Douluo: Twin Origins, Suppressing the World

Chapter 220 The Stronghold Hidden Near the Royal Academy
The Holy Spirit Cult's power base that Zhongli Wu handed over to Ling Shuang was located in a building not far from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

This also gave Ling Shuang a deeper understanding of the Holy Spirit Cult's audacity.

It should be noted that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is the best academy in the Sun Moon Empire, a place of utmost importance, and many high-ranking officials in the Sun Moon Empire today are graduates of this academy.

After all, the Sun Moon Empire would certainly not allow Shrek Academy graduates to hold high-ranking positions here.

The fact that the Holy Spirit Cult could place a small stronghold not far from such a place shows how unscrupulous this evil spirit master organization is.

Ling Shuang could roughly confirm that Xu Tianran was unaware of this stronghold, therefore he did not find any trace of surveillance.

In such a place, and given that it was an organization of evil spirit masters, coupled with the fact that Xu Tianran didn't fully trust the Holy Spirit Cult to begin with, it was impossible for him to be completely unprepared.

Therefore, it is highly likely that Xu Tianran was unaware that the Holy Spirit Cult had a small stronghold in this area.

Perhaps in his view, the Holy Spirit Cult's only stronghold in Mingdu was the one where Zhongliwu was currently located.

However, since Zhongli Wu entrusted this stronghold to him, a newcomer to the Holy Son with no experience, it must have been prepared for the Sun and Moon Royal Family to discover it.

Even if the truth comes out, Xu Tianran will not only not hold Zhong Liwu accountable, but will also help cover it up.

After all, he still needed the power of the Holy Spirit Cult to help him ascend to that position and subsequently dominate the entire continent.

As long as he needs the power of the Holy Spirit Cult, he cannot do anything to the Holy Spirit Cult. Moreover, he has Ye Xishui, the Death God Douluo, to keep him in check. This is why Zhongli Wu is so fearless.

The Holy Spirit Cult's stronghold here is disguised as a casino, which is consistent with the identity of an evil spirit master.

Most of the people in the casino are children of high-ranking officials from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

To be fair, the Holy Spirit Cult was indeed not lacking in the harming of the pillars of the empire.

In some respects, the three great empires of the original Douluo Continent might even have to thank the Holy Spirit Cult.

Upon entering the casino, Ling Shuang and her companions immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Tang Ya and Gu Yuena, who were unable to stay by his side, were both top-tier beauties.

Especially Gu Yuena, whose looks might even surpass Jiang Nannan's, naturally aroused the inappropriate thoughts of these playboys.

"Hey!"

A spoiled young man who had just lost a bet suddenly brightened up and walked towards Gu Yuena.

He reached out, seemingly wanting to touch Gu Yuena's face.

Ling Shuang, standing to the side, showed no intention of making a move.

What a joke! If Gu Yuena could be taken advantage of by such a good-for-nothing playboy, then she wouldn't be the Silver Dragon King.

A sharp, cold glint flashed in Gu Yuena's amethyst-like eyes.

"roll!"

A wisp of fire suddenly appeared on the body of the纨绔子弟 (a spoiled, dissolute young man).

"what!"

With a piercing scream of pain, the spoiled young master clutched his charred lower body, his face contorted in agony.

"You!" He pointed at Gu Yuena, the resentment in his eyes almost tangible.

For these spoiled brats who are guilty of all sorts of vices, having their manhood destroyed, which is their source of pleasure, is not much different from being killed.

"Kill that man, take those two women back, I'm going to teach them a lesson!"

The spoiled brat pointed at Ling Shuang and the others, shouting at the top of his lungs.

Ling Shuang's face darkened.

He did nothing here, yet this is all being dragged into it. Killing him and taking Gu Yuena and Tang Ya back—isn't that sexism?
Behind the spoiled young man, four men who looked like bodyguards came forward to greet him.

They were surrounded by five spirit rings, all of them being Soul King level powerhouses.

The fact that this spoiled brat could have four Soul King level experts as bodyguards shows that his background is indeed quite impressive.

Ling Shuang had no intention of taking action, because he knew that someone would take care of things.

As expected, before the four Soul King experts arrived, a streak of blood-red light flashed through the air.

Four heads rolled to the ground, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

Among the group, a figure suddenly appeared, surrounded by nine spirit rings, indicating his strength as a Title Douluo.

The once arrogant playboy turned pale upon seeing those nine spirit rings.

"Lord Dark Douluo, what is the meaning of this?"

Although he was furious, he still lowered his head.

He does have some background, but it's still far inferior to that of a Title Douluo.

Although there are quite a few titled Douluo in this era, they are still extremely rare in terms of the total number of Soul Masters.

The man known as the Dark Douluo merely glared at him coldly and waved his hand.

The overwhelming, dark power instantly engulfed him, leaving no chance of survival.

After doing all this, he bowed slightly to Ling Shuang and the others, saying, "My lord, please let me do it."

Ling Shuang had anticipated all of this, so she didn't show much surprise.

After all, the investiture ceremony had just ended. While not all members of the Holy Spirit Cult would recognize him as their Holy Son, at least those in Mingdu certainly would.

Zhongli Wu has already appointed him as the top leader here, so if he encounters trouble, the people here cannot sit idly by.

Ling Shuang just didn't expect that the one who would make a move so readily would be the top leader of this side, a titled Douluo.

Dark Douluo...

He had a vague recollection of it; it seemed to be one of the sixteen people who, along with Zhongli Wu, cast a spell and used the Blood Spear in the original story to try to kill Di Tian.

He was also the only Title Douluo who did not suffer any backlash and even sensed the Dark Laws in Di Tian, ​​thus advancing further.

It's a pity that in the end, he still became a stepping stone for the protagonist of the original work.

"Hmm." He responded softly, and together with Gu Yuena and Tang Ya, they followed the Dark Douluo deeper into the casino.

After they left, a collective gasp of astonishment filled the casino.

Those spoiled young men looked at the four heads lying on the ground and were secretly terrified, glad that they had been a step too slow and hadn't been blinded by beauty.

However, they quickly put the matter out of their minds and continued their reckless gambling.

For these people, life and death are just that—nothing to worry about.

Dark Douluo led Ling Shuang and the others to a large door, pressed a button, and the door slowly opened.

The flickering candlelight brought a little light to the dark passageway, but it remained gloomy and eerie.

Ling Shuang shook her head inwardly.

These evil spirit masters are indeed mostly a bit perverted. Why not just make a nice place to live? Why make it so gloomy?

Does living in darkness mean you're no longer a demonic spirit master?

(End of this chapter)