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Ordinarily, with the presence of the Guardian Great Formation, even facing a number of Golden Core cultivators several times their own, they would not be without the power to fight.
But at this very moment, the Hall Master of the Red Dragon Hall, influenced by that "rumor," had already left for the headquarters with a fourth-rank mid-grade Red Fire Flood Dragon!
Officially, he did so in response to the requests of the protectors and elders, seeking an explanation from the Sect Hierarch and Vice Sect Hierarchs.
In reality, however, he feared that the two Vice Hall Masters and three Elders would "rebel" and kill the fourth-rank mid-grade Red Fire Flood Dragon.
After all, just over a hundred years ago, the Great Elder of the Red Dragon Hall had indeed done such a thing.