Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

Chapter 173 On the Eve of the Operation

"The power of space!" Jing Hongchen couldn't sit still any longer.

He knew about spatial power. According to Kong Deming, one of the reasons why Di Tian could become the number one soul beast in Douluo Continent was because Di Tian had an extremely profound understanding of spatial power.

It's important to understand that comprehending the power of space is actually an extremely difficult thing.

Given Di Tian's age and his talent in comprehending spatial power, basically no one among the existing Soul Masters in the world can compare with the Beast God Di Tian in the realm of spatial power.

After all, no matter how thoroughly human soul masters comprehend the power of space, they will eventually pass away in their short lives. Even Limit Douluo, in terms of normal lifespan, cannot compare with ordinary soul beasts.

Soul beasts are different. If they are not killed, they can continue to live as long as they survive the Heavenly Tribulation. Although surviving the Heavenly Tribulation is a very difficult thing, there are actually soul beasts that have survived the Heavenly Tribulation multiple times.

Cultivation level and age are actually not related; auspicious beasts are a typical example.

However, judging from Di Tian's cultivation level, Jing Hongchen felt that the first emperor of the Sun Moon Empire had not yet been born when Di Tian was cultivating.

Jing Hongchen also noticed Huo Yuhao's mention of "a world".

What is the concept of a world? Could it be a place similar to Douluo Continent? Is this...is this really something a human can do? Or is it the power of a god? Could it be that the so-called teacher Huo Yuhao mentioned is a god?

No, gods haven't appeared for many years, how could it be related to gods? Could it be that the so-called demiplane is something Huo Yuhao created?

Jing Hongchen felt his heart beat faster. He looked at Huo Yuhao and sighed, "Yuhao, I can understand your desire to hide your talents. After all, your talent is too high and it's easy to arouse jealousy."

Even if Master Kong and I are willing to protect you, once you fully reveal your talent, you will definitely attract the hostility and even covetousness of some people.

For example, Shrek Academy. Once they learn of your talent, they'll definitely target you, send people to recruit you, and even try every means to make you a student at Shrek Academy. After all, given Xuanzi's experience, my opinion of Shrek Academy has plummeted.

Huo Yuhao thought to himself that it wasn't just Shrek Academy, but also the Holy Spirit Cult, which was always ready to welcome the Holy Son, and Tang San, who had long ago prepared a mature set of dog-training methods.

However, I really didn't make this thing. It was originally made by Elder Yi. I can't just take away Elder Yi's right to be credited.

But when Huo Yuhao saw Jing Hongchen's expression, he understood that the other party would not believe his explanation, so even if he tried to explain, it would be in vain.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Then I'll show you the demiplane now?"

"Okay." Jing Hongchen was also somewhat looking forward to it.

Huo Yuhao immediately chanted a spell, and a moment later, a door exuding the aura of the dead slowly opened beside him. Seeing this, Huo Yuhao immediately led Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen inside.

As soon as Jing Hongchen stepped into the undead demiplane, he briefly observed his surroundings and exclaimed in alarm, "This... skeletons, bone dragons, ghosts... it feels so eerie..."

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao immediately added, "It looks like the methods of evil soul masters, right? Actually, it's not. These things have nothing to do with evil soul masters at all. Dean, I am not an evil soul master. I am different from them."

He was certainly not an evil spirit master. Generally speaking, evil spirit masters do extremely evil things, such as using human flesh and blood as food for cultivation. This is one of the reasons why evil spirit masters are hated by everyone.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao's expression didn't seem fake and that he looked helpless, Jing Hongchen didn't press the matter. He said, "Yuhao, you have your secrets. You can even create something like a demi-plane, so making these things should be very simple for you. I believe you're not an evil soul master."

Meng Hongchen, standing to the side, also had a strange look in her eyes. She felt that this so-called demiplane was extremely unusual. The atmosphere here was very oppressive, making people feel uncomfortable. Moreover, there was a bunch of skeletons and ghosts not far away, which looked like the temporary residence of some evil soul master.

However, based on Huo Yuhao's explanation, her guess was obviously incorrect. After thinking for a moment, she decided to believe Huo Yuhao's words.

Huo Yuhao said at this moment, "Through this undead demiplane, I can actually accomplish many things, such as leading the Empire's Soul Master Corps deep into the heart of the Star Luo Empire to strike at the Star Luo Empire's royal family, and then immediately making a run for it. Of course, we can talk about such things later. We should now decide on the candidates to attack the Duchess."

"Yes, we should confirm it as soon as possible," Jing Hongchen said.

Then the two began to talk and finally decided that in addition to bringing Jing Hongchen, they also needed to bring a Soul Master Corps to the Star Luo Empire in case of unforeseen circumstances. Of course, the so-called Soul Master Corps should be a Beast King-level Soul Master Corps.

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ducal mansion.

A group of servants were watching with trepidation as the Duchess reprimanded the gray-clad servants not far away.

The servants showed a hint of fear on their faces. For most of the servants in the Duke's mansion, they had gained the Duchess's praise by bullying Huo Yuhao and his mother.

But now that Huo Yun'er is dead, Huo Yuhao has gone to the Sun Moon Empire and publicly exposed many unsavory things about the Duke's mansion during the Soul Fighting Tournament, causing the once-reputable Duke's mansion to plummet in reputation.

This made the Duchess's temper worse and worse.

These servants, who used to gain the Duchess's favor by bullying Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao, have now become the Duchess's punching bags.

After all, whenever the Duchess saw these people, she thought of Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao. Sometimes she wondered why these guys hadn't killed that mother and son back then.

A moment later, the Duchess stopped scolding the gray-clad servant.

Her gaze swept across the servants present like a knife, then she waved her hand and said, "Go do your work, don't just stand here."

She walked back into the house, then looked at Zhang Tieshan beside her and asked, "Zhang Tieshan, the people from Sunrise took your job today and arranged for some assassins to meet with us. Are you sure they will come?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tieshan immediately responded, "I am absolutely certain of this; Riyao's reputation is quite good."

Judging by the time, they should arrive at the Duke's mansion soon.

When the time comes, you only need to select some suitable assassins, and I will immediately take these assassins to the Sun Moon Empire and attempt to kill Huo Yuhao.

Of course, this process will be quite lengthy. After all, Huo Yuhao is a genius of the Sun Moon Empire and is protected; killing him will definitely not be an easy task.

Chapter 174 Meeting the Duchess

The Duchess frowned slightly: "There's no need to select suitable assassins. Once they arrive, just send them all to the Sun Moon Empire. The price is negotiable."

However, we must find a way to kill Huo Yuhao, otherwise, once Huo Yuhao grows up, he will inevitably become a threat.

Regardless, he is still Brother Hao's son. If a war were to break out between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire in the future, and Huo Yuhao firmly stands on the side of the Sun Moon Empire, Brother Hao will inevitably be influenced by Huo Yuhao.

Although she trusted that Dai Hao would never betray the Star Luo Empire, if Dai Hao were to encounter Huo Yuhao on the battlefield, he would be more or less influenced by Huo Yuhao, which would actually be detrimental to the Star Luo Empire.

pat pat pat.

A series of hurried footsteps sounded outside. The Duchess instinctively turned around and looked in the direction from which the footsteps came. It was a young servant dressed in gray cloth, and his face showed obvious anxiety.

Zhang Tieshan stepped forward, blocking the servant from approaching the Duchess, and then asked, "What happened?"

He recognized the servant in front of him; the man was the gatekeeper of the White Tiger Duke's mansion. His main duty was to guard the gate. Of course, the White Tiger Duke's mansion was very powerful, so there couldn't be only one gatekeeper.

"Lord Zhang, a group of people dressed in black robes have arrived. They claim to be guests invited by the Duchess and wish to enter the Duke's mansion." The gatekeeper immediately explained their purpose.

"Okay, I understand. Go back and bring them over now." A smile appeared on Zhang Tieshan's face. According to the schedule...

"Yes, sir." The gatekeeper hurriedly left, and a moment later, a group of men in black robes were led over by the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper then tactfully left and closed the door behind him.

Looking at these men in black robes, the Duchess said calmly, "My request is very simple: kill Huo Yuhao. Therefore, you all have to go to the Sun Moon Empire."

She could have sent other people to kill Huo Yuhao, but among her men, only Zhang Tieshan was quite strong; the rest were relatively weak.

Therefore, her subordinates could only bully people for Dai Huabin in most cases. However, since Dai Huabin is dead, her subordinates have naturally lost the opportunity to bully people for Dai Huabin.

Of course, now that Dai Huabin is dead, she naturally gives more care to her only surviving son, Dai Yueheng, than before. So, all of her subordinates except Zhang Tieshan have gone to the Mingdou Mountains to guard Dai Yueheng.

Under these circumstances, she naturally didn't want to recall these people and then send them to deal with Huo Yuhao.

Although Zhang Tieshan was reluctant to go to the Sun Moon Empire, considering the Duchess's status, he still spoke up: "I will go with you. Don't worry, the Duchess will give you a full reward, and she will definitely not give you less."

Because of their good reputation in the industry, many nobles have cooperated with them. It is said that this assassin organization even has an extremely rare titled Douluo as its support. Therefore, Zhang Tieshan did not dare to put on too high a posture and could only speak to the group of black-robed men in a consultative tone.

"So you really want Huo Yuhao dead, Duchess. Well then, your plans for today might be ruined." At this moment, a man in black robes spoke slowly.

The Duchess frowned. "What do you mean by that? As an assassin, you're cursing my plan to fail? If the assassination fails, you can forget about getting any reward from me."

“It’s alright, I’ll still get paid after I kill you.”

As the man in black robes spoke, he slowly removed his hood and calmly gazed at the Duchess before him. The Duchess was somewhat taken aback: "You...you are Huo Yuhao?"

In fact, ever since the Soul Fighting Tournament, the Duchess had been paying close attention to Huo Yuhao. After all, Huo Yuhao's words had a great impact on both the White Tiger Duke and her. However, she never expected that he would suddenly come to the Duke's mansion.

Although the Duchess disliked Huo Yuhao, she wasn't stupid. Since he had come here mixed in with the men in black robes, didn't that mean that these people were all his accomplices?

That would undoubtedly pose an extremely serious threat to one's safety.

Thinking of this, she subconsciously took a few steps back, trying to slip away. Of course, before she ran away, she didn't forget to tell him, "Zhang Tieshan, take them down."

Zhang Tieshan looked at Huo Yuhao and subconsciously launched an attack. He knew that he didn't have much time left. Given how much the Sun Moon Empire valued Huo Yuhao, it was impossible for them to send just Huo Yuhao to cause trouble for the Duchess.

Therefore, he could only act against Huo Yuhao based on the idea that "the first to strike wins, the last to strike suffers."

He wasn't doing this to kill Huo Yuhao; he just wanted to temporarily control Huo Yuhao.

Once he can successfully control Huo Yuhao, the other men in black robes will be hesitant to act rashly.

This is undoubtedly a good thing for him and the Duchess.

Before Huo Yuhao could make a move, a short, stout man in black robes reached out and grabbed Zhang Tieshan's arm. A gentle voice came from behind him: "If Yuhao wants revenge, then don't get in his way."

If you want a fight, there are plenty of people here willing to fight you!

“This…” Zhang Tieshan was somewhat astonished.

He sensed the opponent's immense power, and then subconsciously looked at the black-robed man. He immediately saw the toad-like skin on the man's hands and the nine spirit rings floating beneath his feet.

His expression changed drastically.

Undoubtedly, it was the head of Mingde Hall who had temporarily suppressed him.

After all, the strength of a Title Douluo, coupled with his signature Martial Soul, clearly identifies him.

Even the hall master has come?

Damn it, it seems the intelligence about assassinating Huo Yuhao has been leaked. Could it be that there's a traitor in Riyao?

At this moment, Huo Yuhao bypassed Zhang Tieshan and began to chase after the Duchess who was not far away.

He wasn't worried about the Duchess escaping, because there were already people guarding the back door.

Huo Yuhao was actually very familiar with the structure of the Duke's mansion.

Although Huo Gua was assigned to the woodshed in the original novel, Huo Yun'er would sometimes talk about things related to the Duke's mansion.

The things Huo Yun'er mentioned have become memories, and under the influence of those memories, Huo Yuhao naturally has a thorough understanding of the Duke's mansion's structure.

Sure enough, when the Duchess ran to the back door and opened it, she found a man in black robes standing outside, with nine spirit rings floating at his feet.

Without a doubt, the opponent was an invincible enemy. With his Soul Emperor strength, he was absolutely no match for this man in black robes.

Of course, if she couldn't get out through the back door, she had other options. She could just shout more and see if she could get more people to come and help.

"Enemy attack!" she shouted at the top of her lungs.

Chapter 175 The Chain Reaction After the Duchess's Death