In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Chapter 98. Battle Blade Mukuro (Ultimate Despair)

The fact that the Angel Family was willing to relinquish the authority of the Angel lineage caught everyone off guard. Perhaps... only a family like the Angel Thousand Family, a family that has carried out the ancestral precept of "Angels God, Suppress Evil Souls" to the end, has such courage.

After today, the landscape of Douluo Continent will likely change once again. Regardless of whether the Angel Family can achieve their goal, they have at least demonstrated the courage they should have. They are far better than those forces that claim to be righteous but never do anything worthwhile.

After the sect ceremony concluded, representatives from various forces left Mingdu one after another, including Aying. She did not attempt to reach a cooperation agreement with the Sun Moon Empire and the Spirit Hall as previously agreed, in order to gain a period of peaceful development.

What is war about? It's about the hearts of the people! Those who follow the right path receive much help, while those who stray from it receive little. Even the highest deities, do they truly have no chance to fall to the mortal realm?

What should she do on this turbulent Douluo Continent?

……

The perspective shifts to the eight members of the Tang Clan.

Thanks to a helpful stranger's reminder, the Tang Clan's eight members suddenly realized they seemed to be going in the wrong direction. The treasure's location wasn't at the border between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Douling Empire, but rather... in the heart of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

They only had a general location, and it would probably take forever to find it. So, they had no choice but to reluctantly part with it and spend 200,000 gold soul coins to buy a holographic map of the Heavenly Soul Empire from a black market merchant.

The so-called holographic map is actually a projection device that records a series of landmarks such as mountains, rivers, and passes of the Heavenly Soul Empire. By using these landmarks as aiming points, the exact location of the treasure can be found.

The production process of holographic maps is not complicated. Ye Xishui can make dozens a day. Each one costs less than ten gold soul coins, but it has the characteristic of being unreplicable and has a short lifespan. Each holographic map is sold for 200,000 gold soul coins on the black market, and there is even a trend of continued increase.

Even so, it still couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of those treasure hunters. What are 200,000 gold soul coins? As long as you get one, you can live a life of ease.

With official backing, both the Body Sect and the Heavenly Soul Royal Family have amassed considerable wealth by selling holographic maps.

"The final location of this treasure map is... um? The ancient battlefield of Jialing Pass!"

After a long process of comparison, Mo Lian finally pinpointed the location of the treasure. She rubbed her hands together excitedly, eagerly anticipating the contents of the treasure, as it was the stage for the war between the three gods ten thousand years ago.

"Jialing Pass?" Huo Yuhao murmured. After learning this news, he felt a vague sense of unease. Would they be able to successfully unearth the treasure buried on the ancient battlefield during their trip to Jialing Pass? Would they encounter any obstacles from others?

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao chuckled self-deprecatingly, laughing at himself for becoming so indecisive in this second life. In his previous life, he had survived countless trials and tribulations. The Shrek Academy team and the Tang Clan team escaped unscathed from the Mingdu explosion. What was a small Jialing Pass compared to Mingdu?

And so, the eight members of the Tang Clan rode a hand-operated tractor toward Jialing Pass.

Jialing Pass is an extremely important military stronghold of the Tianhun Empire. Together with Baishui Pass, it forms a defensive line protecting Tiandou City. It can be said that if either Jialing Pass or Baishui Pass is breached, Tiandou City will be completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Sun Moon Empire.

Because Jialing Pass is located in the heart of the Heavenly Soul Empire, although it is a military stronghold and is home to a powerful Soul Master legion, it is not a pass composed only of soldiers. Instead, it is a large city full of human life.

The Tang Clan's eight-member group is not Tang Wulin. Even if they were foolish, they wouldn't just barge into someone's military base without any preparation.

Therefore, the eight members of the Tang Clan arrived at a small city only three or four hundred miles away from Jialing Pass to prepare for the journey and find out where they could and could not go through Jialing Pass. At this critical juncture, it was best not to cause any more trouble.

As soon as the group stepped through the city gate, they saw a little girl in a sky-blue Lolita dress struggling to pull a small cart piled high with goods that were taller than a person.

The little girl was very cute, and the sight of her struggling made the Tang Clan's eight members feel very sorry for her.

"Little sister, let us help you."

Huo Yuhao quickly waved his hand, signaling the Tang Clan members to take the cart. Guided by the little girl, the group arrived at the Shizipo Inn, located in the southern part of the city.

"Brothers and sisters, to express my gratitude, let me treat you to a meal."

The little girl, holding a black and white bear doll, skipped and hopped to the private room, opened the door, and gestured for the others to enter.

What bad intentions could a cute little girl possibly have? Most people wouldn't be wary of a little girl in a sky-blue Lolita dress, right? The Tang Clan's eight-member group was no exception, entering the private room without any suspicion.

Just as the door to the private room closed, a flute appeared in the little girl's hand. Accompanied by a beautiful and melodious flute tune, the Tang Clan members rolled their eyes, including Huo Yuhao, and everyone fainted.

The next moment, the door opened again, and Cai Meier, who had already fainted, was thrown in by a burly man. "Boss, everything's taken care of. Nobody noticed us."

A burly man kneeling on the ground calling a little girl "boss"—the scene is utterly bizarre. Perhaps... compared to the burly man with his "keep away" aura, this demon with an angelic exterior is even more terrifying?

Be especially wary of seemingly harmless groups such as unassuming elderly people, adorable young girls, and pregnant women about to give birth.

The Tang Clan's eight-member group clearly had no prior experience with this kind of lesson, and they lost everything, including Cai Meier.

Zhan Renhai, with one hand on his hip, pointed at the eight... no, nine-person group of Tang Clan members on the ground, and said with a smile, "Put them in boxes and smuggle them to the secret base outside the city, hehehehe..."

The little girl's voice rose and fell in pitch, clearly a perfect blend of Enoshima Junko's style. As for why she wasn't called Enoshima Junko, it was obviously because that name didn't conform to the naming rules of this period in Douluo Continent. As a second choice, she referred to herself as Zhanren Mukuro, the elder of the Despair Sisters.

(P.S.: Junko Enoshima and Mukuro Ikusaba are biological sisters, or even twin sisters, just with different surnames.)

(End of this chapter)