Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 176 Xu Jiawei: I am irreconcilably opposed to evil spirit masters

Some time later, Dai Hao arrived near the Duke's mansion with his personal guards and several servants. At this time, the area outside the Duke's mansion was already full of royal guards, all of whom looked extremely serious.

Because this scene was so rare, many passersby craned their necks, trying to see what was happening in the Duke's mansion, but because of the guards' obstruction, they were unable to see the situation inside the mansion at all.

"His Excellency the Duke is returning to his residence, please make way!" His personal guards, riding tall horses, cleared a path for Duke White Tiger.

Upon hearing these words, passersby made way for the White Tiger Duke. The White Tiger Duke was once at the height of his prestige in the Star Luo Empire. Although he still enjoys a great reputation, Dai Hao now has some stains on his record because Huo Yuhao exposed Dai Hao's actions.

Of course, some of the stains were actually brought on by Huo Yuhao himself. After all, the image that Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger had always cultivated was one of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, but his son actually became a Sun Moon person and was living quite well in Sun Moon.

This undoubtedly had some very bad effects on the Star Luo Empire, and some Star Luo people who were dissatisfied with the royal family even began to yearn for the Sun Moon Empire.

Dai Hao noticed the strange looks from passersby, but he didn't pay much attention to them. For him, getting to the Duke's mansion as soon as possible to check the situation was the most important thing.

Soon, Dai Hao arrived at the gate of the Duke's mansion with a group of personal guards. As soon as the royal guards saw Dai Hao, they all shouted "Your Excellency the Duke" and made way for him.

Dai Hao and his personal guards immediately entered the Duke's mansion.

Soon, Dai Hao spotted Xu Jiawei.

He quickly called out, "Your Majesty."

Xu Jiawei turned around and looked at Dai Hao. At this moment, Xu Jiawei's eyes were also a little red: "Dai Hao, you should know what happened here. According to these servants, my daughter died at the hands of those damned evil spirit masters."

I never imagined that an evil spirit master would be so audacious, daring to directly enter the Duke's mansion and kill someone. If I had arranged for her to have a Title Douluo as her protector, perhaps she wouldn't be dead today. I swear I will never forgive an evil spirit master.

Cheng Gang, the Guardian Douluo standing to the side, said, "Your Majesty, please accept our condolences. No one expected that someone would dare to kill the princess. They are simply audacious."

Dai Hao's eyes were also red at this moment. He reached out and grabbed Xu Jiawei's arms, his voice choked with emotion: "Your Majesty, it is my incompetence that I failed to properly deploy the defenses of the Duke's mansion. I bear some responsibility for the evil spirit masters entering the White Tiger Duke's mansion to kill people."

One day, I will drive the evil spirit masters off this continent to avenge my wife.

Although he disliked the Duchess's treatment of Huo Yun'er, he and the Duchess had two children and had known each other for many years, so it was impossible for him to have no feelings for her.

Xu Jiawei nodded at this moment: "Evil Soul Masters are undoubtedly a group of scourges. Dai Hao, I have something to tell you. In fact, evil soul masters are organized. This organization is called the Holy Spirit Cult. I suspect that this attack on the White Tiger Duke's Mansion is actually related to the Holy Spirit Cult. After all, according to the surviving servants, there were too many evil soul masters who came here to kill people. They must have come prepared."

Dai Hao was somewhat bewildered: "Holy Spirit Cult? They're an organization of evil soul masters?"

He didn't quite understand Xu Jiawei's words. Weren't evil spirit masters a group of extremely bloodthirsty, evil guys who often acted alone and rarely together? Did these guys also have an organization?

“That’s right, the Holy Spirit Cult is indeed an evil soul master organization.” Xu Jiawei nodded, a helpless look on his face. Of course he knew about the Holy Spirit Cult’s existence; after all, he was able to obtain a 100,000-year-old soul beast embryo from a level nine soul master of the Sun and Moon Sect, so it wasn’t surprising that he knew about the Holy Spirit Cult.

Of course, his expectations for the Holy Spirit Cult were simple: that the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire would clash, and the Star Luo Empire would definitely benefit from such a conflict.

Dai Hao clenched his fists instinctively: "Your Majesty, where is the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult? I need to lead my troops to deal with them immediately."

Xu Jiawei shook his head: "Dai Hao, I don't know where the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult is, but I can tell you with certainty that the Holy Spirit Cult has a great deal of power in the Sun Moon Empire. It will definitely not be an easy thing to eradicate the Holy Spirit Cult."

Although the Duchess's death deeply saddened him, as an emperor, he had to remain calm when it came to a powerful force like the Holy Spirit Church. He absolutely could not act rashly and immediately send people to fight the Holy Spirit Church.

"Could it be that the Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire is supporting this behind the scenes?" Dai Hao asked.

He asked himself honestly, if he were the Sun Moon Emperor, he would definitely be restless and unable to eat or sleep if he learned that there was an evil soul master organization in the empire, because the evil soul masters' methods were too cruel, and these guys were extremely bloodthirsty, which would definitely have a negative impact on the Sun Moon Empire.

Unless the Holy Spirit Cult is under the control of the Sun and Moon Emperor, the Sun and Moon Emperor can not feel at ease with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xu Jiawei immediately rejected Dai Hao's idea: "Dai Hao, the Sun Moon Emperor is probably not behind this. Although I do not like the Sun Moon Empire with its wolfish ambitions, I must admit that their attack on the Duke's Mansion is not of great strategic significance. On the contrary, it will arouse our hatred and may even accelerate the arrival of war."

"If I were the Emperor of the Sun and Moon, I would definitely accumulate strength and prepare for war first, rather than provoking the royal families of other empires. This should be a spontaneous action by the Holy Spirit Cult."

Dai Hao frowned slightly. After all, he was the White Tiger Duke who had been leading troops in the field. His impulsive emotions, which had been fueled by his wife's murder by the evil soul master, had subsided somewhat. So, after a moment's thought, he realized that Xu Jiawei's words made sense.

"Your Majesty, how should we retaliate against the Holy Spirit Cult?" Dai Hao kept in mind that he was currently just a subject and had to ask Emperor Xu Jiawei for his opinion. Although Xu Jiawei usually treated him like a brother, Dai Hao knew that some rules could not be broken.

Otherwise, even if Xu Jiawei himself doesn't care, the royal elders will inevitably be dissatisfied if they find out about this.

Xu Jiawei immediately said, "The simplest way to take revenge on the Holy Spirit Cult is to expose their location. Shrek Academy suffered heavy losses in the last Soul Battle Tournament because of the evil soul masters."

Naturally, they harbor resentment towards evil spirit masters. Moreover, Shrek Academy has been cracking down on evil spirit masters for some time now. If we can inform Shrek Academy of this, I believe they will definitely set their sights on the Holy Spirit Cult within the Sun Moon Empire.

"You must know, the next Soul Battle Tournament will be held in the Sun Moon Empire. Shrek Academy won't let this opportunity to take revenge on the Holy Spirit Cult slip by. Our Star Luo Empire can also further cooperate with Shrek Academy and discuss a revenge plan together."

As he spoke, Xu Jiawei looked at Dai Hao and said, "Of course, I'd also like to hear your thoughts."

Dai Hao nodded: "Your Majesty is right. My idea is very simple: to increase investment in soul tools as much as possible. After all, it is too difficult to cultivate a Title Douluo."

"Once the Star Luo army is equipped with sufficiently powerful soul tools, I believe we can use fewer people to restrain Title Douluos. Then, if we encounter the Holy Spirit Cult, we will have a much stronger ability to respond."

(End of this chapter)