Just as Huo Yuhao was cleaning these Dawn Society members and incorporating their souls into the Netherworld Domain, the entire base shook violently. Dust fell suddenly from the ceiling. Explosions came one after another from afar, faintly mixed with the sharp alarm of soul tool overload.
Boom.
The ceiling of the base suddenly collapsed. Countless gravel and metal fragments crashed down. Dust rose everywhere. However, the falling debris halted the moment it was about to touch Huo Yuhao, as if solidified by an invisible force in midair.
A silver figure slowly descended through the void. Silver hair fell like a waterfall. Purple eyes were deep. Faint elemental fluctuations lingered around her. The tips of her feet lightly touched the ground. The moment she landed, a ripple like spatial wave spread across the floor.
It was Gu Yuena.
She landed beside Huo Yuhao, her gaze looking toward the dust ahead.
The dust slowly cleared, revealing a woman's figure. She was tall. A dark red robe moved without wind. In her hand, she held a ferocious shaped giant sickle. Its blade was entangled by pitch black mist, as if countless wronged souls were wailing within.
Nine spirit rings, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, red, surround her. Black battle armor attached to her body.
She was a Super Douluo.
"It seems I am late."
The woman raised an eyebrow. Her gaze swept over Huo Yuhao, who had turned around, and the souls of the Dawn Society members beside him.
"Your Majesty Magic Scythe, save me." Luo Fei's soul saw her, a look of surprise appearing on his face, as if seeing hope for survival.
Upon hearing this, the corner of Magic Scythe Douluo's crimson lips curled into a cruel arc. Her long, slender fingers gently brushed the edge of her sickle.
"Save you?" She suddenly chuckled softly, her voice carrying a chilling pleasure. "Fine."
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. The souls in the Netherworld Domain suddenly trembled violently. The woman's sickle glowed with an eerie black light. The wronged souls wrapped around the blade emitted a mournful wail.
She gently turned her wrist. The sickle drew a perfect arc. A black blade edge cut through the air and landed on Luo Fei's soul. He immediately let out a heart rending scream, about to be forcibly pulled out of Huo Yuhao's Netherworld Domain.
Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly burst with a captivating gray light. The air inside the Netherworld Domain instantly solidified.
He grasped with his right hand. A gray chain shot out from the domain, precisely entangling Luo Fei's soul that was about to be pulled away. The black mist surged with the gray mist, silently devouring the black mist and the souls of Luo Fei and the others, like snow and ice melting under the scorching sun.
The woman's pupils sharply contracted. Her fingers stroking the sickle suddenly froze.
He had actually surpassed her Soul Devouring Scythe in the domain of reaping souls. And under such a gap in cultivation?
Tap.
Huo Yuhao stepped forward, starting her back to reality. "No wonder you are valued by that lord. You are indeed impressive."
Magic Scythe Douluo narrowed her eyes as she looked at Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, smiling. "What a pity. Our cultivation levels are ultimately worlds apart."
Before her words had faded, the blood red sickle in Magic Scythe Douluo's hand suddenly burst with blinding red light. Her eighth spirit ring lit up. The entire space seemed soaked in blood. The wails of countless wronged souls echoed in the air.
The sickle suddenly split into countless black chains, like venomous snakes wrapping toward Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena. Each chain was attached with twisted faces, emitting piercing shrieks.
"Since I have encountered you today, how about you come with me."
In Magic Scythe Douluo's view, it was already quite good that Huo Yuhao had been able to block her casual strike earlier. Now that she was going all out, there was no way the other party could resist.
After all, unlike the Red Grade Mecha pilots Huo Yuhao had faced before, she was herself a level 96 Super Douluo. She was different from those soul masters who relied on the blessing of a Red Grade Mecha to rival a Super Douluo.
With the blessing of Three Word Battle Armor, her strength was enough to rival a level 98 Super Douluo, only a step away from the apex of the continent. Even if Huo Yuhao also had a Three Word Battle Armor puppet, she did not take it seriously.
In her eyes, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena were ultimately too young.
However.
Agold red light pillar suddenly burst from within Huo Yuhao's body. Scorching crimson gold flames burned fiercely around him.
Huo Yuhao snorted coldly. The Crimson Gold Mysterious Flame transformed into countless fire dragons, colliding head on with the incoming black chains. What shocked Magic Scythe Douluo appeared. Those chains entangled with resentful souls, the moment they touched the flames, began to rapidly melt, turning into the most primitive heavenly and earthly origin energy.
"What kind of flame is this? Its power is so strong."
Magic Scythe Douluo was surprised, but her hands did not stop moving.
She had long been curious about these two Douluo Federation soul masters who were valued by the higher ups. Now that she had the chance to personally test them, and even capture them for the Holy Spirit Cult, she would not let it go.
And as soon as they began fighting, Magic Scythe Douluo felt the two's extraordinary nature.
Spirit power intensity far surpassing their peers. Spiritual power beyond common sense. Multi element Elemental Heart. Endless means. Powerful self created combat techniques.
Any single advantage that could make a soul master stand out was present in abundance in these two.
Magic Scythe Douluo wiped the wound on her face. Her relaxed expression had long since disappeared. She looked at the two gravely, caught in a dilemma.
She could not take them down for the time being, but she was somewhat reluctant to leave just like that.
Just then, a raspy telepathic message suddenly came.
"Magic Scythe, stop fighting. Now is not the time to welcome back the Holy Son. Retreat."
Hearing the telepathic message, Magic Scythe Douluo breathed a sigh of relief, not surprised.
This base had as many as three Soul Douluos guarding it. It was also valued among the Dawn Society's bases. There were some important materials and resources here. For the sake of caution, more than one person had come to support this location.
"Bone Dragon, what are you saying? Duoqing Douluo and Soul Calming Douluo are not by their side right now. This is the perfect opportunity. As long as you act with me..."
"Do not forget our plan. Taking them away now would only undo all our previous efforts and completely shift the Douluo Federation's attention onto us."
A trace of unwillingness flashed in Magic Scythe Douluo's eyes, but she ultimately snorted coldly.
She suddenly swung her sickle. A black mist erupted, obscuring the entire space.
"That is enough for today." Her voice came faintly from the black mist. "But the next time we meet, it will not be so simple."
Boom.
Just as her voice fell, a pitch black spatial crack suddenly split open beside Magic Scythe Douluo. A pale palm reached out from within, grabbing her shoulder and pulling her in.
Gu Yuena felt the spatial fluctuation. She gently raised her hand. A silver spatial blade instantly cut out.
Buzz. The spatial blade precisely cut into the closing crack, but like a drop in the ocean, it did not stir up the slightest ripple.
Gu Yuena watched this scene, narrowing her eyes, not surprised.
"Yuhao, it seems they are prioritizing the scheme against Shrek Academy."
More than one evil soul master had come to support. She and Huo Yuhao had already sensed them. That was also why they had not gone all out to keep Magic Scythe Douluo there.
And with two Super Douluo present, they had not attacked them. Clearly, the Holy Spirit Cult had other plans.
"Yes. If their target was only us, Xu Chengzhi could have acted at any time. He did not need to wait until now."
Huo Yuhao glanced at the spot where the evil soul masters had disappeared, turned, and left. "The trouble waiting for us is at the Dawn Society headquarters."
The premise for the Holy Spirit Cult to act against them was that it could not affect the plan regarding Shrek.
After all, if something happened to them here, or if important Federation members had an accident here, the Federation would inevitably declare war to seek justice.
So, for the plan to go smoothly, these people must return to the Douluo Continent intact, at least on the surface.
Yes, on the surface.
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