Evil Spirit Masters

In Liu Xing's memories, Evil Spirit Masters had not existed on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago. At least, from Liu Xing's perspective, the term "Evil Spirit Master" had never appeared.

Nor had there been any mention of the Angel Spirit Soul's ability to purify evil and increase one's cultivation. He had only read about it in the book, so he was rather curious whether it was true.

"That's right. My Martial Soul can indeed grow stronger by purifying evil, but unfortunately, it's hard to find any trace of Evil Spirit Masters now. Otherwise, I would've left you all far behind in cultivation long ago."

Ye Guyi's face was full of regret. Even before her Martial Soul Awakening, she had asked around about the existence of Evil Spirit Masters. Her mother possessed an Angel Spirit Soul, while her father's Martial Soul, though high-grade, could not possibly compete with an Angel Spirit Soul. Therefore, barring any surprises, her Martial Soul should also have been an Angel Spirit Soul.

Things had indeed gone as she expected. She awakened an Angel Spirit Soul, and her Innate Soul Power was even higher than her mother's, reaching Innate Full Soul Power. Her Martial Soul was also one of the finest among angels—the Sacred Angel.

Unfortunately, her parents had died at the claws of Spirit Beasts during a soul hunt. She had then been adopted by her mother's close friend, Shangguan Wei'er, who had been unable to witness the moment she awakened the Sacred Angel Spirit Soul.

"That is rather unfortunate."

Liu Xing nodded in agreement. Though he did not know how Evil Spirit Masters, who had not existed ten thousand years ago, had come to be, he knew that over those ten thousand years, they had committed countless crimes and been wanted across the entire continent.

But over the past few centuries, for some unknown reason, many Evil Spirit Masters had appeared only briefly. After committing evil deeds and being wanted, they soon vanished from the public eye. It was unknown whether they had been secretly killed or gone into hiding.

However, according to Liu Xing's understanding, they had probably gone into hiding. After all, the main enemy of this world's protagonist in the future seemed to be Evil Spirit Masters.

In truth, Liu Xing had some guesses about the origins of Evil Spirit Masters. Ten thousand years ago, there had been a place called Slaughter City. The people there were all maniacs consumed by killing intent, giving off the distinct impression of Evil Spirit Masters.

Slaughter City allowed entry but forbade exit, drawing in many evil and fallen Soul Masters. Spirit Hall had also thrown many Soul Masters who committed crimes into it.

Perhaps that was why there had been no Evil Spirit Masters ten thousand years ago—because they had all been locked inside Slaughter City.

Unfortunately, Slaughter City was later destroyed by the previous protagonist. That prison which allowed entry but forbade exit was ruined, causing many maniacs to scatter across the continent.

Those people were very likely the source of the Evil Spirit Masters.

Of course, the rampant rise of Evil Spirit Masters was also related to the disappearance of their natural nemesis. Evil Spirit Masters were inherently stronger than ordinary Soul Masters. Even Soul Masters with top-tier Martial Souls might not be able to defeat Evil Spirit Masters of the same rank, much less ordinary Soul Masters.

And the ones capable of perfectly suppressing Evil Spirit Masters were precisely the Angel Clan of Spirit Hall, the overlords of ten thousand years ago.

The earliest chaos and evil on the Douluo Continent had also been pacified by the Angel God.

But after Spirit Hall's defeat ten thousand years ago, the Angel Clan had been hunted by all factions. The Angel Clan, which had once intimidated the entire Douluo Continent, shattered and disappeared from the sight of the continent's major powers.

Even so, the Angel Clan had tenaciously survived. However, they no longer dared to openly reveal their existence. Not only were the hostile sects and the two great empires of old searching for them, but so were the Evil Spirit Masters whom the Angel Clan suppressed.

This situation only improved somewhat in the era ten thousand years later. The hostile sects of the past had gradually forgotten their hatred with the passage of time and no longer hunted them down. The Heaven Dou Empire had even split into the two great empires of Heavenly Soul and Fight Spirit.

Evil Spirit Masters had also disappeared from sight in this era and no longer moved about the continent as they once had. Only then did the Angel Clan dare to gradually emerge again.

Ye Guyi's dream was to restore the Angel Clan, let the name of angels resound across the continent once more, eradicate every Evil Spirit Master, and return a bright and righteous world to the Douluo Continent. Her ambitions were truly lofty.

The major sects of Original Douluo Three Kingdoms no longer targeted the Angel Clan. With Ye Guyi's talent, it was not impossible for her to achieve this.

"You can grow stronger just by killing Evil Spirit Masters? That's so nice!"

Xu Tianzhen looked at Ye Guyi enviously. Though her Sun Spirit Soul was also powerful, she still had to work hard to cultivate it herself, with no shortcut available. Playful by nature, she could not endure the loneliness of cultivation, so she deeply envied Ye Guyi for having such a shortcut.

Luan Yu shook her head with an amused smile. "It's not that simple. Evil Spirit Masters are extremely powerful in their own right, far beyond ordinary Soul Masters. An Evil Spirit Master at the Soul Douluo level can even fight an ordinary Titled Douluo, and their methods are strange and sinister. If you face them, one moment of carelessness could be enough for you to fall into their trap. Hunting Evil Spirit Masters to cultivate is something you can think about, but if you truly encounter one, who hunts whom may not be so certain."

Although Luan Yu made perfect sense, Liu Xing felt that Ye Guyi still had a chance if someone protected her. The Sacred Angel suppressed Evil Spirit Masters. Evil Spirit Masters could fight opponents above their rank when facing other Soul Masters, so why could Ye Guyi not do the same when facing Evil Spirit Masters?

As long as she did not encounter an Evil Spirit Master whose rank far exceeded hers, Ye Guyi should have no problem crossing one major rank to kill one. The prerequisite was that someone could protect her and lead her safely away from a powerful Evil Spirit Master.

That was probably how Spirit Hall had hunted the ancestors of those Evil Spirit Masters ten thousand years ago, and how it had nurtured the descendants of the Angel Clan as well!

After Luan Yu released several small Detection Spirit Tools to scout ahead, she slightly unleashed a trace of a Titled Douluo's aura, frightening away the nearby Spirit Beasts that had approached because of their arrival.

The number of Spirit Beasts on the continent was now far lower than before. Soul Masters were growing more numerous and more powerful, while Spirit Beasts were becoming fewer and fewer. As one rose and the other declined, the profession of Soul Master might one day disappear in the future. Many people had considered this issue, but that was a matter for the future. They had no way to change the rules of the Douluo Continent, and in order to grow stronger, they could not give up hunting Spirit Beasts.

Luan Yu understood this as well, but she lacked the power to change it. All she could do was avoid needless slaughter in her daily life. She generally would not kill Spirit Beasts she did not need.

As they advanced, every Spirit Beast within a thousand-meter radius kept far away from them. Those with weaker cultivation directly collapsed to the ground, too terrified to move.

To these low-level Spirit Beasts without intelligence, the aura of a Titled Douluo was no less intimidating than that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Luan Yu held a mirror-shaped spirit tool in her hand, its surface displaying all sorts of images. They were feeds sent back by the Detection Spirit Tools she had released, and she was searching through them for the Spirit Beasts Liu Xing and the others needed.