Faced with the Furious Fiend's sudden violent outburst, Nana's face showed not a hint of panic, remaining as calm and indifferent as before.
It was as if this notorious Evil Soul Master before her was nothing more than a claw-waving ant.
She merely raised her fair right hand slowly, twirled her fingertips, and then seemingly casually lashed out into the air.
The black ropes that had originally bound Xu Tianhao, Ye Guyi, and the other four tightly were severed as if by an invisible blade, instantly snapping into pieces and falling lightly to the ground.
At this moment, the Furious Fiend, who had already charged to within three feet of Nana, saw his pupils suddenly constrict as he finally noticed the ropes being undone.
But it was already too late for him to react any further.
Xu Tianhao, who had appeared somewhat timid and low-key just a moment ago, suddenly underwent a drastic change in his aura.
A surge of spirit power pressure, far exceeding that of an ordinary Four-Ring Spirit Master, suddenly erupted and swept outwards in all directions.
His eyes instantly transformed into the shapes of the sun and moon; his left eye was as brilliant as the scorching sun, while his right eye was as cold as the bright moon, with two distinct yet extremely powerful beams of light bursting forth from them.
Almost at the same instant, a dazzling purple thousand-year second spirit ring and a deep, ink-black ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring lit up simultaneously.
Amidst the flowing radiance, his aura became even more terrifying.
"Second Spirit Ability: Eye of True Sight!"
"Fourth Spirit Skill: Infinite Tsukuyomi!"
There were no earth-shattering phenomena, nor any violent energy roars; the space simply flipped like a mirror, causing the Furious Fiend to fall silently into the mental illusion meticulously woven by Xu Tianhao.
This series of actions happened far too quickly, completed in the blink of an eye.
It was so fast that the Black Fiend, standing not far behind the Furious Fiend, didn't even have time to blink.
In his line of sight, he only saw the Furious Fiend, who had been aggressive just a moment ago, suddenly freeze in place, motionless as if his soul had been sucked away.
Meanwhile, Xu Tianhao, Ye Guyi, Long Aotian, and the others had fully unleashed their Spirit avatars, their various spirit rings shining as they struck a combat stance, ready for battle.
This eerie scene instantly filled the Black Fiend with a sense of intense unease, yet he had no way of knowing what had actually happened.
Meanwhile, the Furious Fiend, who had been pulled into the moon reading space, was completely unaware of the anomaly here.
His five senses, thoughts, and even his perception were perfectly deceived by this space constructed from extreme mental force, and he completely believed he was still in the real battlefield.
From his perspective, Xu Tianhao had indeed launched two Spirit abilities in succession, with three purple and one black spirit ring flashing alternately.
Such a configuration was enough to shock any Spirit Master.
But in the eyes of the Furious Fiend, a Six-Ring Spirit Emperor, it was still not worth mentioning.
Even if Xu Tianhao's spirit ring configuration was high-level, he was ultimately just a Four-Ring Spirit Ancestor.
He believed that Xu Tianhao might be invincible among those of the same rank, but he could not bridge the gap of two spirit rings to pose a threat to him.
With a ferocious expression, he circulated his evil spirit power frantically, activating his third Spirit Ability and fifth Spirit Ability simultaneously.
Two ink-black beams of Spirit Ability light erupted, easily shattering Xu Tianhao's seemingly sharp attacks, as effortlessly as crushing a piece of paper.
The following scene was the Furious Fiend's one-sided slaughter.
In the Furious Fiend's perception, even though this little girl Nana, who appeared to belong to the Holy Spirit Cult, had suddenly betrayed the Holy Spirit Cult for some reason.
The young people who had suddenly appeared before him were at most Four-Ring Spirit Ancestors in terms of cultivation.
There was a chasm-like gap in realm between them and him, a Six-Ring Spirit Emperor.
Facing him, they had absolutely no power to fight and were merely lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
In just a few minutes, the slaughter illusion created by the moon reading space had concluded.
In the Furious Fiend's eyes, he had relied on his absolute strength to slaughter all seven of them, excluding Nana, Xu Tianhao and the others.
Ye Guyi's Angel Martial Soul was forced to be fully activated in the desperate situation, the holy angel light colliding fiercely with his evil spirit power.
The Angel Martial Soul did indeed have an innate restraining power against Evil Soul Masters, but Ye Guyi was ultimately only a Three-Ring Spirit Elder in cultivation at this moment.
In the face of the absolute strength of a Six-Ring Spirit Emperor, this restraining power appeared insignificant and could not turn the tide of defeat, and in the end, she could only fall in resentment under his Spirit Ability.
Afterward, he and the arriving Black Fiend attacked together, frantically absorbing the massive blood energy and life essence escaping from the seven corpses.
The spirit power consumed within their bodies was quickly replenished, their injuries were completely healed, and they instantly returned to their peak state, their strength even greater than before.
The self-satisfied Furious Fiend gripped Nana's slender neck tightly with one hand like an iron pincer, lifting her entire body into the air.
The Furious Fiend's face was full of ferocity and indifference, and he asked coldly from above: "Who exactly are you? Why did you betray the Holy Spirit Cult!"
Just at this moment, when the Furious Fiend was most complacent and his mind was most relaxed, an evil aura far more terrifying and profound than his own, as if coming from the Nine Nether Hell, suddenly descended from the void of the moon reading space.
This terrifying aura made the Furious Fiend almost unable to breathe, and the awe stemming from the depths of his bloodline and soul made him freeze in place instantly.
The look of complacency on the Furious Fiend's face instantly solidified, replaced by extreme panic and respect.
In the void, a figure wearing a mysterious black robe slowly emerged.
The black robe was wide, covering his entire figure, and his whole body exuded a terrifying evil aura that made the Furious Fiend instinctively want to submit.
That evil aura was so condensed and domineering that it was identical to the pressure on the high-ranking Elders of the Holy Spirit Cult.
In appearance and aura, it was exactly the Eighth Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, Sleep Nightmare Douluo!
Back when the Furious Fiend had just guessed Nana's identity, Xu Tianhao had already calculated a comprehensive plan in his mind to extract confidential information from the Holy Spirit Cult.
At the current stage, the Holy Spirit Cult was still in a dormant state and was not very active on the continent.
The vast majority of Spirit Master forces on the continent had not even heard of this secret Evil Soul Master organization, the Holy Spirit Cult.
But only the Sun Moon Empire, relying on the strict investigation of its intelligence system and Xu Tianhao's occasional intervention, had already gained a certain degree of understanding of the Holy Spirit Cult.
The Inspection Team, specifically established to target Evil Soul Masters, had spent three years of secret investigation and probing...
Even though they had not yet been able to completely unearth the core secrets and headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult, they had a rough grasp of the organization's structure and core members.
This included the eight Elders who held esteemed positions in the Holy Spirit Cult.
And Sleep Nightmare Douluo was exactly the Eighth Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, a level 91 Titled Douluo-level Evil Douluo who specialized in mental force and illusion, with tricky and unpredictable Spirit abilities.
The Eighth Elder had a very high say and deterrent power within the Holy Spirit Cult, and was an existence that countless Evil Soul Masters revered.
Xu Tianhao had accompanied the Furious Fiend in acting out this slaughter scene in the moon reading space, enduring without taking action, just to wait for this moment.
Taking advantage of his absolute dominance in the moon reading space, he transformed into Sleep Nightmare Douluo, passing off the fake as genuine, to intimidate the Furious Fiend and thereby extract confidential information.
Within the moon reading space, all rules, scenes, and reality were dominated by Xu Tianhao alone.
He was the heaven here, the only god here.
Therefore, as he transformed into Sleep Nightmare Douluo at this moment, whether it was his aura, expression, clothing, or that unique pressure and sense of evil belonging to a Titled Douluo, he had perfectly replicated it, without a single flaw, enough to pass for the real thing.
The moment the Sleep Nightmare Douluo, transformed by Xu Tianhao, appeared, the Furious Fiend was so scared that his whole body shuddered.
He subconsciously let go of the hand that was pinching Nana's neck and threw her aside.
Immediately, he and the illusion of the Black Fiend, conjured by Xu Tianhao with mental force, knelt on the ground with a thud.
Both of them placed their hands on the ground, their heads deeply buried, their tones full of fear and respect, and they shouted in unison: "Subordinates Furious Fiend (Black Fiend), respectfully welcome the arrival of the Eighth Elder!"
The Nana illusion created by Xu Tianhao slowly climbed up from the ground, gently patted the dust off her body, and then coldly glanced at the kneeling Furious Fiend and Black Fiend.
The illusion Nana moved her lotus steps lightly, moving away from the Furious Fiend, and instantly transformed into the ultimate green tea, with a bit of grievance, she softly complained to Xu Tianhao: "Eighth Elder, these two fellows don't know what's good for them; not only did they not listen to orders, but they even wanted to kill me. You must decide for me!"