Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 439 Riding a Tiger and Being Difficult to Dismount
This move by the Sun-Moon Empire was extremely insidious, and it put the academies and sects that originally belonged to the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent in a dilemma. If they chose to help the three empires, then most of the elite disciples detained by the Sun-Moon Empire would be gone. If they chose not to help, then what would the three empires think? Although they knew that they had their own difficulties, this was not a reason for them to stand idly by. For the three empires, not helping them would be treason, no matter what the reason was.

This vicious move directly put the sect academies of the former Douluo Three Kingdoms on the fire and also posed a big problem to the three empires. They did not want to force it, but they had to, which was why they actively sent out rescue teams.

As long as the hostages can be rescued, the problem will be solved.

The academies and sects within the three empires can also work together to resist the invasion of the Sun and Moon Empire.

There are mainly two rows of water dungeons. In the middle of the two rows of dungeons is a stone platform about one meter above the water surface. The stone platform extends straight, and there are several people in black cloaks patrolling back and forth on it.

Even without deliberately investigating, Ji Lin could feel the cold and evil aura emanating from these evil soul masters.

The water dungeon was on the inside of the city wall, which meant that Feng Ling's information was not entirely accurate. The water dungeon did use the water from the moat, but it was not outside the city, it was still inside the city, and judging from the water diversion situation, the water dungeon must have an entrance inside the city.

Ji Lin's mouth twitched. This is really a series of twists and turns. You thought we were inside the city, but no, we are outside the city. You thought we were outside the city, but no, we are still inside the city.

Ji Lin had a very strong sense of direction. After a brief thought, he had roughly determined the location of the entrance. What made him speechless was that the entrance was actually in the soldier cave next to the south city gate.

The Soldier Cave is a place for soldiers to rest temporarily when defending the city. It is located on the side of the city gate. They can quickly support the city gate from below and quickly climb to the top of the city. It is indeed a good arrangement! There are soldiers guarding places like the Soldier Cave at all times. In addition, there are a large number of detection soul guides near the city gate. It is extremely difficult to sneak in without being discovered.

When Ji Lin was making a judgment, suddenly, he found that several evil soul masters were walking towards this side. The evil soul masters who had been patrolling before were standing respectfully on both sides of the stone platform, bending deeply, showing an extremely respectful look.

The few people who were walking slowly did not use cloaks to cover their bodies. There were five of them in total, two Titled Douluo and three Soul Douluo evil soul masters.

The two Titled Douluo in the lead were ferocious and looked not to be trifled with, while the other three Soul Douluo were three old men who looked to be at least seventy years old. Surprisingly, these three old men looked exactly alike and were dressed the same.

They are all very thin, with many wrinkles on their faces, gray hair simply draped behind their heads, and dim eyes, giving people a gloomy feeling. The most distinctive feature is that they all have a hooked nose and very thin lips.

The three old men were all dressed in gray robes, and each of them was holding a cane in his hand. The cane was completely black, at least ten feet long, and each had a gray gem the size of a human head on the top.

The five evil soul masters can resist even if they face more than five Titled Douluo. Moreover, there are at least dozens of evil soul masters deployed here. It is not known whether there are other powerful evil soul masters. There are also two soul guide regiments' defense forces outside. Risheng City is not too far from Mingdu, and reinforcements can be mobilized from Mingdu at any time. The arrangements of the Sun and Moon Empire can be said to be very tight.

The war must have already started on the border, but the Sun-Moon Empire still has such arrangements. It can be seen that the Sun-Moon Empire still cares a lot about these prisoners.

While thinking about it, Ji Lin tried his best to suppress his mental fluctuations to avoid being discovered.

Fortunately, his mental power is now superior to those evil soul masters in both quality and quantity, otherwise he might really be discovered by the two Titled Douluo-level evil soul masters.

As long as there is no evil spiritual master present, Ji Lin doesn't have to worry about being discovered.

The five evil soul masters walked while looking into the water dungeons on both sides. The hostages naturally saw them and stared at them with resentful eyes, but these hostages were too weak and had lost even the strength to shout and curse.

The fierce old man in the lead walked over and said, "Is there any problem with the control? Are there enough drugs?"

"There are enough medicines. Every day we put Soul-Destroying Powder into the water. Even if you are a Titled Douluo, you can't gather your soul power if you soak in the water. Moreover, these guys haven't eaten for a long time. Even if they have the physique of a soul master, they are all sore and weak. Several of them fainted before, and we replenished their nutrition in time."

The one who answered was one of the three old men.

The old man in the lead stopped, turned around and looked at the triplets, and said, "Ah Tian, ​​we still have to give them food. Under the effect of the Soul-Destroying Powder, these people can't make any waves at all, but we can't let them starve to death. The leader will still be of great use to them later. These hostages have a lot of surplus value. I know you brothers need these powerful souls, but not now, understand?"

"Yes, Second Elder." The old man called A Tian nodded, but from his expression, it can be seen that he did not agree with what the Second Elder said. However, he obviously gave the Second Elder face and immediately added: "Then I will arrange it now and give them something to eat. Second brother, third brother, let's go together."

Having said that, he nodded to the Second Elder and the Fourth Elder beside him, then turned and left.

Watching the two leave, the fourth elder's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he said in a deep voice: "The three Zhongli brothers rely on being the leader's servants and are getting more and more outrageous. To get food for the prisoners, do they need the three brothers to go by themselves? This is clearly a show of power to us brothers." The second elder glanced at the fourth elder and said in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense. The three Zhongli brothers are the leader's direct subordinates. We are also loyal to the leader. Everything is the most important for the cause of our sect."

Although he said this, there was a hint of coldness in his eyes, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the actions of the three Zhongli brothers.

Ever since his third brother disappeared, the status of their line of elders in the Holy Spirit Church has been impacted. The three Zhongli brothers, relying on being servants of the leader Zhongli Wu, have no respect for them at all, and their usual respect is all a disguise.

The two men walked back and forth in the water dungeon along the stone platform before walking out.

Ji Lin has been observing secretly. It seems that these two Titled Douluo have conflicts with the three Soul Douluo, and the control of the water prison should be in the hands of the three Zhongli brothers. In addition, all these contestants have been poisoned by a poison called Soul-Destroying Powder. Ji Lin has an impression of this poison. Back then in Longcheng, after the leader of the Dilongmen, Nan Shuishui, was captured by the three elders of the Holy Spirit Church, his soul power was suppressed by this poison and he could not use it. It seems that this is the same poison. After all, they are all evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Church.

The situation had been clarified, and there was no need for Ji Lin to continue investigating. He quietly withdrew his mental detection.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan did not alarm anyone and quickly returned to the hotel.

"How's it going? Did you find anything?"

Wang Qiuer and others who had been waiting saw Ji Lin and Chi Yuan coming back and asked hurriedly.

"Those contestants are indeed imprisoned in a water dungeon, which is guarded by evil soul masters. All the contestants have been poisoned and are unable to gather soul power. Under such circumstances, it is very difficult to rescue hundreds of people."

Ji Lin frowned slightly.

"Poison? What kind of poison?"

Ling Luochen asked curiously. Ling Luochen, whose martial soul had evolved into the ultimate ice, was no longer afraid of poison.

"You should be familiar with it. It's the Soul-Destroying Powder."

Hearing Ji Lin say this, Ling Luochen and Ye Guyi felt like they had heard of it somewhere, but they couldn't remember it for a while. Wang Dong'er, Xiaoxiao and Wang Qiu'er were confused, as they had never heard of this Soul-Destroying Powder!
Suddenly, Nan Qiuqiu at the side suddenly realized: "Soul-destroying powder, I remember now, isn't this the poison that my mother was poisoned with before!"

Ji Lin nodded and said, "Yes, it is the Soul-Destroying Powder. It is the same kind of poison. Its effect is also to suppress the soul power of the soul master, making the soul master powerless."

Nan Qiuqiu said excitedly, "If it's the Soul-Destroying Powder, then I have a way. My mother was poisoned by this poison, and I spent a lot of time researching it. I have already developed an antidote. This is just in case. After all, it's the poison of an evil soul master. If I run into it again, I won't be helpless. Now it comes in handy."

Ji Lin's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Qiuqiu, it was indeed a good idea to bring you along this time. You finally played a role."

Nan Qiuqiu looked smug, then realized what Ji Lin meant, put her hands on her hips, and said angrily: "Do you mean I was useless before?"

Ji Lin was about to nod when Wang Qiuer suddenly stopped him and said, "Okay, stop teasing Qiuqiu. Business is more important."

Although Nan Qiuqiu didn't have the ready-made antidote, she had a prescription. According to the prescription, the Soul-Destroying Powder was a plant toxin, made from the juice of about three poisonous plants.

A total of five kinds of medicinal materials are needed to make the antidote. Ji Lin and his companions split up and bought one kind of medicinal material from each major pharmacy branch. With the prescription, they quickly made the antidote.

But if they want to restore the hostages' combat effectiveness, the antidote alone is not enough. It takes time for them to recover their combat effectiveness. In other words, they need to detoxify the hostages in advance to ensure their combat effectiveness during the operation.

So Ji Lin asked Chi Yuan to sneak into the water dungeon with the antidote, put the antidote into the water dungeon, and use the medicinal properties of the antidote to slowly neutralize the effects of the Soul-Destroying Powder.

(End of this chapter)