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A strong pressure slowly emanated from him.
This pressure was different from the domineering and fierce one of the Ice and Snow Emperors. It was heavier and deeper, and seemed to crush all living beings in terms of level and realm.
The two men in white were stunned for a moment, completely forgetting to question the authenticity, and mechanically repeated: "Okay, okay, Master Saint, please follow us."
The two men led Nana and Huo Yuhao into the house, opened a secret passage leading underground, and came to an open hall.
There were three people sitting inside, two of them were wearing white clothes and white hoods, and the other one was wearing black clothes. His hood was tighter than the others, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
They are naturally the two Holy Spirit disciples and the elders.
A heavy and unfamiliar pressure flowed into the hall, and the faces of the three people changed at the same time.
The pressure had already taken on a unique sense of targeting and oppression. The two guides did not notice any difference from the other pressures, but the three evil soul masters all felt fear at the same time.
Almost at the same time, the three people's martial spirits possessed their bodies and revealed their spirit rings.
"Who dares to desecrate the altar?"
Before the two white-robed men who were leading the way could open their mouths to explain, the Second Holy Spirit roared and transformed into a gigantic skeleton three or four meters tall, with green soul fire flickering in its hollow eyes.
The ferocious skeleton giant stretched out his bony palm and was about to sweep towards Huo Yuhao.
"Humph."
Huo Yuhao snorted lightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes under his sunglasses as he looked into the skeleton’s empty eyes.
The cold light shone through the sunglasses towards the burning soul fire, and with a whoosh, the soul fire went out.
"what--"
The screams of the two holy spirits echoed in the hall, and huge skeletons fell to the ground.
The Great Holy Spirit and the elders were all stunned.
Huo Yuhao frowned, and a gray soul ring containing deep pressure slowly emerged behind him.
"Is this how you welcome your Son?"
Chapter 283 Another Path to Immortality (5.0k)
The huge skeleton transformed from the Second Holy Spirit collapsed to the ground, making a chilling sound of bones colliding.
The two black eye sockets on the skull stared at Huo Yuhao with reluctance and fear, and the soul fire in them had long been extinguished.
A powerful evil soul master soul emperor died suddenly in an instant.
Huo Yuhao was not excited because he killed a Soul Emperor in seconds. With his undead magic that specifically attacks evil soul masters, he had already been able to do it.
Now that he has inherited Yinlex's more complete undead magic, he can reap the fools like the god of death, who seem to have strong bodies but actually have extremely fragile souls and wantonly expose them.
"Second brother!" Upon seeing the miserable death of the Second Holy Spirit, the Great Holy Spirit's eyes suddenly turned red.
The evil soul master elder whose eyes were covered by a black hood said in horror: "This... This is the ability to burn souls. Are you also an evil soul master? Could it be that you are really the Holy Son?"
Huo Yuhao snorted coldly without any emotion, and the gray soul ring behind him flickered with an odd light.
This was not the first time that he played the so-called Son of the Holy Spirit Church. He, who already had great acting talent, seemed to have acquired this false identity.
"Don't you believe it yet?" He suddenly stretched out his right hand, and a small door next to him suddenly exploded. Along with rich energy and soul fluctuations, a strange flag was pulled into his hand.
"That's my Holy Spirit Flag!" said the branch elder in horror.
This is naturally also a magical weapon, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.
This Ten Thousand Souls Banner is his important magic weapon. Only evil soul masters who are good at soul control can use it. Nearly five hundred souls are imprisoned inside.
He can also control the vengeful spirits inside to fight for him, and he can even fight against an eight-ring Soul Douluo.
The elders of the branch temple wanted to call back this magic weapon, but they were simply powerless.
“This thing was given to you by him, right?” Huo Yuhao waved his other hand, and an image of Ten Thousand Souls Douluo appeared in front of him.
"It's Elder Wanhun!" The branch elder was stunned, "You, no, you, you are really the Holy Son!"
The hostility and suspicion in his eyes had disappeared, replaced by endless fanaticism. He didn't even care about the death of the two holy spirits, as if the death was a bug.
The elders of the branch temple quickly put on a respectful attitude, bowed and said: "I didn't know that the Holy Son was visiting the branch temple. We are sorry for not coming to welcome you."
His face was covered by a black hood, revealing two shifty eyes.
Seeing the elder of the branch temple being so flattering, the Great Holy Spirit quickly reacted and said, "Greetings, Lord Holy Son."
Seeing that both of them had put away their spirit rings, Huo Yuhao did not say anything. He just tilted his head slightly and looked through his sunglasses at the bodies of the two holy spirits.
The branch elder immediately understood what he meant: "The Second Holy Spirit was disrespectful to the Holy Son and was severely punished by the Holy Son. He has returned to the Holy Emperor's embrace. It is his own fault."
Huo Yuhao then nodded slightly.
Nana, who was standing by, was so nervous when she saw the elders of the branch temple and the great holy spirit, who were always so arrogant, being so respectful to Huo Yuhao.
Is this still the elder and great holy spirit who always show off their might?
Could he really be the Holy Spirit Religion's Son? If so, not only would he be doomed, but his parents would also be in danger.
But another emotion called excitement also arose in her heart. If this powerful man who could also control souls was really the enemy of the Holy Spirit Church, would the evil organization that brought her lifelong nightmares be completely destroyed?
Huo Yuhao sneered in his heart as he looked at the elders of the branch temple and the great holy spirit who had complete faith in him.
His spiritual detection had already discovered the Ten Thousand Souls Banner with powerful soul fluctuations hidden in the hall. The grade of this Ten Thousand Souls Banner was higher than the one he had seen before, and it imprisoned more souls.
He speculated that this Ten Thousand Souls Banner should also have been given to them by the Ten Thousand Souls Elder, so he simulated the image of Ten Thousand Souls Douluo, and it turned out to be just as he had guessed.
Burning souls, controlling the Holy Spirit Flag, bringing out the Elder of Ten Thousand Souls, and adding a little mental suggestion, the two people in front of him no longer have any doubts about his identity as the Son of God, so he can start the next round of questioning.
It’s just… this branch elder gave Huo Yuhao a very strange feeling.
His hood seemed to be specially made, fitting almost perfectly with the skin on his face, and mental detection could not clearly see his appearance under the hood.
Moreover, the aura of the undead was particularly strong on him, as if he gave people the feeling of being not a human being, but an undead creature.
"What a strange guy." Huo Yuhao frowned and thought to himself.
"Kid, your feeling is right." Yin Lex's voice suddenly sounded.
Huo Yuhao’s expression remained unchanged, and his interest in this branch temple elder deepened.
The elder of the branch temple said coldly to the two white-robed men and Nana who were leading the way, "What are you all doing here? Why don't you get out?"
Then he looked at Huo Yuhao and said with a smile, "I wonder what message the Holy Son has for coming to the Holy Altar today? And... I don't think you look familiar."
The two men in white retreated, but Huo Yuhao waved at Nana to stay.
He sat down on the chair naturally and said in a casual tone: "Actually, there is nothing else to say. It's just that I, the Holy Son, have just taken office, and the leader asked me to go to the grassroots more often to understand your front-line work."
"As for me, I am a new official and I want to make some achievements. However, I don't know much about many specific tasks in the church, so I want to learn more about you and care about your lives."
"Don't worry, Saint Son, I am still very easy to talk to, hahaha."
Huo Yuhao spoke in an official tone, acted like a leader who cared about his subordinates, and smiled kindly.
The branch elder and the Great Holy Spirit quickly glanced at the corpse of the Second Holy Spirit and responded, "I see, Lord Holy Son, we will tell you everything we know."
"What is the mission of your branch?" Huo Yuhao asked directly.
The elder of the branch temple said: "Our mission is to recruit holy servants for the Holy Church, and then select those with superior qualifications to go to the main temple and be promoted to disciples of the Holy Spirit."
He pointed at Nana and said, "She is Holy Servant No. 6. Her cultivation will soon break through level 60. When the time comes, she will be able to become one of us."
Huo Yuhao could feel Nana’s body trembling noticeably, seven parts out of anger and three parts out of fear.
He waved the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand and said, "There are quite a few vengeful spirits in your Holy Spirit Banner. Have you thought about handing them over to Elder Ten Thousand Souls?"
The branch temple elder smiled and said, "We don't need to do the hard work of collecting vengeful spirits. We just need to regularly recruit holy servants here and report to the main temple regularly."
“Oh, so easy?” Huo Yuhao pretended to be nonchalant and asked, “Do you know where the headquarters is?”
The elder of the branch temple asked with a strange expression: "Master Saint...son, don't you remember the location of the main temple? I...we can't answer you!"
He was obviously afraid.
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, “Remember, I just asked casually.”
Even after releasing mental suggestion, the location of the Holy Spirit Church's headquarters could not be found out. The branch elder was so afraid to answer this question. Was it because answering it would have some terrible consequences?
Huo Yuhao roughly guessed the reason. It was probably because the Holy Spirit had imposed something similar to a master-servant contract on these people, preventing these core members from revealing the location of the headquarters.
His spiritual detection had already searched every corner of this branch temple, but he did not find any documents related to the Holy Spirit Church or other relevant information.
This Holy Spirit Church is really secretive.
Huo Yuhao was a little distressed. Now he couldn't directly use magic like soul-searching to explore the other party's memory, otherwise he wouldn't have to waste so much time and effort.
He sorted out his thoughts and suddenly asked an unrelated question: "Is your branch's income and expenditure balanced recently? Is the funding allocated sufficient?"
Hearing this question, the Great Holy Spirit was very eager to answer: "Sir, our branch temple has been spending more than it earns in recent years."
"Please, Lord Saint, say a few good words to the leader and give us more gold soul coins."
Huo Yuhao snorted coldly and looked at the table beside him, which was filled with exquisite delicacies and fine wines.
Before he came in, the Great Holy Spirit and others were having a meal.
"You don't have enough money. Don't you know how to increase income and cut down expenditure? I see you guys are eating well, all high-quality soul beast meat and good wine and food. This table alone probably costs over a thousand soul coins, right?"
Huo Yuhao sneered and used his knife to pick at the dishes on the table.
The Great Holy Spirit said in embarrassment: "Sir Holy Son, if we go out to rob money, it will violate the seclusion order issued by the leader."
Huo Yuhao asked again: "Who do you ask for the funding for this branch temple?"
The Great Holy Spirit replied, "We are under the command of Elder Wanhun. If we need money, we have to go to the Imperial City to ask Elder Wanhun for it. Moreover, he doesn't like to be disturbed. We can only go to the Imperial City to see him once every three months."
"I remember that the sect should have quite a few lucrative industries, right? Can't it afford your expenses?" Huo Yuhao finally asked indirectly.
The elder of the branch temple said grimly, "Sir Saint, you don't know that although the sect has a lot of industries, they are all under the personal jurisdiction of the deputy leader. The income is managed by her, and only those evil soul masters with soul guide talents under her are qualified to enjoy such a high reward."
“Even if we, the evil soul masters who are affiliated with other elders, go to Xishui League, the deputy leader will not even look at us or give us an extra gold soul coin.”
Xishui League? Is this the Holy Spirit Church's business?
The term that the branch elder accidentally said made Huo Yuhao feel that he had found a breakthrough in investigating the Holy Spirit Church.
When Nana heard the three words "Xishui Alliance", her body shook noticeably.
Huo Yuhao asked many questions in a roundabout way, and then gradually changed from indirect questions to direct questions with threats, but he found that the elders of the branch temple would not answer questions like those about the headquarters.