Chapter 158 Star Changes
The Star Forest, the temporary base of the Holy Spirit Church.

It was already dark at this time.

The only difference from before is that the humans who remain here have now split into two distinct factions.

In addition to the original group of evil soul masters from the Holy Spirit Church, a large number of soul masters belonging to the Sun-Moon Empire were also stationed here.

Instead, there were more than a hundred evil soul masters, but now there are only about fifty left.

In a simple tent, two evil soul masters were chatting idly.

An evil soul master who looked quite sinister said viciously: "What a damn bad luck! I thought I could make a lot of money by coming to the Star Dou Great Forest, but I didn't expect that I would just be a laborer."

Another skinny evil soul master put down the human soul master's skull in his hand, which had been dried by the wind for who knows how many years, and replied helplessly.

"Say less. You know, the Great Elder hasn't left yet. He hasn't said anything, so what can we do?"

"Just do your own thing first. Do you want to be skinned and have your soul sucked out like those people before you?"

When the evil soul master heard about skinning and soul extraction, his pupils suddenly shrank, and then he said angrily: "Why the hell should our Holy Spirit Church listen to the orders of a group of soul beasts?"

"It's just killing a few of them." Just as the Yin Jie evil soul master was still complaining a little unhappy.

Another skinny evil soul master interrupted him immediately: "Has your brain dried up after not sucking blood for a year?"

The skinny evil soul master gnashed his teeth and said, "If you want to die, don't drag me down with you. We are now outside the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Besides, it's no secret that the auspicious emperor beast is paying close attention to us Holy Spirit Church members. Who knows, your words might have been heard by a certain fierce beast."

Seeing the black resentment emanating from the skinny evil soul master, Yin Jie evil soul master spat softly and stopped talking.

During this year, after Emperor Tian handed over the control of the Holy Spirit Church to the Emperor's Auspicious Beast.

These evil soul masters also enjoyed a period of revelry.

After all, it is within their cognition.

Since Emperor Tian, ​​the most powerful beast god in the Star Dou Great Forest, no longer directly controls their Holy Spirit Church.

Doesn't that mean they can act freely in their next actions in the Star Dou Great Forest?
You should know that many evil soul masters will feel extremely uncomfortable if they don't deal with some living souls, blood sacrifices, and resentment.

After coming to the Star Dou Great Forest for such a long time, they haven't had much meat.

Although occasionally in private, he would also capture some unnoticed soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest to indulge himself.

But after all, I didn't dare to make too much of a fuss, because I was still itching to do it.

Now that Di Tian is gone and has been replaced by an imperial auspicious beast that doesn't seem to have high cultivation level, aren't their good days coming?
What they didn’t know was that Di Tian really didn’t care much about the life and death of those low-level soul beasts.

Di Tian was not unaware of the little tricks they had done in private before, but he was just too lazy to care.

After all, as long as the Holy Spirit Church does not carry out large-scale massacres openly.

The death of a dozen low-level soul beasts every day in the Star Dou Great Forest is nothing at all.

In Di Tian's eyes, apart from the dragon clan, only the top soul beasts or super soul beasts are worthy of attention.

But Di Ruier is different.

After being connected with Huo Yuhao's attributes, he was influenced by Huo Yuhao's thinking.

Now in her heart, all soul beasts, regardless of their strength or potential.

They are all the people of this imperial auspicious beast.

It is reasonable for soul beasts to follow their habits and instincts, hunt each other, and reproduce.

But people like those in the Holy Spirit Church torture and kill soul beasts to improve their own strength or get pleasure from it.

This was undoubtedly a naked provocation to her, the imperial auspicious beast.

Whenever the emperor's auspicious beasts travel, they are always accompanied by ferocious beasts.

The original Emperor Rui'er didn't care about this when he was still the Emperor's auspicious beast.

But now, she has learned from Huo Yuhao how to make use of her identity and the power she can mobilize.

Among all the ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, the first one she targeted was the King of Ten Thousand Monsters.

Deep in the dark forest, dense and opaque branches and leaves are intertwined, forming patches of gloomy sky.

Thick moss spread on the dry tree trunks, and rotten bones and corpses could be vaguely seen under the dead trees.

Decay and life are intertwined, and deepest among the branches and leaves of these dead trees is a somewhat inconspicuous old tree.

From the outside, the old tree does not look tall, its trunk is slightly twisted, and there are scars on the bark.

Few people know that this is the true form of the King of Ten Thousand Demons, after being forcibly moved from the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest by Emperor Tian.

This demon-eyed demon tree, which had absorbed and plundered the lives of countless creatures, has now been lying dormant quietly.

"Uncle King of All Demons." A clear and pleasant voice rang out in this environment that was incompatible with her existence.

Di Ruier's arrival brought some warmth to the dark and damp depths of the dense forest that had not seen the sun for a long time.

As she called out, the dry vines around her tangled together.

Then, a middle-aged man with a blue face and creepy green eyes with a mysterious glow appeared in front of Di Ruier.

The branches and vines around him were vaguely connected to him, as if they were providing him with nutrients and vitality.

Seeing Di Ruier coming, the King of Ten Thousand Demons forced a smile on his face.

"How come the auspicious beast has time to come to me?"

As an existence that can control all the plants in the entire Star Dou Great Forest, the King of Ten Thousand Demons is undoubtedly deeply feared by Emperor Tian.

Although the ferocious-beast-level plant-type soul beast was able to transform into a human form and leave, Emperor Tian had already set up control over the true body of the Ten Thousand Demon King.

Without his permission, it cannot move at all, which almost restricts it.

After all, the Ten Thousand Demon King's ability to endure and plan is considered to be at a freak level among all soul beasts.

Not to mention that among the already simple plant-type soul beasts, the existence of the Ten Thousand Demon King is a unique wonder.

But like all ferocious beasts, when facing the emperor's auspicious beast, the King of Ten Thousand Demons tried his best to show his gentle side.

After all, the existence of the emperor's auspicious beast is directly related to the speed of their cultivation progress, and whether it can increase the possibility of successfully surviving the heavenly tribulation.

Even someone as brutal and reckless as the Bear King would suppress his temper after seeing this little ancestor, not to mention the shrewd and calculating King of Ten Thousand Demons.

"Uncle King of Ten Thousand Demons, I came here this time hoping that you could help me."

"Oh?" Narrowing his eyes slightly, the Monster King asked tentatively, "Auspicious beast, just tell me what you want."

The Ten Thousand Demon King was a little confused about what Di Ruier meant at this time. After all, except for some extremely special times, Di Tian would hardly allow anyone to contact him.

Now, according to what the auspicious beast meant, could it be that the King of Ten Thousand Demons still has a chance to turn things around from under the nose of Emperor Tian?

Di Ruier told her thoughts: "Ever since those human spirit masters who were allowed by Emperor Tian came to our Xingdou Great Forest."

"Those low-level soul beast tribes have been thrown into chaos by them, and it is difficult for them to live in peace. Now Di Tian has handed over the right to govern them to me."

Having said this, Di Ruier became more serious, and an aura of a superior emanated from her.

His own race is just a relatively ordinary Demon Eye Demon Tree. The suppression at the blood level made the King of Ten Thousand Demons slightly bow to Di Ruier.

But at this moment, he felt more joy in his heart, because every word Di Ruier said next hit the mark in his heart.

"In order to stop their misdeeds, I hope that Uncle Wan Yao Wang will cooperate with me to monitor those human spirit masters."

"Once they do anything to harm other soul beast tribes, stop them immediately and report it to me."

"As for how to punish them, I will make the arrangements myself."

Having said that, Di Ruier's golden eyes flickered, and the flash of pressure in them made the King of Ten Thousand Demons lower his head a little more.

"Emperor Tian has always believed that your presence, Uncle Monster King, will pose a threat to the Xingdou Great Forest."

"But that was tens of thousands of years ago. After I was born, even if you, Uncle Monster King, did not harm other soul beasts, your cultivation would have steadily improved."

"And reducing the hunting of other soul beasts will also help accumulate your own luck."

"I believe Uncle Monster King will no longer hunt without restraint like before. What do you think, Uncle Monster King?"

After listening to Di Ruier's words, the King of Ten Thousand Demons' originally excited heart calmed down a little.

Because what Di Ruier said was right. Hunting soul beasts, devouring lives, and working hard to develop, what was the purpose of him becoming the King of Ten Thousand Demons?
Isn't the purpose to grow stronger, have a longer life, and continue to survive?

But now that we have the auspicious beast, instead of continuing with our previous style.

It is safer to follow the auspicious beast than to take great risks and become hostile to most soul beasts.

Therefore, the King of Ten Thousand Demons no longer succumbed to his bloodline and status, but bowed his head sincerely to Di Ruier in front of him.

"Please leave it to me. Under my eyes and ears, the actions of those human spirit masters will be exposed."

Looking at the attitude of the Ten Thousand Demon King, Di Ruier nodded: "Uncle Ten Thousand Demon King, don't worry, the situation on Douluo Continent is changing rapidly now."

"The threat posed by humans is becoming increasingly powerful. The power of our soul beasts must be closely united. This is my idea, and it is also what Di Tian meant."

Looking at the spirited Di Rui'er, the King of Ten Thousand Monsters couldn't help but secretly say, "The Emperor of Auspicious Beasts. The Emperor of Soul Beasts, it seems that she is no longer the little girl she used to be."

"But besides what you and Di Tian wanted, is it also what the person in the restricted area wanted?"

Under the surveillance of the King of Ten Thousand Demons, all the evil soul masters who committed evil deeds were caught.

In general, among the more than one hundred evil soul masters, there is not a single one who has not done bad things in the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, due to the cooperation with the Sun-Moon Empire, after finding them all out, the Emperor's Auspicious Beast did not kill them all.

He just took Xiong Jun with him and killed the thirty or so most vicious evil soul masters as a warning to others.

And facing the pressure brought by the Bear King, and the dragon's might that was faintly suppressing him.

The Holy Spirit Church's great elder's back bent even more.

As the oldest person in the Holy Spirit Church except Ye Xishui.

This great elder's cultivation level is not the highest, but he is the most capable. His main strengths are his ability to judge the situation and his foresight.

Not only did he agree to all the requests made by Di Ruier, he also strengthened the control over the evil soul masters under his command.

He even personally caught a dozen evil soul masters, skinned them and extracted their souls on the spot to train them into human puppets to show his sincerity.

"Please rest assured, Master Ruishou, such a thing will never happen again in the Xingdou Great Forest."

"We will never delay our cooperation with the Xingdou Great Forest. Within three days, the Sun-Moon Empire will send reinforcements."

"And these are just a small apology from the Holy Spirit Church. Please accept them."

Although it was painful, the Holy Spirit Church's great elder even handed over a ninth-level defensive soul guide he had brought with him as compensation.

Seeing that the other party was so humble, Di Ruier naturally couldn't continue to make trouble.

Later, the Holy Spirit Church did indeed restrain itself a lot under the control of this great elder.

Often, before Di Rui'er came to cause trouble, those who did not follow the rules had already been dealt with internally.

Unlike the Holy Spirit Church's followers who could not control themselves, the soul guides sent by the Sun-Moon Empire later were much more honest.

However, in the eyes of Di Ruier and a group of ferocious beasts, the threat posed by these soul guides is even more serious than that of the followers of the Holy Spirit Church.

Star Dou Forest Core Area
Looking at the image projected by the spiritual power of the King of Ten Thousand Demons.

Di Ruier. Di Tian, ​​Bi Ji, and Zi Ji all looked a little solemn.

Both Xiong Jun and Chi Wang were a little confused, but they still pretended to be thoughtful.

"What a good trick." Di Tian sneered and praised: "I didn't expect that the human who was originally not taken seriously by me could actually do such a great thing."

"Lord Beast God, why does this seem familiar?" Zi Ji asked hesitantly.

I saw the soul masters of the Sun-Moon Empire wearing armor that covered their entire bodies.

When they encounter mountains, they open them up and mine some minerals from deep underground in the Star Forest.

The locations where these minerals are located are places that even soul beasts that are good at digging are reluctant to sneak into.

The familiarity that Zi Ji mentioned refers to the crystals embedded in the heart of the soul guide armor.

"Dragon Crystal, it's just a little similar." Di Tian said coldly.

When the other ferocious beasts heard this, they understood what Di Tian was angry and worried about.

Dragon crystal is the unique energy crystal of the dragon clan. It is a dragon pill that has not been integrated into the vitality of the whole body. It is also the soul core of the dragon clan.

It is just because its composition is somewhat different from ordinary soul cores and it is unique to the dragon clan that it is named dragon crystal.

This is also the reason why dragons are generally stronger than other soul beasts. The energy utilization rate of dragon crystals is much better than that of ordinary soul cores.

"Have humans been able to imitate dragon crystal? Or..." Brigitte asked worriedly.

Di Tian shook his head and said nothing more, "The Ten Thousand Demon Kings keep an eye on these humans. If they make any other moves, come to me and the auspicious beasts immediately."

(End of this chapter)