Three Years, Enrolling in the East Sea, Young Genius Ranking, Xie Xie Refuses to Yield

Li Luo stepped forward, shielding Na'er, and raised his gaze to look at Wu Liuqi. He spoke slowly, "May I ask, what is the reason for this?"

His voice was elegant and sincere, conveying a sense of calm.

So much so that Wu Liuqi's body relaxed slightly.

Wu Liuqi had the feeling that Li Luo was a long-time friend of his, yet even so, he still had to kill them.

However, before they died, he was willing to say a few more words to his friend.

Wu Liuqi's voice was calm, "I once lived in a peaceful little village, with a father and mother who loved me, and a cute younger sister..."

Listening to the boy's account, Li Luo understood. It was the classic "sister killed" trope; the boy before him had lost his sister and was now determined to become a raging fire to destroy the entire world.

Only when the world was destroyed would it be clean and pure, free from all those filthy things.

What a magnificent idea!

Li Luo praised, "The kindness in your heart has already transcended that of humanity."

"I hereby pay my respects to you with the weight of a single rose."

Wu Liuqi was dumbfounded and couldn't help but take a few steps back. He had just said he was going to kill them, yet this impossibly beautiful boy in front of him was calling him kind.

And he wanted to pay his respects with the weight of a rose.

What the hell?

Was this impossibly beautiful boy sick in the head?

Soul power fluctuated from Li Luo's body, brilliant colors radiating through him, and in his hand, a rose appeared from nowhere.

The rose was vibrant.

He handed it to Wu Liuqi.

Wu Liuqi was completely bewildered. He held the vibrant rose blankly, staring at Li Luo with confused eyes.

It wasn't just Wu Liuqi who was stunned.

His teacher, Ba Jiushi, was also dumbfounded.

Ba Jiushi had already prepared for Li Luo to flee in a panic, at which point he would light up his nine rings and take full control of the scene.

But he hadn't expected this—he never could have expected this.

Li Luo didn't run.

He didn't cry either.

Instead, he wanted to praise his disciple with the weight of a rose.

Ba Jiushi racked his brains but couldn't figure out which part had gone wrong.

Strange things happen every year, but this year there were especially many.

It doesn't matter. Even if that kid is a bit strange, with my nine-ring strength, I can control this situation easily.

I'll just let little Wu play it out.

But Ba Jiushi didn't know that, in the shadows, several pairs of beastly eyes were watching the entire scene from every angle, leaving no blind spots.

Among these vigilant eyes, one pair stood out for its laxity.

Those were the eyes of Lord Bear.

It pulled a small notebook out with its thick palm, gripped a pen with its claw, and recorded in the book, "Lesson one of human etiquette: when you are about to be killed, you must praise the other party."

Lord Bear didn't understand why one should praise the other party.

It drew a heavy line across the notebook, waiting to fill in the answer later once it found one.

Di Tian was monitoring the entire scene closely.

However, it still noticed Lord Bear's actions.

Di Tian felt somewhat displeased.

Controlling the scene to ensure the safety of the Lord and the Lady was the mission it had issued.

Lord Bear's act of writing in a little diary went against its wishes.

It wasn't focusing entirely on guarding the safety of the Lord and the Lady.

Forget it. That blockhead Lord Bear did stumble upon the right answer earlier by finding the city where the Lord is located, so it counts as having some merit. I won't punish it...

Di Tian thought to itself.

Ever since Lord Bear revealed that the Lord had summoned them to Aolai City, they had taken the earliest Soul Guidance Train and arrived in Aolai City last night.

Aolai City was a small town.

It, along with Bi Ji, the King of Ten Thousand Demons, and Lord Bear, had conducted a carpet search.

Finally, they had locked onto the location of their Lord.

It was just that their Lord seemed to have lost her memory.

Di Tian did not appear directly, but instead brought Lord Bear and the others to follow Na'er from the shadows.

Na'er was participating in the Forging Competition that afternoon.

Consequently, Di Tian and the others had followed along.

Na'er reached out a small hand and pressed it against Li Luo's forehead. Brother, could it be that you've been too tired from school lately?

Her eyes were filled with concern.

As for the youth before them who claimed he wanted to kill them, sorry, he didn't even exist in her eyes.

Li Luo gently took Na'er's hand away. "Na'er, be good. Wait for Brother to handle this matter first."

Na'er retreated behind Li Luo.

The brilliant light on Li Luo's body grew increasingly intense.

Holding a bouquet of flowers, Wu Liuqi's hands trembled slightly as he asked, "I oppose the Federation, I oppose humanity."

"Don't you think I'm a terrifying Evil Soul Master?"

Li Luo's voice was elegant and sincere. "You must often reproach yourself within your heart; do the struggles in the dead of night keep you tossing and turning, unable to sleep?"

"Please believe me, I truly know how painful that feeling is."

"Young man, just let it all go to hell."

Wu Liuqi asked, as if possessed, "How do I let it all go to hell?"

His eyes were unfocused.

"Is it by destroying the entire Federation?"

"But I can't do that."

"The current Federation is too powerful, and I am too weak."

"What should I do?"

The Rainbow Dragon King wings emerged from Li Luo's body, and the Beauty Badge was embedded in the center of his brow.

A yellow, hundred-year soul ring rose from beneath his feet.

Li Luo's voice rang out; this time, it was no longer elegant or sincere, but rather cold.

"Since you cannot change the Federation, then change yourself!"

Wu Liuqi muttered to himself, "Change myself?"

"Haven't you seen the filth of the Federation? Since you cannot change the Federation, then why not just stop yourself from seeing it?"

"But I have eyes, how can I stop seeing?"

"If you didn't have eyes, wouldn't you stop seeing?"

"That's right!" Wu Liuqi, clutching the roses, knelt before Li Luo and said happily, "Yes, as long as I don't have eyes, I won't see it."

The roses in his hand stabbed into his eyes.

Two trails of bloody tears flowed from his pupils.

Yet a smile appeared on Wu Liuqi's face as he asked again, "Now I have no eyes, and I cannot see the filth of the Federation."

"But I still have ears; won't I still be able to hear the filth of the Federation just the same?"

Li Luo's eyes were devoid of any emotion. "Without eyes, you cannot see. Likewise, without ears, wouldn't you be unable to hear?"

"Yes! You are so right."

Wu Liuqi raised the blood-stained roses and pierced his ears through.

Blood trickled down his earlobes.

Wu Liuqi felt relieved.

His corpse collapsed onto the ground.

Ba Jiushi, who was capable of controlling the entire field, was trembling all over; his disciple had died a miserable death in a way he couldn't comprehend.

The entire process made his hair stand on end.

Ba Jiushi aspired to become a member of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Ba Jiushi never claimed to be an Evil Soul Master.

But Ba Jiushi knew that, given his actions—often letting "art" bloom among innocent crowds and cruelly slaughtering the innocent—he was indeed an Evil Soul Master.

Yet, no matter what, he never would have imagined this.

There could be someone like Li Luo in this world.

He killed without getting his hands dirty.

With just a few light, airy words, he had caused his good disciple to fall.

Who the hell is the real Evil Soul Master here?

This Li Luo is just too wicked!

Ba Jiushi no longer hid his aura, and a terrifying soul power surged into the sky.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

Nine soul rings emerged from his body, several of which radiated a pitch-black aura...