After giving Zhang Peng a few instructions, Huo Yuhao watched him leave. Zhang Peng's task this time was actually very simple: deliver a letter to Zhongli Wu, the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult. As for how he would deliver it, Huo Yuhao had made other arrangements.
The information Zhang Peng provided gave Huo Yuhao an entirely new understanding of the Holy Spirit Cult. Its Super Douluos were largely unchanged from the original story. Its highest-level combatants were its leader, the Level 98 Zhongli Wu, the Level 98 Feng Ling, and the Limit Douluos Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. But one passage from Zhang Peng's account particularly concerned him.
"Cult Leader, that is the strength of our Holy Church. However, in its deepest depths, there is also a forbidden presence. According to legend, three supreme beings live there-the founding ancestors of the Holy Spirit Cult.
"Only the successive cult leaders are worthy of serving them. Of course, this subordinate has only heard rumors. Someone of my standing cannot come into contact with beings like that. But I can guarantee that the Holy Spirit Cult does indeed have such a restricted zone. Every year, half the tribute we obtain is offered as a sacrifice to the beings in that Forbidden Land."
In the original story, those three beings had never emerged, even when the Holy Spirit Cult was wiped out. Huo Yuhao therefore strongly doubted the truth of Zhang Peng's words. Yet Zhang Peng had no reason to deceive him, so Huo Yuhao made a particular point of keeping this in mind. When facing the unknown, the best approach was to prepare for the worst.
He had already decided to treat those three figures, who existed only in the Holy Spirit Cult's legends, as real, and to place all their strength