Chapter 355: Shrek Academy is Garbage, Spirit Hall's Contribution to the Continent is Exceptional!
This beast!!!
In the livestream, when the viewers saw Blood Baby grab one of the babies and open its mouth full of fangs, sinking them into the baby's skull to begin sucking out the brain, and then ripping out the baby's heart to gnaw on it with blood dripping from its mouth, countless people watching the broadcast were about to explode with anger.
Although evil soul masters exist on Douluo Continent, because of the suppression by the Spirit Hall, most of the evil soul masters, once they have fallen, are killed by the Spirit Hall before they can wreak havoc on Douluo Continent.
Even those who are lucky enough to survive live in constant fear, being hunted down by the Spirit Hall, and eventually have no choice but to flee into the City of Slaughter.
As a result, tragedies like the one unfolding in the livestream were something most people had never even heard of, let alone witnessed firsthand.
But once they saw such a hellish scene, anyone with even a little empathy would immediately feel their anger explode.
Because, in this world, the majority of people are commoners, and even some soul master families, if traced back a few generations, were also born into humble families.
And who in this world doesn't have children?
Therefore, seeing Blood Baby harm the babies, it made everyone in the livestream, including Lin Yu, furious to the point of feeling as if their eyes would burst. They wished they could tear Blood Baby to pieces!
However, despite the anger of countless people in the livestream, including Lin Yu, the broadcast continued.
In the livestream, Blood Baby savored sucking the brain matter from the five babies, eating their internal organs, and then, with reluctance, licked the blood from its fingers, expressing a certain sense of regret.
"What a pity! I still couldn't eat my fill. There were too few people in this village. There were only five babies. If there had been more, that would have been perfect!"
"Lord Blood Baby, this is just a village. If it were a town, there would definitely be more babies."
"But in a town, there are soul masters, and if we get delayed and Shrek Academy shows up, we might not be able to escape."
Hearing Blood Baby's regret, one of the blood-robed evil soul masters cautiously glanced at it and then, with a bitter smile, spoke.
"Hmph! Shrek Academy!"
Upon hearing Shrek Academy mentioned, Blood Baby immediately snorted coldly, a trace of disdain flashing in its eyes.
"It's just a useless academy! They claim to be the strongest force on Douluo Continent, with several Title Douluo in the academy, but even after decades, they still couldn't take down a Soul Douluo like me!"
"If the Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago were still around, I would have been killed as soon as I fell!"
"According to legend, the Spirit Hall used to offer free martial soul awakenings for all soul masters and extended its influence to every village leader. That was the darkest time for us evil soul masters!"
"Spirit Hall…"
When Blood Baby mentioned Spirit Hall, the evil soul masters all showed extremely complex expressions, with fear, regret, and reminiscence in their eyes.
Although these evil soul masters were all evil beings who deserved to be eradicated, no one was born as an evil soul master. Otherwise, the Bone Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the Soul Master whose martial soul was a skeleton, Jing Ling, would have been destined to become evil soul masters.
These evil soul masters fell into their current state due to many factors, such as being born into poor families. Simply awakening their martial souls exhausted the entire savings of many poor families.
This prevented many soul masters from poor backgrounds from attending soul master academies, forcing them to work, but they were oppressed by the nobility or soul master families.
Faced with this injustice, they rebelled, and after killing people and spilling blood, they fell, becoming evil soul masters.
However, if the legendary Spirit Hall were still around, they could have received free martial soul awakenings. After becoming soul masters, they would also have received one gold soul coin per month as a soul master subsidy.
Their families would have received protection from the Spirit Hall, so they wouldn't be killed by some irritable soul master who didn't care about civilians.
Had that been the case, who would have fallen into the path of an evil soul master?
These voices of the evil soul masters were broadcast for everyone to hear in the livestream.
Upon hearing their reasons for falling, Lin Yu felt some sympathy for their situation, but when it came to those who needed to be killed, he would not hesitate!
Because Lin Yu despised the Buddhist saying: "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha."
A bad person should not be allowed to easily become a Buddha just by regretting their past actions. It was ridiculous!
Compared to the Tang Seng and his disciples from Journey to the West, who had to endure 81 tribulations before reaching Buddhahood, this was an outright mockery!
No matter how enlightened a bad person becomes, the sins they committed cannot be washed away. They must atone for their crimes with their lives!
If we were to forgive them just because they said they regretted their past actions, it would be an injustice to all the innocent people they killed.
But in the livestream, when Blood Baby expressed its disdain for Shrek Academy and mentioned that if the Spirit Hall were still around, they would have never had the chance to grow, many viewers in the livestream could not help but feel conflicted.
Among them, the commoners were mostly grateful and respectful toward the Spirit Hall, much like Old Jack from Holy Soul Village, who held great respect for Su Yuntao when Tang San's martial soul awakened.
However, many soul masters, soul master families, and nobles had different views on the Spirit Hall.
Some did indeed respect the Spirit Hall, but there were also many who disliked the Spirit Hall for its interference, like Zhao Wujie.
Although Zhao Wujie had been relatively nice to Tang San and others at Shrek Academy, when they first entered, he used his Soul Sage-level cultivation to fight four Soul Masters, thinking that it was a fair test.
Then, during the Star Dou Forest incident, when Snake Lady was talking to Zhao Wujie, it became clear that Zhao Wujie had a bad reputation, revealing his true nature.
Zhao Wujie was arrogant and had a bad temper.
The reason why Zhao Wujie was hunted down by 16 Spirit Hall bishops could very well have been because he caused harm to innocent civilians while having conflicts with other soul masters.
It was hard to imagine why Zhao Wujie would have a grudge with the Spirit Hall otherwise.
As the livestream continued, the voices of the evil soul masters became increasingly complex.
Originally, many soul masters, soul master families, and nobles were unhappy with the Spirit Hall's rule of not allowing soul masters to harm civilians without punishment. But after hearing the reasons for the evil soul masters' fall, many of them felt relieved and realized that, although this rule limited their privileges, it also protected them.
Otherwise, if such restrictions didn't exist, there could be countless more evil soul masters emerging across Douluo Continent, just like what was happening in the livestream.
These evil soul masters practiced cruel methods that were disturbing, yet their cultivation speed was terrifying. Once they grew stronger, they would not care about whether someone was a noble or part of a soul master family!
(END CHAPTER)
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