Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor

More training?

Why not just push straight through?

Right now, all he wants to do is stall, the longer the better, ideally until just before the big competition starts before joining the team, so he won't have to train and can save a lot of time.

However, he knew that this was unrealistic. Yan Shaozhe, that old guy, would probably come and urge him in a few days. Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry at all right now.

Zhang Lexuan didn't ask any more questions, but simply introduced some information about the Soul Fighting Tournament to Ye Qing. As the former captain of the main team in the Soul Fighting Tournament, she was naturally very clear about the rules of the tournament.

Ye Qing wasn't impatient. After serving a table full of food, he and Zhang Lexuan ate and chatted quietly.

He listened attentively to Zhang Lexuan's explanation of the competition rules, not because he valued this competition so much, but because he wanted to see if he could find a loophole in the rules to skip a few matches. What he wanted to do was to build up his reputation, which meant he couldn't be a workhorse and play in every game.

Occasionally showing off a 100,000-year-old soul ring, and then effortlessly defeating the opponent's weaklings with a nonchalant demeanor, maintaining a high level of prestige and mystery is the key to maximizing reputation.

"...These are the basic rules of the competition, but changes are possible. After all, the competition rotates among the four empires, and each competition is held in a different country. It's normal for some rules to change," Zhang Lexuan summarized.

Ye Qing put down her chopsticks, took out a few sheets of paper, and wiped her mouth.

The basic rules are not much different from the original work. The next plan to be made is how to deal with that amazing Grim Reaper.

"Let's go back." Ye Qing, having eaten and drunk his fill, took Zhang Lexuan's little hand and started taking a walk again. But this time, he obviously couldn't continue to slack off, because a roadblock had appeared.

Under the streetlight ahead, Ma Xiaotao, dressed in a red dress, leaned gently against it.

Chapter 160 Roast Chicken Activates Super Evolution Mode

"Junior Uncle, you've kept me waiting for so long." Ma Xiaotao looked at Ye Qing with a deep gaze, and a flash of fire occasionally flickered in her dark red pupils.

But Ye Qing frowned.

Because this seems a bit off. He clearly used his Fallen Talent on Ma Xiaotao to transform her into his accomplice, so why does she not only show no respect for him, but also cling to him like a roast chicken?

Is there something wrong with the ultimate talent?

That shouldn't be the case. If even the most exceptional talent can have problems, then can it still be called the most exceptional talent?

Ye Qing was a little unsure. He looked down at Zhang Lexuan, who was staring at Ma Xiaotao with slightly narrowed eyes, and decided to get rid of his white moonlight first before seriously preparing the roast chicken.

“Le Xuan, you know about Xiao Tao’s condition with her evil fire. Last year, she could barely suppress it, which led to her losing control of it. That’s why my senior brother asked me for help,” Ye Qing explained.

“My ultimate light attribute can effectively remove the evil fire on her body, but it will take a long time to cure the problem. I have been away for half a year this time, plus the time I spent in seclusion at the Golden Tree, it has been almost a year. Her evil fire has probably relapsed, which is why she is so eager to find me.”

After hearing Ye Qing's explanation, Zhang Lexuan suddenly realized why Ma Xiaotao had always been concerned about Ye Qing's whereabouts.

Ma Xiaotao's problem with her evil fire was no secret in the inner courtyard, and Zhang Lexuan naturally knew about it as well. However, she did not know that the problem was so serious, since Yan Shaozhe would not go around talking about Ma Xiaotao's martial soul defect.

A spirit is the foundation of a spirit master. Even spirit skills are kept secret as much as possible, let alone the flaws of a spirit. If too many people know about such things, it is easy for them to be targeted by those with ulterior motives.

This is the current state of Soul Masters in Douluo Continent.

"Then you should help her first." Zhang Lexuan, being sensible, didn't make a fuss and naturally let go of Ye Qing's hand.

Seeing that Zhang Lexuan had suppressed her subtle hostility, Ma Xiaotao also stopped being so aggressive and her expression softened, though a glint of fire would still occasionally flash in her eyes.

She couldn't control this situation either; it was her uncontrollable rage that had begun to spiral out of control.

Because of the scene that Ye Qing and Blood Shadow Fox put on, Zhang Lexuan in this world did not break through to the Soul Douluo level early on, although her current strength has reached level 79 and she is about to break through to level 80.

Having a 100,000-year spirit ring and not having one are worlds apart.

If Zhang Lexuan had the feat of killing a 100,000-year-old soul beast and possessed a 100,000-year-old soul ring and soul bone, her status would naturally be even higher, and she would become the undisputed leader and senior sister of the inner academy.

Otherwise, Ma Xiaotao wouldn't have shown such arrogance towards Zhang Lexuan. After all, in her opinion, whatever Zhang Lexuan could do, she would only be able to do better when she reached Zhang Lexuan's age.

One could say there was respect, but not much; it certainly didn't reach the level of the original work, otherwise he wouldn't have been at odds with Zhang Lexuan.

This is the chain reaction caused by Ye Qing, the butterfly that stirred things up at Shrek Academy.

But that wasn't what Ye Qing cared about right now. He looked at Ma Xiaotao walking beside him, carefully observing the expression on her face. Noticing Ye Qing's gaze, Ma Xiaotao also looked up and gave him a smile.

There seemed to be some emotions hidden in her dark red eyes. Ye Qing couldn't understand them, but he could tell that this was definitely not the respect that a cougar should have for a mountain lord.

What went wrong?

Ye Qing frowned and fell into deep thought.

After much thought, Ye Qing could only come up with one guess that was relatively probable.

The transformation process of the changgui is quite difficult, especially when facing someone like Ma Xiaotao whose cultivation level is actually similar to his, even though Ma Xiaotao was in a state of uncontrolled evil fire and didn't have much rationality at the time.

Combat strength is combat strength, and cultivation level is cultivation level. No matter how strong Ye Qing's combat strength is, when he transformed Ma Xiaotao, his cultivation level was about the same as Ma Xiaotao's.

Because their cultivation levels were similar, the degree of the first transformation was not very high. If Ye Qing had helped Ma Xiaotao deal with the evil fire before going to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye to condense the Yin-Yang Soul Core, thus deepening the transformation of the cougar, the result might have been completely different.

But Ye Qing, eager to seize that fleeting moment of inspiration, couldn't wait to run away.

This created a gap in her transformation process, and since evil fire can affect emotions and personality, Ma Xiaotao's original submission to Ye Qing may have changed under the burning of evil fire.

As for what the changes will look like, that remains to be seen.

When the evil fire was burning her, she was thinking of Ye Qing. Every time the evil fire erupted, all she could think about was finding Ye Qing to solve her problems.

So...could submission turn into dependence?

"Call me Dad," Ye Qing tentatively commanded.

"Dad!" Ma Xiaotao blurted out reflexively.

Ye Qing suddenly spoke, and Ma Xiaotao, caught off guard by Ye Qing's call, immediately thought of obeying Ye Qing's command, and the title slipped out of her mouth.

But Ma Xiaotao quickly realized what was happening. Her pretty face, which was already flushed from the heat of passion, turned as red as an apple, and even her earlobes were tinged with a blush.

Ma Xiaotao, realizing what had happened, didn't say anything. She just stared at Ye Qing with a deep look in her eyes, gently biting her lower lip, her face full of a feeling of being played with.

So weird.

Ye Qing felt a chill run down his spine, and his little brother involuntarily gave a slight salute to Ma Xiaotao as a sign of respect.

Good heavens, what exactly did he transform into?

Since things have come to this, let's just go all the way down this path.

Ye Qing sighed inwardly, took Ma Xiaotao back to his dormitory, closed the door, and began to use the previous method to purify Ma Xiaotao's evil fire little by little, while using his Fallen Talent to continue transforming her into a vengeful ghost.

He didn't know what Ma Xiaotao would become in the future. The soul and consciousness are inherently uncontrollable entities, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they are ever-changing. Since he didn't strictly follow the instructions for using the ultimate talent, it was normal for uncontrollable situations to occur during the process.

But it doesn't matter... as long as Ma Xiaotao can turn into her own shape, that's enough.

It can only be said that Ye Qing is still too young.

If he had read more of a certain author's novels in his past life, he would have realized that there was a unique creature in his memories called Star Fury or Velvet Ball, and that Ma Xiaotao was constantly evolving into this creature...

After a night, Ma Xiaotao once again fell into a deep sleep, feeling comfortable after the evil fire was cleared away.

After escorting her back to her dormitory, Ye Qing sat alone on the branches of the golden tree, lost in thought.

Chapter 161 Raising your hands is buddy, you still need to practice.

The words are divided into two parts.

The outer court, the Soul Guidance Department section.

A boy who was nearly 1.7 meters tall, with delicate features and a well-proportioned figure, was staring intently at his hands.

He held something in each hand; his left hand held a regular polygonal piece of metal, and his right hand held a small carving knife. His eyes were extremely focused, with a hint of golden light flashing deep within them, and a luminous white spirit ring slowly rotated beneath his feet.

Under his control, the small carving knife moved nimbly across the metal surface, creating neat and aesthetically pleasing lines.

As the carving knife moved across the metal, iron filings continued to fall onto the table in front of the boy.

Time passed slowly, and the metal surface in the boy's hand was carved with more and more lines until the last line connected with the first one. The boy, covered in sweat, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Success!"

"Well done, Yuhao!" Fan Yu laughed and patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder excitedly, but his pat almost made the exhausted Huo Yuhao fall to the ground.

This young man was none other than Huo Yuhao, and what he had just done was to inscribe the core array of a level-two soul tool.

"Try it out, check it out!" Fan Yu looked at Huo Yuhao with encouraging eyes.

Huo Yuhao nodded, holding the core magic array in his hand, and slowly infused it with soul power.

Under the influence of soul power, the patterns on the core array lit up instantly, and a small beam of light shot out from the core array, emitting considerable soul power fluctuations, which meant that the core array had been successfully inscribed.

"Congratulations, Yuhao! You have successfully inscribed a level-two core magic array from scratch in eight months. I can now announce that you have officially become a level-two Soul Master!" Fan Yu's tone was filled with admiration.

Becoming a Level 2 Soul Master in eight months—Fan Yu had never even heard of such a speed in the Sun Moon Empire. He could guarantee that Huo Yuhao was the fastest to break through to Level 2 Soul Master! (Could it be because he was ignorant, or perhaps the Sun Moon Empire was hiding something?)

"As expected of a spirit-type martial soul, your talent in soul tools is truly exceptional. I am even confident that I can train you to become the first level nine soul master in the Douluo Continent!"

Hearing Fan Yu's exclamation, Huo Yuhao's already joyful mood became even more smug.

Since receiving help from the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, his path to becoming a Soul Master has been incredibly smooth! He not only won over his arrogant roommate and became the class monitor for two consecutive years before and after the freshman class was divided into classes, but also defeated Dai Huabin to win the freshman assessment championship, and now he has even become a Level 2 Soul Master!

"Brother Tianmeng was right after all! I will become the most dazzling genius in Douluo Continent! I can become a god!"

However, he quickly calmed his arrogant mindset and stopped being overconfident, because his soul power was only at level nineteen, and compared to others, his cultivation speed was still too slow.

Especially because Ye Qing solved Ma Xiaotao's evil fire problem, she didn't go berserk during that period, so Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong didn't get the 'rare treasure Soul Ascension Pill'. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm secretly added a lot of energy to help him reach this level.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was also cunning. It didn't tell Huo Yuhao that it could break the seal and increase his cultivation speed. Instead, it subtly shared some of its power, making Huo Yuhao believe that it was his own effort.

In this way, Huo Yuhao will work harder to cultivate, instead of being a parasite who only thinks about extracting its essence and has no ambition whatsoever.