Compared to the progress of brother and sister Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi's progress is even more jaw-dropping. She also took drugs and practiced hard, and her cultivation level climbed to Rank 97 at an almost violent speed.
You know, Rank 97 already belongs to the category of Super Douluo among Titled Douluo, and is only one step away from Level 98.
Among the entire Spirit Pagoda and Offering Hall, the strength of Ye Guyi is second only to Du Busi, the veteran Level 98 Super Douluo.
Now Ye Guyi, even the veteran Zhang Peng is no match for her.
It is said that Zhang Peng once challenged Ye Guyi, but was suppressed in the opponent's field and was unable to fight back. From the beginning to the end, he could not even organize a decent counterattack.
After this discussion, Zhang Peng recognized Ye Guyi and lamented that the younger generation has completely grown up.
Unlike these companions who rely on drugs to improve rapidly, Ji Juechen doesn't give a shit about this kind of thing.
This man, known as the sword madman, devoted all his energy and enthusiasm to his sword.
He did not take any Elixir to improve his cultivation, so his cultivation still stayed at the Soul Douluo stage, which was considered the lowest among all Spirit Pagoda's core levels.
But no one dares to underestimate him for this reason.
Because Ji Juechen's swordsmanship has reached an extremely terrifying level.
He is desperately looking for masters to compete with in actual combat every day. No matter whether the opponent is an internal devotee of Spirit Pagoda or an outside challenger, as long as he hears that you have some ability, he will come to your door with a sword in hand and fight first before talking about anything else.
It is said that he once ran to the depths of Star Dou Great Forest alone and found a Soul Beast whose cultivation was nearly 200,000 years old. They fought for three days and three nights. In the end, although he was covered in blood and scarred He withdrew, but Soul Beast, who was close to Ferocious Beast's cultivation level, didn't get any benefits. He was severely wounded by his sword, and he still hides in Great Ferocious Land and dare not show his face.
This incident also alarmed all Star Dou Great Forest Ferocious Beast people.
Fortunately, Ji Juechen did not succeed in hunting.
Otherwise, Star Dou Great Forest may launch a beast wave attack.
As for Pagoda Master Nana of Spirit Pagoda, her cultivation base was constantly fed by the Elixir left by Lu Ren, and she reached the terrifying height of Level 98.
Putting this level of cultivation into the entire Douluo Continent, no single human Soul Master can compete with her head-on.
What's more, Nana has always been accompanied by several Lu Ren, the strongest Cursed Spirit, who were specially left for her protection. The strength of any one of those Cursed Spirit is enough to rival a Tsukumo-level Limit Douluo.
With them by his side, it is no exaggeration to say that Nana is invincible on this continent.
At this time, the new city was almost completed.
On the site of Shrek City, which was once in ruins, a new city of unprecedented scale was built.
Spirit City, this city was re-planned and built with Spirit Pagoda Headquarters as the core. Its large area and building scale are enough to make everyone take a breath of cold air when they see it for the first time.
The Spirit Pagoda Headquarters main tower stands in the center of the city, hundreds of meters high.
And under the promotion of the Sun Moon Empire and Spirit Pagoda, the city attracted a large number of people and businessmen from all over the mainland in the shortest time.
The streets are busy with traffic and people.
And those civilians Soul Master who had just arrived in this city were even more stunned by one of Spirit Pagoda's policies.
Spirit Pagoda distributes Soul Spirit, which is actually free.
The new Soul Spirit Contract is rapidly popularized under the promotion of Spirit Pagoda. Soul Master people no longer need to risk their lives and go deep into Soul Beast Forest to hunt Soul Hunting beasts to obtain Soul Ring.
They only need to complete the corresponding procedures in Spirit Pagoda's Contract Hall to get a Soul Spirit that is highly compatible with their own Martial Soul.
Each Spirit Pagoda sub-tower has Soul Spirit Reserve from the headquarters, which stores a wide variety of Soul Spirit of varying quality, which can meet the needs of Soul Master at all levels from Soul Scholar to Titled Douluo.
With the popularity of Soul Spirit Contract, the killing of Soul Beast across the continent has begun to show a downward trend visible to the naked eye.
In the past, in order to obtain Soul Ring, Soul Master had to go deep into Soul Beast Forest to hunt Soul Beast. Every year, a large number of Soul Master and Soul Beast died in this bloody hunting and being hunted.
But now that there is an alternative to Soul Spirit, Soul Masters can get a Soul Spirit that is more superior than the traditional Soul Ring without harming Soul Beast.
After all, Soul Spirit has self-awareness and growth potential, and is much more flexible than the rigid Soul Ring.
Of course, this system also has one of its biggest weaknesses, and Nana and others are well aware of this weakness.
At present, the entire operation of Soul Spirit System is supported by only one core, which is Cursed Spirit Manipulation of Lu Ren.
It is precisely because of Lu Ren's endless Cursed Spirit reserves that Spirit Pagoda can continuously supply Soul Spirit of various qualities to the entire continent.
But once Lu Ren Ascension to the Divine Realm leaves Douluo Continent, the supply line of Soul Spirit will be completely cut off.
By that time, without the source of Soul Spirit converted from Cursed Spirit, no one dares to guarantee whether this set of Soul Spirit System covering the entire continent can be maintained.
Lu Ren himself is not unaware of this problem.
Before retreating, he spent a lot of time discussing related alternatives with Spirit Pagoda researchers.
For example, try to artificially cultivate low-level Soul Spirit, such as studying whether a part of Cursed Spirit can be solidified in some way to achieve self-reproduction, such as exploring whether a Soul Spirit production process can be established that does not require the participation of Cursed Spirit.
However, these studies are still in their infancy, and there is still a long way to go before they can truly replace the supply of Cursed Spirit.
And Lu Ren is still in retreat, and the final solution to this matter is still an unresolved issue.
Another year has passed, and now it is the third year since Lu Ren retreated.
A major event happened in Spirit City that could be recorded in the history of Spirit Pagoda.
Huo Yuhao, the young Soul Master who is only in his early twenties, has officially entered the realm of Titled Douluo.
When the news spread, the whole Spirit City was in a state of shock.
There was a lot of discussion in the streets, and they even exaggerated all the achievements he had made on the mainland, which attracted applause from the whole house.
However, the first thing Huo Yuhao, who became Titled Douluo, did was beyond everyone's expectations.
He asked Spirit Pagoda for a long leave without explaining the reason. He just left a sentence of "dealing with some personal matters".
Left Spirit City.
No one knows where he is going, but if anyone pays attention to the direction Huo Yuhao leaves, they will find that he went westward, passed through several cities, bypassed Sun Moon Empire's main garrison area, and finally entered the country that was already in turmoil.
Star Luo Empire's national border.
He returned to the territory of the Star Luo Empire, and returned to the city where he briefly stayed in his childhood.
Then, he rushed straight towards the mansion that was unknown in the entire Star Luo Empire.
White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
On that day, Sky Manipulation was densely packed with Wuyun, and the dull thunder rolled faintly deep in the clouds, as if even God had a premonition of the tragedy that was about to take place in this Duke's Mansion.
The air was filled with the characteristic dampness before a heavy rain. Pedestrians on the street unconsciously quickened their pace, trying to get home before the heavy rain poured down.
No one noticed that a slender figure was walking forward step by step along the avenue leading to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
Huo Yuhao stood in front of the closed door of the Duke's Mansion, looking up at the gilt plaque on the lintel. The four characters "White Tiger Duke's Mansion" looked particularly gloomy under the clouds.
His eyes were so calm that they were almost indifferent, but what surged beneath that calmness was the Sea of Blood deep hatred that had accumulated for more than ten years.
Childhood memories come flooding back.
The mother's pale face, the contemptuous eyes of the servants, the bullying and humiliation of the mother and son by those in the Duke's Mansion.
Huo Yuhao raised his hand and clapped it out with a light palm.
Soul Power poured out like a tsunami, Duke's Mansion The door, which was thick enough to withstand the impact of the battering ram, was as fragile as a piece of paper in front of his palm.
There was a loud "bang", and the entire door was blown to pieces together with the door frames on both sides. In the smoke and dust, the servants and guards inside the Duke's Mansion could be vaguely seen running away in fear.
What followed was a bloody and fast purge.
After hearing the news, the guards inside the Duke's Mansion rushed to stop this uninvited guest, but they couldn't even see clearly how Huo Yuhao acted, so they fell down one by one.
Huo Yuhao did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. He did not attack ordinary servants or servants in the mansion. He had only one target, and that was all those who had participated in abusing his mother and bullying him when he was young.
No one can escape!
With the current strength of Huo Yuhao, no one in the Duke's Mansion can find anyone who can compete with Huo Yuhao.
Soon, Huo Yuhao found Duchess. At this time, Duchess was already ill. I'm afraid it won't be long before she will die without Huo Yuhao taking action.
But Huo Yuhao still killed Duchess, almost killing her to death. It is said that the screams coming from Duchess's room lasted for a long time before completely stopping.
The bodies of Duchess and Huo Yuhao were not wasted. He hung them on the lintel of the Duke's Mansion gate with his own hands.
The once arrogant and arrogant wife of White Tiger Duke has now become a corpse hanging above the door, swaying gently in the wind.
The panic and disbelief she had before her death still remained on her face, and it seemed that she had never figured out until her death how the son of a humble maid and the illegitimate son who she had trampled under her feet could reappear in front of her in such a terrifying way.
And Huo Yuhao has not spared any of the stewards, servants and clan members who once aided the tyrants.
He was like the God of Death himself passing down judgment in the Duke's Mansion, and one person after another died tragically in the hands of Huo Yuhao.
Screams, cries, and begging for mercy came and went in every corner of the Duke's Mansion, but these sounds soon disappeared one by one, and in the end only Huo Yuhao's calm footsteps were left echoing in the empty courtyard.
After doing all this, Huo Yuhao stood in the courtyard in front of the Duke's Mansion's main hall, taking one last look at the mansion that held so many painful memories for him.
He took out a fire-attribute Soul Tool, and a red flame rose in the Soul Tool, and the terrifying temperature distorted the surrounding air.
He waved his hand lightly, and the flames flew in all directions as if they were alive, igniting the entire Duke's Mansion in an instant.
This fire attribute Soul Tool or Level 8 Soul Tool was made by Huo Yuhao himself.
Just for this day, the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion will be burned to the ground!
A raging fire soared into the sky, and thick smoke billowed, turning half of Sky Manipulation red.
White Tiger Duke's Mansion This magnificent building, which had stood in Star Luo City for countless years, was reduced to ashes inch by inch in the soaring firelight. Together with the lifeless corpses inside, it was completely burned by Huo Yuhao.
When White Tiger Duke Dai Hao received the emergency report and rushed back from the Star Luo Empire front line, all he saw was the sky-high fire and thick smoke, and the door that had been burned black.
The body of his wife Duchess was hung on the lintel by a rope, which looked particularly shocking under the light of the fire.
The face he was so familiar with contained the last expression before his death.
Dai Hao It was as if his backbone had been removed from his whole body, his legs softened, and he knelt down straight on the ground.
The iron-blooded Duke, who fought bloody battles and never flinched, now looked like a helpless old man, with his lips trembling violently and tears welling up in his eyes.
And beside the charred door, a slender black shadow stood quietly.
The light of the flames danced and flickered on his face, outlining his stern profile.
Huo Yuhao just stared coldly at Dai Hao who was kneeling on the ground. The father and son were more than ten steps apart, one standing and the other kneeling, but what separated them was more than ten years of hatred and debt.
"My name is Huo Yuhao, my mother's name is Huo Yun'er, and I am your biological son Dai Hao.
Dai Hao suddenly raised his head, his face full of shock and disbelief.
"Yun'er?"
"Yun'er, she----you are----"
Huo Yuhao ignored his reaction and continued to tell the past events that had been buried in his heart for more than ten years one by one.
Dai Hao was even more shocked when he heard what Huo Yuhao said. As the father of a child, he had no idea when he had such a child. He even had no idea that Huo Yun'er and his child were having such a difficult time surviving in the Duke's Mansion.
"You know?" Huo Yuhao finally said, "The day my mother died, it was so cold. I could only watch helplessly as my mother's body cooled and hardened little by little."
"I was the only one who shed tears that day."
"No one in that mansion felt sorry for the death of a slave."
"Your wife can't, those servants can't, and you--"
"You weren't here. You were never there. You weren't there when my mother was seriously ill. You weren't there when my mother died. You weren't there when I was bullied."
"You White Tiger Duke, you fought so bravely and worked so hard to achieve great achievements, but your wife and son are living worse than a dog in your mansion, and you don't know anything."
Dai Hao was kneeling on the ground, his whole body shaking violently.
He just knelt on the ground, like a child who had done something wrong, crying with a trembling voice, "I don't know, I really don't know, I don't know Yun'er gave birth to a child for me——"
"No one has ever told me. Why didn't Yun'er tell me? Why didn't she send someone to tell me? If I knew, if I knew you were in this situation in the house, I--"
"You don't know?" Huo Yuhao sneered, there was no warmth in the laughter, "Of course you don't know, because you have never cared."
"How much weight can the life and death of a slave and the fate of an illegitimate child have in the heart of your superior White Tiger Duke?"
"If you really care, how come you don't even know that she is pregnant with your child?"
Dai Hao was kneeling on the ground, crying.
But Huo Yuhao just looked at him coldly, as if he were looking at a stranger who had nothing to do with him.
In the end, Huo Yuhao did not kill Dai Hao, not even touching him with a finger.
What he wanted was never Dai Hao's life.
Killing the man who was his father by blood would not bring his mother back to life.
It will not make those childhood pain disappear.
What he wanted was for this man, who always used military service as an excuse to evade family responsibilities, to live with this regret and pain for the rest of his life.
This is his true revenge.
Huo Yuhao didn't say another word or look at Dai Hao. He turned around and left.
Behind Huo Yuhao, the fire of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion was still burning, and the body of Duchess was still dangling gently on the lintel, while White Tiger Duke, who had once been famous on the battlefield, was kneeling alone in the middle of the street, crying bitterly, like an old man who had been abandoned by the whole world.
This incident spread throughout the Star Luo Empire at the speed of the wind, and then continued to spread outwards, shocking the entire continent.
People are talking a lot, Huo Yuhao is actually the illegitimate son of White Tiger Duke Dai Hao?
How could his childhood experience be so miserable?
What is even more shocking is that the young people rising in this new era are actually able to break into the White Tiger Duke's Mansion on their own, slaughtering them all and then burning them down.
Just when Star Luo Empire had not recovered from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion tragedy, another news came.
The front line, which lost White Tiger Duke Dai Hao's command, was defeated steadily under the fierce attack of the Sun Moon Empire's army.
Dai Hao himself was so mentally damaged by the Huo Yuhao incident that his whole state almost collapsed and he was unable to continue to perform his duties as commander-in-chief.
Without the command and leadership of this soul figure, the Star Luo Empire army was in disarray and its command failed. It almost collapsed in the face of the Sun Moon Empire's overwhelming offensive, and watched helplessly as Sun Moon Empire captured important border towns one after another.
News of the collapse of the front line reached Star Luo City Imperial Palace, and Emperor Xu Jiawei became even more anxious and desperate.
Internal worries, the collapse of Dai Hao and the turmoil of military morale.
Foreign invasion, Sun Moon Empire took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce attack.
Star Luo Empire This broken ship, riddled with holes, is teetering on the edge of collapse under the attack from both inside and outside, and may completely capsize at any time.
However, just when everyone thought Star Luo Empire was doomed, an unexpected turn happened.
Huo Yuhao, actually joined forces with the Star Luo Empire.
The young man who had just massacred White Tiger Duke's Mansion's entire family stood up at the Star Luo Empire's most critical moment and began to confront Sun Moon Empire's army head-on.