Douluo: The True Eye

After searching and finding the bandit group 'Hand of the God of Death' encampment, the group spent some time changing into the standard uniform of the Shrek Supervision Corps.

Everyone wore a set of dark green close-fitting attire. In the past ten thousand years, Shrek Academy couldn't be said to have made no progress at all; at least they had slightly modified their poop-green aesthetic.

However, the leather armor provided to the Shrek Supervision Corps only offered physical capabilities roughly equivalent to a Soul Grandmaster, which was better than nothing.

Although the areas covered by this leather armor could provide some defense against physical and soul power attacks,

this kind of clothing, made purely based on the advantages of the material, was far less effective against those tricky, bizarre, or pervasive soul skills, because it wasn't completely integrated, and its defensive capabilities were far inferior to a true soul-guided shield.

In addition to the close-fitting leather armor and cloak, they were also equipped with a cape that had the same defensive capabilities. However, in Huo Yuhao's opinion, the hindrance this cape caused to movement far outweighed the defensive effect it could provide.

As for the mask on their faces, it really didn't have any other function besides concealing their appearance. If it were made into a gas mask that could completely isolate them from the outside world, it might be better.

After everyone was fully equipped, the operation officially began. Changing clothes right in front of the enemy's lair—if the enemy's scouts were even slightly more competent, the Shrek group would probably be wiped out by now.

"This mission will be led by the main team. Dai Yueheng, you will command the frontal assault. I will be responsible for commanding and protecting the reserve team."

"Okay, Teacher Wang." Dai Yueheng nodded, and the other members of the main team, except for Ma Xiaotao, quickly began to move with Dai Yueheng.

Ma Xiaotao, the strongest, remained in the center of the formation. With Ma Xiaotao's strength and personality, she had always been so assertive, even when not serving as the team leader.

She would naturally not listen to Dai Yueheng, who was weaker than her, because she had absolute confidence in her own strength.

Everyone activated their martial souls, using the assistance of soul power to quietly and quickly approach their target.

At this time, the night was fading, approaching dawn, the period when humans are at their most tired. Although their physical structures were different, the common people of the Douluo Continent also followed this pattern.

Through the power of his Spirit Eyes, Huo Yuhao pierced through layers of obstacles, watching as the main team in the lead slaughtered the guards and sentries.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's spiritual erosion silently activated, subtly influencing and suggesting to Dai Yueheng.

He didn't directly control Dai Yueheng's actions, but gradually influenced Dai Yueheng's subsequent judgments and fighting style from his subconscious.

Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Xixi spearheaded the attack, with Ma Xiaotao providing support in the center. Gongyang Mo released soul skills behind Ma Xiaotao to buff the others, while Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan were at the rear of the team.

In the reserve team, Xu Sanshi was at the very front, with Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan on either side. Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao were in the center, and Wang Yan followed closely behind Huo Yuhao and the others, guarding the rear and protecting the four weakest members.

At the entrance of the cave, five or six bandits lay scattered on the ground, their wounds charred, but not from burns. It must have been Xixi who instantly killed them.

Intense fighting sounds came from inside the cave. Seeing this, Wang Yan said in a deep voice, "We've probably been discovered. Let's go in, everyone be careful."

'So, what was the point of all the tension before, with sneaking around and being quiet? Seven Soul Masters with only one agility-type, and even that is a lightning-type agility Soul Master. If it were a Nether Cat or something that could hide and sneak, that would be one thing, but why not just charge straight in?'

Huo Yuhao was a little speechless. 'And with this kind of formation, only the Death God Emissary is a blockhead who would show his face and fight you head-on. If it were a real schemer, he would have run away long ago. Why not arrange other people to surround and guard the area to prevent escape?'

As the saying goes, 'a dog trying to catch a mouse is meddling in other people's business,' which perfectly describes the Shrek Supervision Corps. The martial soul configurations and soul skill combinations of Shrek students are all about frontal combat, the so-called arena type, but they are sent to carry out bandit suppression in this kind of complex terrain. No wonder they suffer heavy casualties.

If Huo Yuhao were the Death God Emissary, in addition to Corpse Explosion, he would have equipped more underhanded traps and would probably be able to leave all these people here unharmed, and he wouldn't have confronted the Shrek Supervision Corps head-on.

Anyway, for the people of the Hand of the God of Death bandit group, everyone except the Death God Emissary is equivalent to a puppet controlled by him.

Even the other Soul Masters in the bandit group are like this. He wouldn't feel bad even if they all died, as long as the Death God Emissary was still there, he could easily pull out another batch.

After entering the cave, the interior was quite spacious. After advancing for a distance, more scattered corpses lay on the ground. Judging by their clothes, they were clearly members of the bandit group.

In addition to these fresh corpses, there was also a strong smell of blood, the source of which was the stone walls on both sides of the cave. Dozens of human skins hung on the cave walls.

However, in Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, these human skins were just human skins. Unlike those corpses with strange soul power buried in their bodies, it was probably some strange hobby of the Death God Emissary.

In addition to the human skins, fresh corpses of infants were pierced and hung on the stalactites at the top of the cave, and the blood flowing from the corpses dripped right onto Jiang Nannan's body.

Seeing this scene, everyone except Huo Yuhao changed their expressions, and Jiang Nannan let out a scream.

However, from the perspective of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, corpses? Human skins? Blood? He had directly disassembled them through his Spirit Eyes. Who would have a physiological reaction to a bunch of cells piled together into a shape?

Their current reaction was more of a rabbit-dying-fox-grieving, a instinctive reaction of empathy.

However, for Soul Masters, what is the difference between what they do to soul beasts and what heretical soul masters do? Hunting soul beasts to obtain their flesh and blood for nourishment, absorbing soul rings to break through their own cultivation – isn't this all about skinning, extracting tendons, refining souls, and seizing spirits?

But as high-ranking Soul Masters, the vested interest class, they don't care; all they seek is a concept they approve of.

This wasn't wrong, or rather, this was the reality of Douluo Continent, a social structure that couldn't be defined by the concepts of other worlds.

For the strong who had grown up in this world, the stronger they became, the more inflated their egos would become, especially for those who possessed great strength but lacked sufficient moral character.

They would increasingly try to justify their own values, which were solely for their own satisfaction, always believing that they could never be wrong, and that only others could be.

Soon, everyone had adjusted, but their eyes were filled with anger. Whether this anger was truly heartfelt or simply for the sake of being angry, no one could know.

Wang Yan said, "Everyone, focus! These people are evil. Show no mercy. Killing one could save countless others."

As they went deeper, the traces and sounds of battle became more and more intense, and everyone became more and more nervous. Wang Yan's words at this time shocked everyone, but also calmed their emotions, making them less nervous.

When they arrived at the open terrain ahead, they should have been close to the center of the cave. Soul rings and soul skills flashed alternately, illuminating the dark, narrow cave, dazzling the eyes.

At this time, Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao were the most ferocious in killing.

Around Ma Xiaotao, golden-red hot flames were erupting frantically. Each eruption would take away the lives of several or even dozens of people.

Among the Death Hand bandit group, how could these low-strength miscellaneous soul masters, or even ordinary bandits, be qualified to confront the main team head-on?

Dai Yueheng was the most deeply involved, blocking dozens of bandits alone. Under Dai Yueheng's command, the others were located near the cave passage, not going deep, only providing assistance.

Gongyang Mo's colorful light burst out from his body, falling on Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao. Because he only needed to assist two people, he seemed quite relaxed.

Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan cooperated with Dai Yueheng to suppress the rushing bandits, gathering them at the entrance of the passage, making it difficult for them to break through.

Xixi was located beside Gongyang Mo to provide support. Obviously, in the current tactical situation, there was no opportunity for her, a agility-attack type soul master, to intervene.

At this time, Dai Yueheng alone was blocking the passage for the bandits to rush out, cooperating with Ma Xiaotao's long-range attacks, carrying out a wanton massacre of this group of bandits.

Now, those ordinary bandits without soul power had been almost completely slaughtered. Corpses piled up beside Dai Yueheng, and blood flowed like a river. In Huo Yuhao's eyes, these ordinary bandits contained a dark and sinister soul power within their bodies.

The other bandits were now bloodshot, obviously stimulated by some kind of soul skill. Even with the death of a large number of their companions, they were still fighting to the death.

Huo Yuhao, while observing from the sidelines, continued to strengthen the influence of spiritual erosion on Dai Yueheng.

Because Dai Yueheng blocked the passage for these bandits to come out, although the bandit group was numerous, it was difficult to break through Dai Yueheng's blockade alone, and the reserve team members could not easily step forward.

After all, in addition to those weaker bandits, there were also three Soul King-level powerhouses among these bandits, although they all had trash-level soul rings, with white rings as the base, yellow rings as the main, and purple rings as the accompaniment, without black rings.

For safety's sake, Wang Yan said to the reserve team members, "Long-range support, don't interfere with Dai Yueheng's arrangements. You can adapt to the real battlefield situation here first."

The reserve team members nodded. Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan, who did not have long-range attack methods, were responsible for protecting Huo Yuhao and the other four weaker second-year students. Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldron was divided into three, surrounding the people behind, ready to respond at any time.

Ning Tian, like Gongyang Mo, was assisting Dai Yueheng. Although in the current battle situation, it could only be said to be better than nothing. After all, Ma Xiaotao didn't need any strengthening in terms of strength and speed.

Bei Bei and Wang Dong learned from Ma Xiaotao, launching long-range soul skills to bombard the bandits blocked at the entrance of the passage. The soul ring configurations of the two were quite impressive, and these few attacks caused considerable damage and power.

However, Huo Yuhao, through the Eye of Reality, saw the restless soul power within the bodies of the corpses on both sides of Dai Yueheng, and Huo Yuhao knew that something big was coming.

After rushing in, in addition to the corpses mainly piled up on both sides of the passage, there were also a few scattered corpses in the cave where the Shrek team was located. However, the amount of soul power contained in these corpses, even if it exploded, would not have much impact on the well-prepared people.

With the massacre of a large number of bandits, and a Soul King-level bandit leader also died at the hands of Dai Yueheng, a gloomy and shrill voice sounded from the depths of the cave.

"Damn it, who are you? How dare you oppose my Death God Envoy!"

"You all must die! You must all become my corpse slaves!"

At this moment, the other party's remarks clearly revealed that he was the main target that the Shrek Supervision Group was looking for in this mission, the leader of the Death Hand bandit group, the Death God Envoy.

Just hearing this voice, the remaining bandits began to tremble, and the blood-red light in their eyes faded. After the influence of the berserk-type soul skill subsided, fear occupied their minds.

Ignoring the soul skills of the Shrek group, these bandits quickly retreated towards the passage, even at the cost of injury, enduring the attacks.

Beside Dai Yueheng, the corpses of the bandits who had been killed and thrown aside because they were in the way were rapidly swelling at an alarming rate.

'This is... I seem to remember something?' In Huo Yuhao's sea of ​​consciousness, the old voice belonging to Ilics sounded, and at the same time, this also represented that Ilics had regained the most critical part of his memory at this time.

It was just that Huo Yuhao didn't have time to respond to Ilics' will. He used his soul power to activate his fourth-level soul tool, the Lapis Lazuli Shield, and a spherical blue soul power shield completely enveloped the reserve team members behind.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..." Following the swelling of the corpses, a violent explosion sounded, and this explosion was mainly concentrated in the first half of the cave, that is, near the entrance of the passage.

In addition to the direct power caused by the explosion, the even more terrifying thing was the deep black blood mist that spread out after the corpses exploded, which contained an extremely terrifying corpse poison.

If someone is infected by this corpse poison after death, their corpse will also become a new corpse explosion spellcasting material.