"What kind of people are coming?"
Nana stopped what she was doing upon hearing this.
"I haven't seen them clearly yet. I only sensed the presence of strangers," Abomination shook his head. "How is the Cult Master? How is his condition?"
Nana subconsciously glanced toward Lin Xiao's room. "Still the same as always."
"I saw that the other party seems to have come from within Heavenly Soul Empire territory. There aren't many of them, but all of them possess cultivation," Abomination said, faintly clenching his fist.
"Now, the northern border of the Heavenly Soul Empire is occupied by the Sun Moon Empire. If they really are here to track us down, with the Cult Master in his current state, we can only keep them here."
"But since the Cult Master established the Tongming Cult, he naturally does not wish for us to act recklessly like before…" Nana hadn't finished speaking when she saw Abomination already walking outward.
"You stay here. If something feels wrong, wake the Cult Master." With those words, Abomination's figure vanished.
Nana gazed in the direction Abomination had left, slightly dazed, as if only now realizing that the person who had been busy remodeling the Tongming Cult's stronghold all this time was actually a Titled Douluo.
"Big Sis, hold on a little longer. We should already be out of the detection range of those probing soul tools."
On the Extreme North Snow Plains, several figures were draped in white cloaks, pressing their bodies extremely low, as if trying to blend into the snow.
The Far North was perpetually covered in snow. Although the sky was clear at the moment, these figures, thanks to their white cloaks, were hardly noticeable at first glance.
"Big Sis, didn't you know how powerful those probing soul tools are? How did you still dare sneak into Heaven Dou City?"
One of the figures was carrying someone on their back, breathing slightly heavily, and grumbling toward the person behind them.
"I… I just wanted to go home and take one look."
The person on their back gently raised her head. The cloak on her head was lifted by the cold wind blowing from ahead, revealing a somewhat haggard face; it was none other than Tang Ya, who had fled from Mingdu when Xu Tianran began purging the Holy Spirit Cult.
The few people beside her were precisely the Holy Spirit Cult disciples who had participated in the elite competition with her back then.
At the time, because they no longer wished to return to the Holy Spirit Cult, the group had made a rather bold decision. They originally thought it was all just a fantasy and that they would probably be recaptured by the Holy Spirit Cult before long.
They had already been embracing what they believed to be the final moments of their lives, savoring this hard-won freedom.
Yet no one had expected that the Holy Spirit Cult would not send anyone to pursue them. During their time on the run, they even heard news that the Holy Spirit Cult had been purged by the Sun Moon Empire.
However, once they confirmed the news, for a moment, they didn't know where to go or what to do. They didn't know whether the joy or the confusion in their hearts was greater.
As tools cultivated by the Holy Spirit Cult, it seemed they hadn't had the freedom to decide things for themselves in a very long time.
It wasn't until Tang Ya, who had escaped together with them, proposed that she wanted to "go home" and take one look…
But at least Tang Ya still had a place to hold onto as a memory. The other disciples no longer had homes to return to.
Cough, Tang Ya gave a light cough. "You didn't have to come save me. Just being able to take one more look at the Tang Sect's place… I can die without regret."
"Big Sis, all along the way while escaping the pursuers, you always stood at the front. How can you say such things now?" one of the disciples behind her said, repeatedly glancing back to check for pursuers, then comforting her again upon hearing her words.
"I…" Tang Ya paused slightly and gently shook her head. "I am a sinner. My hands are stained with the blood of countless innocent people. I have disgraced my ancestors' name and no longer have the face to return to the Tang Sect. Dying in Heaven Dou City would be my release."
After those words fell, for a moment, none of the disciples spoke. They had not fully integrated into the Holy Spirit Cult like the other disciples, and because of that, they carried even more pain in their hearts.
And this was precisely why Lin Xiao had chosen to let them participate in the elite competition back then. Lin Xiao couldn't do more, but at the very least, he could allow these disciples to relax a little during the process of participating in the elite competition.
"Someone's there!"
Just as everyone fell silent, Tang Ya suddenly spoke.
Among this group of disciples, Tang Ya, at the Soul Saint realm, had the highest cultivation. The moment she spoke, everyone immediately stopped moving.
"Are pursuers catching up?" One of the disciples behind instinctively turned to look, but behind them, there was nothing but the endless snowfield, no sign of anyone. It seemed they had already shaken off the pursuers from Heavenly Soul Empire territory.
"No, ahead of us."
"Ahead?"
In the span of just a few short sentences, a figure ahead was becoming clearer and clearer.
That person had not released their martial soul. Their figure flew straight toward them through the air. Though not particularly tall against the vast snowfield, the presence still weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.
All of them were battle-hardened veterans, and for a moment, no one spoke. Yet one soul ring after another rose around them, casting various colors onto the snow-covered ground.
"Put me down."
Tang Ya spoke softly. After landing, she took two steps forward.
When she first entered the Holy Spirit Cult, strangeness and fear had filled her heart. In her mind, she had wished all evil soul masters would disappear from this continent.
Yet through the fierce elite competition, and through all these months of spending time together, she gradually came to realize that the Holy Spirit Cult disciples around her were never truly irredeemable, monstrous villains.
They were even willing to risk entering Heaven Dou City to rescue her after her whereabouts had been exposed.
Perhaps, without their martial souls, without the Holy Spirit Cult, they would have been a group of quite decent soul masters.
Flying through the air, the cultivation of the person ahead was obvious. Just like the many times before when she had blocked pursuers, Tang Ya stood in front of the group.
However, as that figure drew near, the group, who had been ready to fight to the death, instantly lost all will to resist.
"Sixth… Elder…"
Clearly, someone had recognized Abomination Douluo. Memories of the Holy Spirit Cult instantly flooded back; no one knew better than they did the strength possessed by the Hatred Douluo standing before them.
Abomination's movements also gradually slowed. The confusion on his face was completely unconcealed.
"You all…"
Abomination's gaze swept across the group.
Although constant flight from the Sun Moon Empire's pursuers had left them all looking travel-worn and dusty, their appearances had not changed much. He still recognized at a glance that the people before him were precisely the disciples who had once represented the "Holy Spirit Sect" in the elite competition.
"Why are you here?"
The group unconsciously clenched their fists. Encountering Abomination Douluo here was far more terrifying than encountering pursuers from the Sun Moon Empire.
After all, they had betrayed the Holy Spirit Cult and fled. No one understood the methods of the Holy Spirit Cult better than they did.
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