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

boom! boom! boom!

Xu Sanshi relentlessly pounded Huo Yuhao's instep with punch after punch, making the bones in his foot crack and pop.

"Let go! Let go of me! Let go of me!"

Seeing that he couldn't push Xu Sanshi away, Huo Yuhao reached out and began to choke him.

Feeling the suffocating sensation at his neck, Xu Sanshi smiled contemptuously, and the Meteor Spear instantly materialized, piercing Huo Yuhao's thigh.

Having landed a successful blow, Xu Sanshi immediately withdrew his Meteor Spear, and his next target was Huo Yuhao's happiness for the rest of his life.

Huo Yuhao felt a chill beneath him, and his movements became increasingly frantic. In his panic, he loosened his grip on Xu Sanshi's neck and grabbed the other man's ears.

The result... was obvious: Huo Yuhao lost his right to be a man, and Xu Sanshi lost both ears.

Seeing this scene, everyone present felt a wave of sorrow. If it weren't for his extraordinary talent, perhaps... Huo Yuhao would never have reached this point.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad!

Huo Yuhao's tendency to cause trouble without considering the consequences is purely due to being spoiled.

The crowd simply watched the fight between the two silently, showing no intention of joining in.

They didn't want to serve the Sea God Pavilion anymore, but... they also didn't want to offend Huo Yuhao too much. After all, he was a successor of a god. If it weren't for pitying Xu Sanshi's plight and giving him a chance to take revenge, they would have wanted to let Huo Yuhao go directly.

Huo Yuhao's matter was left to Zhu Ningyu and the others to handle. They just wanted to go home and be with their families. Did it really matter to them who was sitting on the throne?

Time passed slowly, and the once respectful brothers had long since become two bloodied figures, with no part of their bodies intact. Even so, the two were still fighting each other, each wanting to kill the other.

puff...

Xu Sanshi seized a small opening in Huo Yuhao's defense and used the opportunity to send the Meteor Spear in his hand into the opponent's heart.

"This time, I won!"

Sensing that Huo Yuhao's life force was fading, Xu Sanshi threw the Meteor Spear aside, gasped for breath, and collapsed onto the ground.

Why did he feel no joy whatsoever after his great revenge was achieved?

A god-king was reborn, but how could he so easily meet his end again?

Xu Sanshi didn't believe it, or rather... he had never underestimated Huo Yuhao's luck. He didn't think that... a nobody like him could kill the Great God King Huo.

Even if it costs Huo Yuhao his life or gives him a chance to survive, it would be enough to give his parents and daughter an explanation.

Sure enough, just as Huo Yuhao's life force was about to be completely drained, a golden-haired, gray-eyed boy's phantom emerged from Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. Accompanied by wisps of grayish-white energy entering Huo Yuhao's body, his originally cracked heart began to heal at a visible speed, managing to keep Huo Yuhao on his last breath.

"Xiao Yuhao..."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm murmured. He had just awakened and didn't have much divine power to mobilize. Moreover, Huo Yuhao had injured his vital energy, which was not a problem that could be solved simply by treating the injuries.

Ugh!

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm sighed, and its soul once again entered Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea. Using the original power of its counterpart, it lifted Huo Yuhao's body and flew south towards Shrek City.

Huo Yuhao is gone.

From the moment the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm appeared until Huo Yuhao left the scene, Xu Sanshi never considered taking action. He knew that he had already reached his limit by bringing Huo Yuhao to the brink of death.

Just then, Xue Jingshu carefully picked up the two ears from the ground, called over a healing soul master who was with the army, and walked up to Xu Sanshi.

"Grandma, I appreciate your kindness. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. It was all because of my momentary lapse of judgment that my whole family perished. Now that my family is dead, I, Xu Sanshi, will never live alone. If there is an afterlife, I will serve you like a cow or a horse to repay your kindness today."

After saying that, Xu Sanshi sealed his soul power and threw a dark green pill into his mouth.

Within three minutes, Xu Sanshi collapsed in a pool of blood. Before he died, he did not utter any harsh words or curse Huo Yuhao. All of this was his own fault.

In a chaotic world, everything is beyond one's control. The fact that their whole family was able to leave the world together, no longer having to suffer the hardships of chaos, can be considered a good ending.

"Go, reattach Xu Sanshi's ear, and leave him with a complete corpse."

Xue Jingshu patted the healing Soul Master on the shoulder, then turned around, looked at the army of Soul Masters in front of her, and said with a solemn expression, "It's clearly all Huo Yuhao's fault. As the person involved, instead of making amends, he's advising others to be magnanimous. This... is the consistent behavior of the Sea God Pavilion!"

Everyone remained silent.

We are all Soul Masters, and we may not fully understand the intricacies of officialdom, but we all know a thing or two about how to conduct ourselves in society.

If... after the incident, Huo Yuhao is willing to take full responsibility, apologize to Xu Sanshi in front of everyone, and send an envoy with a large sum of money to Tiandou City to negotiate and see if he can spend money to redeem Xu Wenjue, Xue Lingxun, and Xu Qing.

Whether or not money can buy back the lives of these three people is not important; what matters is Huo Yuhao's attitude.

There is no such thing as a perfect person in this world. Everyone makes mistakes. Huo Yuhao, as a person in a position of power, doesn't even have the awareness to admit his mistakes and correct them. Who would be willing to risk their life for such a person?

They saw this, which is why they helped Xu Sanshi carry the coffin, wanting to vent their dissatisfaction in this way.

Seeing the group of Soul Masters filled with righteous indignation, Xue Jingshu suddenly drew her sword and shouted, "Soldiers, we stand here to protect our homeland and our families from harm."

"But now, the envoy sent by the Sea God Pavilion is pointing fingers at us and treating the Douling Royal Family like subordinates. Whose homeland are we protecting?"

"Two inheritors of divine power have sent us, who should be with our families, to the battlefield for their own selfish desires. If they win this war, they will ascend to the divine realm and enjoy that hard-won eternal life, while we... will receive no benefit whatsoever. Is this fair?"

"We should not fight for others, but for ourselves."

"Are you willing to follow me back to Lingdou City to quell the rebellion in accordance with Heaven's will?" (End of Chapter)