Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 271 I Must Exercise Restraint...

After the remaining auction procedures at the front desk were hastily completed, Huo Yuhao and his group followed the host into a secret room as the event ended, and went through the intelligence documents that were available for middle and senior management of the chamber of commerce.

Xu Guozhong.

"By taking the right side during the coup of the reigning emperor, he controlled most of the empire's military supplies. He monopolized many extremely valuable soul-guided materials, to the point that most of the Mingde Hall's cutting-edge experiments required his approval."

"At the same time, they secretly supported the Aodu Chamber of Commerce in collusion with military forces and some noble clans, using it as one of their methods for disposing of stolen goods..."

"Ordinary Alliance".

"On the surface, it is a bizarre organization that monopolizes the yellow industry in Mingdu. In reality, it is also one of the leaders of the black market. The current leader is suspected to be of noble birth and can also move flexibly between various forces."

"Therefore, there are rumors that the Ordinary Alliance was specially created by a certain noble power to win over various parties through sex trades and to facilitate clandestine transactions..."

"The situation in Mingdu is more complicated than I thought."

With Huo Yuhao's current mental strength, he could read through an entire page with just a glance, and he flipped through the documents in his hand very quickly.

It has to be said that these traveling merchants have a wealth of connections and resources; they can dig up all sorts of messy secrets and pile them up into a thick stack.

until--

Evening Water Alliance.

Or perhaps a malevolent spirit master.

"Ok?"

Huo Yuhao paused, looking at the few words on the page with some surprise: "This... and that's it?"

"Sir, it's not that we don't want to know. It's just that over the years, very few of the people we've sent out to investigate have ever returned, and of those few, only a handful have made it back to the Chamber of Commerce's gates—"

The host's face immediately fell: "We have to work hard for half a day to get a whole corpse."

The methods of the Xishui Alliance are extremely cruel. Those who are specially sent back suffer average injuries of being cut into pieces, leaving them in several piles.

Furthermore, the life forms on the corpses were extremely weak, which led them to speculate that these madmen might actually be a group of evil spirit masters.

In order to deal with the Xishui Alliance, the Aodu Chamber of Commerce has made a lot of efforts. On the one hand, it tried to unite with the Pingfan Alliance to suppress them, and on the other hand, it communicated with its superiors, hoping to find a breakthrough from Xu Guozhong.

But the result was predictable.

Having been a seasoned veteran in Mingdu for many years, Xu Guozhong naturally knew what he could and couldn't touch. Whenever the Chamber of Commerce brought up the matter, he would brush it off lightly.

"...Sometimes, we all have our doubts. We doubt that he's actually scared, that he's showing weakness, and that's why he's deliberately changing the subject."

The host sighed deeply, his tone tinged with resentment.

"Then you were right to suspect something."

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but shake his head, putting the document in his hand into his soul tool: "In a sense, this so-called Xishui Alliance is part of the number one power on the continent. Of course, we can't afford to offend them."

"what?"

The host was stunned for a moment: "Shrek?"

"Cut~"

The auspicious beast sitting to the side curled its lip: "It's not worthy. It doesn't even have the combat power of the ultimate level, how can it deserve the title of the number one on the continent?"

"This……"

The news, as if struck by lightning, made the seventh-level soul master's legs go weak, as if he had fallen into an abyss.

The auspicious beast has already made its point very clear.

The opponent has a Limit Douluo standing behind them!

Considering the way the Xi Shui Alliance operates, the guy who's acting as their backer is most likely a powerful evil soul master at the pinnacle of cultivation.

'What kind of being are we going against...' Even if the combat power of evil soul masters decreases at the title level and above, those powerful beings are not something that a force like theirs, which can at most send out one or two titled individuals, can mess with.

"really."

Looking at the host with despair in his eyes, Huo Yuhao sighed, "Extreme's reputation surpasses even that of lions and tigers."

People like him, who have been in contact with all kinds of powerful people since the beginning of their cultivation, are truly an anomaly. For ordinary people, even a nine-ring title is already a legendary existence, let alone the ultimate level.

If you bring this thing out, anyone standing in front of it will be stunned on the spot.

'Although things didn't turn out the way I wanted, since we've already come this far, I'll just go with the flow.'

Huo Yuhao squinted and gently raised his hand towards the host: "Despair? The opponent you've been fighting against for so long is just the tip of the iceberg. The existence hidden beneath the surface is magnificent and unattainable..."

"Sir...you?"

The host's eyelids twitched a few times. He was a shrewd man and naturally understood what the other person was trying to say.

"You need a strong and reliable backer."

Huo Yuhao tapped the armrest, and a figure filled with endless light instantly appeared behind him. A terrifying aura that almost broke through the limits of the world surged out from the light and shadow.

Pain, panic.

There was also a sense of oppression that almost shattered my soul!

Although the aura emanating from Huo Yuhao was released and then immediately withdrawn, appearing only for a moment, the host, who was standing very close, was almost blown away by this aura on the spot.

Even though the martial spirit hidden deep within him had not been released, it was trembling wildly, almost torn to shreds along with his consciousness and body.

"—And I happen to be qualified."

Huo Yuhao looked at him calmly, without the slightest hint of threat.

But the host, who had just recovered from his shock, collapsed to the ground, almost falling flat on his face. It took him a long time to get back to his feet: "M-Sir, I will inform the chairman... Please wait! There will be a response soon!"

"Whoo~"

Watching the host hurriedly leave, Huo Yuhao also relaxed his tense expression, his eyes showing a hint of fatigue.

While simulation skills are useful, it's still too difficult to overwhelm a Soul Saint with just the simulated aura.

In the previous demonstration, mental interference and mental light also came in very handy, working together with the ferocious beast inside to firmly suppress the opponent's mental sea.

Essentially, it's just a slightly modified mental attack.

"Yuhao, what are you thinking now...?"

The auspicious beast, who had been watching his performance from the sidelines, looked at him strangely and couldn't help but ask a question.

What was supposed to be a simple shopping trip is turning out to be... a bit too strange.

"Unify the entire Ming capital's dark side!"

Huo Yuhao stroked the armrest with some curiosity. This was the first time in his life that he had presided over such a grand plan: "Anyway, the Sun Moon Empire is already in complete chaos, so it doesn't matter if I'm one more."

He hadn't forgotten that his original goal was to cause trouble for the Holy Spirit Cult, so he would stir things up if he could, and it would be even better if he could force them to take the initiative.

"Holy Son... these guys aren't exactly good people!"

Yu Mengdi, who was standing to the side, had a disapproving look: "Isn't it inappropriate to get too involved with them?"

"Where do you get the idea of ​​good people and bad people..."

Ye Guyi retorted, somewhat speechless, "I think you've been in the academy too long! Most people in this world are just caught up in the struggle for interests and go with the flow."

(End of this chapter)