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"The Holy Emperor has a long life, and the Saint's celestial figure remains forever."
The deputy leader and the elders of the Holy Spirit Church laughed and repeated brainwashing words. Ma Xiaotao snorted coldly and did not agree.
Huo Yuhao just looked at them coldly, his eyes indifferent and cold.
……
In the early morning, in a small alley not far from the Xishui League hotel, a space door slowly opened.
The two civilian figures were dragged out by the skeletons.
After truly having a close call with death, the two men looked pale and bloodless.
Fear was the only emotion they felt, but at least they were still alive.
A calm voice sounded in their heads: "Don't walk at night anymore."
It took a long time for the two to recover from their fear. As if reborn, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times: "Thank you very much, sir, for sparing our lives. Thank you very much, sir, for sparing our lives..."
After their legs, which had long been weak, gathered some strength again, the two stood up and ran in an unknown direction.
Huo Yuhao reappeared in the hotel with a gloomy expression.
"Were you acting last night? I feel that you are more evil than evil soul masters." The cold voice of the Ice Emperor sounded.
"It's 30% nature, and 70% acting. This is all I can do now. I hope they will have better luck in the future and won't be caught by the Holy Spirit Church again."
Huo Yuhao said this calmly, and then said with emotion: "Fortunately, there is good news. Until the end of the competition, the Holy Spirit Church will be quiet and all activities will be suspended."
Xue Di added leisurely: "But the bad news is that they are brewing a shocking conspiracy, and the conspiracy will be exposed as soon as the competition is over."
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Chapter 304: Spiritual Ascension Ceremony
Demonic forest.
This is one of the largest gathering places for soul beasts in the Sun-Moon Empire. It is the territory of the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, the Evil Emperor, who ranks second among the ten most ferocious beasts.
And this is the headquarters of the evil soul master organization Holy Spirit Church.
It is hard to believe that the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, who has been cultivating for nearly 800,000 years, would tolerate humans establishing their headquarters in his territory, the Demon Forest.
But if one has enough strength, one can negotiate terms and cooperate even with a ferocious beast like the Evil Emperor.
A woman in a dark red cloak stood in the dim hall. In front of her was the core array of a soul guide device. Judging from its complexity, it should be a ninth-level soul guide device.
This core magic array is very large, a sphere as big as a head, containing hundreds of small core magic arrays with intricate and dense patterns.
She gently stroked the core magic circle with one hand, and grabbed a young man with the other.
The slender and sharp dark red nails pierced into the back of the young man's head like a dagger. The young man rolled his eyes and trembled all over.
But he still didn't die. The fluctuations of his soul power were almost non-existent. He was as fragile as paper in front of the woman's unfathomable strength.
There was no emotion in the scarlet eyes under the woman's cloak, and it seemed that what she was holding in her hand was not a person, but a ball of cotton.
An old sigh came from the darkness of the hall: "Xishui, if you want to kill me, just kill me. Why torture me like this?"
The one who spoke was the Dragon Emperor Douluo, also known as the Dark Holy Dragon, and one of the few Ultimate Douluos on the continent, Long Xiaoyao.
The woman he called Xishui was actually as powerful as him and had reached the level of Extreme Douluo.
She is the Supreme Leader of the Holy Spirit Church and the mother of the current leader, Ye Xishui.
The Holy Spirit Church's business, Xishui League, was named after her.
A Holy Spirit Church can have two Extreme Douluo powerhouses, so even the Evil Emperor can sit down and negotiate.
With Ye Xishui's strength, she could easily kill the man in her hand, but she didn't do that. Instead, she chose to torture him slowly.
The more painful the man is, the stronger the resentment in his soul becomes.
Ye Xishui said coldly: "The resentment is not enough."
Hiding in the darkness, Long Xiaoyao sighed softly again: "Xishui, I wonder why you have become like this?"
The voice of this Ultimate Douluo was filled with pain.
"Shut up!" Ye Xishui, who had always been cold and ruthless, suddenly exploded without warning, her voice sharp and harsh.
"Long Xiaoyao, it's all because of you that I became like this! It's all because of you and Moon that I became like this!"
Long Xiaoyao remained silent. The self-reproach and guilt in his heart made him unable to bear to blame the woman in front of him whom he loved so much, even though she was the Supreme Leader of the Holy Spirit Church, a cold-blooded and ruthless king of evil soul masters.
Although this Dark Holy Dragon was named Darkness, he had acted uprightly throughout his life, but this was the only thing he could never let go of.
All the words that came to my lips turned into silent sighs.
Ye Xishui no longer had the interest to continue torturing him, so she gently raised her hand and took the man's life.
The wronged soul with deep resentment rose up and merged into the soul guide in front of him.
"I don't know when the Death God Tower can be truly upgraded to a level 10 soul guide. The soul power of these mortals is too weak."
Ye Xiping calmed down his emotions, threw away the man's no longer trembling body in his hand, and said indifferently.
Long Xiaoyao urged loudly, "Xishui, stop it. Although I don't understand soul guides, you have already killed thousands of people."
"To achieve your goal, you will probably need the souls of tens of thousands of people."
Ye Xishui said indifferently: "So what?"
Long Xiaoyao didn't know how to respond, and the hall fell into dead silence.
"Reporting to the Supreme Master, I have seen the great priest."
At this moment, a voice broke the silence in the hall.
Ye Xishui slowly turned around and the person who entered the hall was an elder of the Holy Spirit Church.
"what's up?"
The elder said excitedly: "The deputy leader sent someone to spread the word that she has found the Holy Son for the Holy Church."
"Holy Son?" Ye Xishui raised her eyebrows, feeling a hint of interest, and asked, "What kind of holy power does he possess?"
The elder said, "The deputy leader said that the Holy Son possesses the power to control and destroy souls. She also said..."
His expression was hesitant.
Ye Xishui said coldly: "Speak."
The elder said bluntly: "The deputy leader also said that the Holy Son possesses unimaginable summoning abilities."
"As long as the Holy Son is here, the Holy Religion will surely flourish."
Hearing this, Ye Xishui was stunned and asked, "Is this what Xiaofeng said?"
"Yes." The elder said, "She also asked me to inform you that at the next ascension ceremony, you must gather as many people as possible to witness the power of the Holy Son."
"Now that the Saintess and the Saint Son have returned to their positions, the rise of the Saint Church is just around the corner."
"Go ahead." Ye Xishui waved his hand and sent the other person away.
"Yes, Supreme Master." The elder left the hall.
Only Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao in the darkness were left in the hall.
Ye Xishui sneered: "Haha, the soul-raising ceremony is really nostalgic."
"Xishui, have you ever experienced the soul-raising ceremony before?" Long Xiaoyao asked softly in the darkness.
"Shut up, Long Xiaoyao, don't mention the past anymore." Ye Xishui looked like she was about to explode again.
Long Xiaoyao remained silent again. It was hard for him to imagine that the Dragon Emperor Douluo who stood at the top of the continent would be so timid.
Ye Xishui was silent for a moment, then suddenly walked towards the darkness. The hostility in his eyes was replaced by tenderness.
"Xiaoyao, I know I have done many bad things that you cannot bear to see, and I have killed many people. But we were forced to do so."
"Almost all of us are born with evil martial spirits, but do you think evil spirit masters are born evil?"
"Martial spirits are innate. Do you think we can change them? In fact, we evil spirit masters are the pitiful ones, because no one understands us and we have been bullied by the world since childhood."
"We just want to become strong enough to protect ourselves and stop being bullied. What's wrong with that?"
Long Xiaoyao sighed and said, "If you want to be powerful, why do you have to take this approach?"
Ye Xishui continued softly, "Xiaoyao, I know we killed a lot of people and made you feel bad. But I promise you, as long as the Holy Spirit Church cooperates with the Sun Moon Empire, helps the Sun Moon Empire unify the continent, and clears the name of the evil soul master, everything will be different."
"From now on, no one will despise evil soul masters because of their innate evil martial souls. Every evil soul master will be able to live and practice like a normal soul master, and there will be no more evil soul masters."
"By then, the Holy Spirit Church will no longer exist and will naturally die out."
Ye Xishui spoke to the darkness in a gentle voice, as if she was talking to her sweetheart.
Long Xiaoyao was silent in the darkness. After a long while, he said softly, "Xishui, I believe you."
This peerless warrior who has lived for more than two hundred years certainly knows how evil soul masters come into being, and it is impossible for him to be easily convinced by outsiders with just a few words.
His nodding at this moment seemed to be paralyzing himself and giving himself a reason to persevere.
"Ugh……"
Long Xiaoyao sighed again, and the sigh disappeared into the darkness.
Ye Xishui stood in the spacious hall and snorted softly.
"Holy Son...there is no such thing as a Holy Son or Holy Daughter, haha."
……
On the outskirts of the Demonic Forest, somewhere completely away from the direction of Mingdu.
Due to the dangers of the Demonic Forest, most soul masters and soul guides who come here to obtain soul rings will not choose to go too deep and come here.
As a result, this place has become a gathering place for the Holy Spirit Church, and there is no need to worry about being seen by outsiders.
It was night time now, and no one would come to such a remote corner of the Demon Forest at night.
This is a small square with a tall altar in the middle.
There are stairs on all four sides of the altar. The altar in the middle is about fifteen meters high. Standing on it, you can have a panoramic view of the entire square.
There were no soul-guiding lamps lit around the altar and the square. Instead, strangely flickering bonfires were used as light sources, and mysterious religious ceremonies were held in the night.