"Something terrible has happened, Sect Master! A group has attacked us, and the strongest among them seems to be a Titled Douluo. They're far too powerful—we're no match for them. They're too strong, and they have a whole group of Soul Emperors and Soul Sages. We can't fight them at all. A large number of outer sect Soul Ancestor disciples have already been killed."
"Reporting to the Sect Master, the disciples have suffered grievous casualties. Almost no one who went out managed to escape back. Only a small number returned crippled. They've all been maimed—their arms and legs were... destroyed..."
"What?!" The master of this assassin sect truly panicked at that moment. The facts were obvious: the gap in strength was simply too great. Those who had come to settle accounts with them were extremely powerful, and their strongest member was a Titled Douluo.
Clearly, he was not a Titled Douluo himself. At most, his strength was comparable to that of an ordinary Soul Douluo. He could fight a Soul Douluo, but he could not defeat one.
"Who exactly are they? Have we offended some powerful faction? Why are they here to kill us? We assassins always work with others, and the people we offend are usually not that strong. Who could make a Titled Douluo come after us? And send so many Soul Sages and Soul Emperors to deal with us? Did we really kidnap someone we never should have touched?"
The master of the assassin sect was utterly terrified.
On the Douluo Continent, Soul Sages were the "ceiling" for ordinary and small-to-medium sects.
For some smaller sects with shallow foundations, a sect master who reached Soul Sage level 71–79 was already considered a top expert, enough to intimidate an entire region.
For example, the masters of some ordinary