Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao, but possesses the power of the Rakshasa God.

The flying soul tool is extremely fast.

What should have been a journey of about a month was reduced to just a few days.

The group landed in a city in the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire, which was the closest city to their destination.

"The city lord is a Soul Saint-level Soul Master, but he needs to stay in the city and can't go out to eliminate evil Soul Masters," Ma Xiaotao explained the city's situation. "However, in order to avoid being noticed by evil Soul Master gangs, we should try not to let others know our whereabouts."

The remaining people nodded in agreement.

"Let's find a hotel first. I haven't taken a bath in a long time." Ling Luochen stretched and looked around.

The Shrek inspection team members shared the same sentiment. They had also traveled a long distance and were quite exhausted, so they needed to rest to maintain their energy and be prepared to deal with any unexpected situations.

Because this city was located on the border, it wasn't very prosperous. There weren't many inns in the city, and the group didn't care much and just chose a relatively clean one to stay in.

While the Shrek Academy's inspection team rested, Huo Yuhao found the auction house in the city.

"Saint Lotus Auction House...it seems to be a fairly famous auction house in the Heavenly Soul Empire, but this should just be a branch." Huo Yuhao looked at the magnificent building, and the information he had previously gathered involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

"Hopefully, we can find a clue about the Gold of Life."

Huo Yuhao thought to himself as he walked into the auction house.

Before entering the auction house, verification of funds is required. Huo Yuhao only had 10,000 gold soul coins given to him by Yan Shaozhe when he went on the mission, which was barely enough to meet the threshold for entering the venue.

"Ten thousand gold soul coins is only the entry threshold!" Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue in amazement, and a longing for money arose in his heart.

He thought he wanted a lot, but it turned out to be only enough to get him into the auction house!

There was no other way, since Huo Yuhao had little experience with monetary transactions and was unaware of the purchasing power of Gold Soul Coins.

His two companions in his spiritual sea, one a soul beast and the other a visitor from another world, were also unaware of the purchasing power of gold soul coins.

Fortunately, this trip broadened my horizons considerably.

Meanwhile, on the other side, in a small village on the edge of the Tianhun border mountain range, a Soul Master dressed in a black robe slowly walked into the village.

Surprisingly, this seemingly large village was completely devoid of any signs of life.

The houses, large and small, were deserted, and the swirling dust indicated that no one had lived there for a long time.

"Squeak~"

The old wooden door creaked painfully, and the man in black robes slowly walked into the largest stone house in the entire village.

In an instant, the stench of blood assaulted our senses!

The first thing that caught my eye was a series of small hills, a small hill made entirely of bones!

Yellowed skulls, their empty eye sockets staring at the wooden door.

On the mountain of bones, a long-haired man dressed in light brown cloth held a blood-soaked head in his hand, peeling off the skin inch by inch, as if he were sculpting a work of art. However, judging from the head's wide-open eyes, it was clear that he had suffered great torture before his death.

"Third brother, you're back," the long-haired man in plain clothes said softly.

But before the man in black robes could speak, countless dark green liquids began to boil in a pool surrounded by stones on the side of White Bone Mountain!

A woman, completely naked and resembling a boneless water snake, emerged from the pool.

"Third brother's back! Tell your second sister if there were any new prey this time. Your second sister's 'spiritual pool' hasn't expanded in a long time~"

The woman leaned against the edge of the pool, completely disregarding the fact that her body was fully exposed to the air. However, the droplets of liquid dripping from her hair fell on the weeds growing in the crevices, instantly causing the weeds to wither!

However, the man in black robes who had just entered was not as relaxed as the other two; his voice was low and tinged with a hint of panic.

"Big brother! Second sister! This is no time for jokes! It looks like the Shrek Academy people are attacking!"

In an instant, the man in plain clothes slashed with his small carving knife, splitting the head in two.

The long-haired woman's pupils dilated, and she instinctively shrank into the pool.

"Big brother, let's run!" The third brother in black robes swallowed hard, his eyes filled with terror as he looked at the man in plain clothes.

The man in plain clothes didn't speak, but looked at the environment that they had transformed into a "cultivation holy land" and couldn't help but feel a little reluctant.

This mountain of bones, which he built over five years, is now bound to the environment; taking it away would mean losing ninety percent of its effectiveness.

The long-haired woman was the same; that spirit pool was created by her using the blood and flesh of thousands of people, and the resentment and evil poison inside were extremely concentrated, making it impossible for ordinary storage soul tools to store it.

"What is the cultivation level of the people from Shrek Academy?" the man in plain clothes asked softly.

"I'm not sure, but they're very young. It seems like some of them are from Shrek Academy's reserve team in the last Soul Master Competition," the man in black robes said after a moment's thought.

They had informants in various locations throughout the city, and as soon as Shrek and his group arrived, he sensed something was wrong. Upon investigation, he indeed discovered the problem.

"The previous reserve team..." The man in plain clothes recalled the information about Shrek Academy and the others, and finally concluded, "Then they should only be at most Soul King level! I remember the strongest in the previous team was a white tiger, and even he has only just broken through to Soul Emperor level! No more than that!"

"The highest level is only Soul Emperor..." the long-haired woman murmured softly, then suddenly raised her head and looked at the man in plain clothes: "Brother! I have a plan!"

"First, take care of those Shrek students, then use them for training! Afterwards, leave quickly before the Shrek experts arrive! I want Shrek to know we're no longer fish to be slaughtered!" The long-haired woman tossed her dark green hair, a greedy glint in her eyes. "These geniuses are all rare treasures! One of them is worth a thousand ordinary people! That's enough to make up for the loss of this treasure land!"

But the third brother in black robes still hesitated: "But are we really a match for Shrek Academy's Soul Emperor?"

Upon hearing this, the long-haired woman burst into laughter!

The long-haired woman slowly stood up from the pool. On her slender arms, a green liquid continuously gathered and shaped, resembling a small snake swimming.

"Third brother, have you forgotten my abilities?"

The third brother in black robes suddenly brightened up: "Poison! That's right! As long as we poison them, they'll be at our mercy!"

But then he frowned: "But the Shrek Academy people are usually extremely cautious. Is it really possible to successfully poison them?"

"If it were an ordinary poison, it would naturally be detected!" A smile appeared on the long-haired woman's face, and a glint of light appeared in her emerald green eyes. Then, a small emerald green bead appeared in her hand!

"This is a treasure I found when I escaped Poison Mountain! It is extremely poisonous, but it contains incredibly powerful life energy. Using it to poison someone is colorless and odorless, and may even make them feel comfortable to a certain extent; absolutely no one will be able to detect it!"

The long-haired woman had an arrogant expression on her face.

She used this highly poisonous pearl to knock down a Soul Saint and escape from capture!

For a moment, the other two couldn't help but look at the poisonous pearl, where they saw that beneath the outer layer of poison was an endless life force!

If Electrolux were to do so, he would certainly be furious at the long-haired woman for her foolish act of turning the precious gold of life into a highly poisonous substance!

This is a complete waste of resources!