How could they make the Holy Spirit Cult's reputation even more foul and universally despised?
Why, put them out in the sunlight and display them before everyone's eyes, of course!
Xu Tianran's thinking was clear. If the scope of the Soul Master Tournament was expanded to include sects, there would certainly be many sects eager to make a name for themselves, and the Holy Spirit Cult would undoubtedly be among them.
As long as the Holy Spirit Cult entered the competition, the Evil Soul Masters would be exposed before everyone. Once the public witnessed their bloody methods firsthand, they would surely harbor even greater hatred toward the Holy Spirit Cult. Then, if he followed the tide and launched a campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult, he would definitely gain unimaginable prestige.
Moreover, expanding the competition to include sects had another benefit: it would allow them to detain every participating academy student and sect disciple in Radiant City.
That way, they could use those academy students and sect disciples as hostages, forcing those academies and sects to hesitate and giving the Sun Moon Empire a greater advantage when it launched its war!
After all, anyone selected to participate would certainly be among the most gifted elites of their academy or sect. They would never tolerate their most talented disciples under the age of twenty simply dying like that. If those disciples were detained, those sects and academies would inevitably be constrained.
The Sun Moon Empire could use those students and disciples to order their academies and sects not to set foot on the battlefield!
The absence of one or two academies or sects might not mean much, but if sixty or seventy percent of the sects and academies in the Douluo Three Kingdoms were unable to participate in the war, the