A task issued personally by the Holy Emperor?
Long Xiaoyao, the masked man in black robes, toyed with a blood pearl in his pocket as a memory flashed through his mind.
Just a few days earlier, Ye Xishui had come to see him. She was the wife of Old Ghost Zhongli, the Holy Spirit Cult's leader two generations ago, the mother of its current leader, Zhongli Wu, and the woman with whom he had once had a one-night stand, as well as his current lover.
"The Holy Emperor personally issued a task, ordering a Limit Douluo to go to the Far North and capture the Snow Empress."
Ye Xishui held out her hand, a blood-red pearl resting in her palm.
"What is this?"
Long Xiaoyao examined the blood pearl in his hand. He could sense a powerful force within it, a force whose level surpassed even his own as a Limit Douluo.
"This is a secret treasure of our cult bestowed by the Holy Emperor, the Slaughter Blood Pearl." Ye Xishui paused. "Even I have never seen this secret treasure before. According to our cult's historical records, the previous occasions when the Holy Emperor bestowed this pearl were all operations targeting sea soul beasts."
"Sea soul beasts?"
Long Xiaoyao frowned. Sea soul beasts were far more powerful overall than land soul beasts, and they also had the inherent advantage of the ocean. Just like fighting the Snow Empress in the Far North, even he would have to give them a wide berth.
"Yes. The targets back then were all ferocious beasts of the sea, whose strength was not much inferior to that of today's Snow Empress of the Far North."
"The blood pearl bestowed by the Holy Emperor could increase one's strength simply by being crushed, allowing several of our