Peerless: The Evil Soul Master's Guide to Saving the World

"Pfft~"

Accompanied by a sound of vomiting blood.

Shrek Academy's opponent was thrown backwards off the field. Dai Huabin tugged at his gloves, watched his opponent fall backwards with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and walked away without a ripple of emotion.

He was met with angry stares, seemingly blaming him for hitting so hard.

But he found it laughable. Only those who truly possess power would realize that such so-called anger is nothing but a joke in the face of overwhelming strength—no matter how angry they are, what can they do?
Can you kill me with your eyes?
The academy teachers on the other side rushed over and protected the injured students like lambs, directing the students to carry them away one by one, but they did not look him in the eye.

Dai Huabin scoffed.

See? This is the guy who's been beaten down by society and has had his rough edges smoothed out. He knows Shrek Academy is not to be messed with.

but……

His gaze swept toward the large screen in the center of the arena, which was divided into two sides. One side displayed the information of the participating teams for the day, while the other side showed the teams that had advanced through the knockout rounds. The Royal Academy of the Sun Moon Empire was firmly in first place, ahead of all the other teams.

Even though the rankings weren't rigorous, no team or academy dared to raise any questions.

It's not because this is the main arena of the Sun Moon Empire, but because... the Sun Moon Empire team silenced everyone yesterday with an overwhelming advantage.

The atmosphere at the stadium was still electric today, with bright sunshine.

But he felt a chill creep down his spine. Shrek Academy... could they really win?

"What's wrong? You look so dejected!"

As I walked back to the Shrek Academy rest area, Xu Sanshi walked towards me and patted me on the shoulder in a casual manner.

"Senior Sanshi, it's just... I feel like the other side is too weak, not challenging at all, haha." Dai Huabin grinned, looking at Zhu Lu's worried expression, forced a smile, and awkwardly scratched his head.

"We are the core of Shrek Academy, representing the last hope of the original continent. How can we be so dejected? Cheer up! It's just the Sun Moon Empire. Watch whether I can take it down or not!" Xu Sanshi waved his hand with a bright smile.

"Hahaha……"

Seeing this, Dai Huabin was also influenced by this optimistic attitude.

The other side.

Xuanzi watched this scene with a satisfied smile: "This Xu Sanshi is quite interesting. Although his father is a fence-sitter, wavering back and forth and very timid, he does have some guts. Before everything has settled down, he dared to stand on Shrek Academy's side. I remember he doesn't have any deep-seated hatred with the Sun Moon Empire, right?"

"..."

Xian Lin'er's expression was strange: "It's not that he didn't like her. He has always liked a girl from Shrek Academy—Jiang Nannan. Because her mother was sick and didn't receive treatment, she ran away to the Sun Moon Empire and also left Shrek Academy to join the Sun Moon Empire. Look, that's the girl. She's quite outstanding in appearance. Even in Shrek Academy, she's a top beauty. No wonder she has this kid so infatuated."

"Love turned to hate?" Xuanzi was taken aback, glancing at Beibei almost imperceptibly.

He seems a bit like this kid.

“No, that’s not it.” Xian Lin’er shook her head: “It’s because that girl’s mother seems to have been poisoned by Xu Sanshi’s steward, so that she would be driven by money and forced to offer herself to Xu Sanshi to evolve her martial soul…”

Xuanzi's lips twitched.

"Then this butler..."

"It's said he's dead. He was incompetent, which led to a series of troubles, and was personally ordered to be executed by the Xuanming Sect Master." Xian Lin'er said calmly, yawning.

"That's interesting. I was wondering why he was so attentive to Tian Tian, ​​whose talent was only above average. It turns out he's somewhat similar to Jiang Nannan."

Xuanzi suddenly frowned: "On another note, if he really is a simp, will it affect Shrek Academy's future plans? After all... he doesn't like Jiang Nannan. We don't want him to fall for her and lose his mind."

“That shouldn’t be the case,” Xianlin’er said hesitantly. “He seems to be wholeheartedly on Shrek’s side.”

"Hmph, simp..."

Xuanzi shook his head: "It's hard to say."

"Cough cough cough cough..." Xian Lin'er suddenly started coughing violently.

Xuanzi belatedly realized that Beibei was staring at him expressionlessly, making the atmosphere slightly awkward: "Beibei, Elder Xuan absolutely did not mean anything by making veiled attacks, absolutely not at all. It was just a simple discussion about the matter at hand, cough cough cough..."

"..."

"It's alright, Elder Xuan. I was too naive back then, believing in so-called love at first sight. I did make many mistakes, but I won't do it again." Bei Bei said indifferently, "The Holy Spirit Cult is full of evil spirit masters. I shouldn't have believed that an evil spirit master could reform..."

“This…” Xuanzi suddenly remembered his collaboration with Long Xiaoyao, “Actually, you can trust him a little.”

Beibei: ? ? ?
……

"I'm betting on Baixi Academy to win. This team looks incredibly powerful!" Xu Sanshi's eyes lit up.

"Be careful not to lose all the money you just won from our academy," Beibei kindly warned.

"No, trust my judgment!"

Xu Sanshi grinned and struck a pose.

This amused everyone.

"Go and come back quickly. This is the territory of the Sun Moon Empire; it's not safe here." Beibei smiled.

"okay……"

Xu Sanshi waved to everyone with a smile and walked down the stairs.

"Did Brother Sanshi go in the wrong direction?" Lan Ruoruo muttered softly.

"Maybe we should go buy drinks first. Look, the competition is about to start!" Lan Susu's beautiful eyes lit up: "Baixi Academy is full of princes in white, so handsome..."

Everyone's attention was quickly drawn to it.

Completely unaware of the direction Xu Sanshi left in, something was amiss.

……

Turned a few corners.

Only after confirming that no one was following him did Xu Sanshi breathe a sigh of relief. He changed his clothes, and his expression changed from relaxed and carefree to gloomy and uncertain.

Only after contacting the sect yesterday did he realize the true state of affairs on the original continent.

Regardless of the smaller sects, because they lack the necessary spirit rings, even the lowest-level ten-year and hundred-year spirit rings in the Star Dou Great Forest quota are difficult to obtain. They can only spend exorbitant amounts to trade with the Sun Moon Empire. However, because the core value of being a spirit master has been stripped away, the profession of spirit master is rapidly declining. In order to survive, countless sects can only use the cheapest hundred-year spirit rings and develop towards becoming spirit masters.

The Xuanming Sect, which is slightly stronger and manages to get some benefits from Shrek Academy and Haotian Sect, is only slightly stronger.

The emergence of artificial spirit rings has brought about a tremendous change in the entire continent's landscape.

They were selected by Shrek Academy's inner court and taken to Seagod Island for several months. They had been staying in the inner court for a long time, almost completely isolated from the world. Now it seems that Shrek Academy deliberately kept them from knowing about this...

His father's reply was also quite brief, just two words: backstabbing.

To be honest, he really didn't want to do this because of Beibei. They were all good brothers, and after all these years, Beibei was his only true friend in the inner courtyard, but...

I thought of the tens of thousands of people in the Xuanming Sect, and the Douling Empire.

In his memory, because his mother was a princess of the Douling Empire, he was also a prince in a way, but his maternal grandfather never seemed to like his father, so he had only visited twice in his life.

Therefore, he had always thought that the relationship between the Xuanming Sect and the Douling Empire was very bad, but the spies his father sent this time seemed to indicate that the relationship between the two forces was not as he had seen it to be...

If they don't place their bets early, the Xuanming Sect will likely suffer a terrible fate after the Sun and Moon Empire unifies the continent, although it will be much later than the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and others...

“I’m sorry, Beibei.” Xu Sanshi took a deep breath. “You have no family left, but I have tens of millions of people behind me. I had no choice…”

Gritting his teeth, he walked towards an inconspicuous restaurant.

Because of the competition, the entire Mingdu was packed with people.

So he quickly disappeared into the crowd.

"call……"

When he saw that figure from behind, Xu Sanshi finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

“I thought you weren’t coming.” He pulled out a chair and sat down.

"What is it? Speak."

Jiang Nannan's face was as cold as ice as she spoke. "If you dare to bring up that matter from back then again, I'll kill you right now."

"No, no..." Xu Sanshi smiled bitterly.

"As someone who has benefited from this situation, I can't use innocence as an excuse. What I want to say is—that butler from back then was executed on my father's orders..."

"So what?" Jiang Nannan narrowed her beautiful eyes, staring coldly at Xu Sanshi. Her fair and slender fingers gripped her dress, turning slightly white. She would never forget the disheveled state of her escape with her mother back then.

If, if she believed the butler's nonsense.

If she hadn't been helped by the kind-hearted stable boy when she escaped, and if the Holy Spirit Cult hadn't taken her in, and if Xu Cheng had allowed her, a student from an opposing force, to join the Sun Moon Empire, what would have become of her and her mother?

I'm afraid her mother has already died of illness, and she will be taken back to the Xuanming Sect...

"I……"

Xu Sanshi's heart sank.

I wish I could slap myself twice.

He opened his mouth, but his voice was dry: "Back then, I was ignorant."

"not enough."

Jiang Nannan said coldly.

"I have intelligence about Shrek Academy, and I'm going to lead the entire Xuanming Sect and the Douling Empire to join the Sun Moon Empire, or provide information or material support at a critical moment!" Xu Sanshi gritted his teeth and revealed his trump card.

"..."

Jiang Nannan paused for a moment.

A hint of hesitation flashed across his face.

If it can help Makoto... I'm sure his mother would agree.

They, mother and daughter, owe Xu Cheng far too much.

He had no doubts about a talented student from an enemy force, helped his mother get treatment, took them in, and allowed her to study at the Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy, which led to her joining the Mingde Hall.

The Xuanming Sect had driven her to the brink of despair, but Xu Cheng gave her a new life.

"Tell me."

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

"I hope to see Xu Cheng!" Xu Sanshi said through gritted teeth.

"Why should I believe you?" Jiang Nannan's expression turned cold, and she turned to leave.

She wouldn't be so foolish as to bring the other side to Xu Cheng's door with just a few words from someone else; it might just be a trick by the other side.

"About...God!!!" Xu Sanshi gritted his teeth, his eyes tense, yet he stared intently at Jiang Nannan.

"god……"

Jiang Nannan was taken aback, her red lips parted slightly, and an incredulous look flashed in her eyes.

She had entered the Temple of Destruction, so she naturally knew the power of the gods.

"give it to me."

Just as she was hesitating, a voice rang in her ear, and a hand pressed on her shoulder, casually pushing her back into her seat.

Feeling the breath so close, Jiang Nannan naturally recognized who it was. Her tense expression instantly relaxed, and she sat back down, obediently sipping her tea.

"Xu Sanshi?"

Xu Cheng, dressed casually, wore a gentle smile on his handsome face, as if he were chatting with two long-lost friends.

"Your Majesty..."

Xu Sanshi's throat bobbed, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.

It wasn't so much that Xu Cheng had changed so much, but rather the way he made his entrance.

Now that he's a Soul Master, he hasn't noticed anything at all!
As expected! With the other students of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy improving their strength, how could this prodigy possibly stand still!

This invisible sense of oppression, even in the slightest movement, made me feel suffocated. This was something that even Elder Xuan had never given me!
This guy...could he be a Limit Douluo?!

No, no, how could that be...

"You don't need to add the surname before the title."

Xu Cheng put his hands on Jiang Nannan's shoulders and stared at Xu Sanshi with great interest. "You want to betray Shrek Academy? They at least provided you with resources, and even took you with them to the Divine Exam."

"How did you know..." Xu Sanshi opened his mouth.

Looking at Xu Cheng's ambiguous smile across the table, her heart sank to the bottom.

They even know about Poseidon Island?!
How can it be!

If one gets too close to that place that leads to the realm of gods, the gods will surely notice!
“Tang San is behind you, that’s easy to guess.” Xu Cheng smiled. “As a dual God King, if you can’t use the power of the Asura God, then it can only be the Sea God… Back then, he also attained godhood on Sea God Island.”

"He didn't tell you?"

Xu Cheng raised an eyebrow.

Xu Sanshi: "..."

His back was already soaked with cold sweat.

I maintained my composure just now.

I don't know whether to be glad I made the right choice or to be horrified that the Sun Moon Empire already knew all this.

"So... do you have any other uses?" Xu Cheng smiled warmly, bent down, and whispered a few words into Jiang Nannan's ear. The beauty blushed and bit her lip.

“I…” Xu Sanshi’s brain was racing.

Forget about the ambiguous relationship between the two, and hurriedly said, "The Douling Empire and the Xuanming Sect! We can fully pledge our allegiance to the Sun Moon Empire! We..."

But Xu Cheng quickly interrupted him.

"not enough."

Xu Cheng smiled and shook his head.

"You can betray Shrek Academy, which helped you today, and you can betray the Sun Moon Empire for your own gain tomorrow..."

"Me!" Xu Sanshi's pupils dilated in shock as he frantically tried to explain.

But the next moment.

He suddenly felt a terrifying aura rise up behind him. Xuanzi's vast soul power swirled above Mingdu, and a giant bull stared fiercely at him...

"Die!"

Seemingly worried that he would leak the secret, Xuanzi launched his attack without hesitation.

A full-force attack that is infinitely close to the limit of a Douluo.

This caused Xu Sanshi to close his eyes in despair.

But the expected death did not come.

In a daze, he opened his eyes.

Xu Cheng's slender figure stood calmly before the muscular and imposing Xuan Zi, the two forming a stark contrast in size. However, in Xu Cheng's astonished view, Xuan Zi's attacks were like stars, turning into starlight and scattering down.

"That's enough..."

Xu Cheng turned around and smiled.

"Your pledge of allegiance." (End of Chapter)