Douluo: Start by taking control of the Holy Spirit Church Saint

Chapter 264: The Saint Being Manipulated Like a Puppet
In a bizarre world, Zhongli Yu walked forward in a daze. Beside her, there were countless people walking like zombies.

She saw from afar a river with a dim yellow hue in front of her. Over the river there was a small bridge that could only accommodate one person. People passing by one by one came to the bridge, unconsciously took the small bowl from an old woman and drank up the soup in it.

"Drink slowly, walk slowly." The old woman said with a smile to everyone who passed by her. The small bowl in her hand seemed to contain endless soup. Every time it returned to her hand, the bowl would be filled with soup by itself without her making any movement.

where is this place?
Zhongli Yu used up her last bit of consciousness to think, but soon she came in front of the old woman and subconsciously took the bowl of soup from her hand.

"Little girl, wait." The old woman looked at her with a smile, and a hint of surprise appeared on her wrinkled face. "This is not the place you should be now, go back."

"Ah?" Zhongli Yu seemed to have regained some clarity, but before she could react, the scene in front of her eyes changed rapidly, as if a huge force was pulling her backwards.

Was that just now...the world after death?

No, Yu'er doesn't want to die, Yu'er doesn't want to leave Yuhao——

The next moment, the world in front of her eyes suddenly changed, and countless skeletons without flesh and blood appeared under her feet.

She was the only one standing there in the endless wilderness, with corpses and blood at her feet. There were no stars in the dark sky, only the echoing howls and the cold wind.

Is this hell? Yes, Yu'er has killed so many innocent people in her life, and she should be punished after death...

Just as Zhongli Yu was looking around aimlessly, the ground beneath her feet suddenly shook, the ground in front of her began to rise, countless skeletons were propped up, and then fell down in unison.

Zhongli Yu was extremely shocked. She had no strength at all now and was unable to deal with the sudden situation.

A huge body glowing with golden light continued to rise from the earth, with endless majesty, standing in front of her.

This is……

Zhongli Yu's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and she seemed to see the shadow of her own blood relative's martial spirit in the figure in front of her.

The huge figure, which was a hundred feet tall, stared at her, and no color could be seen in his dark pupils.

Then, it slowly stretched out its hands towards Zhongli Yu, and those hands were filled with bones glowing with golden light.

Zhongli Yu had no way to avoid it. She was too small in front of such a huge creature. She could only let the giant skeleton claw continue to grow bigger in her eyes.

"My name is - Hades!"

……

Zhongli Yu woke up suddenly. She felt as if she had just had a dream. The world in the dream seemed so real. The majesty and dominance brought by the huge monster frightened her so much that she broke out in cold sweats.

This time, what came into view was a world full of singing birds and fragrant flowers, like a paradise on earth.

Where is this?
In front of her, there was a small lake. The strong breath of life coming from it made her feel a little unreal.

Wow!

The next second, a figure poked his head out from the lake. He was only wearing a pair of shorts, his long hair covered his face, and his strong muscles looked familiar.

The boy casually pushed his hair back, revealing his familiar and evil handsome face. "Are you awake?"

Huo Yuhao casually used his soul power to evaporate the water droplets on his body, slowly walked to her step by step, and then sat down cross-legged in front of her.

"Holy... Son?"

Zhongli Yu exclaimed in disbelief, her beautiful eyes became moist almost instantly. The figure that had haunted her dreams for countless nights returned before her.

Huo Yuhao’s face darkened, and he immediately said unhappily, “What Saint? I am now the Saint Master, and also your husband!”

Hearing his words, Zhongli Yu's lips flattened, and all the grievances seemed to disappear. Her delicate body flashed and she threw herself into that familiar arms.

She cried for a long time. She thought she was really dead and would never see him again.

“Don’t cry. I have already avenged you. I have also razed Shrek Academy to the ground. From now on, you will always stay by my side.” Huo Yuhao thought about it and finally decided to tell him the truth about Zhongli Wu’s attempt to take over his body and his ultimate failure. Of course, he could not go into details about the three years of preparation for taking over his body.

As Zhongli Yu listened, her crying gradually subsided. Just as Huo Yuhao said, her grandfather planned to take over Huo Yuhao's body, which was tantamount to killing the man she loved the most. And Huo Yuhao killed him back, which was tantamount to killing her only relative.

Huo Yuhao wanted to know what decision Zhongli Yu, the first saint of the Holy Spirit Church, would make next. After all, some things could not be hidden for long.

"When I was six years old and had just awakened my martial soul, my grandfather locked me in a cage with a group of bound people and asked me to kill them in order to make my martial soul evolve." Zhongli Yu almost whispered as he recalled some past events and told them in detail.

"But I couldn't do it, and I kindly helped them untie the ropes. But after they got out of their entrapment, they immediately started beating and kicking me. They were so ruthless that they wanted to kill me..."

"I was beaten to death, so Grandpa sent people to tie up those people again. After my injuries healed, they locked me up again until I killed all of them..."

Although Zhongli Yu's words were plain, Huo Yuhao felt very distressed when listening to them. Any soul master with an evil martial soul is not born a madman or a devil, but the environment has created their tragic life and future killings.

"Although my father also inherited the Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul, his aptitude was too mediocre, so he was sent by my grandfather to another garrison to develop his power. There he met my mother, and I was born. But my grandfather saw my talent and brought me to his side to train. So after I was six years old, I never saw them again..."

At this point, Zhongli Yu couldn't help but burst into tears again. Huo Yuhao sighed and gently stroked her back, trying to comfort her.

“After that, ten years passed. For a full ten years, I only got photos of my parents from my grandfather to comfort myself, and continued to practice hard. My grandfather told me that when I broke through to the Soul King level, he would let me reunite with my parents.” Zhongli Yu continued to speak, and Huo Yuhao listened carefully.

"When I was sixteen, my grandfather asked me to go on a mission. My goal was to kill everyone in a small sect. After the mission was completed, I could reunite with my parents, so I went with great excitement."

"We evil soul masters are invincible at the same level. Even the most powerful soul emperor in that sect is no match for me. In order to see my parents as soon as possible, I acted ruthlessly and quickly, just to complete the task assigned by my grandfather as soon as possible."

"After I killed them all, I unexpectedly found a couple among the bodies. The woman was clutching a photo tightly before she died. I took a curious look and saw that the photo was of me when I was six years old..."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao’s hair stood on end. He had already vaguely guessed the truth that would be revealed in Zhongli Yu’s story.

"Grandpa had been constantly replacing the photos that my parents sent me, so that they looked different in my memory, and I killed them without any psychological burden. At that time, they happened to be lurking in that sect because of a mission, but they didn't expect to die at the hands of their own daughter in the end."

At this point, Zhongli Yu smiled sadly, and even looked at his hands that were once stained with the blood of his parents in a somewhat morbid manner, "I killed my parents, and also killed the last bit of kindness in myself..."

Although it is very similar to the experience of a certain kindergarten principal, the author wants to say that evil soul masters are all poor people who have similar or other tragic experiences. The crimes they committed are unforgivable, but while we convict the sinners, please also remember their childhood experiences.

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