Depriving Yu Xiaogang of His Soul Power Right from the Start

City G, at a luxurious villa.

"Isn't Tang San just the worst? He used Hu Liena to save Xiao Wu, and gave up a whole forest for one sapling. How many girls' hearts did he break? What a shame, what a shame." Zhao Zilong had just finished watching the latest episode of the Douluo Continent anime and couldn't help complaining about Tang San.

As Douluo Continent grew more popular, more and more comments appeared, saying things like "Defeat the evil Tang San" and "Spirit Hall must win."

Zhao Zilong was eighteen years old. His parents had both died when he was young, and his aunt had raised him, but she had never thought much of him. He hadn't even finished primary school before he left to work at a construction site.

Zhao Zilong also had another identity: he was a transmigrator. In his previous life, he had been a Huaxia native on Earth, but he died in a car accident and was reborn on Blue Star, in the Flower Country of this parallel world.

At that moment, a beautiful woman lay on the bed, her slender arms wrapped around Zhao Zilong. Her voice was tender as water. "A'Long, what's so good about this anime? It's still so early! We..."

Feeling the warmth of the beauty's breath by his ear, Zhao Zilong immediately felt his blood boil. He put on a fawning expression. "Sister Lian, first, let's talk business. Remember to tell Brother Hu to hand over all the West Street spots to me, okay?"

"Don't worry, you rascal." The beauty spoke coquettishly and tapped Zhao Zilong's chest with her fist. "Leave it to me. Once I've gradually transferred Tiger's businesses under your name, I'll arrange an accident to take care of him. Then all of Tiger's assets will be ours."

"Then I'll be counting on you, Sister Lian."

"Enough. Hurry up and come here!"

Zhao Zilong checked the time. "Some other day, Sister Lian. Brother Hu will be back this afternoon, and then I have to go out with him. Next time..."

"All right, then." Sister Lian didn't insist, but her slender arms remained wrapped around Zhao Zilong.

Zhao Zilong was ambitious. This woman was his boss Hua Nanhu's favorite, but Zhao Zilong had managed to win her over. As long as he made good use of her, then, when the time was right, he could make all of Hua Nanhu's power his own.

Just as Zhao Zilong was about to get started, the door suddenly burst open. Hua Nanhu glared at the two of them with eyes like an enraged Vajra, startling both Zhao Zilong and Sister Lian.

"Bitch! Adulterous pair!" Hua Nanhu stared at them, then pulled a pistol from his waistband and aimed its cold muzzle at them.

In an instant, Zhao Zilong and Sister Lian, who had still been caught up in the moment, panicked. "Brother Hu, calm down! Calm down! It's not what you think!" "Brother Hu, I only asked A'Long to come help me change a light bulb. It absolutely wasn't what you think!"

"Change a light bulb? You changed it in bed, and you're both stark naked! Do you think I'm an idiot?" Furious, Hua Nanhu pulled the trigger. Bang, bang, bang! More than a dozen bullets struck Zhao Zilong and Sister Lian, and soon they showed no signs of life.

Just as Zhao Zilong's consciousness began to fade, he suddenly heard a voice in his mind. "Detecting that the host is about to die. Beginning transmigration immediately..."

What the hell... As Zhao Zilong wondered what was happening, he found that his consciousness, which had been sinking into darkness, was gradually clearing. He opened his eyes wide and was immediately terrified: he was high in the air, plummeting down at great speed as if from a building more than ten stories tall.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" At that height, Zhao Zilong was so terrified that he completely lost his wits and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"What's going on?" Below, Master Yu Xiaogang was on his way to Shrek Academy. Hearing something overhead, he looked up-and immediately saw a black mass rapidly growing larger. With a crash, a cloud of dust rose from the ground.

"Ugh, that hurts! Am I not dead?" Zhao Zilong came to and immediately felt himself over. It seemed he wasn't injured.

He soon realized that he had landed on a middle-aged man. He hurriedly got up. "Sorry! Are you all right?"

Zhao Zilong reached out and checked the man's breathing. He was still alive, which let Zhao Zilong breathe a sigh of relief.

But on closer inspection, Zhao Zilong suddenly found the man he had landed on somewhat familiar. He cried out, "Is this Yu Xiaogang?"

At that moment, a voice that sounded like a mature woman's rang out in Zhao Zilong's mind. Welcome, host, to the world of Douluo Continent. I am the Protagonist Deprivation System, here to serve you. I can strip the original protagonist of his fortune and make you the protagonist of Douluo Continent...

"Have I transmigrated again?" Hearing the voice in his mind, Zhao Zilong wasn't surprised. He had already transmigrated once before. But this time, he had a system as well-something every transmigrator needed!

After all, Earth and Blue Star were both highly similar worlds, so naturally, both had plenty of transmigration novels to read.

"My body's gotten smaller." Zhao Zilong looked at himself. He had been eighteen and nearly one meter ninety tall, but now he seemed to be only around one meter sixty, much shorter than before.

Once he had taken it all in, Zhao Zilong asked, "Douluo Continent? So am I a Soul Master now?"

Host panel, name: Zhao Zilong;

Age: 12;

Martial Soul: Not awakened;

Innate Soul Power: Level 0;

Soul Power: Level 0;

Item: Spirit Gift Pack...

"Does this count as a beginner's gift pack?" Zhao Zilong looked at the translucent panel floating in front of him, then reached out and tapped the Spirit Gift Pack.

Opening Spirit Gift Pack. Obtained Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass; Innate Soul Power: Level 1...

"No way! My Soul Power is only level one? Is this really how low a transmigrator's starting point is?" Seeing the panel's new values-Innate Soul Power level one and Soul Power level one-he couldn't believe it.

The system's mature-woman voice sounded again. Beginner mission released. Master Yu Xiaogang detected. Sign in?

Zhao Zilong looked at the translucent panel before him and selected "Sign in." The panel soon changed.

Character: Yu Xiaogang,

Age: 49,

Martial Soul: Luo Sanpao (low-tier Martial Soul);

Innate Soul Power: Level 0.5;

Soul Power: Level 29;

System Evaluation: Douluo Continent protagonist Tang San's teacher, Pope Bibi Dong's first love, Liu Erlong's husband-a self-contradictory, arrogant yet insecure, middle-aged greasy uncle.

Option One: Deprive Yu Xiaogang of his level 29 Soul Power and level 0.5 Innate Soul Power. Reward: two 999-year Soul Rings; Option Two: Give Yu Xiaogang your own level 1 Innate Soul Power, allowing him to break through the level 30 bottleneck. Reward: 50 favorability with Yu Xiaogang...

Zhao Zilong looked at the choices and was speechless. "What kind of two-way choice is this? It's completely one-sided. I'll choose option one..."