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The strange words made Huo Yuhao furrow his brow. The young man thought he had persuaded him, but before he could continue, what happened next left him utterly stunned.

Rose Gold light lit up in Huo Yuhao's eyes, while an unusual golden radiance bloomed from his forehead like the first light of dawn. It was not particularly dazzling, yet it made the young man squint instinctively. From within that golden light, a Vertical Eye slowly opened.

"Eye of Destiny!?"

As if he had finally figured it out, the young man cried out in alarm, unable to conceal his panic any longer.

"You're not a transmigrator! You... you're Huo Yuhao!"

This Vertical Eye was naturally the Eye of Destiny that had been reborn alongside Huo Yuhao's soul, his exclusive natal divine artifact.

Huo Yuhao was not surprised that the other party recognized it. From his earlier behavior, this person clearly knew an abnormal amount about him. Before this, he had never had much interaction with Dai Huabin. The guards' attack just now had obviously been instigated by this person, deliberately targeting him.

If he had not happened to be reborn, he likely would have been killed by the guards just now. And since this person knew him so well, could he know about his mother as well?

At that thought, violent killing intent flashed through Huo Yuhao's eyes. Only he knew how deeply he cherished this second chance after realizing he had been reborn. Yet someone had tried to destroy it the moment he returned. No matter what, this person could not be allowed to live.

But before that, he had to find out what this transmigrator business was about.

Feeling Huo Yuhao's undisguised killing intent, the man shuddered. At last, some strength returned to his body, and he hurriedly turned to flee. The next second, a tremendous force seized the back of his collar, throwing him off balance and slamming him to the ground.

The violent impact left his head spinning. Then several crisp cracking sounds rang out beside his ears. Pain surged from all four limbs into his mind, making him scream miserably. In just a moment, all four of his limbs had been dislocated.

"D-Don't kill me! I'm still useful! I can... I can help you deal with Tang San!"

Huo Yuhao turned a deaf ear to him. If not for the need to prevent pain from causing overly intense spiritual fluctuations that would interfere with the next step, he would not have used such a gentle method.

He raised his other hand and placed it over the man's forehead, then began smoothly chanting a mysterious, obscure incantation.

It was not only the Original Sin Source and the Eye of Destiny. After his rebirth, his soul—or rather, his Spiritual Power—had also become much stronger, barely enough to support him in casting some Necromancy.

Fragmented memories surfaced in his mind. Though disjointed, they were enough for him to understand the other party's circumstances.

The young man was named Yu Ming. Like Tang San, he had transmigrated from another world to the Douluo Continent, his soul occupying the body of a servant's child in the Duke's Mansion. Before transmigrating, Yu Ming had even learned the story of Huo Yuhao's previous life, which was why he had recognized the Eye of Destiny at a glance.

After transmigrating, a very unusual Martial Soul had appeared in Yu Ming's Spiritual Space. Once this Martial Soul's attribute was determined, it could continuously evolve by absorbing the power of Soul Beasts with the same attribute.

Overjoyed, Yu Ming began to see himself as extraordinary and immediately chose the ice attribute for his Martial Soul. He intended to use his foreknowledge of the world's future to obtain the power of ice-attributed Soul Beasts such as the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, allowing his Martial Soul to evolve.

He even wanted Huo Yuhao, the so-called original owner, dead in the Duke's Mansion ahead of time so that he would not become an obstacle. To that end, Yu Ming had begun approaching Dai Huabin a year ago, intending to use him to kill Huo Yuhao.

But at the time, Huo Yuhao had not yet awakened his Martial Soul, and many people in the Duke's Mansion were still observing the situation. Thus, not even the Duchess dared to act directly and could only focus on suppressing him.

Yu Ming could do nothing about that. He could only wait for the right moment, planning to deal with Huo Yuhao within the next few days.

Enemies truly met on narrow roads. On the very day Huo Yuhao awakened his Martial Soul, they happened to run into the reborn Huo Yuhao.

"I have a question for you."

After reviewing the memories, Huo Yuhao's gaze returned to the child before him. His deep, shadowy eyes made Yu Ming's skin crawl.

"Though I still don't understand why you bear such deep resentment toward me."

Huo Yuhao paused, his tone somewhat strange. "But do all transmigrators enjoy that feeling of controlling other people's destinies?"

It was truly bizarre when he thought about it. Before transmigrating, they had merely been ordinary people who could not even bring themselves to kill a chicken. Yet after transmigrating, they could immediately change their mindset. To gain the power to do whatever they pleased, they would not hesitate to kill innocent people.

The transformation was no different from possession. Anyone unaware of the truth might think some Evil Soul Master had taken over and been reborn.

Seeing Yu Ming's lips tremble without producing an answer, Huo Yuhao sighed and shook his head.

"From your memories, I can tell you hate the person who once controlled my life. But honestly, you're no different from him. You're even worse than he was."

As his words fell, the Eye of Destiny on Huo Yuhao's forehead seemed to undergo an indescribable change.

Stared at by that Vertical Eye, Yu Ming felt an indescribable terror rise within him. It was as though some part of his body he could not understand had been laid bare before Huo Yuhao. Even his soul began to tremble.

Huo Yuhao's experience was equally peculiar. After his rebirth, his Eye of Destiny seemed to have evolved to some extent. When he activated this ability, he felt an unusual new perspective appear in his mind.

From that perspective, the world before him seemed to be covered by a gray filter. Everywhere he looked was an unchanging shade of gray. After he stared at Yu Ming for a moment, striking bright lines like cracks began to emerge across Yu Ming's body. Those lines crisscrossed one another before finally converging at his left shoulder.

Feeling his Spiritual Power rapidly draining away, Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered. He stopped hesitating and lightly drew the White Tiger Dagger along the line on Yu Ming's arm.

A bizarre scene unfolded. The blade did not cut through flesh. Instead, as if passing through an illusion, it ignored all obstruction and sank directly into the skin. As Huo Yuhao traced the line, Yu Ming's arm decayed at astonishing speed, turning into drifting ash.

"M-My hand..."

Looking at his empty sleeve, Yu Ming's face filled with unprecedented terror at the bizarre sight.

"This ability... I plan to call it Predestined Death. What do you think?"

After this simple test, Huo Yuhao had already roughly grasped the effect of this ability. The Eye of Destiny, reborn alongside him, had gained the power to see through the essence of a living being's death. By destroying those lines, it could inflict the most fundamental form of annihilation upon a living creature.

Moreover, seeing the lines was not the only thing that consumed Spiritual Power. As he used the White Tiger Dagger to cut along them, Huo Yuhao clearly felt his Spiritual Power draining even faster.

He vaguely sensed that cutting the lines was closely related to his opponent's strength. If his opponent was far stronger than him, his Spiritual Power might be drained completely.

Hearing Huo Yuhao's calm teasing, Yu Ming suddenly looked up at him. After meeting that indifferent gaze, he trembled slightly. Then bloodshot veins rapidly filled his eyes.

"Huo Yuhao, you're nothing but trash who spent his whole life being Tang San's dog!"

Realizing that Huo Yuhao would not spare him, Yu Ming, who had never experienced a true life-or-death crisis, finally broke down. He roared like a wild beast, frantically venting the venomous resentment in his heart.

"So many people helped you, yet you betrayed them all. You deserve to die!!!"