Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

So he nodded and followed Xu Guozhong's lead, saying, "Brother Xu, I can understand. After all, Xu Tianran died because of Xuanzi's assassination attempt, which caused the Sun Moon Empire to lose face. I'm sure you and the other high-ranking members of the Sun Moon Empire are holding a grudge and want to avenge Xu Tianran. That's why you attach great importance to this matter and are afraid that the news will leak out."

However, during this period, many disciples and even enshrined members of the Holy Sect have gone missing. According to the sect's analysis, all of this was done by Xuanzi, and we also want to take revenge on Xuanzi.

“I can notify you when it’s time to surround and eliminate Xuanzi,” Xu Guozhong suggested.

“No, Brother Xu, this won’t do!” The Holy Spirit Cult’s Grand Elder shook his head. “I think that given Shrek Academy’s past power, there might be Shrek Academy members among the Sun Moon’s higher-ups. I’m afraid that Xuanzi was informed of this before the operation even began and then ran away in advance.”

Think about it, if there weren't any Shrek Academy members in the upper echelons of Sun Moon Academy, how did Xuanzi manage to assassinate Xu Tianran? I've always felt there was something fishy about this. I feel that Xuanzi's ability to infiltrate Xu Tianran's inner circle and even assassinate him must have been aided by a traitor within the upper echelons of Sun Moon Academy.

Upon hearing this, Xu Guozhong hesitated, "This... Brother Liu, what you say makes sense. Perhaps there really are people in the upper echelons of Sun Moon Academy who are colluding with Shrek Academy, but..."

"Don't worry, Brother Xu, I won't make things difficult for you. I can guarantee that as long as you tell me where Xuanzi is hiding, the sect leader will immediately take action and kill Xuanzi."

Of course, revealing information carries certain risks, so I've prepared some small gifts for you.

As he spoke, the elder handed over a storage ring. Xu Guozhong took the ring, checked its contents, and then placed it on the table without putting it on his finger.

“Brother Liu, as you know, Xuanzi killed my nephew Xu Tianran, and I have a deep-seated hatred for him. If I cannot kill him with my own hands, I will not be able to quell my hatred!”

The elder frowned, looking puzzled: "Brother Xu, we helped you kill Xuanzi, which can be considered as avenging Xu Tianran. You don't really need to care so much about killing Xuanzi yourself."

"Elder, you've misunderstood. What I mean is, I have an irreconcilable hatred for Xuanzi, so I have to pay more!" Xu Guozhong said firmly.

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Pay more? That's easy!

The elder's furrowed brows relaxed: "Alright! Since Brother Xu wants to add money, then I will add money! Otherwise, it would seem that I am not sincere."

After saying that, he took out two more storage rings.

Xu Guozhong picked up the two storage rings and examined their contents.

A moment later, he smiled and said "good" three times in a row, clearly extremely happy.

"Brother Liu, I can tell you right now that Xuanzi is hiding in the Xuantian Restaurant in Mingdu. However, I suggest you bring enough men before you go to ambush and kill Xuanzi," Xu Guozhong advised.

"Alright, Brother Xu, I will present you with another generous gift after this is done!" The Grand Elder nodded and stood up from his chair. "Now I need to go find the Sect Leader as soon as possible. Brother Xu, I'll be leaving now."

"Brother Liu, I'll escort you out through the secret door." Xu Guozhong stood up with a smile.

The Grand Elder praised, "Brother Xu, you've thought of everything."

Xu Guozhong smiled as he saw the Holy Spirit Cult's Grand Elder off through the hidden door.

After the Grand Elder left, he suppressed his smile and thought to himself, "The Tower Master's plan can be further implemented. As expected of the Tower Master, he is so thoughtful. He even accurately predicted that the Holy Spirit Cult would definitely try to find out Xuanzi's hiding place."

"If Zhongli Wu were to lead a group to fight Xuanzi, regardless of who wins, the one who will ultimately have the last laugh will surely be our Sun Moon Empire!"

In fact, Xu Guozhong was also a member of the Spirit Pagoda. As someone who valued profit and even went so far as to risk his father's rebellion, he resolutely became a member of the Spirit Pagoda after coming into contact with it and learning what kind of force it was.

He was very optimistic about the future of the Spirit Pagoda, feeling that joining the Spirit Pagoda might be the most successful investment of his life. Although he, as a Title Douluo, felt that he would never need the spirits of the Spirit Pagoda in his lifetime, his descendants could use them.

Moreover, he also benefited greatly from the method of second awakening of martial souls within the Spirit Pagoda.

Thinking of this, Xu Guozhong immediately left the palace and flew towards the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

His palace wasn't far away, so he quickly arrived at the academy, found Huo Yuhao, and reported the matter of the Holy Spirit Cult's Grand Elder to Huo Yuhao.

After listening to Xu Guozhong's report, Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Have all the Soul Masters who are responsible for monitoring the area near Xuantian Restaurant withdraw. Do not leave any of our people inside the restaurant. If any guests come to the restaurant to eat, take them away as soon as possible. After all, not everyone can withstand the methods of a level 98 Super Douluo."

In fact, ever since they discovered that Xuanzi was hiding in the Xuantian Restaurant, the local people had been evacuated one after another and replaced by disguised Sun and Moon Soul Masters.

The main task of these Soul Masters is to monitor the Xuan Tian Restaurant.

"Yes, Tower Master." Xu Guozhong nodded in agreement and then quickly left.

After Xu Guozhong left, Huo Yuhao immediately used spatial magic to prepare to rescue Xuanzi. After all, with Xuanzi's strength, if Huo Yuhao really ignored him, he would probably be beheaded today. To be honest, he really didn't want Xuanzi to die so soon.

After all, in a sense, Xuanzi had helped him a lot and had a good effect, and he looked forward to the other party being able to play a role in the future.

Now that Xuanzi is in the Sun Moon Empire, he can continue to deepen the conflict between Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult, causing the Holy Spirit Cult to suffer significant losses. After all, the Holy Spirit Cult is also on his list of targets to be eliminated. Such an evil soul master force should not have existed for long in the first place.

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Xuantian Restaurant.

In the backyard, a gentle breeze rustled through the lush, leafy trees.

The sunlight was cut into fragments by the branches and leaves, falling on Xuanzi and forming patches of light of varying sizes.

He leaned against the tree trunk, drinking from a wine jug in one hand and holding his favorite chicken leg in the other.

After taking a sip of wine, he immediately started gnawing on the chicken leg, quickly devouring all the meat and then tossing the bone aside.

The chicken leg bone traced a perfect arc in the air before landing in a small "mountain" of chicken leg bones nearby.

In fact, he had been thinking about how to continue to cause trouble within the Sun Moon Empire, affect the situation on the front lines, and reduce the pressure on the Allied Forces. However, he had no results after racking his brains and was depressed. He could only drown his sorrows in alcohol.

After all, due to Xu Tianran's death and the recent rebellion within the Sun Moon Empire's royal family, it has become much more difficult to cause trouble within the Sun Moon Empire.

Furthermore, due to the demands of Elder Mu, Xu Jiawei, and the Emperor of Douling, none of the spies from the three parties were willing to provide him with assistance, which effectively left him isolated and helpless in Mingdu.

"Friendly forces that are holding me back, and an increasingly powerful enemy—my situation is becoming more and more difficult." Xuanzi's thoughts were churning as he drank some wine, trying to further alleviate his distress.

Fortunately, Zhao Yunfeng didn't go too far as to force me to leave Xuantian Restaurant and lose my place to stay; otherwise, I would definitely have taught Zhao Yunfeng a lesson.

At this moment, outside the Xuantian Restaurant, the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult had arrived. They were all dressed in black robes and exuded a murderous aura.

However, instead of entering the restaurant directly, they scattered throughout the restaurant, attempting to block Xuanzi's escape route later.

Zhongli Wu, who was in the lead, stared intently at the restaurant, his eyes seemingly spitting out fury.

After the Grand Elder returned to the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and told him the news he had received from Xu Guozhong, he immediately summoned the cult's strongest members to the vicinity of the Xuantian Restaurant, preparing to make Xuanzi's blood spill in Mingdu today.

Of course, neither Longbo nor his mother came.

The reason is simple: Longbo and his mother are both in seclusion. Although they have reached the Limit Douluo realm, which is considered to be the pinnacle of Soul Masters in the current Douluo Continent, no matter how hard they try, they will find it difficult to break through the limit and become gods.

After all, the legends of the gods date back ten thousand years.

However, as long as one is willing to go into seclusion and cultivate, one can always improve one's own strength to some extent.

Zhongli Wu gritted his teeth, and a full nine spirit rings rose from beneath his feet. The color ratio of the spirit rings was six black and three red, an excellent ratio that would be considered extremely high even among evil spirit masters.

Zhongli Wu's third soul ring flashed with black light. The next moment, a large number of black scythes suddenly appeared in mid-air. They exuded a deathly aura and slashed towards the restaurant at an unimaginable speed.

Boom!

A large number of black scythes destroyed the entire Xuantian Restaurant with overwhelming force, turning it into ruins. Dust danced in the sunlight, and wails of agony emanated from the ruins.

There was a faint, pungent smell of blood in the air.

Xuanzi was also buried under the rubble, but he was not seriously injured. The moment the attack came, he realized that something was wrong, so he immediately covered his body with his soul power.

For him, the biggest problem right now is the spies who have gathered at the restaurant for a meeting today. These people are undoubtedly in a very bad situation.

Those Shrek spies are Shrek graduates, so they're students too!

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Although these guys obeyed Elder Mu's orders and did not choose to continue helping him, as a Shrek Academy member, he absolutely could not ignore these graduates.

As for those Star Luo spies and Fighting Spirit spies, they also have rescue value.

After all, the academy now needs to cooperate with the Star Luo Empire and the Dou Ling Empire to counter the Sun Moon Empire; it can't just watch its allies die here.

Thinking of this, his soul power surged like a tide, instantly emitting a dazzling yellow light that dispelled the darkness in the ruins.

Dust danced wildly in the light. Xuanzi scanned his surroundings with eyes as sharp as knives. What came into view was a pile of severed limbs and blood, which snaked across the ground like bright red snakes, extremely jarring.

Xuanzi's heart skipped a beat, and his face immediately turned extremely ugly.

He followed the sound of wailing, trying to find the remaining survivors.

Suddenly, a deafening male voice rang out from outside: "Xuanzi, my methods just now were not enough to kill you. I know you are still alive. Get out here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an overwhelming pressure surged forth, sweeping across the entire ruins.

Then a large number of black scythes reappeared and rushed towards the ruins. Almost instantly, the ruins began to collapse further.

"Not good! This powerful aura is at least that of a level 98 Super Douluo. Could it be that the Sun Moon Royal Family has other powerful figures that haven't been mentioned in the intelligence?" Xuanzi gritted his teeth, and bright yellow light rapidly spread outwards from him, eventually transforming into a huge light shield to block the attack of a large number of black scythes.

A series of crisp clanging sounds rang out.

While expending his soul power to maintain the light barrier, Xuanzi quickly searched for the wounded in the ruins.

For a level 98 Super Douluo, the things that make up the ruins can't actually stop him. If he wasn't afraid that making too big of a move would hurt the injured people buried in the ruins, he would have already cleared this place with all his might.

Soon, he followed the cries of agony and found the wounded. After a brief look, he discovered that these surviving wounded were all spies from Shrek Academy.

In fact, this is a very normal phenomenon. Compared with those Star Luo spies and Dou Ling spies, Shrek spies are undoubtedly much stronger in overall cultivation. This allows them to use more powerful soul tools to protect themselves, thereby increasing their survival rate in the attack just now.

Looking at these Shrek spies missing limbs, Xuanzi's eyes turned red, and his heart bled. You must know that these Shrek spies were all graduates of Shrek Inner Academy. All graduates of Shrek Inner Academy were extremely outstanding children.

But he also knew this was not the place for leisurely conversations, since there were still external enemies, and the most important thing was to evacuate with the wounded.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Children, don't be afraid. I'm here. I will make sure you get out of here safely."

As he spoke, he shrank the light shield, enveloping everyone, and rampaged through the ruins. With a series of banging sounds, he finally led the Shrek spies out of the ruins.

Then he and the Shrek spies saw the level 98 Super Douluo in mid-air.

This man was handsome, appearing to be middle-aged, with short silver hair, deep eyes that shimmered with a purplish hue, and a black robe that fluttered in the wind. He exuded an incredibly powerful aura.

"It's Zhongli Wu!" Xuanzi's heart tightened. To be honest, he had never seen Zhongli Wu before, but Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier had fought against Zhongli Wu and knew what he looked like. They left a portrait for the Shrek Academy members to see, so that they would recognize him if they encountered him in the future.

He had no intention of lingering in battle, and instead led the Shrek spies to escape.

In any case, the top priority right now is to get out of here as much as possible.

If they stay here to fight Zhongli Wu, not only will it be difficult to protect these spies, but it is also very likely to attract those Sun and Moon level experts, which will put them in an even more troublesome situation.

Zhongli Wu had finally managed to capture Xuanzi, so how could he possibly let Xuanzi leave so easily?

The reason he didn't use his strongest attack on Xuantian Restaurant was entirely to allow some people to survive, become the wounded, create burdens for Xuanzi, and slow down the opponent's escape.

Black mist surged around him as he charged directly toward Xuanzi. In terms of speed alone, he was much faster than Xuanzi, so he quickly caught up with Xuanzi and blocked his path.

Meanwhile, the other powerful evil spirit masters also moved closer to Xuanzi, tightening the encirclement, as if they would not give up until they had surrounded and killed Xuanzi.

Zhongli Wu sneered: "Xuanzi, you're supposed to be the second strongest in Shrek Academy, so why do you immediately tuck your tail between your legs and run away when you see me?"

"Could it be that you've developed a habit of running away? No wonder when you lead the Shrek students, the result is always heavy casualties. Perhaps you chose to run away when those students were in danger. I truly feel sorry for those Shrek students who died!"