stonecrandall Chapter 46 The Dark Earl Appears
Chapter 46 The Dark Earl Appears
Weekend, Donghai City Soul Guide Train Station.
The Spirit Pagoda has already found accommodation for Tang Wulin's family, so today is the day that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue will arrive in Donghai City on the Soul Guidance Train.
Xie Xie sat on a bench on the platform, watching Tang Wulin sway back and forth in front of him, making his eyes almost blurry, and couldn't help but say:
"Wu Lin, sit for a while? Your uncle and aunt's soul-guided train won't arrive until 9 o'clock, and it's only 8:30 now, so there's still half an hour."
"Alright, I'll sit for a while." Tang Wulin suppressed his excitement and sat down next to Xie Xie.
At this moment, a young figure sat down next to Tang Wulin with his legs crossed, immediately attracting the attention of Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
Tall and slender, he wore a well-tailored rose-colored tuxedo with a thorny red rose pinned to his chest. His face was sickly pale, his lips almost translucent, and his long, slightly curly, wine-red hair cascaded over his shoulders. A smile graced his handsome face, revealing four sharp front teeth.
"Is the child waiting for his/her parents?"
"Yes," Tang Wulin said politely, "and you, big brother?"
"I'm waiting for someone too." The man in the suit grinned, his four sharp front teeth gleaming white.
Those four sharp front teeth... Is this a Soul Master with a Bat Martial Soul?
Since the TV series "Count of the Vampire" became a hit, people associate bats with vampires, and those with bat-themed martial arts often cosplay as the handsome vampire count from the TV series.
Tang Wulin had also watched this TV series. The older brother in front of him was extremely realistic, even more handsome than the main actor in the series. He also had a more noble temperament, and every move he made carried the demeanor of an ancient nobleman. It felt as if a real vampire count had appeared in front of them.
At nine o'clock, the Soul Guidance Train arrived at Donghai Station on time.
Tang Ziran and Lang Yue emerged empty-handed from the dark blue first-class carriage. Their luggage was stored in their spatial soul tools, which their son had earned to buy for them.
"Mom and Dad!"
Tang Wulin jumped up excitedly from his chair and rushed forward to hug his parents.
Seeing the happy family of three, Xie Xie couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat, turned his head away, and tears streamed down his face.
If only my mother were still alive!
Langyue noticed the boy, who was about the same age as her son, and asked:
"Son, who is this...?"
"Oh," Tang Wulin said, leaving his parents' arms and walking over to Xie Xie to introduce him to his parents.
"His name is Xie Xie, Xie as in thank you and Xie as in encounter. He is my best friend."
Xie Xie quickly wiped away his tears, turned around and greeted them politely, "Hello, Uncle and Aunt."
After exchanging pleasantries, the four left the station. Tang Wulin looked at the older brother dressed as a vampire count and asked, "Big brother, hasn't the person you're waiting for arrived yet?"
The man in the suit smiled with an air of nobility, his blood-red eyes fixed on Tang Wulin's family. "We've arrived. You're the people I've been waiting for!"
"Let me introduce myself. I am the Dark Earl, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Holy Spirit Cult. My only flaw is that I am too perfect."
(Some readers commented that the name Wild Holy Spirit Cult sounded awkward and suggested changing it to Evil Spirit Cult. This was later revised in the book. Members of Wild Holy Spirit Cult still refer to themselves as the Holy Spirit Cult, but others call the organization the Evil Spirit Cult.)
Dark Earl, one of the Four Dark Kings of the Evil Spirit Cult, whose martial soul is the Dark Gold Nine-Headed Bat, is a level 98 Title Douluo.
Recently, the Evil Spirit Cult obtained clues about Tang Ziran and Lang Yue.
Logically, a few low-level henchmen would suffice for a capture mission of this level. But this is the Douluo Federation, where there is almost no environment for evil soul masters to survive; they have all been forced to make a living overseas. Coming to the Federation to carry out missions is extremely dangerous.
After all, the Holy Spirit Church's Inquisition is no pushover, and the Temple of War and the FBI are also quite troublesome forces.
Therefore, this capture mission requires a highly skilled individual, but this is only one of the reasons why the Dark Earl accepted the mission.
The Evil Spirit Cult accidentally obtained information that Tang Ziran had an extraordinary relationship with Qilin Douluo, the strongest person in the Star Luo Empire. Controlling Tang Ziran was equivalent to controlling Qilin Douluo, a quasi-god level expert.
The Evil Spirit Cult consists of one emperor, two kings, and four heavenly kings. The Demon Emperor, one of the emperors, was suppressed and sealed in the depths of the sea by a mysterious figure, and the location of the seal has not yet been found. Among the two kings, the Ghost Emperor is currently unavailable, and the Plague Emperor was recently killed by the cardinal of the Holy Spirit Cult and is currently in the process of resurrection. As a result, this important task has fallen on the shoulders of the four dark heavenly kings.
Among the Four Dark Kings, the Dark Angel has its own exclusive mission. The Dark Phoenix (Evil Fire Phoenix, a descendant of Ma Hongjun and Ma Xiaotao, not Leng Yulai) and the Dark Fiend Star are not suitable for this kind of capture mission that requires keeping prisoners alive. So the only candidate left is the noble and elegant Dark Earl, who is so perfect that even perfection is a flaw.
"Come with me obediently, or I won't hesitate to taste the delicious and alluring blood of your sons."
After speaking, the Dark Earl licked his four sharp front teeth with his tongue, staring intently at Tang Wulin's neck like a vampire craving blood, as if he were about to pounce and tear it apart at any moment.
With his strength, he could easily forcibly take away the mission target, but that would be too inelegant and not in line with the elegant and noble style of vampires.
He will not use force to coerce his target into submission unless absolutely necessary.
"An evil cult!"
Tang Ziran and Lang Yue's faces turned deathly pale instantly. Almost instinctively, they shielded their son behind them and pulled Xie Xie along as well.
The Soul Masters of the Holy Spirit Cult are all of the Light or Holy attributes, and there are no Four Heavenly Kings among them. Therefore, the Dark Earl who claims to be one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Holy Spirit Cult can only be a member of the Evil Spirit Cult.
Is the potion they're researching really that important? The Evil Spirit Cult actually sent the Four Heavenly Kings, high-ranking evil spirit masters, to personally carry out the capture mission in order to arrest them.
At this moment, Tang Ziran could never have imagined that the reason why the Dark Earl personally took action was related to Tong Yu, who had left him with childhood trauma.
The station was bustling with people coming and going, yet no one noticed what was happening here, as if an invisible barrier had separated this place from the outside world.
Seeing no hope of escape, Tang Ziran shielded his son behind him with one hand and held his wife with the other, gritting his teeth as he said:
"We can go with you, but you must release our son and his friends."
"No, no, no, that won't do." The Dark Earl shook his head elegantly, extending one finger and waving it three times, saying:
"Letting them go would ruin the mission, and imperfections should be eliminated. Also, I'm not using force because of my politeness and upbringing, not because you have the right to negotiate with me."