The Return of the Fire Phoenix Saintess, Overwhelming Evil Fire Targets Huo Yuhao

With Xu Tianran's order that "the Myriad Souls Banner may devour regardless of life or death," the Holy Spirit Cult finally brought the blade it had hidden for so long onto the battlefield.

Before that, Ma Xiaotao had already lost her mind for three full days.

The Holy Spirit Cult's protector told her again and again, "Your little junior brother will not come to save you."

Ma Xiaotao had resisted in the depths of her mind, but her outer consciousness had already been suppressed by the Holy Spirit Cult. She remembered Huo Yuhao, yet when she opened her eyes again, all she remembered was—

—kill Huo Yuhao.

As dusk descended, the black mist on the right flank of Ming Dou Mountain Pass pressed forward. Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, and Xu Sanshi had just returned from the Little Relay City front. The Empress's Military Tally had been smashed apart by the Clear Sky Hammer, and the fake escort route Xu Tianran had planted within it had also been exposed. Yet all they had managed to learn was one sentence: "The Saintess has returned to the Holy Spirit Cult and is heading north to engage the enemy." Meanwhile, a breach had already been torn into the Star Luo Empire's right flank by the Sun Moon Guard Army. Now, the black mist had truly arrived.

The mist had been refined from the souls of those who died in the war. It did not rush to kill. Instead, it layered fear, exhaustion, hunger, and hatred into the hearts of the soldiers, making every living person feel as if they were walking atop a mountain of corpses.

Ye Guyi drew her sword at once. Her Holy Angel Martial Soul unfolded, and holy light cleaved through the soul-smoke, only for a golden-red streak of fire laced