It was getting late. Although the streets were already somewhat deserted, some places remained bustling and lively. The cheers from around the underground arena still faintly transmitted through the ground to the outside of the building.
Yan Shaozhe slightly raised his head to look at the unremarkable building in front of him, which blended in with the other surrounding structures, then took a step back to hide in the nearby shadows.
"Shaozhe." A voice sounded from beside Yan Shaozhe.
"Elder Song, you're back."
"Mm." The elder, addressed as Elder Song by Yan Shaozhe, nodded lightly. "I just checked around. Except for Lexuan, the other disciples have already entered Mingdu City."
"Lexuan..." Yan Shaozhe paused slightly upon hearing this. "Could she have encountered some danger?"
"It shouldn't be. With Lexuan's strength, even if she ran into danger, she wouldn't go without any movement."
"Then we won't wait for her." Yan Shaozhe turned his head back and looked again at the building in front of him. "According to what Yuhao said, ahead is the place where that Death God Messenger went in. The people behind it are probably related to those who took away Xiao Tao."
Elder Song's expression became a few degrees more serious upon hearing this. During the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Xuanzi had mentioned the cultivation levels of those who took Ma Xiaotao back then. If that person were also here, tonight's operation probably wouldn't go too smoothly.
"Then let the other disciples wait outside. We'll infiltrate and see what's inside."
"Elder Song and I are thinking the same thing." Yan Shaozhe nodded. "No time to delay. We'll go now."
Elder Song's martial soul was the agility-attack system martial soul, the Greenshadow Godly Eagle. Although he appeared aged and frail, his movements were extremely nimble. In a flash, he had already appeared inside the building.
His toes lightly tapped on the corridor, not causing even the slightest deformation to the carpet laid on the floor, as if he were weightless.
Elder Song glanced around the corridor. It was decorated quite luxuriously, with the gleam of various precious metals reflecting around. Not only was there no trace of an evil soul master's aura, but it even carried a sense of nobility.
Soon, Yan Shaozhe also appeared inside the building. Seeing the surrounding decorations, he was momentarily stunned as well.
At first glance, this place looked like a perfectly normal business establishment. Apart from the business it operated, not being accepted by everyone, there was nothing particularly special about it; it was completely different from the evil soul masters they had encountered before.
However, he quickly regained his composure. "Elder Song, Yuhao mentioned before that this place didn't seem like an evil soul master's lair. I just didn't expect the inside to look like this."
Elder Song shook his head slightly. "One can't judge things by appearances alone. Let's go further in and take a look."
"Alright."
Yan Shaozhe lowered his voice and walked deeper along the corridor with Elder Song.
Soon, the two pushed open another door. Compared to other areas, this room was decorated even more lavishly. The light from the illumination soul tools reflected off the ornaments around, casting rays that nearly illuminated the entire room brightly.
Elder Song stepped forward and picked up the ledger on the table, flipping through a few pages. It looked just like a normal business establishment, with no trace of evil soul masters visible at all.
Could it be that it was just similar clothing, and we misunderstood?
Just as this thought arose in Elder Song's mind, a loud laugh suddenly came from outside the room.
"Hahaha, I knew you would come back." Nangong Wan's voice suddenly rang out from outside the room. "I want to see if you can escape this time."
The door was slammed open with a "bang." Nangong Wan pushed the door in, but upon clearly seeing the two people in the room, his figure suddenly froze in place.
He actually couldn't sense the soul power fluctuations on the two people in front of him.
Having reached his level of cultivation, being unable to sense soul power fluctuations was far more terrifying than being able to sense them, because he knew that the two in front of him were definitely not ordinary people without cultivation; their soul power levels far exceeded his own.
Nangong Wan almost instinctively stomped his foot, his figure flying backward. His hands continuously slapped the surrounding walls, and alarms rang out throughout the entire stronghold.
"Not good!"
Elder Song let out a low shout. His right hand clenched into a claw, and with a flash of Green light, he charged straight toward Nangong Wan.
However, Nangong Wan was, after all, a Titled Douluo, with extremely quick reactions. Silver light shone in his dual eyes, and a layer of silver carapace rose beside him, blocking in front of him.
There was only a "clang—" sound, as if Elder Song had clawed at metal, producing a crisp ringing noise. Nangong Wan's figure borrowed this force to fly even farther back.
In this brief moment, all the Holy Spirit Cult disciples in the entire Holy Spirit Cult stronghold had reacted, surging out from various passages toward the area around the underground arena.
Although the carapace beside Nangong Wan flashed and vanished, in this short instant, Elder Song had already confirmed that the Nangong Wan in front of him was indeed an evil soul master; that dense aura couldn't possibly fool his perception.
"Shaozhe, take action!"
With a low shout, an eagle cry emanated from his mouth. His entire person transformed into a green light charging toward Nangong Wan. His palm extended, instantly leaving clear scratch marks on the walls of both sides of the corridor—those were merely traces left by the airflow from his own speed.
Nangong Wan's expression changed again and again. One yellow, three purple, five black—nine soul rings rapidly rose from around him.
Although he had already tried to overestimate the strength of the person in front of him as much as possible, it now seemed far beyond his expectations. The person before him was not only a Hyper Douluo but also not weak among Hyper Douluos.
Even though evil soul masters' combat power surpassed that of ordinary soul masters, at the Hyper Douluo level, the difference wasn't as pronounced, let alone when the opponent's soul power level far exceeded his own.
His fourth soul ring lit up beside him, and an even harder carapace appeared at his side, covered in sharp spikes with their tips shrouded in a faint mist. Just looking at it made one feel extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing this, Elder Song didn't attack immediately, but tapped his feet consecutively, closing the distance to Nangong Wan further and further.
Nangong Wan had long since harbored thoughts of retreat. Seeing Elder Song pursuing relentlessly, he gritted his teeth in resolve and fiercely slapped his palm against the nearby wall. With a "boom," the walls on both sides collapsed under the impact of his Titled Douluo-level soul power.
In the quiet Mingdu, a muffled boom suddenly rang out. The entire ground seemed to tremble slightly, transmitting far into the distance.
In an instant, beams from illumination soul tools swept across the streets one after another. Several pillars of light intersected in the air, instantly illuminating the surroundings brightly.
Piercing alarm sounds rang out, and lights from illumination soul tools successively lit up in one room after another. It seemed as if the entire Mingdu had "awakened" at this moment.
Elder Song glanced outside through the hole in the wall, his expression changing drastically. She had already guessed Nangong Wan's intention.
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