"Right now, a sinister chill lingers around you. It isn't strong, but it does show that you've already strayed farther and farther down the path of an Evil Soul Master." Mu En saw through everything about Zhang Peng with ease and spoke calmly.
But to Zhang Peng, those words were like thunder. His face changed instantly.
The atmosphere at the scene grew strange. They were clearly the attackers, yet Scorpion Tiger Douluo now looked as panicked as though he were the one being attacked.
Even so, Xuan Zi, Elder Song, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and the others did not relax their vigilance. Their eyes occasionally swept across the surroundings, guarding against the old friend Mu En had mentioned.
Amid the pitch-black clouds, Zhang Peng looked at Mu En and took a deep breath to force himself to calm down. In a low voice, he said, "Isn't the reason I became like this because I was forced into it? Why should I be labeled an Evil Soul Master just because I absorb Soul Beast blood?"
"I, Zhang Peng, have traveled across Douluo Continent for so many years. Before that, the people who died at my hands weren't all deserving of death, but most of them were guilty. I never slaughtered innocents. Just because I cultivate by absorbing Soul Beast blood, I should be treated as an evil person?"
Mu En frowned. "Precisely because you only absorbed Soul Beast blood, I spared you. I even treated your hidden injuries and canceled your Inspection Group Mission. Yet you still chose this road of no return."
Zhang Peng opened and closed his mouth, but ultimately fell silent. After a long while, he spoke in a low voice. "Yes, you helped me and healed my hidden injuries. Otherwise, I could never have broken through to