Dai Pojun, Zhu Yaqin

Dai Pojun, Zhu Yaqin

When Lou Gao returned to Gengxin City and announced that the Blacksmiths' Association would henceforth join the Star Luo Royal Family and become the royal Blacksmiths' Association, everyone in the association was thrown into an uproar!

Meanwhile, Dai Weisi took the remaining four Hand Grenades and hurried back to Star Luo City with Li Hu.

The matters he had promised Lou Gao needed to be carried out as soon as possible, and mass production of Hand Grenades also had to be put on the agenda.

On their return journey, neither of them rode in a Carriage. Instead, they mounted two Black Scale Steeds and rushed toward Star Luo City at full speed.

Black Scale Horses were the finest horses in the Star Luo Empire. It was said that they were bred from some type of horse soul beast crossed with ordinary steeds.

Black Scale Horses were well-fed and powerful, incredibly fast, capable of traveling two thousand li a day with ease. They had also perfectly inherited the immense strength of soul beasts.

Other than being unable to cultivate and not producing soul rings after death, Black Scale Horses were practically no different from soul beasts.

An adult Black Scale Horse possessed combat power comparable to that of a Two Ring Great Spirit Master and was no weaker than a Wolf Bandit. They could truly be called the finest warhorses.

On the market, even a young Black Scale Horse sold for as much as a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Five days later, the two returned to Star Luo City. Dai Weisi immediately headed to the Imperial Palace to pay his respects to his parents.

"Greetings, First Prince!"

"Good day, First Prince!"

"Greetings, First Prince!"

By the time Dai Weisi arrived at the Imperial Palace, the morning court had already ended. The civil and military officials had all left court, and upon seeing Dai Weisi, they clasped their hands and saluted him. He returned each greeting in turn; these were all loyal pillars of the Star Luo Empire!

After everyone from the Royal Court had left, Dai Weisi stepped into the Imperial Palace and saw his father seated upon the throne.

Dai Weisi's father was named Dai Pojun. True to his name, he was tall and powerfully built, imposing and majestic, radiating a faint pressure of imperial authority as though he alone could crush a thousand armies!

This was no exaggeration. Across the entire Star Luo Empire, Dai Pojun's strength could not be underestimated. His martial soul was the Evil Eyed White Tiger, and at only forty-eight years old, he was already an eighty-seventh-level Power Attack System Soul Douluo. He had a great chance of breaking through to become a Titled Douluo in the future.

The armies of the Heaven Dou Empire were all controlled by Gelong Marshal, making him the unquestioned foremost figure in the military. The Star Luo Empire was different; its armies were all under Dai Pojun's control. One could say that the emperor himself was the commander-in-chief of the three armies!

When Dai Pojun saw Dai Weisi arrive, a relieved and kindly smile appeared on his solemn face. He smiled and said, "Weisi, you're back?"

"Greetings, Emperor."

"Enough, enough. We're family, so there's no need for all that formality. Dean Lin already told me that your Soul Power has broken through level forty, and that you even surpassed the limit to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring."

"Yes, Emperor." Dai Weisi nodded. His father was the dean of Star Luo Imperial Academy, so Lin Qiuyang would naturally report such matters to him.

"Quick, quick! Hurry and let your old man see your Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring." Dai Pojun was exceptionally excited, impatient to see Dai Weisi's Fourth Soul Ring. His heart swelled with pride for his son!

"Alright, White Tiger Avatar!"

Dai Weisi immediately released his martial soul. Accompanied by a tiger's roar, he completed his Martial Soul Possession in an instant. Two yellow, one purple, and one black soul rings appeared beneath his feet in succession.

"Good, good, good!!!"

Looking at that especially dazzling black soul ring, even though Dai Pojun had already known that Dai Weisi possessed a Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring, he was still overjoyed!

Because this was his son. His son's talent was the greatest in the history of Douluo Continent!

Beyond that, Dai Pojun believed that he now had a worthy successor. At this very moment, the future Star Luo Emperor stood before him.

With that thought, Dai Pojun burst into laughter. "Weisi, let your Emperor see how powerful your Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ability is. Use it right here!"

"Huh? Emperor, right here?" Dai Weisi froze. He was genuinely afraid that his old man might not be able to withstand his Fourth Spirit Ability.

"Hmph! What, brat? Are you afraid your old man can't take your attack? Attack with everything you've got and let me see your strength!"

Hearing Dai Pojun's bold voice, Dai Weisi's fighting spirit was roused as well. He chuckled. "In that case, Emperor, forgive my offense."

As he spoke, the black Fourth Soul Ring suddenly erupted with dazzling black light!

"Fourth Spirit Ability: White Tiger Howl to the Heavens!"

—Roar!

The piercing tiger roar instantly rang through the clouds, and the entire Imperial Palace echoed with the deafening howl.

"Ugh..."

Although Lin Qiuyang had told him about the characteristics of Dai Weisi's Fourth Spirit Ability, Dai Pojun was still shaken badly by the terrifying sound waves. His internal organs ached, and his ears nearly went deaf.

Yet in just an instant, Dai Pojun swiftly mobilized his Soul Power to protect his ears and internal organs, narrowly avoiding disaster.

As a Soul Douluo, Dai Pojun's Soul Power was as vast as a flood. With Dai Weisi's current strength, even if he unleashed White Tiger Howl to the Heavens with all his might, he could not harm him.

"Alright, Weisi, stop now." Dai Pojun quickly told Dai Weisi to stop. It was not that he could no longer endure it, but that the pillars in the Imperial Palace were about to give out.

"Yes, Emperor." Dai Weisi promptly withdrew his power and asked with a smile, "Emperor, how powerful is my Fourth Spirit Ability?"

"Very good! It can penetrate defenses and directly attack an enemy's internal organs. It can also destroy a person's hearing. Dean Lin also told me that the power of this spirit ability will increase along with your Soul Power.

Once you reach the Soul Douluo realm, I'm afraid even I won't be able to withstand it. This truly is an extremely powerful spirit ability."

Dai Pojun nodded and gave White Tiger Howl to the Heavens a high evaluation.

"Oh my heavens! Husband, what are you doing? Why is it so noisy?!" Suddenly, before the person arrived, her voice came first, a sharp cry ringing out from the inner palace.

A graceful figure clad in black slowly emerged from the inner palace. She was a middle-aged woman dressed in black leather, with bright eyes and white teeth, every glance radiant and captivating.

Her long, smooth black hair draped behind her along the elegant curve of her neck. Beneath her jade-white chin lay delicate collarbones.

She was tall and curvaceous, with long slender legs and a light, graceful bearing, beautiful enough to put fish to shame and make the moon hide behind clouds.

Though she was already over forty, her skin was maintained as soft and supple as that of a girl in her twenties.

When Dai Weisi saw the middle-aged woman, he smiled and called out, "Mom!"

The woman was none other than his mother, Zhu Yaqin. Her martial soul was the Hell Spirit Cat, and she was an eighty-third-level Agility Attack System Soul Douluo!

Although she was the Empress of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Weisi generally did not call her "Empress." Instead, he simply called her Mom or Mother.

"Oh? Son, you finally decided to come back!"

The moment Zhu Yaqin saw her son, her eyes lit up. When she saw the Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring beneath Dai Weisi's feet, she beamed with delight, pulled him into an embrace, and gently stroked his hair.

"Dean Lin told me about it. Son, you really absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. As expected of Mom's good son—you didn't embarrass your mother!"