The remaining six worshippers of the Holy Spirit Church watched as five of their colleagues suddenly disappeared, each showing strange expressions on their faces.
The worshippers with evil martial souls were relatively fine, as they knew that besides the Holy Spirit Church, no other forces would accept those who were cultivated by devouring souls and flesh. They could only follow the Holy Spirit Church to the end.
But the worshippers with normal martial souls, seeing their colleagues flee, immediately began to have second thoughts.
Some cursed inwardly, "Damn it, running away without even telling me, it really pisses me off."
The Jiao Dragon Douluo Li Fei, with a cultivation of ninety-seven, watched Shen Kang, Zhang Peng, and the others vanish without a trace, his face expressionless.
He looked at Long Xiaoyao beside Ye Xishui and sighed slightly, but his expression remained resolute, clearly willing to continue following Long Xiaoyao.
Li Fei was born into a soul master family in the Heaven Soul Empire, but tragically, when he was sixteen, his family was wiped out by enemies.
He and a few clan members who were away luckily escaped, but the enemies, to eradicate any future threats, kept sending people to hunt them down.
Just as the other clan members were killed one by one, and Li Fei himself was driven to a dead end, about to die.
Long Xiaoyao, who was travelling the continent, casually saved him and even guided Li Fei, allowing him to take revenge and personally slay his enemies.
The grace of saving his life, the kindness of imparting knowledge, and Li Fei's nature of repaying kindness meant that from then on, he was utterly devoted to Long Xiaoyao. Even if Long Xiaoyao was associated with evil soul masters, he was unwilling to betray them.
With Ye Xishui's command, the massive Holy Spirit Church procession began moving toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
Numerous Holy Spirit Church disciples escorted soul guidance vehicles loaded with low and mid-tier rare metals. In the sky, dozens of flying soul beasts with controlled souls circled.
There were also evil soul masters equipped with flight soul guidance devices, as well as high-level Holy Spirit Church powerhouses with profound cultivation who could stand in the air without needing flight soul guidance devices.
The entire migration procession was like a winding black giant python.
Zhongli Wu stood on the back of a pitch-black bone dragon, glancing back at the five empty worshipper positions, a trace of gloom flashing in his eyes.
Including Uncle Long, the Holy Spirit Church originally had twelve worshippers, its strongest combat force. Now, five were suddenly gone.
Not long ago, the Xishui Alliance was destroyed, and the Second and Third Elders who presided over it were killed. Even earlier, Wang Chen had killed one of the Holy Spirit Church's Titled Douluo elders.
Now, three of the eight elders were gone, and five of the twelve worshippers were lost. Such enormous losses made Zhongli Wu, the Holy Spirit Church's leader, feel extremely heavy-hearted.
Zhongli Wu approached Ye Xishui and said in a low voice, "Mother, should I send someone to..."
Ye Xishui calmly replied, "The most important thing now is to establish a foothold in the three Douluo countries, develop our forces, and wait until the Holy Spirit Church's strength greatly advances. There will be plenty of time to deal with those traitors later.
Wu'er, the environment in the Sun Moon Empire has hindered your cultivation. Once we reach the three Douluo countries, cultivate well and strive to break through to the ninety-ninth rank soon, becoming a Limit Douluo."
Hearing the words "Limit Douluo," Zhongli Wu felt his blood boil. Previously in the Sun Moon Empire, he couldn't freely slaughter to advance his cultivation. Now heading to the three Douluo countries, his strength would surely rise rapidly.
As the Holy Spirit Church's leader, Zhongli Wu also had ambitions. He didn't want to remain his mother's yes-man forever.
He wanted to hold real power and become the king of evil soul masters. But... with insufficient cultivation, he couldn't suppress the Holy Spirit Church and could only be a puppet, following his mother's orders.
Zhongli Wu nodded immediately, "I understand, Mother."
Ye Xishui said, "Continue advancing."
Long Xiaoyao, standing nearby, watched this scene of motherly kindness and filial piety, feeling somewhat stifled. The woman he loved had a child with another man, while his own child with her had been killed.
Ye Xishui also sensed Long Xiaoyao's bad mood and softly comforted him, "Xiaoyao, I've found a fertility pill recipe. We'll try it later. If it doesn't work, you can find a young woman to bear your child. I don't mind."
Ye Xishui said that, but in her heart, she absolutely wouldn't allow it. If Long Xiaoyao dared to have a child with another woman, she would tear that woman apart alive.
Long Xiaoyao looked at Ye Xishui with deep affection, "Xishui, I only love you. I have no eyes for other women."
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While the Holy Spirit Church was migrating, at the border between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
The Sun Moon Empire's soul mentor legion stationed here received an urgent evacuation order from the emperor.
It required the border soul mentor legion to immediately withdraw to the northern stronghold of the Sun Moon Empire, avoiding the migrating Holy Spirit Church.
Xu Jing was shrewd. After learning from the worshipper Shen Kang that the Holy Spirit Church was leaving the Sun Moon Empire for the three Douluo countries.
He immediately issued the decree, ordering the border soul mentor legion to evacuate first, avoiding conflict with the Holy Spirit Church to prevent losses.
Xu Jing didn't believe that the Holy Spirit Church's evil soul masters, planning to leave the Sun Moon Empire, would show mercy if they encountered the soul mentor legion.
...
Time flew by, and one day later.
The migrating Holy Spirit Church arrived at the border between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
Under the dim yellow sunlight, the sky was slightly darkened.
Ye Xishui looked at the towering and perilous Ming Dou Mountain Range, as well as the massive fortress built along the mountain and heavily guarded, and said, "The Star Luo Empire is near. Accelerate!"
Zhongli Wu and the many evil soul masters looked at the nearby fortress, their eyes red with excitement, like beasts escaping their cages, their faces showing bloodthirsty, ferocious smiles as they roared and charged toward the fortress.
As for the so-called perilous terrain, that was for ordinary people. For soul masters who could fly, it was nothing.
Zhongli Wu led the charge, rushing out first with Vice Leader Feng Ling, then laughing loudly, "Destroy this fortress that blocks the Holy Spirit Church's advance!!"
The Holy Spirit Church's elder powerhouses excitedly said, "Yes, Leader!"
Myriad Soul Douluo said, "Hahaha, Leader, rest assured. Today, this fortress will surely become a river of blood."
Sn bloodthirsty Douluo said, "It's been too long since I last slaughtered freely. Today, I must kill to my heart's content."
Abomination Douluo said, "Except for our Holy Spirit Church members, no one else is allowed to live!"
The many evil soul master powerhouses with Titled Douluo or higher cultivation erupted their soul power together, evil energy rushing straight to the heavens, making the already dim sky even darker.
For a moment, resentful spirits wailed, black shadows pervaded, blood qi overflowed, and the evil soul masters laughed maniacally, each unleashing their signature moves, sweeping toward the Star Luo Empire's fortress.
In the military fortress, the highest commander of the Northwest Army—White Tiger Duke Dai Hao stood on the fortress wall inspecting defences when he suddenly felt a palpitation.
He abruptly looked into the distance, seeing on the horizon a mass of black clouds approaching the fortress at an astonishing speed.
But upon closer inspection, it wasn't clouds at all, but one after another soul power thick and terrifyingly powerful experts.
Dai Hao's cultivation wasn't weak; his soul power was close to Titled Douluo, but looking at that cloud, he only felt chills all over, sweating profusely.
The soul power contained in the cloud far exceeded him, a peak Soul Douluo, and even a Titled Douluo couldn't compare.
"Enemy attack—! Activate maximum defence, everyone on alert!!" Dai Hao shouted sternly, his eight-ring Soul Douluo soul power erupting, White Tiger possession, Dai Hao's body emitting a fierce iron-blooded killing aura.
The soul master powerhouses guarding the fortress immediately possessed their martial souls, ordinary soul masters quickly entering battle positions.
Then they urged their soul power, opening various defensive soul guidance device barriers to protect the fortress.
At the same time, controlling soul guidance cannons, ready to fire, waiting only for the enemy to enter range.
However, when that "cloud" approached, everyone gasped in shock—
Twisted, resentful spirits, ferocious white bone skulls, rotting corpses, bloodthirsty bats, massive bone dragons... destructively shattering the defensive towers near the fortress, then laughing maniacally as they charged quickly.
Seeing such terrifying and evil scenes, the two Titled Douluo in the fortress, one Super Douluo, all widened their eyes in disbelief.
One of the Titled Douluo powerhouses said, "Evil soul masters, so many evil soul masters, such strong evil soul masters!! Titled Douluo? No, Super Douluo evil soul masters!"
The other Titled Douluo powerhouse also turned pale, "How can there be so many evil soul masters rushing from the Sun Moon Empire side. What's going on! Or is this the Sun Moon Empire's doing!"
The fortress's strongest combat force, the ninety-fifth rank Super Douluo—Star Shattering Douluo, had a grave expression, thinking inwardly, "With this momentum, the fortress probably can't hold. Later, I need to find a chance to escape. With my space martial soul, escaping should be possible."
Dai Hao roared, "Soul guidance cannons fire!! Soul master legion, launch attacks!!"
With Dai Hao's words, on the fortress wall, one after another ferocious soul guidance cannon barrels erupted with yellow light.
The two-thousand-person soul master legion also launched attacks together.
With a massive boom, yellow energy shockwaves tore through space, shaking the atmosphere, thundering toward the rapidly approaching evil soul masters.
Although without linked soul guidance devices, this strike gathering two thousand soul masters and numerous soul guidance cannons, even a ninety-fifth or ninety-sixth rank Super Douluo would find it hard to resist, inevitably retreating, and if hit, death or severe injury.
Facing the attacks from the Star Luo Empire defenders in the fortress, Zhongli Wu, at the forefront of the evil soul masters, standing on the bone dragon, remained calm, fully releasing his Super Douluo pressure.
During this time, Zhongli Wu's soul power had another small breakthrough, very close to the ninety-seventh rank, though still not reaching the original's ninety-eighth rank cultivation, but his strength was not to be underestimated.
Zhongli Wu waved his hand, a staff appearing in it, six black and three red nine soul rings rising and lighting up one after another.
Zhongli Wu's martial soul was named Death God Demon Puppet, derived from Ye Xishui's martial soul, Blood Soul Demon Puppet.
But compared to Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu's martial soul had mutated, becoming even more powerful.
It could be said to surpass the master, not only able to devour death qi to increase strength, but also having extremely strong direct combat ability. It could also enslave beast spirits to fight for him...
Though abilities were numerous, all were extremely powerful, the top-tier evil martial soul.
Zhongli Wu looked at the shockwave disdainfully, "Without linked soul guidance devices uniting, what's the use of numbers? Power dispersed, watch me break it!"
The hundred-meter-sized ferocious bone dragon beneath him had green flames jumping in its dragon eyes, then the bone dragon opened its mouth, spitting out a head-sized cyan light orb.
This cyan light orb was named Wind Extreme, with attributes already very close to extreme attributes. Its power was immense; Zhongli Wu had once used this move to flatten a mountain.
The head-sized cyan light orb sliced through space, leaving a deep black gash in space, then collided with the shockwave.
The bone dragon Zhongli Wu controlled was astonishingly strong; this cyan light orb, with highly compressed wind attribute energy, directly pierced the massive energy shockwave, splitting it in two.
One half of the split energy shockwave went to the sky, the other to the ground, causing no harm to the evil soul masters.
Zhongli Wu, with his own power, blocked the attack from the fortress's soul master legion.
The other Holy Spirit Church evil soul master powerhouses also displayed their divine abilities, frantically attacking the fortress.
The fortress's various defensive soul guidance device barriers shattered one after another, even as the fortress defenders and many soul master powerhouses continuously resisted.
But the number of powerhouses was simply too few; how could one fortress's powerhouses compare to the Holy Spirit Church, which could rival a country?
Though Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao didn't act, they only pressured from the rear. Still, the fortress's various defensive soul guidance devices couldn't last a minute before completely dimming.
Without the protection of defensive soul guidance shields, the fortress was like a beauty without clothes.
Facing the numerous covetous wolves, it could only whimper in misery.
The evil soul masters, seeing the fortress defences broken, let out ferocious evil laughs, eyes red as they charged up.
"For Star Luo!" Dai Hao watched the fortress broken, numerous evil soul masters rushing inside.
He immediately roared in anger, leading the White Tiger personal guards and over ten high-ranking generals to fight the encircling evil soul masters.
White Tiger Intense Light Wave swept out, turning over ten low-tier evil soul masters to ashes.
But soon, Myriad Soul Douluo and Abomination, two Holy Spirit Church elders, surrounded him.
Myriad Soul Douluo sighed, "Titled Douluo are all taken by the Leader and worshippers; we can only devour Soul Douluo and Soul Sages, sigh."
Abomination Douluo grinned, "Having something to eat is good enough. If you disdain it, I can take over, hahaha."
Myriad Soul Douluo cursed, "Get lost, get lost, I'm starving, no need for you to substitute."
As soon as he spoke, a red light flashed in Myriad Soul Douluo's eyes, slapping toward White Tiger Duke.
Dai Hao, merely a peak Soul Douluo, how could he be a match for a Holy Spirit Church elder? The battle was one-sided.
Dai Hao watched his personal guards fall one by one to protect him, his eyes cracking with rage.
Myriad Soul Douluo clawed out again, aiming for Dai Hao.
At this life-and-death moment, Dai Hao's vice general, a Soul Douluo powerhouse, pushed Dai Hao away, desperately blocking the Holy Spirit Church elder's claw for him; his martial soul true body exploded, his heart even gouged out.
The vice general painfully shouted, "Duke, hurry and escape!"
"Want to run? Haha, a peak Soul Douluo thinking to escape from my hands, ridiculous."
Myriad Soul Douluo crushed the vice general's heart with a claw, then absorbed his soul into the martial soul Myriad Soul Banner.
Abomination immediately said, "Myriad Soul Douluo, you took this Soul Douluo's soul, then the other one, you can't snatch it."
Myriad Soul Douluo glanced at Dai Hao, dissatisfied, "One early-stage Soul Douluo, one peak Soul Douluo, how can they compare?!"
Ultimately, after negotiation, Abomination Douluo agreed to give Myriad Soul Douluo a few Soul Sages to make up the difference.
Though Myriad Soul Douluo and Abomination Douluo were negotiating, their hands didn't stop.
The guards and powerhouses around Dai Hao decreased at a visible speed; after discussion, only Dai Hao and two Soul Sages remained alive.
Dai Hao, watching himself treated like an item being haggled over by the evil soul masters, felt unprecedented humiliation.
He immediately planned to fight to the death to injure the enemy.
A dozen-meter-sized white tiger roared, charging at Abomination Douluo.
Moments later, Dai Hao's corpse lay on the ground, head with a large hole, red and white flowing everywhere.
Abomination Douluo licked the blood and brain matter on his hand, then devoured Dai Hao's soul and flesh completely.
After devouring Dai Hao, Abomination Douluo's aura surged, soul power breaking through from the ninety-first to the ninety-second rank.
Abomination Douluo immediately howled to the sky, "Hahaha, refreshing, refreshing, too refreshing!!"
Myriad Soul Douluo, watching Abomination Douluo's soul power break through a rank, drooled with envy, immediately absorbing the other two Soul Sages' souls into the Myriad Soul Douluo Banner.
As the sun set in the west, the afterglow was like blood.
For a time, a bloody feast played out in the fortress, evil soul masters wantonly devouring souls and flesh.
Turning the entire fortress into a hell on earth...
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One day later, the Star Luo Empire court was in upheaval.
"Report—! Ming Dou Mountain Range fortress lost, the stationed army was annihilated! White Tiger Duke died in battle, Giant Strength Douluo died in battle, Heaven Fiend Douluo died in battle... Only Lord Star Shattering Douluo escaped severely injured."
The court was in an uproar. Emperor Xu Jiawei stood up abruptly: "What, could it be the Sun Moon Empire launching war!?"
The intelligence officer trembled as he answered: "Unknown, only know it's an extremely powerful evil soul master force. After occupying the fortress, they are advancing inland, everywhere they pass... rivers of blood."
Xu Jiawei's face turned iron-blue, roaring, "Immediately seek aid from Shrek Academy. Shrek Academy monitors the continent; with so many evil soul masters, they must intervene!"
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