The Peerless Tang Sect: Heavenly Heart Douluo

Chapter 98 The Cataclysm Cult and the Strategic Reserves of the Undead World (4000 words)

"You should come back to the sect with me first. As for cultivation and soul hunting, I'll have Old Jin arrange that for you later."

After two months, Du Busi finally brought Huo Yuhao back to the Body Sect. He then announced his seclusion and handed Huo Yuhao over to the Golden Body Douluo.

Before going into seclusion, Du Busi, along with Huo Yuhao, instructed the Golden Body Douluo: "Unlike the other disciples, Old Jin, you will personally handle the soul beast that Huo Yuhao is going to hunt. Don't let him leave the Body Sect. He is now the most important hope of our Body Sect, and we absolutely cannot afford to lose him. You are only a Super Douluo, and I'm afraid that if he goes out with you, you may not be able to protect him."

Golden-bodied Douluo Old Jin nodded and said, "Don't worry, Sect Master, I understand. It's only reasonable for the young sect master to receive some preferential treatment. I just wonder what the young sect master's next target spirit ring will be?"

Huo Yuhao said, "It's a silver wolf soul beast that only comes from the Jingyang Mountains in the Sun Moon Empire. I should be able to absorb a soul ring that's 80,000 to 90,000 years old now."

"As long as it's this kind of soul beast, it doesn't matter if the soul ring's age is slightly lower. Anyway, we soul masters don't particularly care about the maximum age."

The Golden Body Douluo nodded and said, "Understood, I will set off immediately. In the meantime, please continue your cultivation within the sect, Young Sect Master." Then, the Golden Body Douluo soared into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.

And so, after Du Busi went into seclusion, Huo Yuhao seemed to stay in the Body Sect and cultivate his soul power. Three months later, the Golden Body Douluo Lao Jin brought a silver wolf king with 50,000 years of cultivation, which Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed, and continued to break through his soul power realm.

Another year passed peacefully. At this time, the Body Sect, through the contact of the Heavenly Soul Empire, learned that the Sun Moon Empire had extended an invitation to all Soul Master sects across the continent to participate in a major competition.

However, the Body Sect's current policy of "poison never dies" means they are now in seclusion and have not planned to get involved in this mess. But Huo Yuhao now knows that this competition is also a prelude to the Sun Moon Empire showing its fangs, and he naturally cannot miss it.

However, a dramatic change occurred in the situation at the place known as the Dragon Martial Continent. Huo Yuhao's spiritual avatar had remained on that continent since he entered Dragon Valley, and it was also released after Huo Yuhao himself entered Dragon Valley, since there were no Tang San's spies on this continent.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao decided to develop this continent as his new base. With the efforts of his spiritual avatar, he quickly brought a group of frustrated soul masters and talented soul masters from various forces who had left Dragon Valley after being controlled by Huo Yuhao under his command through fear imprinting and mind control.

These Soul Masters themselves were not particularly powerful, but Huo Yuhao didn't care. All he needed were loyal subordinates. As for methods to acquire power, he had as many as he wanted.

Whether it's the various magics in Electrox's memories, the cultivation methods of the Holy Spirit Cult evil soul masters obtained from Ma Xiaotao, or the martial god inheritance obtained by the original Douluo, as long as he wants, any method can quickly grant power to the group of soul masters under his command.

However, after careful consideration, Huo Yuhao chose to use necromancy. The reason was simple: the inheritance of necromancy had two major advantages. First, in the absence of Ilex, it was very different from the existing systems in Douluo Continent and the God Realm, and it was also very difficult for people to crack.

Secondly, necromancy has the highest and fastest resource utilization rate. Moreover, Huo Yuhao can now control the soul essence of these soul masters by using the undead demiplane as a transit point. In addition, with the control of the second and fourth soul rings, it is equivalent to triple insurance.

This is also the safest way at present. Even if there are people in Douluo Star or the God Realm who can break the influence of soul skills and martial souls, the soul's origin being controlled by someone can be said to be second only to the contract law of blood sacrifice. In this world, there should be no one who can make those people rebel without being discovered by Huo Yuhao.

Thirdly, apart from the power of belief, which is a trump card that only he can use, the most suitable and promising way for Huo Yuhao to develop his strength is the undead demiplane. His other abilities and pathways are too scattered and unsystematic.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao's spiritual avatar transformed all those Soul Masters into Corpse Witches whose souls remained outside their bodies while retaining their rationality, allowing them to infiltrate every force on the Dragon Martial Continent.

Even when facing death, they need not fear, because as lich sorcerers, they can be resurrected at any time as long as their physical body and soul essence remain in the undead demiplane. Their external selves are merely copies of their spirit and soul.

And so, a terrifying legend began to emerge on this continent. It was said that a mysterious force had appeared on this continent, and everyone in this force wore black robes, their faces covered by black mist. They often used mysterious and terrifying methods, and no one could even recognize the origin of their martial spirits and soul skills.

Even if someone sets a trap to kill them or goes to great lengths to capture them, they will vanish as if turned into a gust of cold wind, leaving only a tattered black robe, mocking those who try to see through their true nature.

Moreover, no matter how powerful they were, even if they were titled Douluo, as long as they offended this force, they would die mysteriously. Gradually, this legend became a taboo on this continent.

However, as four years passed, the legend seemed to have become just that – a legend. Forgetful Soul Masters had long forgotten these unfounded rumors, since it was unclear when, but these people seemed to have disappeared from this continent.

As time goes by, perhaps even this absurd legend itself will be forgotten.

However, in the dark side of this continent, Huo Yuhao's spiritual avatar sat on a throne in a palace, below him were figures with cold and eerie auras. They were the strongest people Huo Yuhao had gathered on this continent.

Huo Yuhao named this force the Catastrophe Cult, and under the impetus of necromancy, in just three years, more than ten experts emerged who could rival Title Douluos, and two or three who could rival Super Douluos.

The undead demiplane actually made a greater breakthrough. After accepting most of the origin of the Dragon Valley Small World a year ago, it finally transformed into a complete plane. The undead creatures within it, which were limited by the original incomplete laws and whose upper limits were restricted, also made continuous breakthroughs under Huo Yuhao's support over the past three years.

Under Huo Yuhao's instructions, the forces of the Natural Disaster Sect gradually infiltrated villages and towns across the continent, and then cities. Those who resisted either died or, like these Soul Masters, were turned into Huo Yuhao's subordinates.

Three years have passed, and although the situation on the surface remains the same, seemingly unchanged, in reality, the leaders of the major powers have almost all become Huo Yuhao's puppets, and the strongest person on this continent is only a level 95 Super Douluo.

Huo Yuhao deliberately left it to deal with last. Faced with more than twenty powerful beings comparable to titled masters and five or six comparable to Super Douluo, who had been nurtured by the secret resources of this continent, and the undead creatures, the native Super Douluo from a year ago ultimately died unwillingly, and under the control of necromancy, he became a member of the Calamity Cult.

In the time that followed, Huo Yuhao did not openly unleash the Calamity of the Dead. Instead, he allowed the Calamity Cult to lie low and secretly plunder all the resources on the continent, as well as the remains and resentment of the dead.

He knew that he could only expose the undead calamity to the public to draw attention when he was ready to face the divine realm, and now was not the most opportune time. Therefore, he was not in a hurry to convert the life on this continent into part of the undead army.

In the current undead plane, after receiving sustenance from the Dragon Martial Continent, the thirteen undead creatures in Hei Yuhao's undead army have all given birth to undead kings with spiritual power exceeding 200,000, which is equivalent to a human Soul Master of level 96 or above, a Super Douluo.

Although their strongest individuals are far from comparable to the undead kings of Electrolux at their peak, as time goes by, the undead world, which has now grown into a complete plane, will sooner or later produce undead creatures that surpass the limits of human Douluo, or even demigods.

Before Hei Yuhao, thirteen undead creatures exuding powerful auras prostrated themselves, demonstrating their loyalty to him.

Leading the group was a Death King who exuded a terrifying aura, wore a black robe, and had an ethereal figure. He wielded a huge scythe. He was the undead creature that Hei Yuhao had devoted the most effort to. He was a being that Hei Yuhao perfected through the power of his belief based on the theories of Ilex.

Compared to undead creatures that use magic or combat techniques, the Death King's abilities are very simple: pure death and purification. His scythe can directly strip away the soul of a living being upon contact, and even a Super Douluo cannot resist it. He exudes an aura of over 300,000 spiritual power that is oppressive.

Behind it was a two-headed baboon, a hundred meters long. One head had bloodshot eyes, filled with chaos and irrationality, squealing wildly. The other head, on the other hand, had cunning eyes.

Their bodies were entirely dark green, and their hands were two enormous, emerald-green tentacles that sizzled and corroded the air they touched, constantly dripping a highly toxic and foul-smelling liquid. Their bodies were bloated, as if waves of flesh were constantly rolling around them.

This was the first work that Hei Yuhao had created using the soul bone of the Wind Baboon, and it is now the Abomination King. With Hei Yuhao's continuous modifications and experiments, it eventually leaned towards the form of an undead creature.

Combining the characteristics of the abomination, Hei Yuhao mixed its life core with other rotting flesh, so that even death was now nothing more than a new reorganization for it.

The next three are a two-headed bone dragon with red and blue bones, a ghost dragon composed of black dragon souls and resentment, and a tall man shrouded in black armor.

The Skull Dragon King was an undead creature created by Huo Heiyuhao using the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon King. It was activated from its skeletal state after consuming a large amount of soul power. Unlike other undead creatures, it possessed 400,000 spiritual power from birth and mastered the power of extreme ice and extreme fire.

In the context of the Douluo Continent, only those Limit Douluo priests who can draw upon divine power can rival him.

The Ghost Dragon King was formed by Huo Yuhao extracting a portion of the resentment that constituted the Hundred-Headed Dragon Typhon. It also possessed 300,000 spiritual power, equivalent to a level 98 Super Douluo.

The last undead knight king exuded an aura of 250,000 spiritual power, and was the strongest among the many undead knights.

Following them were several undead kings with spiritual power ranging from over 200,000 to under 250,000.

Standing a hundred meters tall, slightly thinner than the Abomination King, but appearing even stronger, the Hellfire King was entirely composed of shimmering, purplish-red stones.

It was a vengeful king who was nothing more than a thick, dark green fog, yet he kept screaming.

The king was a shadowy monarch whose body was completely black, yet as ethereal as a shadow, with no facial features visible.

The Cave Spider King, twenty meters long with twelve long legs standing in the void, has patches of gray light on its purplish-black body.

The lich king, radiating a chilling aura of death and whose face was obscured, held a staff.

Standing only two meters tall, the Corpse King exudes a corpse aura that constantly infects the surrounding environment.

A skeletal king over thirty meters tall, whose entire body shimmered with the luster of white jade.

A zombie king standing five meters tall, radiating a dark golden hue, with lifeless eyes and stiff limbs.

And behind them, a massive horde of corpses covering the entire continent, were the dead and corpses accumulated over millions of years on the Dragon Martial Continent, which sustained the undead army formed by Hei Yuhao.

Although these aged corpses and deathly aura no longer possess the immense power of freshly deceased individuals, their sheer number is still considerable.

What pleased Hei Yuhao the most was that, apart from the promotion system mostly established by Ilex, the undead army had found a new direction for development after he combined soul tools and alchemy knowledge, and deduced through mental mimicry and the power of faith.

Those weak, low-level undead can now form war fortresses and war machines under the control and command of higher-level undead, unleashing terrifying combat power. They can be regarded as independent individuals or as a whole.

They can replenish any missing part at an extremely fast speed, and the creatures that die in the undead army will quickly be transformed into parts of these war fortresses and war machines.

At least in Hei Yuhao's view, the power generated by these undead gathered together is enough to help him flatten all the countries on the Douluo Continent, even the Sun Moon Empire, which has a large number of level nine fixed-position soul guidance shells and level nine soul masters.

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