Drawing Cards from the Douluo World

Was he dissatisfied with the current Star Luo succession system?

So, the next day, several suspicious scouts appeared not far from Wanjin Mountain Villa.

They were merely low-level soul masters, and their methods of concealment were nothing impressive. Yet relying on the Elder Council's backing, they dared to openly monitor a prince who was currently in the spotlight.

They gambled that Dai Weisi, the First Prince, would not dare to act against them.

Because in the Elder Council's eyes, when they acted to preserve the purity of the Star Luo Royal Family, even the emperor could not stop them.

But this time, they were wrong.

Dai Weisi truly dared to act.

A sensory-type Soul Emperor reported that there were thirteen people monitoring Wanjin Mountain Villa in total: seven Soul Grandmasters, five Soul Elders, and one Soul Ancestor.

Dai Weisi's expression turned icy as he let out a cold laugh.

"Kill them all. Hang them from the poles at Wanjin Mountain Villa's entrance. No one is to take them down for three days!"

The moment his words fell, two agility-type Soul Emperors from the residence immediately shot out. Soon after came screams, pleas for mercy, and curses, but within moments, everything fell silent.

Before long, the two Soul Emperors returned to the villa without a drop of blood on them and reported to Dai Weisi.

"Your Highness, everyone has been killed and hung from the poles."

Dai Weisi nodded and instructed Cheng Yue at his side.

"Mr. Cheng, the Elder Council will certainly retaliate tonight. I'll have to trouble you to take action."

Cheng Yue did not care in the slightest whom Dai Weisi had offended. He simply nodded calmly.

Since advancing to Soul Douluo, he had yet to fight anyone with his full strength. Tonight was the perfect chance to let his Dragon Pattern Sword martial soul drink blood once more.

The Elder Council would not directly move against Dai Weisi, a prince. But they had lost men, and if the villa was left undefended, everyone else in Wanjin Mountain Villa besides Dai Weisi would be in danger.

They would not harm the prince, but under the pretext of "slaughtering Elder Council members," they would dare to wipe out all other resisting forces in Wanjin Mountain Villa, cutting away the foundation Dai Weisi needed to contend for the throne.

They had used such methods more than once over the past several hundred years.

But this tactic would not work against Wanjin Mountain Villa, which possessed one Titled Douluo and one Soul Douluo.

Even if Li Fu did not act, Cheng Yue alone was enough to withstand the forces sent by the Elder Council.

In the imperial palace, Star Luo Great Emperor Dai Zhen frowned deeply after hearing what had happened outside Wanjin Mountain Villa.

"Too hasty. It's still too early..."

Although he possessed the strength to oppose the Elder Council, he could not guarantee that after eliminating it, the Star Luo Empire itself would not bleed itself dry.

That was why he had repeatedly tolerated the Elder Council's excessive actions over the years.

He had originally hoped that after Dai Weisi grew strong enough, father and son could join forces to eradicate it in one stroke and replace the Elder Council's vast influence throughout the Star Luo Empire.

But now that Dai Weisi had ordered the slaughter of the Elder Council's external members, it was no different from slapping those conservatives, rotten to the bone, across the face.

As a result, the already fragile balance that had endured for years between the royal family's direct line and the Elder Council had reached a perilous point. The slightest touch would shatter it completely.

If they mishandled their response, it could easily trigger an all-out conflict between the royal family's direct line and the Elder Council!

When that happened, whether it was the Heaven Dou Empire, Spirit Hall, or the surrounding kingdoms and duchies, it would be far too easy for them to profit from the chaos-ridden Star Luo Empire.