Douluo Dalu: Huo Yuhao Knows the Plot

Chapter 357: The Calm Before the Storm

Towards God-level beings, you can be respectful, but not fearful. Only by advancing fearlessly can you achieve success. Hesitation will only lead to failure.

The inner demon tribulation is a significant hurdle besides the world's rules' blockade. Huo Yuhao, having personally experienced it, is well-qualified to speak on the matter.

On the continent, with the actions of the Heavenly Court branches spread across various locations, the reorganization of the Ming Realm was in full swing. Those unwilling to register with their real names were directly expelled by the Heavenly Court, along with hostile sect forces.

As a result, the number of Ming Realm members has shrunk somewhat, but it's not a big deal. After all, forces like Shrek and the Xuanming Sect, although having many strong individuals, are all high-level soul masters, insignificant in number compared to the entire soul master world.

Amidst this reorganization, ten days passed quickly.

On a towering mountain reaching into the clouds, a stream of light streaked across the sky, landing at the Heavenly Court's mountain gate. The light dissipated, and a burly man strode towards the interior of the mountain gate.

This person had very distinctive features: a round head, a wide chin, large cheeks and high cheekbones, a slightly collapsed nose, and somewhat thick lips.

His body was even more obvious. Without a tall figure, this person was obese with short limbs, a clear difference from the average people of the Douluo Continent.

However, the gate-keeping disciples were not surprised. Since the Five Regions and the Holy Martial Continent successively discovered metal ore veins, Huo Yuhao personally established stable space channels connecting the two continents.

Thanks to this, many people from the three continents traveled back and forth, experiencing exotic customs. Of course, this was limited to Heavenly Court members.

This person, with features clearly different from the people of the Douluo Continent, was named Anjile, from the Mad Rhino Tribe of the Northern Grasslands of the Five Regions.

Anjile was originally the patriarch of the Mad Rhino Tribe. When the Heavenly Court marched into the grasslands, he led his tribe to surrender early on. Now, he is also a chief of a Heavenly Court branch in the grasslands, a position equivalent to a deputy hall master of the Eight Halls.

Several months ago, this old boy came to the Douluo Continent through the space channel. Originally, he was just visiting, but the customs, delicacies, and tender women of the Douluo Continent completely unleashed Anjile's self, giving him a bit of a 'forgetting home' feeling.

After returning to the Mad Rhino Tribe, Anjile passed the position of patriarch to his valued son, Agula, and then came to the Douluo Continent again, preparing to settle down for a long time, even retire.

Of course, he didn't neglect his cultivation. In order to obtain more cultivation resources, Anjile often went to the Missions Hall to accept some tasks in exchange for points to redeem cultivation resources. This time, he accepted a task to hunt down evil soul masters.

Soon after, Anjile entered the Missions Hall and arrived at the counter for submitting tasks, taking out a square box from his storage space and handing it over to the person in charge for inspection.

The person in charge of this counter was a woman in leather clothing, in her twenties, with a very hot figure.

The woman in leather clothing took the box from Anjile's hand, opened it, and inside was a human head.

The person's eyes were wide open, and the disheveled hair was covered in blood.

Once the box was opened, a putrid stench of a corpse mixed with the smell of blood rushed out.

However, the woman in leather clothing was already accustomed to this, only frowning slightly, without much discomfort, skillfully distinguishing, and then putting it into a special instrument for inspection.

Anjile didn't urge her. The Heavenly Court had extremely strict management for hunting tasks. Once, a clever person accepted a task to hunt down evil soul masters, but that guy went and found a family of civilians.

The clever person first slept with the family's beautiful, unmarried daughter, and then slaughtered the family, bringing back the head of the strong, young son, intending to impersonate him.

But when submitting the task, the person in charge checked out the problem and immediately found the personnel of the Supervision Hall to start an investigation. After the truth came out, the clever person was directly escorted to the front of the Supervision Hall and given a skinning and grass-eating punishment.

Afterwards, the clever person's skin, including the execution tools used at the time, were placed in front of the Supervision Hall as a deterrent.

The higher-ups also issued an announcement, stating that anyone who dared to kill good people and impersonate them would be sentenced to death.

The harsh measures had a very significant effect. Since then, such incidents have never occurred again.

After the woman in leather clothing checked and found no problems, she took Anjile's token and transferred the reward points into it.

Everyone in the Heavenly Court has a token, a bit like an ID card, and it's also a special soul tool that can store data, which is the points. Two tokens can also transfer points to each other.

However, the token has a recognition mechanism and can only be held by oneself. It's useless for others to get it, but it's possible to transfer points into it, but no one would be idle enough to do such a thing.

After completing the operation, the woman in leather clothing returned the token to Anjile and reminded him: "Stay put these few days. The higher-ups have issued an order to recall personnel outside."

Anjile was stunned and asked in confusion: "What happened? Why didn't I receive the news?"

"Haven't you already returned? The order was issued yesterday. I don't know the specifics, but this time, I'm afraid there will be a big move. I heard that all branch halls in various places that have reached the Soul King level must be recalled to headquarters.

Moreover, I heard that those guys in the Cosmic Hall who are in seclusion have received orders, forcing them to come out."

The woman in leather clothing said what she knew. After Anjile heard it, his expression became serious. The size of the Heavenly Court is now unimaginably large, spread all over the continent, and its enrolled members have exceeded 70,000.

This is just the Douluo Continent. If you count the Five Regions and the Holy Martial Continent, the number will only be more terrifying.

What is worth the Heavenly Court summoning members from all over the place to return? This is worth pondering.