Douluo Continent: My Days in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 670 The Evil Light in the Dark

Chapter 670 The Evil Light in the Dark

Mingdou Mountain Range.

As a natural border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire, this mountain range has been heavily fortified by both sides, both on its surface and inside.

On a high hill near the Mingdou Mountains, a base hidden among the forests and cliffs, concealed by a waterfall, quietly revealed a figure.

The figure was shirtless, with water droplets flowing down his long, golden hair and landing on his sharply defined muscles.

"General, a secret message has arrived from the capital!" A soldier dressed in disguise emerged from the forest, presenting a palm-sized sphere with both hands.

General Dai Hao, the White Tiger Duke and Grand General of Xingluo, slowly reached out and took the secret letter. He swung his hands rhythmically over it a few times, took the letter out of the sphere, and then suddenly exerted force with his left hand.

The metal sphere suddenly exploded in Dai Hao's hand.

Dai Hao directly covered his left hand with his soul power to prevent any sound or soul power fluctuations from being transmitted.

The specially made metal communication ball can only be opened twice: once to insert a message and once to unseal it. After these two times, it will automatically activate the detonation array inside.

Dai Hao casually waved his hand, dismissing the soldiers, and stood in front of the waterfall, deciphering the encrypted letter.

A moment later, Dai Hao used his soul power to obliterate the secret letter in his hand into nothingness.

"The reinforcements and supplies have arrived. Now we can deliver a heavy blow to those mysterious forces hiding behind the mountains!"

Dai Hao turned around, frowning and glaring angrily at the majestic Mingdou Mountains.

About two months ago, a mysterious force suddenly appeared in the Mingdou Mountains. It possessed powerful and strange strength and advanced soul tool technology, causing the Star Dou soldiers on the border to suffer several defeats.

If Dai Hao hadn't remained calm under pressure and lured the force into the range of the interception tower, thus restricting their soul tools, they wouldn't have been able to seize the opportunity to eliminate them in one fell swoop and reclaim the defensive line.

However, the cost was also high, as Dai Hao had to personally oversee the second line of defense in the Mingdou Mountains and was unable to return to Xingluo City.

The thought of the mysterious force that had appeared earlier gave Dai Hao a headache.

On the battlefield where the two sides clashed, there were only pieces of flesh and limbs, not a single intact corpse.

The bodies of the mysterious force members and Star Luo soldiers who fell and lost their lives were used by that mysterious force to turn them into puppets and zombies.

That bizarre ability, filled with bloodshed, violence, and devouring power, is exactly the same as the ability of an evil spirit master.

This is the real reason why Dai Hao dares not leave.

If evil spirit masters were to appear on a large scale, it would inevitably cause a severe disaster.

"Old Luo's research has made another breakthrough. He probably went to ask Young Friend Ye. That old fellow, since he's already shamelessly pestering Young Friend Ye, couldn't he just swallow his pride and ask about a few more types of soul tools?"

Dai Hao sighed deeply, "If young friend Ye could provide more advanced soul tools, this wouldn't have been so difficult for me!"

"What a pity, young friend Ye is a businessman."

Ye Nanxiao's offer for the Star Luo Empire's soul tools was already quite reasonable; they couldn't possibly engage in any forced sales.

Just as Dai Hao's thoughts were wandering, a soldier ran out of the forest at the foot of the mountain. "General! That force, suspected to be evil spirit masters, just launched several more probing attacks simultaneously!"

Dai Hao felt his head throbbing again. "Tell Lieutenant Dai Jin that the Empire's reinforcements have arrived today. Have the brothers replenish their equipment!"

"His Majesty has already contacted Shrek Academy, and reinforcements should arrive soon!"

Dai Hao clenched his fists tightly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Evil Soul Master, damn it!"

Xingluo City, Imperial Palace.

Xu Jiawei leaned back leisurely in a boss's chair, swirling an exquisite wine glass in his hand. He took a slight sniff of the fragrant wine, his eyes filled with intoxication at the fine wine.

"Excellent wine! This fine wine is far superior to those dull and tedious memorials!"

A beautiful figure walked into the palace bathed in sunlight. Upon seeing Xu Jiawei's leisurely demeanor, she was immediately filled with rage.

"Brother! Where are all the memorials piled up? All three ministries are waiting for your approval!"

Hearing the all-too-familiar voice, Xu Jiawei covered his head and said helplessly, "Sis! I've only just started to rest! Can I lie down a little longer?"

"These ministers' memorials are long and tedious, full of flowery language, while the actual important matters are only a few dozen words long!"

Xu Jiujiu stared at Xu Jiawei, who had turned his back to her, and her little fists suddenly hardened.

"Get to work now, Your Majesty!"

Xu Jiawei clutched his lower back and sat back down in the century-old nanmu chair with a pained expression, reluctantly flipping through the pile of memorials in front of him.

He glanced at Xu Jiujiu, who was standing with his hands on his hips, showing his little tiger teeth, and stared at him as he worked. He raised an eyelid and quickly picked up the topmost memorial, which had just been delivered by Juxingtang not long ago.

Xu Jiujiu, with his sharp eyes, immediately spotted the memorial from Juxingtang. "You also put aside the memorial sent by Elder Luo? Are you having too much of a comfortable time as emperor?!"

Xu Jiawei shrank back. His younger sister had been taken by his side and fought on the battlefield since she was a child. He had never raised her like a pampered princess.

In retrospect, the educational effect was indeed very good, even excessively so.

"Hey, little sister, watch your image! This is the palace!" Xu Jiawei said helplessly as he opened the envelope in his hand.

"I'm your sister! What's with all the image stuff? Don't try to intimidate me with royal etiquette!" Xu Jiujiu glared at Xu Jiawei, she had been annoyed by those rigid royal etiquette rules for a long time.

Xu Jiawei looked at the contents of the letter, then suddenly raised an eyebrow, waved the letter in his hand, and said to Xu Jiujiu, "Little sister, if Nanxiao saw you here, guess what his reaction would be?"

Xu Jiujiu stared wide-eyed at the letter in Xu Jiawei's hand, then pouted, "That ice block is Nan Xiao's clone, it only has his memories, it's not him, and besides, it's a block of ice full of bad intentions!"

Mentioning Xiao Ye No. 1 brings back the memory of how that guy turned into a giant block of ice to face me.

Seeing his younger sister's reaction, Xu Jiawei felt somewhat helpless. Who knew that Ye Nanxiao's clone would have such a unique personality, only slightly similar to the real Ye Nanxiao?

"Oh, I see. It seems your love life isn't going too smoothly, little sister?" Xu Jiawei said with some emotion. Xu Jiujiu had already entered her twenties and was of marriageable age.

"Don't interfere! Don't even think about pushing some minister's son onto me! I'm waiting to finish all the work you've given me so I can go to Shrek Academy!" Xu Jiujiu warned Xu Jiawei, his eyes narrowed.

"Alright, alright, if you don't want to go, then don't go. I'll cover for you if anything happens." Xu Jiawei smiled helplessly. If he hadn't been protecting Xu Jiujiu all along, the marriage requests from the court officials and the memorials from the princess who was of marriageable age but did not want to marry would have overwhelmed her.

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"Hehe! My brother is still the best to me!" Xu Jiujiu smiled broadly.

Once I'm done with my work, I'll be able to find some time to visit Ye Nanxiao at Shrek Academy.

Since meeting Ye Nanxiao, she felt that the rich kids around her were a bunch of immature people. Occasionally a few of them would be sober, but most of them were just childish brats who would visit brothels, fight over girls, and care too much about face.

Therefore, Xu Jiujiu intentionally reduced his social interactions with the second-generation nobles of the empire, devoted himself to official duties, and tried to improve his status.

She is currently under Xu Jiawei's deliberate protection, but as royal women grow older, they will eventually be targeted by noble families and used as tools for political marriages.

Therefore, with Xu Jiawei's tacit approval, Xu Jiujiu used the limited power she had to enter the Imperial Three Departments.

Xu Jiawei took in all the changes in Xu Jiujiu's expression and felt a surge of pride.

"Let's go check out Juxing Hall. It must be Yingliu's place. Nanxiao must have come up with something good again, which is why Elder Luo personally delivered the message." Xu Jiawei stood up, rubbed his aching shoulders, and led Xu Jiujiu out of the palace.

Two elderly men, dressed in the robes of honored elders and with their hair meticulously styled, silently followed behind Xu Jiawei, their heads held high and their faces filled with arrogance.

The Star Luo Imperial Palace was vast, and in the shadows, pairs of eyes filled with wicked thoughts were watching this harmonious scene of brother and sister.

"Emperor Xingluo, Xu Jiawei, and an unexpected surprise, Princess Xu Jiujiu."

"Old men, proceed according to the original plan."

"With what the cult leader gave us, those old fogies in the palace won't be able to find us anytime soon. We only have one chance, so hurry up!"

Streams of soul power transmitted from the bodies of the imperial guards clad in armor.

The somewhat stiff gait and rigid patrol route did not attract the attention of the elders who passed by from time to time.

Several pairs of guards proceeded towards Juxing Hall according to their patrol route.

Outside the palace, in the sunless corners of Star Luo City, pairs of eyes flashing with an eerie red light slowly opened.

The city's residents suddenly discovered that in the past few days, many disgusting crawling insects had appeared in the corners of the streets, alleys, and sewers.

However, the residents simply assumed that the city's sanitation work had not been done well recently, and that the hot and humid weather in the past few days had caused these sewer crawlers to crawl onto the streets. They just washed the crawlers off their doorsteps with water and didn't take it seriously anymore.

After selling all the goods at his stall, a street vendor packed up his cart and went home. As he locked his cart in the alley next to his house, he suddenly heard an unusual sound coming from the deepest part of the alley.

"What the hell? A stray dog ​​is chewing on a bone?" The vendor followed the sound and slowly walked deeper into the alley. The sound was like a bone being roughly chewed.

As he reached the corner of the alley, the vendor peeked out and saw what he saw. His strength instantly vanished, and he collapsed to the ground, his mouth agape, unable to utter a sound.

Before him lay armored soldiers on the ground, their bodies crawling with multi-legged reptiles, each one as long as an adult's forearm.

The sound of chewing bones was made by these reptiles that were gnawing on the soldiers.

"Ah!"

The vendor tried to scream as loudly as possible to release his fear and regain some strength to escape.

The next moment, a bony hand tightly covered his mouth.

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