"Benefactor, is this where the Holy Spirit Church branch is located?"
In the hidden forest outside the city, Yuwen Tuo and Nana walked through a strange and eerie dense forest.
Although Nana felt the eeriness of the place, she didn't substantially sense the aura of evil soul masters, thus feeling somewhat puzzled.
"According to the geographical description of the Great Holy Spirit, it should be somewhere around here, no mistake," Yuwen Tuo said.
He had come here specifically to hunt evil soul masters. Nana, on the other hand, insisted on coming along to assist Yuwen Tuo.
With her parents' souls liberated, she no longer had any worries.
Her only thought now was to repay his kindness.
Her address for Yuwen Tuo had changed now, because Yuwen Tuo told her he wasn't from the Sun-Moon Empire, but from Heavenly Soul Empire's Shiwa Village. This Prince Yan of the Sun-Moon Empire wouldn't be for long.
She gathered from this that Yuwen Tuo actually had no sense of belonging to the Sun-Moon Empire and preferred his identity as a villager.
Therefore, she no longer called him "Your Highness." She had originally intended to call him "Master," but Yuwen Tuo said that such a title would easily lead to misunderstandings.
In the end, she could only choose to call him "Benefactor."
"Nana, isn't your fourth soul skill capable of releasing and sensing vengeful spirits?" Yuwen Tuo asked. "Try to sense which direction has the densest vengeful energy around here?"
"Oh, right, Benefactor is clever. Nana will do so immediately!" Nana nodded. Her Ghost Martial Soul possessed her, and her fourth soul ring continuously flickered.
The Ghost Martial Soul suddenly turned in one direction.
"Benefactor, it's there. I sensed a wailing like ghosts and gods crying out. Heavens, how many people must have died there?"
"Go!" Yuwen Tuo immediately headed in the direction she indicated.
But no matter which way they walked, it was always dense jungle, with no buildings resembling a branch. How could a place like the Holy Spirit Church, which was typically a cult, not even have an altar?
"Yin-Yang Demonic Eyes, open!"
Yuwen Tuo closed and opened his eyes. The scene before him instantly changed drastically. Ahead, he could clearly see a gloomy valley. Above the valley, wisps of dark energy swirled, quite similar to the aura of the cave where the Death God's Envoy resided back then.
As he had expected, this dense forest had been sealed by a Titled Douluo's illusionary technique, turning it into a ghostly "maze" where directions were hard to discern.
"Heh heh, so that's how it is. I know who the Titled Douluo guarding this place is now. Merely a weakling among Titled Douluo." Yuwen Tuo smiled slightly. "Nana, you guard the retreat route here, deal with any stragglers, but prioritize your own safety, understand?"
"Benefactor, but" Nana was greatly anxious. A Titled Douluo might be inside this valley. She came here to repay his kindness. How could she let her benefactor go in alone?
"Guarding the retreat route is also a very important task," Yuwen Tuo chuckled. "Don't worry about me. Didn't I already eliminate the Shadow Douluo Xue Chen? Even the Gluttonous Douluo Xuan Zi was a fallen soul beneath my sword.
The one inside, he might not even be as strong as Xue Chen, and compared to the Gluttonous Douluo, he's not even worth mentioning. I don't pay him any mind, rest assured!"
Seeing Yuwen Tuo speak so confidently, Nana couldn't help but nod. "Yes, Nana obeys!"
Yuwen Tuo, hearing this, then confidently charged into the valley.
"I heard there are evil soul masters here. So, all of you, get out!!!"
He still didn't use any stealth tactics, just openly charged in.
The people here were vastly different from those in the previous smaller branches.
Those who could come here were basically accomplished evil soul masters, the worst of whom were Soul Sects.
The danger level greatly increased, but in other words, Yuwen Tuo could fight without any reservations, not needing to leave a single living soul.
"Who are you, daring to trespass" An evil soul master guarding the valley entrance was about to question him.
Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword aura had already whistled towards him.
The man was instantly shredded into a pile of minced meat by the sword aura.
However, Yuwen Tuo's completely undisguised actions quickly attracted the attention of a large number of evil soul masters within the valley.
"You scoundrel, daring to single-handedly invade my Nightmare Demon branch. You're simply overestimating yourself! Kill him! Turn him into an evil servant!"
A group of evil soul masters surged towards Yuwen Tuo like a tide.
Various different yet sinister martial souls appeared simultaneously, dyeing the sky above the valley pitch black.
Evil soul masters were stronger than ordinary soul masters at the same rank.
But they also had weaknesses. Once they encountered something that countered them, the suppression would be extremely severe.
For example, Mu En's Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Roar and Dragon Emperor's Quaking Domain, especially the sacred power of the Angel Clan's Six-Winged Angel Qianjia back then.
Back then, when the Spirit Hall's Qianjia family was still around, what business did evil soul masters have on this continent?
As long as the divine martial soul Six-Winged Angel appeared, all evil soul masters would be terrified. The invincible Qíandaoliú (Thousand Streams Flow) in the sky even suppressed all evil soul masters on the entire continent, preventing them from showing their faces.
In the Douluo Dalu era, ordinary common people probably didn't even know what an evil soul master was.
At this moment, Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword countered evil soul masters even more effectively than the Six-Winged Angel.
"Second Soul Skill: Demon Breaker!"
Yuwen Tuo unleashed a sword strike. Golden sword aura roared. All evil martial souls that touched the golden sword aura instantly shattered upon contact.
"How is this possible?! How did our martial souls disappear?"
"That sword, what is that sword?! Why does it make our martial souls so terrified?"
Evil soul masters weren't all tough nuts to crack. Unless they were fanatics of the Holy Spirit Church like the Great Holy Spirit earlier, most were cowardly and feared death.
"Go ask the Underworld God in hell, strike down!" Yuwen Tuo said coldly, then cleaved down with his sword. Countless evil soul masters were instantly decapitated.
Soul masters who couldn't use their martial souls could barely exert one-third of their combat power. Evil soul masters were especially so; their evil cultivation methods focused on maximizing the power of evil martial souls, while neglecting physical training.
If an ordinary soul master's combat power immediately decreased by 60% when they couldn't use their martial soul, then for an evil soul master, it decreased by at least 80%.
Human wave tactics were also completely useless against Yuwen Tuo.
Anyone who approached within a foot of him would have their arms broken if they tried to punch, or their legs shattered if they tried to kick. They simply couldn't form a encirclement around Yuwen Tuo.
Yuwen Tuo's swordsmanship was exquisite to the extreme. A casual swing of his sword produced thousands of sword shadows. The entire valley instantly shimmered with golden light, but beneath that golden light was a scene of flying flesh and blood.
"Stop!"
In the sky, a giant blood bat swooped down towards Yuwen Tuo. Seven soul rings surrounded the bat. Its seventh soul ring was glowing, indicating it was a Soul Saint, and had already activated its Martial Soul True Body.
No matter how much the Xuanyuan Sword countered evil martial souls, it wouldn't prevent a Soul Saint who had activated their True Body from being unable to use their martial soul.
This Soul Saint, at least, had some fighting will.
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