Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 475 The Ouke Incident in Heaven Dou City

In the police station of the Tiandou Garrison in Tiandou City.

The director of the Tiandou City Garrison, a Soul Douluo with a cultivation level of 85, was sitting somewhat awkwardly in the conference room.

Over the years, some of the key positions in Tiandou City have become monopolized by the powerful families here.

As the director of the Tiandou Garrison, Xu Jiawei already held a high position, and he was also the patriarch of the Xu family, a prominent family in Tiandou City.

But at this moment, this big shot who could command the wind and rain in Tiandou City was sitting in the conference room like a student, somewhat uneasy.

This made Xu Jiawei nervous, mainly because the ordinary-looking middle-aged man sitting in the main seat of the conference room was putting a lot of pressure on him.

Even though the other party hadn't done anything, Xu Jiawei inexplicably felt a surge of pressure. After all, who wouldn't be nervous facing a Limit Douluo, let alone someone from the War God Temple?

At that moment, the conference room door suddenly opened, and a woman who looked to be in her forties, but was tall and even imposing, walked in.

Upon entering, the woman didn't look at Xu Jiawei. Instead, she saluted the middle-aged man above the conference room and said, "Vice Hall Master Guan Yue, we have already found some clues about what you mentioned earlier."

Guan Yue said calmly, "Have you figured out their stronghold?"

The woman said, "Yes, it was Duanmu Yan, who recently became a candidate for War God, who found it."

"Oh." Guan Yue said with some interest, "That little guy named Duanmu Yan? I vaguely remember him; he's the young man Ao Rui considers his successor, right? Meng Shan, you're saying he's the one who discovered the clues?"

Ao Rui, the number one War God of the War God Hall. A level 98 Super Douluo, titled: Haori. His martial soul is the sun, the inherited martial soul of the Sun Moon Empire, the predecessor of the Federation. This type of martial soul has always been a top-tier martial soul.

The Seventh War God, Shi Mengshan, said calmly, "Yes, his senses are very sharp. He can always find things that we don't notice. I even think that his insight is stronger than that of many scouts."

"When we were investigating the whereabouts of those Oukes in Tiandou City, he always managed to find their tracks through some clues. Even before this trip, the Second War God, Long Tianwu, was thinking of leading the team. However, in the end, the Palace Master chose to let me lead the team."

Guan Yue chuckled wryly, "What's Long Tianwu doing here?"

Long Tianwu, the second War God of the War God Hall. A level 98 Title Douluo, titled: Emperor Sword. His martial soul is a sword.

Shi Mengshan's expression remained calm. "It's probably because of that person named Shenwei Kamui. After all, Ao Rui seems to be interested in taking Duanmu Yan as his disciple, while Long Tianwu is optimistic about Shenwei Kamui."

"Kamui Kamui, is it?" Guan Yue murmured, recalling the other party's information in her mind.

Shenwei Kamui, a level 75 Soul Saint and a two-word Battle Armor Master. Graduated from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, his mutated martial soul is the Thunder Claw Dragon. He is one of the elites that have emerged from the War God Temple in recent years, and is known as one of the War God Temple's twin stars along with Duanmu Yan.

Of course, there was another reason that drew Guan Yue's attention to the other person. That was that Kamui and Rufus were members of the same team, and could even be said to be childhood friends who came from the same orphanage.

Guan Yue had already confirmed that Lu Fa was capable of Heavenly Forging. In his view, Lu Fa's current strength was simply insufficient; once he reached the Title Douluo level, he would almost certainly become a Divine Craftsman.

With his outstanding cultivation talent, it's probably only a matter of time before he becomes a Super Douluo or even a Limit Douluo.

A master craftsman at the level of a Super Douluo or even a Limit Douluo has never appeared in the history of the blacksmith world, not to mention his work, that wondrous Heavenly Forged White Goose.

Guan Yue believed that it was only a matter of time before Lu Fa surpassed Zhen Hua. As for Lu Fa's background, Guan Yue had naturally already looked into it; his origins were clean, and his attitude was clearly close to the Federation.

This is what Guan Yue values. With this connection, perhaps their War God Temple will be able to obtain priority in acquiring four-word battle armor in the future.

After all, the works of the divine craftsmen were previously monopolized by the four major powers. Now that Shrek Academy has been destroyed and the Tang Sect is weakened, the only thing they can compete with the War God Temple for is the ever-growing Spirit Pagoda.

However, judging from Lu Fa's attitude and Shen Wei's influence, it's possible that their War God Temple might be able to prioritize equipping themselves with four-word battle armor in the future.

However, these things can be discussed later; the most urgent matter is to resolve the issues concerning the Oxens.

Thinking of this, Guan Yue looked at Xu Jiawei and said, "Director Xu, could you tell me about the missing and returning people in the past six months?"

"Yes." Xu Jiawei took a deep breath and said, "In the past six months, there have been frequent cases of civilians disappearing in our Tiandou City and then suddenly returning."

"At first, we didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing, because most of the missing people were just small-time thugs. And they were only missing for two or three days, so they might just have been out all night. Anyway, they came back later, so we just closed the case quickly."

"However, it wasn't until the Oxer attack three months ago that we realized something was wrong." Xu Jiawei's tone became somber as he said this.

Guan Yue and Shi Mengshan also started to take it seriously. After all, although they knew something about this matter, they had only glanced at the case file once.

"Ever since Shrek Academy was destroyed, Oxens have been appearing in various parts of the Federation from time to time. They act like robbers, attacking banks and ordinary civilians all over the Federation."

"Among them, the incidents are most numerous in our Heaven Dou City. To be honest, I have my doubts about the fact that Oukeser was transformed from an ordinary person."

"But three months ago, during the attack on the armory in Tiandou City, we realized something was wrong after killing and capturing several Oukes."

"After we killed those Ogres, they quickly reverted to human form, and those Ogres that we captured and knocked unconscious also reverted to human form afterward."

"Only then did I believe that those Oxus might all be ordinary people in disguise. But!" Xu Jiawei took a deep breath as he said this.

"After a series of instrument analyses and information searches in the database, we came to a startling conclusion. Those who transformed into Oukes were actually Soul Masters, although their Soul Power was very low, they were indeed Soul Masters."

"However, according to the data displayed in the database, those people should have had zero innate soul power when they awakened their martial souls."

"What!" Upon hearing this, Shi Mengshan raised an eyebrow and said, "Could it be that the people from your Heaven Dou City would make a mistake in awakening soul power?"

"This..." Xu Jiawei was speechless for a moment.

"Alright, Mengshan." At this moment, Guan Yue interrupted Shi Mengshan, "Director Xu, please continue."

"Alright." Xu Jiawei gave a wry smile. "One person might make a mistake, but a group of people can't possibly make a mistake, right? After all, the Federation takes the awakening of martial souls very seriously. Even if you gave us a few times the courage, we would never dare to be careless about such a matter."

"Not to mention, the Oukes we killed or captured varied in age. Even if there was a mistake during the awakening of soul power in one year, it shouldn't happen every year."

"After realizing something was wrong, we immediately interrogated those who had become Oxus. But what happened? No matter how we questioned them, they all acted as if they knew nothing. They even pretended not to know that they were Oxus."

"But what's unbelievable is that both instrumental and martial spirit hypnosis tests showed that those people weren't lying. Yet, I personally captured many of them; there's no way I could be wrong."

"I sensed something was wrong, so I immediately reported it to the Federation, and then Her Majesty Shi Mengshan arrived with her entourage."

Shi Mengshan nodded and said, "After arriving here, I immediately interrogated those Oukers, but the results showed that they really didn't know anything and looked like ordinary people."

"After that, I led the team to check the files, hoping to see if anything was amiss. But we couldn't find anything until later when Duanmu Yan from our team discovered that those who had turned into Oukes were all people who had been reported missing in Tiandou City."

"After getting this breakthrough, we started investigating the identity files of those Oxens. We found that some of them had either been reported missing or had mysteriously disappeared for two or three days before returning."

"Therefore, Duanmu Yan from our team suspects that those who have gone missing may have already become Oukes. It's just that they haven't been exposed yet due to some special reasons."

"Hiss—" Xu Jiawei gasped, "Your Majesty, isn't this making a mountain out of a molehill? Perhaps it's just a coincidence?"

You should know that in the past six months, nearly five hundred people have gone missing and returned, averaging a little over two people going missing every day. If they were all Oxers, then things would be in big trouble.

Putting aside everything else, their security force will not escape the charge of dereliction of duty.

Shi Mengshan glanced at him. "So, are you willing to bet that they don't have any problems?"

Xu Jiawei smiled brightly.

"Alright." At this moment, Guan Yue said, "Director Xu, why don't you go back and reorganize the security team? We might need your help later. Meng Shan and I also have some personal matters to discuss."

"Yes." Xu Jiawei saluted and then respectfully left the conference room.

After Xu Jiawei left, the entire conference room fell silent again.

Guan Yue looked at Shi Mengshan, who seemed hesitant to speak, and said calmly, "Just say what you have to say. There are no outsiders here."

Shi Mengshan took a deep breath and asked, "Vice Hall Master, were those Oukes really ordinary people without innate soul power originally?"

"Sigh, it seems you've noticed that too!" Guan Yue sighed, then said with a serious expression, "That's right. They were originally ordinary people without innate soul power, but after becoming Oukesers, they gained innate soul power."

"So that's how it is!" Although she had already guessed it before, Shi Mengshan was still quite surprised when she actually heard it from Guan Yue.

Guan Yue continued, "In fact, the Federation's research on Oxus began the moment they appeared six months ago."

"At the time, the Federation thought it was an invasion by a race from another dimension, so it ordered the entire Temple of War to be on high alert. Even the Temple Master personally went out to find out the origin of those Oukers."

"However, when we captured several Oukers alive, we discovered that things were not quite as we had imagined. After we killed them, their corpses immediately turned into the appearance of ordinary people."

"At the time, the temple master and I both thought it was a trick played by those evil spirit masters. But it seemed to be different, because those who turned into Oxus actually turned back into ordinary people after we knocked them unconscious."

"During the subsequent investigation, each of them was perfectly clear-headed and maintained a normal daily routine. When questioned, they claimed to know nothing, as if they had little recollection of what they had done."

"After a personal inspection by myself and the Temple Master, we discovered some characteristics of these Oukers."

"First, they were originally ordinary people, but deep within their brains lived a peculiar creature. It looked like an insect, and that insect was the key to their transformation into Oxus."

"Secondly, after they become Oukers, through their constant evil deeds, the emotions within them seem to stimulate the insects, accelerating their growth. When the emotions reach a certain level, they become Oukers."

"Afterwards, the insects will also feed them a little bit of innate soul power, giving them the possibility of cultivation."

"Third, the insects are closely connected to their brains and martial souls, forming a symbiotic relationship that is very difficult to remove. The Palace Master and I once captured a Soul Emperor-level Ouke, which is the highest-level Ouke we have ever encountered."

"After investigation, we found that the other party was originally an old Soul King with average talent and almost no room for further improvement. After transforming into Ouke, his martial soul evolved, which made his cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, but he was also devoured by the power and committed many evil deeds."

"After our examination, the Palace Master and I discovered that the stronger the Ouke, the higher the degree of integration between the worms inside them and the Ouke. At the Soul King level, those worms have already begun to integrate with the Martial Soul."

"The Palace Master and I speculate that if we wait until we reach the Soul Saint level, we will probably truly merge with our Martial Soul."

(End of this chapter)