Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 1272 You're even more arrogant than Mu En!

At that moment, Elder Mu spoke for the first time, his tone deep and serious: "Then why do you still insist on holding onto the identity of the Holy Spirit Sect Leader?"

"After Zhongli Laogui passed away, you were fully capable of extricating yourself from the situation."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xishui was taken aback and subconsciously replied, "What could I possibly do? At that time, my martial soul had already been twisted into an evil blood soul demon puppet."

"Besides the Sun Moon Empire, which other country would dare to accept an evil soul master?"

"What about Shrek City?"

There was a peculiar meaning in Old Mu's voice, "If you truly intend to leave, why don't you come to find me and Xiaoyao?"

"You should know very well that Shrek Academy has never been a rigid place. The right to define evil spirit masters on the entire continent is in the hands of Shrek Academy."

"Well, not anymore. Now, you have to ask Yuhao's Soul Hall who the evil soul masters are. They now have the power to define evil soul masters."

At this point, Mu En glanced at Huo Yuhao with amusement.

Huo Yuhao merely raised an eyebrow; in the end, he had become the very thing he hated most.

While dissatisfied with Shrek Academy's definition of evil soul masters, he forcibly seized the definition from the academy himself.

But it was alright; he was thick-skinned and just chuckled in the face of Old Master Mu's teasing, pretending not to hear it.

A bitter smile flickered across Ye Xishui's face: "How could that be! You personally pursued Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng. If I show myself, wouldn't I be walking into a trap?"

"Xi Shui, you're still being stubborn."

Old Master Mu's gaze was deep as he slowly spoke, his voice carrying a calm composure born of the passage of time.

"I can make Xiaoyao, a Soul Master with a dark attribute Martial Soul, free from prejudice and even make him my equal. This is the power of Shrek Academy, the prestige and status that Shrek Academy has accumulated over ten thousand years."

"On the other hand, Wuyun Douluo, who also possesses a dark attribute martial soul, is constantly hunted down due to the lack of Shrek Academy's protection."

"You and Xiaoyao may not know this, but over the years, that kid Yuhao has had several complaints about me, and even about the entire Shrek Academy and the Sea God Pavilion."

"Things like 'Shrek's ancestral laws are immutable,' 'the standards for defining evil spirit masters are vague,' 'they crack down hard on outsiders but readily protect their own,' and so on."

"I have never denied that. I did a lot of similar things when I was younger."

"I can let Zhang Peng go, who has never done anything wrong, and I can also nurture Xiao Tao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul."

"As Yuhao said, I have flexible standards and bottom lines for judging evil spirit masters, whether they are outsiders or my own people, but I lack a unified approach."

"In my opinion, all those who possess evil martial souls are potential destabilizing factors and should be controlled."

"If it is someone I know, I will keep them by my side and try to guide them to turn over a new leaf."

"If it is a stranger who has committed evil, I will mercilessly eliminate him and purify his evil."

At this point, Mu En glanced at Huo Yuhao subconsciously before continuing.

"This is the biggest difference between me and Yuhao; our mindsets are not the same."

"Yuhao inherited the power to rule the world from me, but what he ultimately unleashed was a technique known as the ultimate skill in the world."

"Yuhao's heart carries the entire Douluo Continent. This is a unique skill that only someone who believes himself to be the agent of the will of heaven and earth can unleash."

"That's why he treats all evil spirit masters equally, and has repeatedly asked me and the academy for a completely equal standard of judgment, instead of acting based on personal likes and dislikes."

"Compared to Yuhao, my mindset of ruling the world is actually far inferior to Yuhao's mindset of [Ultimate Skill - World]. This is why we deal with evil soul masters in completely different ways."

"Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs. It is precisely because Yuhao has this concept in his heart that all living beings under heaven are equal, without any distinction of high or low, that he can truly unleash his ultimate skill - World".

"In comparison, those who rule the world, frankly speaking, only care about the small territory they control. And how could a monarch not have his own likes and dislikes?"

Moon compared himself to a king, but no one present thought there was anything wrong with it.

The Dragon God Douluo of yesteryear was the Soul Master Emperor who could dominate the world, the ruler of the Three Kingdoms. This arrogance will not disappear just because Mu En doesn't mention it.

But this also raised Long Xiaoyao's opinion of Huo Yuhao even higher, filling him with awe.

"hiss--"

Long Xiaoyao gasped.

Even Mu En only compared himself to a monarch, but you, Huo Yuhao, actually compare yourself to an agent of the will of heaven and earth?

You're even more arrogant than Moon!

Just like Mu En's "Reign Over the World," one must have a certain state of mind to perfectly execute it. Different states of mind result in different soul skills.

Huo Yuhao's unparalleled skills have clearly shown everyone that this is indeed his belief.

He, Huo Yuhao, is the agent of the will of heaven and earth—how so?

But do you think Huo Yuhao was too arrogant?

That doesn't seem right either.

Huo Yuhao, in his twenties, could easily beat up three level 99 Limit Douluos—Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Zhongli Wu—along with a level 10 Soul Master Kong Deming and several Soul Master groups. So what if he's a bit crazy?

It would be abnormal if he wasn't crazy!

None of the three of them were more powerful than Huo Yuhao when they were young; rather, even if all three of them worked together at their peak, they still couldn't beat Huo Yuhao now.

Huo Yuhao is now truly the number one person below level 100, capable of exchanging one for one person above level 100.

Huo Yuhao sacrificed his black hair and sustained some injuries, but with a single Light of Time and a Dragon God Claw, he forcibly killed a level 100 minor god.

Yes, it's one for one.

"Xi Shui, stop deceiving yourself now. If you had come to me back then, I would have helped you, just as I helped Xiao Yao back then."

"You know this perfectly well."

Ye Xishui's expression changed, and a barely perceptible hint of gloom flashed by.

Then, she gave a bitter smile: "But by then, it was too late for me to turn back."

"Is it that there's no way to turn back, or that they simply don't want to turn back?"

Old Master Mu's eyes were filled with emotion, his heartache and disappointment growing stronger, and his gaze toward Ye Xishui becoming increasingly cold.

"Was it the power and evil forces promised by the Sun Moon Empire that corrupted your heart, or were you a pure evil spirit master from the very beginning?"

"I guess it's the latter, because at that time, Xu Tianran's father was just a leisurely prince, while Cai Tou's father and grandfather never stirred up any disputes on the border during their reigns."

At this point, Old Master Mu shook his head and sighed, "You deceived Xiaoyao for a lifetime, and I played along with you for two hundred years."

"Please let him go, okay? I'm begging you, this should be the first time I've ever begged you."

(End of this chapter)