Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao, the villain from a parallel world

Xiao Hongchen felt as if all his strength had been drained away; his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

His eyes became empty and dull, as if he had been completely stunned after being hit hard by something. Less than a minute and a half later.

He struggled to keep his speed down to three minutes, but Huo Yuhao took less than half that time.

His pride and the production speed he had practiced countless times since childhood were nothing but a joke in front of Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao looked down at Xiao Hongchen, who was slumped on the ground, his gaze calm and undisturbed. He said in a low voice, "You don't need to be discouraged by losing to me. Your goal of being stronger than me was wrong from the start. Perhaps now you should realize that mistake."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the laboratory.

Meng Hongchen stood still, glancing worriedly at Xiao Hongchen, who was slumped on the ground.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but say, "Xiao, Senior Brother Huo is right, you shouldn't be too persistent."

After saying that, she turned around and followed Huo Yuhao, and the two disappeared one after the other outside the laboratory door.

Xiao Hongchen was all alone by the lab table.

He sat on the ground, stunned, the scene replaying in his mind over and over again.

The already completed soul tool on Huo Yuhao's desk, Meng Hongchen's statement of "less than a minute and a half," and Huo Yuhao's last few words, which were calm to the point of being cold.

He covered his face and suddenly couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

"So... I was too overconfident."

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After his duel with Xiao Hongchen, Huo Yuhao was taken to the cafeteria by Meng Hongchen.

Throughout the meal, Meng Hongchen kept bombarding Huo Yuhao with questions about soul tools while occasionally gazing at his face with affection, leaving Huo Yuhao somewhat speechless.

He patiently answered all the questions, then made up an excuse that he had other things to take care of, finally managing to get rid of the clingy young lady and return to his dormitory to continue his cultivation.

Night fell quickly.

Huo Yuhao quietly finished his cultivation and, under the cover of darkness, silently left his dormitory, arriving at the back gate of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Not long after, another figure dressed in black arrived silently – it was Nana.

"Where are we going today?" Nana asked Huo Yuhao curiously, as was her habit.

However, the moment her gaze fell on Huo Yuhao's face, she froze completely.

She couldn't immediately recognize the face before her, and almost instinctively blurted out, "Who are you?"

Chapter 70 Holy Spirit Cult Branch

Huo Yuhao turned to look at her and said calmly, "You don't even recognize me anymore?"

The familiar voice reached her ears, and Nana snapped back to reality.

The person in front of her was Huo Yuhao. They had acted together countless times over the past nine months, and she knew Huo Yuhao's voice all too well; there was no way she could have mistaken it.

But this face… Nana stared blankly at Huo Yuhao’s almost perfect face under the moonlight, her cheeks involuntarily flushing red.

"Alright, this isn't important." Huo Yuhao waved his hand, interrupting her wild thoughts.

Nana realized what had happened and quickly composed herself. To cover up her earlier lapse in composure, she hurriedly asked, "Is there anything to do today?"

Huo Yuhao looked into Nana's eyes and said calmly, "I promised you before that I would rescue your parents within a year."

"Tonight is the time for me to keep my promise."

Upon hearing this, Nana, who was initially somewhat embarrassed, suddenly shuddered.

Almost instinctively, she reached out and grabbed Huo Yuhao's hands tightly.

Those usually cold and sharp eyes suddenly welled up with uncontrollable excitement and longing, and her voice trembled slightly: "Re...really?"

"Of course." Huo Yuhao nodded solemnly.

Upon hearing this resolute promise, Nana could no longer hold back her tears, which silently streamed down her cheeks.

But she was not blinded by joy; after a brief moment of excitement, she quickly regained her composure.

Grasping Huo Yuhao's hand tightly, she said urgently, "But...but we're not ready yet. There are many evil spirit masters in that place, you know that."

"Tell me as you walk, I can handle it," Huo Yuhao calmly interrupted her, his tone exuding an unquestionable confidence.

"But there's a Soul Saint there!" Nana practically shouted.

After listening, Huo Yuhao simply nodded slightly, his tone remaining calm: "So there was a Soul Saint before, and we might have had to go all out to deal with him, but now, it's no longer a problem at all."

After condensing divine power, Huo Yuhao can unleash attacks that are even more powerful than before, and the divine power also makes his chaotic power more effective against enemies.

Or rather, his chaotic power is a natural nemesis to most powers.

The power of chaos can disrupt the original order of other forces, greatly weakening the enemy's attack power.

When this power invades the enemy's body, it directly disrupts the body's internal order, causing chaos in the circulation of blood, meridians, and soul power.

Unless the opponent possesses overwhelming power to suppress them directly, once the chaotic power invades the body, it is impossible to survive.

Therefore, for him now, a Soul Saint is nothing, and he can deal with him with ease.

As for the other minor evil spirit masters, there's even less to worry about.

In addition, the two of them have another advantage, which is that they are both evil spirit masters.

He was able to enter that stronghold silently, and with his mental power, Huo Yuhao could instantly severely injure that Evil Soul Saint.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao was quite confident in taking down this small stronghold of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Nana stood there, staring blankly at Huo Yuhao. Moonlight fell on his profile, making his blue eyes appear as calm as the deep sea.

After spending nine months together, she thought she knew this person very well.

Every action was handled with ease, and seemingly casual arrangements always managed to defuse crises perfectly.

They did it so many times, yet the Holy Spirit Cult, entrenched in Mingdu, never noticed a single clue.

But at this moment, she discovered that this person seemed to be hiding many things that she could not understand at all.

“I understand.” Nana took a deep breath, the hesitation in her eyes gradually replaced by determination. “I believe you.”

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly and said nothing more. Nana turned around and took the lead, the two walking one after the other into the depths of the night.

As they walked, Nana lowered her voice and explained the situation inside the base in detail.

There were about twenty members in that branch, but only three or four could be considered the core members; the rest were just peripheral members.

Even the peripheral members are at least at the Soul Master level.

As for the strongest core member, his cultivation had reached the level of a seventh-ring Soul Saint, and he was respectfully addressed as an elder in the branch.

This person always wears a black hood, revealing only his eyes, giving him an extremely unfathomable appearance.

Apart from the elders, the other core members are called Holy Spirit disciples, while the peripheral members are called Holy Servants.

Nana herself is also one of the Holy Servants.

Each time they travel to a branch, all the servants must conceal their true appearance, so even if they occasionally meet on ordinary days, they cannot recognize each other.

Only the elders know the true identity of each holy servant.

The elder had told her personally that as long as her cultivation reached the sixth ring, he would recommend her to the main altar to become a Holy Spirit disciple and hold an ascension ceremony for her.

Upon hearing the words "ascension to spirit," Huo Yuhao's lips curled into a cold smile.

He spent a long time in the Holy Spirit Church, and no one knew better than him what spiritual ascension was.

That's nothing more than an evil technique that forcibly merges a soul into a human body through sacrifice, thereby extending the lifespan of the soul ring.

This method is extremely effective, but the price is equally heavy; those with weaker mental states will go insane.

Moreover, once one accepts the Ascension, normal cultivation becomes almost impossible, and one can only improve by continuing to hunt and devour using the methods of evil spirit masters.

This is precisely the chain that the Holy Spirit Cult uses to firmly bind its followers to its chariot.

Nana continued, saying that her parents' souls were sealed in the branch's shrine.

That place was extremely eerie; every time you approached it, you could feel a strong, sinister aura.

Besides the souls of her parents, many other souls are imprisoned in the altar.

With her current cultivation level of thirty-eight, she can only be ranked at the bottom among the holy servants. Apart from being allowed to visit her parents, the branch staff would never allow her to easily approach the altar.

"It's nothing," Huo Yuhao said indifferently. "I didn't intend for them to agree anyway."

Now that he was there, he didn't intend to keep a low profile.

He wanted to wipe out every single evil spirit master in that branch.

He wanted to take the souls from the altar with him, and those blood-stained evil spirit masters would be perfect for replenishing the emptiness he felt after just gathering divine power.

The two walked through the night for about half an hour, and the streets ahead gradually became sparse and desolate.

An inconspicuous gray courtyard stood alone at the end of the street corner, with no signs around it, only two dim soul guide lamps emitting a faint glow above the door.

The walls were mottled and the doors and windows were tightly closed, making it look like a long-abandoned warehouse.

Chapter 71 Ye Guyi Following Behind

Nana, who had already changed into a black robe and put on a mask, stopped and pointed to the building, whispering, "That's it."

Huo Yuhao put on the mask he had prepared beforehand, his large black robe concealing his figure. His voice was calm and composed: "Next, I will stand behind you. Just walk in as usual."

"That's it?" Nana turned around and looked at him in surprise.

"That's it." Huo Yuhao's tone was completely calm.

Nana opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing more.

She adjusted her mask, gripped the token representing her status as a holy servant in her hand, took a deep breath, and strode towards the main entrance of the gray building.

Huo Yuhao followed behind her at a leisurely pace, his footsteps so light they were almost imperceptible.

His spiritual power had already spread across the surrounding space of several dozen feet, taking in all the movements inside and outside the building.

The sentries at the door, the detection array on the wall, and the two blood-stained soul energy fluctuations behind the door were as clear as day in his mind.

Nana arrived at the branch office entrance as usual, but her face under the mask showed a slight stiffness that was not easily noticeable.