The Moonlight Earl's mansion was already brightly lit at night. A few patrol guards moved about the spacious estate, fully armed, but their expressions were more or less lazy. If it weren't for the two major events of the past year, patrolling would probably be a joke, and no one would pay any attention.
Crystal-clear water sprayed upwards from the fountain, and the soul-guiding lamps along the roadside flickered incessantly, perhaps due to poor soul power circulation. Thick,
dark clouds piled up in the sky, causing a cold wind to blow, rustling the leaves, and occasionally casting dappled shadows on the stone slabs.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." Suddenly, about twenty figures quickly gathered, gazing towards the Earl's mansion. From within the luxurious building, laughter and chatter seemed to emanate, clearly indicating a banquet or something similar.
These people had different expressions, and their soul power was already poised to be unleashed.
Although the current Earl of Moonlight has little connection with the former Moon Family, their lineage has endured to this day, and their strength is not weak. The family boasts two Soul Douluo-level experts, one of whom is an eighth-level Soul Master.
"Our mission is simple: target Earl Moonlight and his family. You've seen the portraits; once you identify them, kill them directly. After that, immediately retreat. The Mingdu City Defense Army is stationed less than five kilometers away; we need to prevent them from harassing us."
While everyone was observing the Earl's mansion, a Soul Douluo-level evil Soul Master stepped forward. Half his face was skeletal, and in the dim light, he looked like a terrifying ghost.
"Yes, sir," the others whispered in response.
"Wait for the command and prepare to move. Remember, if the elders in charge intervene, our team's mission completion rating will be significantly lowered. If you don't want to be punished by the leader, then execute the plan in the safest way possible." The Soul Douluo evil Soul Master gave the order, simultaneously donning a mask.
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions tightened, and they nodded secretly.
"Blackwater, do me a favor." Just as Blackwater was silently observing everything, Tang Dai, the disciple of Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, walked over and spoke in a low voice.
"Go ahead."
Blackwater was willing to listen to this guy who had helped him enter the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters.
Tang Dai said in a low voice, "Each team can only get one person who gets the reward. I hope you can let me have it."
"This matter?" Blackwater smiled indifferently, "It's alright. I'm not interested in the reward anyway. If you need it, take it. I'll just slack off."
Tang Dai's eyes lit up, "Okay, okay, I will definitely thank you when it's done."
"You helped me enter the headquarters back then, and now I'm helping you get the reward. This is called mutual assistance. There's no need for thanks." Blackwater waved his hand, looking completely unconcerned.
Tang Dai grinned, gave Blackwater a deep look, and said nothing more.
Soon, under the cover of night, a group of people slowly approached the Moonlight Earl's mansion. The surrounding area was almost entirely composed of mansions, spaced apart, and the walls of these mansions, densely covered with flowers and plants favored by the nobles, provided excellent hiding places.
With almost no effort, the group entered. Just then, several footsteps and voices came from a long corridor leading to the garden.
The group of evil spirit masters immediately showed murderous intent.
"It's probably going to rain heavily."
"Should we patrol tonight too?"
"What else? Even if we're just slacking off, we still have to do our jobs. Just pretending is fine, otherwise I won't feel comfortable taking the reward."
"Haha."
They laughed as they approached the outside of the corridor.
The next moment, three fully armed patrol guards emerged side by side. From within the flower bushes, nearly twenty pairs of eyes followed their backs.
Like sharp claws, the three evil spirit masters, at the signal of their leader, silently approached the three guards.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted from the sky, accompanied by thunder. Startled, the three guards paused, looking up at the sky. But in that instant, a bone-chilling cold swept over them.
All three shuddered, and as they prepared to curse, a blood-red afterimage flashed before their eyes.
Being members of the guard, they were no pushovers; almost instantly, they realized something was wrong. But before they could even cry out, a whooshing sound pierced the air. A
wave of excruciating pain washed over them; their lungs felt like broken bellows, blood gushing out and staining the roadside flowers with a crimson hue, eerily so. The leaky air rendered their throats unable to utter a sound.
Three strangely shaped hands had pierced their chests.
The three guards struggled and screamed in terror, but could only remain motionless, their eyes fixed on the masked intruder whose face was obscured.
After struggling for a few moments, the guard completely lost his life and collapsed.
"This tastes really good." The three evil spirit masters who launched the attack all possessed the same martial soul—the Blood Shadow Bat. One of them couldn't resist biting open a guard's neck, greedily absorbing the blood.
The smell of blood seemed nonexistent; he drank with unusual comfort, his body trembling.
Two Soul Douluo evil spirit masters, leading the group, approached, coldly glancing at the three of them.
The three trembled, hurriedly abandoning the corpse in their hands and standing respectfully to the side.
The two Soul Douluo evil spirit masters looked up towards the main building and said coldly, "Start dealing with them from the outside, and finish off Earl Moonlight last. Our goal is to leave no one alive."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh." Almost instantly, more than a dozen figures emerged from the flowerbeds, spreading outwards towards the Earl's mansion.
Blackwater was naturally among them, but unlike the others, he didn't run as fast. Reaching a secluded spot, he slammed his palms on the ground, and a dark void appeared. A necromancer puppet quickly emerged, its soul containing the very soul of the former Death Hand evil soul master.
His lips moved slightly, and obscure language rippled outwards. The puppet instantly raised its head and charged forward with incredible speed.
The patrolling guards numbered about twenty, their strength generally ranging from Great Soul Master to Soul Venerable. Of course, they were also those who had frantically used drugs to level up, essentially stagnating their cultivation for life, even their lifespans affected by consuming too many low-quality pills.
When the evil soul masters, whose minimum cultivation was Soul King, mobilized en masse, a full-scale massacre unfolded. Whether patrolling guards or standing watch, the moment they saw an evil soul master, their lives were instantly wiped out without a sound.
Among them, Tang Dai was the most ruthless. His martial soul was the Skeleton King. After capturing the guard, he almost tore him to pieces, tearing out his spine and using it for his own purposes. His methods were extremely cruel.
There were also many ordinary servants in the mansion who were not soul masters. They were killed one by one by the other evil soul masters, leaving corpses strewn all over the place. Before they died, their eyes were filled with fear, and it was unknown what they had experienced.
But just as all this was happening,
in the kitchen
, a plate crashed to the ground, shattering into pieces. The prepared food was scattered everywhere. A dozen or so chefs stared in panic at the corpses that had appeared at the entrance. The bodies
were mangled and reeked of a foul stench.
The fire still raged in the large kitchen, startling the chefs. Several hurriedly fled the kitchen, rushing towards the main building.
"Dead! Dead!"
Panic-stricken shouts erupted from the chefs, incredibly clear in the night. Almost instantly, many of the evil spirit masters in action felt a jolt of fear—they had been exposed.
Almost immediately, a consensus was reached, and all the evil spirit masters charged towards the main building. Their initial plan to wipe out the entire Earl's mansion was now unlikely to succeed.
Meanwhile, after the chefs left, from the shadows, a puppet slowly emerged and collected the corpses from the kitchen. Beside it lay Blackwater.
His gaze, deep and intense, quickly faded into the darkness; he needed to rejoin the group and establish his reputation.
Inside the main building of the Earl's mansion, people were still enjoying a joyous banquet. Following the Second Prince Xu Tianming, they had naturally reaped considerable rewards, making a fortune.
In the exquisitely decorated dining room, a long table was surrounded by a group of people, young and old, including Earl Moonlight himself and his family, as well as relatives from his clan.
The air was filled with the aroma of food and the fruity scent of fine wine.
Laughter echoed throughout.
Until…
"Someone's dead!"
A piercing scream rang out, instantly drawing the attention of Earl Moonlight and his family.
The kitchen and the hall were not far apart; a loud shout would naturally be heard in the hall.
Almost instantly, the hall fell silent, and the expressions of the dozens of people changed slightly.
Earl Moonlight, already in his sixties, was a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse. He abruptly stood up, and without him even saying a word, everyone in the restaurant—except those who remained to fight—as if they had been trained beforehand, quickly scurried towards the secret passage.
From the day they chose to join Xu Tianming in attacking the Holy Spirit Cult's businesses, the Moonlight Earl's family had anticipated the Holy Spirit Cult's revenge and had long since taken precautions.
"Damn it, they've made their move on us!" A robust old man with a gray beard, wearing a gray robe, also a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse, spoke, his face filled with shock and anger. He was Earl Moonlight's second brother, Zhang Yiguo, from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps.
Earl Moonlight said in a deep voice, "Use the hall as a defense. Fight back against these bastards with me. Just hold them off until the city defense forces arrive."
"Yes, sir!" Inside the hall, about twenty people remained, and they all simultaneously summoned their soul tools.
But in the next second, a deafening roar erupted, the windows shattered, and figures clad in black robes surged in.
In an instant, dozens of eyes locked.
"So it really are evil spirit masters." Count Moonlight and his relatives were shocked as they watched the black-robed figures burst through the windows. Their faces might be concealed, but the chilling aura emanating from them was undeniable.
"Kill!"
The two Soul Douluo evil spirit masters leading the group shouted, barely suppressing their rage. Their original plan was to perfectly eliminate everyone in Count Moonlight's mansion, but now it seemed that plan had failed. There was no time to investigate how they had been exposed.
Receiving the order, the evil spirit masters swiftly attacked.
In unison, numerous spirit rings rose, and various bizarre evil spirits emerged, the largest being Tang Dai. He transformed into a skeleton king nearly four meters tall. As his fourth spirit ring lit up, he slammed his palms into the ground, instantly creating a wave of bone spikes.
Carpets, tables, and chairs were all pierced by the bone spikes that sprouted from the ground.
The broken liquor was brownish-red, and the ground was filthy.
"Gather and face the enemy!" Earl Moonlight uttered a low shout, a bright light inexplicably emanating from his body. Eight spirit rings lit up beneath his feet, and with the third spirit ring illuminating, a sharp beam of moonlight emanated from him, like a scythe, directly shattering Tang Dai's incoming spirit skill, sending bone fragments flying everywhere.
The remaining spirit masters of the Moonlight family also unleashed their abilities, simultaneously closing in on Earl Moonlight.
In an instant, the evil spirit masters and the Moonlight family members were locked in a battle of offense and defense.
Two evil spirit douluos immediately charged forward to attack. However, Earl Moonlight was an interesting character; after making money, his first thought wasn't to continue expanding his business, but rather to equip his family members.
It could be said that when the evil spirit masters made contact with their opponents, they suddenly discovered that almost everyone in this group possessed a level four, five, or even six defensive spirit tool. Moreover, these spirit tools weren't individual defensive spirit tools; they could be linked and combined, and the main defender could even insert a healing bottle to provide energy to the entire group.
In the Sun Moon Empire, these things were usually reserved for Soul Master Legions, extremely expensive to manufacture, and even forbidden for private purchase. However, Zhang Yiguo, the second brother of Earl Moonlight, came from the Soul Master Legion and naturally had the means to buy them. Coincidentally, all the combat personnel
of the Moonlight family were together. Perhaps in a battle of raw power, the Moonlight family members couldn't defeat these evil Soul Masters, but if they continuously channeled their soul power into the defensive soul tool, well, it could actually hold its own. After all, they were standing together, and the shield of the linked defensive soul tool quickly combined, becoming like a single unit. The evil Soul Masters had to attack from all directions to break through it.
This gave the evil Soul Masters a headache; they attacked, but couldn't break through the defense.
Tang Dai's skeletal hand almost shattered, but it didn't even make a single cut.
As for Blackwater, he was always slacking off, attacking as if it were child's play. When he concealed it well, he appeared exceptionally serious when attacking.
For a time, all kinds of soul skills flew everywhere.
The result was that his skills were as fierce as a tiger, but his battle record was zero to five.
For the first time, the low- to mid-level evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Cult, who held soul tools in utter contempt, realized the power of defense against them.
"Damn it, activate your Martial Soul True Body!" After several unsuccessful attempts to attack, one of the evil soul douluos roared in anger.
His body began to fester, emitting a foul stench, and his form transformed into a hideous and terrifying abomination.
In an instant, the evil soul masters who had reached the Soul Saint level or higher rapidly released their soul power, channeling it into their soul rings. With a powerful surge of soul power, a total of six evil soul masters activated their Martial Soul True Body, spreading a chilling aura that made the hall feel like an abyss.
Seeing this, the Moonlight Clan members tensed.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, at this critical moment, a beam of red light shot into the sky from outside, exploding in mid-air and transforming into a massive sun and moon image.
"A distress signal?"
At the same moment, outside the mansion, the Holy Spirit Cult's Third Elder, Nether Thunder Douluo, who was responsible for maintaining order and didn't need to lift a finger, instantly became serious.
With a flash, he rushed into the Earl's mansion.
When the red light of the signal flare flowed in through the broken window, the Moonlight Family members' eyes lit up immediately. It was a distress signal from their family members who had escaped into the secret passage.
They only needed to hold out for a while longer before the city defense forces arrived to rescue them.
"Not good." Compared to the excitement of the Moonlight Family members, the Holy Spirit Cult's evil soul masters were shaken. If the mission failed, the punishment upon returning to the main altar would likely be extremely severe.
"Kill!" A cold, murderous voice came from the Evil Soul Douluo's mouth.
Instantly, a strong surge of soul power reverberated, and all the evil soul masters increased their attack power. The light shield of the linked defensive soul tool immediately began to ripple.
"Hold on!" Earl Moonlight shouted in a deep voice, while simultaneously inserting a new milk bottle to provide energy, so that some family members would consume less soul power.
With everyone working together, their soul power surged into the linked defensive soul tool, and the originally white light shield visibly turned pale yellow.
"Hmph." Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, a cold snort suddenly came from outside the building. The next moment, a gray-purple light whip lashed out from outside, instantly causing countless Yin spirits to roar and the space to crackle and explode.
The gray-purple light whip was aimed at the linked defensive soul tool's light shield. With just one touch, with a crack, the incredibly strong light shield immediately developed cracks that spread like a spider web.
"A Title Douluo." The Moonlight Earl and the others' pupils shrank.
"It's the Third Elder who made a move." On the evil soul master's side, everyone reacted and breathed a sigh of relief, but they were also annoyed because the signal flare had been released, causing the elder to take action. Their mission rating would probably be significantly lowered.
But at this point, they didn't need to worry about that.
Only Tang Dai's eyes were bloodshot, filled with killing intent. A lower mission rating meant he wouldn't receive the reward.
Seeing the cracks in the protective shield, the evil spirit masters, as if injected with adrenaline, unleashed their soul power without restraint, attacking the cracks.
Even if the Moonlight Clan wanted to repair it, it was too late; the speed of repair couldn't keep up with the speed of destruction.
Visibly, in less than a minute, under the watchful eyes of the Moonlight Clan, the shield finally cracked open, shattering into countless points of light.
Without the protection of the shield, except for a few members of the Moonlight Clan with cultivation levels above Soul Saint, the rest were quite flustered.
"Don't panic, reinforcements are coming soon." Count Moonlight spoke up in time, his body radiating intense light, and his form seemed to become ethereal, like ripples on the surface of water—this was the true form of Moonlight.
Seeing the evil spirit masters swarming like locusts, Count Moonlight's sixth soul ring lit up, and beams of light, based on moonlight, condensed, shooting out powerful rays.
Instantly, two evil spirit masters with Soul King cultivation levels had their heads blown off, red and white fragments scattered on the ground.
But at that moment, the massive body of the Abomination Soul Douluo suddenly moved forward, like a wall, blocking everything.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the remaining evil soul masters, led by another evil soul douluo, quickly closed the distance between the two sides to less than fifteen meters.
If they were to engage in close combat, most of the Moonlight Family members would likely die.
"Damn evil soul masters!" Facing the evil soul masters so close at hand, Zhang Yiguo's eyes widened in fury. He immediately took out a huge heavy cannon soul tool from his storage soul tool. Dense flames began to gather, and at the cost of tearing his meridians, he forcibly injected soul power to complete the charging ahead of schedule.
As cracks appeared on his skin and blood flowed out, the roar of the level eight soul tool cannon resounded.
A terrifying red flame swept out, like a fire dragon turning over, its scorching aura engulfing everything.
The other evil soul douluo leading the group's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly dodged. He managed to dodge, but the other, slightly weaker, evil soul masters couldn't.
Who could have imagined that Zhang Yiguo could instantly charge up such a long-term energy-storing soul tool, even the Nether Thunder Douluo was a beat too slow.
In just a moment, seven or eight evil soul masters were engulfed by the flames, their corpses and even their bodies were cremated in one go, including two evil soul saints who had awakened their martial soul true bodies.
The remaining evil soul masters who were not attacked were more or less stunned by the terrifying high temperature.
Zhang Yiguo, at the cost of severe injury, managed to ease the situation, worthy of being a strongman from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps.
In the distance, Tang Dai, who was not affected, frowned.
It's over, the elder is going to make a move again. Sure enough, when the group of evil soul masters were frightened away, a sharp dark green lightning bolt flew in from outside the building in the shape of a sword. The air froze and even distorted in an instant. The fire dragon spewed by the fire cannon was easily torn apart, and countless sparks scattered, directly hitting Zhang Yiguo's head.
With his meridians torn, Zhang Yiguo had no chance of activating his invincible shield for self-defense.
If he were hit, he would surely die.
"Second brother!" Duke Moonlight, who was suppressing the Abomination Evil Soul Douluo, cried out in alarm. Without the slightest hesitation, he flashed in front of Zhang Yiguo, whose aura was extremely weak due to the torn meridians. As his eighth soul ring lit up, layers of moonlight shields, as solid as physical objects, suddenly condensed.
With a "boom!", the Nether Lightning Sword Light pierced straight through him, almost penetrating him. The evil energy combined with the cold Nether Lightning, and the dark green lightning flickered continuously, as if it wanted to tear everything apart. A terrifying soul power shockwave exploded from the center point, and the incredibly defensive moonlight shield began to collapse from the inside at a visible speed. The building, which was already teetering on the brink of collapse due to the heavy artillery attack, completely crumbled.
The evil soul masters hurriedly took cover, as did most of the Moonlight family. A few people came to Zhang Yiguo's side to help him up.
"Crack." A crisp cracking sound rang out as the radiant moonlight shield crumbled from the inside, shattering into countless fragments. The sinister Nether Lightning Sword light pierced straight through, but Count Moonlight remained unmoved, a dazzling golden light emanating from his body, and a thick, invincible protective shield appeared.
This time, the Nether Lightning Sword light could no longer pierce through.
"Rumble." Thunder roared in the sky, and large raindrops began to fall. In the lamplight-lit mid-air, numerous beams of light rose—the reinforcements from the Mingdu City Defense Army had arrived.
"Damn it." An angry snort rang out, clearly dissatisfied with his failed attack. In mid-air, watching the approaching figures of the city defense army, Nether Lightning Douluo's face was extremely grim. His fifth spirit ring lit up, and he transmitted his voice, "Retreat."
Hearing this, the remaining evil spirit masters inside the collapsed building tensed up. A team of twenty had lost nearly ten men, and they hadn't even eliminated their target. Back at the headquarters, it was all over.
But the elder's words had to be obeyed, and the group hurriedly left, including Hei Shui and Tang Dai, whose eyes were cold. The latter clenched his fists and left unwillingly.
"Hellfire Thunder."
As the fifth spirit ring lit up, crackling dark green lightning swirled around the Nether Thunder Douluo, the sinister aura causing a gust of cold wind to rise, and a shrill howl echoed. With a thought, bolts of Nether Thunder
, as solid as tangible lightning, burst forth. It was as if they had entered a purgatory of hell, the terrifying Nether Thunder Forest launching indiscriminate attacks in every direction.
After doing all this, the Nether Thunder Douluo quickly left, because the city defense troops had already spotted him in the sky.
The Nether Thunder Douluo's final attack was remarkably effective.
Except for a few members of the Moonlight Clan who, thinking of helping Zhang Yiguo, escaped the terrifying Nether Thunder attack with the help of Earl Moonlight, the others, who were trying to avoid the collapsing houses, didn't even have time to cry out before their bodies suddenly exploded, splitting into pieces like watermelons.
Even though Nether Thunder Douluo was only a level 92 Title Douluo, the strength of his soul skills was beyond what this group could withstand.
"Whoosh!" The Moonlight Earl, unable to protect them in time, and a few survivors, their pupils constricted, and they collapsed, utterly powerless.
"First team, second team, immediately pursue the invaders!"
At this moment, a deep voice rang out from the sky, and a hundred-strong city defense army soul guide legion arrived. Soon, eighty men split off to pursue the Holy Spirit Cult in the direction they had fled, while the remaining twenty landed in the collapsed houses. Looking at the shattered ruins and the stunned Moonlight family members, they felt a lump in their throats.
Flames burned within the ruins, a scene of utter devastation. Rain fell from the sky, mingling with blood, forming a pool of thick liquid.
In this sudden attack, seven or eight out of ten of the Moonlight family's fighting members were wiped out, most of them pillars of the family, young men around thirty years old.
If the city defense army hadn't arrived, they would all likely be dead here.
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