Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 437

After Ji Lin and Ye Guyi left, a large number of troops sealed off the area where the battle had taken place, but no traces were left at the scene, and they found nothing.

A tall, imposing general turned to his subordinate, who was in charge of gathering information, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation?"

"This subordinate doesn't know what's going on either..."

"Bullshit! Are you saying the soul-guided detectors in the sky were mistaken for detecting intense soul power fluctuations here?"

"But nothing really happened, and there were no civilian casualties."

"Useless trash, search thoroughly, investigate again."

"yes!"

……

Hotel, room.

Ji Lin and Ye Guyi had returned to the hotel. As soon as they entered the room, Nan Qiuqiu approached Ye Guyi with a worried expression. "Sister Guyi, what's wrong? Why are you so pale?"

"Ji Lin, what happened?"

Wang Dong'er and the others also stepped forward to ask, and it was obvious to anyone with eyes that Ye Guyi was not in good condition and was clearly injured.

Ji Lin gave a wry smile and said, "We discovered the traces of the evil soul master, but we were also discovered by him. It was a Soul Douluo-level evil soul master, and a troublesome one at that, with a mental attribute martial soul. Gu Yi was accidentally hit by his soul skill, but she's fine now and just needs a day of rest."

"Now that your whereabouts have been exposed, isn't this hotel unsafe?"

Xiao Xiao said worriedly, "If the evil spirit master discovers our whereabouts, the army stationed in Sunrise City will definitely take action, and they might even conduct a city-wide search."

"It's alright. That evil spirit master has already been killed by me and Gu Yi. I deliberately lured her to a secluded area to kill her, so the commotion wasn't too great. The Sunrise City army won't be able to find anything for a while. Besides, the Sun Moon Empire's army and the Holy Spirit Cult are not on good terms. If it weren't for Xu Tianran mediating, those soldiers wouldn't have been able to cooperate with the evil spirit master."

"There is a rift between them, and it will be difficult to detect any signs in a short period of time."

Wang Qiu'er and the others also learned how Ye Guyi was affected, which made them even more wary of evil spirit masters. Even Ye Guyi, who was naturally able to restrain evil spirit masters, almost capsized in a ditch when she was not careful. If it were them, they might not even know how they died.

The effects of soul skills in Douluo Continent are incredibly diverse, and many of them have the ability to help the weak overcome the strong.

Mental injuries are indeed difficult to heal. It took Ye Guyi two full days to fully recover, which made the other girls even more wary of mental-type soul masters. They spent the last two days discussing how to defend against mental attacks and other soul skills from mental-type soul masters.

Actually, it's not that difficult to guard against a mental-type Soul Master. Fusing a mental-type head Soul Bone is one method, and making a Soul Tool that targets mental attacks or mental detection is another. As long as you are prepared and make targeted arrangements, even the strongest Soul Master may be defeated.

In the past two days, the atmosphere in Sunrise City has become tense. Although the army of Sunrise City did not find Ji Lin and his group, they were certain that enemies had infiltrated the city.

Meanwhile, in the hotel where Ji Lin and his group were staying, there was another person present—the fat woman who had been tormented by the female evil spirit master and whom Ji Lin felt was mentally corrupted.

After killing the female evil spirit master, Ji Lin and Ye Guyi returned to the evil spirit master's stronghold and rescued the woman who was on the verge of death.

That place seemed to be the personal stronghold of this female evil spirit master. There were no other evil spirit masters around, and no one else was alive except for this woman.

After the fat woman was rescued, she remained in a daze, her mental state was very abnormal, and it seemed as if her brain had been damaged.

The fat woman possessed techniques left behind by a female evil spirit master, which Ye Guyi needed to remove using her purification power. Therefore, during the two days Ye Guyi recuperated, Ji Lin and the others made no move.

After a flash of white-gold holy light, the room returned to calm.

"Guyi, how is she? Can she recover?"

Ji Lin and the others looked at Ye Guyi, who had withdrawn the holy light.

Ye Guyi's expression was somewhat strange. "This guy, cough cough!"

The others asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Ye Guyi said with a strange expression, "This guy is a man!"

"puff--!"

Ji Lin, Wang Qiu'er, and the others stared in disbelief at the heavily made-up, fat woman. Looking at her breast development, how could this possibly be a man? Even the most muscular man wouldn't have such exaggerated pectoral muscles, would he?

Ye Guyi sighed and said, "This guy was castrated, afflicted with a powerful curse-type soul skill, and even fed strange drugs. Now he's a monster that's neither male nor female. I never imagined that evil soul master could be so perverted. This is disgusting!"

Everyone looked at the obese figure huddled in the corner of the bed, trembling all over, and their eyes showed sympathy. This was too pitiful!

Ji Lin's expression was strange. Suppressing his discomfort, he walked to the bedside. "Do you remember who you are? How were you captured by the evil spirit master?"

The fat woman had a vacant stare and seemed dazed.

"Although I removed the curse from him, he has been transformed by the drugs and the curse, and he can never go back to his original state."

Ye Guyi sighed again.

Nan Qiuqiu shivered, remembering that she had almost fallen into the hands of an evil soul master. Thinking of the evil soul master's perverted behavior, she felt extremely fortunate. Luckily, she met Ji Lin, otherwise she and the disciples of the Earth Dragon Gate would not know what would have happened to them.

Ji Lin frowned. He hadn't expected that Ye Guyi's purifying power would be ineffective. There was no other way but to resort to the worst possible strategy. As he thought of this, golden light appeared in Ji Lin's eyes, and his eyes turned into pure gold.

He originally didn't want to use the Word of Power. This fat woman was already on the verge of a mental breakdown and could easily suffer brain death. If Ji Lin used the Word of Power to control her, it might be the last straw that broke the camel's back. That's why he waited for Ye Guyi to recover and see if she could save the fat woman.

The result was obvious; Ye Guyi was also helpless. That female evil spirit master had gone too far. If it were just a curse, Ye Guyi could simply purify it. But this fat woman not only had a curse, but also drug modifications, causing both physical and mental torment.

I really don't know what kind of deep hatred or resentment they must have to torment each other like this.

"Please tell me, who are you?"

Ji Lin tried his best to control the output of his mental energy, and did not forcibly control the other party's mind. Instead, he subtly influenced the other party's mind, fearing that he might accidentally destroy the other party's fragmented mental sea.

Under Ji Lin's influence of his Word of Power, the other person's confused eyes seemed to clear a bit. "Oh, oh, who am I? Who are you?"

Ji Lin smiled and said, "I'm the one who saved you. Do you remember anything?"

Upon hearing his question, the fat woman trembled, and her blank, vacant eyes seemed to regain some life.

"I...I..."

"It's okay, don't rush, take your time to think and recall."

Ji Lin's voice became gentler, but his mental energy output increased.

Stimulated by Ji Lin's mental power and interfered with by the Word of Power, the fat woman's eyes finally began to show some life. Fear, confusion, pain, struggle, and a variety of other emotions were constantly expressed on her face.

After a while, she suddenly burst into tears and collapsed onto the bed.

"She...she ruined me, she ruined me! She turned me into a woman, turned me into a woman! I'm no longer a man! She abuses me every day, beats me every day to vent her hatred, and makes me go to that filthy place to solicit customers. It's worse than death, worse than death!"

Wang Dong'er and the other girls looked at each other, their faces full of sympathy. This kind of treatment was worse than death. For a man, this was too cruel!

However, everyone understood that the fat woman had the opportunity to commit suicide, but she was afraid of death. Compared to this torment, she wanted to live. The so-called "worse than death" was not entirely true.

Only when the fat woman's crying subsided did Ji Lin continue to use his Word of Power to subtly guide her, "Listen to me, it's all in the past, everything will be alright. The person who harmed you has been killed by me. She will never enslave you or harm you again. Wake up and tell us everything."

The fat woman wiped away the tears on her face. "My name is Feng Ling, and I am the young master of Chongtianmen. We came here to participate in this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Youth Elite Competition. After we lost the competition, we were preparing to leave the Sun Moon Empire, but before we left Mingdu, we were attacked by evil soul masters. They captured us and imprisoned us in a water dungeon. That woman took me away alone and turned me into what I am now."

"A water dungeon?" Ji Lin's eyes gleamed even brighter.

The fat woman—oh no!—Feng Ling nodded. At this moment, he seemed to look much more normal. "The water dungeon is located below the moat outside the south city wall. It was built using water from the moat. Everyone was soaking in the water, and everyone was very weak."

The women looked at each other in disbelief. They had gone to great lengths to infiltrate Sunrise City, but they never expected that the hostages would be held outside the city. This was completely unexpected and far beyond their expectations.

Ji Lin's lips twitched. Whose strategy was this? It actually predicted their prediction.

"How many people are guarding them? Are they all evil spirit masters?"

Ji Lin asked again.

Feng Ling said, "I don't know how many people were guarding them, but some were taken away by the evil spirit masters. I was one of the people who were taken away. The evil spirit master who captured me has killed several people, and several others have committed suicide."

As he said this, his body involuntarily trembled again.

The women showed expressions of "I knew it!" They knew these evil spirit masters wouldn't be so obedient and would just watch these fat meats in front of them without taking a bite. However, because of Xu Tianran's orders, they restrained themselves a bit and didn't go too far. Xu Tianran also turned a blind eye. As long as these evil spirit masters didn't kill all the prisoners, it didn't matter if some died. After all, he still needed to rely on the power of these evil spirit masters.

(End of this chapter)