Evil Soul Master: Don't I know if he is an Evil Soul Master?

Leng Shuang left the Soul Fighting Arena. Shui Yue'er leaned in front of Leng Shuang, curiously asking, "Teacher Leng, is Lu Chen's strength really that formidable?"

Leng Shuang's fingertips unconsciously tightened on the hem of her clothes. The last scene in the Soul Fighting Arena flashed through her mind, her ear tips still tinged with a lingering blush.

Her voice, a mix of shame and indignation, was slightly choked, "That guy... is simply a..."

The words caught in her throat. Her remaining reason told her that what Lu Chen had done was actually not wrong at all, but the inexplicable frustration in her heart couldn't be suppressed.

Shui Yue'er didn't notice Leng Shuang's embarrassment at all. She leaned closer to Leng Shuang, asking curiously, "Teacher, he is a what?"

Shui Yue'er's eyes were shining at this moment. She was very eager to know any information about Lu Chen.

Leng Shuang lightly patted Shui Yue'er's head with her fair hand and said, "Yue'er, did you win your one-on-one soul fight?"

Shui Yue'er's expression immediately became unnatural. She quietly took half a step back, wanting to avoid Leng Shuang's "interrogation."

Seeing Shui Yue'er's appearance, like a "mouse seeing a cat," Leng Shuang understood the answer. Her face sank.

"Yue'er, you will train for an extra hour when we get back!"

"Teacher Leng! I was wrong! I'll definitely win next time!"

Shui Yue'er immediately grabbed her sleeve, begging for mercy in a soft and urgent voice.

Leng Shuang ignored her, her mind filled with the scene that had just happened at the end of the soul fight.

A trace of shame and indignation flashed in her eyes. Carrying the members of the Skywater Team, she quickly left the Skywater Soul Fighting Arena.

On the Imperial Dou Team's side.

Lu Chen suddenly stopped in the corridor leading to the resting room and said coldly to those behind him, "Come out!"

As Lu Chen's words fell, a Black Clad Man revealed himself from the shadow of the wall behind him.

"Who are you?" Lu Chen felt the bloody aura emanating from the person, and a hint of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

With a flash of blood-red light in his hand, the Asura Demon Sword appeared. The "Two Yellow One Purple" and Two Black Soul Rings on the Asura Sword's body pulsed up and down.

The soul power fluctuations around him suddenly spread out.

The Black Clad Man slowly took off his hat, revealing a face as emaciated as firewood. His eye sockets were deep-set, and his skin was wrinkled like old bark.

He looked at the slaughter aura entwined around Lu Chen, a smile appearing in his eyes. Black energy churned in his hand, and a palm-sized Blood Mosquito flapped its wings, emitting a teeth-grinding buzzing sound.

Two Yellow Two Purple Three Black Seven Soul Rings appeared beneath the emaciated old man's feet. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is 'Tuoba Jie'!"

Lu Chen looked at the evil aura on Tuoba Jie and thought to himself: A Soul Sage-level Evil Soul Master! This is bad...

If it were just Lu Chen here, it wouldn't be a problem. He could escape even if he couldn't win.

But the members of the Imperial Dou Team were in the room not far away. Moreover, since this Tuoba Jie dared to show himself, it was likely that there wasn't just one Evil Soul Master around.

"May I ask why you are secretly following me?" Lu Chen asked calmly.

Tuoba Jie squeezed out a smile on his emaciated face that was uglier than crying and said slowly, "Because... you and I are the same kind of people..."

Have I met this person before?

Confusion flashed in Lu Chen's eyes. Then, as if he had thought of something, he thought to himself: He doesn't think I'm an Evil Soul Master too, does he?

What Tuoba Jie said next confirmed Lu Chen's thoughts. "I can feel the surging slaughter aura within you, and your Fifth Soul Skill of Devouring Others' Soul Power for Own Use... is not something a proper soul master would use."

After speaking, Tuoba Jie stared at Lu Chen with his turbid eyes.

Seeing this, Lu Chen decided to "stop pretending" and "come clean." "'Blood Sword' has met the senior. May I ask what business you have with this junior?"

Upon hearing the word "senior," Tuoba Jie's smile became even more unpleasant. He said slowly, "I didn't expect you, little brat, to be able to hide so well among those soul masters! Since I've found you, come with me!"

Lu Chen looked at Tuoba Jie's undeniable gaze, fearing that this guy might see through something. He nodded in agreement, "Yes!"

Tuoba Jie handed Lu Chen a black cloak.

Thus, under Tuoba Jie's lead, Lu Chen secretly left the Skywater Soul Fighting Arena.

As soon as they exited the arena, five black shadows darted out from both sides like ghosts, instantly surrounding the two in the center.

Among these five people, there were three Soul Kings and two Soul Emperors!

These five people exuded a strong bloody aura. Without exception, they were all Evil Soul Masters!

Lu Chen began to feel fortunate that he hadn't made a move in the Soul Fighting Arena just now. Let alone protecting the Imperial Dou Team, he wasn't even sure if he could escape himself.

"Boss, who is this kid?" one of the tall and thin Evil Soul Masters stared at Lu Chen and asked.

Tuoba Jie introduced, "Our new member, Blood Sword, a Five-Ring Soul King!"

"Boss, are you sure he's like us, an Evil Soul Master too?" an Evil Soul Master with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, resembling a rat, leaned forward, his eyes full of scrutiny as he looked at Lu Chen!

"Do I not know if he's an Evil Soul Master?"

A cold light flashed in Tuoba Jie's eyes. He suddenly raised his emaciated finger, black energy swirling around his fingertip. A palm-sized Blood Mosquito landed on the Rat-faced Evil Soul Master's head. Its slender mouthparts looked as if they were about to pierce the opponent's skull the next second.

"Or do you have any objections to me?"

The Rat-faced Evil Soul Master's legs went weak from fright. With a "thump," he knelt before Tuoba Jie, his voice trembling with fear, "Of... of course not!"

"Hmph!"

Tuoba Jie snorted coldly and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found out who killed Old Seven?"

One of the Soul Emperor Evil Soul Masters bowed and said, "Old Seven's body was found in a small town near Sunset Forest. We investigated and found that before he died, he captured a Skywater Academy student named 'Shui Bing'er'!"

"Shui Bing'er..."

Tuoba Jie murmured the name, a killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he coldly said, "I want to see Shui Bing'er in three hours!"

"Yes!" the six Evil Soul Masters responded in unison.

Imperial Dou Team's resting room.

Xiao Wu looked at the clock on the wall. She didn't know why, but her heart felt heavy, as if something bad was about to happen.

"No, Lu Chen still hasn't returned. I'm going out to find him!"

Xiao Wu suddenly stood up, about to go search for Lu Chen.

Qin Ming also sensed something was wrong and stood up, saying, "Let's go look for him together!"

Xiao Wu yanked open the room door and was about to step out when she suddenly stopped, her gaze falling on the door frame.

She saw a character carved on the door frame: "Evil".

Xiao Wu squatted down and brushed her fingers over the carving. A familiar soul power fluctuation traveled along her fingertips.

Xiao Wu seemed to have thought of something, her body suddenly shivered, and her voice trembled slightly, "This... this is a word carved by Lu Chen... He must have been captured by Evil Soul Masters! I'm going to find him!"

By the time everyone from the Imperial Dou Team ran out of the Skywater Soul Fighting Arena, Lu Chen had already been taken away by Tuoba Jie.