Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Seeing the heavy atmosphere in the command tent, and with no soldiers coming to report yet, Zhongli Wu was getting impatient.

"Why hasn't anyone reported back yet? What's wrong with your messenger?" Zhongli Wu asked Lin Hai beside him.

Lin Hai frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case. It's been a while already; the messenger should be constantly reporting the battle situation."

After a series of orders were given, the command tent fell silent. A short while had passed, but no messenger had returned. How could they continue commanding the battle without knowing the situation outside?

"Hmm?" Zhongli Wu's eyes suddenly flickered, and he finally realized something was wrong. He abruptly stood up from his seat. "Something's not right. Why is it so quiet? Even if the command tent is well soundproofed, there shouldn't be any noise outside. Let's go take a look." As he spoke, he strode out.

Of course, no messengers would come in, because Ji Lin was outside. After setting up the mental barrier, Ji Lin had already used his Word of Power to control three waves of messengers. These messengers were not highly skilled and had no chance of resisting Ji Lin's Word of Power.

With a mental barrier blocking out outside sounds, and using word magic to silently control the messengers, preventing them from approaching the command tent, Ji Lin was trying his best to buy time.

The tent flap was lifted, and Zhongli Wu was the first to come out. Upon noticing Zhongli Wu's appearance, Ji Lin knew that Zhongli Wu had already noticed something, and he would probably discover the mental barrier soon.

Ji Lin had been keeping a close eye on Bei Bei's situation. He knew that now was a race against time, and every second gained would make Wang Qiu'er and the others safer. At this moment, it was also the time for Bei Bei to pick up Xiao Ya and retreat towards Nangong Wan's camp.

Ji Lin's mental detection covered the entire battlefield, and he was fully aware of everything that was happening.

"What's going on?" As soon as Zhongli Wu stepped out of the tent, he sensed something was wrong. What was that strong soul energy fluctuation in the distance? Why hadn't he sensed it in the command tent? This was very strange!

However, at this moment he couldn't care less about anything else and hurriedly shouted, "All of you, follow me to meet the enemy!"

He knew very well that such intense soul power fluctuations were obviously the result of a full-scale battle between Title Douluos, and that the only Title Douluos in the Sun Moon Empire's military camp besides himself and the retainers around him were the elders of their sect.

The Holy Spirit Cult has already lost one of its Seventh Elders; it cannot afford to lose several more.

But at that very moment, a powerful ice storm swept in.

Ji Lin stood in front of Zhong Liwu and the others, his right hand outstretched, unleashing his full power to control ice and snow, creating a violent blizzard that swept towards Zhong Liwu and the others. He didn't seek to kill the enemy, he only needed to buy time, and in terms of control, the Ice and Snow Maiden Martial Soul was of course more useful.

The area covered by the icy storm expanded instantly. The extremely low temperature and countless snowflakes swept in suddenly, first blocking the vision of the Holy Spirit Cult Leader and the Holy Spirit Cult's worshippers. In this icy storm, all soul power perception was weakened to the extreme.

Zhongli Wu roared and slapped his right hand forward. Instantly, a powerful purple light shot out from his palm, spreading in the air and turning into clusters of purplish-black halos. Wherever the halos passed, the snowflakes instantly melted. He completely ignored the blizzard's obstruction and charged directly toward the battlefield.

As a super Douluo-level evil soul master, he was extremely confident in his strength.

Clearly, Zhongli Wu also knew that now was not the time to get entangled with the roadblocks; providing immediate support was the most important thing.

Meanwhile, Wang Qiu'er and the others, seeing that Bei Bei had taken Xiao Ya away, also quickly left the battlefield.

A blood-red light flashed in Zhang Lexuan's eyes, and then a blood-red crescent moon rose into the sky, transforming into a blood-red afterimage as it slashed towards Wanhun Douluo. Wanhun Douluo was already barely able to withstand Zhang Lexuan's attack and had no time to dodge. He was instantly knocked away by the blood-red crescent moon, spitting blood from the corner of his mouth. He was clearly seriously injured. However, Zhang Lexuan didn't have time to finish him off. Her body transformed into a silver moonlight and flashed instantly, heading towards Zhongli Wu's side. If no one stopped these powerful members of the Holy Spirit Sect, then none of them would be able to escape.

Ma Xiaotao's spirit rings shone brightly as she no longer suppressed her spirit power fluctuations, unleashing her full power. Just now, she and Zhang Lexuan had been trying their best to calm the spirit power fluctuations from the battle, for fear of alerting Zhong Liwu and the others. But now that they had been discovered, and Bei Bei had successfully brought Tang Ya back, they no longer needed to be distracted and could fight with all their might.

Although Ji Lin's mental barrier could isolate sound and soul power fluctuations, it couldn't hide it if the ground tremors were too intense. Therefore, Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao actually restrained themselves a lot during the battle just now.

But at this point, there was nothing left to hide, and Ma Xiaotao went all out.

The vibrant crimson fire phoenix suddenly spread its wings, knocking away the Sixth Elder and sweeping towards the evil soul masters, forcing all the evil soul masters entangled with Wang Qiu'er and the others back.

Wang Qiu'er and the others naturally turned and ran, heading straight for Nangong Wan's camp. Ma Xiaotao herself sprang into the air, closely following behind Zhang Lexuan, her body merging into the crimson fire phoenix behind her, releasing her Martial Soul True Form, and her eighth Soul Ring also shone with a blood-red light.

"Chirp—" A loud phoenix cry resounded, and Ma Xiaotao's phoenix form instantly grew larger, with a wingspan of nearly a hundred meters. Intense phoenix flames suddenly rose up and shot down in a sky-covering manner.

The eighth soul skill, a 100,000-year soul skill, Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens.

Each of these phoenix flames was actually in the form of a fire phoenix. The powerful extreme fire even briefly dispelled the ice and snow storm released by Ji Lin.

The once dark sky was now completely illuminated, with dazzling crimson flames burning brightly, and the crimson phoenix illuminating the sky radiating the most magnificent brilliance.

This is Ma Xiaotao's strongest soul skill at this stage, and also her strongest attack: Phoenix Dance in the Nine Heavens.

In that instant, she seemed to have transformed into a true divine beast, the Fire Phoenix. The powerful extreme fire suppressed the Holy Spirit Master Zhongli Wu and the six elders who were rushing towards her, causing them to hesitate for a moment. Then, the phoenix flames completely enveloped them.

Zhong Liwu and the others rushed out of the battlefield as soon as they discovered it, while Ma Xiaotao had received a mental sharing reminder from Ji Lin and had been waiting for it. Without any hesitation, she unleashed her most powerful soul skill.

Zhang Lexuan's body also shone brightly with silver light. She used her Martial Soul True Body even earlier than Ma Xiaotao, transforming into a silver moon that floated in the sky. As a red soul ring around Zhang Lexuan's body shone, the bright moon in the sky became even larger.

The silvery moonlight illuminated the surroundings, revealing every detail. In mid-air, the silver moon expanded at an astonishing speed, quickly exceeding a diameter of 100 meters, enveloping Zhongli Wu and the others.

Zhongli Wu and the others felt that everything around them had turned into a white haze, and they could not feel anything, whether it was their soul power or their mental power.

This is Zhang Lexuan's ninth soul skill, Moon Blossom.

Zhong Liwu and the others didn't have time to unleash their Martial Soul True Forms, so they had no choice but to defend with all their might. Under these circumstances, Zhang Lexuan's strength was brought to its strongest state. In addition, the evil soul masters also had to resist the powerful phoenix flames released by the phoenix true form. In an instant, all seven powerful super evil soul masters were knocked away by Zhang Lexuan's Moonlight attack.

Zhongli Wu's soul power cultivation was clearly superior to Zhang Lexuan's. In addition, he was an evil soul master. In a one-on-one situation, Zhang Lexuan would definitely not be his match.

However, given the circumstances of being caught off guard, Zhongli Wu, though unharmed, was still knocked away by the moonlight.

While Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao were holding them off, Wang Qiu'er and the others quickly rushed into Nangong Wan's camp. Under the cover of the icy storm, they slipped into the undead demiplane unnoticed.

A crimson sword light silently weaved through the phoenix flames, thriving in the ultimate phoenix fire, its power amplified by threefold.

Just as Zhongli Wu was about to fly back, he suddenly felt a scorching sword intent piercing towards him. He snorted angrily in the air, and his body shone with purple light, but his body was still struck by the crimson sword light, causing him to pause for a moment.

"Xiao Lin, let's go." Zhang Lexuan's voice came.

Ji Lin did not linger in battle. This was the main base of the Sun Moon Empire. Not to mention that they could not stop the Holy Spirit Cult leader and the six elders in front of them, let alone the Soul Master Corps that might come to their aid at any time, especially the Imperial Dragon Soul Master Corps and the Terror Claw Soul Master Corps.

Ji Lin didn't dare to be arrogant. He turned and ran, while simultaneously transmitting his voice to Nangong Wan, who was pretending to be dead not far away: "The restriction in your spiritual sea will naturally disappear in three days. You don't need to do anything."

In this plan, Nangong Wan was quite helpful to Ji Lin. Leaving such a traitor within the Holy Spirit Cult was only beneficial to Ji Lin, with no drawbacks. In any case, he had Nangong Wan's incriminating evidence and secrets, and he would use those secrets to his advantage for the rest of his life.

After pretending to be knocked away, Nangong Wan feigned unconsciousness on the ground. To make it convincing, he genuinely suffered serious injuries, even managing to heal himself, breaking several bones in his body. Hearing Ji Lin's words, he could do nothing but believe him. If he were to question him, he would likely expose himself, as Zhongli Wu was right there, and he dared not make any move.

Ji Lin transformed into a streak of fire and rapidly retreated into Nangong Wan's tent. A silver moonlight followed closely behind, rushing into the tent with him.

"Hurry up," came Zhang Lexuan's voice.

Ji Lin frowned. He noticed that Ma Xiaotao hadn't followed. He shook his head and said, "Sister Lexuan, you go in first. I'll wait for Sister Xiaotao. I need to close the door myself; we can't let the Holy Spirit Cult find out."

(End of this chapter)