Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

“Lu Jun.” Emperor Xu called out directly, his tone certain, “You deserve the greatest credit for this operation to wipe out the Green Skull’s core base and thwart their assassination plot. There is no doubt about that, so there is no need for you to be modest and refuse.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun scratched the back of his head in a somewhat helpless manner.

To be honest, he initially just wanted to accompany Wu Siduo home to settle her family's old grudges. Who would have thought that by a twist of fate, he would uncover Zhang Geyang, a deeply lurking big fish, and thus expose the Green Skull organization's massive conspiracy network?

The turn of events completely exceeded his expectations, ultimately resulting in a severe blow to the Green Skull organization. This dramatic development left even him somewhat amused and bewildered.

This is incredibly lucky...

He sighed inwardly.

"Regarding the Federation's reward for you personally, let's postpone it for now and focus on the important matters at hand, which concern the safety of the entire Eastern Continent and even the Federation."

Emperor Xu changed the subject, his expression turning serious.

Although he greatly admired Lu Jun, this young man.

Despite his young age, he possesses exceptional strength and talent surpassing even Yun Ming in his prime. Most importantly, he has no ambition for power and currently holds only the nominal position of Spirit Messenger in the Spirit Pagoda, never showing any interest in becoming a councilor, deputy tower master, or even the tower master.

This kind of genius, who is purely focused on cultivation, is exactly what Emperor Xu Tian values ​​and loves most.

Xu Tiandi raised his hand and lightly tapped the smooth conference table with his knuckles, producing a crisp sound that immediately drew everyone's attention. He said in a deep voice:
"I must remind you all that we are far from being able to rest easy about the Green Skull organization incident. In fact, the real threat has only just begun to surface."

His sharp gaze swept across the entire room, and he dropped a bombshell:

"Based on intelligence obtained by our Federation's most elite intelligence agency through overnight raids and interrogations of captured core members of the Green Skull organization."

"None of the six Limit Douluos we killed in this operation, including Quasi-God Zhang Geyang, are currently the true supreme leader of the Green Skull Organization!"

"what?!"

"This is impossible!"

"Six Limit Douluos... and none of them are the leader?!"

These words were like a bombshell dropped on a calm lake, causing an uproar in the entire conference room.

All the councilors, whether from the Eastern Continent or from the Federal Headquarters, wore expressions of disbelief and shock.

Even Lu Jun, who had remained calm, and Wu Siduo, who was nestled beside him, had subtle changes in their expressions, their eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

How can it be? !
That's a full six Limit Douluos!

One of them is even a quasi-god level being!
Such powerful forces are all just subordinates?
They haven't even gotten close to the leader?
Isn't the hidden strength of the Green Skull organization a bit too overpowered?
This is comparable to, and may even surpass, the high-end combat power reserves of top Federation forces such as the Spirit Pagoda and the Temple of War.

"This cruel fact proves that," Xu Tiandi's voice suppressed the commotion in the room, carrying a heavy tone, "that the Green Skull organization, this venomous snake lurking in the shadows, still poses a huge and unknown threat to our Federation and to the entire human society."

"What we destroyed earlier was perhaps just one of its many tentacles."

He picked up an encrypted electronic report from beside him, glanced at it quickly, and continued:

"I have reviewed your action report in detail."

"What concerns me most, and what alarms me most, is the extraordinary combat prowess displayed by the traitor Zhang Geyang," Xu Tiandi analyzed in detail.

"According to our past records, Zhang Geyang was only a level 98 Super Douluo before his betrayal. However, after receiving the so-called Goddess of Beauty's divine power, not only was his cultivation level forcibly raised to the level 99 Quasi-God level, but more importantly, as a core believer of the Goddess of Beauty, he was actually able to use a portion of the original power belonging to the gods."

He looked at Lu Jun, his tone grave:

"That's why even someone as powerful as Harosa from the Spirit Pagoda was suppressed by him at one point using divine power, and almost couldn't be defeated quickly. What does this show?"

Xu Tiandi's voice suddenly rose, carrying a stern tone as if revealing the truth:

"This suggests that every high-ranking core member of the Green Skull organization likely possesses abilities similar to Zhang Geyang's."

"They all have ways to borrow a portion of the goddess's power through some unknown ritual or connection!"

He used a vivid analogy:

"This is similar to how a higher-dimensional being cannot directly enter a lower-dimensional world; it needs a stable medium or coordinate to project its power onto our Douluo Continent."

"To give an example, just like how we humans need to use a specific online account to enter and interact with the virtual world of the internet."

Xu Tiandi's gaze swept over every pale-faced member of parliament present, and he uttered, word by word, that chilling conclusion:
"And every high-ranking member of the Green Skull organization is equivalent to that goddess's divine power account in Douluo Continent."

"Through these 'accounts,' she can bestow a portion of her terrifying divine power upon this place!"

"In other words... we can make a bold and terrifying conjecture: every high-ranking member of the Green Skull organization with an account, when empowered by the Goddess of Beauty, may be no less powerful than Harosa."

"hiss--"

Xu Tiandi's astonishing deduction based on facts was like the cold wind from the far north, instantly sweeping through the entire conference room, causing everyone to feel a chill rise from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads.

Panic spread like wildfire.

Is every high-ranking member of the Green Skull organization possibly as powerful as Harosa?

What a despairing and terrifying balance of power this is!

Who is Harosa? He is a legendary figure who has been famous for over two hundred years, is known as the King of the Underworld, stands at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent, and is among the top of the "Four Limit Douluos and One Beast God".

If the Green Skull organization has multiple holders of such powerful accounts...

Its strength likely surpasses that of any single known power.

The immense pressure brought about by this inference even made Lu Jun's expression turn serious, and his brows furrowed tightly.

He realized that the previous victory might have just been the prelude to an even bigger storm.

The true strength and threat posed by the goddess hidden behind the scenes and the Green Skull organization she controls far exceed their previous estimates.

This is a bit tricky... Their high-end combat capabilities aren't much weaker than the Federation's. (End of Chapter)