Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 103 Only Strength
"Sister Nana, you are so awesome! You won another game."

"Yes, and Sister Nana's cultivation speed is also very fast."

In the soul guide test area, Nana defeated her opponent again and jumped down from the ring, but when she heard the same envious voices around her as before, her eyes were a little evasive.

"Thank you everyone, you are all great. I feel a little unwell today, so I will go back first."

After saying hello to the others, Nana parted the crowd and walked outside. Behind her, there was another round of cheering, which seemed to be cheering for the students on other stages. Occasionally, there were one or two discussions, all related to the evil soul master who had been making a lot of noise recently.

Evil Soul Master...

Nana's face turned grim. Since entering the academy, she had been working hard to improve her skills. Because ghost spirits were so rare, few people could teach her how to pair them with the right spirit skills. Therefore, after enrolling, she took advantage of the convenience of the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Guidance Academy and read a lot of related books.

However, what she found in those books also did not record much about how to practice ghost martial spirits. Instead, they contained records of other teachers and students fighting against evil spirit masters.

The most recent record was a few years ago, in which a female Soul Master with a ghost martial spirit appeared. She was beaten by the academy teacher and no one knew where she escaped to.

Recently, the news about the evil soul masters outside Mingdu City has been spreading everywhere. Nana hears news about these evil soul masters wherever she goes, which makes her think more.

Why did her mother always say that she was an unlucky person? Why was she always covered in wounds when she came home? Her mother told her and her father that they were injuries caused by spirit beasts, but after becoming a spirit master herself, Nana realized that those were clearly scars left by spirit guides.

And before her mother left home for the last time, she was so flustered that she ran out without saying a word. And who was that man in black that she had secretly seen...

Because of recent events, Nana learned more about the evil soul master from her classmates and teachers. At the same time, the suspicion in her heart became even more unsuppressible. She wanted to verify the truth of this matter, but was afraid that the facts were really as she thought.

"Feel sorry!"

A figure seemed to flash before her eyes, and before Nana could react, she bumped into something, which quickly brought her thoughts back to her senses.

"It's okay. Why are you so distracted? Are you sick?"

Nana looked up when she heard the sound and found that the person she bumped into looked familiar.

"You...didn't you..."

"It seems you still remember me." Lin Xiao, who was opposite Nana, laughed.

After bidding farewell to Lin Jiayi, Lin Xiao arrived at the Soul Guidance Experimental Area as usual. He watched Nana approach from afar, but he didn't take it too seriously. There was no need to rush into recruiting Nana into the Holy Spirit Cult. Since he was in charge, he had the final say on how things would proceed.

But seeing her charging straight at him, he became curious about what had happened to her. When he saw her a while ago, she seemed distracted; could it be that other disciples of the Holy Spirit Cult had approached her? "Thank you for your guidance the other day, senior," Nana nodded to Lin Xiao and turned to leave.

"If you feel unwell, it's best to find someone to see. Although we soul masters don't get sick like ordinary people, our bodies may still have some problems."

In fact, it's not just the body. After all, this world is a world where one can practice cultivation. There are many things that are difficult to explain. One may even go astray during the practice. Nana's appearance doesn't seem normal no matter how you look at it.

"Thank you, Senior. I'm fine."

Lin Xiao didn't try to persuade her any further. He just narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched Nana leave, then turned and left. As a "considerate" senior, just doing this was enough.

Nana, who was leaving, suddenly felt her body tremble, or rather, her soul, her martial spirit trembled violently. She stopped and looked back. Some hallucinations seemed to appear in front of her eyes, and she unconsciously took half a step back.

She shook her head violently, and then she realized that she was still in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy. The figure in front of her was just a senior in the academy, not the person she saw at the beginning.

Lin Xiao vaguely sensed the gazes behind him, but he didn't stop. He went all the way to the soul guide test area and took out his self-propelled soul guide cannon.

Having just witnessed Jing Hongchen disassembling the soul guide, although he couldn't say that he fully understood how the array soul guide worked, Lin Xiao was certain that the technology was not beyond his reach. As long as he was given some time, he was confident that he could replicate that device.

The self-propelled soul guide cannon he had tinkered with wasn't yet completely self-propelled as he had envisioned, but it no longer required a soul guide to operate it. Combined with the technology of array soul guides, it might even unleash even greater power. A soul guide cannon that didn't require a soul guide to operate was completely different from an army that didn't need soul guides.

The only downside is that rechargeable soul guides are quite valuable; even at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, they're considered quite expensive. It seems that if I want to make more self-propelled soul guide cannons, I'll need to learn how to make rechargeable soul guides myself.

In addition... Lin Xiao looked down at his storage soul guide, an idea came to his mind, and then he shook his head to dismiss the idea.

He did not fully understand the Star Soul Ingot that he had accidentally smelted. What kind of characteristics it could exhibit in the soul guide and what kind of array pattern it could be combined with were all data that could only be known through experiments.

Unfortunately, these experiments cannot be conducted here, so I still have to take some materials back to the dormitory to study them slowly. Fortunately, there are many students in the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy who do this, so this behavior is not too strange.

Also, as his soul master's level increases, the metal he handles requires more delicate manipulation, and the requirements for his carving knife are also getting higher and higher...

Picking up the carving knife, Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, his thoughts drifting far away as memories gradually surfaced before his eyes. Juzi, Nana, Xiao Hongchen and his sister, Ji Juechen... these familiar names kept appearing before his eyes. As they grew older, it seemed as if something was about to happen.

Lin Xiao didn't know what unexpected things would happen to the world because of his arrival, nor did he know what would become of those familiar people, but he knew that he needed strength.

The nightmares he had as a child, the despair and powerlessness before the soul-raising ceremony...all of these told him that in this world, only strength matters.

(End of this chapter)