Chapter 259

Ye Lingling followed the main group, occasionally looking back at the land behind her that had been eroded by death energy. After hesitating for a while, she said something to Yu Tianshuang, then pulled Huo Wu, Huo Wu was chatting with Yan, and walked towards the back.

Huo Wu felt like a fool, frantically burning herself on the ground, but Ye Lingling, as that lecher's first officially announced girlfriend, especially considering her cunning appearance when they went to ambush Ma Hongjun, still agreed to come with her.

Huo Wu: "Lingling, why are you doing this? I don't understand..."

Ye Lingling watched as Huo Wu continuously unleashed her flames upon the land corrupted by deathly energy, nodding in satisfaction. Then, hearing Huo Wu's questioning voice, she thought for a moment. Although her mind wasn't sharp enough to fully grasp the meaning, she still explained, "Once we truly conquer the Star Luo Empire, won't this land belong to us? If it's still like this then, how can anyone survive? So we need to find a way to restore it beforehand."

Upon hearing Huo Wu immediately became respectful, but then scratched her head and said, "What if we don't manage to conquer it? I heard from Sister Na that the Holy Spirit Cult has more than a dozen Titled Douluo, while we only have a few... Although I feel that I could handle two of them, the difference in numbers is just too great..."

Ye Lingling sighed and rubbed her forehead, looking at Huo Wu with a hint of annoyance, "Are you not optimistic about Tianshuang or your Pope sister? If the Holy Spirit Cult were truly confident in facing the Spirit Hall Empire, they wouldn't have let Brother Tianshuang and the others return so easily..."

Huo Wu: "I don't quite understand, why?"

Helpless, Ye Lingling had no choice but to explain the reason to her. Fortunately, she had nothing else to do, so she just used it as a way to pass the time. After she finished explaining, Huo Wu nodded, only half understanding. Then, she looked at the earth that Huo Wu had burned and frowned.

The pollution brought by Mammon has penetrated deep into this land. Even after Huo Wu's Ultimate Fire scorched it, it only made the land harder and cracked, without effectively dispelling the death energy. She waved her hand, signaling Huo Wu to stop, then clenched her fists and released her Martial Soul Martial Soul, the Undying Nine Heart Begonia, controlling it to release bursts of emerald green life Soul Power onto the ground.

Huo Wu the land, illuminated by Ye Lingling's emerald green life Soul Power, truly begin to change and regain its vitality, Huo Wu couldn't help but shout happily, "Lingling, Lingling, it really works! You're amazing!"

Shui Bing'er felt Yu Tianshuang glancing back at her from time to time with his icy white eyes, and said with amusement, "What, you're worried? Then you might as well go back. What's the point of sneaking around here? Really..."

After Yu Tianshuang opened her Extreme Ice Eternal Frost Eye around for a while to make sure they were safe, she turned her head and said, "Lingling is, after all, a healing-type Soul Master and has no ability to protect herself. Although Huo Wu is very strong, you know, Senior Sister, her mind..."

Upon hearing this, Xue Wu patted Yu Tianshuang on the shoulder and laughed loudly, "You, haha, I'm going to tell Huo Wu this later, and she'll annoy you to death..."

After saying that, as if she had foreseen what would happen next, she clutched her stomach and laughed heartily. Actually, Yu Tianshuang found it strange that the two of them were very close, perhaps because their names both contained the character for "dance" or perhaps because they both had very outgoing personalities.

As the group of old friends from the Skywater Academy were chatting, Hu Liena walked over with a gloomy expression. Looking at them, she secretly envied them, but quickly spoke up, "Tianshuang, the disciples of the Sparrow Bee Sect just sent word that in the direction we're heading, in the cities of two provinces of the Star Luo Empire, we haven't found any signs of human habitation. They seem like ghost towns..."

With Shui Bing'er by her side, Yu Tianshuang seemed to speak without thinking, blurting out, "Sister Na, isn't this great? It means the Holy Spirit Cult has withdrawn their people, saving us time and effort."

"Bang!" Shui Bing'er was speechless. She had thought this guy had performed well back in Star Luo City, but now he had reverted to his mindless behavior. She smacked him on the head and said, "You suspect the Holy Spirit Cult was behind this?"

Hu Liena glanced at Yu Tianshuang, who was clutching her head in a pitiful state, with a hint of sympathy, but she didn't say anything. She nodded and continued to Shui Bing'er, "Yes, these two provinces are located near the border, not far from Star Luo City, but it's not like you could have completed the evacuation in such a short time after you returned. You know, an empty place means there's no one there. I don't believe everyone in these two provinces is Soul Master; there must be ordinary people. So, if this could have happened, there's only one answer..."

Hu Liena didn't want to continue, because it was just too cruel. If things were really as she predicted, how many people would there be in two entire provinces? Hundreds of thousands? Or millions?

Shui Bing'er's face had already darkened the moment Hu Liena finished speaking. She too had considered this chilling reality, and after a long pause, she sighed Youyou, "Let's speed up the march. Only when we reach our destination can we confirm..."

After being slapped by Shui Bing'er, Yu Tianshuang realized the seriousness of the situation. She abandoned her carefree demeanor, listened to their conversation, pondered for a moment, and said gravely, "The Holy Spirit Cult is probably trying to replicate the scene at the border. These people... have likely already fallen victim to their clutches..."

The Mammon created by the 200,000-strong army was already extremely troublesome for them; what if it were all the lives of people in two provinces? How many of these monsters would they have to face in the future, not to mention the dozen or so Titled Douluo openly displayed by the Holy Spirit Cult...

"Bi, what did you tell your teacher? Never mind, continue sending messages back to Spirit City, make sure your teacher sends reinforcements. The situation is more serious than we anticipated..."

Shui Bing'er wasn't sure how Hu Liena communicated with Bibi Dong, but she figured that Hu Liena was probably just asking for reinforcements based on the Holy Spirit Cult's previous strength. Even though Bibi Dong had sent more reinforcements as a precaution, it probably wasn't enough in the current situation, which was why she had Hu Liena send another message.

Hu Liena's expression was grave as she looked towards Star Luo City: "I've already planned ahead, analyzing the Holy Spirit Cult's strength, both overt and covert, for my teacher. He should have sent reinforcements far exceeding their capabilities, but now the Holy Spirit Cult has pulled this stunt; it's utterly heinous..."

She was naturally extremely intelligent to have reached the position of Holy Maiden. She had suspected before that the Holy Spirit Cult's display of strength in front of Yu Tianshuang and the others was not without its hidden aspects. Therefore, she had already conducted an in-depth analysis of the combat strength comparison between the two sides before the march and wrote it down for Bibi Dong. But now, in this unknown situation, she really didn't know how to describe it. Just how terrifying a fighting force would the Holy Spirit Cult transform the people of these two provinces into?