Sun God Bow, a Fire-Element Sacred Artifact

The conference room fell completely silent.

Everyone understood what this meant—an organization with more than fifteen Limit Douluos, control over an entire region's economy and military, and a completely sealed-off intelligence network was no longer a company. It was a state within a state!

If this continued, East Sea would fully break away within a few years. That was something the Sun-Moon Federation could never tolerate.

After half a minute of silence, Qiangu Dongfeng slowly spoke.

He wore the luxurious robes of the Spirit Pagoda. His features were refined, yet a sinister gleam hid in his eyes. He gently rubbed the soul-tool teacup in his hand, his tone calm as he dropped a bombshell.

"What Commander Yu said is something the Spirit Pagoda deeply agrees with."

Qiangu Dongfeng said evenly, "Every one of our branch towers in East Sea is now under close surveillance. Forget gathering intelligence—even personnel leaving the towers are followed. The Spirit Pagoda has operated in East Sea for a thousand years, yet now we have become blind and deaf."

His tone shifted, turning cold. "Furthermore, according to reports from the Spirit Pagoda's secret channels, Doulong Technology Co., Ltd. may very well be colluding with Evil Soul Masters."

"Boom—"

The conference room immediately erupted.

Evil Soul Masters?! Those three words were taboo among taboos!

On the Douluo Continent, Evil Soul Masters were public enemies everyone sought to destroy. Once someone was associated with them, it became a fight to the death.

"Pagoda Master Qiangu, you can't make such claims carelessly!"

Guan Yue's expression changed as he said gravely, "You can't casually pin the Evil Soul Master label on someone. Do you have evidence?"

"There is no evidence for now, but there are plenty of suspicious points."

Qiangu Dongfeng's expression did not change. "Think about it, everyone. So