Xuan Zi actually had such secrets.
Su Ming truly hadn't known before that Xuan Zi's Martial Soul could devour fortune.
He had thought Xuan Zi was simply useless.
Now that he thought about it, he was. Uh, well, still useless.
It was just that his area of uselessness was different.
"But Xuan Zi's fortune is rather high right now. He's looking quite smug. Since he came to hunt Soul Beasts this time, it seems he's already devoured the fortune of those students."
But even so, Xuan Zi still could not escape his fatal tribulation.
What was this?
Was it because Xuan Zi had encountered Su Ming, whose fortune was even greater?
No.
It was because even though he had eaten his fill this time, he still had not replenished his fortune.
The last time Xuan Zi had led a team to hunt Soul Beasts, he had barely consumed any of the students' fortune. Instead, he had consumed the Auspicious Beast's fortune.
However, the Auspicious Beast's fortune belonged to the Soul Beast Clan, and he could not digest it.
That was why his calamity had begun at that time.
When the Auspicious Beast sacrificed herself to Su Ming, that "grudge" naturally fell upon Su Ming.
If Xuan Zi's fortune had been flourishing, then even if Su Ming's fortune were greater, Fate would not have guided Su Ming to hunt him down.
But Xuan Zi's fortune happened to be declining.
"Timing and fate."
"Since he's an Evil Soul Master, my final concern is gone."
"Elder Yi, prepare to strip away his Martial Soul."
Stripping away a Martial Soul also relied on the flaws in an Evil Soul Master's Martial Soul. Xuan Zi himself possessed an Evil Martial Soul, so he naturally fell within that category.
"Heh heh, Su Ming, you really are