Douluo: Huo Yuhao Returns from Devouring the Stars

All Soul Douluos, including Lang Ya, fell into a dead silence, because they knew very well that this guy whose martial soul was his brain had an outstanding ability to sense danger, and had helped them overcome several crises.

The mission has progressed to this point, and they cannot just withdraw from Mingdu. In about two hours, the Sect Master and his men will be able to dig into Mingde Hall and launch an attack on it. If their team, which is tasked with determining Huo Yuhao's location, retreats now, the rewards of this mission will surely be greatly reduced!

Lang Ya said in a deep voice, "Although this mission is simpler than the previous ones, it's of great significance. It's normal to feel this way in a tense situation. Besides, your previous premonitions of danger weren't always accurate. We're only trying to locate Huo Yuhao and then inform the Sect Master to help them take him away. Don't be paranoid. We can't afford to back down at this point."

Yu Tao and others also nodded and checked whether the equipment was ready.

"We only have one hour. After one hour, the Sect Master and his men will attack Mingde Hall. Everyone, prepare for a big fight!"

Lang Ya finally said a few words of encouragement and stood in front of the house waiting for the time to officially carry out the mission.

at the same time.

Inside the Holy Spirit Church stronghold in Mingdu.

Ye Xishui, the former Grand Elder of the Holy Spirit Sect and the current Vice-President of the Holy Spirit Sect, stood in front of the evil soul masters and said solemnly while looking at the dozens of evil soul masters lying on the ground:

"A few days ago, we received news from a spirit master from the Body Sect that the Body Sect will attack Mingde Hall today. The purpose of my trip is to kill Huo Yuhao from the Sun Moon Royal Academy. A major war will inevitably break out. You must immediately gather all the followers who are still in Mingdu to evacuate Mingdu. All other matters can be discussed later!"

"Yes, sir! Deputy Leader!" Several important figures of the Holy Spirit Church in Mingdu branch said respectfully in the hall.

"Everyone, step back." Ye Xishui pressed the mask on his face and said in a deep voice.

After everyone had left, Long Xiaoyao came out from behind the screen and asked, "Xishui, must Huo Yuhao be killed?"

Ye Xishui nodded and said, "This is the first Shura Divine Test. Killing Huo Yuhao is imperative."

"The Holy Church has long been preparing to break with the Sun-Moon Empire. Now that the Body Sect is attacking Mingde Hall, and the powerful members of the Body Sect, such as Du Busi, are holding back Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and the others, I can use this opportunity to kill Huo Yuhao!"

"And you will carry out the original plan. As long as you kill Kong Deming and others, the Sun-Moon Empire, without the protection of powerful people, will inevitably fall into chaos. At that time, the Holy Church will have the opportunity to control the royal family of the Sun-Moon Empire and make them puppets of the Holy Church!"

"If successful, the Holy Church will surely usher in the utmost prosperity!"

Long Xiaoyao looked out the window at the gloomy sky and said in a deep voice, "Alright, then before you kill Kong Deming and the others, you should first kill Huo Yuhao, the hidden danger."

"All the priests are ready. This time, let's make the Sun-Moon Empire pay a heavy price."

Chapter 181 Phoenix God Douluo

The rumbling thunder resounded through the sky, pale lightning streaked across the vast sky, and the drizzle like silver threads fell from the dark and gloomy sky.

The Sun and Moon Empire Worship Hall.

A tall girl with long fiery red hair walked to the magnificent closed door holding an umbrella.

"I'm looking for Master Kong, the head of the Worship Hall."

The girl showed the guard at the door a token, an ancient token with the word "Phoenix" engraved on one side and the word "God" engraved on the other side.

The two guards did not know what the token engraved with the words "Phoenix God" symbolized, but they recognized the unique logo of the Sun and Moon Empire's Worship Hall on the token.

"The token is genuine, but it does not match the identities of the worshippers in the worship hall. Please wait for us to notify them." One of the guards said seriously.

In the worship hall.

Kong Deming, Ye Yulin, Luanfeng, Xu Tianyuan and other priests of the Sun and Moon Empire gathered in the conference room. In addition, Jing Hongchen and other core members of the Mingde Hall were also present.

Everyone was solemn and the atmosphere in the conference room was extremely heavy.

"According to the warning information transmitted by the alarm device, the Body Sect is digging an underground tunnel towards Mingde Hall. The leader is none other than the Sect Master Du Bu Si, and the other eight are all Titled Douluo-level experts. Calculating the time, they should be able to dig to Mingde Hall in two hours..."

Jing Hongchen stood up and continued with a serious expression:

"In addition, thanks to our timely discovery, we have secretly relocated the people in the outer circle of Mingdu and secretly planted a number of ninth-level soul guides in that area. When the time comes, we can lure Du Bu Si and others to that area and start a war!"

Everyone nodded solemnly, expressing that they could act according to the established plan and make the members of the original sect pay a heavy price.

Huanglong Douluo Xu Tianyuan, the leader of the Huanglong Soul Mentor Corps, asked with a puzzled look, "Hall Master, digging a tunnel from outside Mingdu to Mingde Hall is a massive undertaking. It can't be done in just two or three hours, right?"

Jing Hongchen nodded and replied, "The Benti Sect has been working on this project for several months. Based on their timeline, we suspect they will attack Mingde Hall soon, so we evacuated the people outside Mingdu in advance and prepared a disguise."

"According to the detection results from the detector last night, the leader of the Body Sect, Du Bu Si, and others appeared on the outskirts of Mingdu. I suspect they will attack Mingde Hall today, and the actions of the people from the Body Sect today also confirm this."

Fire Phoenix Douluo Luanfeng, deputy leader of the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Corps, knocked on the table and asked curiously, "Hall Master, in the past, Mingde Hall's security relied on the layers of security in Mingdu, and there were no security in the underground world. When did you set up security in Mingdu's underground?"

Jing Hongchen smiled with satisfaction and said, "Actually, this is all thanks to Huo Yuhao, whom I mentioned to you earlier. I once took him and Meng and the others on a thorough tour of Mingde Hall. At that time, Huo Yuhao pointed out the issue of Mingde Hall's weak underground security. He suspected that someone might dig a tunnel to attack Mingde Hall. I didn't expect the Benti Sect to actually dare..."

"With Elder Kong's approval, I personally set up these precautions to ensure the Benti Sect wouldn't discover them. I didn't expect to use them today. If the Benti Sect were to achieve their goal, our decades of hard work would be wasted."

Kong Deming, sitting in the main seat, knocked on the table and said in a deep voice, "The reason I haven't told you all this is to keep it absolutely confidential. I've urgently summoned you all to lure the Benti Sect into a trap. I don't want to keep everyone here, but I will make them pay a heavy price. Everyone, it's time to prepare."

"Yes! Master Kong!"

Everyone, including Jing Hongchen, bowed slightly and spoke with great respect.

Just then, there was a knock on the door of the conference room.

Ye Yulin opened the door and saw a confidant from the worship hall standing in front of the door. He said respectfully, "Master Kong, there is a young girl outside holding an old worship token engraved with the words 'Phoenix God' and wants to see you."

"Phoenix God?!"

Knowing who the Phoenix God Worship Order belonged to, several older generation worshippers frowned and showed an incredible expression.

Kong Deming also frowned, suddenly turned around and looked at the man, and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure it's this token?!"

The confidant said respectfully, "Master Kong, the guard at the gate reported that the girl had hurried over, and the unique symbol of the Worship Hall was still on the token."

Kong Deming, who had always been calm and composed after having seen many storms, suddenly began breathing heavily and rapidly. "Let someone in!"

After that person left, Yellow Dragon Douluo Xu Tianyuan frowned and said, "Didn't he already... perish? How could the Phoenix God Order appear again?!"

Wang Yiheng, the leader of the Evil Eye Legion, looked at Kong Deming with a complicated expression and said, "He once died while killing a powerful Holy Spirit Cult member. How could this happen...?"

"I'll come as soon as I go."

After saying this, Kong Deming left the meeting room.

Luanfeng, who was completely unfamiliar with the Phoenix Divine Order, only asked curiously after seeing Kong Deming disappear at the end of the corridor, "What is the Phoenix Divine Order? Does its owner have any connection with Master Kong?"

Xu Tianyuan looked out the window at the gloomy sky and sighed, "The owner of the Phoenix God Order has more than just connections with Elder Kong. The two of them were once known as the Twin Stars of the Empire!"

"The Twin Stars of the Empire? And Master Kong?!" Luanfeng said in shock.

There is no doubt about Confucius' status and strength in the empire. He is also the absolute guardian of the empire. But who is the existence that can be on par with Confucius?

"That happened a hundred years ago. Back then, Old Xu and I were still students at the Imperial Academy. Elder Kong and that senior were the renowned twin stars of the Worship Hall. They often went on missions together and were like brothers."

Wang Yiheng stood in front of the window, looking at the rain outside and continued, "That senior is different from Elder Kong. Elder Kong is slightly inferior in martial spirit cultivation, but he is extremely talented in soul guides. That senior, on the other hand, is mediocre in soul guides, but has an amazing talent in martial spirit cultivation!"

"It wasn't long before Elder Kong became a Titled Douluo, and that senior was about to break through to Super Douluo. The difference in cultivation is enough to show that senior's exceptional talent in martial spirit cultivation."

"But later... between that senior, Master Kong, and the other woman... sigh..."

Wang Yiheng sighed heavily, as if remembering the ancestor who fell at the hands of the Holy Spirit Church.

"What happened between them?"

Luanfeng's tone was also heavy, but she still wanted to know what happened back then, and she wanted to know even more who the master of the Phoenix God Order was who had suddenly appeared at this turbulent time.

"Over a hundred years have passed. Talking about it now shouldn't have any impact, right?"

Xu Tianyuan looked at Jing Hongchen, as if seeking an answer.

Jing Hongchen smiled sadly, "Old Kong is no longer the same old Kong who just became the hall master. He has become much more indifferent. Just don't mention it in front of him."

Xu Tianyuan nodded and continued, "Lao Jing is two years younger than us, so he knows a little bit about the inside story. But if we were to say who knows the most and most about these things right now, it would probably be Lao Wang and me."

After all, the other predecessors who knew about these things back then have long since returned to dust, and this incident did not cause a sensation at the time, so not many people knew about it.

"Master Kong, known as Silver Moon Douluo, his identity token is the Silver Moon Token. You all know this."

"What you don't know is that the senior's title is Phoenix God Douluo, and his identity token is the Phoenix God Token!"

"Phoenix God Order?!" Invincible Douluo Zheng Zhan said in shock.

"That's right, it's the Phoenix Divine Order I mentioned just now!"

Xu Tianyuan continued, "That senior's name is Lu Changsheng, his martial spirit is the Blazing Phoenix. After becoming a Titled Douluo, he took the title of Phoenix God."

"Senior Lu was born in a remote mountain village. He survived alone due to a massacre by an evil spirit master. When his martial spirit awakened, it mutated from his ancestral firebird into an evil fire phoenix. When the evil fire burned him, he stayed true to his heart and found a way to resolve the evil fire within him, evolving the evil fire phoenix into a blazing fire phoenix. From then on, he rose from obscurity, making rapid progress and achieving fame at a young age."

"After meeting Master Kong, the two of them felt they had met too late and later became the twin stars of the empire, as close as brothers. He once swore to Master Kong that he would cultivate himself, govern the country, and bring peace to the world, and more importantly, wipe out all evil soul masters!"

"Later, Elder Kong and Senior Lu happened to meet a woman who was also incredibly gifted. The three of them felt they had met too late, so they traveled the continent together. During this time, both Elder Kong and Senior Lu fell in love with the woman, but she had no romantic feelings for them and only wanted to cultivate to reach the pinnacle. Elder Kong and Senior Lu could only hide their admiration deep in their hearts. The three of them worked hard in their cultivation and agreed to reach the pinnacle together."

"After the journey, Elder Kong and Senior Lu invited the woman to the Hall of Worship to pursue their dreams together. The woman agreed to go to the Hall of Worship, but she had to return to her family..."

Xu Tianyuan exhaled, looked at the increasingly heavy rain, and said something that made everyone look gloomy: "When she returned to her family, she found that the family had been massacred by the evil soul master. To avenge her hatred, she also resolutely sought revenge on the evil soul master..."

"When Senior Lu and Elder Kong arrived, she had already suffered severe injuries beyond repair..."

The sound of rain was boiling outside the window. The heavy rain crashed down on the window, leaving winding and forked traces. There was a dead silence in the conference room, and everyone's expression became extremely heavy.

They couldn't imagine how Lu Changsheng endured the agony of being burned by the evil winds of the Evil Fire Phoenix. They also didn't know how Lu Changsheng, with his unparalleled talent, defied fate and evolved the Evil Fire Phoenix into the Blazing Fire Phoenix, freeing himself from the shackles of his martial spirit. They also didn't know the heartache of this prodigy, whose village was wiped out by an evil spirit master in his childhood and whose beloved was brutally murdered by the Holy Spirit Cult in his youth...

Even with the simplest words, they could still feel the pain and oppression...

After a long while, Wang Yiheng's voice slowly rang out in the conference room:

"The cherry blossoms on the hill behind Luoshan Garden were planted at that time. The largest one was planted by Elder Kong and Senior Lu together. Now it stands tall and majestic..."

Wang Yiheng took a deep breath and continued, "After that day, there was no news of Senior Lu. Later, the news that Senior Lu was killed by the Holy Spirit Cult was passed back to the Worship Hall..."

"Since then, Elder Kong has been depressed for a long time. He even wanted to declare war on the Holy Spirit Church countless times. However, at that time, the Holy Spirit Church was powerful, and the Death God Douluo and Dragon Emperor Douluo were famous far and wide. For the sake of the overall situation, Elder Kong could only bear this heavy pain alone..."

Xu Tianyuan said with a gloomy expression, "We only heard about it from our seniors after we graduated. Later, Master Kong deliberately kept it a secret, so those who knew about their affairs kept it to themselves. Today, very few people know about it."

The meeting room fell silent for a moment before Jing Hongchen said in a deep voice, "If Senior Lu has already passed away, then where did the Phoenix God Order come from?"

at the same time.

Inside the reception room of the offering hall.

The girl holding the Phoenix God Order briefly recounted the whole story of the person she entrusted the task to before explaining the purpose of her visit.

Kong Deming stared in disbelief at the girl with fiery red hair in front of him and said in shock, "So he faked his death to escape, joined the Holy Spirit Cult, became the Second Priest of the Cult, and changed his title to Evil Phoenix Douluo?"

The girl nodded and said, "Master told me so. Master asked me to hand this letter to you personally."

"You call him Master?" Kong Deming's cold eyes softened a little.

"I was originally a student at Shrek Academy. Three years ago, at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition, my master took me to the Holy Spirit Church and accepted me as his last disciple. He also helped me resolve the pain of being burned by the Evil Fire Phoenix, allowing my martial soul to evolve into the Blazing Fire Phoenix."

The girl paused and continued, "My name is Ma Xiaotao. You can call me Xiaotao. I am Master's closed disciple. Master has taught me countless times to consider the great future of the empire, and I deeply believe that. Being in Sun and Moon, Sun and Moon saved my life, so I will naturally devote all my energy to the development of the empire. I will repay Shrek's kindness, but I will never get involved in any behavior that harms the interests of the empire. I have nothing to do with Shrek anymore, so Senior, there is nothing to worry about."

Kong Deming nodded silently, stroked the envelope on the table gently with his fingers, then picked up the envelope and looked at the top of the tall building in the distance of the worship hall with emotion.