At this moment, in a hidden patch of woods on the outskirts of the Huiyin Mountain Range, Xu Tianhao and his Seven-Person Squad gathered quietly.
Poison Immortal, who had been hiding in the shadows, slowly revealed his figure at a subtle signal from Xu Tianhao.
Poison Immortal's gaze fell upon Xu Tianhao as he asked, "The usual rules?"
Xu Tianhao nodded slightly, "Master, cripple the opposing leader, a Spirit Saint, and severely injure the two Spirit Emperors."
"Leave the rest of the Evil Soul Masters for us to handle."
Upon hearing this, Poison Immortal nodded gently, agreeing, and then added, "Fine, we will do as you say."
"But if you lack the strength to handle the aftermath, there will be a punishment."
Xu Tianhao turned to look at the six companions behind him, "Can you do it?"
Everyone showed no fear, their faces revealing confident and calm smiles as they replied in unison, "Of course we can!"
In their view, after Poison Immortal made his move, the opponent's strongest Spirit Saint would already be crippled.
The two Spirit Emperors would be severely injured and lose most of their combat power, leaving only Evil Soul Masters at the Spirit King level or below.
With the strength and coordination of their Seven-Person Squad, dealing with these Evil Soul Masters by crossing ranks might be difficult, but not impossible.
However, having Poison Immortal make a move might be seen by outsiders as bullying the weak or winning unfairly.
After all, Poison Immortal's strength far exceeded these Evil Soul Masters by several levels; his intervention could be called a "Sky-High Substitute."
But Poison Immortal was never one to be bound by worldly rules or dwell on so-called fairness and morality.
He had lived a wild and uninhibited life, caring only about whether his people could reap benefits. As for whether he was bullying the weak or acting against common sense, he never cared.
As long as it allowed Xu Tianhao and his group to gain tangible training, any means were reasonable in his eyes.
Moreover, since the opponents were a group of Evil Soul Masters, Poison Immortal felt even less psychological burden.
After aligning their expectations, Poison Immortal did not say anything more. His figure flickered, and he instantly vanished from the spot as if he had never appeared.
He would not move together with the Seven-Person Squad, nor would he participate in the subsequent encirclement and suppression battle.
He was only responsible for finding the Evil Soul Master stronghold in advance according to Xu Tianhao's request, and dismantling all of the opponent's top combat forces.
He would transform this group of Evil Soul Masters into a state suitable for the squad's training, creating the most ideal practical combat field for them.
As for the subsequent search of the stronghold, the encirclement of remaining enemies, and all other steps, they were to be completed by the Seven-Person Squad alone.
This would allow them to hone their character and improve their combat power in real battles.
Poison Immortal's figure vanished. Xu Tianhao did not delay in the slightest, sweeping his gaze across the ready-to-go group beside him, and said in a deep voice, "Move out!"
Upon his command, the team instantly entered a combat state.
Ye Guyi did not use her Sacred Angel Martial Soul, which made Evil Soul Masters across the world tremble with fear.
Instead, she silently took out a standard flight spirit tool and skillfully strapped it onto her back.
Her reasoning for doing this was simple, and the deeper meaning was: to hide her own Spirit and avoid alerting the Evil Soul Masters deep in the Huiyin Mountain Range.
The Sacred Angel Martial Soul was the purest light and sacred attribute Spirit currently on the Douluo Continent.
It possessed an absolute suppression in terms of bloodline and origin against all sinister, dark, fallen, and bloodthirsty Evil Soul Master Spirits.
How terrifying was this suppression?
One could catch a glimpse of it by looking at the history of Spirit Masters from ten thousand years ago.
Ten thousand years ago, the term "Evil Soul Master" did not exist on the Douluo Continent, nor was there any place for them to stand.
At that time, Spirit Hall was the holy land of the entire Spirit Master's world, commanding all Spirit Masters under heaven.
And the supreme legacy of Spirit Hall was the top-tier god-level Spirit—the Seraphim.
Under the sacred radiance of the Angel Martial Soul, any fallen individual tainted by even a trace of sinister energy dared not show their face on the continent at all.
They feared being discovered even while hiding, and could only shrink away in the heinous Slaughter City, barely surviving.
It was precisely because of this that the Evil Soul Masters on the continent today revered Sea God Tang San, who had destroyed Spirit Hall and shattered the rule of the Angel Martial Soul back then, as their supreme lord; this was not without reason.
For those Evil Soul Masters who walked on the edge of darkness and used the blood and souls of living beings as the foundation of their cultivation.
The so-called Sea God and the so-called Evil God actually had no essential difference.
Whoever could break the sacred shackles pressing down on their heads, whoever could make it possible for them to run rampant on the continent instead of having no future, was the god in their hearts.
It could be said that without Sea God Tang San, there would be no current prosperity for the Evil Soul Masters.
The fanaticism most Evil Soul Masters felt for Tang San was probably only second to that of Shrek.
Ye Guyi activated her flight spirit tool. At almost the same moment, Ghost Nana's figure flickered, and a dense, dark mist instantly swirled around her body as her Ghost Martial Soul possessed her.
Her skin turned pale, a faint ghostly green shimmered in the depths of her pupils, and the aura around her became cold and eerie.
It even carried a touch of the deathly stillness unique to Evil Soul Masters, deliberately disguising herself as a genuine Evil Soul Master.
This maneuver was a fishing tactic they had practiced several times.
Using evil to control evil, using darkness to lure darkness, they utilized the dark attributes of Nana's Ghost Martial Soul, which were similar to those of the Evil Soul Masters, to lower their vigilance.
If they were lucky, they could approach without raising suspicion and deliver a surprise, fatal blow to this group of heinous Evil Soul Masters.
The reason this set of tactics was used so skillfully and proficiently by them.
Was precisely because it had been tried and tested in previous clearing operations against Evil Soul Masters, and the results were excellent.
Every time, it would cause the arrogant and careless Evil Soul Masters to stumble badly.
The Seven-Person Squad maintained a compact formation, using the cover of the dense jungle and rugged terrain of the Huiyin Mountain Range to sneak silently into the depths of the mountains.
Xu Tianhao walked at the very front of the team, his mental force fully unleashed without reservation, like an invisible net covering every inch of land for several miles.
His mental force cultivation far exceeded that of his peers, and in less than half an incense stick of time, Xu Tianhao captured clear traces from the complex environmental information.
There were fresh bloodstains on the ground, dried and blackened, carrying the sinister cold unique to Evil Soul Masters.
The air was permeated with a faint scent of intertwining rot and blood, which could by no means have been left by ordinary beasts.
Furthermore, several bushes had been violently broken, and the traces pointed toward a deep valley in the depths of the mountains.
Following these clues, Ye Guyi and Ghost Nana nodded slightly at the same time, giving the most definitive confirmation.
Ye Guyi's Sacred Angel Martial Soul had an innate perception of and repulsion towards the sinister aura of Evil Soul Masters.
No matter how deeply the opponents hid, in her perception, they were like torches in the night, extremely conspicuous.
And Nana's Ghost Martial Soul was naturally of the dark attribute, making it extremely sensitive to the aura of its own kind.
Even a faint residue of spirit power could be used to pinpoint their location accurately.
Having obtained double confirmation from the two women, the Seven-Person Squad's eyes sharpened, their pace of action suddenly accelerated, and they headed straight for that deep valley.