Dave was an ordinary civilian in Heaven Dou City. When he awakened his Martial Soul at the age of six, it had been Pea Sprout, a standard trash Martial Soul. His Innate Soul Power had been zero, meaning he had been destined never to become a Spirit Master.
After that, Dave had accepted his fate. His family had been ordinary as well, without any special connections, and he had attended nothing more than an ordinary school.
After graduating, Dave had chosen to help out at his family's small restaurant so that he could inherit the business in the future.
If nothing unexpected had happened, Dave would have lived an entirely ordinary life, working diligently before getting married and having children. If he was lucky, perhaps his child would awaken Soul Power someday and fulfill the dream he had once held.
However, in an accident half a year ago, he had been targeted by a group of street punks in Heaven Dou City. They had outnumbered him, while he had merely been an ordinary person.
Faced with that situation, Dave had originally intended to pay them honestly and settle the matter. Yet they had gone too far. After taking his money, they had even humiliated him, demanding that he crawl beneath their legs before they would let him go.
Dave had been honest, but he still had some backbone. Naturally, he had refused, and they had beaten and kicked him viciously.
As they beat him, they had continued humiliating him. They had even claimed to know where Dave's family lived and threatened to trouble his parents.
That had touched Dave's inverse scale. Even an honest man had anger, so he began fighting back. However, they had been too numerous, and he was quickly pinned down and beaten.
"Do you want power?"