The Evil Soul Master is actually myself

So all he had to do was wait for him to arrive in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Soul Master! Brother Amin is actually a Soul Master! He's only about eleven years old, the same age as me." Huo Yuhao, who was hiding in the dense forest, watched the entire battle between the two and was greatly shocked.

Although the process was incomprehensible, the difference in strength was clear. Amin had been firmly in control throughout, winning with an almost overwhelming advantage.

Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a surge of admiration, mixed with a touch of inferiority. At eleven, he was like a nobody, while others his age were already the pride of heaven standing in the center of the stage.

He sighed for a moment, glanced at the two whispering on the riverbank, and quietly turned and left without disturbing Beibei and the other person.

Before they met, Bei Bei and Tang Ya were strangers to Huo Yuhao. Given their immense strength, it was best to avoid them to prevent any unforeseen dangers.

On the contrary, Su Ming, who was equally powerful, was willing to get in touch with Brother Ming because he had a good first impression and felt from the bottom of his heart that Su Ming would not harm him.

“We’re the same age, but others have already reached the Soul Master level, while I haven’t even attached my first Soul Ring yet. Looks like I need to work harder.” The handsome young man clenched his fist, gritted his teeth, and continued on his way to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Riverbank

Beibei seemed to sense something and looked towards the dense forest.

"What's wrong?" Tang Ya asked.

"It's nothing. I thought I sensed someone was there just now, but it was probably just my imagination." Beibei shook his head. He was very tired, and his senses had weakened considerably.

After a long silence, Tang Ya cautiously asked, "Beibei, what do you think of that reclusive family heir?"

"I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to know his strength." After saying that, the girl hurriedly explained, as if afraid of hurting the boy's pride.

Beibei sighed softly, looked up at the sky, and said, "It's alright. Only now do I realize that I was just a frog in a well. There are such people in the world."

“Yes, yes, an eleven-year-old quasi-Soul Master, his combat strength seems to have reached the threshold of Soul King. You can’t cause him any trouble at all.” Tang Ya nodded in agreement.

Beibei frowned slightly and pondered, "His martial soul should be mainly dark in nature, but also has lightning in nature. This is strange. I feel that my lightning attribute was countered by his special soul skill, which caused the huge difference in our defeat."

"So, your strength shouldn't be too far behind his, right?" Tang Ya asked, bewildered.

"No, it's worlds apart. At least my strength and defense are far inferior to his." Beibei was truly shocked this time.

Now, the effects of the amplification-type soul skills attached to Su Ming's first three soul rings have begun to show. No matter how fancy your attack methods are, as long as your basic attributes are not up to par, it will be like scratching a piece of meat.

The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul already had very high base stats compared to others of the same level, but the first two attack Martial Soul Skills were still not very useful to Su Ming. Only by using Thunder Fury, which was also an amplification Martial Soul Skill, could Su Ming be forced to use some of his abilities.

Of course, the drawbacks of this extreme stat allocation method are also obvious. At least Su Ming's output is all in melee combat now. He just charges in close combat all the way. It's just that Bei Bei is not familiar with his soul skills. Otherwise, the kiting method could force him to use his third soul skill.

But that's where it ends.

The soul skill that the Thunder Dragon bestowed upon him two years ago was full of surprises and completely made up for his shortcomings.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Imperial Beasts

Su Ming flew into the outer edge of the Star Dou Forest and slowly landed. If things went as expected, the million-year-old soul beast, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, would escape to the southern outer edge of the forest near the Star Luo Empire.

He admitted that he did have some ideas and deliberately freed up his fourth spirit ring slot, intending to try his luck.

If the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm takes a liking to him, Su Ming is willing to sacrifice a Soul Ring slot to accept it. Its immense spiritual cultivation is enough for a person to reach the level of a Divine Official (level 100).

It's not a big deal if I don't get it; if I do, I'm lucky; if I don't, it's fate.

Su Ming was confident that he could become a god on his own.

Actually, the best way is still to kill Huo Yuhao. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm has no choice but to submit to him.

But Su Ming disdained doing that, just as he disdained killing Bei Bei and Tang Ya to seize the Tang Sect's secret manual. What good would it do to obtain the Tang Sect's secret manual? Would it make him stronger? Wouldn't he have to be inferior to Tang San when they met in the future?

Su Ming is proud; he only walks his own path and disdains using other people's methods.

On the contrary, he secretly hoped that Huo Yuhao could grow stronger, because after experiencing today's battle, he realized that perhaps only Huo Yuhao could fight him.

Furthermore, the immense spiritual attribute of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm can only be contained by a spiritual martial soul. Its previous experiments on multiple people, even Title Douluos, resulted in them being instantly destroyed.

Su Ming found a powerful ancient tree on the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest. Its tall canopy blocked out the sun. He released his Netherworld Demon God Martial Soul, and the overwhelming ferocious aura drove away all the insects inside. He then leaned against the branch, closed his eyes to rest, and waited for the great changes in the Star Dou Forest and the arrival of Huo Yuhao.

"Netherworld Demon God Biao" is his main account, and this will be his identity when he travels the world.

In the past two years, he has been able to fully master the power of evil, downgrade it to the dark attribute, degenerate its extreme power, and then use the bloodline of the evil god to simulate the dark and ferocious aura of Qiongqi. No one dares to say that he is not the Netherworld Demon God Biao Martial Soul.

Even if his identity is investigated, his sister Su Xuan'er's martial soul also belongs to the Qiongqi lineage, specifically the Killing Blood God Leopard. Others would only assume it's a mutated martial soul inherited from the family. His background is practically flawless.

Furthermore, using this disguise has one advantage: it won't suppress Su Ming's power too much. Even without the power of ultimate evil, the Netherworld Demon God Biao can still unleash 70% of his strength. (Serious face .jpg)

Of course, when Su Ming went to Shrek Academy to report for duty, he still used the Netherworld Black Cat Martial Soul under the disguise ability. The essence of the so-called disguise is like nesting dolls, using a more important secret to hide an even more taboo secret.

Others immediately realized, "Oh, it's the fierce martial soul of the Qiongqi lineage. Its strong dark attributes have crossed the line with evil soul masters, no wonder they had to hide it."

If you happen to encounter a formidable enemy who uses extremely evil power, others will continue to speculate, and it's best to keep such a strong and malevolent aura a secret.

The black-haired boy lay on a tree branch with his hands behind his head and his legs crossed. Suddenly, he remembered the battle that day and couldn't help but worry: "Why is Beibei so weak? Am I already invincible?"

Keep in mind that Beibei is the strongest opponent he has found at this stage, and even that can't force him to use many tricks.

Actually, he misunderstood. The effects of the first and second soul skills, Evil God Body, increase defense by 250%. Combined with Thunder Mode, all lightning-attribute martial souls would become mere scratchers in front of Su Ming.

Like the Wind Chaser, Thunder has great resistance to lightning.

What's different is that [Thunder] can boost all aspects by 20%, including nerve reflexes and agility. If attacked by powerful lightning, it will also digest the energy and enter a supercharged mode, which is similar to Iron Man's charging effect.

This soul technique is Su Ming's greatest research achievement over the past two years. However, he has yet to figure out how to release the soul technique without its effects. Strictly speaking, all his methods so far are the result of his mastery of soul techniques.

This situation reminded Su Ming of the elementalist martial soul that the future Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena transformed into. Her soul rings could not be attached with single-attribute attack soul skills, and her usual attack methods all relied on her mastery of attributes, such as shaping wind and ice attributes into ice blades and wind blades to shoot out.

"If only the Silver Dragon King could make her debut in this life, then she would have one more rival, and I could also trick her into participating in soul technique research," Su Ming sighed.

"Huh? Huo Yuhao is here." He was suddenly startled, sensing the [Razer]'s touch. A thousand meters away, Huo Yuhao walked along the only path into the outer edge of the Star Dou Forest.

Razer is a reconnaissance-type soul technique he researched. It works by sensing through bio-electromagnetic fields. He created it to avoid [negative emotional perception]. It can only detect the enemy's weaknesses, and its weakness is that it is powerless against inanimate objects.

Click~

A moment later, the sound of someone stepping on rotten branches and leaves could be heard.

Su Ming's [Disguise] ability completely concealed his aura, while a hazy shadow appeared on his surface, actually blending the boy's body into the shadow under the tree canopy, making him impossible to spot without careful observation.

Shadow Concealment, a soul-hiding technique used in specific environments, is rather useless.

"I must become a Soul Master and make those who look down on my son and me admit their mistakes!" Huo Yuhao shouted to himself as they approached the forest.

The handsome young man mustered his courage and ventured deep into the forest, which remained dark even in daylight, as if a gaping maw of abyss had swallowed Huo Yuhao's figure.

Su Ming watched with interest as the thin boy walked past below, his eyes filled with admiration.

Although the Duke's mansion was oppressive, at least it provided food and lodging. The eleven-year-old boy broke out of his comfort zone and resolutely decided to take an uncertain path, a decision that few people would make.

"I remember that Huo Yuhao encountered the legendary Wind Baboon, who almost killed the protagonist, as soon as he entered the Star Dou Forest. Why didn't I see it this time?" Su Ming recalled his memories from his previous life, completely baffled.

Su Ming sensed his surroundings and smiled nonchalantly, almost forgetting that his martial spirit's pressure had scared away some ten-year-old soul beasts from the area.

As Huo Yuhao gradually moved out of his perception range, Su Ming ignored him and instead looked towards the core of the Star Dou Great Forest, muttering, "It's about to begin, isn't it?"

buzz~

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will appear!

Dozens of terrifying, superior auras rose from the core area and rapidly spread to the perimeter. Among them, five auras, like those of supreme beings, permeated the entire forest.

For a moment, the stars were silent, and all the soul beasts lay hidden and motionless.

Su Mingxin trembled as well, and it took her a long time to calm down.

Just as he was about to get up and follow Huo Yuhao, a sense of fear suddenly came from the Thunder Serpent. Before he could react, his perception field collapsed.

A suppressed groan rang out, and Su Ming coughed up a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth due to the backlash of his mental energy.

Su Ming felt a chill run down his spine. The last aura emanating from the Thunder Serpent was even stronger than that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. The vigorous magnetic field created by its vast life force squeezed into the field and repelled each other, causing the fragile Thunder Serpent to collapse instantly.

"How could it appear here?! On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest?!" Su Ming was in shock.

That aura was full of light and heat, and also carried a sense of destiny, fleeting and uncertain.

Without a doubt, it was the legendary imperial auspicious beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion of Destiny.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is a spirit beast with three attributes: spirit, light, and fire. It is called an auspicious beast because it can control the power of destiny.

Essentially, it possesses the ultimate spiritual attribute, but its outward manifestation is indeed the dual extreme attributes of light and fire. This is achieved by forcibly elevating the degree of these two attributes through the spiritual attribute.

Therefore, even though Su Ming had never met him, he could recognize him by that unique aura.

"What do we do now? Escape? No, there's no way to escape. Why is it here? It wasn't mentioned in the original story! The butterfly effect?"

Su Ming was restless, his mind racing, but he remained still, suppressing his mental fluctuations and disguising himself as a lifeless tree trunk.

They probably won't notice, right?

Not long after, a petite and exquisite golden soul beast gracefully walked across the treetop.

Its fur is golden, and its entire body is like a translucent crystal, full of strange texture.

Its overall shape resembles a lion, but its four claws are like those of a dragon, with a ball of golden flame beneath each claw. Its mouth is also longer than that of lion-type spirit beasts, and beneath its fur, there appear to be fine golden scales.

In addition to his two normal eyes, he has a third eye, but it is a vertical pupil. The two normal eyes shimmer with gold, while the vertical pupil emits a red light, a red with an eerie quality.

"I was caught off guard and the ice silkworm escaped. Di Tian was furious. If I catch it back, Di Tian will be happy, right? Hmm, in human terms, friendships shouldn't be one-sided; we should help each other."

The three-eyed golden lion looked around warily, thinking to itself.

"It's almost here. Guided by fate, it should be around here." The three-eyed golden lion perked up and observed its surroundings.

It knew that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was a million-year-old soul beast with a spiritual attribute, and if it wanted to hide, only it and the Evil Emperor had a sliver of hope of finding it.

"There seemed to be a faint spiritual energy field just now. Was it the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked suspiciously.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, it looked ahead into the shadow of the tall tree canopy, staring intently at that spot.

From Su Ming's perspective, its eyes were staring directly at him.

The boy's heart leaped into his throat, wondering, "Have we been found out?"

If he is discovered, he will basically be sentenced to death. He is not the chosen one, and the imperial beast will not show any mercy.

Su Ming was now filled with regret. Why did this guy have to be so stupid? He was just incredibly lucky to be associated with the protagonist.

The atmosphere became somber for a moment.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Transaction

Fortunately, after staring for a moment, the three-eyed golden lion turned its head away and looked around, as if it was just in a daze.