Bai Xiao stood beside Dugu Bo, quietly watching him cry.
It took more than twenty minutes before Dugu Bo finally calmed down. He felt that crying in front of a junior had cost him his dignity, so he avoided Bai Xiao's gaze and could not help changing the subject. "Hey, brat, have you seen enough? What are you planning to do with those Soul Masters you had the Soul Beasts capture?"
Bai Xiao was clearly stunned when he heard that. "Fuck, I completely forgot about that! I hope those Soul Masters haven't starved to death!" With that, Bai Xiao hurried toward the cave where the Soul Masters were being held.
"Grandpa, I need you to come hold the fort! Hurry up!" Bai Xiao shouted at Dugu Bo from afar.
Dugu Bo smiled helplessly and followed at an unhurried pace.
Inside a dim cave, filthy people lay sprawled across the ground, staring despairingly toward the entrance.
They had never imagined that while hunting Soul Beasts, they would end up being "hunted" by Soul Beasts instead.
The crucial thing was that the Soul Beasts had captured them but did not eat them. Instead, they locked them in an underground cave.
Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts stood guard nearby, and the food they were given was only enough to fill their stomachs. There were no conditions for cleaning themselves.
By now, every one of them reeked.
Men and women alike were greasy-haired and grime-covered, no worse than beggars living in the corners of a city.
Their clothes were tattered as well, with numerous marks left by beast claws visible upon them.
Excrement had piled up in the corner of the cave.
If an ordinary person saw the scene inside this cave, they would probably vomit up even their bile and be unable to eat for an entire day.
It was not as if no one had tried to kill themselves, but the most fucked-up part was that the moment you showed any sign of suicide, the Soul Beasts would beat you up.
If you actually attempted suicide, the Soul Beasts would save you, then beat you up after reviving you.
Someone eventually broke down. "Soul Beast big brother, if you want to eat me, then hurry up and eat me! Why are you keeping me in this cave? I want to die, yet you're stopping me! Are you even a Soul Beast?"
Finally, one day, they heard human footsteps coming from the cave entrance. They had been knocked unconscious before being brought into the cave, but now someone was walking in. Clearly, this was the real culprit behind everything!
Then they saw several figures appear within the light and shadow at the entrance. Aside from one enormous figure, there were only two others—one tall and one short, one big and one small.
Then they heard an exceptionally punchable voice.
"Comrades, you have worked hard! You have completed the organization's test. Despite such torment, you did not reveal even a shred of the organization's information. Congratulations on successfully joining the Dawn Organization!"
Once those words were spoken, the cave fell into an eerie silence.
The imprisoned Soul Masters were completely dumbfounded. "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?"
Some of them gradually came to their senses. "The reason I was imprisoned for so long and beaten by Soul Beasts was because I accidentally stumbled into an organization's trial?"
With the mindset of as long as I'm not embarrassed, then you're the one who's embarrassed, Bai Xiao continued to bluff them. "Everyone, rest assured. As long as you join the Dawn Organization and work hard, one day you'll be able to sleep with the prettiest girls, earn the most money, and ride the fiercest horses!"
"Our Dawn Organization was established by a Title Douluo and has an incredibly formidable backing. Even the continent's seven great sects would not dare provoke us lightly. Our organization's goal is to build a new world!
Welcome, everyone, to the Dawn Organization. Let us create the future together!"
Bai Xiao bluffed to the Soul Masters below, whose faces were full of confusion.
At that moment, Dugu Bo released his Soul Rings to help Bai Xiao hold the fort.
Two yellow, two purple, and five black Soul Rings rose beneath Dugu Bo's feet.
The formidable aura of a Title Douluo also pressed down upon those bewildered Soul Masters.
The Soul Masters below were shaken. No matter what Bai Xiao had said before, the Dawn Organization having a Title Douluo was an undeniable fact.
And they, too, had the chance to join a Title Douluo's ranks.
In an instant, the atmosphere became frenzied.
Bai Xiao led the chant from the side. "Dawn Organization! Dawn Organization! Dawn Organization!..."
Those Soul Masters also fell into the rhythm, shouting over and over, "Dawn Organization! Dawn Organization! Dawn Organization!..."
Only Dugu Bo's mouth twitched as he watched the group of Soul Masters below, who looked like mud monkeys, shouting their lungs out.
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