Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

"This lotus flower is usually hidden inside the mountain, which means that the upper part of Baihua Mountain has been hollowed out."

"The upper part of Baihua Mountain is already hollowed out. Hua Yang has undertaken such a huge project. He's quite remarkable." Tang Xiao was somewhat surprised. He was surprised that Hua Yang was willing to put in so much effort to undertake such a project.

However, it seems that he has succeeded. The Flower Festival is famous throughout the mainland, and every year at this time, Guangzhou is one of the most bustling cities in the mainland.

However, in his view, this project was not for anyone else, nor for flower viewing; it was probably all just a cover-up.

Tang Xiao also told them about the situation at the City Lord's Mansion.

After listening, Di Hong stood up.

"So, it was Hanayo who did all of this."

"Then you guys hurry up and get going, I'll go with you."

Tang Hao looked at him with a strange expression.

"Brother-in-law, you seem to be in a hurry."

Di Hong nodded: "The sooner we finish this, the sooner we can leave."

"Alright then, let's go now." Tang Hao didn't want to waste too much time in Flower City.

The four of them arrived at the small door, opened it when no one was looking, went inside, and then quickly closed it again.

Upon entering the lotus platform, a staircase leads directly downwards, and a strong stench of blood permeates the surroundings.

"The smell of blood is so strong." Tang Yuehua frowned, took out a handkerchief from her soul tool and covered her mouth and nose, then took out another one and handed it to Di Hong.

The four of them walked down the stairs.

The surrounding area was full of mechanisms, but these mechanisms were not for attack, but for maintenance. Without these mechanisms, it would not have been an easy task to send such a large lotus up there.

At the end of the stairs was a huge space with a circular hole in the center leading straight down, which was the passage leading up that Tang Hao and the others had seen earlier.

Upon arriving here, the stench of blood became even stronger, and it was also mixed with fluctuations of soul power.

"This soul power fluctuation doesn't seem to be something Hua Yang could emit." Tang Xiao looked around and then discovered a passage from which the soul power fluctuation was coming from.

At the end of the passage was a tomb chamber, which contained nothing but a stone coffin.

But at this moment, a young man sat cross-legged on the stone coffin. He was dressed in blood-red clothes and exuded a strong bloody smell. Blood-red soul power swirled around him, and a black lotus flower floated in his palm. Unlike the black-patterned lotus, the patterns on his lotus flower were blood-red.

Around the stone coffin lay more than a dozen desiccated corpses, both male and female, but all of them had been drained of blood and were now just mummies.

Hua Yang looked at the young man with eyes full of affection.

The young man was his son, Hua Yu, who was dead in the eyes of outsiders.

Just as Di Hong and the others thought, his son was indeed not dead. The reason he fabricated the cause of his son's death and did so many things to cover it up was for Hua Yu.

When his martial soul awakened, it mutated from a black lotus into a black blood lotus. However, his innate soul power was only level two. But after the martial soul mutated, it had one effect: he could absorb other people's blood to enhance his strength.

In other words, the more blood one absorbs, the better the quality of one's martial soul, and the faster one's cultivation speed will also be.

Especially the blood of a Soul Master; after absorbing it, his cultivation speed increased even more.

However, it has one drawback: it must absorb fresh blood once a year, otherwise the martial spirit will drain his blood until it is completely drained.

This kind of martial soul is already an evil martial soul. Compared to this martial soul, Bibi Dong's martial soul cannot even be considered an evil martial soul. This is almost completely unacceptable on the continent, especially since he is the city lord of the empire. However, he does not want to hand over his son, because handing him over would only lead to his death.

He had considered sending the person to the Killing City, but there was no way to get out of that place, and he couldn't bear to do it. In the end, he made this decision to have his son fake his death and hide in Hundred Flowers Mountain to cultivate. The Hundred Flowers Festival was just a cover.

In the beginning, he could secretly bring people here under the guise of bandits, but with strict orders from above, he could no longer use this excuse.

So he started sneaking around, first targeting homeless people, then orphans, and in recent years he began targeting those who were widows and orphans, or soul masters from other places.

But he only secretly brings in a dozen or so people each year, and only two or three of them are Soul Masters.

However, he is gradually becoming unable to satisfy his son's thirst for blood. Hua Yu is now a Soul Emperor and not far from becoming a Soul Saint. He needs the blood of a more powerful Soul Master.

Chapter 117. Two Instant Kills

Chapter 117 Instantly Kills Two

After finishing his cultivation, Hua Yu opened his eyes, his gaze filled with ruthlessness.

"Father, it's not enough."

"These people are no longer enough to support my future cultivation. I need a more powerful Soul Master, at least at the Soul Grandmaster level."

Hua Yang sighed.

“Xiaoyu, how can a Soul Master at the Soul Sect level be captured so easily, and you have to do it without being discovered by the Spirit Hall?”

"Besides, the Haotian Sect is investigating us these days, so let's keep a low profile."

Hua Yu's eyes were filled with resentment, completely disregarding the fact that the person in front of her was her father.

"But that's not enough. If I don't drink blood, the Black-Veined Blood Lotus will drink my blood. Do you want to see me drained dry by my own martial spirit?"

"That will have to wait a few more days. Once the people from Haotian Sect leave, I'll go find the Soul Sect for you."

Hua Yu snorted coldly, then closed his eyes to cultivate again. Having felt the power, his desire to become stronger grew stronger. The Soul Emperor could no longer satisfy his thirst for power. He knew that there were many powerful Soul Masters in the outside world.

The Soul Emperor is nothing compared to the Soul Saint, Soul Douluo, or even the Title Douluo. Once he becomes a Title Douluo, he can leave this godforsaken place.

For so many years, he has lived here and could not go anywhere. He could only leave quietly once when hunting soul beasts to obtain soul rings, and he had to come back quickly, otherwise it would be troublesome if someone found out.

He was fed up with this shabby life, and he was also becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Hanayo.

Living in a dark and gloomy environment for so long had already caused his psyche to become somewhat distorted.

If he didn't need Hua Yang, he probably would have drained him dry long ago.

"Alright, there are people outside now, so don't wander around. If the Haotian Sect people find you, they won't let you off the hook."

After saying that, he turned to leave, but as soon as he turned around, a fireball flew over and hit him directly, and then his whole body was engulfed in flames.

"what!!!"

Seeing Hua Yang struggling in pain, Hua Yu was immediately shocked. He sensed the aura of death from the flames, and he had a feeling that if he touched the flames, he would also burn like his father.

Di Hong emerged from the darkness, followed by Tang Hao and the others.

"You are still alive."

Hua Yu stood up and released her martial spirit, instantly filling the tomb with a strong smell of blood.

Looking at Hua Yu's martial spirit, Di Hong sneered.

"It really is a mutated martial soul."

He could sense the evil aura, and combined with the surrounding mummies, it wasn't hard to tell what kind of Soul Master Hua Yu was—an evil Soul Master who had never appeared in the anime before.

Of course, the term "evil soul master" should be in quotes, since he's utterly trash.

If there really were evil spirit masters, they would probably all look down on him.

After screaming in pain for a while, Hua Yang collapsed to the ground, but the flames showed no sign of going out.

"Who are you?" Hua Yu asked coldly.

"Could they be from the Haotian Sect?"

"You don't need to know." Di Hong didn't waste any words and directly released the Vermilion Bird Flame towards Hua Yu.

The raging flames instantly filled the entire tomb chamber. Hua Yu's pupils widened in shock. For a Soul Master like him, the Vermilion Bird's Blaze was a natural nemesis.

He was just about to unleash his soul power to block it, but it was too late; the Vermilion Bird's Flame had already covered his entire body.

"what!!!"

Hua Yu was struggling painfully; his martial soul was too evil and was completely restrained by Di Hong.

He had no power to resist Di Hong.

Pain and fear filled his mind. Once the Vermilion Bird Flame touched him, it could not be extinguished. Death was all that awaited him. Moreover, the flames not only burned his body, but also his soul power.

After struggling for a short while, he collapsed to the ground and died with resentment.

Tang Hao's mouth gaped open, filled with astonishment.

"Is that the solution?"

"Otherwise what?" Di Hong said.

"This is way too easy. I thought I was going to go through a big battle."

Di Hong pursed his lips speechlessly.

"Me, a level 88 Soul Douluo, do I really need to fight a whole battle to deal with a Soul Emperor?"

"That's true." Tang Hao found his own words somewhat amusing. He, a Soul Saint, could instantly kill a Soul Emperor like this, let alone a Soul Douluo like Di Hong.

"How are we supposed to explain this?" Tang Yuehua pointed to the two puddles of ashes on the ground, which were left after being burned by the Vermilion Bird's Fire.

"Leave them here, and don't touch those mummies either. Let the provincial officials and the Spirit Hall handle it." After saying that, Di Hong left. Since he had killed Hua Yang and Hua Yu, he had to leave some evidence to prove that Hua Yang was indeed the mastermind.

Tang Yuehua glanced at the mummified corpses and shook her head with pity. She guessed that the mother of the girl from outside the city was among them.

Afterwards, the group left and returned to the mountaintop to await the blooming of the giant lotus.

The people on the mountain were still looking forward to the sight of flowers in full bloom, completely unaware of what had happened in the mountains. In their eyes, nothing had happened tonight, only the magnificent scene of flowers blooming.