In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

A problem with the trolley was placed before Huo Yuhao. If he did nothing and allowed Zhu Ningyun to secretly develop her power, in the future... she would definitely destroy the Tang family's power, or join forces with the Destruction God King's family to become the new members of the God Realm Committee, or kick out the Destruction God King's family to become the new God Realm Lord.

He was confident in dealing with Tang San, but not so much in the face of the fully-formed Zhu Ningyun, because... the inheritance she released was too miraculous, allowing even an unknown nobody to fight against him, the Great God King Huo.

Once Zhu Ningyun takes power, the good days for Tang Sect, Sea God Pavilion, and even Huo the Great God King will be over.

For Huo Yuhao, he didn't care what Douluo Continent would become or how the Soul Master world would develop. The only thing he cared about was whether he, Huo Yuhao, could become a god again.

The only solution... seems to be to once again join the Tang family's camp and become the good son-in-law of the Sea God Tang San.

Huo Yuhao had no psychological burden about this. What did it matter to him, the Great God King Huo, whether the lower-level Soul Masters lived well or not? He would rather live for tens of thousands of years and be reborn after Tang San's suicide than die of old age on the Douluo Continent!

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao forcibly suppressed his restless heart and decided to wait until after the Soul Master Competition to negotiate with Lin Huiqun. They were all from the Douluo World and should put aside their past grievances and work together to resist foreign enemies.

Of course, Beibei had no idea that the master he had risked his life to serve was now considering defecting to the enemy.

We were ready to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?

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"Match 42 of the round-robin tournament, Tangmen Team vs. Plant Academy Team, Tangmen Team... wins!"

Zheng Zhan announced the results of the competition with a blank expression, his face full of the resentment of a working man. Although this amount of work was nothing to a titled Douluo, he was mentally exhausted. He had been mechanically repeating the same thing for five or six days in a row, and it was inevitable that he would feel a little irritable.

Amid cheers from the audience, Huo Yuhao, like a pianist who had just finished playing a piece, bowed politely to the audience and then made a move to step off the Soul Arena.

Suddenly, a huge explosion resounded through the sky. Huo Yuhao subconsciously looked in the direction from which the sound came and saw... a luxurious building in the Soul Arena was completely burned down. That building was... the residence of Xu Tianran's family.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao's heart skipped a beat. The Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince of the Sun Moon Empire being blown up was no small matter...

Wait a minute, the Tang Clan clearly didn't install any high-explosive bombs, so why did Xu Tianran's family's residence explode?

Who is behind this sabotage? Is it Zhu Ningyun?

Before Huo Yuhao could think further, the entire Sun Moon Empire army stationed outside the Soul Arena was mobilized, and all the titled Douluo of the Sun Moon Empire had entered the arena to take over the defense of the Great Soul Arena.

Huo Yuhao knew he was in trouble and hurriedly ran off the fighting arena, clinging tightly to Gu Yuhan's arm. He whispered, "Yuhan, quickly get Aunt Zi to take us out of the arena! Hurry, hurry, it'll be too late if we're too late!"

Whether it was a staged drama by the Sun Moon Empire or Zhu Ningyun secretly instigating the war, the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire had been blown up, and the Soul Master Competition could not continue. Staying in the Great Soul Arena for even a second longer would mean taking on more risks.

After some deliberation, Gu Yuhan hurriedly waved his hand, and Zi Ying suddenly appeared, leading the Tang Clan's seven members away from the Great Soul Arena without looking back.

Teams like the Di'ao Team, Xingluo Team, Douling Team, Tianshui Academy Team, and Body Sect Team, whenever they had a Super Douluo accompanying them, would take the opportunity to escape the scene with their juniors.

As for the others, well, good luck to them.

Fearing that rebels might be hiding among the Royal Guard, Xu Guiyue had no choice but to order the Royal Guard to stand guard while she led her personal guards to dig out her nephew, niece-in-law, and grandnephew from the ruins.

Despicable! Despicable! Despicable!

Xu Guiyue almost ground her back teeth to powder. If anything happened to her nephew's family, everyone else in the Great Soul Arena, except for the participating teams from Mingdu City, would be doomed!

Led by Xu Guiyue, a group of people began to remove the tiles scattered on the ground by hand.

About five minutes later, Xu Tianran, covered in blood, emerged from the ruins with Xu Yunhan, carrying oranges.

"Cough cough, Auntie, I'm fine. I just had some minor injuries. I'm sorry to have worried you."

In front of Xu Guiyu and his two siblings, Xu Tianran was no longer the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, but a child who never grew up. Without the tragic experiences of the original story, Xu Tianran's care for his family far outweighed his passion for power.

Xu Guiyue hurriedly grabbed Xu Tianran's wrist and began to examine his body. After finding that he was unharmed and had no irreparable internal injuries, she allowed the accompanying healing soul master to treat him.

"Tianran, who do you think is behind this explosion?"

Xu Guiyue crossed her arms and asked this question thoughtfully.

Xu Tianran pondered, "It doesn't matter who the mastermind is. What matters is... that person has no ill intentions towards our Sun Moon Empire. He or she could plant a bomb in our palace without your knowledge, Aunt. Their cultivation level must be no lower than level ninety-nine."

"Perhaps, that person just didn't want the Soul Master Competition to continue..."

"Not only that."

Just then, a clear, cold female voice rang out. The aunt and niece looked in the direction of the voice and saw... Bai Yu, Bai Yiyi, and a group of contestants from Sword Rain Academy, ignoring the Royal Guard's obstruction, slowly approaching them.

"Just as I expected!"

Xu Tianran's face instantly darkened. As early as three years ago... he felt that something was wrong with Bai Yu, but he couldn't think of a good way to test him, so he could only send him to the frontier.

Now... is it finally time to reveal the true colors?

"Who...who are you people, and what do you want to do to our Xu family?"

Xu Guiyue gritted her teeth, glancing in the direction of Bai Yu and the others, revealing a hint of danger.

"We can do nothing but obey orders. According to that lord, we are all pawns and have no right to control our own destiny."

Hong Ling smiled, slowly removed her disguise, and revealed her true appearance.

"In the story's setting, your Xu family are the villains, destined to be trampled underfoot by the protagonist... villains to be trampled on at will. Rather than ending up with your family destroyed, why don't you take a gamble and make those hypocritical protagonists pay the price?"

"Either erupt in silence or perish in silence!" (End of Chapter)