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Chapters 144-143: Annihilating the Demon Soul Cult!

Inside the Papal Palace, the bishops pleaded with Bibi Dong to order the gathering of the continent's soul masters to jointly annihilate the Demon Soul Cult.

The Demon Soul Cult is utterly depraved and disregards human ethics. Its attempt to open the Abyss Rift and allow abyssal creatures to invade Douluo Continent is a heinous crime that must be eradicated as soon as possible.

With the current strength of the Spirit Hall, plus other soul forces on the continent, eradicating the Demon Soul Cult is not difficult. It's just that the Demon Soul Cult is too good at hiding, and it will take a lot of effort to find them.

Faced with the request from the bishops, Bibi Dong nodded in agreement and instructed them to send messages to the two great empires and many soul master forces, inviting them to the Spirit Hall to discuss the matter.

"His Holiness the Pope is wise! He is truly a blessing to the continent!"

The bishop who had previously disbelieved Gu Shenge's ability to close the abyss rift immediately began to flatter her, trying to curry favor with Bibi Dong.

Other bishops also praised Bibi Dong's decision as wise, saying it would surely gain the support of the people of the mainland and make her the greatest pope in the history of the Spirit Hall.

Gu Shenge, however, looked thoughtful. More than annihilating the Demon Soul Cult, he was curious about where the Demon Soul Cult got the method to open the Abyss Rift.

Could it be from the City of Slaughter?

This is not impossible, after all, the abyss rift was opened by the Rakshasa God 20,000 years ago, and the current King of Slaughter, Tang Chen, was also tricked by the Rakshasa God and became possessed by the Nine-Headed Blood Red Bat King.

It is reasonable that the Demon Soul Cult obtained the method to open the Abyss Rift from the City of Slaughter and from the Rakshasa God.

What Gu Shenge couldn't understand was why the Demon Soul Sect would open the Abyss Rift; it seemed to offer no benefit to the Demon Soul Sect.

After all, Bibi Dong was the successor of the Rakshasa God, and the Demon Soul Cult Master couldn't possibly become a god by relying on the Rakshasa God's position. Or rather, did he want to learn from the Demon Emperor?!

Gu Shenge immediately thought of the [Blood River God-Slaying Array].

Could it be that the Demon Soul Cult Leader intends to use the Blood River God-Slaying Array to achieve the position of an evil god?

This is not impossible, after all, since the emergence of the Demon Soul Cult, its main purpose has been to collect the blood of living beings and vengeful spirits. If it were to construct the Blood River God-Slaying Array, it would make sense.

He vaguely remembered that in Douluo Continent III, the Demon Emperor consumed the wronged souls of tens of millions of living beings in order to construct the Blood River God-Slaying Array.

The thought of this made Gu Shenge's expression extremely heavy. Over the past few decades, the Demon Soul Sect has probably reaped a lot of innocent souls, but it is definitely far from reaching tens of millions, or even millions, otherwise it would have been attacked by the masses long ago.

After all, the population of Douyi is not as large as that of Dousan; at most, it only has forty to fifty million people.

In other words, if the Demon Soul Cult wanted to activate the Blood River God-Slaying Array, it would have to consume at least one-fifth, or even one-quarter, of the population of the Douluo Continent.

But the Demon Soul Cult alone cannot accomplish this, so they need the help of the Abyss Plane.

Abyssal creatures are slaughtering the Douluo Continent, while the Demon Soul Cult is secretly collecting the souls of the wronged living beings, so that they can collect enough to activate the Blood River God-Slaying Array in a short period of time!

Gu Shenge was surprised by her own guess.

But upon closer inspection, something doesn't seem right.

If the Demon Soul Cult really intends to open the Abyss Rift, connecting the Douluo Plane with the Abyss Plane, and inviting trouble into their home, aren't they afraid of the Abyss Saint King?

After all, the Abyss Saint King is a first-level god.

Or is it that the Abyss Saint King has not yet been born at this time?

Or perhaps it was killed by the Angel God and the Sun Emperor together 20,000 years ago?

After much thought, Gu Shenge still couldn't understand what the Demon Soul Sect's true purpose was in opening the Abyss Rift, since he wasn't omniscient or omnipotent.

"Elder Haoyang, Elder Haoyang?"

Two consecutive calls pulled Gu Shenge back to reality from his thoughts. He looked up and saw the beautiful, mature female pope looking at him with a questioning gaze. It seemed that she had just said something and wanted to ask for his opinion, but he didn't listen.

Seeing his wife and her subordinates looking at him, Gu Shenge looked puzzled.

"What's wrong, Your Holiness the Pope?"

Seeing that her husband wasn't listening to her at all, Bibi Dong got a little angry and rolled her eyes at him.

Upon seeing this, the bishops all turned their heads away, indicating that they had seen nothing.

A cardinal began to relay to Gu Shenge what Bibi Dong had just said.

"Elder Haoyang, His Holiness the Pope wishes to entrust you with full authority to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult. What is your opinion?"

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Gu Shenge ignored the system task prompts in his mind. His wife had already told him to go and wipe out the Demon Soul Cult. What if she wouldn't let him sleep in bed if he didn't go?

"Since it is His Holiness the Pope's order, it should be obeyed."

He immediately nodded in agreement, as he still had a blood feud with the Demon Soul Sect involving the massacre of a village, which he had to settle!

Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong's beautiful face broke into a smile, her stunning beauty captivating several bishops.

"Alright, then Elder Haoyang will be in charge of this mission to wipe out the Demon Soul Cult, with Elders Ju and Gui assisting. The Spirit Hall will do everything in its power to eliminate this malignant tumor of the Demon Soul Cult!"

Chrysanthemum, Ghost Douluo, and the other bishops nodded respectfully: "As you command!"

"Your Holiness, I have other matters to attend to and need to return to Tianshui Academy first. I will be back later."

Having suddenly been assigned the mission to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult, Gu Shenge felt it necessary to go back and talk to the students in the elite class, and bring them along as well. It was time for the girls to see some blood.

Upon hearing that Gu Shenge was going back to Tianshui Academy, Bibi Dong became angry. What's so great about Tianshui Academy? Doesn't she get tired of running back and forth?

Despite her inner complaints, the beautiful, mature pope verbally agreed.

"Yes, Elder Haoyang, go and come back quickly."

Gu Shenge nodded, put the iron cage containing the mutated rabbit and the mutilated corpse of the Abyss Succubus into the Bright Realm, bowed slightly, took her leave, and returned to Tianshui Academy.

Bibi Dong then issued an order to the bishops, instructing them to notify the various Soul Master factions on the continent that the Spirit Hall was launching an operation to exterminate the Demon Soul Cult, and to send representatives to discuss the matter.

Among the bishops, the one who had previously reported the appearance of abyssal creatures in Star City had a strange look in his eyes.

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On the other side, Gu Shenge used the soul bone skill of the Sun God Wings to return to Tianshui Academy in the shortest possible time.

He reassembled the elite students and announced to the girls the Spirit Hall's plan to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult.

The girls were shocked when they heard this.

The Demon Soul Cult naturally knew that they had ravaged the continent for decades, and the people of the continent deeply hated them and wished they could be wiped out.

His Holiness the Pope is now summoning all Soul Masters from around the world to jointly eradicate the Demon Soul Cult, which is a great thing.

"This mission to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult will be led by your teacher. Your teacher wants to take you to see blood and eliminate the evil soul masters of the Demon Soul Cult. Are you brave enough?"

With a serious expression, Gu Shenge asked the elite class students if they dared to go with him.

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Chapter 145-144: Ning Rongrong: I'm not a coward!

Participating in the operation to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult sounds both exciting and dangerous.

As the core of the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation and the future Holy Maiden, Hu Liena was the first to raise her hand.

Following Zhu Zhuqing, Shui Bing'er, and Xiao Wu, one after another raised their hands, until only Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling hesitated.

The two of them are support-type Soul Masters, unlike others who have strong combat abilities. If they were to face the evil Soul Masters of the Demon Soul Cult, they probably wouldn't even be able to escape.

Some things, you can't do just because you want to.

You still need to learn to assess your own capabilities.

No one else tried to persuade Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, and they understood.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Lingling's pretty face showed a resolute look, and she raised her hand to choose to participate in the operation to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult, just like the other students.

Ning Rongrong was the only one who hesitated. She saw that all her classmates had raised their hands. Although she wanted to participate as well, she knew this was no trivial matter.

"Teacher, I need to discuss this with my father."

"Well, the Spirit Hall has just sent someone to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to invite your father to a meeting to exterminate the Demon Soul Cult. You can go back and ask your father for his opinion first."

Gu Shenge did not force Ning Rongrong to participate, prioritizing her own wishes.

Princess Qibao bowed to Gu Shenge, then turned and left, as she was returning to the Qibao Glazed Tile School.

Shuiyue watched her departing figure and muttered something.

"Hmph! Coward."

This made Ning Rongrong pause for a moment, then she walked even faster.

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One day later

The news that the Demon Soul Cult intended to open the Abyss Rift, creating a passage between the Abyss Plane and the Douluo Plane, and allowing Abyss creatures to invade the Douluo Continent, quickly spread throughout the continent from the Spirit Hall.

Therefore, the Spirit Hall launched an operation to eradicate the Demon Soul Cult, hoping that the Soul Master forces on the continent would actively respond and contribute to the destruction of the Demon Soul Cult.

Meanwhile, envoys from the Spirit Hall went to various spirit master factions to invite their leaders to Spirit City for a meeting.

Among the seven powerful forces in the Soul Master world, the four lower sects had already secretly submitted to the Spirit Hall. They readily accepted the invitation from the Spirit Hall's envoy and immediately set off for Spirit City.

Among the three upper sects, the Clear Sky Sect is now closed off because Tang Hao had an affair with the former witch of the Demon Soul Sect, the Blue Silver Witch.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School remain.

In the reception hall of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a refined middle-aged man stood with two Title Douluos behind him. One was an old man with black bone armor and arrogant black hair, while the other was an old man with a snow-white robe and neatly combed silver hair behind him. His every move exuded sharpness. These two were none other than Ning Fengzhi and the Sword and Bone Douluos.

"I understand. I will be heading to the Spirit Hall soon to discuss the matter of the Demon Soul Sect."

Ning Fengzhi spoke gently to the Spirit Hall envoy, who nodded and then respectfully left.

Ning Fengzhi watched the envoy leave. He had just received a letter from his daughter asking him to go to Tianshui Academy to discuss important matters. Now, the envoy from the Spirit Hall had invited him to the Spirit Hall to discuss matters concerning the Demon Soul Sect. This left him somewhat overwhelmed.

He shook his head slightly and sighed, rubbing his forehead. The Demon Soul Cult and the Abyss invasion were not good news.

"Uncle Bone, Uncle Sword, it seems the Spirit Hall is serious this time. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School must step in. I'm thinking of bringing Rongrong along. I'll have to trouble you to protect her then."