Douluo's ice devil Yuhao

Chapter 539 I am a hero
Douling Empire, border.

Not far from here is the northern entrance to the Star Forest, where a city has been built.

Because it provided a resting place for soul masters heading to the forest, and because it was not far from Shrek City and had trade relations with it, it gradually developed into a fairly prosperous medium-sized city.

However, it also inadvertently provides shelter for the evil that lurks in the shadows.

The eastern outskirts of the city are a wasteland. Originally there was a small village here, but it was abandoned at some point, leaving only overgrown farmland and dilapidated cottages. Also at some point, people began to move into this abandoned village.

In a slightly larger dilapidated wooden house, several grey-robed people were sitting together, eating the exquisite dishes on the table. Although the environment was simple, they were eating delicacies from the land and the sea. With their cultivation, it was not a problem for them to enjoy these.

Not far from these gray-robed men, in the corner of the house, a group of children gathered.

They were sitting on the ground, both boys and girls, no more than five or six years old. Every child's eyes were filled with fear, and one girl was still sobbing in fear.

But there was one boy who was different. Although he was only about six years old, there was no fear in his eyes. Instead, he stared at the gray-robed man who was drinking and eating meat not far away with a cold and angry look.

Finally, a man in gray robes was annoyed by the children's crying. He put down his wine glass and cursed, "Stop crying. If anyone cries again, I will drink with him."

The horrifying threat instantly stopped the child's crying, as if the man in gray robe was not joking but would really do so.

The gray-robed man was very pleased. He glanced casually at the corner and happened to meet the boy's gaze. He snorted in displeasure: "What's that look?"

The boy showed no fear after being scolded, but replied coldly: "I'm hungry."

It had not been long since they were captured by the gray-robed men, and each of them had only been given very little dry food. Seeing the gray-robed men eating with voracious appetite, they felt even hungrier.

If they were locked up for a few more days, they wouldn't even have the energy to cry.

"You are worthy of eating this?" The gray-robed man dismissed him casually, "If you look at me again, I will dig out your eyeballs."

The boy still said coldly: "Even if you kill me, I will still be hungry."

The man in gray felt his dignity was lost when he saw that the boy was not as scared as he had expected, and he stood up angrily.

Another gray-robed man sitting in the main seat raised his hand to stop him: "Don't forget the mission the leader assigned to us."

"They are all the fresh blood that my sect has redeveloped. If you want to kill them, wait until their martial spirits awaken."

"Humph, got it." The gray-robed man also knew the importance of these children, but he also wanted to save face, so he walked up to the child and controlled his strength to slap the boy in the face.

Snapped--

With a loud and crisp sound, the boy's body was blown away, scaring the other children into crying, but the look from the gray-robed man frightened them so much that they could not make any sound.

"Whoever bothers me again will end up like this."

Then the man in gray robe stopped paying attention and returned to his seat to continue drinking.

The boy stood up from the ground, covering his burning left face. He still showed no fear, and not a tear in his eyes. Instead, he continued to stare at the table.

At the same time, a chilling aura emanated from him.

This strange cold air was enough to make an adult's back shiver, but the other little girl next to him did not feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, she went over to help him up and said softly, "Are you...are you okay..."

"I am fine."

This cold and gloomy aura immediately attracted the attention of the gray-robed man in the main seat. His expression changed slightly, and he looked at the boy with interest, muttering, "Not bad, not bad, this kid's evil martial spirit is definitely of high quality."

The hot-tempered grey-robed man frowned, "Haven't they awakened their martial spirits yet? Could it be that my slap awakened them prematurely?"

The grey-robed man in the main seat said, "Most evil spirits have already mutated, and there are also quite a few that have developed spirit characteristics in advance."

"But the child's body is not fully developed yet, so he should wait until he is six years old to officially awaken. The leader said that the awakening of the martial soul must be done by him personally after he returns."

When he mentioned the leader, a sinister smile appeared on his face: "Now we just need to wait for the leader's plan to succeed, and then our Holy Spirit Church will reappear on the continent."

After laughing, they ate and drank for a while. The grey-robed man in the main seat glanced at the corner and said casually, "I didn't expect that there are many children with evil martial spirits in the Douling Empire. In the past, we mainly searched in the other three countries and ignored this place."

Another person said: "Dou Ling is the weakest among the four nations, and the sect has not had many footprints here before. It is indeed a suitable place for our sect to recuperate."

"If the third brother can capture two more children, he can capture a total of 20 children just at this border. This can be regarded as a satisfactory explanation to the leader. We will definitely reward him when the time comes."

"Ah."

The grey-robed man in the main seat nodded with great satisfaction. Ever since the Holy Spirit Church suffered a severe blow and had to go into seclusion again, the lives of the middle-class people like them have actually become better.

Due to the shortage of manpower, the leader had to make use of them, not only entrusting them with important tasks but also giving them many resources.

If one could receive some advice from the leader, through secret techniques or by killing more people, even if one could forcibly advance to the Titled Douluo realm and be promoted to an elder, that would be a step to heaven.

Thinking of this, the gray-robed man in the main seat could no longer conceal the smile on his face.

It was already dark, and the light in the house was dim. Only the light was coming from the wine table, and the children in the corner could only curl up in the darkness.

The boy was looking around, his eyes carefully capturing the light in the room.

The girl next to him whispered, "Do you want to run away?"

"I want to." The boy said seriously, "But if I try to run away I'll be discovered."

The girl secretly pointed at the grey-robed man in the main seat: "It is said that the man is a spirit master. I saw his spirit rings, there are six of them! What level of spirit master is he with six?"

"I don't know." The boy shook his head. They were still young and didn't know much about the world of soul masters.

The grey-robed man at the main seat took another sip of wine and asked, "Speaking of which, where is the third brother? Why hasn't he come back after being gone for so long?"

Another person echoed: "Maybe he will return empty-handed and won't be able to report back."

Another person teased, "Maybe it wasn't handled properly and was discovered by the Douling Empire."

They don't capture just any children. They capture those who have the potential to become evil soul masters.

Children who have not yet awakened are easier to control than awakened evil soul masters, and are less likely to attract attention.

The grey-robed man in the main seat couldn't help but frown. Although the Douling Empire was at the bottom of the four nations in terms of strength, it was not something they could challenge at the moment. They were always hiding from the Douling officials.

However, there are neither sects nor academies on this border, and the city lord has only the cultivation level of a Soul King. Logically speaking, as long as we act carefully, nothing should go wrong.

There are many ordinary people disappearing in the world every day, and no one would connect the disappearance of a few children with the Holy Spirit Church.

Just as the gray-robed man in the main seat was still thinking, a strong and dazzling light suddenly shone into the house from above through the broken gaps, illuminating the originally dark house.

An intense burning sensation and pain instantly enveloped the gray-robed men. They released their martial spirits and spirit rings together and looked up at the sky in horror: "Who is it!" The next second, a ray of light filled with a sacred aura slashed through the roof and smashed down on the wine table where several gray-robed men were.

Faced with the crisis, several people scattered and dodged in an instant, but two evil soul masters were still killed on the spot, reflected by the light and turned into nothingness.

"So, your Holy Spirit Church has grown stronger through such means."

An angry voice came from the air, and the one who exuded such a sacred aura was naturally Ye Guyi, who possessed the sacred angel martial spirit.

Feeling the strong evil aura around her, the anger in her heart grew more and more intense.

Since leaving Shrek, she has been flying forward aimlessly until her soul power is exhausted and she finally lands in the Douling Empire.

Before she could let go of her confusion, the familiar evil aura rekindled her anger. She continued to follow the evil soul master's aura, not only discovered their plan, but also found the base of the Holy Spirit Church here.

The holiness of the holy angel is like a natural enemy to the evil soul masters. Just looking up at Ye Guyi made the only two remaining gray-robed men tremble all over and feel extremely scared.

"go!"

The two gray-robed men had no intention of resisting at all and immediately fled in two directions.

Ye Guyi held the Holy Judgment in his hand, feeling the strong evil aura below.

At this moment, for her, fighting against the evil soul master seemed not only to uphold justice, but more like a way of venting, and more like telling herself that she was guarding justice.

For the sake of justice, she will destroy all evil, and the three evil auras below cannot escape her control at all.

Ye Guyi raised the Divine Judgment again. With just a wave of her sword, she could completely eliminate the evil aura below and easily catch up with the two fleeing evil soul masters.

However, the moment she raised the sword, she froze, and the long sword shining with holy light did not fall.

Because the owners of the evil aura right below are actually a group of children?
Facing an evil soul master, she could swing her sword without hesitation, but facing this group of children, she hesitated.

It was during this short period of time that the two evil soul masters escaped from sight.

Ye Guyi gritted his teeth and decided to chase and kill the two evil soul masters first, but the next second, the aura of the two evil soul masters disappeared. After a few seconds, a figure quietly landed in front of the house.

Ye Guyi was startled for a moment, then slowly came down, looking at the figure that suddenly appeared, and said blankly, "Is it you?"

The figure that suddenly appeared was naturally Huo Yuhao. Although he had only seen him a few times and could not remember his name, Ye Guyi still had a vague impression of him.

"Those two evil soul masters are dead, and I have cleared out the last two strongholds of the Holy Spirit Cult in the Douling Empire."

Huo Yuhao casually pronounced the final death sentence on the terrorist organization, the Holy Spirit Church.

"Thank...thank you." Ye Guyi said thank you subconsciously, as if it was her duty to wipe out the evil soul masters.

Huo Yuhao walked up to the children with a serious expression. Most of them had fainted from the impact of the soul power just now, and the few who were awake did not make a sound.

The boy and girl remained conscious. They could not understand the conversation between Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi for the time being, but they knew that it was the two people in front of them who saved them.

"Thank you for saving us." the girl said gratefully.

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, “You’re welcome. This group of human traffickers has been wanted by the mainland for a long time. You are safe now.”

The boy questioned: "Are they really human traffickers? They said they want us to join them and become like them."

He is more mature than his peers, so such a simple excuse was immediately seen through.

Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you want to be like them?"

The boy shook his head decisively: "No, they don't even let people have enough food."

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but smile and said, "You are all tired. Take a good rest. When you wake up, you will be reunited with your parents."

The boy said calmly: "I don't have any parents."

Huo Yuhao fell silent again, and quietly released his mental power. These few awake children felt a little tired at the same time and closed their eyes one after another.

Ye Guyi felt the faint chill in front of him and gritted his teeth and said, "Did the Holy Spirit Church transform them into evil soul masters? This is truly a heinous crime!"

"They were not converted by the Holy Spirit Church, but they were born with evil martial spirits."

Huo Yuhao denied it indifferently.

"How could that be? But they are so young, how could they be evil soul masters?" Ye Guyi murmured.

"Do you want to destroy them?" Huo Yuhao asked calmly.

Ye Guyi subconsciously loosened the sword in her hand. Looking at the children in front of her who were only five or six years old, she couldn't possibly do such a thing: "I... I can't do it. But..."

She gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on the sword: "Are we going to let them grow into evil soul masters in the future?"

"What is the difference between not stopping the possible evil and condoning it?"

Huo Yuhao calmly questioned: "Will the evil of the future definitely develop into evil?"

"Many evil spirits are mutated. You can kill all the evil spirit masters in the world, but can you eliminate all the evil spirit masters that suddenly appear in the future?"

"I don't think any father or mother would be willing to agree to kill their child immediately after their child's martial spirit awakens at the age of six."

Faced with Huo Yuhao's continuous questions, Ye Guyi was unable to answer.

Huo Yuhao stood there for a long time before he spoke firmly: "They will never grow into evil soul masters."

"After they awaken their martial spirits, I will take them back to the Sun-Moon Empire and separate them from the students with normal martial spirits, but educate them in the same way."

"They will never know that their martial souls are evil martial souls that have the ability to harm others, and their soul skills will all be normal soul skills with the same effects as other normal martial soul students."

"From the moment their martial spirits awaken, they will not think that they are any different from other spirit masters, and others will not think that their martial spirits are different."

Ye Guyi was amazed as he thought about the solution proposed by Huo Yuhao. After a long while, he murmured, “If it really succeeds as you said, there will be no evil soul masters on this continent. That’s amazing. You will be the hero of this continent.”

"Hero?"

Huo Yuhao was particularly concerned about the title mentioned by Ye Guyi.

"If someone praised me like this in the past, I would think I was unworthy of the title of hero. But now, I would feel..."

He smiled at Ye Guyi.

"Fuck it, I'm a hero."