The lighting in Leng Yaozhu's private office was soft, yet it could not dispel the heavy darkness outside the window. Gu Yue stood before the desk, her silver hair cascading like a waterfall beneath the moonlight. Her violet eyes, usually tinged with indifference and distance, now shone with unprecedented resolve.
She gently placed the note she had found in the abandoned warehouse on the desk. Her fingertips pressed down slightly, her knuckles turning white.
"Teacher, I found this in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Shrek Academy." Gu Yue's voice was cool, but carried a barely perceptible tremor. "It bears the Holy Spirit Cult's mark, and... the Qiangu Family's handwriting."
Leng Yaozhu picked up the note. A cursory glance was enough to make her expression turn utterly grim. As the Spirit Pagoda's Vice Tower Master and a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo, she knew the Holy Spirit Cult's aura all too well. That stench of decay and bloodshed could nauseate her even through a mere sheet of paper.
"Killing with a borrowed blade... well played, Qiangu Dongfeng." Leng Yaozhu gently laid the note on the desk, tapping the surface with her fingertips in a steady rhythm. "He intends to use the Holy Spirit Cult to eliminate Shrek and the Tang Sect, then seize control of the entire Federation."
"Teacher, we can't stand by and do nothing." Gu Yue stepped forward, Leng Yaozhu's figure reflected in her violet eyes. "Shrek Academy is the guardian of the Douluo Continent, and the Tang Sect is the backbone of soul guidance technology. If they fall, the balance of the entire continent will shatter. Countless lives will be plunged into misery, and the Spirit Pagoda won't be able to remain untouched."
Leng Yaozhu looked up at her most prized disciple. In Gu Yue's eyes, she