There's a Traitor Among Us

"Even with that brat Ning Fengzhi's enhancement, you're nothing special."

"So what if you're at the peak of Rank 96? Before an absolute gap in rank, you're nothing but an ant."

Demon Subduing Douluo slowly raised his Coiling Dragon Staff, its tip pointed at Sword Douluo, his tone brimming with disdain.

"You... have already stepped half a foot into Rank 97?"

Sword Douluo's fingers tightened abruptly around the hilt, his eyes filled with incredulous shock.

He knew his own strength well.

With Soul Power at the peak of Rank 96, coupled with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda's seven layers of enhancement, he could hold his own even against an ordinary Rank 97 Soul Master.

Yet in that direct clash with Demon Subduing Douluo just now, he had actually been pushed back.

The only explanation was that the other man had already touched the threshold of Rank 97, his Soul Power foundation far surpassing what it had once been!

Thinking of how he had been stuck at the peak of Rank 96 for his entire life, never even finding an opportunity to break through, while Demon Subduing Douluo before him was about to enter an even higher realm,

an indescribable sense of frustration and unwillingness surged into Sword Douluo's heart, making his expression grow increasingly grim.

"Today will be the day you rebels die!"

Demon Subduing Douluo exerted himself once more.

The dragon patterns on the Coiling Dragon Staff shone even brighter as a more violent wave of Soul Power crushed toward Sword Douluo.

"Our battlefield was never the decisive one."

"The true key lies over there—how long do you think Qian Cheng can hold out under the combined assault of Bo Saixi, Shui Hanyan, and Ye Muyun, three Peerless Douluo?"

Sword Douluo raised the Seven Kill Sword again, the