Seven Kill Art (II)

"A Xin, I still have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have comprehended my Self-Created Soul Skill so quickly. My Self-Created Soul Skill has recently made a small breakthrough. How about you take one move from me?" Seeing that A Xin had finished using his fifth soul skill, Ye Xiaofeng knew it was his turn to make a move.

"You comprehended it entirely through your own efforts. There's no need to thank me. Whatever move you have, bring it on." A Xin knew Ye Xiaofeng was strong, but he would rather die fighting than back down.

The Seven Kill Sword condensed in Ye Xiaofeng's right hand, and his entire body merged into the sword.

"You even taught him that?" Bone Douluo had not expected Sword Douluo to teach Ye Xiaofeng his Seven Kill Art.

"He is my disciple. Isn't it only right that I teach him?" Looking at Ye Xiaofeng, Sword Douluo seemed to see his own high-spirited younger self. No—more accurately, Ye Xiaofeng was stronger than he had been. When Sword Douluo comprehended the first killing character of the Seven Kill Art, he had already been sixteen.

"Looks like you're serious." This time, Bone Douluo did not bicker with Sword Douluo. Instead, he felt somewhat envious.

"In this life, even if I exhaust all my years, it will be difficult for me to break through to that realm. But Feng'er is different. He is still young. As long as nothing goes wrong, breaking through to that realm will only be a matter of time." Sword Douluo was wholly devoted to the path of the sword.

Sword Douluo's cultivation had already reached level 96. Every level after this required comprehension. Now eighty-two years old, breaking through the level-100 barrier was harder than ascending to heaven. All his hopes now rested on Ye Xiaofeng.

"Soul Skill—Seven Kill Art!" Ye Xiaofeng unleashed his Soul Power and released the first killing character. The character materialized and hurtled straight toward A Xin.

"Soul Skill—Man-Spear Unity!" A Xin used every last bit of his Soul Power to unleash his Self-Created Soul Skill in defense, but he had still underestimated Ye Xiaofeng's attack.

When the two Self-Created Soul Skills collided, A Xin was sent flying. He smashed through the arena railing, leaving the entire arena in a terrible state.

A Xin lay motionless beneath the arena. Blood streamed from the corner of his mouth, his clothes were shredded, and his body was covered in blood. He had thought himself strong, yet he could not even withstand a single move from Ye Xiaofeng.

"Ye Xiaofeng wins this match!" the host shouted. Yet none of the spectators felt happy, because all their money had gone down the drain.

"Ye Xiaofeng, I'll tear you to pieces!" Prince Xue Xing had previously lost one hundred million, and now he had thrown away another two hundred million. He immediately erupted into profanity, flying into a rage.

"Hmph..." Sword Douluo had not expected Prince Xue Xing to threaten his disciple. Did he take Sword Douluo for air? With a single glance from Sword Douluo, Prince Xue Xing felt as though he had fallen into a bottomless abyss. Sword Douluo withdrew his gaze, leaving him with a warning.

He was also telling him that Ye Xiaofeng was under Sword Douluo's protection. If he dared touch him, he had better be prepared to die—even if he was a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Prince Xue Xing shuddered, realizing he had said the wrong thing. "Get lost!" He could only vent his pent-up anger on his servants. Even with Poison Douluo at his side, Sword Douluo was not someone he could afford to provoke.

Xue Qinghe, on the other hand, was delighted today. To her, five hundred million was nothing. A person like Ye Xiaofeng was worth recruiting.

Ye Xiaofeng stepped down from the arena and walked over to A Xin. At that moment, A Xin looked utterly dejected. This blow had hit him hard.

"If you can't even endure something this minor, you don't deserve to become strong. A true powerhouse should rise to meet hardship, not drift with the tide." Ye Xiaofeng had gone to great lengths to make A Xin serve him. How could he not be angry upon seeing A Xin give up on himself?

"A true powerhouse rises to meet hardship, not drifts with the tide..." At the edge of death, A Xin seemed to grasp a strand of hope.

"Manager Luo, take him to be treated." Seeing that A Xin had reacted, Ye Xiaofeng instructed Luo Shaotian to bring him for treatment.

"Once you recover, come find me at Shopkeeper Li's inn." With that, Ye Xiaofeng left.

When Ye Xiaofeng returned to the office, he found Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and the others waiting for him. To get Bone Douluo to cooperate with Sword Douluo's act, Ye Xiaofeng had begged his master for half a month before he agreed. As for Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo had invited him as a shill, but Bone Douluo had demanded one hundred million as payment. Even so, Ye Xiaofeng had readily agreed.

In the end, Bone Douluo received his original one hundred million back, plus another one hundred million in compensation, for a total of two hundred million. The one hundred million compensation was a friendship price; otherwise, Bone Douluo might not have agreed to be a shill just for money. Not only would it offend people, it would also damage the dignity of a Titled Douluo.

Ye Xiaofeng gave his master, Sword Douluo, two hundred million, but he refused to accept it. Sword Douluo presumably knew that Ye Xiaofeng needed money to develop his own forces.

"Since when have you been so generous to your disciple? You're so rich, so why not help me out too?" Bone Douluo began teasing Sword Douluo.

"Get lost. Do you need my help?" Sword Douluo gave Bone Douluo no face at all.

Earlier, that mischievous Qingqing had taken the five million he gave her and invested it herself. It had now turned into seventy-five million plus five million, giving her a total of eighty million.

Ye Xiaofeng directly gave Qingqing a black card. She had not wanted it at first, having only supported Ye Xiaofeng for fun, but she had no choice but to accept what he gave her.

"Young Master Ye..." Luo Shaotian suddenly entered. Seeing so many people present, he did not know whether he should speak.

"Everyone here is one of us. Speak freely." Ye Xiaofeng looked at Luo Shaotian. Bone Douluo was the only one here who was not especially close to him, but Bone Douluo's relationship with his master was extraordinary, so there would be no problem.

"Young Master Ye, His Highness the Crown Prince requests an audience," Luo Shaotian said timidly.

"Master, wait here for a moment. I'll go see him." Ye Xiaofeng said this to Sword Douluo and the others before heading out. Even though Xue Qinghe had lost money, she would not dare do anything to him openly.

Just as Ye Xiaofeng stepped out the door, Xiao Bing's voice from the Heavenly Mystery System rang out beside his ear again.

"Master, this mission is to build a good relationship with Qian Renxue and take her first time. Only then will the mission be considered complete," Xiao Bing said.

"Can I refuse this mission?" Ye Xiaofeng immediately wanted to reject it. What kind of joke was this? If he slept with Qian Renxue while she was disguised as Xue Qinghe, he would fall into endless pursuit.

"You have no choice. If you choose to refuse, you will become a mortal and lose everything. So you can only move forward. Good luck." After saying that, Xiao Bing vanished again.

The system he possessed was particularly awful. The first time he encountered it, it malfunctioned. Not only had it delayed his martial soul awakening by five years, it only gave him a prompt whenever a mission appeared, and then that was it.

That damn system did not give him any choices at all. Even a bad system should at least offer a choice. Having this system was hardly any different from not having one; its only benefit was that the rewards were decent.

That was also one reason he had advanced so quickly. Otherwise, at his current age, it would have been impossible for him to reach the Soul King realm.

And now it gave him this kind of mission. It was clearly trying to screw him over. But Qian Renxue... Ye Xiaofeng imagined her in his mind and could not help drooling.