Diversion, Cannon Fodder, Demon Spirit Douluo!

Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

At this time, outside the palace, corpses piled up like mountains.

Under the sudden attack of the Evil Soul Master, the Royal Guard Knight Corps and court Martial Warrior responsible for guarding the palace suffered heavy casualties, and their corpses almost filled every passageway leading into the palace.

As for those Evil Soul Masters, although they are powerful, each of them is Soul King of level 50 or above, and they can fight against opponents of higher levels.

For an ordinary Soul Master to contend with them, their level must be at least 5 levels higher!

However, their numbers were too small, less than three hundred people. Even if they were led by a Title Douluo- level Evil Soul Master, they would find it difficult to breach the palace.

After all, this is Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, and the stronghold of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family!

After the initial chaos and confusion, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family quickly organized its forces to fight back.

Thousands of heavily armed Royal Guards charged on horseback toward the Evil Soul Master who were entrenched outside the palace; meanwhile, squads of Palace Knights in golden armor poured out of the palace as well.

The 30,000 City Garrison originally stationed near the Heaven Dou Auction House are also rushing back to reinforce the palace after learning of the attack. Their rolling armor is imposing and powerful.

Above the palace, a Title Douluo -level Evil Soul Master, whose Martial Soul is the Netherworld Serpent and whose title is Nether Domain Douluo, is engaged in fierce battle with the powerful Offering Legion.

To deal with this Netherworld Douluo, Xue Shan, the Three Great Education Committee Members, and five other royal family elders, a total of nine Soul Douluo and seventeen Soul Saint powerhouses, joined forces to besiege him!

However, even with a significant numerical advantage and a clear advantage on the field, they still couldn't defeat their opponent.

There's no way around it, Evil Soul Master are just too bizarre!

In particular, this Netherworld Douluo, as the Third Elder of the Holy Spirit Church, is proficient in various Holy Spirit Secret Technique related to illusions, Nightmare, and soul-stealing. Although his direct combat strength is not too strong, he is extremely difficult to deal with.

It would take at least an hour or two for this battle to be decided!

The Holy Spirit Church originally had thirteen elders, but Blood Infant Douluo and Blood Soul Douluo were killed by Zhou Chen, leaving only eleven.

In this operation, all eleven elders have come out in force. Eight of them are currently engaged in a decisive battle with the Ziwei Palace under the leadership of the Grand Elder, Hades, the Underworld Emperor.

The remaining three attacked the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Zhou Chen's Residence, and the Holy Temple Knight Order' camp, respectively.

Such a large-scale operation is truly rare in the world!

"Your Majesty, it is dangerous here. Please take shelter with the Crown Prince and Princess Hall for the time being and wait for Marshal Ge Long to bring back the City Garrison."

"Yes, these Evil Soul Master too powerful. Our Soul Master Legion has suffered hundreds of casualties, while the enemy has only left behind a few dozen corpses..."

"They even have Title Douluo!"

Imperial Palace Council Hall, a large group of court nobles and veteran officials offered their advice, hoping that Xue Ye would temporarily avoid the limelight and hide away to await an opportunity.

"No, I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here in the palace! Anyone who dares to suggest retreat again will be executed without mercy!"

On the throne, Xue Ye, clad in golden armor Golden-Red Cloak, stood with his hand on his sword. His resolute face, which appeared decades younger, was filled with a palpable killing intent.

Beside Xue Ye were Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe, and Xue Ke.

"Qinghe, do you think these Evil Soul Masters who attacked the palace can break into this Council Hall?"

Xue Ye turned his head, looked at the calm and composed Qian Renxue beside him, and asked.

Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue nodded without hesitation and said, "Your subject believes that they neither have the strength nor the intention to actually conquer the palace. They are merely trying to tie down the royal family's power, preventing us from having the energy to support Zhou Chen."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

Xue Ye raised an eyebrow and asked in a test-like manner.

"It's very simple. These Evil Soul Master attacking the palace are too few in number, only a few hundred and one titled Douluo. With such a small number, they can only cause some trouble for our Heaven Dou Imperial Family. To think they can take over the palace is a pipe dream."

After a pause, Qian Renxue raised her head slightly and said confidently, "Evil Soul Master aren't fools. They wouldn't come here to die for nothing. Therefore, I'm certain that these hundreds of Evil Soul Masters are just cannon fodder sent by that Evil Soul Master organization to harass the palace."

"Their ultimate goal is to make us concentrate all our forces in the palace and prevent us from sending a single soldier to support the Purple Micro Palace, so that they can have a decisive battle with the Purple Micro Palace."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ye nodded in satisfaction and said, "Indeed, Qinghe, you have grown up. You are exactly as I expected."

"Father, elder brother, shouldn't we do the opposite and hurry to support Zhou Chen?"

Xue Ke asked worriedly.

Zhou Chen is her fiancé! The thought of the cruelty of those Evil Soul Master made Xue Ke feel a heart-wrenching pain.

Upon hearing Xue Ke's words, Xue Ye and Qian Renxue exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat embarrassed.

To be honest, compared to rescuing the Purple Micro Palace, Xue Ye was more concerned with ensuring the safety of the imperial palace first.

After all, although Zhou Chen was his son-in-law, he was also considered half a son. But a son-in-law is still a son-in-law, an outsider, and he couldn't be treated with the same enthusiasm as his own son.

However, Xue Ye could not say these words to Xue Ke, nor could he find a suitable reason to say them.

Qian Renxue immediately grabbed Xue Ke's hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, sister. As soon as we defeat these Evil Soul Masters, we will send reinforcements to the Purple Micro Palace."

These words were actually a polite refusal. After all, by the time the royal family had repelled these Evil Soul Masters who came to harass them, the battle at the Purple Micro Palace would probably have been over long ago!

"All right."

Xue Ke pouted her little mouth and frowned slightly as she spoke...

At the same time.

Outside Zhou Chen's Residence.

More than 700 Evil Soul Master of level 50 or above, led by the Second Elder of the Holy Spirit Church, Demon Spirit Douluo, launched a surprise attack on Zhou Chen's Residence.

The number of people they sent was more than double the number who attacked the palace!

Clearly, Qian Renxue guessed correctly. The Holy Spirit Church's reason for attacking the palace was merely to restrain the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Their real target was Zhou Chen!

To be precise, they were the women around Zhou Chen.

The Holy Spirit Church wants to kidnap Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to threaten Zhou Chen and force the Purple Micro Palace to agree to their conditions!

However, because Zhou Chen was too cautious and always prepared in advance, this attack could be described as a complete failure.

Demon Spirit Douluo originally thought that with his cultivation level of 92 Title Douluo, attacking an empty and undefended mansion and kidnapping two young girls would be a piece of cake.

However, what awaited him were Shi Lei, the titled Divine Turtle Douluo Shi Lei, and Ye Yinzhu, the Undying Douluo, two of the Three Elders of the Shi Family.

Although Shi Lei was no match for Demon Spirit Douluo, with the assistance of Ye Yinzhu, a healing-type titled Douluo, Demon Spirit Douluo was unable to seriously injure Shi Lei no matter what methods he used, and could only be entangled by this old tortoise.

The seven hundred Evil Soul Master he brought suffered unexpectedly heavy casualties!