The evil spirit master in white looked at Xiao Yan blankly and said in a trembling voice: "Holy Son, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have secretly talked about the leader behind his back. Holy Son, why do you treat me like this? I am your believer!"

"Answer my question, where is the Saint?" Xiao Yan frowned and shouted.

"In a castle in the western suburbs." The evil soul master in white said breathlessly.

While chanting some spell softly, a gash suddenly appeared on Xiao Yan's forehead, and the Eye of Destiny emerged, then shot out a golden light and fell on the evil soul master. Suddenly, the latter's eyes became dim, and the whole body slipped from the black skeleton's hand like dust and dissipated, without even a complete corpse left.

“Brother Ji, you should go back to the academy directly. The trip to the western suburbs is full of dangers. You may encounter an evil soul master at the Titled Douluo level. I won’t be able to distract myself to protect you then.” With a slightly gloomy face, Xiao Yan said to Ji Juechen beside him.

"Hmm." After pondering for a moment, Ji Juechen nodded. Judging from his current strength, if he really encountered an evil soul master at the Titled Douluo level, he would definitely not be able to match the latter. Instead of causing trouble for Xiao Yan, it would be better to retreat first.

"It's still dangerous for you to go alone. Let me go back to the academy to find the dean and ask him to help you." Ji Juechen was holding an iron sword and was about to return to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy when he suddenly turned around and said.

"Yes. By the way, please take Qiu'er back to the academy. After I rescue my friend, I will return to the academy to meet you. I just don't know why there are so many evil soul masters in Mingdu recently. Is there someone secretly colluding with the Holy Spirit Church?"

After saying that, Xiao Yan's figure flashed, and a pair of black wings shot out from behind him. Then he quickly rose into the air and flew towards the castle in the western suburbs of Mingdu.

He had just used the necromancy to read the memory of the evil soul master in white, and now he knew exactly where the castle where Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao were imprisoned was.

…………

In the western suburbs of Mingdu, there is a forest filled with cold fog. The white fog here blocks the view. In this environment, visibility is extremely low. With Xiao Yan's current strength, even if he uses soul perception, he can only detect a distance of about 100 meters nearby.

As he groped his way towards the general direction of the castle, Xiao Yan couldn't help but frown and said softly, "Why do I always feel like there's something nearby?"

The flying soul guide behind him trembled slightly, and Xiao Yan slowly landed on the ground. He moved carefully in the forest. The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the rustling of his footsteps on the fallen leaves.

Suddenly, a sinister laugh broke the silence, and a group of evil soul masters rushed out from all directions and surrounded him.

These evil soul masters all had hideous faces and evil eyes. Some of them exuded a foul smell, as if they were evil spirits crawling out of hell. Some of them were surrounded by a cold dark power that froze the air around them.

"Who is it!?" an evil soul master said viciously.

"The one who wants to kill you." Xiao Yan's eyes flashed with cold light and he shouted coldly. Facing the evil soul master of the Holy Spirit Church, he was not afraid at all. He pulled out the Xuan Zhong ruler behind him with his backhand, and the fighting spirit in his body surged like a surging wave.

"Flame Devouring Wave Ruler!"

With a low shout, a raging fire ignited on the Xuan Zhong ruler in Xiao Yan's hand. The flame showed a strange blend of white and gray. That was the power of the strange fire in Xiao Yan's body.

With a wave of the ruler, a huge blade of light rushed towards these evil soul masters like a roaring flaming beast. Wherever the blade of the ruler passed, the space was torn into black cracks, making a "hissing" sound, as if the space could not withstand this powerful force and groaned in pain.

Seeing this, these evil soul masters were terrified. They felt the terrifying power of this attack and used their own soul skills to resist. However, under the powerful attack of the Flame Devouring Wave Ruler, these defenses were like paper and were instantly broken by the ruler's rays.

After the ruler-shaped sword hit these evil soul masters, there was a deafening roar and the dazzling light illuminated the entire sky.

In the light, the screams of the evil soul masters came to an abrupt end. Their bodies were instantly turned into dust under this powerful force and dissipated into the air, leaving only nothingness and deathly silence to prove that they had once existed.

.........

Not far away, in the dark and eerie castle, the deputy leader of the Holy Spirit Church, Feng Ling, was sitting quietly in the cold hall. Strange phosphorescent lights flickered on the walls around her, reflecting her pale and distorted face. She was a level 97 strong attack super Douluo, named Evil Phoenix, and her martial soul was the Evil Phoenix, which was somewhat similar to Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix.

"boom--"

Suddenly, a deafening explosion broke the silence in the castle. Feng Ling opened her eyes abruptly, a flash of panic and anger flashed across her eyes, and she stood up suddenly, her wide black robe rustling behind her.

"Damn it, who dared to break into our base? The Sun Moon Empire has already reached a cooperation with us, and Shrek Academy is now seriously injured. Who could it be?" Feng Ling frowned slightly, and her low voice echoed in the corridor of the castle, carrying a terrifying magic. Then, she waved her hands, and soul power surged out like a tide, instantly lighting up the soul guide lights everywhere in the castle.

"Enemy attack! Gather!" Her roar spread to every corner of the castle. The evil soul masters who were practicing or resting in the dark were awakened one after another and gathered in the hall in panic and awe.

...............

Xiao Yan hid in the shadows. He took a deep breath, and his eyes glowed blue. His mimicking skill was activated instantly. His figure began to twist and change, and soon he turned into an evil soul master with a grim face and a sinister aura.

He straightened the simulated black robe on his body, making sure there were no flaws, and then slowly walked towards the evil soul master's castle. The castle was filled with a smell of rottenness and darkness, as if it was a forbidden place of death.

"I hope I won't be discovered." Restraining his inner disgust and uneasiness, Xiao Yan pretended to be calm and stepped onto the stone bridge leading to the castle gate.

The evil soul master guarding the door looked at him warily. Xiao Yan raised his chin slightly and released a faint dark aura. The guard stared at him for a moment, and finally stepped aside to make way.

Entering the castle, in the dim light, green ghost fire flickered on the walls, illuminating the figures of evil soul masters coming and going hurriedly. It was obvious that the big explosion just now had attracted their attention, and they were checking whether there were any enemies sneaking in.

"Such a large castle is located in the western suburbs of Mingdu. There are so many evil soul masters, but no one in the Sun Moon Empire has discovered it. How is this possible? Someone in the royal family must be secretly colluding with the evil soul masters." Xiao Yan slowed down his pace, secretly observing the layout of the castle, and said in a deep voice.

"If you want to find Sister Xiaoya, you can't just look for her aimlessly like this. Teacher, please lend me your soul power." As Xiao Yan's voice fell, a huge soul power swept out from his body, spreading slowly into the castle like a fine spider silk.

In an instant, all the scenes in the castle slowly unfolded in Xiao Yan's mind like a picture scroll. In the dark corridor, evil soul masters patrolled back and forth, and the evil aura emanating from them was particularly clear in the mental detection.

As his spiritual power continued to deepen, Xiao Yan checked every corner of the castle one by one. Suddenly, in a secret room deep in the castle, he caught a familiar breath, which was Tang Ya's breath.

At this time, Tang Ya was sitting in a room with lifeless eyes, as if she had lost her soul. The fluctuations of her soul power seemed extremely weak, but Xiao Yan still accurately found her location with his keen mental detection.

"Sister Xiaoya." After confirming Tang Ya's location, Xiao Yan's eyes flashed with determination, and he started to move towards Tang Ya's location.

A few minutes later, Xiao Yan hurriedly found the tightly closed door of the stone chamber. He took a deep breath and gently pushed the door open. Suddenly, a smell filled with blood hit his face.

In the dim stone room, Tang Ya sat on the bed with her head down. She looked a little dazed, with a faint red light flashing in her eyes.

"Sister Xiaoya!" Xiao Yan called out softly. However, the moment he approached Tang Ya, she suddenly raised her head, a strange light flashed in her eyes, and her hands quickly formed seals. In an instant, the blue silver grass broke out of the ground like a nimble snake, and coiled towards Xiao Yan at an extremely fast speed.

Xiao Yan was caught off guard and had no time to react before his body was tightly bound by the blue silver grass. He was slightly stunned.

"Evil soul master?!" Xiao Yan looked at Tang Ya in astonishment. Tang Ya's face was stern, completely different from her usual self. An evil aura emanated from her body. It was obvious that her mind was controlled by the evil soul master.

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