"Third Master Du? Why would he come here?"
Everyone's expression changed at those words.
Li Bowen pondered for a moment, then said, "The Dragon Head Staff is in the young master's hands. As the current leader of the Azure Alliance, Third Master Du might have come to acknowledge him as his master!"
"Acknowledge him? Impossible!"
Bai Zhengling rejected the idea outright. "Brother Li, you've spent these past years recuperating in the mountains. You may not know what Du Asan is like!"
"He's ruthless to the core. He climbed over the bodies of countless rivals to reach his current position!"
"He seems friendly on the surface, but he hides a knife behind his smile. Loyalty means nothing to him!"
"He hasn't come to acknowledge anyone. He must have caught wind of what happened, and he's here for trouble!"
"Then what do we do? This is a vault, sealed on all sides. If Third Master Du traps us in here, we'll be sitting ducks!"
The Pei Family Head paced in a panic. He had just signed the Servant Blood Covenant and did not want anything to happen to Yue Xiaofei.
Bai Zhengling turned to Yue Xiaofei, his voice urgent. "Young master, it isn't safe here. Please leave, quickly!"
Before he could finish speaking—
"Leave? Too late!"
A cold voice came from outside.
A moment later, someone kicked open the heavy iron door.
Over a hundred Azure Alliance elites in black suits charged in, armed with steel pipes and machetes. In an instant, they packed the vault so tightly that no one could get through.
The man at their head was tall, with the watchful eyes of a predator and the bearing of a formidable leader.
It was Third Master Du.
His gaze fell on the Dragon Head Staff in Yue Xiaofei's