Gotham City is known as Little Xilu City.
This place is truly blessed with talented people and abundant martial spirit.
Huo Yuhao finally found a relatively quiet inn in the area. As soon as he entered, he saw the innkeeper wiping the bloodstains off his broadsword.
Based on Huo Yuhao's recent research on soul tools, that sword was definitely a level three soul tool.
In Huo Yuhao's perception, the innkeeper was a Soul Master.
Looking at the innkeeper, who had a face full of scars, a tall body, and well-developed muscles like he had run out of the Water Margin movie set, he understood why this area was so quiet.
It turned out that the innkeeper had killed all the troublemakers around here.
When the innkeeper saw Huo Yuhao standing there in a daze, he quickly put the sword under the counter, forced a smile on his rugged face, and said,
"Oh, guest, here to stay."
Then he got up to greet Huo Yuhao, and when he heard that Huo Yuhao wanted to stay in the best room, his smile became even brighter.
"Guest, you have excellent taste! My inn is definitely the safest in these streets!"
"Even if you go out and encounter any trouble, just give me your name. My reputation as the 'King of the Great Swords' still carries some weight in these areas."
Huo Yuhao, his face full of exasperation, entered the room accompanied by the innkeeper.
After closing the door, he had only been sitting cross-legged on the bed for a short while when he saw the innkeeper carrying a sword, heading north through the window—presumably to kill someone.
Xilu City is too far from Heaven and too close to Shrek Academy.
Because of its proximity to Shrek, the number of Soul Masters here is extremely high.
You could throw a brick from the inn and hit several with Soul Power.
Chaos, bloodshed, and violence are the main themes of this city.
It's only a hundred miles away from Shrek City, yet the difference is like two completely different worlds.
From some customers in Xuanfeng City, he learned that Shrek City is orderly, with law enforcement teams patrolling the streets daily, and anyone wanting to cause trouble would have to consider their strength.
Meanwhile, a small town a hundred miles away from Shrek City suddenly transformed into Gotham City.
Huo Yuhao shook his head, drew the curtains, sealed the room with his mental power, went to the bathroom, sat in the bathtub, and prepared to take his drugs.
"Come, let me see your strength."
"Mystic Water Pill, Soul Ascension Pill, Mystic Martial God Pill!"
Huo Yuhao immediately swallowed a Mystic Water Pill, instantly feeling that familiar cool energy flow through his internal organs once more.
Every cell in his body rejoiced, actively expelling impurities.
Soon, a thin layer of black substance appeared on Huo Yuhao's body, much less than the first time he took the Mystic Water Pill.
He estimated that after the third pill, it would be useless.
For the next month, Huo Yuhao's daily routine consisted of taking pills, meditating to digest their effects, and then taking more pills.
Of course, he also did some insignificant things.
For example, while shopping, he suddenly encountered a ragged middle-aged woman who abruptly threw a little girl next to him.
She then turned and ran away before Huo Yuhao could even react.
Looking at the thin girl beside him, Huo Yuhao took her out for a meal and inquired about the situation.
Watching the girl wolf down her food, Huo Yuhao was a little scared; a person who had been starving for a long time shouldn't suddenly overeat.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to take the food back, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in his spiritual sea spoke up.
It said the little girl possessed the bloodline of the Gluttonous Beast.
Huo Yuhao was immediately shocked; he only knew Xuanzi had it, yet someone else here possessed it too.
So Huo Yuhao scanned the record with his spiritual power, and relevant information appeared in the catalog.
"Gluttonous Spirit Sheep: An extinct soul beast, once existing in the July Fire Plains, possessing the bloodline of the Gluttonous Beast, belonging to the super soul beast category."
"Because of constant hunger, it liked to hunt any living creature that could move, and in extreme cases would even eat itself. It was eventually wiped out by a collective attack from the soul beasts of the July Fire Plains."
After seeing the information in the catalog, Huo Yuhao gently held the girl's hand and then sensed her soul power. She possessed
innate level six soul power, was extremely malnourished, and was so thin that she couldn't even open her martial soul—similar to Huo Yuhao's initial condition.
However, since she had the bloodline of the Gluttonous Beast, there was no need to worry about her overeating.
Only after the girl finished eating did he understand the true situation.
The girl had no surname, only the name Sui. She was from the Star Luo Empire and lived in Fara Village, but no one knew exactly where.
The village had been massacred by a gang of bandits, and all the children had been sold off.
A group of human traffickers took them in, awakened their martial spirits, and then set prices for them.
She didn't have a martial spirit, but her soul power was at level six.
The traffickers didn't care about that; they planned to sell her at a high price to a nobleman in Xilu City.
Huo Yuhao was puzzled. Why would that woman have given her to him?
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Before she could answer, Huo Yuhao understood the truth.
His spiritual power suddenly sensed the middle-aged woman leading a group of people frantically searching for someone on the street.
They stopped everyone they encountered, forcing the woman to identify their faces.
Damn it, these human traffickers, these humanoid creatures without families, were treating him like a contact.
To be considered one of their own by these beasts was an utter insult to his dignity.
Huo Yuhao was truly enraged; even breathing the same air as these inhuman beings made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
So, Huo Yuhao led the group to a deserted alley and, with a powerful illusionary investigation, uncovered all their secrets.
Following their memories, he dismantled all four human trafficking dens in Xilu City.
Based on the information from these dens, he then located their backers—two marquises from the Heavenly Soul Empire.
One of the marquises, while traveling, was controlled by Huo Yuhao using illusion magic. He then forced him to strip naked, cut off his genitals, and hold them in his mouth before hanging himself from the city gate.
Another marquis, realizing his companion's death, became increasingly withdrawn, spending his days in his mansion.
He was surrounded by five Soul Masters, two Soul Kings, and one Soul Emperor,
and was extremely close to the city lord's mansion.
The city lord of Xilu City was a Soul Saint, and his mansion housed three other Soul Saints, making it the safest place in the entire city.
Huo Yuhao didn't deal with him for the time being, but instead used illusion magic to directly unify Xilu City's underground forces.
Those who wanted to rebel mostly couldn't distinguish between the major and minor rulers, and after being burned by Amaterasu, their voices fell silent.
Thus, Huo Yuhao conquered the entire underground forces of Xilu City in just one week,
establishing a brand new organization—Passion.
He then issued a series of orders.
"Selling and prostitution are prohibited.
The sale of addictive drugs is prohibited.
Human trafficking is prohibited.
Robbery is prohibited .
Establishing orphanages and adopting children is prohibited.
Schools must be built to strengthen education.
Internal fighting within the organization is prohibited.
Protectors will be provided to merchants willing to pay three gold soul coins per quarter as protection fees, but these merchants must not violate the other regulations.
..."
Then Huo Yuhao branded all the high-ranking members of Passion with a mental mark; if they violated the orders, the mark would directly erase their personality.
He left Sui and the other trafficked children in the organization's orphanage, then trained them as reserve members for Passion.
Huo Yuhao consumed the Xuanwu Divine Pill at Passion headquarters, instantly reaching level twenty soul power.
Then, using his divine might, he arrived alone at the location of the last marquis.
Looking at the magnificent mansion before him, his mental power detected that the other party was fast asleep.
Huo Yuhao placed his hand on the jade wall, and then his million-year golden soul ring shone.
The spirit imbued the soul skill, then coldly declared,
"This is a gift of parting."
The colossal mansion before them instantly came to life; the beams swayed, the jade pillars twisted, and the entire earth rose.
Until a bizarre giant, its head formed from the mansion and its body from jade, stood tall in the heart of Xilu City.
The enthusiastic members, having already received Huo Yuhao's message, began to calm the frightened civilians and evacuate the crowd.
The mansion on the giant's head began to change; the sleeping marquis inside was impaled by countless stone pillars, his life ending instantly.
His powerful guards, never having witnessed such a scene, had already fled.
The weaker ones were buried with him.
Meanwhile, in the nearby city lord's mansion, City Lord Lu Xinjin was also fast asleep, only about to get up to see what was happening after hearing the earthquake.
Just then, a staff member stumbled over, looking anxious, and said,
"Something terrible has happened, Lord City Lord!!"
Lu Xinjin's heart sank, and he hurriedly said, "The beast tide has broken out?!" The staff member quickly
shook his head and said, "No, no, it's the Marquis's
mansion next door, it, it's risen up!!!"
Lu Xinjin: "?"
"Are you awake?"
(End of Chapter)
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