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

Chapter 72. Qin Mengmeng, the Assembler

"Alright, those who achieve great things don't concern themselves with trifles. Which strong person doesn't have a dark past? Don't let this little thing affect your mindset. If it really comes down to it, you can simply announce to the public... that because of Yu Tianqing's potion, Xu Sanshi turned into a woman. A woman getting pregnant shouldn't be anything shameful, right?"

"You already have a child, what's the point of having that thing? Just cut it off, wear women's clothes, and face the world as a woman from now on, wouldn't that be better? Without that thing, in Sage Mode... you can spend more time cultivating, which would save you a lot of trouble."

As she spoke, Aying patted Chen Yu on the shoulder, and then led the six official members of the youth team out of the room.

For a moment, the five people in the room looked at each other, their expressions quite interesting. This Ma Xiaotao's personality is a bit eccentric, how come she is not quite the same as the legendary Senior Xiaotao?

……

A Ying would not miss any opportunity to suppress the Tang Clan's seven members. Her goal was to become the head of the Sea God Pavilion, and Huo Yuhao's existence was a minor threat to her.

After leaving the room, the group of six couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. They hadn't expected their captain to have such a funny side.

Thinking about it carefully, well... it makes sense. Everyone knows that when Ma Xiaotao was little, she relied on Mu En and Long Xiaoyao's favor to "run wild" in Shrek Academy. She was practically a little witch. It was only later that she became the captain of the Shrek team and had to lead the team in battle, so she had to set an example and her personality became a little more restrained.

That's where Ah Ying's brilliance lies. No matter how good her acting is, she can't perfectly recreate Ma Xiaotao's personality. It's better to incorporate some of her own personality traits while playing Ma Xiaotao. As long as it's not too contrived, no one will suspect that Ma Xiaotao has been switched out, right?

And so, Aying led the six-person group back to the Shrek Team's youth group rest area in Xingluo Square. As soon as they sat down, the host's beautiful voice resounded throughout the entire Xingluo Square.

"Round-robin tournament, Junior Group, Match 5: Mingdu Soul Master Academy vs. Body Sect. Match format is being drawn... Successful draw. This match will be a single-elimination tournament."

Before the words were finished, a handsome young man in a blue-purple brocade robe stepped onto the Soul Battle Stage. The member representing the Body Sect team in first place was… Qin Mengmeng.

"The Sun and Moon Empire... Cao Zijian".

"Noumenon Sect...Qin Mengmeng."

After exchanging greetings, both sides retreated to the edge of the arena, adjusted their postures, and made a gesture towards the referee.

The referee understood, nodded quickly, and then announced loudly, "Both sides are ready, the match...begins!"

"Sweetheart Mecha...Super Model Kit!"

In just a few breaths, a pink mecha, more than two meters tall and exuding a girly vibe, appeared before everyone. Qin Mengmeng jumped into the cockpit, closed the door, and then, wielding a pair of nearly twenty-meter-long swords, swung the Sweetheart Mecha towards Cao Zijian.

Cao Zijian: "..."

This is blatant cheating, isn't it?

On the battlefield, he was naturally confident that he could compete with Qin Mengmeng, but... this was not a battlefield but a competition. The Soul Master Competition stage was a circular fighting arena with a diameter of no more than one hundred meters. Sweetheart Mecha's "twenty-meter-long sword" covered a full one-fifth of the fighting arena. How could he possibly fight it?

Left with no other option, Cao Zijian could only fly into the air on a longsword, twenty-five meters above the ground. Just as he figured the Sweetheart Mech's "twenty-meter-long sword" wouldn't be able to reach him, he hurriedly took out a longsword from his storage ring, intending to attack Qin Mengmeng with ranged sword energy...

Two streaks of fire shot out from beneath the feet of the Sweetheart Mech. With some kind of thrust, the Sweetheart Mech, which was more than two people tall, rose into the air. In just a few seconds, the line of sight of the person and the mech was at the same level.

puff...

Cao Zijian felt a burning sensation in his throat, and a gush of blood spurted out. He fell backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing straight to the ground.

Preparing for battle before it even begins isn't in Cao Zijian's nature, but... he simply can't see any chance of defeating Qin Mengmeng. The Soul Arena is only so big; he can't win a fight, and he can't escape either. The "twenty-meter-long sword" is already at his neck; how can he fight back?

Cao Zijian felt extremely frustrated. He believed that although he could not compare to the genius members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Team, he was at least capable of putting up a fight. He had never seen such a method as Qin Mengmeng's, which directly subverted the rules of the Soul Master Competition.

The team leader of the Mingdu Soul Master team seemed to have noticed Cao Zijian's predicament, and quickly cupped his hands towards the referee, saying, "Referee, our Mingdu Soul Master team concedes!"

After saying that, he directed two members of the Mingdu Soul Master Team to go up on stage and carry Cao Zijian off for treatment, while he himself hurriedly left the rest area, seemingly to complain to the Soul Master Competition Committee.

All of this... fell into Qin Yi's eyes. In his opinion, the Soul Master Competition had long lost its meaning.

The radius of the circular Soul Arena is only fifty meters and the area is less than eight hundred square meters. The lowest level of hand cannon assembled can cover half of the Soul Arena. Even if Qin Mengmeng is prohibited from using the Sweetheart Mech, as Qin Yi's daughter, is the Sweetheart Mech the only means she has to overturn the rules of the Soul Master Competition?

With the development of the times, top-tier Soul Masters have increasingly more ways to fight their enemies, with a wide range of powerful and deadly methods emerging one after another. This kind of childish competition should have been abandoned by the times long ago.

The morning's competition ended, and the team leaders led their students out of Xingluo Square in an orderly manner. After returning to Xingguang Hotel, they sat down in the lobby on the first floor and enjoyed the food prepared by Xingluo officials for the participating team members.

"Dad, I have a question. What exactly is the effect of the medicine that Yu Tianqing gave Xu Sanshi? And why did Xu Fengxian hesitate to speak?"

At the dinner table, Qin Xue pouted, her face full of unhappiness. The melon was right in front of her, and it was really hard not to eat it.

Qin Yi waved his hand, and everyone understood. They quickly stood up and stuck their little heads to the center of the dining table.

Qin Yi spoke three words in a voice that only the people at their table could hear, and instantly, the expressions of the Body Sect's female members turned strange.

Zhang Lexuan asked with a puzzled look, "Grandmaster, how did you know... the function of the Mother-Child River?"

(End of this chapter)