Alone in Douluo Two, Preparing to Steal Tian Meng's Opportunity

"Finally out."

Outside the White Tiger Duke's Mansion in the Star Luo Empire, a pair of scarlet eyes stared fixedly at a side entrance. A frail figure slowly emerged from that door.

"Thin build, but bright eyes. Even from afar, I can sense a certain fierceness, along with that White Tiger Dagger. It looks like Huo Yuhao, all right."

Upon seeing Huo Yuhao, Xiao Qiang slowly let out a breath. Over the past few days, he had been terrified of accidentally missing Huo Yuhao and letting the plot of Douluo Continent II proceed according to its original script.

When he had read the novel, it had nothing to do with him, so in his previous life, Xiao Qiang had not paid much attention to the Great Explosion of Mingdu.

Later, when Huo Yuhao slaughtered his way through the Sun Moon Empire and disguised himself as an Evil Soul Master to massacre the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer legions, Xiao Qiang had not felt much either.

But when Xiao Qiang underwent Spirit Awakening at the age of six, recalled the memories of his previous life during the awakening, and became a soul master of the Sun Moon Empire, he viewed Huo Yuhao very differently.

Xiao Qiang now felt as though the Battle of Changping was about to begin—and he had become a citizen of the Zhao State.

Xiao Qiang no longer had the mood to care what Huo Yuhao's reputation had once been, whether he was good, evil, or anything else. In any case, according to Tang San's words in Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao had already earned the right to die.

As for why Xiao Qiang merely watched Huo Yuhao rather than making a move, one reason was that Huo Yuhao had been in the Duke's Mansion until now, while another was that Huo Yuhao still had a use.

Xu Tianran would launch a war thirteen years later. Based on the nature of ancient empires and Xu Tianran's obsession with supremacy, Xiao Qiang, a One-Tomoe Sharingan soul master with level-five Innate Soul Power, understood one thing clearly.

When Xu Tianran was about to launch the war, Xiao Qiang's strength would inevitably make him "voluntarily" become one of the soul engineer soldiers helping Xu Tianran unify the continent.

And those unwilling to "voluntarily" become soldiers under Xu Tianran would most likely become brothers in the Death God Tower.

If Xiao Qiang chose to slack off and not cultivate, then sorry—soul master cannon fodder counted as high-grade cannon fodder and could not simply be casually sacrificed like low-grade cannon fodder.

Cannon fodder who were not soul masters, on the other hand, were pure low-grade cannon fodder. Like the palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial palace, they could be used as burial sacrifices without the slightest regret.

As for staying out of it, that was something only those connected to great nobles could accomplish. It was never something an ordinary person, or someone with a little ability, could even consider.

Fortunately, Xiao Qiang possessed memories of his previous life. He knew the future situation, knew that his martial soul was a Body Spirit, and knew of Tian Meng's existence. Even if he had no way to turn his martial soul into a Mangekyo Sharingan for the moment, he still had other options.

Based on Zhang Lexuan, the Shrek Substitute student Xiao Qiang had heard about at the age of five during a competition between the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek, he estimated the time Tian Meng and Huo Yuhao would meet.

With level-five Innate Soul Power, as well as advantages in age and many other aspects, Xiao Qiang had reached level thirty ahead of Huo Yuhao before Huo Yuhao reached level ten. He had also obtained two hundred-year soul rings close to the absorption limit.

At first, Xiao Qiang had planned to personally search for Tian Meng in the Star Dou Great Forest. In fact, that was exactly what he had done.

But the instant Xiao Qiang stepped into the Star Dou Great Forest, he realized he had made an almost fatal mistake.

Who was Huo Yuhao? The protagonist of Douluo Continent II?

That was right, but Huo Yuhao was not merely the protagonist of Douluo Continent II. He was also the Son of Destiny of the Douluo World.

Xiao Qiang had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to steal Tian Meng and Electrolux's opportunities, yet Tian Meng and Electrolux were opportunities that originally belonged to Huo Yuhao—or rather, opportunities belonging to the Son of Destiny.

So the question was, if a Son of Destiny's opportunities could be casually stolen by someone else, could he still be called a Son of Destiny?

The answer was obvious. Over the years, there had been so many Mental Type soul masters, yet only Huo Yuhao had happened to encounter Tian Meng in the end.

Had Princess Veena never appeared in that part of the Star Dou Great Forest? Or had other Mental Type soul masters never appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest at all?

When the Spirit Pagoda opened, quite a few Mental Type soul masters had appeared. Those Mental Type soul masters had not emerged from thin air; they also needed soul rings and needed to increase their Soul Power.

Yet aside from that Titled Douluo background prop, without exception, none of them encountered Tian Meng, who could seal himself away.

It was not that they were unlucky. It was simply because they, Xiao Qiang included, were not Sons of Destiny of this world.

Opportunities belonging exclusively to the Son of Destiny of this world were fated to remain unseen by others unless they too were Sons of Destiny. They would not even get to meet Tian Meng.

Competing with a Son of Destiny over who could obtain more opportunities? Xiao Qiang felt that filling a Russian roulette chamber with bullets and betting on one getting jammed had a better chance of success.

At least this was not the Naruto World, where the Hokage's son became Hokage, the adviser's son became an adviser, and even the scapegoat's son could only become a scapegoat, with absolutely no possibility of changing anything.

Otherwise, Xiao Qiang could already go back and enjoy the last days of his life.

But even though this was not the Naruto World, after entering the Star Dou Great Forest himself and nearly dying there—

Xiao Qiang could now almost certainly conclude that even if he managed to encounter Tian Meng and take him for himself, Electrolux, drawn over by Tian Meng's power, would most likely not fall into the hands of someone who was not a Son of Destiny.

Fortunately, Tian Meng was bound to the Ice Empress. Obtaining Tian Meng meant obtaining the Ice Empress, which meant Twin Martial Souls and a top-tier martial soul. Even without Electrolux, he would not be left in a completely passive position.

As long as the Sun Moon Empire's higher-ups noticed his talent after he obtained Tian Meng, Xiao Qiang could escape the fate of cannon fodder and no longer worry about being "voluntarily" sent to the front lines to die as soon as the war began.

With the Ice Empress's traits and the opportunities Xiao Qiang knew of, he was even confident that before the war began, his cultivation could reach eight or even nine rings, with strength equal to—or surpassing—that of an ordinary Super Douluo.

At that point, whether it was protecting himself, demanding that the war be delayed, or even stopping the war, Xiao Qiang would no longer be stuck in a purely passive position.

But before that...

Xiao Qiang looked toward Huo Yuhao. With his level-thirty Soul Power and the enhancement to his strength from two hundred-year soul rings, the distance and clarity Xiao Qiang could see were clearly greater than those of Huo Yuhao, whose Innate Soul Power was only level one and who had yet to obtain any soul rings.

This eyesight also allowed Xiao Qiang, after following Huo Yuhao for several days, to spot Bei Bei and Tang Ya before Huo Yuhao did. Once the grilled fish scene arrived, he could approach Huo Yuhao under the pretext of owing him a favor for eating his grilled fish. This was the best opportunity to get close to him.

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