To avoid alerting the enemy, Ma Hongjun decided to split his forces into two groups.
He sent Yang Feng with Poison Douluo and Yu Tianheng to the site of the earlier battle to collect the bodies of the other three.
Ma Hongjun, on the other hand, and Sword Douluo took Hu Yiming into the palace.
Ma Hongjun now knew Hu Yiming's identity, and also the identities of Hu Erming and Rong Xing.
Hu Yiming could be considered the number one among the younger generation of the Tiger Soul Clan, his status in the Tiger Soul Clan being similar to Dai Mubai's current status in the White Tiger Royal Family.
Since he was an evil soul master, the Tiger Soul Clan couldn't escape being implicated; it must be related to evil soul masters.
They arrived at the palace in the early hours of the morning, the sun beginning to rise, the sky just beginning to lighten.
Sword Douluo's status was noble, and having been treated as an honored guest by the White Tiger Douluo a few days prior, the palace guards recognized him and quickly went to report.
Soon, they passed through smoothly, and shortly after, they met the White Tiger Douluo, Dailot.
Ma Hongjun threw the crippled Hu Yiming on the ground.
"What... what's going on?"
Dailot raised an eyebrow, realizing things seemed more complicated than they appeared.
Ma Hongjun briefly recounted the events to White Tiger Douluo.
"Hu Yiming is an evil soul master, and his affair with Davis is definitely related."
Dailot believed Ma Hongjun's deduction; there was no need to lie about such matters, especially since Zhu Zhuqing was involved. A simple questioning of Zhu Zhuqing would provide the full picture.
To determine whether the Tiger Soul Clan was connected to evil soul masters, a surprise investigation was all that was needed.
However, the only concern was that the Tiger Soul Clan might be like the Ganbei and Bei families of Soto City—having allied themselves with the Evil God Cult, yet their family didn't actually possess evil soul masters.
They seemed more like a hidden force of evil soul masters operating openly.
"I humbly request Senior Sword Douluo's assistance in this matter,"
White Tiger Douluo respectfully requested. The head of the Tiger Soul Clan was a Title Douluo, and White Tiger Douluo could naturally defeat him. However, if the opponent was an evil soul master, then he had the means to self-destruct.
At that time, the power of a Title Douluo's self-destruction could potentially destroy the entire Star Luo City.
Moreover, the Tiger Soul Clan has many Soul Saints and Soul Douluos.
"No problem, of course I won't stand idly by since I'm here. The methods of evil Soul Masters are too cruel and unacceptable to the Soul Master world."
Sword Douluo is the kind of person who eradicates evil completely. Coming from Soto City, seeing the cruel ways of the evil Soul Masters, which contradicted his own sense of justice, he conceived the idea of eliminating them.
White Tiger Douluo is a decisive person and immediately mobilized his troops.
A knightly guard similar to the Imperial Guard, numbering over two thousand, was stationed in Star Luo City. Every soldier was a Soul Master of Soul Venerable rank or higher.
An army of over two thousand Soul Masters was already a formidable force, and this was only a temporary mobilization of troops from within the city.
Don't underestimate these two thousand Soul Masters; they are the elite of the elite, and their combat power would be no match for even twenty thousand ordinary troops.
With so many Soul Masters, even a barrage of Soul Skills could wear down many high-ranking Soul Masters.
However, dealing with Title Douluos is still very difficult.
At the level of Title Douluos, they can no longer be defeated by sheer numbers; even if they can't win, they can escape.
Of course, if the numbers consist of a group of Soul Saints or Soul Douluos, that's a different story.
This is an army prepared for emergencies, so it assembled quickly. Less than half an hour after the order was given, the two thousand-strong army was already assembled in the palace square, ready and waiting.
Spirit Cat Douluo Zhu Ziwo had already led the core members of his family, a team of about a hundred high-level combatants above the Soul King level, to assemble.
This time, they were going to attack both the Tiger Soul and Lava families simultaneously, regardless of whether the other side had any evil soul masters, they would still label them as such.
This was an opportunity to strike.
The reason that made Dai Haote determined to take action against the two families was not only because of evil soul masters, nor because of the resentment left in his heart by Davis's death, but also because the Tiger Soul Blade family had been secretly colluding with the core forces of the Star Luo Empire for years, and their treacherous intentions had become increasingly obvious.
This made Dailot realize that the Tiger Soul Clan would rise up sooner or later, but the time wasn't right, so they were secretly accumulating strength.
Now, with two powerful allies, Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo, it was the best opportunity to eliminate the threat.
The current generation of Tiger Soul Douluo and Lava Douluo were both level 94, their strength not far behind Dailot's.
However, these two families had a stronger core of Soul Saints and Soul Douluos than the Royal Family.
In any case, they needed to catch them off guard tonight.
Poison Douluo and the others returned, bringing bad news: the bodies of Hu Erming, Rong Xing, and the other two were missing.
"Seal off the city! Seal off the city immediately!"
Undoubtedly, the bodies of the three must have been taken by the two families. Coupled with Hu Yiming's disappearance, they likely knew that the Evil Soul Masters' activities had been exposed.
Even if they didn't know the Evil Soul Masters' activities had been exposed, the mobilization of troops indicated that the Empire was about to take action against the two families.
The two families didn't have much power in the Star Luo Imperial Capital; their only concern now was that the two families might escape.
Without further delay, one team was led by White Tiger Douluo and Sword Douluo,
and the other by Spirit Cat Douluo and Poison Douluo. The two teams headed towards the two families respectively. Ma Hongjun, along with Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Xiang Chengxian, and several others, followed Sword Douluo's team. They
quickly arrived at the Tiger Soul Family's mansion, where a commotion arose.
They were organizing their forces.
"Charge in! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
White Tiger Douluo decisively ordered.
Suddenly, a group of people rushed out, most possessing the Tiger Soul Blade and Lava Rock martial souls.
It turned out that the two families had already combined their forces.
This morning was destined to be anything but peaceful.
Hu Xiao never expected things to develop so quickly. When he saw Hu Erming's corpse, he knew something terrible had happened. His grandson,
Hu Yiming, whom he had always been so proud of , had likely already been murdered. This was not the outcome he wanted. He knew he had no chance of ascending the throne; he had placed his hopes on his grandson, Hu Yiming. Originally, he intended to seize the throne by controlling Davis, but Davis turned out to be utterly useless. "Hu Xiao, was it you who secretly orchestrated this for my son, Davis?" White Tiger Douluo questioned from the air. At this moment, the fighting below had already begun. Ma Hongjun did not join the battle but merely watched from the outside. He did not detect any evil soul masters within, and it seemed that neither of the two families had any evil soul masters. There was something fishy about this. The two brothers, Hu Yiming and Hu Erming, Hu Yiming was an evil soul master, but Hu Erming was not. Rong Xing was not either. It was very likely that the evil soul masters were also kept secret within the Tiger Soul Hu family, and not many people knew about them. "Your son is too useless. Even after advancing to the Soul Emperor level, he is still no match for Dai Mubai. It's a waste of my efforts." Hu Xiao spat and said hatefully. "It really was you, you old bastard. Today I will kill you to avenge my son." Title Douluos fought fiercely in the sky, and Rong Yan, a Title Douluo from the Lava Clan, took the initiative to help block Sword Douluo. At this moment, some people rushed towards Ma Hongjun and his group, their target being Dai Mubai. Next to Ma Hongjun lay Hu Yiming, limp like a dead dog. Hu Zheng looked at Ma Hongjun with sorrowful eyes. Hu Yiming, lying on the ground, weakly cried out, "Dad! " "It's you!" Hu Zheng glared angrily at Ma Hongjun. Although Hu Yiming and Rong Xing had been dismembered, Lin Dong's body was relatively intact, indicating he had been killed by a gun. Here, only Ma Hongjun possessed a gun-wielding spirit, along with Hu Yiming lying beside him. Hu Zheng, a seven-ring Soul Saint, now had his seventh spirit ring lit up and charged towards Ma Hongjun. (End of Chapter)