Chapter 324: Spirit Hall Senses Something Is Wrong
Inside the Supreme Pontiff Palace in Spirit City, Bibi Dong sat high upon the Pontiff's Throne with an expressionless face. She was not handling any affairs, as if she were simply waiting for something.
A moment later, several figures hurried into the Supreme Pontiff Palace. Not daring to raise their heads to look at Bibi Dong, they immediately knelt on one knee and respectfully said, "Your Majesty the Pontiff, the matter has been thoroughly investigated."
"Speak," Bibi Dong said coldly. "What exactly is Elder Yue Guan's current situation?"
"We discovered traces of Elder Yue Guan's battle in the northwestern border region of the Star Luo Empire." The leader of the group kneeling below the hall trembled uncontrollably as he reported, clearly extremely nervous. "According to our on site investigation, the battle took place about four days ago and was extremely fierce. Combined with the fact that Elder Yue Guan has been out of contact for five days, our preliminary judgment is that Elder Yue Guan should... should have already perished!"
Bang!
The moment the report ended, a massive surge of spirit power erupted from Bibi Dong's body. Having heard this news, she was clearly enraged, and directly crushed the armrest of the Pontiff's Throne.
One had to know that among all the Titled Douluo Elders in Spirit Hall, any whose spirit power broke through to Rank 96 would be promoted to an Enshrined Elder and would no longer fall under Bibi Dong's direct command. Therefore, Rank 95 Titled Douluo were already the strongest experts directly under her control.
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan not only possessed Rank 95 spirit power, but also had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ghost Douluo Gui Mei. It could be said that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were Bibi Dong's right and left arms.
But now, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan had a very high chance of having died. If he truly died, then even if Ghost Douluo Gui Mei remained alive, his value would be greatly reduced after losing the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
It could be said that if the death of Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was confirmed, Bibi Dong would suffer a tremendous loss this time.
Suppressing the fury in her heart, Bibi Dong ignored the people kneeling below and said, "Where is Tuoba Xi? Where is he hiding? Bring him to me!"
The root of this matter was the report previously sent by Sacred Dragon Sect Master Tuoba Xi, claiming that he had discovered a lone Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. But now that such a major incident had occurred, with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan very likely having perished, Bibi Dong could not help but suspect whether Tuoba Xi had deliberately provided false intelligence and colluded with other forces to set a trap against Spirit Hall.
The moment Bibi Dong gave the order, Spirit Hall's guards naturally went to relay it. Before long, they brought in Tuoba Xi, who had already arrived in Spirit City and had been waiting for orders.
When Tuoba Xi stepped into Spirit Hall, his face looked extremely grim.
He almost certainly knew that the information he had passed on had led to Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan's disappearance and possible death. So Bibi Dong summoning him now was obviously to hold him accountable.
Thus, as Tuoba Xi quickly approached, he immediately bowed deeply toward Bibi Dong, who sat high above, and respectfully said, "Your Excellency the Pontiff."
After all, as the Sect Master of the Sacred Dragon Sect and the head of the Four Lower Sects, he still held some status. So he did not need to kneel like the others had. A deep bow was already considered lowering himself quite a bit.
However, Bibi Dong could not be bothered with such formalities. After glancing at Tuoba Xi below, she directly asked, "Give me a detailed explanation. What exactly is going on?"
"It is like this, Your Excellency the Pontiff." Tuoba Xi quickly explained, "Half a month ago, in front of the Breaking Clan's residence in Fengxing City, we sensed the aura of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul after a battle. It carried both Thunder Attribute power and Dragon Might, so it was definitely the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. Furthermore, based on the strength of the aura we detected, it should have belonged to an Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan at the level of an eight ring Spirit Douluo."
Well, the Sacred Dragon Sect had mistaken the aura of Yu Tianlin, a six ring Spirit Emperor, for that of an eight ring Spirit Douluo.
"An eight ring Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?" Bibi Dong narrowed her phoenix eyes and said meaningfully, "Do you think a mere Spirit Douluo could make Elder Yue Guan disappear without even having time to send out a message? These are only your own words..."
Hearing Bibi Dong's tone, cold sweat immediately poured from Tuoba Xi's forehead, and he subconsciously wiped it away with his sleeve.
He naturally understood what Bibi Dong meant. She was suspecting him of lying. Yet for a moment, Tuoba Xi did not know how to explain himself.
"Your Excellency the Pontiff," fortunately, at that moment, the person who had reported earlier while kneeling below spoke again to help Tuoba Xi, though his expression remained hesitant. "Based on the traces at the battlefield where Elder Yue Guan fought, there were indeed many scorched marks caused by Thunder Attribute attacks. It can be confirmed that Elder Yue Guan's opponent was indeed a powerful Thunder Attribute Spirit Master."
"Exactly, exactly." Tuoba Xi nodded repeatedly. "It must have been someone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
Seeing that both accounts matched, and that it did not appear to be deliberate fabrication, Bibi Dong's expression eased slightly. Still, she sneered, "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Luomian, you are truly impressive!"
In order to make Yue Guan disappear without sending out any message at all, Bibi Dong believed that even Yu Yuanzhen, whose spirit power had reached Rank 96, could not have done it alone. It must have been the result of Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian attacking together.
The two Titled Douluo of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had actually left their Clan without even keeping one person behind to guard it, all to run off together to the Star Luo Empire and ambush Yue Guan. What exactly were they trying to do?
Just as Bibi Dong was thinking about this, another figure hurried into Spirit Hall, knelt on one knee, and reported, "Your Majesty the Pontiff, it has been confirmed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is recalling all of its disciples who are outside. The entire Clan has entered a state of the highest martial law, apparently preparing against an external threat."
The moment those words were spoken, Bibi Dong immediately confirmed that Yue Guan's disappearance was definitely connected to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Otherwise, why would the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan react this way for no reason?
Below, the kneeling figure continued, "Moreover, it is not only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan has also taken similar action, recalling its disciples while raising the Clan's defensive level to the highest rank."
Bibi Dong's phoenix brows lifted slightly. "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan?"
She had not expected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan to respond the same way as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Could Yue Guan's disappearance also be related to them?
For a moment, Bibi Dong could not make sense of the situation.
This was precisely why Yu Tianlin had gone out of his way to inform Ning Fengzhi earlier. As long as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan made some noise at this time as well, it could muddy the waters to a certain extent and interfere with Bibi Dong's judgment.
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