Somewhere in the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Zhongli Wu, the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, had gathered with a group of its senior members.
The moment they received news about Shrek, they had sent people to conduct a detailed investigation.
"It's only Shrek. Maybe they're just out hunting Soul Rings. What's there to be afraid of?"
A member of the Holy Spirit Cult grumbled.
"We've already failed the Holy Emperor's mission once. No matter what, we cannot fail again this time. In any case, caution keeps a ship sailing for ten thousand years."
Zhongli Wu spoke. The Holy Spirit Cult's main fighting strength this time consisted of him and Feng Ling, along with a few Titled Douluos and Soul Douluos.
The rest were small fry like the Death Messenger. At best, they could probably buy some time and would not be much use otherwise.
If Shrek really had brought many experts, once fighting broke out, they could forget about completing their mission.
"Reporting to the cult leader! I've detected earth-attribute power approaching the Limit Douluo level at the site of that small beast tide just now."
An Evil Soul Master delivered his report.
"Earth-attribute power approaching the Limit Douluo level!" Zhongli Wu's expression changed. "Could it be Xuan Zi? Why would Xuan Zi come to the Star Dou Great Forest at a time like this? Could there be a spy in our cult?"
"Reporting to the cult leader! We also discovered a Super Douluo's light-attribute power at another location. Moreover, judging by the memories some of our followers read from Soul Beast corpses, they most likely brought over a dozen Soul Douluos and Soul Saints as well!"
"What! Yan Shaozhe came too, and he brought so many Soul Douluos and Soul Saints! It looks like