Douluo: Huo Yuhao Returns from Devouring the Stars

Kong Deming snorted coldly and returned to Mingdu with Lu Shan and others.

After arriving in Mingdu, Kong Deming directly brought Lu Shan and Zhao Feng to the back mountain of Luoshan Garden of the Sun and Moon Royal Academy. After Jing Hongchen comforted the exchange students and dealt with the incidents such as the start of Mingdu's defensive fortifications, he hurriedly took Ye Guyi and Huo Yuhao to the back mountain of Luoshan Garden.

"Master Kong, you know that Gu Yi's Holy Angel Martial Spirit can dramatically increase his cultivation by killing evil spirit masters. If we leave Lu Shan and Zhao Feng to Gu Yi..."

Jing Hongchen glanced at Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi who were talking and laughing on the grass in the distance, then looked at Kong Deming's tall back and said respectfully.

Kong Deming nodded and said, "I brought them back for the bone clothes. Otherwise, I would have killed them right away when we were in the suburbs."

Jing Hongchen nodded, thinking to himself, "So that's how it is." He was still wondering why Master Kong didn't just eliminate the two evil soul masters on the spot to prevent the Holy Spirit Cult from coming to claim them. It turned out that Master Kong had already planned...

"Judging from what happened today, the cooperation between the Empire and the Holy Spirit Church is likely on the verge of breaking down. It's very likely that at some unexpected time, the Holy Spirit Church will unilaterally break the agreement and bare their proud claws against the Empire."

Kong Deming stared into the distance and continued in a low voice, "At this time, the empire needs veterans like us to withstand the pressure, but it also needs rising stars like Yuhao, Meng, Xiao, and Guyi to grow rapidly and support the future of the empire."

"We've both witnessed Yuhao's rapid growth. He's lived up to our expectations. His progress is even faster than we imagined. Before we knew it, his attainments in mental strength have already reached a level unmatched by ordinary people."

"The fact that he was able to remain unscathed from the attacks of Lu Shan, Zhao Feng, and the others clearly shows that he has grown up. I believe that before long, this young man will be able to stand on the same level as us old guys..."

Kong Deming breathed a sigh of relief, and the burden on his shoulders seemed to be lightened a lot.

"Although the present belongs to us old guys, the future still belongs to the young people. Yuhao's growth gives me hope, and the characteristics of the bone armor in soul master cultivation also let me see a bright future!"

"Mr. Kong, what do you mean?" Jing Hongchen, feeling that he had grasped the meaning of Kong Deming's words, asked in a tone seeking confirmation.

"The bone armor can quickly improve one's cultivation by killing evil soul masters, and there will be no disadvantages. So we will capture the evil soul masters and let her grow up quickly, and let her become an existence that the Holy Spirit Church fears as soon as possible!" Kong Deming said in a resounding voice.

Chapter 169 Feelings in the Heart

Jing Hongchen gasped. He had considered the idea of ​​capturing evil spirit masters to help Gu Yi cultivate and become stronger, but the matter was of grave importance. If the Holy Spirit Cult discovered it, their counterattack would be unimaginable...

"Mr. Kong, if the Holy Spirit Church finds out about this, it will probably cause a huge shock to the empire!" Jing Hongchen touched the sweat on his forehead and said respectfully.

"The Holy Spirit Church is like a maggot in the Empire's bones. If the cooperation between the Empire and the Holy Spirit Church were to be leaked, the Empire's image would instantly collapse, and the people's trust in the Empire's top leaders would be completely gone. The Empire would then likely be plunged into chaos..."

Kong Deming waved his sleeves and said calmly, "Even if today's events weren't the intention of the Holy Spirit Sect's leader or vice-leader, they are definitely related to the Supreme Elder Ye Xishui, who is able to mobilize the twelve elders of the Holy Spirit Sect!"

"You should know that within the Holy Spirit Church, besides the leader and deputy leader, the only one who can mobilize the twelve elders is Ye Xishui, the supreme elder who holds an extremely special position within the Holy Spirit Church."

"In short, the cooperation between the Empire and the Holy Spirit Church has reached the brink of collapse. We can no longer imagine the Holy Spirit Church leading the charge in the Empire's war for unification. Of course, the Holy Spirit Church must pay a heavy price for what happened today!"

Jing Hongchen lowered his head and thought, "Master Kong, the Holy Spirit Cult possesses two Ultimate Douluo, several Super Douluo, and over ten Titled Douluo. We are somewhat inferior to them in terms of cutting-edge combat power."

"I have upgraded the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to level ten. With it, no one in the world can be invincible. If I borrow the soul power of three hundred Soul Douluos, I can even unleash the power of an eleventh-level soul guide!"

Kong Deming continued calmly:

"With the help of the immortal herbs, several of the worshippers in the worship hall have reached a higher level. You and Ye Yulin are now both level 94 Titled Douluo. With the help of level 9 soul guides, you are comparable to level 98 Super Douluo and can even resist level 99 Ultimate Douluo. Combined with the level 9 soul guides we have developed, it should be enough to deal with the Holy Spirit Cult."

Jing Hongchen nodded and sighed, "To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country. Before the war of unification begins, it is indeed a very good choice to first eliminate the cancer of the Holy Spirit Cult."

"Okay, let's stop here for today regarding the Holy Spirit Church. When you go back, remember to inform the core members of Mingde Hall about this matter and be prepared to go to war with the Holy Spirit Church at any time..." Kong Deming said solemnly.

"Okay, Master Kong!"

A fiery glint flashed in Jing Hongchen's eyes. With the help of the immortal grass sent by Huo Yuhao, he had already advanced to the 94th level of Titled Douluo, possessing the combat power comparable to that of a 98th level Super Douluo and the ability to withstand the attacks of an Ultimate Douluo. He could no longer contain his eagerness to test his own strength...

After Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen finished their conversation, they allowed Ye Guyi to get rid of Lu Shan and Zhao Feng, the two super douluo-level evil soul masters.

"Master Kong, Dean, among the methods I've researched for using mental power, there's one that can theoretically extract a living being's spirit and examine its deepest memories, or memories from a certain period of time. Why don't you let me try it first?"

Huo Yuhao looked at Kong Deming expectantly and expressed his thoughts.

Among the ten kinds of necromancy that Master Yi taught him, the tenth kind, Time Rewind, can read the memories deep in the souls of people, soul beasts, or memories within a certain period of time. Due to the lack of a practical object, his learning of Time Rewind has yet to be improved, but these two evil soul masters are very good practical objects.

This is a good opportunity to gain some insight into the ins and outs of the Holy Spirit Church's actions.

Moreover, he also lacked a person to practice the ninth type of necromancy soul-controlling method, so he could just study the two types of necromancy in depth.

"Use mental power to extract the memories from the other party's spiritual sea?" Kong Deming said in shock.

Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Yes, Master Kong. However, the method of extracting memories is still a theoretical idea and has yet to be put into practice. These two evil soul masters are the most suitable for practical application."

Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen looked at each other in surprise. They had never expected that Huo Yuhao had actually developed such a strange method.

Ye Guyi was also stunned and couldn't help but wonder, "Yuhao, extracting soul memories, what does this feel like... It's a bit like the method of an evil soul master?"

"This method does look very much like the method of an evil soul master, but in fact, whether it is an evil soul master's method or not depends on who it is used on. If it is used on the public or ordinary people, then it must be an evil soul master's method without a doubt. But if it is used on an evil soul master, then I'm afraid it's another matter." Huo Yuhao explained.

The reason why an evil soul master is an evil soul master is not because he possesses a martial soul or means similar to that of an evil soul master, but because he does the evil things that an evil soul master would do, and is therefore an evil soul master.

A sharp blade has both good and bad sides. It mainly depends on how it is used. Using it in different ways on different objects will often have different consequences.

"Okay, then you try it first, and then Gu Yi will finish them off after you're done trying." Kong Deming said with relief.

Kong Deming was actually worried about Huo Yuhao. He was afraid that Huo Yuhao's rapid growth would lead to some negative effects. What he feared most was that Huo Yuhao would lose his original intention after gaining powerful strength and would not use his combat power in the right way. But judging from what happened today, he was still very satisfied with Huo Yuhao's performance.

In order to prevent Lu Shan and Zhao Feng from resisting too violently, Kong Deming severely injured them again before letting Huo Yuhao try to extract their memories with his mental power.

Since Huo Yuhao had already memorized the specific cultivation methods of the ninth type of undead magic, soul control, and the tenth type of undead magic, time rewinding, all he needed to do now was to put the undead magic he had learned into practice. Therefore, it didn't take Huo Yuhao long to complete the soul control and memory extraction of Lu Shan and Zhao Feng.

"How is it?" Seeing that Huo Yuhao had finished extracting memories, Ye Guyi came forward curiously and asked.

After gathering his thoughts, Huo Yuhao sighed and said, "The Holy Spirit Cult's action this time was targeting me. The exchange students were simply affected."

Fortunately, his mental power broke through to the level of God of War this morning, otherwise he would have been in great danger today.

"Who is planning this?" Kong Deming asked in a deep voice.

"Ye Xishui, the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Church, and according to their memories, their task of killing me has reached a point where it is imperative. The elders of the Holy Spirit Church, led by Ye Xishui, are pushing for a break between the Holy Spirit Church and the Empire. As for other plans, there are none yet..." Huo Yuhao recalled.

Kong Deming snorted coldly, "It seems they themselves have sensed that the cooperation between the Holy Spirit Church and the Empire could fail at any time, so they want to eliminate the geniuses within the Empire?"

"That's probably the case. Yuhao's talent is too dazzling, making the Holy Spirit Church feel threatened..." Jing Hongchen said angrily.

Kong Deming thought for a moment before saying, "Guyi, finish them off. Their only value now is to improve your strength."

Ye Guyi nodded, and without hesitation killed Lu Shan and Zhao Feng, who had been imprisoned by Kong Deming, and then began to use the purification power of the Holy Angel to purify the evil aura of these two Super Douluo Evil Soul Masters.

Three hours later, Ye Guyi finally completed the purification of the two Super Douluo.

"Master Kong, my soul power has reached the maximum level of 60. I feel that after being given the sixth soul ring, my soul power will increase by several levels!"

Ye Guyi said excitedly.

Three months ago, when she first entered the Royal Academy, she was only a Soul Sect leader, but three months later, she would become a Soul Emperor-level Soul Master!

In addition to the two levels of soul power feedback brought by the initial absorption of the fifth soul ring and the soul power cultivated in the past three months, the remaining seven or eight levels of soul power improvement are all due to killing evil soul masters and purifying the evil energy!

The evil soul master is really useful!

It is said that the Holy Spirit Church has twelve elders, eight great priests and hundreds of followers. Not to mention killing the top leaders of the Holy Spirit Church to enhance her strength, as long as she kills a few elders and priests, and eliminates a few hundred evil soul masters, wouldn't her cultivation level increase dramatically?

"Very good, it seems that I have underestimated your talent. Hmm... what Mr. Kong said before about capturing evil soul masters for you to practice is very good!" Jing Hongchen laughed with a rosy face.

Ye Guyi was his only closed disciple, so he was naturally happy that she had such talent. His legacy could finally be passed on to the next generation even though he was already in his twilight years.

Kong Deming also nodded happily, talked with Jing Hongchen for a while, and told Huo Yuhao to be careful and not to leave Mingdu as much as possible. Then he took the bodies of Lu Shan and Zhao Feng and left the back mountain of Luoshanyuan.

After Huo Yuhao and his disciple Jing Hongchen chatted for a long time, they returned to dormitory A5 in Luoshanyuan and devoted themselves to study and practice.

Towards evening, there was a knock on the door.

"Gu Yi?" Huo Yuhao opened the door and found Ye Guyi standing in front of the door, raising his right hand to knock again.

Ye Guyi smiled brightly and said, "Yuhao, the dean said that there will be a lecture at Mingde Hall tonight. Do you want to go?"

"Lecture?" Huo Yuhao pressed his temple and said, "Let's go. I'm tired from studying and want to relax."

Huo Yuhao turned around and got two bottles of drinks from the kitchen. He handed one of them to Ye Guyi before closing the door and going to Mingde Hall with Ye Guyi.

As the rare genius of the Sun-Moon Empire and the closed disciples of the head of Mingde Hall, Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi were naturally arranged to sit in the front row of the auditorium.

The protagonist of the lecture was none other than Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall.

All those sitting in the lobby were people who had a significant influence on the Sun-Moon Empire now or in the future. In addition to the core members of Mingde Hall, important figures such as military leaders were also present to listen.

Jing Hongchen first reported on the many recent achievements of Mingdetang before shifting the topic to the core content of today's lecture.

"Today, the situation on the continent is undergoing profound changes. Local conflicts and the overall stability and peace are being disrupted. The Holy Spirit Church, which has been closely cooperating with the Empire, is wantonly violating the cooperation agreement, killing the geniuses of our Sun-Moon Empire, and encroaching on the Empire's core industries..."

"Today, the cooperation between the Empire and the Holy Spirit Church has reached the brink of collapse. As the heir apparent to the Empire, we must prepare a comprehensive response plan to ensure peace and prosperity for the nation and its people..."

After analyzing the current situation of the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Church in a simple and in-depth manner, Jing Hongchen picked up a gold-stamped envelope on the table, took out a piece of paper from it, placed it on the projection soul guide on the podium, and said solemnly:

"Ever since the Douluo Three Kingdoms bypassed Shrek Academy and established the United Soul Master Academy in Maple Leaf City, Shrek Academy has successively issued a series of measures to consolidate its position on the continent."

"Not long ago, Shrek Academy announced to the world that they would establish a sect called the Holy Soul Sect in Shrek City, and use Shrek City as a base to develop the Holy Soul Sect!"

"As everyone knows, Shrek Academy is the academy-like force with the most Titled Douluo on the continent. Establishing the Holy Soul Sect at this time must be a big deal, especially since Shrek City is strategically located in the Three Douluo Kingdoms..."

"Although Shrek Academy has interfered with the political rule of the Douluo Three Kingdoms in the past, it has also eliminated other forces' spirit masters at the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Competition in order to eliminate dissidents."

Huo Yuhao looked at the contents of the envelope displayed by the projected soul guide with a strange expression, and was a little confused as to why Jing Hongchen suddenly spoke so seriously about the establishment of the Holy Soul Sect by Shrek Academy at the Sun Moon Empire's high-level lecture.

Could it be that the Holy Spirit Sect attacked him today, causing Jing Hongchen to reflect deeply on the pros and cons of Shrek Academy establishing the Holy Soul Sect?

He had known about Shrek Academy's establishment of the Holy Soul Sect some time ago.

At that time, he only thought that this was Shrek Academy's struggle to prevent Shrek Academy from declining due to the establishment of the Joint Soul Master Academy by the Three Douluo Kingdoms. But now, after listening to Jing Hongchen's in-depth and easy-to-understand description of Shrek Academy's establishment of the Holy Soul Sect in Shrek City, which is extremely strategically located, he suddenly had a new understanding.

Perhaps Shrek Academy established the Holy Soul Sect not only to ensure the decline of Shrek Academy, but also to strengthen its influence and control over the Douluo Three Kingdoms?

Jing Hongchen took a sip of tea on the podium and continued, "In the past, Shrek Academy might have restrained its hostility towards the Empire, considering that it was just an academy and, to a certain extent, represented the Three Kingdoms of Douluo. But now, after they established the Holy Soul Sect, they may very well take action against the Empire in the name of the sect..."

Huo Yuhao frowned in the audience. Jing Hongchen's words reminded him of the incident a year ago when they killed a Shrek Super Douluo in the Star Dou Forest.

Super Douluo were extremely important to both an academy and an empire. But after they killed the Shrek Academy Super Douluo, Shrek Academy didn't react at all, not even asking the Sun-Moon Empire for an explanation...

According to the dean, it would indeed be much easier for Shrek Academy to stir up trouble on the mainland after the Holy Soul Sect was established, because the actions of the Holy Soul Sect would only be blamed on the Holy Soul Sect, and not on Shrek, which to a certain extent represented the Douluo Three Kingdoms...

"The Holy Spirit Church is besieging me. Will the Holy Soul Sect founded by Shrek Academy also attack Meng Hexiao and the others far away in Maple Leaf City? Given Meng Hexiao's current talents, Shrek Academy, keen on eliminating dissidents, and the rift between them and the Douluo Three Kingdoms, might not prevent them from taking action..."

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao's heart suddenly began to beat violently, and the premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

With my current speed as a novice war god, it shouldn't take long for me to reach Maple Leaf City by chasing the stars and the moon. Even if the Holy Soul Sect doesn't attack Meng and Xiao, I can still use this opportunity to check on them. If the Holy Soul Sect does attack...

Can't wait any longer...

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and whispered to Ye Guyi beside him, "Guyi, I have a new understanding of cultivation. I will go back to practice in seclusion first."

"Okay, go ahead. I'll tell the dean when the time comes." Ye Guyi said with a knowing smile.

"it is good."

After saying that, Huo Yuhao lowered his head and walked around to the path beside the auditorium and left the auditorium.