Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1078 Changes in the Star Luo Empire
"Let's stop with the small talk for now, I'm quite busy."

Zhou Qing's smile faded, and he got to the point, "The first question is, why did you trespass into the territory under the jurisdiction of the Red Society?"

"Only by escaping here can we survive."

Davis clenched his fists, making a cracking sound.

"Appreciate further details."

Zhou Qing gestured for him to continue, "I heard that Dai Mubai has taken over? Is it something that happened in the last month or two?"

"Ah."

Davis nodded, but his stomach growled.

At this moment, Ning Rongrong also brought out three bowls of soup noodles, each the size of a human head, and placed them in front of the three people.

"Let's talk after we finish eating," Zhou Qing said.

"Thank you."

Davis thanked him and picked up his chopsticks.

But seeing his and Zhu Zhuyun's trembling wrists, Zhou Qing glanced at Ning Rongrong, who understood immediately. She went down again, took two forks, and handed them to the two of them, saying, "Please use the forks."

Davis looked up and stared directly at Zhou Qing. Seeing that Zhou Qing showed no sign of mockery, he put down his chopsticks, picked up his fork, and tears welled up in his eyes. As he ate, he recounted the events that had occurred in the Star Luo Empire over the past two months.

It turns out that Dai Mubai's soul power has increased rapidly in the past two years, reaching the level of Soul Emperor at level 66, and he has also obtained an external soul bone: Dark Demon Evil Tiger's Evil God Hook.

It comes from the legendary super soul beast: Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!

Speaking of which, Dai Mubai's ability to hunt down the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is somewhat related to the Crimson Society—

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was driven out of the Star Dou Great Forest by Da Ming and Er Ming a long time ago, but it was unwilling to give up. In recent years, it has quietly returned to the interior of the Star Dou Great Forest and has begun to devour soul beasts indiscriminately.

After Emperor Tian learned of this, he personally took action and decided to completely eliminate this evil tiger that had been tainted by a trace of the evil god king's power and was targeting soul beasts.

However, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was indeed extraordinary. Taking advantage of the fact that Di Tian and others were discussing more specific cooperation projects with the Red Society in Star Dou Town and that the interior of the Star Dou Great Forest was empty, it devoured many soul beasts that were over ten thousand years old. Its cultivation level had reached the level of one hundred thousand years, and it was able to fight Di Tian for hundreds of rounds without being at a disadvantage.

Ordinary soul beasts that reach 100,000 years of age are only equivalent to a Title Douluo of level 95 or above. However, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, a soul beast imbued with the power of gods, has a cultivation of 100,000 years that is comparable to a Dragon King of 900,000 years or more, equivalent to a Peerless Douluo of level 98 to 99.

However, Di Tian's cultivation was ultimately too profound, and he defeated and severely injured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, causing it to flee to the south. In its panic, it stumbled into a human town.

Coincidentally, Dai Mubai had reached level 60 at that time. Hearing that a severely injured giant tiger had entered the Star Luo Empire, he decided to go to that town to hunt it down. As for his sixth soul ring, the Red Society, the price of artificial soul rings was too high. The Star Luo Empire had lost nearly half of its territory, so it was best to save money wherever possible.

Because the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was severely injured and its strength was reduced to less than one-tenth, Dai Mubai, who was possessed by the Evil Saint King, seized the opportunity to kill it. With the help of the Evil Saint King, the Evil God Pearl was transformed into an external soul bone under the rules of Douluo Continent: the Evil God Hook of the Dark Demon Evil Tiger.

The reason for doing this was that the remnant soul of the Evil Eye Saint King confirmed that the Evil God Pearl contained a trace of the power of the Evil God King.

If that wisp of evil god's power could be extracted, it would allow Dai Mubai to truly open a third eye between his brows, further facilitating the Evil Eye Saint King's future schemes...
The key to the title "Evil Eye Saint King" lies in the words "Evil Eye".

However, given Dai Mubai's aptitude, it was impossible for him to directly absorb that Evil God Pearl. The Evil Eye Saint King could only rely on the rules of the Douluo Continent to transform the Evil God Pearl into the Evil God Hook of the Dark Demon Evil Tiger—the Evil God Pearl was equivalent to the soul core of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!
With a 100,000-year-old external soul bone, the power of the evil god within can be used by the Evil Eye Saint King to forge the Evil Eye.

Dai Mubai was then able to use the Dark Demon Tiger's Evil God Hook to unleash two major soul skills.

Firstly, it is protected by an evil god.

It can release a gray aura of evil god through the evil god hook to protect itself, providing near-absolute defense, and allows for free movement while casting it.

Secondly: the arena for life-or-death combat.

By releasing a black hole through the Evil God Hook, one can lock onto an enemy and suck both the enemy and oneself into a special alternate dimension for a life-or-death duel.

Under the rules of that alternate dimension, those who are sucked in will be rejuvenated and return to their childhood state.

As for Dai Mubai himself... if he does not use the Evil God's Protection, he will also shrink back to his childhood state. However, if he does use the Evil God's Protection, he will enter the life-and-death arena in his full form and engage in a one-on-one "fair" life-and-death battle with the person who was "rejuvenated" and sucked into the other dimension.

Perhaps it was because Dai Mubai, being human, inherited this ability from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that the rules of the Life and Death Arena were slightly altered.

If the Dark Demon God were to use this skill, even if he killed other soul beasts, he would still have to devour their corpses to increase his cultivation level.

When Dai Mubai kills an opponent in the life-or-death arena, whether it is a soul beast or a human soul master, he can obtain a portion of the opponent's pure energy, which can be used to directly improve his cultivation.

With these two skills, after obtaining his sixth spirit ring, Dai Mubai secretly eliminated officials, nobles, and spirit master families who were at odds with him.

In just six months, he increased his soul power by five levels, reaching level sixty-six. His cultivation speed was even faster than that of the Fallen Ones. But secrets never stay hidden forever.

Dai Tianran eventually learned of this and was furious. He ordered Dai Mubai to stay in the Crown Prince's Palace to cultivate his character and not to go out again. However, he was not clear about right and wrong. In addition, he had witnessed Dai Tianran's favoritism towards Davis since he was a child, and he was also afraid that his position as Crown Prince would be abolished. So, on Yu Xiaogang's advice, he forged an imperial decree to invite Davis and Zhu Zhuyun to the palace. He himself took advantage of the night to sneak into the imperial palace, used the Evil God's Protection and the Arena of Life and Death to kill his father.

Davis and Zhu Zhuyun had no suspicions, but in the end they found Dai Tianran already lifeless.

Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang arrived "one step later," distorting the truth and blaming everything on them. Their reasoning was that Dai Weisi, as the eldest prince, was resentful about Dai Tianran's choice of Dai Mubai as the crown prince. After more than two years of silence, he could not suppress his resentment and killed his father in the middle of the night!

Few of Xingluo's top management were willing to believe such a reason.

but?
With the number of nobles, officials, and families who were at odds with Dai Mubai reduced by more than half, who would be willing to stand up for Davis and seek justice?
Davis was not a stubborn person and would not obediently confess his crimes, but Dai Mubai, who had awakened the Evil Eye Saint King, was much stronger than Davis. Without saying a word, he attacked with a claw, breaking Davis's appearance and defeating Davis and Zhu Zhuyun. He then imprisoned them and tortured them to his heart's content, even severing their tendons and crippling their martial arts.

finally.

The second prince couldn't bear it and secretly released the two.

After Zhu Zhuyun went to prison with Davis, the Zhu family was also implicated. All the men were held accountable, either beheaded or exiled; and all the women over the age of twelve were taken into his harem.

He was a womanizer.

It's Dai Mubai's nature.

After the Evil Eye Saint King awakened, he no longer suppressed this natural instinct.

When he was the crown prince, he took many crown princesses as concubines and often frequented the boudoirs of unmarried noble ladies; after becoming emperor, he became even more extravagant.

Back when he was studying at Notting Academy, he didn't dare to flirt with girls casually because of the strength of Zhou Qing, Tang San, and others from the Red Society.

Davis and Zhu Zhuyun were rescued by the Second Prince. On the way, they encountered a group of exiled members of the Zhu family and their servants, and they mingled among them.

But they were still discovered...
In the end, all the Zhu family members who had been exiled were killed by their pursuers. Only Zhu's mother survived and managed to escape with the two of them to the vicinity of the Red Star Plain.

Only by entering the Crimson Star Plains did the pursuers dare not step in, because in the past two years, none of those who entered the territory under the jurisdiction of the Crimson Society with murderous intent have survived.

Since they entered the country with murderous intent, they were bound to invade the territory, so Zhou Qing naturally wouldn't even give them a chance for labor reform.

After listening to Davis's story and seeing Davis and Zhu Zhuyun's trembling hands, Ning Rongrong covered her mouth, her face full of shock.

That Dai Mubai is actually so cruel!?
"Isn't this outrageous? For the throne, he not only persecuted his elder brother and sister-in-law, but also killed his own father. Is he even human? He's utter scum!"

Even though she covered her mouth, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but let out a sound, feeling that Dai Mubai was not human at all.

"If he were like Chairman Tang, not an orphan but better than an orphan, and because Tang Chenxian was inhuman, he would have to put righteousness before family, which would be a good story. But aside from being a bit strict, Dai Tianran has treated him quite well, hasn't he?"

Zhou Qing glanced at Ning Rongrong, who was complaining, for a moment, and then said speechlessly, "As a diplomat, one must always maintain a dignified demeanor."

Also, don't compare Tang San to Dai Mubai. That's an inappropriate example; it sounds strange... they're not even comparable!

Ning Rongrong stuck out her tongue, and under Zhu Zhuyun's strange gaze, she put on the same faint smile as before: "I'm really sorry about earlier, but I've already adjusted. After all, I've undergone rigorous training..." Seeing Zhou Qing looking over again, Ning Rongrong immediately said seriously: "Please continue."

"..."

Zhu Zhuyun withdrew her gaze from Ning Rongrong, the lively girl, and shook her head, saying, "What Weiss said is all there is to it. I have nothing to add. I just wanted to ask what procedures we need to go through if we want to live in the Red Society?"

"Well, although we know each other, since you broke into the country, we can only classify you as 'refugees'."

Zhou Qing said in a serious tone, "We will provide you with temporary identification, as well as housing and food, free of charge for one month."

During this time, you can find jobs, earn money to live, and support your families.

If you can't find a job, you can seek help from the local workers' and peasants' council or the civil affairs department. They will arrange jobs for you. As long as you don't have unrealistic expectations and work hard, you should be able to make ends meet.

The Civil Affairs Department is easy to find; just ask anyone on the street. For convenience, there's one on every street.

"As long as you work stably within the country for a year, you can go to the local labor and agricultural authorities' housing office to replace your temporary identity certificate with a formal identity certificate..."

"What if we want revenge?"

Davis suddenly asked.

(End of this chapter)