A successful conclusion

West Fortress conference hall.

Everyone was utterly bewildered by Luo Mian and Zhou Sining's sudden disappearance.

They had clearly seen Luo Mian lash out in humiliation and rage, sending a killing blow straight at Zhou Sining.

But in the next instant, a strange black-and-red Stone Staff had appeared before Zhou Sining... or perhaps it was a strange blade.

After drawing the blade, the guy had left them with a ridiculously melodramatic line, then vanished along with Luo Mian.

There were quite a few Super Level mages present, but none of them could figure out what had happened. They could only attribute it to the Tang Dao that had suddenly appeared.

With the battle raging, Zhu Meng and the others really had no time to search for Zhou Sining. They could only leave Chief Judge Leng Qing and three Intermediate Level Tribunal officers there to wait.

Mo Fan hurried back to West Lake. Now that the truth had come to light, they could no longer keep the Totem Black Snake confined.

Ling Ling went to meet Wang Xiaojun, hoping to get the harvested Eagle Red Grass into the Healing Mages' hands as soon as possible so they could develop an antidote.

Roughly ten seconds after they left, Zhou Sining reappeared out of thin air in the very spot where he had vanished.

Holding the sheathed Burning Heaven Blade, he swept his golden-red eyes over the conference hall and found that only Leng Qing and three unfamiliar mages remained in the vast room.

"You...!"

He had just been about to greet Leng Qing when a violent wave of dizziness struck him, leaving his head spinning and his stomach churning. Forget speaking—he did not even have the strength to stand, and he toppled straight toward the floor.

"Watch out!"

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