An Unexpected Person

"Chief, there are still a few survivors here. They were the ones who put the villagers' remains together." The Shrek Enforcement Team came over with a group of children stained with filthy blood, covered in grime, their eyes filled with uncertainty about the future.

The enforcement team came before the children and said apologetically, "I'm very sorry that I couldn't arrive in time after something like this happened in your village. But children, praise the great Sea God. Under his protection, you survived. I'm very glad that the tragedy of the entire village being slaughtered did not occur."

"Uncle Enforcement Team, are you saying the Sea God protected us and let us survive?" a little boy asked.

"Of course," the enforcement team chief said. "The Sea God is merciful."

"But why did he watch as Evil Soul Masters killed our parents?" another child asked.

"Children, it was not the great Sea God who caused your parents to be harmed by Evil Soul Masters. The ones you should hate are those hateful Evil Soul Masters. The Sea God's love reaches across the entire continent, but he cannot possibly look after everyone. Some people can only be said to..."

The chief sighed and said, "It's all fate!"

"But rest assured, we uphold the Sea God's will and swear that we will kill every Evil Soul Master, restoring order to Douluo Continent!" the chief declared righteously.

Just as they were preparing to leave, a young voice suddenly called out to stop them.

"Please let me join Shrek's Enforcement Team as well. I hope to follow you and eradicate Evil Soul Masters."

The chief turned around and looked in surprise at the little girl with rose-colored long hair behind him. One enforcement team member said, "Our Shrek Enforcement Team isn't something just anyone can join. At the very least, there's one requirement: you must be from Shrek Academy."

"Wait." The chief walked up to the little girl, took her hand, and sensed it. His face immediately filled with astonishment. "You've awakened your martial soul? Who helped you awaken it?"

"I have a martial soul?" little Hua Qiang asked in confusion.

"She has a martial soul without undergoing awakening?" The chief was utterly amazed, then quickly understood. "I've heard that some people can awaken their martial souls under certain conditions without undergoing a systematic awakening, but such people are extremely rare."

As he spoke, he took out a crystal ball. "Come, place your hand on it and let me see your talent."

Hua Qiang placed her hand on the crystal ball, and in an instant, it shone with a dazzling radiance.

"Th-this is Innate Full Soul Power!" the chief said excitedly.

Shrek Academy had never lacked geniuses in any era, but Innate Full Soul Power was still enough to draw Shrek Academy's attention.

Seeing this, the chief decided to take the girl to Shrek Academy.

At that thought, the chief immediately put on a kind expression and said, "Little girl, you can come with us. Only at Shrek Academy can your talent be brought out to its fullest."

"Can you take me too? I also want to follow you and eradicate Evil Soul Masters," He Hua said timidly.

"Uncle, can you test He Hua too?" Hua Qiang asked.

Having found a genius, the chief was in an excellent mood, so he awakened He Hua's martial soul as well. Her martial soul was the same as her name: a pure white lotus flower.

However, when it came time to test her Soul Power, the chief looked at the faint glimmer blooming within the crystal and could not help frowning. "Innate Soul Power is only 2. I'm sorry, but you do not qualify to join Shrek Academy. Shrek Academy only accepts monsters, not trash."

Afterward, no matter how Hua Qiang tried to persuade him, the enforcement team chief refused to take He Hua back to Shrek Academy.

Helpless, Hua Qiang could only go to He Hua's side and comfort her. "He Hua, after I join Shrek Academy, I'll definitely cultivate hard and help our parents and the villagers get revenge."

He Hua, however, remained lost in the chief's words that Shrek Academy only accepted monsters and not trash, and merely nodded blankly.

After that, Hua Qiang went to Shrek Academy and cultivated desperately. At the age of thirty-nine, she advanced to become a Titled Douluo. Though she could not be considered the youngest Titled Douluo, she was already worthy of being called a monster, and she earned the title of one of the Shrek Seven Devils.

She joined the Shrek Enforcement Team and uncovered the Evil Soul Master organization that had slaughtered their village all those years ago. She destroyed it and fulfilled the oath she had made back then.

Like a sharp blade, she reaped the lives of Evil Soul Masters who massacred all living beings. Under her leadership, the Shrek Enforcement Team intercepted Evil Soul Masters countless times before tragedies could occur, protecting countless lives.

Later, an organization known as Evil Spirit Hall united the scattered Evil Soul Masters and openly opposed Shrek Academy. Their targets shifted from ordinary people to Soul Masters, high-ranking officials, and Shrek Academy itself.

They intended to overturn the existing order of Douluo Continent and establish an order led by Evil Soul Masters. The leader of this organization was a woman codenamed Snow Lotus.

Snow Lotus seemed very familiar with Hua Qiang and had anticipated several of her operations to suppress Evil Soul Masters, forcing Hua Qiang into desperate situations time and again.

However, Shrek was, after all, a hegemonic force on Douluo Continent. This time, Shrek Academy had nearly committed all of its strength against this Evil Soul Master faction, joining forces with the Two Great Empires, the Tang Sect, and numerous sects. In the end, they destroyed Evil Spirit Hall.

At Evil Spirit Hall's headquarters, Hua Qiang and Snow Lotus engaged in their final confrontation. In the end, her Hell Rose pierced through Snow Lotus's palms and feet, nailing her body into the shape of a cross as it shredded her flesh.

"M-my blood is being absorbed by your roses. You call us Evil Soul Masters, but aren't you one as well?" the woman codenamed Snow Lotus said, blood at the corner of her lips.

"That's different. Your hands reached toward innocent civilians, innocent people. And I kill only demons like you."

"Demons? Oh, hahaha... Hua Qiang, what a hilarious joke you've made me hear." Snow Lotus laughed. "You say our hands reached toward innocent civilians. Yes, that's right. Our hands are stained with the blood of countless innocents. But were the people who died at our hands truly all innocent? We are demons, but have you ever considered who nurtured us demons into existence?"

"With death at hand, what are you still trying to say?" Hua Qiang asked.

"Do you still remember me?" She shook her head and flung the mask from her face.

Hua Qiang stared at her in shock.

"You're... He Hua."