Douluo: The Holy Radiance of the Dragon King

Chapter 316 The Holy Spirit Cult's tracks are revealed, the Angel Family launches another expedition, and Le Zhengyang is filled with murderous intent.

"Greetings, fellow citizens! We are now broadcasting a series of personnel adjustments for the War God Temple, the core combat power of the Federation. As you all know, since the battle between the new generation of Soul Masters in the Heavenly Sea has concluded, and the young hall master of the War God Temple, Saint Venerable Douluo, defeated the previous hall master, Vast Ocean Douluo, he has naturally inherited the position of hall master of the War God Temple —"

That night, major television stations reported on a series of changes at the Temple of War, emphasizing the news of replacing the old with the new and ensuring orderly succession.

"After succeeding as the Lord of the War God Temple, the Lord of the Wind Palace worked diligently and conscientiously, leading the experts of the War God Temple to make great contributions to the Federation on numerous occasions. He greatly improved the cultivation environment around Mingdu and throughout the Federation, defeated invading planes, quelled the threat of the Holy Spirit Cult, and purged the traitorous military leaders within the Federation."

Not long ago, Vice Hall Master Guan Yue left the War God Hall due to disagreements with Hall Master Feng. Hall Master Feng, a discerning judge of character, analyzed the situation from various angles and selected Emperor Sword Douluo Long Tianwu to succeed him as Vice Hall Master. The name of the Heavenly Dance Emperor Dream God Sword Martial Soul Fusion Skill is undoubtedly renowned throughout the Soul Master world.

On the ship bound for the Star Luo Empire, Guan Yue, with her white hair and childlike appearance, watched the news broadcast, her face showing a mixture of joy and sorrow, sometimes bowing her head and smiling, sometimes showing approval.

"The way you hesitate is unlike someone who has reached the level of a Gun God."

Beside Guan Yue, Yuan Enzhentian stood with his arms crossed, his imposing aura rivaling Guan Yue's. He represented Feng Zaixing in seeing Guan Yue off.

"A gun god is merely a cultivator in terms of cultivation level; how could he possibly cope with the vicissitudes of life?"

Guan Yue spoke in a solemn and calm tone: "To be fair, the young man you are following does indeed have great potential. His actions may seem chaotic, but they are actually orderly. He has a very good grasp of the situation and makes good use of the overall situation."

"If I were my senior brother, I would personally rush to Mingdu when I found him and do everything I could to bring him back to Shrek."

Yuan Enzhen narrowed his eyes and said, "It's said that you have the best and most composed mindset among all the quasi-gods, and that's certainly true."

Guan Yue said, "You flatter me! No matter how calm I am, I can't overcome the weakness of absolute strength. I am confident in my talent, but I am still far inferior to him. If we were to fight at the same level, I'm afraid my senior brother and I would have a hard time lasting fifty moves against him even if we joined forces."

Yuan Enzhen smiled and said, "If that's the case, why did you leave the Temple of War, or even return to Shrek Academy? If you don't return to Shrek Academy, he will never touch you; even if you stay in the Temple of War, Zai Xing has little chance of touching an idle person like you, even if he hates Shrek Academy to the bone."

"I think he still has that much magnanimity; after all, he once said that his feud with Shrek was more about public duty than personal grudges."

"Besides, I don't believe you can't see Shrek's dejected look."

Guan Yue retorted, "The reasons have always been so simple, why do you pretend not to know? Shrek Academy, no matter how bad, is still my former academy. How can we Shrek students not go?"

"The others can stay, but I am Yunming's junior brother, and I must go see him."

Yuan Enzhen said meaningfully, "But Yun Ming may not want you to see him. Zaixing doesn't have much intention to kill either of you, but he will definitely insist on destroying Shrek Academy. If you insist on standing in his way, he will have no choice but to kill you."

"Is it the ending you want to see when both Qingtian and Yuetian's spears are broken?"

Guan Yue chuckled and slowly said, "A true man has things he will not do, and things he must do: Feng Zaixing and I are both like that, we have no personal grudges but only public enemies; Shrek Academy has been glorious for 20,000 years, so some students should be buried with her."

He opened the window and pointed to the surging waves on the dark sea: "Look at this sea. Often, when a whale falls, all things come to life. Shrek's death will create many things. But such a death is too dishonorable. The whale must have done something in its lifetime so that it will not be easily forgotten."

Yuan Enzhen remained silent; he no longer needed to persuade him.

Time passed little by little.

Suddenly, Yuanen Zhentian saw that the distant ocean waves seemed to have a blood-red hue, and his spirits lifted. He said, "Is the intensity of the killing between ocean spirit beasts really this great? To this old man, it feels like the remains of spirit beasts that are over 50,000 years old."

Guan Yue also stared intently, noticing two severed giant octopus tentacles. She frowned and said, "Indeed rare. The fatal wound was likely inflicted by a 100,000-year-old soul beast, and a dark-attribute 100,000-year-old sea soul beast at that—"

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Yuan Enzhen's nose twitched, and his eyes gleamed: "Something's not right, there's something sinister about it!"

Guan Yue asked in surprise, "What is it?"

"Evil energy! The same evil energy as that of fallen angels and demons—the evil energy of an evil soul master!"

Yuan Enzhen said decisively.

"Evil energy? Was it done by the Holy Spirit Cult?" Guan Yue quickly believed Yuan Enzhentian and made the deduction that the other party had more experience than her in hunting down evil soul masters.

"It should be, but it happened at least ten days ago, maybe even half a month ago. With this little bit of evil energy, we can't possibly trace those bastards' footsteps. Humph!"

Yuan Enzhen looked annoyed. Due to his special family background, he deeply hated evil spirit masters who were similar to those in the demon dimension.

Guan Yue raised an eyebrow, the light of the Yue Tian Spear in her hand flickering. Although they were on different sides now, they could still cooperate to fight if they encountered a master of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Destroying the Holy Spirit Cult is the common bottom line for the vast majority of orthodox Soul Masters.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

The two quasi-gods flew out of the cabin and swiftly arrived near the remains of the soul beast. They used their spiritual power to investigate the situation, and their expressions turned grim.

The shriveled appearance of the octopus tentacles clearly indicated that their blood essence had been drained, meaning that at least one Title Douluo-level or several Soul Douluo-level evil soul masters had regained their combat power.

Clearly, the Holy Spirit Cult, which had become pariahs on both continents, chose to open up a new battlefield by hunting down sea spirit beasts on the ocean to restore and replenish its strength.

This is very troublesome bad news. The ocean is vast and endless, making tracking difficult. Even if they know that the evil spirit masters are running around here, it will be difficult to hunt them down.

The deep sea is boundless, and even with humanity's current soul-guided technology, we can only explore a portion of it.

"This is troublesome. I must go back now and tell Zaixing this news. If possible, Zaixing will do everything in his power to hunt down the Holy Spirit Cult and never let them rise again!"

Having ascertained the situation, Yuan Enzhentian made a decisive move, no longer in the mood for idle chatter with Guan Yue, and flew away into the sky.

Guan Yue watched as Yuan Enzhentian's figure disappeared, then turned her gaze back to the octopus tentacles in the ocean and let out a long sigh.

"The Holy Spirit Cult is a bunch of troublesome things that never seem to die."

When Yuan Enzhen rushed back to the Temple of War God, he learned from his granddaughter that Feng Zaixing had announced that he was going into seclusion to break through to the limit realm.

"He's breaking through to a higher realm in seclusion? I hope he does it soon—"

Ocean's troubles made Yuan Enzhentian anxious; but Feng Zaixing's breakthrough in cultivation was also a major event, and he couldn't just forcibly drag Feng Zaixing out.

Otherwise, a backlash might occur, causing Feng Zaixing to be bedridden for a year or two, which would be a real delay.

Yuan Enhui guessed that his grandfather must have discovered something big, so he asked about the situation.

Yuan Enzhentian told me what he had seen and heard with a wry smile, saying, "Before I came back, I took a special trip to the nearby sea area and found the remains of two sea spirit beasts that were destroyed by the Holy Spirit Cult. The fact that they could be swept so far by the waves means that the number of sea spirit beasts they have harmed is probably countless."

"That's strange. The Holy Spirit Cult has been ravaged by repeated attacks and is already severely weakened. Why are they still killing so many sea spirit beasts? Even if evil spirit masters can improve their cultivation through killing, there is always a limit. Besides, these are spirit beasts, not people."

Thinking of the Holy Spirit Cult's predicament of having only a handful of members, Yuan Enzhentian couldn't understand why they did this.

They're so careless with their work. Aren't they afraid of being discovered by us and facing another attack?

Yuan Enhui's purple eyes shimmered. After a moment of contemplation, she suggested, "Let's go to the Ancient Tree of Life and ask that Elder Yue for help; he is a true god of this world and should be able to perceive more than we can."

"That old bandit? Fine—so be it."

Yuan Enzhen felt uneasy whenever he thought of Le Zhengyang, and couldn't help but recall the scene when Feng Zaixing kidnapped Yuan Enyehui, and the old bandit Le even tried to kidnap him as well.

The two rushed to the Tree of Life, found Yue Zhengyang, and briefly explained the important matter.

Le Zhengyang's eyes immediately lit up, filled with murderous intent: "You mean, there's a group of evil soul masters who have been spotted on the ocean, and their numbers are considerable, and their strength is not weak?"

Yuan Enzhen nodded hesitantly: "If it can kill a soul beast that is over 50,000 years old, then it must be quite powerful."

"good!"

Le Zhengyang smiled forcefully, and with a thought, summoned the Le family disciples who were cultivating near the Ancient Tree of Life.

"My angelic family scions, heed my command and follow me into battle!"

Yuanen Zhentian stared blankly as Le Zhengyang led dozens of angel soul masters out to fight, and couldn't help but ask Yuanen Yehui, "What's going on? I remember when the Le family was wiped out, they only had about a dozen juniors left."

Yuan Enhui looked around and said in a low voice, "You should know that our teacher really likes to torment people and push them to improve."

"Ah, I know."

Yuan Enhui said solemnly, "Back then, he brought some of the cultivation methods of the Body Sect into the Le family, causing many members of the Le family to be locked in secret rooms for arduous cultivation; among these people were lazy people who played around, as well as people who were truly diligent and hardworking."

(See Chapter 52, "Muye Enters the Limit," where the protagonist torments Muye, locking him in the basement to cultivate while also messing with some members of the Le family.)

Yuan Enzhen's lips twitched violently: "So—many of these people went into seclusion back then and escaped the annihilation of their entire families?"

Yuan Enhui nodded honestly: "That's right. As long as they didn't come out back then, the teacher pretended not to see it; he didn't wipe out all the Le family members who were practicing asceticism."

"During the massacre of the clan back then, only a few people, including Le Zheng'en, insisted on breaking out, and as a result, they were surrounded and killed by you Limit Douluos; however, he was too conspicuous, and he wouldn't have survived anyway."

Yuan Enzhen was taken aback upon hearing this, and said in a low voice, "So, does that mean Zaixing had already foreseen that he would break with the Angel Family, and that's why he left some truly determined seeds for cultivation in the Le Family in this way?"

Yuan Enhui smiled, her beautiful eyes sparkling, and said, "Judging from your thoughts, teacher, you are probably right."