Douluo Continent: I Moved the Entire Dragon King.

"Gentlemen, this way! This way!"

The scarred, burly man turned around and staggered off in another direction in the alley.

Huo Yuhao and Yougui exchanged a glance, then followed.

"You're quite decisive, kid. I think you could join our Holy Spirit Execution Department, even if you don't have an evil-type martial soul."

Yougui looked at Huo Yuhao beside him and laughed.

"Senior Ghost is joking. I am a member of the Body Sect."

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Besides, my martial soul isn't an evil type either."

The three of them, one in front and two behind, disappeared into the depths of the alley.

……

At the other end of the alley, a figure was hiding behind a corner of the wall, his eyes fixed intently on the direction the group had gone.

It was a woman who looked to be around twenty years old.

She wasn't particularly beautiful, but she possessed a unique, heroic air.

Her wheat-colored skin had a healthy glow; she was tall and slender with a shapely figure; and her eyes were sharp and bright.

Her long, dark red hair was casually draped over her shoulders, shimmering faintly in the sunlight.

She was wearing the uniform of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, with a badge embroidered on her chest representing her fourth year.

It was Nana, a fourth-year student at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy (she appears as a sixth-year student in the original work).

Nana looked at the pile of ice shards on the ground, then at the direction where Huo Yuhao and the others had disappeared, her eyes filled with tension and complexity.

"That Huo Yuhao..."

She murmured to herself, her voice filled with disbelief.

"Who exactly is he?"

In the past few days, Huo Yuhao's name has been the talk of the town at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

Not only was he very close to the siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, but he also... defeated Ji Juechen. Nana originally thought that Huo Yuhao was just a talented exchange student.

But today she witnessed Huo Yuhao turn four members of the Holy Spirit Cult into ice shards with a mere wave of his hand.

That kind of method, that kind of ruthless attitude... it's not like a teenager should have it at all.

A thought suddenly arose in Nana's mind.

"What exactly is Huo Yuhao's relationship with the Holy Spirit Cult?"

She remembered what the man in gray had said earlier.

"Fight evil with evil, and poison with poison."

“We understand the methods of evil spirit masters better than they do.”

Nana frowned deeply. The man in gray claimed to be from the "Holy Spirit Execution Department".

Huo Yuhao was clearly in cahoots with him. If what the gray-clad man said was true, and they specialized in dealing with evil soul masters... then Huo Yuhao could also be considered on the side of justice.

But... Nana felt something was off.

She couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong, but her intuition told her that things weren't as simple as they seemed.

Nana took a deep breath, suppressing her doubts, and then prepared to leave. Just then, a soul tool the size of a mosquito appeared in the Ghost's hand and followed Nana.

Huo Yuhao had already spotted Nana earlier, but her uniform was clearly from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, so Huo Yuhao only told Yougui about the situation. Yougui, on the other hand, used a tracking-type soul tool. If Nana was colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult... this level eight soul tool was no joke.

Chapter 291 Holy Spirit Church Branch? I thought it was the backyard.

The scarred giant led the way, with Huo Yuhao and Yougui following behind him on either side. The three of them walked through several narrow streets, becoming increasingly secluded.

The surrounding buildings are becoming increasingly dilapidated, and there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road.

Finally, the scarred man stopped in front of a courtyard.

"It's...it's right here."

His voice trembled slightly as he pointed ahead. Huo Yuhao looked up and scanned the courtyard before him.

The courtyard wall is not high, and it is made of bluish-gray bricks, which looks quite old.

The courtyard gate consisted of two heavy wooden doors, without any carvings or decorations, appearing simple and dull.

The most striking feature is that the roofs of the buildings in the courtyard are black.

That kind of black wasn't ordinary black tile; it was a deep, somewhat oppressive pitch black that didn't shine through even in the sunlight.

Huo Yuhao frowned slightly; something looked off here.

The ghost stood beside Huo Yuhao, its gaze sweeping across the courtyard before settling on the scarred man.

"Is this the territory of your Holy Spirit Church?"

The scarred man nodded quickly.

"Yes, it is."

"If this is the Holy Spirit Church, isn't it far too shabby?"

"and……"

He paused, his tone carrying a hint of disdain.

"How many people can such a small place hold?"

Cold sweat beaded on the scarred man's forehead, and he quickly began to explain.

"This...this is not the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Church, it's just a branch."

“The branch was already relatively small, so…”

"So what?"

The ghost's voice remained cold. Although it was only a branch, the ghost believed that the number of people should not be small.

The scarred man swallowed and continued.

"So... there aren't many people stationed here normally."

"The strongest person stationed here is an elder."

Huo Yuhao's brows twitched slightly upon hearing the word "elder".

"Elder?"

He asked.

"What level of strength?"

The scarred man glanced cautiously at Huo Yuhao, his mind flashing back to the image of his four companions turning into ice shards.

He knew perfectly well that lying to this boy was pointless.

The scarred man's Adam's apple bobbed, and he answered honestly.

"Seven...seven rings, Soul Saint."

Huo Yuhao nodded and continued to ask.

"Are there any Soul Masters in this branch?"

The scarred man shook his head.

No...no.

"Most of us in the Holy Spirit Church are traditional soul masters."

After listening, Huo Yuhao had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Judging from the information provided by the scarred man, this branch of the Holy Spirit Church is not very strong.

With only one 7th-ring Soul Saint in charge, the rest of the group are probably not of very high level either.

Huo Yuhao and Yougui exchanged a glance, their eyes conveying a tacit understanding.

The ghost chuckled softly and spoke.

"Although I am only a sixth-ring Soul Saint, the opponent is merely a seventh-ring Soul Saint."

His tone carried a hint of confidence.

"No problem at all."

Huo Yuhao nodded, but remained cautious.

Although the opponent only has seven rings, he is still a Soul Saint, and his martial soul is unknown. If he has any strange abilities, we still need to be careful.

"We still need to be cautious."

Huo Yuhao spoke up.

"Just in case the opponent's martial spirit has something special about it."

The ghost nodded.

"That's right."

Both men's gazes fell on the scarred man at the same time. The scarred man trembled all over under their gazes, and his legs went weak.

"Go open the door."

The ghost spoke, his tone leaving no room for argument.

The scarred man dared not refuse, and quickly nodded, heading towards the courtyard gate.

He walked to the door, took a deep breath, and then raised his hand and knocked rhythmically a few times.

A moment later, the courtyard gate creaked open a crack.

A young face peeked out from the crack in the door.

It was a young man, dressed in a black robe and wearing a straw hat that covered most of his face.

Just then, the ghost's figure flashed like a gray lightning bolt, instantly appearing in front of the young man.

His hand shot out suddenly, striking the young man precisely on the back of the neck.

boom--!

A muffled thud.

Before the young man could even utter a sound, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed limply to the ground.

The ghost reached out and supported his body, gently placing him on the ground without making a loud noise.

The ghost pulled out a fist-sized, transparent spherical soul tool from its bosom. The sphere emitted a faint ghostly light and its surface was engraved with complex soul guidance array patterns.

"This person's hands were not stained with blood."

The ghost explained, shaking the sphere around the youth. The sphere's light remained stable and unchanged.

"This soul tool is called the 'Blood Light Bead'."

The ghost looked at Huo Yuhao and continued speaking.

"If someone has blood on their hands, the Bloodlight Bead will emit a red light."

"The more people you kill, the brighter the light shines."

"This thing can only be used by members whose martial souls are biased towards evil, in order to sense and determine whether the other party should be killed."

Huo Yuhao nodded, gaining a deeper understanding of the Holy Spirit Execution Department's methods.

Using an evil-type martial soul to sense killing... using evil to control evil, it's truly not just talk.

"Let's go."

The ghost put away the blood-red orb and stood up.

The scarred giant stood to the side, looking at the young man lying on the ground, then at You Gui and Huo Yuhao, his lips trembling, not daring to utter a single word.

These two people... are absolutely terrifying.

The scarred man took a deep breath, pushed open the courtyard gate, and led the two men inside.