Drawing Cards Starting from Douluo World

Dai Weisi pushed himself to peak condition and opened with a powerful control skill. A mysterious totem pillar carrying the aura of gold and space descended from the sky, suppressing the Golden Radiance Death Bee directly beneath it.

A 46,000-year soul ring skill, and a mysterious Space Element skill at that—it struck the Golden Radiance Death Bee solidly while it was completely unprepared.

Even as an 80,000-year soul beast, it was unable to break free from the Golden Constant Sky Suppressing Pillar's powerful spatial restraint for the moment.

Seizing the chance while the Golden Radiance Death Bee was restrained, Li Fu used Tiger Claw Absolute Hand. One swipe of his claw severed the bee's lower half.

Seeing their queen severely wounded, the surrounding Death Bees went mad and swarmed toward Dai Weisi and Li Fu in clusters. Gray, green, and silver stingers shot toward every part of their bodies like the Tang Sect's Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles.

Unfortunately, before Dai Weisi and Li Fu's defenses, aside from the few stingers of the Silver Radiance Death Bees that needed to be avoided, the ordinary century-old Death Bees and millennium-old Green Radiance Death Bees posed no threat at all.

Even when struck by hundreds or thousands of stingers, their clothes were merely pierced into sieves. Their bodies suffered no damage whatsoever.

Just as Dai Weisi was about to strike and claim the Golden Radiance Death Bee's life, a sudden change occurred.

A pure Gold Element Soul Power fluctuation, nearly reaching the ultimate extreme, entered Dai Weisi and Li Fu's senses.

It was the Golden Radiance Death Bee's tail-stinger skill!

There was actually more than one Golden Radiance Death Bee in this swarm!

All bee-type soul beast clans had a habit:

Once a second queen appeared in the swarm, the old queen would instinctively reject the new queen in order to preserve her absolute rule over the clan.

The young queen would soon leave the swarm and establish a new swarm of her own.

Therefore, neither Dai Weisi nor Li Fu had imagined that a second Golden Radiance Death Bee could be hidden within this Death Bee clan...

There was only one possibility for such a situation—the new queen happened to be the old queen's biological daughter.

In that case, the old queen would allow the new queen to gather a portion of her own forces within the clan, only leaving once she had fully matured.

And given the Death Bees' evolution rate, which was so low as to be despairing, the probability of such a situation occurring was practically infinitely close to zero.

Whether it was bad luck or good luck, Dai Weisi and Li Fu had happened to encounter it.

This hidden Golden Radiance Death Bee was around 60,000 years old. She was the old queen's direct daughter, and after seeing the old queen heavily wounded by Li Fu, she did not hesitate to sacrifice her life and fire her Death Bee stinger at him! A tail stinger fired by a 50,000-year Golden Radiance Death Bee at the cost of its life might not kill Li Fu, but it would be enough to inflict serious injuries upon him.

Li Fu was maintaining the Gale Domain to restrain the old queen and prevent it from firing its stingers or escaping. His reaction to the new queen's sneak attack was half a beat too slow, and that half-beat left him without enough time to respond.

But Dai Weisi had enough time.

Second Soul Skill: Golden Feather Assault!

Empowered by this soul skill, Dai Weisi's neural reflexes and movement speed soared. Using the footwork of Thousand Miles in an Instant, he became a golden blur and positioned himself between Li Fu and the new queen.

The tenth level of the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield was pushed to its limit. The effects of the White Tiger Refined Gold Qi and Adamantine White Tiger Transformation had yet to fade. Dai Weisi was currently at maximum defense.

At the same time, he activated one of his trump cards in battle for the first time—the External Soul Bone, Golden Dragon Swallowing Heaven Armor!

As Dai Weisi's Soul Power had increased, the age of this External Soul Bone had also risen to the ten-thousand-year level. The defensive boost it could provide was already extremely considerable.

Seeing Dai Weisi preparing to take the hit for him, Li Fu grew extremely anxious. Yet he did not dare relax his control over the old queen, lest this 80,000-year Golden Radiance Death Bee also fire its stingers.

He could only watch helplessly as the Golden Radiance Death Bee's tail stinger shot toward Dai Weisi's chest.

"Clang!"

This was a clash between two streams of Soul Power that approached the ultimate extreme of gold—a contest between ultimate defense and ultimate offense, both representatives of the Gold Element.

After firing her tail stinger, the new queen fell to the ground and died. That thin stinger knocked Dai Weisi back several meters, but it ultimately failed to pierce through his layers of protection.

The tail stinger left only a pinhole-sized puncture in the Golden Dragon Swallowing Heaven Armor, yet it lacked the strength to break through the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield's defense.

At this point, the battle between the two men and the bee swarm should have come to an end.

Dai Weisi looked at the old queen struggling within Li Fu's domain, a cold glint appearing in his eyes. Dense Gold Element Soul Power frantically gathered in his palm, quickly forming a golden elemental spear.

"Fourth Soul Skill: White Tiger Piercing Kill Spear!"

"Die!"

The spear shot out at his command, piercing in through the Golden Radiance Death Bee's broken tail before emerging from its head. In a single strike, it took the life of this 80,000-year soul beast, whose vitality was not particularly tenacious.

Unfortunately, this Golden Radiance Death Bee had not even managed to unleash its final brilliant attack before being killed by Dai Weisi, a quasi-Soul Emperor.

After the Golden Radiance Death Bee was successfully killed, the entire swarm went berserk. They desperately charged at Dai Weisi and Li Fu, attempting to shoot them dead on the spot with their tail stingers...

But it was all futile.

After the Golden Radiance Death Bee died, no matter how numerous the remaining swarm was, it could no longer threaten the two men. Carrying the Golden Radiance Death Bee's corpse, they fled the scene at top speed and quickly escaped the swarm's pursuit.

Absorbing an 80,000-year soul ring would take quite some time. To prevent passing soul beasts from disturbing him, Dai Weisi found a cave beside a cliff and began absorbing the soul ring inside.

Dai Weisi set the Golden Radiance Death Bee's corpse aside, sat down cross-legged, and began circulating the Complete True Heart Method.

Drawn by his power, the soul ring entered Dai Weisi's body.

Once the soul ring entered his body, Dai Weisi felt a towering tidal wave of Soul Power surge toward him.

At the same time, a sinister resentment began invading the depths of his spiritual sea.

However, Dai Weisi had come fully prepared this time.

Having cultivated the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield to the tenth layer, it could already be considered major mastery.

Upon reaching this stage, it not only greatly strengthened Dai Weisi's physique, but also formed a protective layer with a dense mesh-like structure throughout his internal organs, blood vessels, and meridians.

No matter how violently the incoming Soul Power churned, after being weakened layer by layer by this mesh, it could no longer harm Dai Weisi's body.

As for the task of absorbing the Soul Power, it fell to the Complete True Heart Method, which had opened the twelve primary meridians throughout his body. With the physique tempered by the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield as a dam, and the nearly perfected Complete True Heart Method as channels—

No matter how fierce and surging the Soul Power tide condensed within an 80,000-year soul ring was, it was divided and controlled by the layered dams and channels within Dai Weisi's body, unable to form any great disaster.

As for the Golden Radiance Death Bee's remnant soul counterattacking, when faced with the pair of black and white flying swords within Dai Weisi's soul, it could only stir up waves in his spiritual sea like a defeated dog.

Soon afterward, it was shredded by the flying swords and transformed into nourishment for Dai Weisi's spiritual cultivation.

Once the Soul Power fluctuations and spiritual fluctuations around Dai Weisi gradually stabilized, Li Fu finally stopped worrying. He simply sat at the cave entrance and silently guarded Dai Weisi.

The old man was still feeling regretful and frightened. As a Titled Douluo, he had actually needed Dai Weisi, a quasi-Soul Emperor, to shield him from an attack, forcing his lord to face such a terrifying blow.

If His Highness had not been tough enough, the consequences would have been unthinkable...

With that mindset, Li Fu was incomparably tense as he guarded Dai Weisi, not daring to overlook the slightest disturbance.

After a long while, Dai Weisi opened his eyes, unable to hide the delight within them.

The 80,000-year soul ring had pushed his Soul Power directly to level 64.

There was one great advantage to having a strong physique and soul. The additional Soul Power Dai Weisi gained from absorbing soul rings beyond his limit could save him nearly one-third of the accumulation time at every rank.

The soul skill Dai Weisi acquired this time was somewhat different from what he had expected, but it could be called a pleasant surprise.

Perhaps influenced by the pair of flying swords in the Ancestor Lü's Visualization Chart within Dai Weisi's soul, the soul skill granted by this 80,000-year Golden Radiance Death Bee soul ring was called—White Tiger God Controlling Sword.

It could summon two golden Soul Power flying swords, which Dai Weisi could freely control with his spiritual power to slaughter enemies, much like the Sword Control Technique of an immortal cultivation world...

The Soul Power swords flew at extreme speed, dealt tremendous damage, and also possessed armor-piercing and penetrating effects.

Dai Weisi especially loved this soul skill. After all, what boy could refuse the coolness of pointing with a hand and controlling swords to kill enemies?

Unlike the fourth soul skill, White Tiger Piercing Kill Spear, which delivered a one-time frontal bombardment, this skill was more flexible and varied. Dai Weisi could freely manipulate the pair of flying swords with his consciousness.

The stronger Dai Weisi's soul became, the stronger his control over the Soul Power flying swords would be.

This skill not only increased Dai Weisi's killing power and broadened his combat methods, but also granted him the possibility of fighting on multiple fronts—

While locked in a stalemate against the enemy's assault-type soul master, he could activate this soul skill and have the two swords pierce through every vulnerable backline target in the enemy ranks.

Furthermore, there was another reason for Dai Weisi's delight—

Both Golden Radiance Death Bees had produced soul bones!

One was a 60,000-year right arm soul bone, and the other was an 80,000-year left arm soul bone.

Although he did not yet know the skills of these two soul bones, Dai Weisi knew they would certainly suit both himself and Luo Zhiwei.

What kind of Soul Bone Skills could Golden Radiance Death Bee soul bones produce? There was no need to think about it. They would most likely be skills such as penetration, sharpness, and armor-breaking.

Such skills were greatly needed by both Dai Weisi, an assault-type soul master pursuing the ultimate Gold Element, and Luo Zhiwei, a natural archer.

Looking at the two soul bones, Dai Weisi decided how to distribute them:

Luo Zhiwei's left arm soul bone slot was already occupied by the Space Element soul bone left behind by her father, so the 60,000-year right arm soul bone would go to her.

Dai Weisi held his sword in his right hand, so he was accustomed to using his left hand to unleash the powerful attack-type soul skill White Tiger Piercing Kill Spear. The 80,000-year left arm soul bone was perfect for him.

The Golden Radiance Death Bee's performance earlier had been too dazzling, leaving Dai Weisi full of anticipation for the skill contained in the soul bone. He immediately pressed the soul bone against his left arm and circulated his Soul Power to absorb it.

Before long, the soul bone completely fused into Dai Weisi's body, granting him a Soul Bone Skill close to what he had expected:

Pierce Heaven and Earth: Greatly increased the destructive power and penetrating force of the next attack. Usable once per day.

With this Soul Bone Skill, both the fourth soul skill White Tiger Piercing Kill Spear and the newly obtained sixth soul skill White Tiger God Controlling Sword could receive a tremendous boost.

As for the Soul Bone Skill's cooldown of an entire day, Dai Weisi found that perfectly normal. After all, the stronger the skill, the longer the cooldown. Everyone acknowledged that.

At this moment, Dai Weisi's Spatial Soul Tool already stored two high-quality soul bones.

Aside from the 60,000-year Golden Radiance Death Bee right arm bone, there was also the 80,000-year Adamantine Baboon right arm bone gifted by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Since he had sneaked out on this trip without bringing his teammates and was feeling a little guilty about it, he could treat them as local specialties brought back from his travels once he returned to Star Luo Empire.

Dai Weisi and Li Fu soon left the Star Dou Great Forest. When they returned to Heaven Dou City, they discovered that the entire city was far livelier than it had been a few days ago.

After returning to his residence and asking around, Dai Weisi learned that the Lantern Festival was approaching.

The Lantern Festival was an important holiday in the Heaven Dou Empire. Not only was it a day for countless families to reunite and celebrate, it was also a festival for young men and women to arrange meetings and confess their feelings, much like the Lantern Festival on Earth Star...

On that day, every city would hold lantern fairs. Tens of thousands of colorful lanterns would paint the entire city in brilliant hues, creating a romance intoxicating enough to make hearts flutter. It was the perfect occasion for confession.

Having grown up in the Star Luo Empire, Dai Weisi had never witnessed the splendor of the Lantern Festival. After hearing the servants describe it, he suddenly began looking forward to the holiday.

However, he soon stopped looking forward to it quite so much.

Because Dugu Yan came to see him, also because of the Lantern Festival.

She wanted to invite Dai Weisi to visit Jade Street, the most prosperous street in Heaven Dou City, to admire the lanterns on the day of the Lantern Festival.

Jade Street was inhabited entirely by nobles, and its shops all sold high-end luxury goods. The Wanjin Chamber of Commerce also had two stores there, so naturally Dai Weisi knew of it.

It was the most spectacular part of Heaven Dou City's annual lantern fair. Entry was normally unrestricted, but on the day of the Lantern Festival, only nobles or those with entry passes could enter to admire the lanterns.

Seeing Dai Weisi hesitate, Dugu Yan spoke to provoke him.

"What? Don't tell me the dignified First Prince of the Star Luo Empire is afraid to attend the lantern fair with a little woman like me? Surely not?"

As she spoke, Dugu Yan suddenly rose to her feet and swept the purple strands beside her ear back with one hand. Then she leaned slightly toward Dai Weisi's seat.

Her alluring phoenix eyes lifted gently before meeting Dai Weisi's directly, leaving him no room to evade her.

How could Dai Weisi not understand the intentions of the purple-haired girl before him? Now that she had pushed him into a corner, he had no choice but to respond directly.

"Ah..."

"Miss Dugu, I appreciate your feelings, but I believe matters of the heart cannot be forced. They require mutual willingness from both sides."

"I prefer things to happen naturally, with mutual affection... Do you understand what I mean?"

Dai Weisi felt that he could not give Dugu Yan any response to her feelings in the near future, so he could only answer more decisively and hint that he had no such intentions toward her. She was merely in unrequited love.

But what he had not expected was...

"Things happening naturally, with mutual affection? I understand!"

"Then are you willing to go to the lantern fair with me the day after tomorrow?"

Dai Weisi: ???

What did you understand?

Whose understanding was the problem here?

Seeing Dai Weisi freeze, a trace of cunning flashed through Dugu Yan's eyes.

"You said it yourself! Things need to happen naturally, so going to the lantern fair together is the process of guiding water into the channel!"

"That's how young men and women in our Heaven Dou Empire do things. They meet, get to know one another, fall in love at the lantern fair, then become husband and wife and remain together for life."

"I'm willing to go through that process with you!"

Dai Weisi: ...

Was that what I meant?