Belittling

"Who is this?" Dai Yao asked.

"Zhu Zhuyue. My fiancée." Dai Yaming reached out and held the girl by the waist, looking proud.

Zhu Zhuyue gave a light laugh tinged with contempt, looked Dai Yao up and down, then said, "You're still royalty, at least. Why does every move you make carry such a poor, shabby air?"

Dai Yao had only just awakened his Martial Soul. Before the age of six, he had been imprisoned in the Cold Palace the entire time and had never received the royal family's etiquette training. In his previous life, he had also been an ordinary person, so his words and bearing were naturally very different from those of true nobles.

But he was by no means as unbearable as Zhu Zhuyue made him sound.

Those words were unpleasant. Dai Yao did not know whether this Woman was simply blunt by nature or looked down on them with contempt.

So he put a smile back on his face and praised Dai Yaming, "Second Brother truly is blessed to have such a beautiful wife."

Dai Yao paid her a compliment because he wanted to leave Zhu Zhuyue with a good impression, so she would not keep mocking him. After all, he had just been preparing to form an alliance with Dai Yaming, and Zhu Zhuyue was also Zhu Zhuqing's older sister. Ruining the alliance over a few words would be losing the bigger picture over something trivial.

"Is it your place to call me beautiful?"

Zhu Zhuyue's delicate face was full of arrogance. She looked down at the two of them from above, then waved her hand in disgust, as if she had smelled something foul, and said to Dai Yaming:

"Poor and shabby is poor and shabby. You're being despised and still don't make a sound. What a cowardly turtle. My dear little sister, your fiancé really isn't much. There are so many good men in the world—why hang yourself on one tree? Don't worry, if you ever want to find a man, Older Sister will definitely introduce one to you. In any case, your green-haired turtle of a husband won't say a thing!"

Dai Yao stared blankly at Zhu Zhuyue, utterly dumbfounded, never imagining that she could say such vicious words. Then his fists clenched tight. He looked at Dai Yaming with a grave expression and demanded sternly:

"Will the Second Prince not give me an explanation?"

At this moment, he no longer called him Second Brother, but Second Prince. Fury surged in his heart. Zhu Zhuyue's words had not only insulted his dignity, but also insulted Zhu Zhuqing.

It was just that Zhu Zhuyue was Dai Yaming's fiancée after all, so he could not directly curse her back.

"Fourth Brother, it was only a joke from your sister-in-law. Be a little more magnanimous," Dai Yaming said with a smile, not caring about the matter at all.

Behind him, Zhu Zhuqing's delicate body trembled slightly, as if she had heard something terrifying. Dai Yao patted her shaking hand, his expression cold. He glanced at Zhu Zhuyue, then fixed his gaze on Dai Yaming and said mockingly, "Allowing her to insult your own ally and launch direct personal attacks—is this the Second Prince's attitude toward an alliance?"

Leaning against Dai Yaming's shoulder, Zhu Zhuyue mocked him without restraint, "You? An eleventh-rank soul master? And you want to ally with Yaming? You really don't know your own limits."

Dai Yaming smiled and said gently, "Your sister-in-law has a somewhat playful nature. Don't take it to heart. But from what you're saying, you don't want to ally with me?"

The fat man standing to the side also cut in, sternly warning Dai Yao, "His Highness thinks highly of you, which is why he came to form an alliance with you. Don't fail to appreciate his kindness!"

Seeing the Second Prince's overbearing attitude, the anger in Dai Yao's heart burned fiercely. The Second Prince and his people clearly looked down on him; Zhu Zhuyue had simply shown it more directly. If Dai Yao still shamelessly accepted the Second Prince's alliance at a time like this, he would completely lose his own dignity.

Dai Yao had already been slapped in the face. Was he supposed to offer his face up and let them slap him a second time? In the end, the reason the Second Prince dared to pressure Dai Yao so brazenly was because Dai Yao was not strong enough and posed no threat to them at all.

"What a Second Prince. Such great prestige indeed." Dai Yao was so angry his lips trembled a little.

"Oh my, did I hit a sore spot? Are you getting angry? I'm so scared." Zhu Zhuyue giggled as she leaned in Dai Yaming's arms, her tone carrying a hint of frivolity.

Zhu Zhuqing tugged at Dai Yao's sleeve, signaling for him to leave this place quickly.

The Second Prince and the others were all Soul Grand Masters. Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing had absolutely no chance of winning.

The Second Prince sighed softly. From the very beginning, he had never taken Dai Yao seriously. He had only wanted to trick Dai Yao into drawing Dai Weisi's attention and diverting fire, but he had not expected Zhu Zhuyue to ruin it.

Zhu Zhuyue had been bullied by Zhu Zhuyun since childhood, so she bullied Zhu Zhuqing even more harshly in return. Verbal humiliation and physical abuse were everyday occurrences.

The Second Prince had already planned everything out and instructed Zhu Zhuyue to control her temper and remain calm when discussing cooperation. In the end, he had not expected that the moment she saw Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyue still could not hold back. She exposed her true nature and ruined the alliance plan.

Now that things had come to this, Dai Yao obviously would not ally with him.

On one side was Dai Yao, who had no value and was also his opponent; on the other was his own fiancée. Dai Yaming did not even need to think to know which side he stood on.

"In that case, I'll leave them to you," Dai Yaming said to Zhu Zhuyue.

He did not intend to make a move. Against Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing—one an eleventh-rank soul master and the other not even possessing a First Spirit Ring yet—if he took action himself, it would be truly humiliating if word got out.

Zhu Zhuyue sprang out of Dai Yaming's arms. Soul Power surged, and her Martial Soul instantly possessed her. Her whole body became like a cat, elegant amid the black, her black skintight outfit outlining astonishing curves.

Two yellow spirit rings shone with a soul-stirring light.

Dai Yao stared fixedly at those two spirit rings. Under the pressure of Soul Power more than ten ranks above his, even his own Soul Power could not circulate normally. He knew he was no match for Zhu Zhuyue. But Zhu Zhuqing was behind him, and his heart sank at once.

This was the Second Prince's home ground. He had no chance to escape at all. He forced a few words out through his teeth: "I hope you won't regret today's decision in the future."

"Regret? Who do you think you are?" Zhu Zhuyue did not take Dai Yao seriously in the slightest. In her heart, Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing were merely toys for her to vent her inner pain on.

At Star Luo Royal Academy, as the Second Prince's fiancée, she had also suffered suppression from the First Prince's faction. All the resentment filling her heart had nowhere to go. Now that Zhu Zhuqing had come to the academy, it was the perfect chance to release the anger inside her.

Dai Yaming also knew the bitterness in his future wife's heart. Since the alliance with Dai Yao had failed, he would give them to Zhu Zhuyue to vent on.

Looking at the two toys before her, Zhu Zhuyue curled the corner of her mouth and stretched out her claw-like hands. Her First Spirit Ring flashed.

"First Spirit Skill, Hell Stab!"

The distance of several meters vanished in a flash. A black shadow appeared in front of Dai Yao, followed immediately by a pair of sharp claws gleaming with black light and exuding the aura of death.

Even if he was no match for her, Dai Yao still had to meet the attack.

"Eight Extremes Collapse!"

There was no collision sound as imagined. A huge cloud of dust concealed the two figures, and Dai Yao felt his hand being grabbed by someone.

Noticing the abnormality in the field, Dai Yaming narrowed his eyes.