The member responsible for gathering news of the third alliance leader stumbled into the hall and reported, his face deathly pale.
"Chief, something terrible has happened! The third alliance leader sneaked into the Cool Prefecture Thousand Households Office to rescue our people, but Su Fei captured him on the spot. Both his arms were crippled, and we don't know whether he's alive or dead."
Helian Haotong abruptly rose to his feet.
His face was livid, and fury blazed in his eyes.
"That useless third brother couldn't even handle a rescue! But that brat Su Fei was far too arrogant. He dares bully our Heavenly Dao Alliance like this? Does he truly think our alliance has no one capable?"
Helian Haotong's anger had yet to subside.
Another scout from the Heavenly Dao Alliance came in to report.
"Chief, disaster has struck! Every outlying base connected to our alliance in Cool Prefecture City has been wiped out by the Imperial Guard. More than ten peripheral forces, including the Fierce Tiger Gang and the Black Wind Gang, have all been destroyed. Their members were either captured or killed on the spot. Almost all our eyes and manpower in Cool Prefecture City are completely gone!"
"What did you say? He actually went that far?"
Helian Haotong sprang to his feet, the aura of the martial saint realm ninth level erupting around him. His black robes billowed without wind, and the candles in the hall shook and flickered.
He fixed his eyes on the messenger and roared.
"Say that again! Are you telling me every peripheral force our Heavenly Dao Alliance had in Cool Prefecture City is gone?"
Terrified by Helian Haotong's appearance, the messenger trembled all over and stammered.
"It's true, Chief. There's absolutely no doubt about it."
"The Imperial Guard is everywhere in