The next morning.
The sun had just risen.
A crowd of commoners had already gathered in front of the Spirit Hall Branch Hall located in Suotuo City.
Many people were congregating there.
At the entrance of the Branch Hall, three stone pillars had been erected.
On the pillars,
three corpses were tied up respectively.
The three corpses were none other than the the three scoundrels who had been taken out by Jin Mian last night.
"Ah! It's the the three scoundrels! Spirit Hall actually executed these three beasts!"
Within the crowd,
an old woman stepped forward with her granddaughter.
She spoke out to everyone.
"Fellow villagers, it was these three beasts who kidnapped my granddaughter last night. Fortunately, the Holy Son of Spirit Hall saved her, otherwise my granddaughter would have been ruined."
In an instant,
the surrounding people began to praise Spirit Hall one after another.
"This Spirit Hall has truly done a great deed for us commoners."
"Exactly. These the three scoundrels used to act tyrannically and prey on the locals, yet those officials in Suotuo City were so afraid of their power they didn't dare say a word."
"Spirit Hall is truly kind; they are much more reliable than those officials in the city."
The commoners had long harbored deep hatred for the the three scoundrels.
Seeing the three of them killed now was a welcome sight.
At that moment,
Jin Mian slowly walked out.
"Bule, Ekao, and Tianya, relying on their status as Soul Masters, repeatedly violated the safety of the people and kidnapped women. Their crimes are unpardonable!"
"I, the Holy Son, have already executed them!"
"From now on, whenever a Soul Master commits evil, or if you find traces of an Evil Soul Master, you can report it to Spirit Hall."
"Spirit Hall's Law Enforcement Team will definitely not allow Soul Masters to commit evil! Even more so, we will not allow Evil Soul Masters to endanger everyone's lives and safety!"
Hearing these words,
the commoners burst into applause and cheers.
Many people thought that when their children grew up,
they would have them join Spirit Hall.
To become a powerful Soul Master and protect everyone.
After Jin Mian finished his speech,
he suddenly noticed
within the crowd,
many energy particles of various colors were drifting out.
"Could these be the Power of Faith?"
He speculated.
He reached out and took out the God Position he had prepared earlier.
In the next second,
those strands of Power of Faith automatically moved toward the God Position.
Just as they were about to merge into it,
Jin Mian put the God Position away.
This was because a marvelous idea had suddenly occurred to him.
First of all, the God Position he wanted to create was for Miris.
Therefore, the attributes had to be compatible.
In other words, it had to be of the Light element.
Since the Power of Faith was emitted based on people's heartfelt gratitude,
putting it another way,
if what people emitted from their hearts was a kind of light similar to the Power of Faith,
then wouldn't his God Position of Light
be even more powerful?
Thinking of this,
Jin Mian couldn't help but recall a certain thirty-million-year-old Ultraman who tricked children into finding the light in their hearts from his previous Life—Tiga!
As a representative of extreme idealism,
that guy was incredibly sly.
As the saying goes,
traveling through time and space, doing my best, I will come to your side.
It even spawned variations like:
With light, Glitter Tiga; without light, Dark Tiga.
If he used this as a foundation to collect the Light Power of Faith for Miris's God Position,
wouldn't he also be incredibly sly in the future?
Perhaps Miris could even evolve because of this.
Into Radiant Miris.
Maybe when the light reaches its extreme, he could evolve once more into the Son of Light, Miris.
At that time, under normal circumstances, if you call me Miris, I won't mind.
But when there is light, what should you call me?
"Good!"
"It's decided!"
"If I remember correctly, that old schemer Tiga relied on tricking children's light to become Glitter Tiga. In that case, I shall also..."
Jin Mian turned his gaze toward a few children playing in the distance.
He walked up and asked directly: "Children, do you believe in light?"
...Meanwhile, on the other side.
In an unknown forest.
The culprit who attacked the Suotuo City Spirit Hall Branch Hall,
Tang San!
At this moment, he was sucking the blood essence of a living person captured from a nearby village.
He used Blue Silver vines to wrap the villager layer upon layer.
The sharp black thorns on the vines pierced into the villager's body, continuously sucking out blood.
In just a few moments,
the villager was sucked into a shriveled corpse.
Tang San tossed it casually onto the ground.
Tang San's eyes were flashing with a red light, incredibly crimson.
His entire body was emitting a black mist.
It was extremely eerie.
A few minutes later.
After refining the blood essence, he stood up, still wanting more.
Looking at the shriveled corpse, he licked the corners of his mouth.
"The blood essence of ordinary people is too poor in quality. It has to be Soul Master blood essence to be effective."
"Especially the taste of those Soul Masters from the Suotuo City Spirit Hall Branch Hall a few days ago—that was a delicious feast!"
"The blood of that Spirit Saint among them was much more delicious than the corpses of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon disciples, those people from Slaughter City, or ordinary people."
"After sucking all their blood, my level has actually reached Rank 75!"
"If I can absorb a few more Branch Halls, won't I become a Spirit Douluo very soon!"
"By then, I'll have a bit more certainty in defeating Jin Mian!"
Tang San clenched his fists, his competitive Martial Soul surging.
Since coming out of Slaughter City,
Tang San's demand for blood had grown larger by the day.
Last time,
he spent an entire night
sucking the blood essence of all the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples to barely control the bloodlust in his body.
This was because
once a person dies, their Martial Soul is gone, and their spirit power vanishes as well.
Therefore, their blood essence becomes useless.
A few days ago,
on the way to Star Luo City,
Tang San's bloodlust disease flared up again.
As it happened, the carriage drove into Suotuo City.
Even more coincidentally, they passed right by the Spirit Hall Branch Hall.
Thinking that all the pain he suffered now was brought by Spirit Hall,
Tang San immediately felt murderous intent.
So, under the cover of night, he found an excuse to slip back alone.
He raided the Spirit Hall Branch Hall.
And used his Blue Silver Grass to slaughter everyone before he was satisfied.
"Spirit Hall, you got what you deserved!"
"This time is just a small lesson for you."
"Next time, when I return from Star Luo City, I will have you wiped out!"
Tang San spoke with sinister ruthlessness.
Suddenly,
he sensed a gaze watching him from somewhere.
He immediately became alert,
observing the surroundings.
But after conducting a search,
he found that in the surrounding forest, besides himself,
there was not a second person.
"Could it be that I've been too tense lately and am having hallucinations?"
"Yes! It must be that."
"Speaking of which, I've been out long enough this time."
"If I don't go back, Teacher and the others will get suspicious."
Tang San composed his expression
and left the forest.
And just after he left,
a fat figure flapped a pair of small wings and slowly descended.
He looked at Tang San's retreating back, pondering something.
Then, he gave a crooked smile,
changed direction, and turned to leave...
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