Lin Xiao was speaking with the Dark Lightning Douluo when Chen An's remnant soul suddenly floated unsteadily into the air. Lin Xiao glanced at the oblivious Dark Lightning Douluo, raised his hand slightly, and collected it.
Then, he turned his gaze toward Wang Dong and He Caitou.
Huo Yuhao was currently collecting the "corpses" of the two of them. Lin Xiao stared for a long time and, as he had guessed, indeed did not see any remnant souls floating out from their bodies.
"What are you looking at?" The Dark Lightning Douluo followed Lin Xiao's gaze but saw nothing unusual aside from Huo Yuhao's slightly trembling hands.
"Nothing, I was just seeing that he still has some feelings left for his former classmates."
Lin Xiao withdrew his gaze. He had now confirmed his suspicion in his heart. Huo Yuhao was still the same Huo Yuhao; he could not possibly have truly killed Wang Dong and He Caitou. He had most likely used the Imitation soul skill and some other methods to create this scene.
"Haha, I think he'll get used to it slowly." The Dark Lightning Douluo did not linger on the sight for long before turning and walking outward. In his view, Huo Yuhao's behavior was perfectly normal.
Lin Xiao did not expose it either and simply turned to follow behind the Dark Lightning Douluo.
This was fine as well. Thinking of the memory of Tang Wutong's ninth soul skill, if something had really happened to Wang Dong here, the entire Holy Spirit Cult probably could not bear the consequences.
Although it differed slightly from his expectations, Huo Yuhao had still successfully infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult. Now, it remained to be seen whether Huo Yuhao could smoothly transmit the headquarters' information to Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao held Wang Dong's "corpse" in his arms. Hearing Lin Xiao and the Dark Lightning Douluo's footsteps growing farther away, his entire body seemed to lose all strength as he collapsed to the ground.
The trembling of his hands earlier was not due to the death of his former classmates, but because of the tension in his heart that he could not suppress, no matter what.
Every second just now had felt stretched out countless times. For the first time, he somewhat regretted having such powerful spiritual power; the sensation of time being slowed made him endure several times more torment than an ordinary person.
"Thank you, Brother Tianmeng."
Huo Yuhao let out a long breath and spoke softly in his heart.
"You don't need to thank him. He's just especially skilled at playing dead." The Ice Empress spoke without any politeness.
"No choice, Ice Ice. I don't have your kind of powerful strength. If I couldn't play dead and avoid natural enemies, you wouldn't be seeing me today."
"It's a good thing those two didn't look too closely." The Ice Empress ignored the Skydream Iceworm. "But Yuhao, are you really going to join the Holy Spirit Cult? That's an evil soul master organization, you know."
"Mm."
The usual concern from Skydream Iceworm and Ice Empress calmed Huo Yuhao's heart. When he spoke again, his expression grew a bit more serious. "With two Titled Douluo, I have no other way."
"Moreover, this might be a rare opportunity to uncover the Holy Spirit Cult clearly." Huo Yuhao's tone lowered again. "I'm just very sorry for making you two face danger along with me."
"It's fine, little Yuhao. After following you for this time, we've gradually come to understand that you humans and we soul beasts are not the same. There are things more important than survival. Go ahead and do what you need to do."
"Mm." Huo Yuhao nodded heavily, stood up, and once again lifted Wang Dong and He Caitou.
Although they had not truly died, they had also lost consciousness for now. When Lin Xiao had been staring earlier, he had kept holding Wang Dong's arm the whole time; if anything unexpected happened, he could only awaken him and use the two's martial soul fusion skill to struggle desperately.
But fortunately, it had not come to the worst situation.
Outside the warehouse, the Dark Lightning Douluo and Lin Xiao watched the constantly changing night sky in the direction of the palace, listening to the distant clamor.
"It seems the matter at the palace isn't over yet."
"Mm." The Dark Lightning Douluo nodded and sighed lightly. "His Highness is no ordinary person. The reactions of the three great empires were all anticipated by him. He even specially sent a message telling us to keep a close watch on every warehouse."
Lin Xiao did not respond. In his heart, he was pondering the recent news that had come from the palace. It was probably not just that Xu Tianran had anticipated the three great empires' reactions; more likely, every action of the soul masters at the Mingyue Hotel had been monitored by detection soul tools.
Even if the three great empires' plans had been exquisitely meticulous, under the monitoring of detection soul tools, all their movements were laid bare.
Before they learned of the detection soul tools' existence, they probably never imagined that the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool development had already far exceeded their expectations.
"Hm?" The clamor by his ears gradually faded. The Dark Lightning Douluo turned his head slightly. "The commotion at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy has lessened quite a bit. It's probably almost over."
"Mm." Lin Xiao continued gazing at the distant night sky. Several streaks of light shot up from the ground, seemingly trying to flee outside Ming City, only to be firmly intercepted by the Sun Moon Empire one after another.
Only near the palace did two streaks of light, one green and one yellow, cooperate perfectly and break through the blockade.
"It's over." Lin Xiao sighed lightly. What was originally a meticulously prepared surprise attack by the three great empires had ended up with the entire plan seen through by the Sun Moon Empire. Those assaults had instead thrown themselves into the net.
Xu Tianran had already intended to trap the participating contestants and various experts in Ming City. Now, it had simply saved him a lot of effort.
As they spoke, Huo Yuhao had already dragged the three corpses out of the warehouse.
"Let's go. These corpses shouldn't be wasted. Who knows, maybe other disciples can still make use of them. Take them back first." The Dark Lightning Douluo glanced over and walked ahead first.
Huo Yuhao's figure clearly paused for a moment. Evidently, the Holy Spirit Cult's way of handling corpses was somewhat beyond his expectations, but helplessly, he could only follow.
Meanwhile, in the palace on the other side, although quite a few people had thrown themselves into the net, Xu Tianran was not as satisfied as Lin Xiao had anticipated. On the contrary, at this moment, he stared at the two who had escaped into the distance, his face so gloomy it was terrifying.
"This Holy Spirit Cult is truly becoming more and more presumptuous. The Dragon Emperor Douluo, a Limit Douluo, fought for so long and still couldn't stop even two people."
Ju Zi stood quietly behind him, watching Xu Tianran without speaking to disturb him.
Ever since continuous reports of all kinds of latest soul tools had come from the Illustrious Virtue Hall side, Xu Tianran had relied less and less on the Holy Spirit Cult, and his attitude toward the Holy Spirit Cult had grown increasingly dissatisfied.
"Has any news come back from the other places?"
"It has already been reported." Ju Zi nodded. "Not only the Illustrious Virtue Hall, but also multiple warehouses across Ming City were attacked simultaneously. Fortunately, the response was timely, and not too much was lost."
"As for those attackers and the ones who tried to slip out to deliver messages, they have all been detained."
"Good." Xu Tianran's expression finally eased a little. "Since that's the case, the rest will have to trouble my beloved consort."
"Yes, Your Highness."
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