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

"As veteran members of the inspection team, it's understandable that you feel you have a lot of experience, but there's no need to laugh at you."

“Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, you two are included as well,” Wang Yan said seriously to everyone.

Chapter 125 The Secret Techniques of the Grim Reaper

Wang Yan stood up to speak for Tang Wutong, which immediately drew the attention of the regular team members and Dai Huabin.

Clearly, this group was not very satisfied with Wang Yan's words, but because of Wang Yan's status as a teacher, most of them were relatively restrained.

After all, they couldn't possibly mock Wang Yan, let alone lay a hand on him.

Even if Wang Yan's strength is inferior to theirs.

However, there is one exception, and that is Ma Xiaotao.

Ma Xiaotao possesses the strength of a top-tier Soul Emperor and a powerful Martial Soul, but most importantly, she has a powerful background.

Her teacher is Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department.

After being taken in as a disciple by Yan Shaozhe, Ma Xiaotao suffered no hardship other than the torment of evil fire.

At the academy, she was forgiven for whatever she did, even though she nearly killed Shrek students more than once due to her evil fire outbursts.

This situation fostered her lawless personality; she dared to speak out against anyone who wasn't someone her teacher, Yan Shaozhe, couldn't handle.

Clearly, Wang Yan is not on Yan Shaozhe's list of those he can't handle.

Ma Xiaotao was also ready to refute Wang Yan immediately. Anyway, she had always disliked Wang Yan, a low-level soul master, for being their team leader, and this was a good opportunity to make a move.

Give Wang Yan a good beating so he won't dare interfere in the rest of the match.

Unexpectedly, before that, Xuanzi stood up and arrived in front of Wang Yan in the blink of an eye.

Ma Xiaotao, who was about to speak, was so frightened by Xuanzi that she dared not utter a word.

Xuanzi's status at Shrek Academy can be described as second only to the leader, above all others.

Yan Shaozhe couldn't act arrogantly in front of Xuanzi, so Ma Xiaotao naturally didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him.

Xuanzi glanced at the members of the main team and said indifferently, "You bunch of brats are pretty arrogant. You talk a big game, but I wonder how well you actually do?"

"Now everyone shut up and get on your way to the Mingdou Mountains. If you do well on the mission, you can continue to participate in the competition. If you don't, get back to the academy."

"The competition hasn't even started yet, and they're already fighting amongst themselves. This is outrageous."

Despite being scolded by Xuanzi, no one dared to refute him; they could only silently lower their proud heads.

After he spoke, no one else dared to say anything more.

They headed straight for their mission location.

With less than two weeks until the start of the competition, they must complete their task within three to four days in order to arrive at the competition venue in time.

In the Mingdou Mountains, deep within a mountain cave.

The entire cave reeked of blood, and the ground was covered with dried bloodstains. On both sides of the cave, there were many intact human skins that had been peeled off, including those of infants.

The blood and human skin made the entire cave eerie and terrifying.

Inside the cave, a group of ragged and disheveled bandits lay sprawled out.

Since their leader, the Grim Reaper, was killed a few months ago, this group of crazed evil spirit masters have all lost their leader.

They no longer hunt passing caravans; they mostly stay in this old lair, living a life of decadence and debauchery, relying on the supplies they previously plundered.

Of course, there are still a small number of people who still want to go back to the days when they followed the Grim Reaper to burn, kill, and plunder.

However, those people knew that without absolute strength, the remaining evil spirit masters would never listen to them.

Therefore, instead of rushing to integrate the remaining evil spirit masters and plunder caravans, they began to receive the legacy of the dead.

Although the Grim Reaper has been killed, his secret techniques remain in his lair.

Moreover, it is the most core secret technique of the Grim Reaper: Corpse Refining Technique.

Those people firmly believed that as long as they mastered the secret art of corpse refining, they could obtain power as strong as the Grim Reaper.

At the very heart of the cave lies a sizable stone chamber, which was originally the residence of the Grim Reaper.

There was no smell of blood in the stone chamber; it looked very clean and tidy, but a strange stench emanated from all directions.

The stench was so foul it made people nauseous; it was the smell of a corpse.

"Hahaha, I succeeded!" Inside the stone chamber, a black-robed evil spirit master stood in front of the stone bed and shouted excitedly.

On the stone bed lay a human body, which was entirely black, not very tall, and looked like a child. It reeked of a foul stench and had no sign of life.

No one who sees this human body would think it is a living thing.

But shockingly, this completely lifeless body was now shaking incessantly on the stone bed.

His limbs were moving in a stiff position, and then he suddenly opened his eyes.

Then he climbed out of bed at an incredibly slow pace.

"Come here!" the evil spirit master shouted excitedly at the corpse.

The corpse that had just come back to life actually crawled slowly toward him after hearing his words, and came to his feet.

The evil spirit master immediately squatted down, stroking the corpse slave he had just trained, his excitement barely concealed.

"We've finally created our first corpse slave."

"Once my corpse-refining skills continue to improve, I will surely be able to restore the glory of our Hand of Death!"

"From now on, I am the messenger of death!"

About half a year has passed since the previous Grim Reaper was killed by Huo Yuhao. With the legacy of the deceased, a new Grim Reaper has been born.

However, no one else knows these things.

After his initial excitement, the Grim Reaper immediately went to learn the Corpse Explosion Technique.

After all, the most core skill of the previous Grim Reaper was the Corpse Explosion Technique.

This is a true ability to kill opponents of a higher level, and you must master it as soon as possible to truly be called a messenger of death.

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In the sky, people using flying soul tools descended into the forests of the Mingdou Mountains.

After several days of travel, they obtained intelligence about the Hand of Death from the army stationed in the Star Luo Empire and rushed to the Mingdou Mountains to wipe out the bandits.

Otherwise, they might not be able to participate in the competition in time.

Then, led by Wang Yan, they began searching for clues in the forest, hoping to find the lair of the Hand of Death in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, the Hand of Death has been inactive for a long time, and most of the information they obtained from Duke White Tiger is from several months ago, so it can't provide them with much help.

Tang Wutong watched them frantically searching like headless flies from behind, a cold smile flashing across her face.

"Ha, you dare to mock me instead of listening to me. Let's see if you can find the lair of the Hand of Death."

Chapter 126 Second Taunt, Tang Wutong's Mentality Explodes

Tang Wutong had finally made up her mind to remind these people last time, but they treated her like dirt and even mocked her.

Therefore, she was extremely dissatisfied with this group of people.

If it weren't for the fact that they needed this group to achieve results in the competition and then find Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong would have loved for them all to be killed by the corpse explosion of the Grim Reaper.

Lacking information, the Shrek Academy students searched everywhere like headless flies, and it wasn't until the afternoon that they finally found a trace of the evil soul master.

Wang Yan, the teacher leading the team, was standing under a big tree.

"Although the bloodstains on this tree have dried, the smell indicates that they haven't been there for very long, probably only within the last two days."

"There should still be bloodstains not far ahead. If we search in this direction, we should be able to find more clues," Wang Yan said, pointing ahead.

The others were all surprised to see that Wang Yan's analysis was so logical and reasonable.

Even Ma Xiaotao, who disliked Wang Yan the most, widened her eyes slightly, not expecting him to have such an ability.

Her opinion of Wang Yan also changed somewhat.

After they entered the Mingdou Mountains, Xuanzi disappeared without a trace, and now they have to follow the king's orders in all their actions.

Then they began searching in the direction he had indicated.

Sure enough, they actually found the lair of the remaining bandits of the Hand of Death.

Led by Wang Yan, the Shrek Academy students arrived at the cave entrance.

"Everyone, change into your Shrek Inspection Team uniforms, and then listen to my orders to begin the mission," Wang Yan immediately instructed the group.

Ma Xiaotao and other regular team members skillfully put on the Shrek Inspection Team uniforms.

Looking at the group still getting dressed, Ma Xiaotao said impatiently, "Teacher Wang, we're going to carry out our mission first. You can catch up later."

"Everyone, follow me inside and wipe out the evil spirit master!"

After Ma Xiaotao finished speaking, golden-red flames erupted from her body, and she shot out like a rocket, flying more than ten meters away in an instant.

Dai Yueheng and other members of the regular team followed closely behind and rushed directly into the cave.

"you……"

Wang Yan had barely opened his mouth when the members of the main team had already disappeared.

Seeing that this group of people were so disobedient, Wang Yan's face also turned ugly.

However, now was not the time for criticism. Wang Yan immediately put on his combat uniform and said to the reserve team members who were still waiting for him, "Now everyone come with me inside."

Beibei and Xu Sanshi followed closely behind Wang Yan as they rushed into the cave.

Only Tang Wutong stayed at the very back, pulling Xiao Xiao along. She knew exactly what would happen inside the cave.

The corpse explosion of the Grim Reaper is something even a Soul Emperor would find difficult to withstand; a slight mishap could result in instant death, and she didn't want anything to happen here.

Xiao Xiao was her best friend in her past life. Although she couldn't play a significant role in the competition, Tang Wutong didn't want anything to happen to her.

In her view, the two of them only needed to kill a few evil spirit masters on the outskirts of the cave, just like in their previous life.

As for the others, she had already warned them, but they not only didn't appreciate it, they also mocked her.