Every Soul Guidance light in the hall was switched on, flooding every inch of the space with light.
Ink-colored stone slabs paved the floor, their surfaces shallowly engraved with the Qiangu Family's coiling dragon pattern.
A straight, long alloy table stood across the center of the hall.
Qiangu Dongfeng, the Spirit Pagoda's Pagoda Master, sat upright at its head.
There were few seats along either side of the table, reserved only for the Pagoda Master, the deputy Pagoda Masters, and several core senior officials.
Deputy Pagoda Master Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu sat to the left of the head seat. The seat opposite her stood empty; it belonged to the acting deputy Pagoda Master stationed far away on the Star Luo Continent.
Everyone occupying the remaining seats was a senior official who wielded real power within the Spirit Pagoda. Even the weakest among them was already a Super Douluo. They kept their Soul Power restrained and sat upright in their places.
The heavy alloy doors closed, shutting out every sound from outside. Only the faint hum of running Soul Guidance Devices remained in the hall.
"The Spirit Pagoda's emergency meeting now officially begins."
Qiangu Dongfeng pressed both hands against the tabletop, his expression frighteningly dark, with none of his usual smoothness in dealing with all sides.
"A major disaster has occurred on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. This is footage uploaded live by the Soul Guidance Devices before they were destroyed. Everyone, please watch."
He pressed a control button with his fingertip, and a three-dimensional holographic screen slowly unfolded in midair.
The recording began with the Mecha squad entering Star Dou's sealed-off zone. The forest terrain, the Mecha formation's route of advance, the defensive shield, and the outer wall fortifications appeared before them one by one.
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