Among all the heavens, I, Xiao Yan, did not use any cheat codes.

Chapter 43 Hello, little friends of the Holy Spirit Cult!

Sun and Moon Empire, Mingdu, Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters.

Bang! ! !

Zhongli Wu smashed the table to pieces with a single palm strike, the dark wood tabletop shattering into dust.

Even though he had kept his emotions hidden for many years, Zhongli Wu could not suppress the anger in his heart.

The person kneeling in the hall trembled slightly, their forehead pressed firmly against the cold stone bricks, not daring to lift it.

The flying sawdust falling on him made him afraid to even breathe loudly.

"Speak." After a long silence, Zhongli Wu finally suppressed the shock and anger in his chest. His voice was as calm as possible, but it trembled slightly, revealing his fury. The person kneeling before the prince shivered again. "Start from the beginning."

"Reporting to the Master," the man's voice was strained, "as of noon today, fourteen branches within the Empire have completely lost contact. Moonlight City branch, Crimson Cliff branch, Heavenly Wind Gorge branch... My subordinates sent people to investigate one by one, and at each one, the scene was the same."

The kneeling Holy Spirit Church's Soul Saint's Adam's apple bobbed as if he were organizing his thoughts, but he found himself unable to find any more euphemistic way to put it.

"The entire stronghold seemed to have been wiped out of the earth by a giant hand of fire."

The main hall was eerily quiet.

Zhongli Wu did not speak, but his deep purple eyes flashed with a cold light, the veins on his forehead throbbed uncontrollably, and his aura made the air thick and sticky.

Those who know him well know that he has already decided to kill.

"Buildings, formations, soul tools, followers..." The kneeling man seemed oblivious to Zhongli Wu's emotions, continuing to tremble as he spoke, "Nothing was left behind. It was as if in an instant, the entire branch was wiped out, not a single one of the 14 branches survived..."

The Evil Soul Saint paused slightly, as if recalling a scene he had witnessed. But when he looked up slightly, he found Zhongli Wu standing in front of him, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

"teach…"

Bang! ! !

Before the evil soul saint could utter a single word, his head exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

A phantom, blood-red soul flew out and was grasped in Zhongli Wu's palm. Accompanied by a shrill shriek, the soul was crushed by Zhongli Wu.

"Fine! Well done, Yan Xiao!!!" Zhongli Wu gritted his teeth, his anger reaching its peak.

The 14 strongholds weren't completely destroyed; aside from being burned to the ground, some remnants remained.

Those were five large characters formed from crimson flames.

The killer is Yan Xiao!

Like those five large characters that seemed to have fallen from the sky, something in the hall suddenly felt heavy and oppressive. After his anger subsided, Zhongli Wu remained silent for a moment, as if chewing on this unfamiliar name; he had never heard of such a person on the continent.

This flame had already been touched by a Title Douluo who was investigating the situation, and even one of the eight elders of the Holy Spirit Cult could not erase the flame.

After carefully searching through his memories, even digging up things recorded in the Qidian Collection over thousands of years, Zhongli Wu still couldn't find any powerful figures related to fire, either surnamed Yan or Xiao. There wasn't such a person on the entire continent.

So here's the question: generally speaking, killing someone and leaving a name is to announce one's existence and to deter others.

But leaving a name like that means nobody knows what it means for any region.

Is this just pure provocation?

Zhongli Wu didn't think so. How could anyone be so idle as to provoke their Holy Spirit Cult?

Why did he go from city to city, attacking and conquering? It seems illogical...

As he carefully searched for fragments of memory within the remnant soul, Zhongli Wu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Suddenly looking up at the map on the other side of the hall, he darted over in one step.

The huge map hanging there marked the distribution of the Holy Spirit Cult throughout the Sun and Moon Empire, and even had clear records of the personnel who were stationed there.

Zhongli Wu's gaze fell on Moonlight City, a small town on one side of the Mingdou Mountains, the place where Yan Xiao first appeared.

Then, my gaze moved upwards.

Red Cliff, Tianfeng Gorge...

As he watched, Zhongli Wu suddenly became furious.

Following the sequence of events, Yan Xiao made no attempt to conceal his actions. From the first destroyed branch, his movements were clearly discernible.

They followed the city distribution within the Sun and Moon Empire exactly, starting from Moonlight City in a corner of the Mingdou Mountains, advancing city by city. Every branch of the Holy Spirit Cult in each city was completely eradicated.

From the very beginning, it seemed like they came to declare war on the Holy Spirit Cult!

"Good! Good! Good!" After saying "good" three times in a row, Zhongli Wu's momentum could no longer be contained, and all the lighting soul guides in the room were shattered by the terrifying pressure he released.

The killing intent in his eyes had become terrifyingly intense.

Bang!

Enraged, he shattered a stone pillar in the main hall with a single palm strike. Zhongli Wu abruptly turned around and looked at the map again.

If we follow Yan Xiao's direction, then the next place...

Zhongli Wu's gaze fell on a certain spot on the map, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Since you dare to demonstrate against my Holy Church like this..." Zhongli Wu's voice was hoarse, as if squeezed out from between his teeth, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.

His gaze suddenly fell on the elders who had not yet been clearly assigned and the nameplates they were enshrined on.

That's practically suicide!

With a wave of his hand, Zhong Liwu pressed a soul tool, and the next moment several dark figures entered from outside the hall.

After issuing several orders, Zhongli Wu sat down at the newly arranged table, turned his head to look at the map, and fell into deep thought.

There's no need to worry about the provocateur anymore. Several titled Douluo are each guarding their respective cities. The trap has been set, the ambush is complete, and they're just waiting to be caught like turtles in a jar.

Zhongli Wu had already planned to use this person to establish his authority.

But then another problem arose.

What is this person after?

Revenge? Revenge is definitely not done this way; there should be a priority.

Could they be powerful figures from the Douluo Three Kingdoms? Judging from the route, they do seem to have come from the Douluo Three Kingdoms, but such behavior doesn't make sense.

As a powerful figure from the Douluo Three Kingdoms who has come here on a secret mission, he would not be so ostentatious.

Luring the tiger away from the mountain? That doesn't make sense either.

Zhongli Wu never intended to send a large number of elite troops to intercept Yan Xiao. Sending a few elders was already the maximum effort he could muster. He didn't care who died on either side. He simply didn't believe that the killer could cause any major trouble.

Even if he survives by sheer luck, he will definitely come to the headquarters to make a run for it. At that time, he can be wiped out in a flash. Zhongli Wu does not believe that the other party is unaware of this.

So why did they do this? It can't be that they just didn't like the Holy Spirit Cult and came to kill them, right?

Zhongli Wu was completely baffled.

……

Sunrise City.

"Burp~" Ye Guyi couldn't help but let out a burp, even though she was just AFK being carried by a pro to grind dungeons and gain experience.

However, the feedback she received from participating in the extermination of the Holy Spirit Cult's evil spirit masters was also something she couldn't quite process.

The feeling of overflowing gave her an unprecedented blissful angst.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan provided her with a special cultivation technique that caused a special change in her dantian, greatly accelerating the refining of energy.

Before Ye Guyi could finish digesting the sound, a frivolous voice came from ahead, causing her expression to change.

Oh no, I'm going to burst...

Ahead, Xiao Yan seemed to have finally found something. He waved happily at the camera looking at him, his smile becoming even more amiable.

"Children of the Holy Spirit Cult, your Uncle Yan is here to bring you warmth! If you don't leave now, it will be too late!"

Sensing several chilling auras scattering and fleeing in the distance, Xiao Yan's smile widened, and his figure instantly transformed into flames and vanished. At the same time, several figures were engulfed by the flames.

"Hehehehe, just kidding, you're all running away too late!"