Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 584 Recognizing the Evil as Mother
But thinking about it, it's normal. Although he accidentally killed several high-ranking members of the Holy Spirit Cult while rescuing Professor Mo Fang, and also destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult's branch in Mingdu, the Holy Spirit Cult is currently only known to a small number of people in the academy, most of whom are elders.

In this situation, judging solely from the ruthless actions of the Holy Spirit Sect and its members, Wang Dong couldn't directly guess who their opponent was.

"Brother Chen, are you saying that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was sent out to test our strength for that Holy Spirit Sect?"

At this moment, Huo Yuhao, who was also a prospective elder of Shrek Academy and knew a lot about the Holy Spirit Cult, immediately understood Chen Ping's implied meaning.

The fact that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had to act as a pawn for the Holy Spirit Sect to test the strength of Shrek Academy's current team members shows just how much power the Holy Spirit Sect wields within the royal family!

For a moment, Huo Yuhao seemed somewhat worried.

Although Chen Ping didn't know what Huo Yuhao was thinking, he could roughly guess from the other's worried eyes, and could only smile helplessly at the situation.

How much influence does the Holy Spirit Sect have within the Sun and Moon Imperial Family?
In ancient times, people would mistake a thief for their father; now, people will mistake an evil person for their mother!

The Crown Prince and Regent Xu Tianran had long since shamelessly recognized Ye Xishui, this crazy woman who had killed countless people along the way, as his adoptive mother, and had been taking care of her in his palace every day!
Even Ye Xishui's eldest son, Zhongli Wu, was offered the position of Imperial Advisor by Xu Tianran.

Driven by his ambition to conquer the entire Douluo Continent, Xu Tianran no longer cared about the distinction between good and evil. He would accept any power that could help him unify the continent.

Although Xu Tianran's actions of contacting Kong Deming to assassinate Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao and sending them to their deaths with ten level-nine fixed-position shells show that he didn't genuinely want to follow the Holy Spirit Cult, this guy's heart is even more vicious and ruthless than the Holy Spirit Cult!

After all, if Xu Tianran hadn't been so lenient with the Holy Spirit Cult, there wouldn't have been branches of the Holy Spirit Cult everywhere in the Sun Moon Empire. Countless innocent students like Nana would have been used as servants and resources for their future cultivation, and even their parents and other relatives would not have been spared.

A grain of sand in the era can become a mountain when it hits a person. Perhaps after Xu Tianran kills Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, he can say with a clear conscience that this is the price of unifying the continent and the growing pains of the times.

But who will listen to the blood and tears suffered by people like Nana, and who will help them tell their stories of suffering for the hundreds of thousands, millions, and tens of millions of wronged souls in the Tower of Death?
If given the opportunity, Chen Ping would also like to end the fragmentation of the country into separate states. Only by concentrating our strength can we accomplish great things. However, Chen Ping would never use such an immoral act to achieve his goal of unifying the continent.

The cooperation between the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult has a long history, dating back to before Huo Yuhao was born. Theoretically speaking, even using only soul tools, the Sun Moon Empire could easily sweep through the three great empires. Xu Tianran's reason for colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult on top of this was simply to add another layer of insurance to his unification.

As for the cost of this insurance, it is the cries of countless ordinary people at the bottom of society.
He, living deep within the palace, could not hear, just as Tang San, residing in the Heavenly Palace, could not see the ordinary people who were constantly dying at the hands of evil soul masters because he was collecting faith power.

In the early morning, the cool air blew through Mingdu under the rising sun, bringing bursts of chill.

Now is indeed the most comfortable season in Mingdu. Today's weather is particularly good. The sky is high and the wind is clear. It is very pleasant to walk on the streets of Mingdu, which is full of soul guidance technology, and breathe in the slightly cold air.

Mingdu has been bustling with activity these past few days, with crowds thronging the streets day and night. Early this morning, large numbers of people had already gathered on the outskirts of the competition venue, eagerly awaiting the start of today's exciting matches—the highlight of the day: the clash between the previous tournament's champion and runner-up!
This kind of exciting match, which in previous years could only be seen by paying a lot of money to buy tickets to the finals, has now been put in the third match of the knockout stage, and it's not even in the round-robin stage. Who can stand this!

Therefore, the enthusiasm of the people on the streets was noticeably higher this time.

For both sides, this was not just a match to determine who would advance directly to the round-robin stage, but a life-or-death battle and a battle for glory.

In the stands surrounding the arena, the Tang Clan members couldn't help but look in the direction of Shrek Academy.

Especially the Shrek Seven Devils who participated in the previous competition.

Regardless of who wins or loses, the Tang Sect's team will most likely encounter the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy again later.

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit Sect wanted to use the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to test the strength of Shrek Academy, in a sense, the Tang Sect team was also using Shrek to test the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

From this perspective, it's actually quite fair on both sides, as both sides sent out two teams.

Unfortunately, the other team on the Sun Moon Empire's side didn't have a single member who could be called human. Every single one of them was a beast who took pleasure in torturing and killing their opponents.

When Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen arrived at the competition venue with the Sun and Moon team, they immediately saw the Shrek team members already sitting in the rest area.

At this moment, the reserve team members were all fearless and eager to try their luck against the regular team of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. They were clearly inspired by Chen Ping's victory over the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy when he was a reserve team member.

However, Chen Ping did not agree to let these reserve team members play this time. This competition is different from the last one. The opponent not only has a martial soul fusion skill, but also a seven-ring soul saint. If a few reserve team members are sent out, it will be really not easy to win.

Therefore, Chen Ping could only appease the restless boys, telling them that their opponents in the knockout stage weren't worth playing against, and that they could play in the round-robin stage instead.
While trying to persuade him, Chen Ping couldn't help but feel quite annoyed. Back when he participated in the competition, the main team had all failed, and he, as a member of the reserve team, had to step up.

Five years have finally passed, and logically, the reserve team members should be the ones fighting, while the reserve team members should just help out. But in the end, they are the ones fighting in these few games.

What's the difference between this and shoveling snow in the first year of high school, shoveling snow in the second year of high school, and shoveling snow in the third year of high school? Tell me!
Just then, Xiao Hongchen narrowed his eyes, stopped in his tracks, and looked at Chen Ping, who was comforting the preliminaries. He then released his powerful soul force.

(End of this chapter)