"Ye Xishui got away. Elder Zu, look..."
Xiao He's expression darkened.
"No need to worry. Long Xiaoyao crippled her Evil Martial Soul in the end. She only has the physical strength and Spiritual Power of a Limit Douluo now, but she has lost her evil soul power and martial soul. Go back and report to Lord."
Jing Hongchen and Xiao He exchanged glances. Since Elder Zu had said so, they could only agree. Xu Xiao had ordered everyone to follow Zu Chongzhi's commands during this operation, so naturally they did not dare question him.
An hour later.
After taking a long detour and seeing that no Title Douluo were following him, Zhongli Wu finally let out a long breath.
He landed beside an uninhabited shore. Flying while continuously burning soul power had exhausted him, so Zhongli Wu immediately sat down cross-legged and began recovering his soul power.
"Damn it, who exactly are those lunatics?! They ruined the Holy Cult's century-long plan. As for Feng Ling... I hope she can successfully escape."
He seemed to recall how that woman had always ignored him.
"Bitch! Once I meet up with you this time, let's see who can protect you then!"
Thinking of Feng Ling's fiery body, Zhongli Wu could barely restrain himself.
"Soon, soon. After decades of waiting, this Cult Master will finally get what he wants! Hahahaha!"
Zhongli Wu did not feel the slightest sadness over Ye Xishui's possible death.
Evil Soul Masters were already a pack of mad, chaotic, evil people. Expecting them to have any family affection was the greatest joke in the world.
In truth, if Ye Xishui had not been a Limit Douluo, and if her lapdog Long Xiaoyao had not also been Rank 99...
Zhongli Wu had actually entertained even more thrilling thoughts, but Ye Xishui had refused to relinquish power all these years.
Though he was the Cult Master, he could only act like a son. The little desire he had to vent could only be directed at Feng Ling, whom he could control.
"Feng Ling, I'll capture your old lover too. Then... hahahaha!" Zhongli Wu had already begun fantasizing about the good times ahead.
"Filthy rat!"
A cold, merciless voice came from behind him. By the time Zhongli Wu reacted, he could no longer move.
"This damned gravity is a soul skill?"
After suppressing this trash with killing intent, Xiang Yu hesitated. Killing such filth would dirty the hands of the Xiang King. It would be more suitable to leave it to a petty man like Liu Bang.
Of course, he could not disobey Xu Xiao's orders. The evil of these Evil Soul Masters had opened his eyes as well. He could not let a tiger return to the mountains!
"Sixth Soul Skill, Dismemberment!"
With absolute force, it forcibly tore every enemy within a hundred meters into pieces. Combined with Xiang Yu's gravity control, even an ordinary Limit Douluo might be killed outright if they lacked a powerful defensive soul skill.
Though Zhongli Wu did not understand what Dismemberment meant, he knew that if he could not withstand it, he would die. Yet under the suppression of dozens of times normal gravity, he could not use any soul skills at all.
Thinking of the humiliations he had endured in the past, Zhongli Wu knew he was unlikely to survive. His heart hardened. "Then let's die together! Aaaah!"
He was going to detonate his Soul Core!
He would make these lunatics experience the pain of an Evil Soul Master Cult Master!
After a while.
The mutual destruction he had been waiting for did not happen.
If Xiang Yu had not learned through the Communication Soul Tool that the Evil Soul Master on Xiao He's side had self-destructed in the end...
He would not have held back while dealing with Evil Soul Masters. At close range, the detonation of a Rank 98 Title Douluo's Soul Core was powerful enough to threaten even a Limit Douluo!
"You Evil Soul Masters are braver than that cowardly petty man Liu Bang."
Xiang Yu spoke to himself.
Unfortunately, Zhongli Wu's ears and other body parts had already been slowly torn apart by Dismemberment!
"Quick... let me die...!"
Zhongli Wu had never seen such a horrifying soul skill. It was too torturous. Even the methods of Evil Soul Masters seemed shamefully inferior by comparison.
Ignoring his pleas, Xiang Yu hated most those rulers who inflicted cruelty upon ordinary people. The evil soul masters of Douluo Continent deserved death even more!
To gain powerful strength, they devoured the souls and life force of others, endlessly used the lives of innocents in blood sacrifices, toyed with the souls of the dead, desecrated corpses, and twisted their minds to plague the entire continent!
Every evil deed committed by Evil Soul Masters trampled upon Xiang Yu's bottom line.
Ever since hearing that creatures even a hundred times more disgusting than rats, known as Evil Soul Masters, existed...
He had loathed them intensely. Although he too had once committed large-scale slaughter, there was an essential difference between him and these Evil Soul Masters!
He had carefully controlled the power of Dismemberment so that it only tore apart a tiny portion of Zhongli Wu's organs each second.
Yet this was several times more painful than having flesh sliced away piece by piece.
After a long time.
The cursing, begging, and turtle-like wailing along the shore gradually stopped.
With disgust, Xiang Yu glanced at the places polluted by Zhongli Wu's fragments of flesh and blood, then used soul power to blast every remaining trace of him into dust.
Then he shot into the sky and flew toward the most prosperous region of the Sun Moon Empire.
He had just received a message from Elder Kong. Knowing Xiang Yu was nearby, Elder Kong had requested his help in dealing with the Evil Soul Masters who had come to Mingdu to destroy the Imperial Palace.
Do not misunderstand—they had no intention of saving the Imperial Palace. A battle between Title Douluo would affect Mingdu's ordinary citizens.
Moreover, the methods of Evil Soul Masters were all bizarre and difficult to deal with. Elder Kong feared they would cause enormous destruction to Mingdu, so he had no choice but to seek out Xiang Yu.
As for Elder Zu's side...
Xiao He was sent to report back to Lord. Xu Xiao could not learn of their movements through Soul Tools while he was in the alternate space.
Jing Hongchen, meanwhile, went to help evacuate Mingdu's ordinary citizens, at least ensuring that most people stayed far away from the Imperial Palace.
Zu Chongzhi had another mission.
One day earlier.
Ever since learning that the God Realm had disappeared, Xu Xiao had been considering whether to give those people from Shrek a chance to live. Strictly speaking...
They too had been deceived by that little Scum. After each generation of Sea God Pavilion Master died, their souls would merge into the Golden Tree.
They believed this would protect Shrek, but it was actually Tang San's scheme to seize the planar authority and destiny of Douluo Continent.
Ah Yin had been continuously devouring every soul that entered it. The destiny of generations of talented pavilion masters from Douluo Continent had all gone to the Tang Family.
If the people of Shrek learned the truth, then without the God Realm and without Scum causing trouble at their side, everyone—especially Mu En—would certainly investigate the Golden Tree.
He simply did not know what they would think when they discovered that the Golden Tree contained none of those pavilion masters' souls, only a well-fed Ah Yin.
Thus, Xu Xiao decisively assigned this task to his strongest subordinate, Elder Zu.
"After you tell them the truth, if the people of Shrek still want to be the Sea God's dogs in the end, I don't need to teach you what to do, right?"
Elder Zu nodded. "If they remain stubborn, this old man can only become the one who exterminates their entire clan."
Recalling Xu Xiao's instructions, Zu Chongzhi glanced at Douluo Continent across the sea. Those eyes filled with wisdom seemed to have crossed tens of thousands of miles and seen the continent's foremost academy!
"Schlke Academy, I hope you do not make things difficult for this old man!"
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