The valley lay quiet and secluded, wreathed in mist.
The Poison Dragon Sect, a medium-sized Soul Master faction under Dragon City's jurisdiction, had gathered many Soul Masters with snake and python Martial Souls possessing both ice and poison attributes.
According to the intelligence Huo Yuhao had received, the Poison Dragon Sect was currently the last faction in Heaven Dou territory connected to the Holy Spirit Cult.
On the surface, the Poison Dragon Sect made its living selling various ice-attribute poison pills, but in secret, it was a Soul Master sect supported by the Holy Spirit Cult.
Du Busi gazed coldly at the Poison Dragon Sect's base.
Holding the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd, Huo Yuhao stood before the valley with a stern expression.
Behind him, Su Tong, whose white dress had been stained blood-red, and every member of the Di'ao team, their faces full of murderous intent, stood ready to move.
"Just stay outside the sect gates and get some rest."
Jiang Peng looked at Huo Yuhao, who was wreathed in an undispersing aura of blood, and nodded silently.
"Understood, Captain." Jiang Peng called him captain with complete sincerity.
Since the operation to eradicate Evil Soul Masters began, the Azure Dragon Guard had pursued them almost day and night without rest under Du Busi's leadership.
After this period of tempering, the nine members of the Azure Dragon Guard, including the Di'ao team, had become extremely incisive in their methods, and their fighting styles had grown increasingly ruthless.
Jiang Peng in particular had become a Soul Emperor during this time and developed a fighting style entirely different from the academy approach.
Yet sometimes, when facing Huo Yuhao, the commanding captain of the Azure Dragon Guard, even he, known throughout Heaven Dou as the Heaven-Shaking Blood Axe, felt a chill of fear.
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