Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 178 Xu Tianran's Attitude

As Huo Yuhao's towering true form dissipated.

This also signifies the defeat of Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.

When they saw Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui defeated, those who had originally followed them...

The evil spirit masters of the Holy Spirit Cult, who wanted to use war to greatly increase their own cultivation, all sensed that something was very wrong.

Unlike the Sun Moon Empire soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit under Huo Yuhao's intimidation and dared not act rashly.

These evil spirit masters who came with Ye Xishui were all ruthless and bloodthirsty.

These people are fully aware of why they have this opportunity to appear in public today.

Instead of being regarded as a rat crossing the street as before, and being hated and suppressed by Soul Masters from various countries.

They were only able to gain a foothold in the Sun Moon Empire because of the intimidation of the two Limit Douluo, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.

With the deaths of two Limit Douluo, it also signifies that the good days for their Holy Spirit Cult are coming to an end.

Not to mention the three great empires that originally belonged to Douluo Continent.

Even the Sun Moon Empire itself probably wouldn't keep them around anymore.

So when they saw that the soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire were still in a state of great shock and had no intention of paying attention to them.

These evil spirit masters began to use their own methods to try and take this opportunity to leave, and then disappear again as before.

Next, all we need to do is let them escape to those villages and towns, and then they can hide quietly and stop the large-scale killings.

The disappearance of a few people from those towns and villages every day wouldn't attract anyone's attention.

This is also the course of action that most evil spirit masters take before they gain influence and join the Holy Spirit Cult.

In this way, no matter how capable those so-called prosecutors and empires are, they will have no chance of finding them all.

At least at this moment, that's what they think.

After all, it originally belonged to the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Empire, even with the control of the Shrek Academy's supervisory group.

In the eyes of these evil spirit masters, it was full of loopholes.

Those who can be caught by them are all brainless fools.

However, their actions and thoughts could not be hidden from Huo Yuhao at this moment.

For Huo Yuhao now, the scope of his spiritual power and the realm of truth is vast.

Even ordinary Limit Douluo cannot compare.

This is because Huo Yuhao's use of mental power is not simply a matter of spreading it out.

Instead, they extend into the surrounding environment and space like strands of silk.

It uses the energy that originally existed between heaven and earth as an extension of spiritual perception.

In this way, they can control the world and even the actions of everyone in this world.

Just as these evil spirit masters were about to flee and made their escape attempts, the very next moment...

They lost consciousness forever, following in Ye Xishui's footsteps.

The decomposition effect of the Realm of Truth is even noticeable to these evil soul masters who possess the cultivation level of a Title Douluo.

They are beings that are utterly incomprehensible and cannot be resisted, and their souls are purified and their memories are broken down.

From their memories, Huo Yuhao naturally obtained a great deal of information about the Holy Spirit Cult.

Unlike Ye Xishui's memories, Ye Xishui was the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult and a Limit Douluo.

Their perspective and the levels they come into contact with are naturally much broader than those of ordinary evil spirit masters.

However, it is precisely because the levels we come into contact with are different.

Therefore, some things might be considered minor details to Ye Xishui.

However, this is an important matter concerning the underlying structure of the Holy Spirit Church and the information of its various members.

By scavenging the memories of these low- to mid-level evil soul masters, Huo Yuhao successfully organized them.

Through this, Huo Yuhao learned a great deal about the Holy Spirit Cult's small outposts and other interconnected evil soul masters.

As for why Huo Yuhao takes the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult so seriously...

This is because evil spirit masters truly embody the essence of the spirit master system.

If a Soul Master's growth is built upon a vast number of Soul Beast corpses...

The birth of a top-tier Soul Master requires the consumption of a large amount of resources and the life of a Soul Beast.

Therefore, the process of evil soul masters becoming stronger is the same for everyone, whether they are soul beasts or soul masters.

Even their fellow evil spirit masters are seen as nourishment for their growth and resources they need.

Moreover, with ample resources, evil spirit masters grow stronger far faster than ordinary spirit masters.

Therefore, regardless of the strength or weakness of evil spirit masters, as long as they are given the opportunity to grow, they will be fine.

Therefore, its existence will be a hidden danger to the unified human world that Huo Yuhao wants to build.

These evil spirit masters from the Holy Spirit Cult possessed a large number of secret techniques and cultivation methods of evil spirit masters.

Compared to those naturally awakened wild evil spirit masters, they are more knowledgeable about the way of evil spirit masters, so naturally they cannot be left behind.

After all, if humans and soul beasts are successfully integrated in the future...

What Huo Yuhao needs is for the two clans to put aside their past grievances and cooperate fully under his will.

Evil Soul Masters typically grow stronger through a process of intense bloodshed and cruelty.

Therefore, even if it is repaired later, the evil spirit master's inherent personality is already irreversible.

Even among the evil spirit masters, there may still be those who, despite the influence of many factors such as the mutation of their martial spirit, rejection by others, and environmental factors.

There are still people who maintain their humanity and perseverance, but they are definitely not many.

At least those evil soul masters who followed Ye Xishui into the battlefield.

Their goal in going to the battlefield was always clear: to plunder resentment, souls, and flesh.

Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate much when dealing with these people; he simply eliminated them completely.

Huo Yuhao then informed the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Next, the other three countries will send representatives to negotiate the matter of merger and unification.

He then personally set out to purge those evil spirit masters who originally belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Unlike others, Huo Yuhao can appear anywhere on Douluo Star that he wants to go at any time.

The news of Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui's deaths did not spread particularly quickly.

This is partly due to the Sun Moon Empire's deliberate suppression.

After all, they had long disliked the existence of evil spirit masters.

The idea of ​​settling accounts with him within the Sun and Moon Empire had been brewing for some time.

However, they were no match for Huo Yuhao.

Some members of the Holy Spirit Church are still capable of turning back, and their hearts have not yet fallen.

Or perhaps they are evil spirit masters who have recently joined the Holy Spirit Cult and have not yet been influenced by it.

Huo Yuhao only temporarily sealed off all their powers after taking them under control.

He was then imprisoned in the Heavenly Soul Empire's prison.

As for those evil spirit masters who have become completely beyond redemption.

Huo Yuhao naturally showed no mercy and finished him off in one fell swoop.

As for high-ranking members of the Holy Spirit Cult like Zhongliwu and Fengling...

Even those Holy Spirit Cult elders who lived in anonymity were treated equally by Huo Yuhao.

Without any chance to struggle, they were strangled like other members of the Holy Spirit Cult.

The reason why Huo Yuhao did not kill all the evil soul masters with one blow.

This is because the initial emergence of evil spirit masters was indeed without choice.

The malignant mutation of an innate martial soul is beyond human control.

Within the already distorted cultivation system of Soul Masters.

Evil spirit masters are just a more distorted part of this phenomenon.

For Huo Yuhao...

There isn't much difference between Soul Masters and Evil Soul Masters; both are beings he needs to eliminate.

And so, news of the frontline battlefield reached the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Tianran immediately dispatched people to search for the remaining evil spirit masters of the Holy Spirit Cult in the country.

This was also a test, but these evil spirit masters disappeared without a trace.

This also made them realize one thing: how terrifying Huo Yuhao was.

Because too many evil spirit masters had been wiped out on the battlefield.

Given such a large number, even if people didn't realize it at the time, postwar statistics showed that...

Who could have accomplished the feat of annihilating thousands of evil soul masters in an instant? The person who made the move is self-evident.

Sun and Moon Empire, Ming Capital Palace

"Elder Kong," Xu Tianran said with a bitter smile, "is Huo Yuhao really that strong?"

At this moment, only Xu Tianran and Kong Deming were in the palace.

Even Xu Tianran's most trusted confidant, Ju Zi, was not left behind.

Kong Deming nodded; he still looked exactly the same as before.

She just looked a little thinner, but her spirits hadn't changed much.

Rather, although he was somewhat thin, Kong Deming's spirits were clearly much better.

In the past few days, he has completely repaired his Sun and Moon Cannon, based on the previous disassembly by Huo Yuhao.

He even broke through the bottleneck that had previously hindered him for years and optimized the Sun and Moon Cannon.

The martial soul of a Soul Master will affect their natal Soul Tool.

Changes in a soul tool will naturally also affect a soul master's martial soul.

Because of this, Kong Deming's soul power has even advanced further.

Looking at Xu Tianran, who seemed to be asking questions but whose eyes held a mind that even he couldn't quite decipher, he realized that Xu Tianran was asking questions.

Kong Deming sighed slightly: "Huo Yuhao is indeed a genius. If I hadn't confirmed it many times, I would still find it hard to believe that he is just a young man who is not even twenty years old."

Xu Tianran forcibly suppressed his resentment, after all, in his view, the three great empires that originally belonged to Douluo Continent were now fish on a plate.

While it's unclear what happened to Shrek Academy not long ago, it's certain that its foundation has been significantly weakened.

Under such circumstances, Xu Tianran, as the emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire, should have become a person who would be remembered for all time.

Unexpectedly, Huo Yuhao, whom he had never taken seriously, suddenly emerged from the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Compared to Huo Yuhao's seemingly low-key yet incredibly high-profile behavior in the original novel, this is a far cry from his usual low-key approach.

Ultimately, aside from making an appearance at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, Huo Yuhao didn't leave much of an impression on most people.

Before it simultaneously defeated two Limit Douluos, its existence was not noticed by many forces.

As for noticing Huo Yuhao's influence, it was more because of his status as the young sect master of the Body Sect than because of him personally.

This is why most people still have a skeptical attitude towards Huo Yuhao's achievements.

But nothing is more convincing than a firsthand witness like Kong Deming.

Especially since Kong Deming is a top expert, his words naturally carry even more weight.

Looking at Xu Tianran, who seemed to still want to gain support from his words and make other struggles.

Kong Deming shook his head helplessly and said.

"I still hope Your Majesty will reconsider, even though my cultivation has now broken through."

"However, I still cannot fully grasp the methods this person has previously demonstrated."

"Moreover, the deaths of two Limit Douluos are enough to demonstrate the opponent's strength."

"With such overwhelming strength, there is probably no force in the entire Douluo Continent that can stop them."

"And if such a powerful individual wanted to carry out a decapitation strike against the high-ranking officials of various countries..."

Kong Deming did not continue: "Although it is not absolute, it is estimated that no one in the other three great empires will dare to openly oppose this young man."

"After all, sometimes absolute violence is equivalent to absolute power."

Xu Tianran's face turned cold: "Elder Kong, please step back first. I need to think this over carefully now."

Kong Deming left the palace, which was gradually darkening in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Xu Tianran was left alone, along with the lingering, mournful roar of the dragon.

Despite his physical disability, he possessed a titled cultivation level and endured half his life in order to dominate the continent.

However, just when everything seemed within reach, it was completely overturned and destroyed.

This undoubtedly dealt Xu Tianran an unimaginable blow, but he was a ruthless and ambitious man.

At this point, he truly understood that continuing the war was no longer an option.

Previously, Du Busi, who was a Limit Douluo, easily subdued the army of the Sun Moon Empire with a single move.

Now, the two Limit Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult, who were originally the trump card of the Sun Moon Empire, have died in battle.

The original side of Douluo Continent gained Huo Yuhao, who possessed even stronger combat power than Limit Douluo.

Faced with such a powerful figure, the army of the Sun Moon Empire was practically useless.

As Kong Deming had said before, the defenses of the Sun Moon Empire's palace were practically non-existent thanks to Huo Yuhao's elusive methods.

With a soft sigh, Xu Tianran slumped into his soul-guided wheelchair, his gaze deep and unwavering, yet he had not lost his fighting spirit.

"Someone, convey my decree."

"We will depart for the Heavenly Soul Empire in one day."

Xu Tianran looked out the window at the setting sun.

He will not give up the power he holds, no matter what.

Even as a political being, one must be willing to surrender.

He also needs to ensure that he retains his power and position as much as possible.

For Huo Yuhao, however, the empire and the nobility were no longer necessary.

In the new order he seeks to establish, only the strong will gain more say.

(End of this chapter)