Man Hall Headquarters. The originally calm space suddenly trembled. In the next second, a pitch-black spatial rift tore open, and several cultivators with blood patterns appeared outside the hall. Each of them stepped on the void, the spatial power around them indistinct yet heavy. The killing intent and blood Qi hidden in their bodies made the guards of the Man Hall tense their backs.
Blood Horn Pattern... These are the special killers of the Earth Hall!
Whoosh!
An uncapturable figure suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
The Deputy Hall Master of the Hall of Souls had an indifferent expression. His deep aura like an abyss made everything perceived by others blurry when looking at him.
A powerhouse at the late stage of Three-Star Dou Saint, his strength far exceeds the Great Heaven Venerate. He is a true peak figure in the Hall of Souls.
Whenever the Earth Hall takes action, it means things have become very serious.
Sensing the arrival of the Deputy Hall Master, the Great Heaven Venerate hurriedly came outside the main hall and bowed respectfully.
"Deputy Hall Master."
The Deputy Hall Master looked coldly at the Great Heaven Venerate and said: "The Hall Master already knows what happened recently."
The Great Heaven Venerate's body trembled.
Although he is a Dou Saint powerhouse, compared to the thousand-year plan of the Hall of Souls, he is really nothing.
If this incurs the Hall Master's dissatisfaction, although it won't go as far as committing suicide to apologize, the days ahead will definitely not be easy.
"As the Great Heaven Venerate of the Man Hall, you should have managed the affairs of various branch halls well, but in just a few years, you have turned a great situation into what it is now."
The Deputy Hall Master's voice constantly stimulated the Great Heaven Venerate.
"Reporting to the Deputy Hall Master, the strength of the Soul Execution Division far exceeds our imagination. Second Heaven Venerate Elder Gu You was killed head-on by the opponent. The leader of the Soul Execution Division probably has Dou Saint level strength."
The Deputy Hall Master frowned: "Since you knew the opponent's strength early, why didn't you intercept and kill him in advance?"
"I..."
The Great Heaven Venerate found it hard to speak.
How could he have imagined that a small Soul Execution Division, a small force without even a base back then, would now suddenly have a Dou Saint powerhouse appear and kill Second Heaven Venerate Gu You?
Such a powerful Dou Saint cultivator, if he had targeted the Hall of Souls long ago, it is normal that they couldn't guard against his sudden attack.
But if the opponent was not originally a Dou Saint powerhouse...
Then it's even more terrifying!
In just a few years, growing strength to the Dou Saint rank, this can no longer be described by the word genius.
Among their generation, who didn't spend hundreds or thousands of years to break through to Dou Saint?
Only those geniuses cultivated by large families since childhood can qualify for promotion to Dou Saint before the age of one hundred.
But such figures are countable on one's fingers even in the entire Dou Qi Continent.
"Alright, it's too late to say anything now. I give you one month to completely eliminate the Soul Execution Division."
"Ah?"
The Great Heaven Venerate's expression changed, and he said somewhat troubledly: "Deputy Hall Master, actually, the Soul Execution Division has no definite base until now. Every time we clean up the battlefield, we haven't found any residual corpses of the Soul Execution Division."
The Deputy Hall Master narrowed his eyes, and the surrounding air pressure instantly dropped to zero.
"So much time has passed since that great war back then, and now you tell me you haven't even collected the main intelligence on the Soul Execution Division?"
The Great Heaven Venerate suddenly felt the pressure on his body increase. The pressure of the late stage of Three-Star Dou Saint realm is really too strong.
"I, I suspect that the background of the Soul Execution Division is very powerful, even not weaker than our Hall of Souls."
The Great Heaven Venerate quickly defended.
"Our people searched many places but didn't find traces of the Soul Execution Division. There is only one possibility!"
The Deputy Hall Master frowned.
"You mean... there is a stronger force behind the Soul Execution Division?"
The Great Heaven Venerate nodded.
The Deputy Hall Master fell into deep thought. What the Great Heaven Venerate said is not impossible.
Not every force has Dou Saint powerhouses. Being able to build such powerful strength in a short time, it is difficult for other forces to do so except for the eight ancient clans.
Nor is there a reason to do so.
"Have you investigated that Yao Chen from the Falling Star Pavilion?"
The Deputy Hall Master asked again.
The Great Heaven Venerate responded quickly: "Already investigating. This time when Gu You met with misfortune, Yao Chen did not take action, so his relationship can be temporarily ruled out."
The Falling Star Pavilion has been very famous recently. Yao Chen is not an ordinary cultivator but the former number one alchemist on the continent, so the Great Heaven Venerate sent spies to investigate long ago, and at the same time suspected that the other party had inextricable links with the Soul Execution Division.
However, regrettably, when Han Feng provoked the great war, the Falling Star Pavilion was peaceful, and Yao Chen even held lectures to teach students.
"Yao Chen came back from the dead; he must have secrets. Don't give up; continue to monitor him."
"Yes."
The Falling Star Pavilion has expanded greatly recently. Although it rapidly improved its strength, it also accepted a large number of cultivators, including some servants subdued by the Hall of Souls.
However, what the Great Heaven Venerate doesn't know is that Han Feng and Yao Chen discovered these so-called spies long ago, and the actions taken were just what they wanted the Hall of Souls to see.
After the Great Heaven Venerate's exaggeration, the Soul Execution Division became a pawn of some ancient family in the eyes of the Deputy Hall Master.
The Deputy Hall Master pondered for a long time and finally said to the Great Heaven Venerate: "This time, you personally take action and must capture the leader of the Soul Execution Division."
The Great Heaven Venerate nodded and said: "I will catch him."
The leader of the Soul Execution Division has been acting arrogantly recently, with the intention of provoking the entire Hall of Souls.
But the Great Heaven Venerate is not afraid of him provoking the Hall of Souls. As long as he doesn't hide, there is a chance to catch him.
"Deputy Hall Master, to be safe, how about giving me one of your Spatial Edicts? If the leader of the Soul Execution Division has the same realm as me, I'm afraid if I fail to take him down, it will alert the enemy."
The Great Heaven Venerate said cautiously at this time.
He was somewhat worried about the strength of the Soul Execution Division leader, afraid of following in Gu You's footsteps.
The Deputy Hall Master smiled contemptuously, looking at the Great Heaven Venerate with some sarcasm.
"You are getting more and more timid as you live."
"Never mind, I will give you a Spatial Edict."
The Deputy Hall Master took out a scroll from his storage ring. Powerful aura floated around the scroll.
This is a Spatial Edict, capable of quickly breaking open a spatial channel, allowing the opponent to arrive directly at the location. Its function is somewhat similar to the Void God Tablet.
The production of this kind of Spatial Edict is very cumbersome. Even a Dou Saint powerhouse won't have too many reserves in hand.
The Great Heaven Venerate took the Spatial Edict, and his hanging heart finally settled down.
With the Deputy Hall Master, a Three-Star late-stage Dou Saint, present, even if the Soul Execution Division leader has three heads and six arms, he is definitely not their opponent!
"Don't disappoint me!"
The Deputy Hall Master said one last sentence, then his body flashed and disappeared from the Man Hall. The blood-patterned killers following him also disappeared quickly.
The Great Heaven Venerate looked at the residual spatial rift ahead, his eyes gradually becoming firm.
He knows this is his chance to redeem himself by meritorious service.
Must grasp it firmly!
...
Northern Region of the Central Plains. Han Feng, who was exterminating the Hall of Souls everywhere, saw a message issued by the headquarters of the Man Hall of the Hall of Souls after beheading a Hall of Souls Venerate.
[Three days later, top of Five Absolutes Mountain, a showdown. ——Great Heaven Venerate]
"Five Absolutes Mountain."
Han Feng smiled gently.
The transmission of this message was directly transmitted to the identity tokens of all Venerates, just to notify Han Feng.
But this Great Heaven Venerate seems certain that Han Feng will go.
"In that case, I will attack the Man Hall directly in three days."
Han Feng's eyes flashed.
He knows the location of the Man Hall headquarters.
This time the Great Heaven Venerate invited a battle; presumably, he must have arranged many backup plans in secret.
Although Han Feng is not afraid, there is no need to jump into his trap.
Space shifted.
At this time, the Great Heaven Venerate looked at the message in the token, his eyes lowered.
This time, there should be no problem.
Since that Soul Execution Division leader wants to kill Hall of Souls powerhouses, he won't let this opportunity pass.
His whereabouts are top secret in all branch halls.
Even Gu You had a backup plan in his soul to guard against soul searching.
Once the soul body falls into the hands of the enemy, it is basically dead. The Soul Clan has many means to prevent clansmen from leaking the thousand-year plan.
But to be safe, make dual preparations. The Man Hall contains a large amount of soul origin being refined. Since he is leaving, he needs to arrange people to guard it well.
The Great Heaven Venerate looked at the list and decided to select the newly appointed Third Heaven Venerate and Fourth Heaven Venerate to guard the Man Hall together.
Now manpower is severely insufficient; only these two can barely take office.
The current Third Heaven Venerate is a very senior Nine-Change Dou Venerate who has lived for a thousand years. Now, to find a glimmer of hope to break through to Half-Saint, he chose to join the Hall of Souls.
The current Fourth Heaven Venerate is a Three-Change Dou Venerate, titled Venerate Jue Yun, also a famous powerhouse in the Central Plains five hundred years ago.
It is said that he had a deep friendship with Blood River and came for revenge for his friend.
After confirming the candidates, the Great Heaven Venerate immediately sent a message to transfer the two from distant branch halls.
In the spatial channel, two figures walked out one after another.
After joining the Hall of Souls, this was the first time the two came to the Man Hall headquarters.
Seeing the Great Heaven Venerate on the main seat, they bowed respectfully.
"Great Heaven Venerate!"
The Great Heaven Venerate waved his hand and got straight to the topic: "You should also know the reason for asking you to come this time."
"I am going to Five Absolutes Mountain to fight the leader of the Soul Execution Division. The safety of this Man Hall is entrusted to you."
The two Heaven Venerates were refreshed in spirit, and couldn't help but feel a little happy in their hearts.
Guarding the Man Hall, this is one of the three major Tiangang Halls of the Hall of Souls!
The level of this place is definitely higher than the branch halls. If they can get some benefits during this period and find opportunities to break through to Half-Saint, that would be really great.
However, that very old newly appointed Third Heaven Venerate sensed something wrong after the initial joy.
The Man Hall is the most important secret of the Hall of Souls. Telling them, two outsiders who just joined not long ago, like this, isn't it a bit hasty?
Although the newly appointed Third Heaven Venerate was puzzled in his heart, the person in front of him was a Dou Saint powerhouse. Giving him a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to act rashly.
"Strictly obey the Great Heaven Venerate's order!"
The two said in unison.
The Great Heaven Venerate nodded, then changed the subject.
"To be safe, I need to teach you some secret techniques of the Soul Clan. Open your minds."
Hearing this, the two people's brains went blank for a moment.
Opening the mind means completely handing over one's life to the person in front. What's the difference between this and sending them to death?
"What? Any difficulty?"
The Great Heaven Venerate frowned.
"Anyone joining the Hall of Souls in the Man Hall needs to go through this pass. It is not only you two who need to do so."
The faces of the two were somewhat ugly, but thinking that the person in front was a Dou Saint, the consequences of refusal needless to say.
After struggling repeatedly, that Nine-Change Dou Venerate lowered his head first and opened his mind.
He has lived for a long time and is afraid.
Since front, back, left, and right are all dead ends, kneeling down is not impossible.
Anyway, to break through to Half-Saint, he has forgotten the pursuit of the first half of his life. As long as he can break through, he will do anything.
Seeing the Third Heaven Venerate agree, the Fourth Heaven Venerate also had to lower his head.
Those who understand the times are heroes; neither of them wants to die directly.
The corner of the Great Heaven Venerate's mouth hooked up. He slapped out two imprints with his hand, hitting into the two's sea of consciousness.
Ah!
Severe pain made the bodies of the two tense up.
This doesn't look like a simple secret technique at all, more like planting a slave mark!
But it was too late to resist at this time.
With the imprints planted, the Great Heaven Venerate was initially relieved about the two.
"If successful this time, I will find opportunities for promotion for you. Now the position of the Second Heaven Venerate of the Man Hall is vacant, and I happen to lack usable people around me, so you must guard well."
After hitting with a stick, the Great Heaven Venerate began to draw cakes for the two again.
Although the two were unwilling in their hearts, the slave marks were formed. Their lives were within a thought of the Great Heaven Venerate, and they didn't even have a chance to resist, so they could only pretend to agree happily.
The Great Heaven Venerate checked the time, "Alright, I should almost set off. You guard here. Remember not to go elsewhere, and don't try to spy on the secrets of the Man Hall; otherwise, you know the consequences."
Before leaving, the Great Heaven Venerate looked at the two meaningfully and warned.
With the departure of the Great Heaven Venerate, the two finally breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at each other and fell silent.
The domineering behavior of the Hall of Souls today made them regret for the first time.
If joining the Hall of Souls meant signing a deed of sale, they would rather choose not to join.
But things have come to this; they can only hope that the Great Heaven Venerate can keep his word in the future and help them find opportunities to break through.
...
Top of Five Absolutes Mountain.
The Great Heaven Venerate arranged manpower here early to set up a Heaven-Trapping Great Formation to prevent the Soul Execution Division leader from escaping if defeated.
The vitality of a Dou Saint powerhouse is quite tenacious. As long as the soul is not destroyed, recovery and even rebirth are possible.
There are many secret techniques in the Hall of Souls that can help soul bodies possess and be reborn, quickly recovering powerful strength.
Although this kind of secret technique has the side effect of damaging longevity, since one is already dead, past longevity will lose its meaning.
Living a while longer is always worthwhile.
The Great Heaven Venerate stood quietly on the top of the mountain, looking into the distance with a calm expression.
Suddenly, a mysterious puppet flew from the distance.
The Great Heaven Venerate's heart shook.
Finally here!
Yao Xiaotian was wearing a mysterious mask at this time, with uniform black robes behind him.
The aura emitted was on par with the Great Heaven Venerate, giving a feeling of being evenly matched.
The Great Heaven Venerate also had this feeling in his heart.
It seems the opponent's strength hasn't surpassed mine...
Both being One-Star Dou Saints, that makes it simple!
However, what the Great Heaven Venerate doesn't know is that at this time, a fiend has arrived at the Man Hall.