"Damned beast!"
Ruo Mu said, her rage uncontrollable. This was Shrek Academy! The Holy Land of all Soul Masters. Those rats in the gutters didn't hide properly in their cellars but actually dared to run to the Shrek Academy headquarters to act wildly. They were truly...
"Don't let me catch you, or else... I will surely grind you into meat paste!" Ruo Mu slammed the table in anger.
"Senior Sister Ruo Mu, please stop cursing for a moment. I still have to notify the others," the Inner Academy disciple said awkwardly.
"Oh, right." Ruo Mu finally let go of the disciple's clothes.
"Let's go, girl. We'll talk about your matter tomorrow. The priority right now is to catch that Evil Soul Master Saint or whatever..."
"Mhm!" Zhang Lexuan's willow-like brows also furrowed slightly, a flash of killing intent passing through her pale blue eyes.
...
Sea God Island.
Xuan Zi sat on a nearby rock, drunkenly lifting a gourd to pour wine into his mouth. From time to time, several figures would dash across Sea God Lake and join the group.
Once the last figure landed among the crowd, Ruo Mu counted the people, her brows furrowing slightly. "Where's Lu Cheng? Where did that guy go?"
"I remember at noon, Lexuan went to the back mountain with him..." a senior sister in the crowd said with a giggle.
"Hahahaha..."
The crowd instantly became lively.
Everyone wasn't particularly worried about this mission. After all, this was Shrek's home base, a place where countless Shrek powerhouses gathered. With them backing them up, what danger could there be?
Thus, the atmosphere was still quite relaxed at the moment.
"Sister Linger!" Zhang Lexuan's pretty face flushed red as she bit her lip, her beautiful eyes glaring at the senior sister who had spoken.
"Alright."
A smile also curled at the corner of Ruo Mu's mouth as she shook her head, not thinking much of it.
"That guy... we can't find him at the critical moment. Perhaps he was called away by the Pavilion Master to perform another mission alone.
In that case, our mission tonight is only one: drag out the scum hiding in Shrek City and kill them!!!"
"Kill!!"
Ruo Mu had just reached level 81 Spirit Douluo this year. Among all the Inner Court members currently staying behind, her strength was enough to rank in the top two. As for the first, it was naturally the undisputed Lu Cheng.
Therefore, for this operation, aside from Xuan Zi, who was providing support from the side, she was in full command.
"I won't interfere in this operation..." Xuan Zi took another gulp of wine from his gourd and glanced indifferently at the group. "Unless an Inner Academy disciple is about to die, only then will I act."
"Don't worry, Elder Xuan. I actually really want to meet that bullshit Saint who dared to play with me for so long..." Ruo Mu slammed her left palm against her right fist. A flash of killing intent crossed her pale green eyes.
...
"My Lord, My Lord, please spare my life..."
West Shrek City.
Inside a magnificent residence, several figures lay scattered on the floor. Their faces were stiff and pale, still wearing expressions of terror. Strangely, no blood flowed from beneath them, and their bodies were intact without a single wound.
"My Lord, I'm willing to give you whatever you want; I only beg you to spare my life."
A luxuriously dressed middle-aged man was prostrate on the ground, his eyes filled with terror. He didn't dare look up at the black-robed man sitting on the chair.
From the corner of his eye, he saw several familiar figures collapsed on the ground, and his body began to tremble even more violently.
He had seen with his own eyes how that powerful evil soul master called the Saint had, with just a wave of his hand, torn the souls of all his guards from their bodies and then brutally absorbed them into himself. The wails of the guards just now had nearly made him wet his pants.
One must know that those were all powerhouses above the rank of Spirit King, whom he had spent a fortune to hire to guard his home (and act like a tyrant).
Who would have thought that in just a single encounter, they would all be killed cleanly.
"Jie jie jie, Your Highness Saint, if you ask me, just kill him. Inside the house, there's also a beautiful girl he snatched today from a village outside Shrek City. It's just right for the brothers to have some fun..."
Several other black-robed figures stood around, all emitting auras no lower than a Spirit King.
One of them chuckled coldly.
"That woman was bought by me with money; she hasn't been touched yet. If you lords are willing, feel free to take her. I only beg you to spare my lowly life..." The man in luxurious clothes trembled all over and pleaded.
"..."
The scene gradually became quiet.
The Black-Robed Man sitting on the chair seemed oblivious to everything before him, focusing only on playing with a crystal-clear jade pendant in his hand.
"Your Highness Saint? You..."
That Black-Robed Man frowned slightly, a smile curling at his lips again as he spoke to Lu Cheng.
"Noisy."
Lu Cheng glanced at him indifferently. Through the Ghost Face Mask, a pair of crimson pupils swirled with strange patterns, and a pale red glow emerged. In the next instant, the Black-Robed Man stood frozen in place like a walking corpse.
A fair palm opened, and a well-defined finger tapped him lightly. The man's body stiffened, yet a shrill wail clearly rang out. Then, under the horrified gaze of everyone around, the Black-Robed Man's soul was forcibly torn from his body, forming a miniature figure that slowly condensed in Lu Cheng's palm.
"Your Highness Saint, spare me! This subordinate was wrong… this subordinate was wrong!"
In his palm, that miniature soul wailed and begged for mercy incessantly.
"Heh, if you knew you were wrong, you shouldn't be in this state." Lu Cheng chuckled softly and clenched his hand, crushing the soul. Accompanied by a scalp-numbing wail, the soul turned into points of light and flowed into Lu Cheng's mouth.
"It still has to be the soul of an evil soul master..." Lu Cheng seemed somewhat bored, resting his chin on one hand while leisurely playing with the jade pendant with the other.
"The flavor of a soul that eats human flesh and drinks human blood is indeed different. It's a pity the cult leader doesn't allow me to devour you all on a large scale and even set a quota..."
Lu Cheng's peripheral vision swept over the other dozen or so black-robed figures, his tone tinged with regret.
The latter were all shivering, their throats bobbing as they didn't dare to say a word.
Below, the man in luxurious clothes kowtowed even lower.
At least for now, the entire Holy Spirit Cult's attitude toward him was quite ambiguous. The upper echelons knew how terrifying his talent was and were mostly quite polite. Only these middle and lower levels still harbored a trace of resistance toward this extremely famous saint from the righteous factions who was about to be 'parachuted in.'
Killing a few to establish authority—Zhongli Wu and the others wouldn't say much.
However, what he had just said was not false; the taste of an evil soul master's soul was indeed quite good...
And there was no psychological burden in killing them.
"Are you the one behind the Spirit Flesh Pavilion?" Lu Cheng asked softly.
"Yes, this lowly one is!" The man in luxurious clothes hurriedly kowtowed repeatedly.
"Your spirit beast flesh and hide business is quite large, but I see that whenever you go to the villages near Shrek City to stock up, you always bring back one or two beautiful young girls?" Lu Cheng's gaze was fixed on the jade pendant, playing with it as he asked non-chalantly.
"Yes! My Lord, the floating population of Shrek City is nearly five million, with civilians making up the vast majority. Beautiful and pure girls are naturally not in short supply. Those big shots don't care for them, so naturally, people like us get to benefit..." A glint flashed in the man's eyes as he hurriedly tried to curry favor.
Perhaps... this Lord has a taste for this sort of thing?
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