Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 190 Target: The Hand of Death, Let's Go!

"Very good!" Xuanzi was very satisfied with the decisive answer from the members of the preliminary team. He said, "You must be wondering, since there are less than a hundred people in our inner academy and the continent is so vast, there must be many serious incidents. How do we monitor them?"

So, I can tell you, no matter which country, even the most powerful Sun Moon Empire, would dare to underestimate our Shrek Academy Inspection Team. Currently, although there are only a hundred or so disciples in the academy, nearly twenty thousand outer court students have graduated from our Shrek Academy. Furthermore, nearly a thousand people have served as inspectors and successfully completed the inspection process before graduating from the academy; they, and their families, are all our allies!

Although there are frequent casualties among the inner court disciples, I dare say that every one of them who leaves Shrek Academy's inner court is an elite in the world of soul masters.

At the same time, our college has the best teaching team in the entire mainland, and any teacher who remains at the college is also one of the supervisors.

Every inner court disciple is an inspector, and must complete thirty inspection missions to graduate. The process of completing these missions is not only a test of the inner court disciples' strength but also a moral lesson. Our Shrek Academy aims to cultivate not just mere strength, but truly capable individuals willing to dedicate themselves to maintaining peace and stability on the continent!

As Xuanzi spoke, the pride on his face was unmistakable. Hearing Xuanzi's words, all seven members of the preliminary team maintained firm gazes, without any wavering, a performance that greatly pleased Xuanzi.

At this point, it was the turn of the inner court disciples to share their experiences, and this task was assigned to Dai Yueheng. He stepped forward and said with pride, "Junior brothers and sisters, as a member of the inspection team, I want to tell you that being able to become a Shrek inspector is considered by many graduating inner court seniors to be the greatest honor of their lives."

Even though they have graduated, many are still doing the work of watchdogs. To the wicked, we are the blade of judgment; to the bullied and weak, we are the holy light of salvation.

On the mainland, countless people have received help from the monitors. Helping them is to improve our mindset and temper our will!

I am honored to have completed twenty-eight surveillance missions to date. In these missions, I have killed raping and plundering bandits, executed corrupt officials who disregarded human life, and rescued women and children who had been trafficked and enslaved.

The motto of the inner courtyard is: Strength and responsibility are equal, and the heart and kindness go hand in hand. I would like to share this motto with you all.

Those who help others will always be helped; those who love others will always be loved!

After Dai Yueheng finished speaking, a look of pride and honor appeared on his face, an emotion that also infected Ma Xiaotao and the others, including Zhu Ziyang. Although Zhu Ziyang was very dissatisfied with the current situation and some of the academy's practices, he had to admit that the academy was indeed fulfilling its responsibility as a strong institution.

Perhaps this is why the Spirit Hall was able to emerge and effectively control the continent for thousands of years!

However, Zhu Ziyang believes that Shrek Academy should do better, instead of becoming a tool for some to eliminate dissidents, just like the corrupt official Dai Yueheng mentioned. Whether he was corrupt or not, Zhu Ziyang didn't know, but that person was indeed the White Tiger Duke's political enemy.

This is the area where Zhu Ziyang needs to change in the future: the Shrek Supervisory Group needs a more complete organizational structure and member screening process!

Xuanzi was satisfied with Dai Yueheng's explanation. He nodded and said, "Now, I need your answer: join, or leave!"

"Join!" Seven voices rang out in unison, and in that instant, the seven members of the preliminary team seemed to be of one mind.

"Hahaha, not bad! Not bad!" Xuanzi couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh, saying, "Very good, I didn't misjudge you. None of you are cowards. There's another reason I'm telling you this now: you're about to face your first surveillance mission. Wang Yan, tell me about this mission. Xiao Tao, distribute the Shrek Surveillance Equipment to them."

Ma Xiaotao took out seven Watcher Rings and handed them to Huo Yuhao and the other six.

Wang Yan stepped forward and introduced their mission, saying, "This surveillance mission was arranged on short notice because the academy received a request for help from the Star Luo Empire's military. Our mission is to annihilate a group of bandits hiding in the Mingdou Mountains. These bandits are extremely vicious, having repeatedly robbed and massacred passing caravans, and have slaughtered villages on the Star Luo Empire's borders on more than one occasion."

The leader of this group of bandits was an evil soul master, and the team included several fallen soul masters. It is suspected that they have the support of the Sun Moon Empire's military.

Because these bandits acted very cautiously, they would immediately retreat to the Mingdou Mountains after each crime. Since the Mingdou Mountains were a military restricted area, the Star Luo Empire's military could not intervene directly, so they requested our Shrek Inspection Team to take action and deal with these bandits.

This group of bandits called themselves the Hand of Death, and their leader, an evil spirit master, called himself the Messenger of Death; their behavior was extremely arrogant.

"The Grim Reaper?" Zhu Ziyang's expression turned strange upon hearing Wang Yan's last sentence. What a coincidence! Doesn't this perfectly match the content of the Grim Reaper's Trial? He just didn't know how strong this Grim Reaper was. A demonic soul master who could render the Star Luo Empire's military helpless must be very powerful. He looked at Wang Yan and said, "Don't you have any specific information about this Grim Reaper?"

"No!" Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Because this group of bandits appeared for a short time, and the mission came from the Star Luo Empire's military, the academy's intelligence department did not have enough time to collect intelligence on this group of bandits known as the Hand of Death."

"So, in other words, we have no information about them except their names?" Ma Xiaotao's face darkened as she looked at Wang Yan with dissatisfaction.

"Not exactly." Wang Yan noticed Ma Xiaotao's unfriendly gaze and immediately added, "We will first go to the Western Army Group camp of the Star Luo Empire. They will provide us with specific information about the Hand of Death and the Messenger of Death."

"Understood!" Ma Xiaotao nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this, then looked at the pre-selection team members, "This operation will be led by our main team, you can support us from behind. If there are no further problems, then we need to speed up, because time is of the essence. The three of you with lower cultivation levels are slow and might cause delays. So, Ziyang, you take Huo Yuhao, Dai Yueheng take Wang Dong, and I'll take Xiao Xiao. Is that alright?"

"I have one!" Wang Dong suddenly exclaimed. "I want Senior Xiao Tao to teach me! Senior Xiao Tao, I admire you the most, will you teach me?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaotao paused for a moment, then said, "Alright then, I'll take Wang Dong, and Nan Nan will take Xiao Xiao. As for Dai Yueheng, you can lead the way. It just so happens that your family is from the Western Army Group!"

"Alright!" Dai Yueheng shrugged helplessly and agreed.

"Let's go!" Ma Xiaotao said, lifting Wang Dong up from under his arm with her right hand and moving forward quickly.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan followed suit, each taking Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao with them, and accelerated forward. Behind them, Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, and Ling Luochen, three inner court disciples, moved with ease. He Caitou, thanks to his soul tool, managed to stay at the same level as Ling Luochen. Behind them were Tang Ya and Bei Bei; although they weren't agility-type soul masters, they possessed the Ghost Shadow Step from the Tang Sect, making them quite fast. Bringing up the rear was Xu Sanshi, as defensive soul masters generally have low speed thresholds.

"Brother Ziyang, are you and Senior Sister Xiaotao on good terms?" Huo Yuhao suddenly asked on the way.

"Hmm, it's alright." Zhu Ziyang was currently pondering his mission objective. That evil soul master who called himself the Grim Reaper must be very strong, otherwise the Star Luo Empire's army wouldn't have sought help from Shrek Academy. If the Grim Reaper's strength surpassed that of a Soul Emperor, then he absolutely had to deliver the final blow to complete the Grim Reaper's Trial. Lost in thought, he heard Huo Yuhao's call and snapped out of his reverie, replying, "What's wrong? Do you need her help?"

Zhu Ziyang immediately noticed the shy expression on Huo Yuhao's face and understood what Huo Yuhao was thinking. So he smiled and said, "Tell me about it. If it's not anything serious, I can put in a good word for you!"

"Really? That's great!" Huo Yuhao said excitedly, "It's like this, I obtained a piece of ten-thousand-year-old whale glue at the treasure appreciation event, and I would like to ask Senior Sister Xiaotao to help me refine this whale glue."

"Ten-thousand-year-old whale glue?" Upon hearing this, Zhu Ziyang revealed a knowing expression and said, "Refining a piece of ten-thousand-year-old whale glue is not a difficult task for Senior Sister Xiaotao. I can tell you about it."

"Really? Thank you, Brother Ziyang!" Huo Yuhao couldn't help but chuckle and say excitedly.

(End of this chapter)