Since You Say It's Only Natural for Big Fish to Eat Small Fish, It's Only Right That I Kill You

"The lords of Heaven Dou City have come to save us!"

"It's the lord from Heaven Kingdom!"

"We're over here!"

"..."

The members of the Iron Blood Sect rallied with excitement.

But the very next instant-

"Get lost!"

Wu Yun spoke softly.

He no longer concealed his aura.

The formidable aura of a Super Douluo instantly enveloped all of Heaven Dou City.

Even the pitch-black night sky seemed to take on a sinister chill. Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, and black mist spread over Heaven Dou City, heralding an approaching storm.

And in the next instant-

Those rulers of Heaven Dou who had just arrived with such menacing momentum-

Suddenly became roosters seized by the throat. One figure after another shot into the distance at twice the speed of their arrival...

The Iron Blood Sect disciples: "..."

The City Defense Army: "..."

The residents watching the spectacle throughout Heaven Dou City: "..."

"My lord, please, spare us!"

Tie Li's face twisted with terror as he wailed toward the sky.

"..."

Xu Cheng glanced at Tie Li, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

"Since you say it's only natural for big fish to eat small fish, it's only right that she kills you, then..."

"Aah!"

A strand of purple-black blue silver grass pierced straight through Tie Li's abdomen. Before any blood could flow out, his body visibly shriveled until nothing remained but a dried corpse.

By then-

Corpses lay strewn everywhere at Tang Ya's feet.

Countless thick, purple-black vines churned behind her. Her beautiful eyes had turned violet, and purple-black energy swirled around her, giving her the air of a demonic child descending upon the world.

"Father, Mother..."

Raindrops fell from the sky, soaking the girl's lovely hair and washing over the mountains of corpses piled in the courtyard. Bloody water surged along with the rain, flowing out beyond its walls.

In the pitch-black night, the sight grew all the more horrifying.

Tang Ya seemed to have been drained of all strength. She stumbled, and darkness swallowed her vision...

Xu Cheng appeared behind Tang Ya, draped her arm around the back of his neck, then lifted her into a bridal carry. After checking her meridians, he said, "Her soul power is depleted."

"She went this wild on her very first awakening?"

Wu Yun smacked his lips.

"Cut the crap. Give me a Dragon Whisker Pill." Xu Cheng's expression remained unchanged.

"Ouch... that hurts a little."

Despite his complaints, Wu Yun obediently took out a bottle of pills.

This girl had the makings of a holy maiden. Spending a Dragon Whisker Pill to stabilize her foundation was definitely worthwhile.

Xu Cheng parted Tang Ya's red lips and slipped the pill inside.

Before long, the medicine took effect, and a little color slowly returned to Tang Ya's pale, lovely face.

Xu Cheng nodded.

In Douluo II, any mention of medicinal pills always gave the impression that they would destabilize someone's foundation and leave their power insubstantial.

But in reality, that was merely Shrek Academy's own delusion.

Bei Bei, in particular, praised one side by trampling the other: "We all advance steadily and build solid foundations. Only other countries, in order to participate in the academy tournament, resort to pills and the like without regard for exhausting their students' potential..." (His exact words.)

Right, right, right. Why didn't you mention that when your Shrek Academy was cheating?

Overdrawing your own talent and sacrificing yourself to win a tournament for your academy? Wrong!

Winning through cheating and the filthy tricks of rats lurking in the shadows? Right!

That was the deeply ingrained mindset of Shrek... fucking disgusting. No wonder someone eventually couldn't stand it anymore and blew up the entire academy.

Medicinal pills had originally been invented to assist soul masters in their cultivation,

Such as by increasing their strength, healing injuries, or stabilizing their foundations.

There were also pills that could rapidly increase strength while simultaneously stabilizing one's foundation. People called these high-grade pills, and their drawbacks were their hefty prices and the greater resistance users developed to them.

The high price was easy enough to understand. Resistance, meanwhile, was akin to drug tolerance: the body would actively develop resistance, and as the number of doses increased, their effects would gradually weaken...

That was why ordinary people had difficulty obtaining such pills.

Their counterparts were relatively inexpensive pills that damaged one's foundation to some extent and left one's soul power insubstantial after consumption.

Those pills were the first choice of ordinary soul engineers.

I already chose to be a soul engineer, and you still want me to fight with my martial soul? Then didn't I fucking learn soul tool technology for nothing?

Soul engineers did not need to worry about how solid their soul power was. They only needed to study various forms of soul tool technology, create soul tools, and use those soul tools to fight.

Of course, that was somewhat one-sided. The Sun Moon Empire had recognized this as well: martial soul power could not be neglected either. That was why the later student exchange with Mu En had happened...

As for Xiao Hongchen taking pills during the tournament and destroying his own foundation, that was nothing but forcibly lowering his intelligence to make the protagonist's group look impressive.

As Jing Hongchen's grandson, even setting aside whether he had a brain himself, if he really wanted to take those pills, were the several Sun Moon Empire teachers accompanying him all idiots?

I've wandered off topic...

Xu Cheng gathered his thoughts.

He glanced at Tang Ya, who was murmuring in his arms.

"Let's go hunt soul beasts. I still have to go back to class tomorrow..."

He had long heard of that brother and sister.

He looked forward to meeting them at the academy.

The two black-robed figures flashed away, leaving only a scene of devastation behind.

On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

A campfire burned.

Wu Yun's mouth twitched as he watched Xu Cheng, who had absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring in less than half an hour and was already brimming with energy.

"What kind of freak are you, kid? Your third soul skill is already from a ten-thousand-year ring."

"I'm an evil soul master. I don't need to explain myself to anyone."

Xu Cheng took a bite of roast meat and spoke indifferently.

Wu Yun was speechless.

He pointed at Tang Ya, sleeping soundly beside them. "Then what do we do with her? Should I take her back to headquarters?"

"She can stay by my side..."

Xu Cheng spoke calmly.

"Within the Holy Spirit Cult, I've managed to reason with some of them, but their wicked ways are hard to change. They've all slaughtered their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Forcing their heads down and convincing them to turn over a new leaf won't be easy!"

"At least for now, until the Holy Spirit Cult has completely changed, Tang Ya had better keep her distance from them, lest they make her one of their own."

"You really..."

Wu Yun shook his head.

"Reforming a den of evil soul masters and demanding that a bunch of evil soul masters find joy in helping others-you're the only person in all of history to do that. It's simply..." He racked his brains but could not find a word to describe it.

As he looked at Xu Cheng, he felt that despite the boy's young age, even he could not see through him.

The boy never played by the usual rules.

Within the Holy Spirit Cult, he advocated that evil soul masters show consideration and care for ordinary people.

Yet just moments earlier, he had indulged Tang Ya's slaughter, allowing her to use others as nourishment for herself...

And, of all things, the boy's talent was astonishing.

Three soul rings: purple, purple, black.

Twin martial souls-Blood Eyes and the Sun of the Sun Moon Empire's imperial bloodline-both supreme martial souls at the very pinnacle of the continent's pyramid.

It was entirely possible that he would become a Limit Douluo in the future.

With that combination, once this boy reached his full potential, would he bring disaster upon the continent, or...

Smack!

Wu Yun suddenly slapped himself.

I'm a fucking evil soul master!

Why the hell am I worrying about things that aren't my business?

"..."

Xu Cheng ate his roast meat.

He glanced at the brooding Wu Yun beside him.

Come to think of it, although evil soul masters bore the word "evil," not all of them necessarily lived on bloodshed or increased their strength by killing people.

Quite a few were powerful individuals who had been targeted by nobles and joined the Holy Spirit Cult in a fit of anger.

Wu Yun was one of them.

And Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng lived by drinking beast blood, neither tormenting nor killing living creatures.

So the Holy Spirit Cult-

Actually had plenty of potential...