Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

Douluo Federation

"Master, this is a rather troublesome matter recently, please take a look." Bai Zhen handed the compiled documents to Huo Yuhao.

“One is the two major underground forces of the former Sun Moon Empire, the Ordinary Alliance and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce. Due to the destruction of the Holy Spirit Church, the Xishui Alliance also collapsed. These two underground forces have grown very rampant these days by absorbing the remnants of the Xishui Alliance,” Bai Zhen reported. “Behind them are also many shadows of the former nobles of the Sun Moon Empire who have fled. They are deeply rooted and too big to be turned away.”

"They're all swindlers and fraudsters. Fine, I'll go check them out later." Huo Yuhao looked at the documents, preparing to take them all down in a bit.

“Another thing is that recently some ‘miracles’ have appeared in various parts of Douluo Continent, seemingly trying to attract people there. The area near Shrek City has the most of them. I have already sent people to block off the areas within the Douluo Federation so that no one can easily get close,” Bai Zhen said.

"Oh, this is the effect of the large-scale divine realm sensing last time. You did the right thing. Don't let anyone get close to those places for now. I'll also remind people about Shrek City." Huo Yuhao had learned about this from Rong Nianbing.

The last large-scale divine realm sensing event attracted the attention of many gods to Douluo Continent, which made the Sea God no longer dare to act as easily as before.

However, those gods who were unaware of this but also had the idea of ​​inheriting the divine position began to plan to bring down divine tests on the Douluo Continent, a world full of talented people.

The sudden increase in "miracles" is an omen, a means used by the gods to attract people.

“There is a rather special place here, the Sun and Moon Western Mountain. Before we sealed it off, some people entered this place and never came out again.” Bai Zhen pointed to a location on the map. “The Sun and Moon Empire had records of this place many years ago, but all they knew was that it was a secret place that could trap people to death.”

"Xishan?" Huo Yuhao nodded. "Understood. Leave it to me."

Chapter 152 Landfill

"Senior Wang Dong..."

"Don't come any closer!!!"

In his panic, Wang Dong channeled his soul power into the magic gun, and a teleportation portal was launched.

Ignoring where he would be teleported to, Wang Dong rushed into the portal as if fleeing.

"Don't go, I won't do anything..." Meng Hongchen was puzzled. She wasn't some ferocious beast, and she thought she was quite beautiful, but Wang Dong ignored her completely.

However, Meng Hongchen is not someone who gives up easily.

"The famous novelist and romantic comedy comic artist Xiao Heding said in his latest work, 'My Soul Master's Romantic Daily Life Is Really Problematic,' that 'misunderstandings and hurts are not terrible; what is terrible is not even having the courage to try to understand.'"

Meng Hongchen encouraged herself and, taking advantage of the fact that the portal hadn't closed, immediately followed it inside.

"Sigh..." Xiao Hongchen shook his head and followed.

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Body Martial Soul Research Institute

Body Refinement Department

"One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four!"

"Get moving, everyone! If this group doesn't finish, the next group will have to double the effort!" the Golden Body Douluo shouted.

A bustling scene

It's like being in a gym.

The large training ground in front of us was filled with a bunch of students with strangely shaped bodies and martial spirits, as well as some students who were there to train normally.

Without exception, these are all muscles.

Only muscles!

"Whether you're cultivating or fighting, the only things you can trust are your own bodies and your muscles! Get moving! Let me see your sweat! Only sweat doesn't lie!" The Golden Body Douluo's passionate words echoed throughout the entire arena again and again.

Accompanied by powerful music from the speakers, it seemed to be a very old song.

"What kind of place is this?!" Xiao Hongchen was almost scalded by the intense heat.

Meng Hongchen and Wang Dong, who were walking ahead, were also stunned with fright.

"This place... seems to be a newly built Martial Soul Research Institute..." This was Wang Dong's first time here, and he never expected it to be such a... strange sight.

"So heavy!" The three of them realized how incredibly heavy their bodies had become after they had recovered.

"Be careful, there's a gravity array on this playground. You might not be able to get used to it when you first arrive." A petite girl, completely out of place with the atmosphere of the place, ran over and seemed to be unaffected by gravity at all.

"Xiao Xiao? What are you doing here?" Wang Dong was taken aback.

"It's for exercising." Xiao Xiao bent her small arms and, with a little effort, actually stretched out all sorts of exquisite muscles, exuding a strong sense of power.

"Roar!" The dark gold dinosaur bear beside him, which was also his tamed beast, roared in response.

"..." The three were speechless at this strange contrast.

"Hey, Xiao Xiao, you're a friend? Since you're here, let's work out together." The Golden Body Douluo invited her over when he saw the situation. Xiao Xiao was one of the students with the best physical fitness here, so the Golden Body Douluo was especially kind to her.

"No..." Just as Wang Dong and the others were about to shake their heads, the golden-bodied Douluo had already pushed the three of them to a barbell that was taller than a person.

"Come, come, don't be shy. Ah, you two, you're Soul Master exchange students, right? I know you. Look how skinny you are, this won't do. Come and train, I'll personally guide you." The Golden Body Douluo was very enthusiastic and led Wang Dong and the other two to start exercising.

After practicing for a while, Wang Dong finally found an opportunity to escape using the teleportation portal again.

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Martial Soul Research Institute

Bloodline Research Department Laboratory

boom! boom! boom!

The portal opened, and Wang Dong and his two companions fell into a pool of black water.

"Glug glug glug... Where are we now?" Wang Dong and the other two almost drowned.

"It's done! I've done it, Master Turtle! Hahaha!"

Xu Sanshi laughed maniacally, with a needle for bloodline activator still stuck in his arm. The area around the heavy, dark tortoise shell, including the ground and walls, had all turned into undulating black water, and a suffocating and heavy atmosphere permeated the entire laboratory.

"Awakened! Awakened! My path is right, I don't need that bullshit awakening ceremony, I can awaken just the same way!"

In the black pool of Xuanwu Domain, a teleportation portal opened, and Wang Dong quickly swam in.

"Shrek Academy is such a terrifying place..." As a traditional Soul Master, Xiaomeng Hongchen's physical abilities were indeed not very good, and he desperately tried to keep up with Wang Dong.

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"Ugh!" This time, Wang Dong finally caught his breath after landing on solid ground, but his soul power was also exhausted. The black water had accelerated the loss of soul power in others.

"Finally, I can rest for a while..." Meng Hongchen collapsed to the ground, her strength completely exhausted.

"Wait, this place isn't good, is it?" Xiao Hongchen's voice trembled, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong and Meng Hongchen looked up and realized they had arrived in a completely unfamiliar place.

It was pitch black, and the entire place was devoid of any light. The only cold light they could see was emitted by the dark palace in the distance.

All around them was a forest composed of huge, dead trees.

"Is this still Douluo Continent?" Xiao Hongchen wondered to himself.

Wang Dong frowned slightly. She knew that the teleportation gun would only take her to locations whose coordinates were recorded, meaning places Huo Yuhao had previously visited. Only when Huo Yuhao himself used it could he set coordinates he hadn't been to before.

"So, this dark place is related to Yuhao?" Wang Dong recalled that Huo Yuhao seemed to have mentioned such a place to her, but she had never been there.

A sound suddenly came from the bushes nearby.

A hideous zombie, its body wrapped in bandages and its face decaying and rotting, crawled out of the ground.

"An elderly person who was seriously injured?" Wang Dong asked, his eyes wide.

"It's a zombie!!!" Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen exclaimed as they pulled Wang Dong back cautiously.

However, seeing the zombie made Wang Dong relax, because she remembered that Huo Yuhao had summoned such undead creatures.

"As expected, this is Yuhao's territory."

"Don't panic, I can still handle it if it's just a zombie." As the elder brother, Xiao Hongchen took out the Soul Guidance Cannon and stepped forward.

With a loud bang, the zombie was blasted away.

"Look," Xiao Hongchen said with a smug smile.

Then... seemingly attracted by the firelight, hundreds more zombies emerged one after another, followed by a large horde of undead creatures rushing in.

"..." Xiao Hongchen was silent for two seconds, then said, "Run!"

He took out a newly purchased soul-guided vehicle from his storage device, and the three of them got into the vehicle and floored the accelerator.

Behind them, dozens of zombies gathered in a group on the dilapidated soul-guided vehicle, chasing after them and attacking them relentlessly with soul-guided cannons with a power of at least level four.

"Why do zombies have cars?!" The bizarre scene shocked Meng Hongchen. "And so much equipment, who gave it to them?"

On the other side, the undead and liches caught up with them in a train with twelve carriages.

"A ghost train!" Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were scared half to death.

Wang Dong lowered her head and remained silent; she had already guessed everything.

This place is definitely Huo Yuhao's territory. Huo Yuhao even told her that he would collect all his discarded inventions, failed creations, or junk that he bought but felt was useless and throw them into a spatial dimension. The undead creatures he had summoned before were also from that dimension.

"This is Yuhao's junkyard..." Wang Dong was even more frightened at this thought. The power of Huo Yuhao's inventions was uncertain. What if those zombies really had some city-destroying weapons and blasted them to death?

"We need to quickly recover our soul power before using the portal to leave."

boom!

With a loud bang in the distance, followed by an intense burst of light, all the undead creatures turned and ran in the other direction.

Xiao Hongchen's soul-guided chariot crashed into a giant tree and was forced to stop.

"Huh? The zombies aren't chasing us anymore?" Meng Hongchen asked in confusion.

"You... are children of the Mingde Hall Master's family?" A voice came, and looking in the direction of the voice, there was another person whose body was wrapped in bandages and who was tied up.

“There’s one more!” Xiao Hongchen picked up the soul-guided cannon.

"No, no, no, I am an old man who is seriously injured." The old man hurriedly said, "I am a civil official of the Sun Moon Empire. Young Master Hongchen, we should have met before."

"Oh, I vaguely remember," said Xiao Hongchen.

"Hongchen family, were you also captured and brought here by that demon king?" A smartly dressed but somewhat disheveled girl suddenly appeared.

"Demon King? Who are you?" Xiao Hongchen did not recognize the person in front of him.