Douluo Continent: Starting with controlling Ning Rongrong and establishing the Holy Cult

"So you're just sending this thing to the Holy Spirit Cult, right? That's relatively simple."

As he spoke, he approached the door of the treasure room.

Outside the door, the guards were already on high alert.

It seems that suspicion began around this time.

Lu Ma thought to himself.

But he wasn't afraid at all.

A level 95 Title Douluo has no problem running rampant in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Moreover, in order to complete the task as soon as possible, he had no intention of chatting with others.

And so he stepped out of the treasure room.

Then the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was revealed.

"Your Highness...your martial spirit..."

The guard was quite surprised.

Aren't all the martial souls of the Heaven Dou royal family swans?

Is that a swan?

That's obviously not the case, is it?

He finally spoke out of curiosity, and was immediately hit by a soul skill from "Xue Qinghe".

The next second, he stopped breathing.

The attack was so swift that the guard didn't even realize he was dead, let alone notify anyone else.

[First checkpoint reached. Please proceed to the next checkpoint, the back gate of the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, 261 meters from here.]

White dotted lines appeared on the ground.

Lu Ma immediately followed.

His speed wasn't slow; perhaps because this body itself was a Title Douluo, his speed reached 40 meters per second.

Lu Ma arrived at the back gate of the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace in just over ten seconds.

The extra time was spent encountering guards on the road, some of whom seemed puzzled by the black flames in his hand and asked him questions.

So Lu Ma simply disposed of them.

Because it was a bit annoying to listen to. His head was already hurting, and asking him more questions would just be making things difficult for him.

The second checkpoint has been completed...

The third checkpoint has been completed...

[The fourth checkpoint has been completed...]

……

After leaving the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, Lu Ma encountered far fewer people, almost none at all.

Since there was no one around, he quickly completed the third and fourth checkpoints.

The speed has reached 100 meters per second and is still increasing.

The fifth checkpoint was quite far away, which explains why I was moving so fast.

If it were a little slower...

He was probably already asleep from exhaustion when he finished the task.

Some time later, Lu Ma arrived in the Killing City.

This is the only way to reach the Holy Spirit Church's address.

Lu Ma remembered that the Second Elder was probably here, but he didn't plan to go looking for the Second Elder or to enter the City of Slaughter to find another Black Flame.

This is a dream, not even a game, so there's no "progress tracking".

His goal was to "sleep peacefully," and his mission was to "send Black Flame to the Holy Spirit Cult."

During this period, it is best to avoid any unexpected complications.

Thinking this, Lu Ma increased its speed again and ran towards the path indicated by the mission prompt. Although, in reality, this was already considered flying.

According to his calculations, it would take him about 5 more minutes to reach the Holy Spirit Church and be able to get some rest and sleep.

That's how it should be.

But unfortunately, what Lu Ma feared still happened.

Just like in many games where there are always enemies in escort missions, one's subconscious "completely remembered" this.

The flight speed, which was originally very fast, slowed down before it had gone very far from the Killing City.

A giant hammer fell directly in front of him.

Boom—

The giant hammer smashed a large crater in the ground, sending dust flying.

This shockwave abruptly reduced his speed to zero and even propelled him several meters in the opposite direction.

"Who?"

Lu Ma instinctively drank it and turned around at the same time.

It was also a person in black robes.

With just one glance, Lu Ma could roughly tell that this was the Second Elder.

In the City of Slaughter, who else could be wearing the black robe bearing the Holy Spirit Cult's insignia, possessing the strength to force Qian Renxue, a Title Douluo, to a halt, besides the Second Elder?

Tang Chen?

Or is it the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King?

To put it another way, why can't it be all of them?

"Jie Jie Jie..."

The Second Elder let out a chilling laugh.

And in his hand, a massive black hammer appeared.

Haotian Hammer.

The various clues in Lu Ma's mind suddenly connected, and he then determined the identity of the person in front of him.

This does not refer to the Second Elder's identity within the Holy Spirit Cult.

Rather, it was the identity of the Second Elder.

The identity of the Holy Spirit Cult does not affect the fact that the elders also have identities in other forces. For example, the Fifth Elder is the sect leader of the Elephant Armor Sect, and the First Elder is an undercover agent in the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace.

These two elders.

It was Tang Chen, or rather, the Nine-Headed Bat King.

Lu Ma was not surprised.

After seeing Hu Yanzhen, he guessed that these elders might not have infiltrated the sect from scratch.

Rather, these elders were themselves high-ranking figures at their mission locations.

In the City of Slaughter, it was Tang Chen, which makes sense according to his logic.

As for the idea that the elders of the Holy Spirit Cult are ranked according to strength, it is clearly not as logically sound as the above.

and so.

The First Elder is Qian Renxue, level 95, and the Second Elder is Tang Chen, level 99.

This level 99 is based on the initial understanding. With the Holy Spirit Scroll of the Holy Spirit Cult, the strength must be far more than that.

Level 100?

It's not that there's no hope.

The strength was wrong.

But the reasoning is correct.

Why would the Second Elder cause trouble for the First Elder?

Isn't this soul power level a perfect reason?

And in fact, Tang Chen's behavior did indeed reflect this.

"Elder, I'm sure you're curious. How did I know your whereabouts? How did I know you were the Elder? And why did I stop you?"

"And the reason is simple: you've been in the position of Grand Elder for quite some time."

"From the day I joined the Holy Spirit Cult in order to become stronger, I've always been curious about your strength."

"The rules and regulations of the Holy Spirit Cult were not perfect in the early days. Based on the information you provided in the first few meetings, I was able to easily learn that you are the eldest prince of the Heavenly Dou Royal Family, the one who was originally the sacrifice for the first Holy Maiden Ceremony, and now the Grand Elder."

"After that, through several operations, I figured out your strength."

"Your theoretical strength is inferior to mine. But the cult leader insists that you are stronger."

"That's great."

“I know you will be delivering Black Flame this month and will definitely pass through here, so I’ve been monitoring your movements here every day—after all, I can’t stray too far from the City of Slaughter.”

"I've always had a slight doubt about whether you're truly stronger than me, but now it seems... the opportunity has arrived!"

Chapter 112 Encounter with Tang Chen

really.

The elders were not completely unaware of each other's information.

Although the cult leader concealed the elders' auras during the meeting in order to "protect their safety," just as he could determine the location of the other elders, the other elders could also deduce who the other elders were.

As for why Ning Rongrong wasn't discovered to be the original Seventh Elder immediately, it's probably because the original Seventh Elder was inherently weak and unnoticed, and didn't like attracting attention.