Chapter 103: Son of a Bitch!
After finishing his words, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen separated from the team.
Their figures disappeared into the distance, and only then did Lin Jiayi and Old Ma prepare to lead the victorious team home.
"Lin boy, I have a message for you. Take it back to the Imperial Family."
Kong Deming secretly transmitted the message. Lin Jiayi remained outwardly calm, but his expression grew much more serious.
"I want you to lead the team back to Mingdou immediately. Once you see His Majesty, tell him that the Star Luo Empire's Western Army can now engage the Sun Moon Empire at the border of the Mingdou Mountain Range."
His disciple was now planning to assassinate his father, and this father was White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao. Dai Hao was also the commander of the Western Army, constantly fighting against the Sun Moon Empire in the Mingdou Mountain Range on the Star Luo border.
Now that Dai Hao was about to die, the Sun Moon Empire naturally couldn't just watch the Star Luo Empire continue to send strong individuals to take over those armies after Dai Hao's death.
Even if they didn't start a war immediately, they would first seize all the territory of the Mingdou Mountain Range for the Sun Moon Empire. Only then could they gain a greater advantage when war eventually broke out.
Lin Jiayi's expression changed. He naturally understood what this meant, but he still nodded seriously.
In any case, he was just a messenger. The Imperial Family dared not disobey Kong Deming's orders. Such matters were for the old emperor to decide.
However, he sighed inwardly, thinking, "How old is Yuhao now? He's already able to influence such major events. It's truly terrifying."
A war was about to begin, and an existence like White Tiger Duke might quietly disappear from this world. He wondered how the Star Luo Empire would react.
As the two sides separated, Huo Yuhao, having split from the Sun Moon team, was observed by those secretly watching the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. They witnessed this scene and reported it to those lurking in secret.
Star Luo Imperial Palace.
"Bang!!"
Valuable and expensive items were constantly being knocked to the ground. Xu Jiawei finally couldn't maintain his composure because he had just received distressing news: Shrek had been attacked again by evil Soul Masters.
Because Xuan Zi and the others had not crossed the Star Luo Empire border to return to Shrek earlier, the news was naturally seen by some Star Luo spies. Of course, it could also be said that the Holy Spirit Church deliberately leaked the information.
This couldn't be hidden at all. Xuan Zi didn't secretly bring people back, and even without Star Luo spies, many knew their whereabouts—city lords and powerhouses from other forces.
"Idiot! That Taotie Douluo is an idiot! Doesn't he have a brain? Doesn't he know how to learn from his mistakes?"
"He's a rank ninety-eighth Super Douluo! He's been humiliated twice in a row by evil Soul Masters, and he can't even protect his own disciples! What is he even doing?!"
Needless to say, although that old scoundrel didn't ask for help, both of Shrek's attacks by evil Soul Masters occurred within the Star Luo Empire's territory. Shrek would definitely use this to cause trouble for the Star Luo Empire later.
Those disgusting inspection teams would surely exploit this incident to heavily interfere in the Star Luo Empire's internal affairs. He had already guessed the reason for Shrek: "Your Star Luo Empire has a rampant evil Soul Master problem. We, Shrek, represent justice and will eradicate your Star Luo Empire's evil Soul Masters."
"What did you say? You won't let our Shrek inspection team interfere in the Star Luo Empire's internal affairs? Are you feeling guilty? Are you hiding something for the evil Soul Masters?"
Xu Jiujiu had already recovered. The Star Luo Empire had the continent's top healing-type Titled Douluo, so healing Xu Jiujiu's injuries was a minor matter.
As for Elder Zhuang—this was Shrek's own claim; the statement only existed within Shrek, meant to elevate his status. The true top healing-type was someone else.
Actually, if Shrek had been smarter, they wouldn't have needed Elder Zhuang to rush to the Star Luo Empire. They could have directly requested the Star Luo Empire's Immortal Doctor Douluo, Wang Xian'er. However, who could have known that Dai Yueheng and Xu Sanshi from Shrek also needed treatment?
Zhuang Lao was most skilled in life-force healing; in other aspects, he was inferior to this other individual. That's also why Shrek chose to have that person treat Xu Sanshi and Dai Yueheng, while Elder Zhuang helped their own students.
On the other hand, their own people were more trustworthy. Elder Zhuang would never harm his own students, so they could feel at ease during treatment.
Besides, Shrek being attacked was not a glorious event. Initially, they wanted to keep it secret, and they certainly didn't want outsiders to know Ma Xiaotao's true condition.
But who knew that old Xuan Zi could cause such a big commotion? Not only did he make it known to everyone, but he also caused Shrek to lose face.
Xu Jiujiu looked at her furious imperial brother, carefully picked up the secret report, and her expression grew ugly.
"Shrek, the 'surprises' it brings are truly endless."
"Imperial Brother, given the circumstances, all we can do is quickly distance ourselves."
"Tell Shrek that we, Star Luo Empire, were unaware of this matter, and that it was a premeditated act by those evil Soul Masters, intended to appease Shrek's potential wrath."
Xu Jiujiu was helpless about this. This Taotie Douluo was too useless. Was he really a powerhouse famous throughout the continent? Or was he a fake?
Having a team member, especially the Evil Fire Captain of the Shrek Seven Devils, abducted by evil Soul Masters without a sound, was simply too ridiculous.
"This is the only way now." Xu Jiawei nodded helplessly.
They didn't expect the Shrek fellows to be reasonable. Everyone knew they were troublemakers. If they really blamed everything on the Star Luo Empire, chaos would ensue.
Xu Jiawei could only try to calm himself.
After a while, a figure entered the hall.
"By the way, have those from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy left?"
This question was not for Xu Jiujiu but for Ju Chui, the Titled Douluo who had just entered and was gathering information.
"Your Majesty, the people from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy have already left Star Luo City, but..."
"But what?" Xu Jiawei's eyelids twitched. Could there be another problem?
"However, that White Tiger Duke's illegitimate son, Huo Yuhao, and two team members from the Sun Moon Empire seem not to have returned with the team. Instead, they disappeared after leaving Star Luo City."
Disappeared?
Now Xu Jiawei was puzzled. "No, you won the championship. Why aren't they returning honestly to the Sun Moon Empire to receive honors? Why are they running around?"
"Is there any way to find out their purpose?"
Ju Chui hesitated, "Your Majesty, that child is secretly protected by Kong Deming, and it seems there is also another exceptionally powerful individual..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but both Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu understood what he meant.
No need to guess—the other powerful individual was probably that damned Du Busi.
Son of a bitch! Xu Jiawei now felt like he'd shot himself in the foot. Why was he so impatient? Not only did he lose the hundred-thousand-year embryo, but he also caused the Body Sect to entangle itself with the Sun Moon Empire.
Why didn't that scoundrel Du Busi play by the rules? Why did he come so quickly? And even if he arrived suddenly, why did he take a liking to Huo Yuhao?
"Then forget it."
Given the situation, if these few truly caused trouble, the Star Luo Empire wouldn't know how to deal with it.
Thanks to Huo Yuhao's declaration of war earlier, Xu Jiawei, Xu Jiujiu, and the others didn't associate it with Dai Hao.
They also didn't believe Huo Yuhao would truly want to kill his own father. After all, saying it is one thing; actually doing it is another.
"Huo Yuhao..." Xu Jiujiu frowned. She noticed that this young man's name appeared too many times. It seemed the entire competition revolved around him. What was going on?
"Imperial Brother, are we really not going to take any measures? Huo Yuhao is definitely an Ultimate Attribute Soul Master. Once he grows up, he will be a threat to our Star Luo Empire and even the entire continent..."
"The power of Ultimate Attributes is well known, and the feeling on the arena was definitely correct!"
There were some things she didn't say. She felt Huo Yuhao's soul skills were too overpowered, and she was also aware of the great war between the Sun Moon Empire and the original three Douluo Empires thousands of years ago.
It could be said that in that war, the Ultimate Attribute Soul Master from Shrek played a crucial role.
So, with the three Douluo Empires currently lacking an Ultimate Attribute Soul Master, and the Sun Moon Empire suddenly having one with extraordinary talent and aptitude, it was truly too disadvantageous for the Star Luo Empire.
In the arena, she had directly faced Huo Yuhao's soul skills. She felt these soul skills were definitely not something a mere Soul Elder could wield.
Compared to self-created soul skills, she suspected Huo Yuhao might possess a second Martial Soul. After all, it couldn't be that one of his soul rings had several soul skills, could it?
That would be illogical!
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