At the sight of those four large characters, everyone's pupils contracted.
Judgment? How was this sky screen going to judge anyone?
While everyone was still puzzled, the words on the sky screen slowly vanished. Then the images suddenly came to life.
A cry rang out, and a baby was born within the sky screen.
The baby was born into a medium-sized clan. At six, the child awakened a great halberd Martial Soul with level 8 Innate Soul Power, becoming a genius of the clan!
Watching the scene on the sky screen, everyone was inwardly shocked, but they also understood that the child had to be Zhao Changhai.
At that moment, the horror in Zhao Changhai's heart was like towering waves rising from the sea.
This sky screen could actually recreate his past. What kind of power, capable of ordering heaven and earth, would it take to accomplish that?
The images continued to change. At fifteen, Zhao Changhai entered a Soul Beast forest to hunt for a Soul Ring. Along the way, his party discovered another Soul Master hunting a Soul Beast, and that Soul Beast happened to suit Zhao Changhai's Martial Soul perfectly.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Changhai had his clan's Soul Masters surround and kill that Soul Master, then killed the Soul Beast and obtained a five-hundred-year Soul Ring.
Watching his past laid bare before everyone, Zhao Changhai's entire face filled with rage and murderous intent. Yet he had no way to stop it.
At this sight, a measure of contempt inevitably crept into everyone's gazes as they looked at Zhao Changhai. Stealing someone else's Soul Beast was one thing, but he had even had his clan's Soul Masters commit murder.
Zhao Changhai truly was shameless!
The images continued. Zhao Changhai was twenty-five, a level 48 Soul Ancestor. That year, his clan attacked another Soul Master clan. In the images, Zhao Changhai led men into the other clan's grounds and slaughtered at will.
Not only did Zhao Changhai massacre Soul Masters without restraint, he did not spare ordinary people without Soul Power either. His great halberd swept out, and a row of heads flew into the sky.
Zhao Changhai threw back his head and laughed arrogantly.
When Zhao Changhai discovered the daughter of the opposing Soul Master clan's patriarch, his bestial nature erupted even further. First, he raised a baby high and dashed it to death before her eyes, then restrained her and raped her to death.
"Zhao Changhai isn't human!"
"Zhao Changhai, you actually committed such bestial acts! And to think you're a mighty Douluo!"
"Zhao Changhai, someone like you doesn't deserve to stand with us."
"Zhao Changhai, you slaughtered ordinary people and raped someone to death. You deserve death even more than an Evil Soul Master!"
The curses and furious shouts left the immobilized Zhao Changhai burning with rage, and he hated the sky screen to the core. Yet with his entire body restrained, he could only endure the humiliation of their abuse like a helpless husband bound with ropes!
The images on the sky screen continued. After wiping out this Soul Master clan, Zhao Changhai's clan swept away all of its resources, rapidly expanding its own power.
Zhao Changhai also received many rewards for his contributions in battle, so his strength increased rapidly as well.
At fifty, Zhao Changhai was already a level 79 Soul Saint, only one step away from becoming a Douluo. Yet he also began to grow anxious, for he was already fifty. The older he grew, the less likely he would be to break through to Soul Douluo.
So, to break through to Soul Douluo, Zhao Changhai threw in his lot with Spirit Hall. Not only did he serve Spirit Hall and help it expand, he also betrayed his own clan to obtain resources.
"What! Zhao Changhai actually joined Spirit Hall?"
"Damn it, Zhao Changhai is despicable! He actually betrayed his own clan to improve his strength!"
"Zhao Changhai, you joined Spirit Hall! You deserve to die just as much as Qian Xunji!"
Listening to everyone's abuse, Zhao Changhai shouted inwardly.
No, no, listen to my excuses!
Yet, restrained as he was, he could not make a sound. Now, only despair remained on his face.
The scene shifted. With Spirit Hall's help, Zhao Changhai successfully broke through to level 80, becoming a mighty Douluo.
But people could never remain satisfied with the way things were. After reaching level 80, Zhao Changhai still wanted to become stronger.
In the images, Zhao Changhai wore an indifferent expression.
"Sorry, Brother Leng. I know you have a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. Hand it over, and I might spare your life!"
Facing Zhao Changhai was another Soul Douluo, but he was already gravely wounded.
"Heh, heh, heh. Zhao Changhai, I never imagined you were this sort of person. You ambushed me from behind while I was hunting a Soul Beast. Fine, I, Leng Ling, was a poor judge of character to become brothers with someone like you."
"Take it!"
To save his life, Leng Ling still handed over the Soul Bone.
Holding the Soul Bone, Zhao Changhai could not conceal the delight on his face. Once he absorbed it, not only would his Soul Power advance another step, he would also gain another trump card.
"Zhao Changhai, I've already given you the Soul Bone. You can let me go now, can't you?"
Leng Ling's voice rang out.
Hearing him, Zhao Changhai put away the Soul Bone and looked at Leng Ling, a cold smile spreading across his face.
"My good brother, since you've already helped your big brother this far, why not help me one more time?"
Before his words had faded, Zhao Changhai thrust his great halberd forward. Its sharp blade pierced Leng Ling's chest and abdomen and emerged from his back.
"You... Zhao Changhai, you broke your word!"
"Heh. Only by killing you can this matter truly stay buried."
Below, the assembled powerhouses watching this scene on the sky screen could no longer suppress their fury.
"Zhao Changhai, you beast! So you were the one who killed Leng Ling."
"You can know a man's face without knowing his heart. Zhao Changhai, you actually killed your sworn brother for a Soul Bone!"
"Zhao Changhai, may you die a wretched death!"
Zhao Changhai's heart was filled with regret. Why had he provoked this sky screen and reduced himself to someone everyone cried out to strike down?
Just then, the sky screen changed, and a line of text slowly appeared.
[Sinner Zhao Changhai has committed four cardinal sins: greed, envy, lust, and wrath. He shall be stripped of all Soul Power and sentenced to ten thousand arrows through the heart!]
Stripped of all Soul Power?
Looking at the words on the sky screen, Zhao Changhai's face filled with terror. That was the Soul Power he had painstakingly cultivated, and this sky screen was actually going to strip it away?
Did it know what price I paid to advance to Douluo?
While Zhao Changhai's thoughts ran wild, the Soul Power throughout his body began to drain away.
"Aaah!"
The almost plundering speed made Zhao Changhai scream in agony. The sky screen also lifted his restraints, as though deliberately allowing everyone below to hear his screams!
"Aah!! No! My Soul Power! You can't do this!"
Zhao Changhai's level plummeted: 84, 72, 53...
"I was wrong! Don't strip away my Soul Power! Aah!"
Hearing Zhao Changhai's screams, everyone below wore solemn expressions. This sky screen could actually strip a Douluo of his Soul Power directly!
Only after Zhao Changhai's Soul Power had been completely stripped away did his screams stop. But before he could catch his breath, ten thousand arrows shot out of the sky screen.
Zhao Changhai screamed as the arrows turned him into a hedgehog.
Having witnessed this scene, everyone below no longer harbored the slightest doubt about the sky screen. Their hearts held only fear.
Before everyone could recover from what had just happened, the sky screen changed again, and a line of text appeared.
[Qian Xunji, level 99 Peerless Douluo]