Soul Emperor Martial God

In the shadows, Xiao Yi removed the Ghost Mask and changed his clothes.

Then, he secretly followed the team.

Not long after,

this team stopped deep in the back mountain of the Sect.

Ahead, there was a large gate.

At the gate, two Deacons stood guard.

At this moment, two Disciples in charge of escorting stepped forward and saluted.

"Deacon, this is the last batch," the two Disciples said respectfully.

"They've all been taught a good lesson by Elder Huo."

"Oh?" The two Deacons sneered and asked, "How submissive are they?"

"Like dogs," the two Disciples answered.

"That's good, hahaha, take them in," the two Deacons laughed proudly.

The escorted Martial Artists were furious but dared not make any move.

If they had not been controlled by the Scorching Fire Pill,

these people would never dare to scoff at them in their presence.

...

After a while, the two Holy Sect Disciples finished escorting and came out.

Once they had gone far away,

Xiao Yi swiftly made his move.

Crack... Crack...

The two Holy Sect Disciples didn't even have time to react

before Xiao Yi snapped their necks, claiming their lives.

The next second,

Xiao Yi took their clothes and the Token.

Then, with a wave of his hand, a flame turned the two bodies to ashes

leaving no trace.

...

In front of the gate just mentioned, a Holy Sect Disciple hurriedly approached.

"What's such a rush?" the two guarding Deacons asked in unison.

"There's no time to explain. By the order of Elder Huo, I have urgent matters to attend to," the Disciple responded.

"Elder Huo's orders?" The two guarding Deacons were immediately startled and then stepped aside to open the way.

"Elder Huo has commanded that this matter is not to be shared. Do not disturb me until I come out," the Disciple added.

"Yes," the two Deacons nodded.

Elder Huo's notoriety within the Flame Holy Sect was known to all.

And no one dared to offend.

The Disciple, seemingly with urgent business, entered quickly.

The two Deacons did not notice that the Disciple, now with his back to them, smirked coldly.

The Disciple, of course, was Xiao Yi.

The Flame Holy Sect was one of the great powers, with tens of thousands of disciples.

Some Deacons simply could not recognize all the Disciples.

Of course, during the last dispute between the Flame Martial Guards and the Holy Sect Disciples, Xiao Yi had made a brief appearance.

But, these two gatekeeping Deacons had not been present at that dispute.

Therefore, they had not seen Xiao Yi.

And for this reason, Xiao Yi dared to deceive them directly.

Moreover, the words Xiao Yi had spoken earlier played a significant role.

Firstly, he was not familiar with the rules within the Sect.

To prevent inadvertent mistakes, he had to use "urgent matters to attend to" as a pretext.

By invoking "Elder Huo's" name, he was able to immediately deter the two Deacons.

They hastened to let him pass, shortening their time to think, greatly eliminating any possibility of doubt.

Back to the point.

Xiao Yi entered the gate and continued forward.

Indeed, this place was the Flame Holy Sect's prison.

Before his eyes were the tens of thousands of Martial Artists who had been forcibly detained earlier.

Xiao Yi also spotted Zhang Huo and others.

At this moment, everyone's faces were pale,

marked by immense anger and hatred.

But more than that, there was despair.

It was clear they had all been tortured by the Scorching Fire Pill.

The existence of the Devouring Essence Pill made it impossible for them to resist.

At this time, Xiao Yi kept his head down,

a micro Spiritual Barrier shielding his face.

The Barrier slightly distorted the air around his face,

and it was just a simple application of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

If people didn't look straight at him, they would find it somewhat blurry and couldn't see his face clearly.

Under his almost perfect precise control, all this appeared very natural.

His gaze quickly swept over the crowd, and his eyes suddenly stopped on a figure.

"Lin Jin, you are indeed here," Xiao Yi smiled inwardly.

That figure was Lin Jin.

Silently, Xiao Yi walked towards Lin Jin.

When he reached Lin Jin,

Lin Jin immediately gave him a resentful look.

"How so? Does the scum of the Flame Holy Sect still want to continue torturing this young master?"

Xiao Yi was still dressed in the garments of a Flame Holy Sect disciple.

At this moment, Lin Jin, aside from his pale complexion, was also covered with wounds.

Among everyone here, he was the one who had suffered the most torment.

Suddenly, Xiao Yi grabbed Lin Jin.

Some martial artists nearby, eager to act, planned to intercept.

Xiao Yi, with his head lowered, coldly shouted, "What now, do you want to taste the Scorching Fire Pill again?"

"A bunch of bastards."

After his oddly-toned words, Xiao Yi, carrying Lin Jin, walked to a corner by himself.

In the eyes of everyone, he seemed to be preparing to teach the insolent Lin Jin a lesson.

"If the Flame Holy Sect has the guts, then kill your grandpa here."

"Otherwise, your young master will surely repay you a thousandfold in the future."

Lin Jin cursed, grinding his teeth in anger.

Even now, looking like this, he still refused to compromise and would not show the slightest sign of pitiable submission.

One could imagine that before this, he must have never given in.

That's why he became the most severely tormented person here.

"Shush." Xiao Yi made a gesture with his eyes, subtly signaling with his hands.

Afterward, the barrier on his face disappeared in an instant.

"Stop cursing, it's me," Xiao Yi whispered.

As he spoke, Xiao Yi nonchalantly cast a hollow barrier, to prevent their voices from carrying.

"Brother Xiao Yi?" Lin Jin's face lit up with joy.

"You're not dead, you really aren't dead."

"I always knew that my brother Lin Jin couldn't possibly be so easily killed by that bastard Guu Changkong."

Lin Jin was visibly excited.

"How were you captured?" Xiao Yi asked quietly.

Lin Jin explained the situation.

Just as Xiao Yi had previously guessed.

Lin Jin had accepted a mission to go missing, investigating near Flame City.

In the end, he found it traced back to the Flame Holy Sect.

Naturally, the Flame Holy Sect took him into custody.

At that time, the Flame Holy Sect was preparing a series of actions; of course, they wouldn't allow any accidents to happen.

"And you?" Lin Jin asked, "How did you end up like this?"

"There are people from the Flame Holy Sect here," Xiao Yi said gravely.

The ones being held here, although they were the tens of thousands of martial artists forcibly brought by the Flame Holy Sect after resisting the Beast Tide,

Xiao Yi was absolutely certain that there were spies for the Flame Holy Sect among them.

Thus, after he entered, he never revealed his identity.

Instead, he continued the cautious disguise.

What was most important now was to rescue everyone first.

"Don't talk for now, I'm going to detoxify you," Xiao Yi said gravely, his hand discreetly releasing a pill.

At that moment, the two were in a corner.

Outsiders couldn't hear what they were saying.

But seeing Lin Jin's occasional excited demeanor, they mistakenly thought Lin Jin was going mad.

They further assumed that Xiao Yi, dressed in the Holy Sect disciple's apparel, was humiliating and correcting Lin Jin.

In the corner, Lin Jin quickly took the elixir, swallowing it.

The elixir immediately took effect.

"Eh?" Lin Jin suddenly let out a surprised gasp, "Xiao Yi, what did you give me?"

"All my Cultivation is locked up."

Lin Jin asked, puzzled, rather than suspicious of Xiao Yi.

He fully trusted Xiao Yi would not harm him.

Xiao Yi chuckled softly, "That's a Seventh-grade Forbidden Essence Pill."

Since escaping from the Flame Sacred Mountain,

Xiao Yi had been contemplating how to detoxify everyone.

He was very aware that after he fell into the volcano, people like Zhang Huo certainly could not have escaped.

Their fate would be to be captured alive by Elder Huo and others, and forcibly fed the Devouring Essence Pill.

The real tormenting elixir was the Scorching Fire Pill.

However, the Scorching Fire Pill's issue wasn't significant; Xiao Yi could concoct an antidote.

Yet, the Devouring Essence Pill had no antidote.

Because it wasn't simply a poison.

It was used to devour the essence within the martial artist's body, triggering the toxicity of the Scorching Fire Pill at any moment.

Even if Xiao Yi could create an antidote for the Scorching Fire Pill and administer it to everyone,

the antidote would be devoured as energy by the Devouring Essence Pill before taking effect.

Thus, the first issue to tackle had to be the Devouring Essence Pill.

And the only counter Xiao Yi could think of right now was the Forbidden Element Pill.

The Forbidden Element Pill locked up all the essence and power within the martial artist's body.

This way, the Devouring Essence Pill would have no essence or power to devour, becoming dormant within the martial artist's body.

At the same time, the elder of the Flame Holy Sect would also lose the ability to trigger the Scorching Fire Pill Poison whenever they wished.

Of course, the Forbidden Element Pill was also one of the poisons.

Its effect lasted for a month.

That meant, once ingested, these tens of thousands of martial artists would be without combat ability for a month.

However, this was much better than being controlled by the Flame Holy Sect.

...

Third release.