Blood Bat Venerable

"Who is this Heavenly Venerate you mentioned, and where is he?" Hun Yue demanded coldly.

The enormous ghost hand suddenly clenched tighter. The Soul Saint Evil Spirit Master immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and who knew how many bones throughout his body had shattered in an instant.

"Haha, you want me to tell you? No chance!"

The Evil Spirit Master laughed maniacally.

Liu Xinghan frowned.

If this guy refused to talk no matter what, there was really nothing they could do to him.

However, Hun Yue sneered. "If you won't talk, I have ways to make you talk!"

Before Liu Xinghan's astonished gaze, two rays of light shot from her eyes and entered the Evil Spirit Master's. The latter's body immediately trembled, and he actually calmed down within moments.

"A Soul Bone Skill?"

Liu Xinghan was shocked as he watched.

No soul ring had lit up, meaning she had not used a soul ring skill. Then it was most likely a Soul Bone Skill!

"Who is Heavenly Venerate?" Hun Yue asked again.

The Evil Spirit Master's eyes were vacant and unfocused, as if he had been controlled. Looking utterly lost, he said, "Heavenly Venerate is Blood Bat Venerable."

"He actually spoke?"

Liu Xinghan was greatly surprised. Hun Yue's soul skill could directly control a person's mind and make them answer every question. It was practically a divine interrogation skill—terrifying!

Hun Yue asked again, "Is Blood Bat Venerable a Titled Douluo?"

The Evil Spirit Master nodded. "Yes."

At those words, both Hun Yue and Liu Xinghan's expressions darkened.

A controlled person could not lie. Did that mean there really was a Titled Douluo-level Evil Spirit Master on the continent?

Then this was serious.

Hun Yue asked in a low voice, "Where is he?"

Since he truly existed, they had to find a way to eliminate him!

The Evil Spirit Master shook his head. "I don't know. Blood Bat Venerable only appears when he comes looking for us."

Hun Yue frowned. "How many of you are there? How many strongholds do you have, and where are they all located?"

The Evil Spirit Master said, "There are nine in total. I only know of three; I don't know where the other six are. The stronghold I belonged to had one hundred and ten people: one Soul Douluo, two Soul Saints including myself, one Soul Emperor, and the rest were Soul Masters below the Soul King rank."

Hun Yue said, "Then tell me the locations of the three strongholds you know."

After firmly memorizing those three locations and extracting some more intelligence, Hun Yue casually crushed the Evil Spirit Master to death.

"Elder, what do we do now?" Liu Xinghan asked Hun Yue.

He had not expected to obtain such intelligence on his way to acquire a soul ring.

Since they knew about it, they could not simply stand by.

As members of Spirit Hall, they were natural enemies of Evil Spirit Masters!

Hun Yue fell silent for a moment before saying, "Your search for a third soul ring will have to be delayed a little. According to what that man just said, there is an Evil Spirit Master stronghold nearby. We must destroy it first."

"Alright!"

Liu Xinghan nodded in agreement.

Those damned bastards—now that they knew where they were hiding, the sooner they were eliminated, the better. Only then could they prevent tragedies like the one in this village from happening again.

After a brief discussion, Liu Xinghan and Hun Yue split up.

Hun Yue went to keep watch outside the stronghold first. They had wiped out a squad of Evil Spirit Masters, and if the others discovered it, they might flee. She would keep an eye on them just in case.

Meanwhile, Liu Xinghan immediately headed to the Spirit Hall Main Hall in the nearest Heaven's Cut City to gather manpower.

The reason they needed to call for reinforcements was naturally not because Hun Yue could not handle those Evil Spirit Masters, but because they feared they would escape.

Evil Spirit Masters had strange methods and were somewhat stronger than ordinary Soul Masters of the same rank, making them difficult to deal with.

There was also a Soul Douluo stationed in their lair. Once they attacked, if Hun Yue was held up by the opposing Soul Douluo even briefly and the other Evil Spirit Masters all escaped, their efforts would have been for nothing!

So Liu Xinghan immediately set off alone, his destination the Spirit Hall Main Hall of Heaven's Cut City!

Heaven's Cut City stood beside the Heaven's Cut Mountain Range.

Because soul beasts often emerged from the Heaven's Cut Mountain Range to cause trouble and harass the people, the Soul Masters in this city's Spirit Hall Main Hall were clearly a level stronger than those of other main halls in order to suppress the soul beasts there.

Heaven's Cut City!

Late at night, Liu Xinghan rode at full speed and finally arrived at Heaven's Cut City.

When he reached the city's Spirit Hall Main Hall, Liu Xinghan did not waste a word and charged straight inside.

"Bold! Who dares break into Spirit Hall in the middle of the night?" the guard at the entrance shouted angrily.

Liu Xinghan immediately pulled out a token.

When the guard saw it, he froze. Then he sucked in a breath and quickly dropped to his knees, trembling as he said, "This subordinate greets the Elder."

The token in Liu Xinghan's hand was Spirit Hall's Elder Token.

Among Spirit Hall's tokens, the Pope's Token and Angel Token held the greatest authority, representing the Pope and the Great Enshriner of the Worship Hall respectively. Next came the Elder Token.

To see the Elder Token was to see an Elder!

As a Soul Elder who had yet to obtain his third soul ring, the Elder Token naturally did not belong to Liu Xinghan. It belonged to Hun Yue.

Hun Yue had clearly known that Liu Xinghan alone would not be able to mobilize the Soul Masters of Heaven's Cut City's Spirit Hall Main Hall, so she had given him this Elder Token to use.

With this token, everything was completely different!

Liu Xinghan said, "Tell the Red Robe Cardinal of this main hall to come see me immediately. No matter what he is doing, I must see him at once."

Seeing Liu Xinghan holding the Elder Token and acting so urgently, the guard Soul Master did not dare delay and promptly accepted the order before hurrying off.

The Red Robe Cardinal of Heaven's Cut City was named Bofeng.

About five minutes later, the guard hurried over with a middle-aged man.

"Lord Cardinal, this is the Elder's envoy," the guard quickly introduced Liu Xinghan to Bofeng.

Bofeng looked at Liu Xinghan in confusion. He could tell at a glance that the other party was quite young, but with the Elder Token in his hand, Bofeng did not dare neglect him.

"Young master, what business do you have with this subordinate?" Bofeng asked doubtfully.

Liu Xinghan took out the token and said, "Red Robe Cardinal of Heaven's Cut City Spirit Hall Main Hall, heed this order. Immediately summon all Soul Masters under your command and accompany me on a mission."

Bofeng was startled upon seeing the Elder Token and instinctively asked, "What mission?"

Liu Xinghan said, "An Evil Spirit Master stronghold has been discovered. The Ninth Elder is already waiting for us there. Quickly gather your men and depart with me."

"An Evil Spirit Master stronghold?"

Bofeng was startled upon hearing this.

Learning that an Elder was waiting for him, Bofeng did not dare delay and immediately went to summon people.

Half an hour later, the team had assembled.

Including Bofeng, there were three Soul Saints, five Soul Emperors, more than twenty Soul Kings, and two hundred Soul Masters below the Soul King rank.

This was the full strength of the Spirit Hall Main Hall.

"Good. Move out."

Liu Xinghan waved his hand, and everyone immediately mounted their horses. Led by him, they charged toward the Evil Spirit Masters' lair.

Along the way, Bofeng hesitantly asked, "Young master, how strong are the Evil Spirit Masters in that lair?"

Liu Xinghan said, "One Soul Douluo, two Soul Saints, though one has already been killed, another Soul Emperor, and over a hundred Soul Masters."

Seeing the worry on Bofeng's face, Liu Xinghan frowned. "What are you afraid of? With an Elder present, there is nothing to worry about!"

Bofeng hurriedly smiled and nodded. "This subordinate was overthinking it. With an Elder overseeing things, it won't be a problem!"