Heavens! The Spirit Pagoda Master Qiangu Dongfeng has issued a kill order against me!

Several hours later, Spirit Pagoda headquarters, top-secret conference room.

"BANG!!!"

A conference table forged from ten-thousand-year sunken silver was smashed into fine metallic powder by a single palm strike from Qiangu Dongfeng.

The air inside the entire conference room seemed to solidify.

All the high-ranking officials of the Spirit Pagoda were silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to even draw a full breath.

Looking at the charred fragment of the Coiling Dragon Staff on the tray.

Qiangu Dongfeng's silver hair stirred without wind, and his eyes were filled with heart-stopping bloodshot veins.

That was his most beloved grandson!

He was the future successor whom the Spirit Pagoda had poured countless resources into cultivating!

To think he had ended up with no bones left in the East Sea!

"Investigate... investigate for me! Who did this! I will exterminate his entire clan!"

Qiangu Dongfeng's voice sounded like an evil spirit crawling out from the nine nether hells.

It was hoarse and filled with extreme killing intent.

"Pagoda... Pagoda Master."

The head of the intelligence department reported tremblingly.

"The spatial coordinates at the scene were artificially and thoroughly shredded.

All electronic surveillance logs were also wiped clean by an unknown electromagnetic pulse."

"We... we cannot find any direct video evidence..."

"Useless trash!"

Qiangu Dongfeng whipped his head around, staring daggers at him.

But just as everyone thought this Pagoda Master was about to lose his sanity and start a massacre.

Qiangu Dongfeng suddenly took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the rampaging soul power within his body.

Never underestimate the intelligence of an ambitious overlord capable of controlling the entire Spirit Pagoda.

Grief did not destroy Qiangu Dongfeng's brain.

Instead, it made his thinking clearer and colder than ever before.

"Having no clues is the biggest clue of all."

Qiangu Dongfeng's murky eyes narrowed slightly, flickering with the light of a viper.

"The technique used to erase the spatial coordinates was extremely delicate and pure.

This indicates that there is an expert in the opposing camp who has reached the pinnacle of control over spatial elements."

"And erasing the electronic logs suggests the opponent possesses hacking technology far exceeding the Federation's standard levels."

He paced back and forth in the conference room with his hands behind his back, his brain spinning at high speed.

"What was the East Sea First Armored Legion's top-secret mission yesterday?"

Qiangu Dongfeng suddenly stopped in his tracks and asked in a cold voice.

"Reporting to the Pagoda Master, it was to intercept Tang Wulin, who was fleeing back from the direction of the Star Luo Empire, along with the remnants of Shrek Academy!"

"That's right.

Tang Wulin..."

Qiangu Dongfeng gritted his teeth as he spat out the name.

"But those little brats from Shrek, even if they were all tied together, could never instantly kill Zhang Ting, who possessed Three-Word Battle Armor!"

"And it would be even more impossible to melt the seabed crust into glass!"

"That level of firepower would require at least five or more Level 10 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons detonating simultaneously to achieve!"

"Pagoda Master, are you implying... that the Star Luo Empire intervened?"

An elder asked, filled with shock and uncertainty.

"Pass on my order: immediately activate our highest-level deep-cover agents in the Star Luo Empire!"

Qiangu Dongfeng's intuition was terrifyingly precise.

In less than ten minutes, an encrypted intelligence report was transmitted directly to the large screen in the conference room.

The content of the report was simple, yet it made all the high-ranking Spirit Pagoda officials present gasp in horror.

[Star Luo Empire's new Prince Consort, Luo Feng, piloted an unknown mecha, 'Vanguard Titan,' and annihilated three major Federation fleets in a single strike off the coast of Star Luo!]

[Currently, Tang Wulin has formed an alliance with him!]

[The mecha is suspected of having the ability to instantly craft Level 10 or even higher-tier soul guidance cannons by hand!]

"Luo Feng... Vanguard Titan..."

Qiangu Dongfeng stared fixedly at the unfamiliar name on the screen.

His fingernails dug into his palms until they bled.

Every clue formed a perfect, closed loop at this moment.

Tang Wulin's return, the East Sea Legion's interception, and Luo Feng stepping in to wipe the slate clean.

"A fine Shrek! A fine Imperial Son-in-law of Star Luo!"

Qiangu Dongfeng laughed in his extreme rage, his laughter echoing through the hall in a hair-raising manner.

"You killed my grandson and still want to rebuild Shrek on the Douluo Continent? Keep dreaming!"

"Tower Master, since the target has been locked, shall we immediately dispatch the Spirit Pagoda's high-tier mecha legion for a siege?"

"Fool!"

Qiangu Dongfeng let out a cold snort.

"That Luo Feng was able to annihilate three major fleets in an instant; the firepower he possesses is terrifying."

"Even if we could win, the Spirit Pagoda's foundation would be more than half depleted!"

"Furthermore, we have no concrete evidence."

"If we rashly deploy large-scale armed forces on the continent, those old foxes in the War God Temple and the Federal Military will definitely seize the opportunity to weaken us!"

"Then... what about Young Master Zhang Ting's revenge..."

"Revenge will be taken, of course. And I will ensure they die without a complete corpse!"

A flash of madness and an extremely dangerous, dark glint flickered in the depths of Qiangu Dongfeng's eyes.

"If we cannot move openly, then we shall let our 'friends' who hide in the shadows and love slaughter the most do the work for us."

Late at night, in the deepest secret chamber of the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.

Qiangu Dongfeng stood alone in the center of an eerily strange, dark red magic circle.

As he injected a massive amount of pure soul power into the circle, a nauseating scent of blood gradually permeated the air.

In the center of the circle, a blurred, distorted phantom exuding an extremely cold and evil aura slowly emerged.

"Hehehe... Tower Master Qiangu, what a rare guest."

"To use this highest-level direct line of communication so late at night, does the Spirit Pagoda have some big business to entrust to our Holy Spirit Cult?"

The voice emitted by the phantom sounded like fingernails scraping against glass, piercingly harsh.

It was none other than a high-ranking core member of the Holy Spirit Cult!

"I need you to kill a few people."

Qiangu Dongfeng said expressionlessly, as if he were discussing a trivial matter.

"Oh? To make Tower Master Qiangu borrow a knife to kill, the targets must be quite extraordinary. The Shrek remnant Tang Wulin?"

"Not just Tang Wulin."

Qiangu Dongfeng said coldly.

"There is also an Imperial Son-in-law of the Star Luo Empire named Luo Feng, along with a mecha by his side called the 'Vanguard Titan'."

"I want the lives of every one of them!"

"Especially that Luo Feng; I want his soul extracted and burned in netherfire for ten thousand years!"

"Luo Feng?"

The Holy Spirit Cult phantom was silent for a moment, then let out a cold, chilling laugh.

"Tower Master Qiangu, your intelligence network is vast, and ours at the Holy Spirit Cult is not bad either."

"That Luo Feng is a thorny, tough nut to crack—a monster who can hand-craft Level 10 Soul Guidance Cannons. The risk of us going to kill him is too high."

"You'll have to pay more."

"The three large soul beast reserves along the East Sea coast—all surveillance within them will fail for two hours tonight."

Qiangu Dongfeng threw out an appalling bargaining chip.

"Deal!"

The phantom's voice revealed extreme greed and fanaticism.

"The sacrifice of the living beings in three large reserves... Tower Master Qiangu is truly generous!"

"To express the Holy Spirit Cult's sincerity, this time, I will personally mobilize the Four Heavenly Kings of my cult to take action!"

"The Four Heavenly Kings..."

The corner of Qiangu Dongfeng's eye twitched slightly.

The Four Heavenly Kings of the Holy Spirit Cult were all notorious super-powerhouses whose hands were stained with countless amounts of blood.

Each one was a peak evil soul master, extremely bizarre and difficult to deal with!

With the Four Heavenly Kings out in force, even a Limit Douluo would have to avoid their edge!

"Very well, I await your good news. Do not disappoint me."