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

Chapter 507 The Three Zhongli Brothers

However, the more the girl struggled, the more excited the evil spirit master wielding the long whip became.

In fact, for some evil spirit masters who enjoy torturing people, it is not interesting, and even a bit bland, if the person being tortured is submissive.

But if the person being tortured is someone who loves to fight back, then it becomes very interesting.

Thinking of this, he became even more pleased and prepared to torture the girl who was wrapped in a whip in public.

At that moment, the other hostages in the water dungeon, unable to bear witnessing the impending tragedy, all closed their eyes.

After all, they couldn't offer the girl any help at all; even if they cursed the person, it would only backfire.

However, everyone still held onto hope that if Douluo Three Kingdoms or Shrek Academy sent someone, they might be able to save them.

But the next moment, a thunderous shout rang in his ears: "Put her down. The hostages here are of great use. If too many hostages are killed or injured, and the Holy Church's grand plan is delayed, can you bear the responsibility?"

The tall evil spirit master's entire body trembled involuntarily, because he recognized the voice as that of the Nether Thunder Douluo. He immediately put the girl back into the water prison, then turned his head and looked in the direction from which the voice came.

Above the stone platform, Nether Thunder Douluo stood with his hands behind his back, his face gloomy, looking very upset. Beside Elder Nether Thunder Douluo was a person dressed in black robes and wearing a mask.

"Third Elder, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time." The tall evil spirit master immediately knelt down, looking very spineless, while the other evil spirit masters also knelt down.

As an elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, Ming Lei Douluo was far superior to these disciples in terms of status and strength.

If one offends the Nether Thunder Douluo, life in the Holy Sect will certainly be difficult. One might even be punished by this elder from time to time, which would be troublesome.

Ming Lei Douluo looked at the tall evil soul master kneeling on the ground, his face stern, and said coldly, "You are punished to find Wan Hun Douluo and Zan Zhuo Douluo to participate in the hunt for sea soul beasts. As for the others, I will handle things here. Now you can go and attend to other matters."

"Yes." The tall evil spirit master stood up tremblingly, and the other Holy Spirit Cult disciples also stood up, preparing to leave the place.

Seeing this, Nether Thunder Douluo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know why Huo Yuhao had come to Sunrise City and asked him to bring him to the water prison to see the hostages from the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

However, in his view, Huo Yuhao's purpose could not possibly be that simple. After all, just looking at the hostages was not very meaningful, and the other party would not have bothered to come to the water dungeon in person.

Therefore, the fewer evil spirit masters there are in the water prison, the easier it will be for Huo Yuhao to do other things.

Although he didn't know what Huo Yuhao was planning, his life was in Huo Yuhao's hands, so he naturally had to swallow his pride and consider Huo Yuhao's interests. Even if he had to grovel before Huo Yuhao to prolong his life, it was better than dying and never seeing Nan Shuishui again. In fact, because the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult joined forces to capture hostages, the members of the Earth Dragon Sect who came to Mingdu to participate in the competition were not spared and quickly fell into the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult.

However, Ming Lei Douluo was clever. He had been lured and captured by Huo Yuhao using Nan Shuishui, so he knew that the two must have a relationship. Therefore, he found a courtyard and arranged for all the Dragon Gate people, including Nan Shuishui and her daughter, to stay there. He provided them with good food and drink and did not do anything out of line. After all, he was an elder and had the support of the vice sect leader Feng Ling, who was now on the same side, so he still had this much power.

At that moment, a familiar, annoying voice rang out near the stone platform: "Third Elder, the disciples of the sect are merely preparing to torture a hostage. This is the nature of evil soul masters. Why punish him for this?"
Moreover, I'm now quite curious about the black-robed man beside you. According to the rules of the Holy Church, unauthorized personnel are not allowed in the water dungeon. You've dismissed all the disciples, yet you've left this strange black-robed man behind. What is your intention?"

At this moment, the Holy Spirit Cult disciples who were originally preparing to leave all stopped in their tracks.

Then, three elderly men who looked to be around seventy years old appeared in mid-air. They were dressed in black robes and had wrinkled, aged faces, but the three of them looked exactly alike, as if they had been carved from the same mold.

They all carried walking sticks, each a full ten feet long, entirely black, with a gray gem at the top, making them look quite extraordinary.

Looking at these three, Ming Lei Douluo's expression turned ugly. These three guys were the three Zhongli brothers in the sect, namely Zhongli Tian, ​​Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren.

Their true identities are the cult leader's servants, and they are quite capable. They are highly valued by the cult leader and can be considered his direct subordinates.

Therefore, within the church, although these three were of lower status than him and had to obey his orders.

Relying on the leader's favor, the three Zhongli brothers became increasingly arrogant. They would sometimes outwardly comply with his orders but inwardly disobey them, or use special means to express their dissatisfaction. He never expected that these three would dare to defy him.

He looked at the man who had spoken earlier and said, "Zhong Litian, this man is a new subordinate of the Vice Leader. I kept him here to assist me in managing the water prison. If you have any objections, you can go to the Vice Leader."

The three Zhongli brothers were ultimately the sect leader's servants, and he couldn't very well punish them directly for disrespect. After all, if he did, it might displease the sect leader. Even when beating a dog, one has to consider its owner!
"Oh?" Zhongli Tian's suspicions deepened. "When did the Vice Leader gather new subordinates? How come the three of us brothers didn't know?"

As a servant, he would generally know about such things relatively early, since Feng Ling, as Zhongli Wu's wife, was also the master of the three Zhongli brothers.

"Does the Vice Leader need to report everything to you three brothers? Does this Holy Spirit Sect belong to you three brothers, Zhongli?" Ming Lei Douluo retorted directly.

With such a huge accusation leveled against them, the three Zhongli brothers all looked quite grim. Zhongli Tian took a deep breath, his expression softening slightly, and cupped his hands, saying, "Third Elder, that's not what I meant. However, we three brothers still want to see what the Vice Sect Leader's newly recruited subordinate looks like, so as not to offend him in the sect in the future and cause some unpleasant things."

Upon hearing these words, Ming Lei Douluo knew that the three brothers still did not fully trust him.

So he prepared to continue arguing.

But Huo Yuhao had lost his patience. He felt that this back-and-forth was a waste of time and rather boring, so he simply killed the three Zhongli brothers and the other Holy Spirit Cult disciples. After all, these people had the blood of innocent people on their hands.

(End of this chapter)