Below the Chief and Vice Hierarchs, the high-ranking members of the Holy Spirit Church were seated, divided into left and right sides, eleven on the left and seven on the right.
These were the twelve Consecrators and eight Elders of the Holy Spirit Church.
However, among the twelve Consecrators, the Chief Consecrator Long Xiaoyao was absent, and among the eight Elders, the Eighth Elder had been killed by Yuwentuo. Thus, there was one person missing from each side.
"Hierarch, should I go kill him?"
A man, also wearing a mask like Zhongli Wu, stepped forward. His original seat was the sixth among the twelve Consecrators.
His identity was thus readily apparent.
The Sixth Consecrator, Scorpion Tiger Douluo, Zhang Peng.
In truth, he was a rather wronged Evil Soul Master. His martial soul, the Scorpion Tiger, was considered a subspecies of the Dark Devilgod Tiger. Although not as powerful as the Dark Devilgod Tiger, it also required constantly devouring blood and souls to evolve itself.
However, he did not devour humans, but animals. Yet, he was still designated an Evil Soul Master and pursued by Mu En.
Fortunately, Mu En, seeing that he had not killed any people, ultimately did not kill him. Zhang Peng then promised Mu En that as long as Mu En lived, he would never leave the mountains.
He fulfilled his promise, never causing trouble during Mu En's lifetime.
But now that Mu En was dead, he naturally didn't need to keep that promise. He had been suppressed for too long, long past his breaking point.
As a Title Douluo powerhouse, yet always having to hide who could endure such a life?
"Zhang Peng, wasn't being hunted by Mu En back then enough? Do you want to try the taste of being pursued by Poison Douluo again?" Feng Ling said. "According to intelligence from the Sun Moon Empire's court,
this Yuwentuo possesses twin martial souls, and his second martial soul is an unprecedented Body Martial Soul: Soul. With such a Body Martial Soul, you can fully imagine how much Poison Douluo values him. Kill him, and you'll be hunted by Poison Douluo to the ends of the earth."
Zhang Peng fell silent for a moment, having almost forgotten about the existence of Poison Douluo.
Poison Douluo had already advanced to Limit Douluo, even stronger than Mu En who had easily suppressed him back then.
Within the Holy Spirit Church, only the Grand Hierarch and the Chief Consecrator could contend with him.
Were they to summon them just to deal with a single Yuwentuo?
Furthermore, driving Poison Douluo, a Rank 99 Limit Douluo, into a frenzy just for Sleep Demon Douluo, a Rank 91 Title Douluo it was a loss no matter how you looked at it.
"The Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire sent someone to contact us," Zhongli Wu said. "He claims Yuwentuo is his son and was unaware of our cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire. He was young and impetuous,
overflowing with a sense of justice, which led him to make such a grave mistake. He has now been confined to Ming Capital, ensuring such an incident won't happen again, and has offered us ample compensation. Let's lay low for a while."
"But can we truly just let him go?" Feng Ling's brow furrowed slightly. "If I'm not mistaken, this Yuwentuo is the child Xu Tianran told us to find back then. This means he has a deep-seated blood feud with us."
As long as Yuwentuo did not belong to their faction, no one could be completely fearless of his talent, especially the Holy Spirit Church. They had seen his determination for revenge in his actions and knew that this person could not be allowed to live.
Otherwise, if he were allowed to grow for a few more years, the Holy Spirit Church might even be destroyed by his hand.
"I understand," Zhongli Wu said. "But he's currently hiding in Ming Capital, and it's inconvenient for us to act against him. Don't rush, there will always be an opportunity. For now, we can simply monitor him. Don't forget about Xu Tianran; that fellow is probably even more eager to see him dead than we are."
For Zhongli Wu, no matter how talented Yuwentuo was, growth still took time.
He managed to kill Sleep Demon Douluo with schemes and tricks, but could he really scheme and trick a Title Douluo to death?
He, a Rank 98, could crush that brat with just spirit power suppression.
The only one Zhongli Wu truly feared was Poison Douluo, a Limit Douluo. If they were to kill Yuwentuo, Poison Douluo was an unavoidable obstacle.
Unless a continental war began, then he wouldn't need to fear Poison Douluo anymore, as at that point, no matter what, both sides would openly be fighting to the death.
In the current situation, if they insisted on acting forcefully, they would likely have to request the Chief Consecrator's assistance.
Meanwhile, deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
A teacher from a Star Luo Empire junior academy, accompanied by a boy around seven or eight years old, was hunting spirit beasts on the outskirts of the forest.
The teacher was over Rank 40, and the child was exactly Rank 10, apparently there to hunt for his first spirit ring.
"Teacher, what kind of first spirit ring would be suitable for my Flame Hound martial soul? We've been looking for so long!" the little boy asked.
The teacher turned around and squatted down. "What, impatient already? You're our school's little genius. I'm counting on you to enter Shrek Academy in the future and bring honor to me. So for your first ring, of course, you have to choose carefully. It's best if it's fire-attributed, and from a spirit beast like a dog, tiger, or leopard."
The little boy looked behind the teacher. Something he didn't recognize was coming this way, so he asked adorably, "Teacher, can a big dog with three heads and fire all over its body work?"
"Three heads, a dog spitting fire? Could it be a Hell Cerberus or a Three-Headed Crimson Demon Dog? Of course that would work! How did you think of such a good spirit beast?" the teacher said, laughing.
The little boy, who understood nothing, tilted his head. "Because it's right behind you, teacher! Can I use it as my spirit ring?"
"Hmm?" The teacher froze. Suddenly, the sky seemed to be covered by something. The teacher thought it was just turning cloudy and subconsciously looked up.
In the next second, the word "terror" was etched into his heart.
It was a three-headed dog over five meters long, covered in flames, as if it would incinerate everything. The aura it exuded was thousands of times stronger than that of their junior academy's dean.
"Human, do you know Yuwentuo?"
The three-headed dog spoke human words, terrifying the teacher even more, making him tremble all over.
A spirit beast that could speak human language, and so powerful at that how could this be a mere Three-Headed Crimson Demon Dog? It was clearly the clan leader of the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Dog race, the legendary super fierce beast, the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff (Crimson King).
This was the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, wasn't it? Had he somehow gotten lost and wandered into the core area? Otherwise, why would such a monstrous creature appear in a place like the periphery?
"Teacher, can he be a spirit ring?" The little cub, unafraid of a tiger as a newborn calf, hadn't heard of the Crimson King. He only felt that this big dog was very handsome and cool, and would surely make a very powerful spirit ring.
"Shut up!" The teacher quickly covered the little boy's mouth and looked at the Crimson King, saying, "Respected great fierce beast, we have no intention of offending the Star Dou Great Forest, nor have we hunted your kin. Please, spare us?"
"Mere ants like you are not worthy of making this king angry. I will ask you one more time, do you know Yuwentuo?" the Crimson King asked impatiently again.
The teacher nodded frantically. "Yes, I know him, of course I know him!"
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