Elephant Armor Sect Hu Yan Zhen

Great Soul Arena Controllers' Resolution was held once every six years, and it was about to convene.

This was a grand meeting involving every faction.

And because the Defense Clan, supported by Clear Sky Sect, had withdrawn, leaving interests up for grabs, it would absolutely be a dragon-tiger struggle.

Dugu Shuo's gaze was icy. "No matter who wants to make a move, they'd better be ready to lose teeth.

Poison play? Let's see who can outdo whom!"

Dugu Shuo gave a cold snort.

In the end, the two of them walked into a slightly more spacious cavern.

"Greetings, Clan Leader. Greetings, Young Master!" Two figures were waiting there.

One was older, an elderly man with slightly red eyebrows and beard, looking quite terrifying.

Even more frightening was that all his hair was blood-red, spreading neatly down behind him, making even Dugu Feng glance at it twice.

Behind him stood a man who looked to be in his thirties. His features somewhat resembled the old man's, so they were likely father and son.

Dugu Shuo nodded in acknowledgment and said, "Old Nine, this time I need you to act!"

Dugu Feng guessed it was because his martial soul was the Nine Heavens Centipede, so he was called Old Nine?

The old man called Old Nine's expression shook, his face filled with fury. "Clan Leader, last time when Clear Sky Sect went into seclusion and the world fell into chaos, you still didn't have us act. Now, who is it? Who dares provoke the family!"

The man behind him also looked shocked.

For them to act meant the family had suffered a life and death tribulation.

"There is a poison expert in Heaven Dou City. The other party's method of administering poison is similar to the Breaking Clan's. It is very likely to be either Yang Wudi or Yang Wushuang, one of those two brothers.

The two of them have made some faction unafraid of us!"

Dugu Shuo laughed coldly.

Old Snake had once said that the Dugu Family's greatest reliance was that as long as the people of the Dugu Family were not killed off in one go, then afterward one would have to face endless poisoning. That was something no faction wanted to face, because poison was truly difficult to cure.

But if the other side had an expert who was even stronger at poison play than the Dugu Family, better at administering poison, and better at detoxifying it, then naturally, the other side would no longer fear the Dugu Family.

Clearly, this was the situation now.

"The Breaking Clan has always stayed in the Star Luo Empire and ignored worldly affairs, while Yang Wushuang had already disappeared when Clear Sky Sect went into seclusion.

Could they have pledged themselves to some faction? Clan Leader, I will definitely find him. In all Heaven Dou City, no one is allowed to use poison on our turf!"

Old Nine said fiercely.

Hearing this, Dugu Feng laughed inwardly. Old Nine certainly talked big.

"Father, if Spirit Hall is making a move, it must be connected to this Six Great Families Resolution. During the resolution, they are very likely to use helpers like Holy Dragon Sect and Elephant Armor Sect!"

Dugu Feng said cautiously.

Old Nine and the man behind him both looked at Dugu Feng. This was still their first time seeing Dugu Feng.

Dugu Shuo stood with his hands behind his back. After thinking for a while, he said, "Feng'er, what you said makes a lot of sense. Old Nine, on this trip, follow behind us and conduct a secret investigation. Find that poison expert."

Old Nine was startled. It seemed the Clan Leader valued the Young Master's words greatly!

He knew the Clan Leader had always made decisions alone and with absolute authority, yet this time, he had actually listened to the Young Master.

"Yes, Clan Leader!" Old Nine agreed.

"In the future, if I am not here, you and Little Nine, along with all those with the Nine Heavens Centipede martial soul, will all obey Feng'er's instructions!" Dugu Shuo said again.

This was also his purpose in bringing Dugu Feng here.

The family was facing a storm is coming, and he also had to make the worst-case scenario.

Old Nine and the man beside him, Little Nine, both had solemn expressions. "Yes!"

Dugu Feng's heart stirred. Xue Ye's poisoning had made his father realize a great crisis was upon them.

But he was even more curious how his father planned to respond.

The next day, the team heading to the Six Great Families Resolution was about to set out.

And the meeting location was one Dugu Feng had never expected. It was an extremely familiar name: Suotuo City.

Was it a coincidence? Or did this Suotuo City have something special about it?

Suotuo City was the most important city in Balak Kingdom besides Barak City.

And Balak Kingdom directly bordered the Star Luo Empire.

Suotuo City was the first major city after entering the Heaven Dou Empire from Star Luo territory.

On top of that, Suotuo City was located in the center of the extremely fertile Lima Plain, the granary of Barak, which naturally made Suotuo City a logistics base.

At the same time, if the border were breached, Suotuo City would be the first major city capable of putting up resistance.

Shrek Academy establishing itself here, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing both appearing here in the future, probably was not by chance, Dugu Feng thought.

The other two families that controlled the Great Soul Arena—the Zhu Family and the White Tiger Sect's Dai Family—were both from the Star Luo Empire.

It seemed this location had been chosen with the other side in mind.

Outside Heaven Dou City.

Dugu Shuo, Dugu Feng, Little Snake, Old Snake, Old Scorpion, and five other Soul Masters from the Dugu Family stood before a luxurious, enormous carriage, waiting to set out.

The carriage was drawn by eight War Horses with Soul Beast bloodlines. It was fully three meters wide, and could easily hold more than ten people inside. This would be their means of transport for the journey.

Old Snake had also given him a brief introduction just now. The martial souls of these five Soul Masters were all of the Poison Attribute: two Ice Toads, one Jade Phosphor Scorpion, and one Cave Centipede.

The last one's martial soul was especially unusual—a Flower Spider, a brilliantly colored kind of spider that was naturally highly poisonous as well.

They were all clansmen of the family. It was practically a complete set of the five poisons.

Ahead of them was another carriage, belonging to the Ge Family. Ge Ying was standing there, and inside the carriage should be his father, the powerful Ge Long, a Soul Douluo.

Both sides had already been waiting for a while, and just as everyone was starting to grow impatient, another carriage drove over from not far away.

This carriage was half again as tall as an ordinary one.

The moment the carriage stopped, a gigantic Meat Mountain jumped down from it. The man was already two and a half meters tall, with dark skin and a pair of huge eyes like copper bells.

The instant he landed, the ground trembled.

The man looked to have white beard and hair, and had to be at least over sixty.

Thud, thud, thud—thud, thud, thud!

Several more quake-like impacts followed.

More than ten people jumped down from both sides of the carriage. Almost every one of them was over two meters tall. Dugu Feng counted them—there were thirteen in all, and with the man from earlier, that made fourteen.

Who knew how those War Horses had managed to pull them.

The fourteen people formed several rows and slowly walked over, solid as a city wall.

Only the Elephant Armor Sect could field such a lineup.

Dugu Feng and Old Snake exchanged a glance, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed through both their eyes.

The Elephant Armor Sect had brought rather too many people. It happened to confirm their guess: the other side had ill intentions.

"Everyone, we arrived a little late. Unlike you all, we aren't based right here in Heaven Dou City. Forgive us, forgive us.

This meeting will be attended by us and Thunder Academy as representatives of the Five Element Alliance. They'll be here shortly!"

Hu Yan Zhen laughed loudly, his voice ringing out as he cupped his fists to the people around him.

Dugu Shuo signaled with his eyes and said nothing more.

"This must be Feng'er. If the various families hold soul battles this time, Feng'er will probably shine brilliantly.

Not bad, not bad. I've heard that at Heaven Dou Royal Junior Academy, even the two brats from the Wind Sword Sect together couldn't beat him alone.

The Dugu Family has produced another genius!"

Hu Yan Zhen did not seem to sense Dugu Shuo's coldness at all.

Instead, he moved closer to the Dugu Family's carriage and began praising Dugu Feng.

Dugu Feng's gaze turned faintly cold. Perhaps it was preconceived bias, but he felt as if Hu Yan Zhen was lamenting that such a fine genius was about to die.

We'll see who dies first, Dugu Feng thought coldly.