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Chapter 823: Chapter 324: The Current "Shenxiao Envoy" Has Become Your Third Main Profession!

But... targeting the Celestial Punishment Association?!

The organization that has entrenched itself at the core of the Inner City for years, enigmatic and causing all major forces to be deeply wary, not daring to provoke easily?!

This is almost like asking them to directly storm the City Lord’s Mansion.

"Leader!" One of the high-ranking members, sitting towards the back, built like a bear with a bloody skull tattoo on his face, couldn’t hold back anymore and raised his hand sharply.

The hooded figure’s finger tapping the table paused, and the hood slightly turned in his direction: "Speak."

Given permission, the hall master nicknamed "Blood Bear" immediately spoke quickly: "Leader! The Celestial Punishment Association is no ordinary entity. We can provoke them slightly with a small-scale conflict to test them, that’s fine."

"But... what if, what if we provoke them too much? We can’t defend against their peculiar methods! And..." he swallowed, his voice carrying a hint of tremble, "I feel that at this critical moment, it’s really not wise to provoke the Celestial Punishment Association. There’s surely a reason no one dares to touch them after so many years! Recklessly confronting them, I fear..."

He didn’t finish, but the meaning was clear.

This could possibly bring a catastrophic disaster upon the Desolate Bone Corps.

The eyes in the meeting room focused between Blood Bear and the hooded figure.

Gu Yan also remained silent, clearly Blood Bear’s words represented part of his concerns.

The hooded figure listened quietly, without interruption.

Until Blood Bear finished speaking, the meeting room fell into oppressive silence again.

A few seconds later, that metallic voice rang again, still calmly but with an undeniable control:

"I understand the reason."

He paused slightly, as if giving everyone time to digest this sentence.

"But..."

"Do as I said."

These few words weighed heavily on everyone’s heart.

No explanation, no reassurance, only a command.

He slightly adjusted his feet resting on the table, the gaze under the hood swept across everyone, finally adding, his tone carrying an almost ruthless indifference:

"If the Celestial Punishment wants to play seriously..."

"There’s no need to fear."

"Then fight!"

"However..." he shifted his tone, "drag it into a long-term battle. A war of attrition, a seesaw battle. Understood?"

With this statement.

There was dead silence in the meeting room.

Blood Bear opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but facing Gu Yan, who hid his signal of slight head shaking under a mask, he finally swallowed his words.

The other high-ranking members were even more silent as if chilled.

Fight? Wage war against the Celestial Punishment Association?

Drag it into a war of attrition?

This is practically sending them to their deaths.

What exactly does the leader want to do?

Does he intend to use the hand of the Celestial Punishment Association to clear out those he finds disagreeable?

Or... is there another scheme?

Fear and confusion churned in everyone’s hearts.

But facing the hooded figure, no one dared to raise any objections.

Gu Yan was the first to stand up, bowing deeply to the hooded figure, his voice deep and firm: "Understood, sir. We will immediately adjust the deployment and prioritize actions against the Celestial Punishment Association at the highest level."

Blood Fang, Blood Bear, and other high-ranking members also stood up one by one, suppressing the surging waves in their hearts, and echoed in unison: "Yes! Leader!"

The hooded figure seemed very satisfied with their response and gently waved his hand.

Everyone felt as if pardoned, and quickly and quietly filed out of the meeting room.

In the empty meeting room, only the hooded figure remained, maintaining that lazy and strange posture.

He picked up the phone on the table.

The screen lit up with only one unread message, the sender boldly marked with two words.

[Dark Web].

The message content contained only one line of cold text:

[The Thunder God is Fang Qingyu, Old Man Hong doesn’t have much time left. He will die at the latest after the Arctic battle. Until Old Man Hong is dead, don’t provoke him!!!]

The hooded figure’s fingertip slid over the message, and the screen went dark again.

He silently leaned back into the wide seat.

Under the hood’s shadow, a very light laugh seemed to sound.

...

At the entrance of the Heavenly Smoke Processing Factory, 2 AM

The night was deep.

The massive outline of the Heavenly Smoke Processing Factory was particularly solemn in the sparse starlight.

The factory area was still brightly lit with the mechanical rumbling never ceasing, yet the faint cold and restless feeling in the air had faded greatly compared to a few hours ago.

Fang Qingyu and seven others, accompanied by a guard captain from the Wei family, walked out from the depths of the factory area, near the side door.

The captain’s face was undisguisably excited and grateful.

He bowed repeatedly to Wei Banmeng and Fang Qingyu and the others.

"Young Miss, everyone! Tonight has been... thank you so much! You’ve worked hard!"

Wei Banmeng’s face carried a hint of fatigue, but she still managed to smile warmly, waving her hand, "No need for formalities."

"Yes! Yes!" The captain responded continuously, then looked at Fang Qingyu and the others, his tone more respectful, also with a hint of a bitter smile, "Tonight the factory is so peaceful, thanks to Young Miss and everyone, our security team brothers had a much easier time tonight."

Fang Qingyu only nodded slightly, without saying much.

Jiang Wei stood silently by his side.

Chu Kuanglan grinned, patting the captain’s shoulder: "Small matter!"

Wei Banmeng resumed the conversation, saying to the captain: "By the way, we should be coming over every night for some time."

Upon hearing this, the captain’s eyes instantly lit up, he immediately straightened his back, saluting with a standard security gesture: "Yes! Young Miss! Always welcome! Should there be any need, please feel free to instruct! Our security team will fully cooperate to ensure your actions go smoothly!"