xu Tiandi was presiding over an important strategic meeting. Dai Tianling, who was also the Speaker of the Federation Branch, sat below him alongside representatives of other East Continent Federation members, listening intently as Xu Tiandi laid out the arrangements and assignments for dealing with the Green Skull Organization's upcoming counterattack.
The atmosphere in the conference room was solemn enough to hear a pin drop.
However, in the very next second, a sudden change erupted.
Not far behind and to the side of Dai Tianling, a member of the Dai Family who also served as a Federation Councilor suddenly let out a shriek so piercing it barely sounded human.
"Aaah—!!!"
The scream instantly shattered the silence of the meeting, and everyone turned toward him in horror.
The Dai Family Councilor abruptly clutched his head with both hands. The veins on his face bulged violently, turning an ominous purplish-black. As if enduring unimaginable agony, he uncontrollably clawed at his own skin with his nails, leaving streak after streak of blood.
Then, before the terrified eyes of everyone present—
"Boom!!!"
With a muffled blast, the Dai Family Councilor's body suddenly exploded like an overinflated ball.
Flesh flew everywhere, shattered bones scattered in all directions, and warm blood and tissue fragments splashed across the room. Several attendees closest to him were instantly stained crimson from head to toe, while the pungent stench of blood rapidly filled the entire conference room.
After a brief deathly silence came uncontrollable cries of alarm and panic!
"Bloodline Curse! It's the Green Skull Organization!"
Dai Tianling sprang from his seat, his face turning as pale as paper in an instant. His