As long as I can avenge my wife, child, and father-in-law who died tragically back then, as long as you are not an evil soul master, no matter who you are, my life, I, Ma Jieke, will dedicate to you from this day on!
Although the one he was trying to win over was only a seventh-rank soul engineer, and the price to pay was to eradicate a power guarded by a nine-ring Titled Douluo, the gains were far less than the cost. It looked like a huge loss, yet Chu Chengzhou did not refuse.
Perhaps Chu Chengzhou was no good person, had killed without batting an eye, and even possessed cultivation methods very suited to becoming a big shot among evil soul masters, but he felt no goodwill toward evil soul masters.
If he never ran into them, fine. Since he had, wiping them out was nothing more than a flick of the wrist.
On the Sun Moon Continent, the Moon Worship Cult were rats skulking in the dark. Ordinary people naturally did not know the locations of their lair and key strongholds. Even many low-level cultists did not know where their own headquarters lay.
But for Chu Chengzhou, who possessed the Void Illusion Realm, finding the Moon Worship Cult's important strongholds and lair could not have been easier.
As long as he found a single cultist, he would unleash the Void Illusion Realm, alter their consciousness, and follow the trail layer by layer.
For three straight days, moving from place to place, every stronghold of the Moon Worship Cult that counted for anything was leveled by Chu Chengzhou.
On top of that, with the headquarters lair smashed right now, aside from a few small fry, the more than forty seven-ring deacons and eight Soul Douluo elders who counted as core members, a vice cult master who had just entered nine rings, and the current cult master, titled "Blood Moon," with soul power at level 95, were all physically sent on their way by his host of summoned spirits.
It could be said that after Chu Chengzhou's iron-fisted strike, in just three days the Moon Worship Cult had devolved from a top-tier power in the Sun Moon Continent's soul master world into an unranked force. The remnants did not even dare act under the Moon Worship Cult's name.
"Old Ma, do you have anything else to pack? If not, then come back with me."
The goal was not directly achieved, but there was a solution. There was no point staying on the Sun Moon Continent. Chu Chengzhou planned to return to the Douluo Continent.
"My lord, I have nothing to pack. Please give your orders!"
Ma Jieke answered directly.
"Good. But no need to call me 'my lord.' Just call me Young Master Chu."
Chu Chengzhou nodded, then waved with a smile.
"Young Master Chu?"
At that, surprise flashed in Ma Jieke's eyes as he looked at Chu Chengzhou.
Though Chu Chengzhou looked very young, like a teenager, in Ma Jieke's view that was just because Chu Chengzhou was powerful and skilled at maintaining a youthful face.
Otherwise, how could someone of mere youth have cultivated to nine rings and become a Titled Douluo?
He, Ma Jieke, counted as a notable figure in the Sun Moon Continent's soul master world. He had seen Titled Douluo before, but every Titled Douluo he had seen had at least been past sixty when they achieved the title.
"Haha, Old Ma, you just have little experience, don't you? By age and seniority, you're at least of my uncle's generation."
Smiling, Chu Chengzhou explained.
"Hiss!"
Ma Jieke drew a sharp breath. He was so shocked his glasses nearly fell off.
He was just over forty. An uncle's generation could not be less than ten years older, right? So Chu Chengzhou was at most around thirty, perhaps even younger?
Could there really be a Titled Douluo this young on the continent?
But thinking of Chu Chengzhou's soul ring configuration of four black and five red, Ma Jieke relaxed. After all, the world would always produce monsters beyond common understanding.
"By the way, Old Ma, go back and gather your family's memorial tablets or remains. Otherwise it will be hard to have chances to pay respects in the future."
As he spoke, Chu Chengzhou patted Ma Jieke's shoulder.
The Sun Moon Continent was very far from the Douluo Continent. Ma Jieke was not like him. Traveling between the two continents in the future would not be convenient. Once he was taken back to the Douluo Continent, there would truly be little chance to return to the Sun Moon Continent.
"This"
Ma Jieke was at a loss, a bit confused.
"Old Ma, do you think your Sun Moon Continent can produce a peerless genius like me?"
Seeing Ma Jieke's puzzlement, Chu Chengzhou spoke with some pride.
Ma Jieke: "."
So self-absorbed?
But to be fair, he could not think of any soul master clan that could cultivate a peerless genius like Chu Chengzhou. Not even the Sun Moon imperial clan could do it. Moreover, as far as he knew, there was no powerful soul master clan with the surname Chu on the continent.
Wait. Your Sun Moon Continent?
Could it be that Young Master Chu was not from the Sun Moon Continent?
At once, Ma Jieke's gaze toward Chu Chengzhou changed.
"Could Young Master Chu be from the legendary God Realm?"
Ma Jieke guessed to himself.
The Sun Moon Continent did have legends of deities, only no one had ever seen them.
In Ma Jieke's view, if a God Realm existed, then a nine-ring Titled Douluo at such a young age, and a soul ring configuration beyond imagination, would not be impossible.
"Looks like you guessed it. I am not from the Sun Moon Continent. I come from the Douluo Continent."
"Douluo Continent?"
Ma Jieke raised his brows. Not the legendary God Realm?
Chu Chengzhou nodded and said, "From the eastern coast of the Sun Moon Continent, cross the sea for tens of thousands of li, and you will reach the Douluo Continent."
"Tens of thousands of li?!"
Ma Jieke could not help raising his voice, his face full of shock.
"I came on Xiao Yin."
Chu Chengzhou pointed to the Space Sacred Dragon, his summoned spirit Xiao Yin, hovering in the distant sky.
Ma Jieke: "."
Although Ma Jieke was not a top expert, he could tell that this silver dragon with a spatial attribute definitely was no weaker than an ordinary nine-ring Titled Douluo. With a flying mount of such strength, crossing the sea for tens of thousands of li was not impossible.
After the shock, Ma Jieke could not help growing intensely curious about the Douluo Continent, and asked, "Young Master Chu, can you tell me about the Douluo Continent?"
After a moment's thought, Chu Chengzhou said, "Aside from not having developed soul tool technology, the Douluo Continent is much the same as the Sun Moon Continent. It's just larger in area, and there are more experts in the soul master world.
If this were on the Douluo Continent, this Moon Worship Cult would not be able to stir up any waves.
On the Douluo Continent, there is a dominant power in the soul master world called Spirit Hall.
Spirit Hall has many experts under its banner. It has as many as twenty to thirty Titled Douluo elders. There are as many as seven enshrined elders with soul power above level 95. Among them, Spirit Hall's Grand Worship is an invincible demigod-level powerhouse in this world, only half a step from the realm of gods.
And Spirit Hall venerates the Angel God and specializes in suppressing evil soul masters. Don't mention one Moon Worship Cult. Even ten Moon Worship Cults could not possibly gain any advantage against Spirit Hall."
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