Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou Empire.
Suotuo City, Rose Hotel.
Inside the first-floor lobby, two men and a woman were arguing.
"I'm saying, this room should belong to me, right?"
"Big brother, it seems we got here first."
"So what?"
"Nothing. Get lost."
Just then, the moment Li Xiaoyao stepped through the hotel entrance, he saw the noisy scene.
"Tang San, who had already embarked on the Way of Seeking Death!"
"Xiao Wu, the Hundred Thousand Year hooligan rabbit!"
"Dai Mubai, one of the three vile brothel scoundrels!"
A playful smile appeared at the corner of Li Xiaoyao's mouth.
He was a transmigrator. While staying up all night watching short videos of "Shiqi Kurumi," he had unfortunately been bound to a novice system that had malfunctioned and ultimately self-destructed on the spot.
Before that damned system blew itself up, it had not only sent him to Douluo Continent, but also given him a carefully prepared novice gift pack.
Fortunately...
The novice gift pack the system had left behind was quite sincere.
It had not only granted him the same Angel of Time Zaphkiel as "Shiqi Kurumi," but also a Hundred Thousand Year Angel Soul Bone Set. It was practically a heavenly start.
With his Soul Power Level having reached level seventy, making him a Quasi Soul Sage, his purpose in coming to Suotuo City this time was to hunt Xiao Wu, this Hundred Thousand Year Shapeshifting Soul Beast.
As long as he absorbed Xiao Wu's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, he would become a genuine seven-ringed Soul Sage, with a soul ring configuration of Three Purple Three Black One Red.
But before that...
Li Xiaoyao looked at the bickering Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai before him, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes.
He thought to himself, I didn't expect to run into Tang San and Xiao Wu as soon as I arrived in Suotuo City. This saves me quite a bit of trouble.
Xiao Wu, a walking Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and soul bone, was right before him, yet Li Xiaoyao was in no hurry to make a move.
Tang Hao, who was hiding in the shadows to protect Tang San, was nearby. Forcing the issue would only invite unforeseen complications.
He needed to patiently wait for the best opportunity and strive for a one-hit kill. He absolutely could not let Tang Hao ruin his plan.
Seeing that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai were only arguing without fighting, Li Xiaoyao took the initiative.
"Hey! Are you guys done yet?"
"You three are all Soul Masters. Instead of wasting half the day arguing here, why not just fight it out?"
"When you're out in the world, what matters is whose fist is harder, right?"
"You guys fight. Whoever wins gets the room!"
After saying that, Li Xiaoyao wore a look of utter disdain.
"Hey! You little brat, you're pretty arrogant!"
"Hmph, who might you be?"
"Damn it! Who the hell are you?"
Li Xiaoyao's taunts immediately drew the attention of Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
Everyone reacted differently.
Dai Mubai was furious.
Tang San was wary.
Xiao Wu was eager to fight.
"Third Brother! Go deal with that guy stirring things up."
"I'll take that blondie!"
"Big Sister Xiao Wu will beat him into a pig head!"
"I'll beat him so badly that even his own mother won't recognize him!"
Before Tang San could speak, Xiao Wu activated her Martial Soul and Soul Rings, then charged straight at Dai Mubai.
Seeing Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai already fighting, Li Xiaoyao looked at Tang San with a half-smile.
"Hehe! What's wrong?"
"Little Scoundrel, you want to duel me?"
The moment Li Xiaoyao said this, Tang San's eyes turned cold. He directly summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and two yellow hundred-year Soul Rings.
"Tang San, Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass."
"Level twenty-nine control-type Soul Grandmaster. Please advise me."
After completing the customary exchange before a Soul Master battle, Tang San placed his left hand behind his back and gestured forward with his right. His posture looked somewhat casual, but a closer look revealed the ruthlessness in his eyes after being offended.
"Oh-ho! Little Scoundrel!"
"You're serious? Now this is getting interesting!"
In an instant, Li Xiaoyao became interested.
Before finding an opportunity to hunt Xiao Wu, he did not mind giving Tang San a beating.
The next second, Soul Power surged violently.
Li Xiaoyao slowly raised his right hand and softly called out.
"Come forth! Chronos!"
-Click-clack-click-clack-click-clack-
A series of crisp mechanical sounds suddenly rang out behind Li Xiaoyao, as though countless intricate gears were meshing and spinning at high speed.
At first, the sound was as faint as clock hands tapping against a dial, but in the blink of an eye it grew louder and louder, carrying an irresistible rhythm that echoed through the tense air.
The instant Chronos appeared, a golden clock that kept turning emerged in the pupil of Li Xiaoyao's left eye.
He held a long antique rifle in his left hand and a short Flintlock Pistol in his right. Behind him floated an enormous golden clock, slowly revolving in midair.
"Bzzz—!"
Purple, purple, purple, black.
Four Soul Rings rose from beneath Li Xiaoyao's feet, and a powerful Soul Power pressure directly enveloped Tang San!
"Li Xiaoyao, Martial Soul: Chronos!"
"Level forty-three assault-type Battle Soul Sect. Please advise me!"
Under the Angel Head Soul Bone's Hundred Thousand Year skill—"Disguise"—Li Xiaoyao held back somewhat and did not directly reveal his level-seventy Quasi Soul Sage strength.
After all, as the saying went...
When traveling the world, one always had to keep something in reserve.
When you were out in the world, what mattered was connections and strength.
Those who got hotheaded, or shouted about friendship... bonds... and such—people like that tended to die the fastest on Douluo Continent.
"F... forty-three Soul Ancestor?"
"And his soul ring configuration is Three Purple One Black!"
"H-how is that possible?"
Li Xiaoyao's Soul Power Level, along with his four extraordinary Soul Rings, made Tang San's pupils contract sharply. His face was filled with shock and disbelief.
"How could anyone possess such a soul ring configuration?"
"According to Teacher's Ten Great Martial Soul Theories, this is simply impossible!"
"Could Teacher's Ten Great Martial Soul Theories be wrong?"
For the first time, Tang San began to waver and question Yu Xiaogang's theories.
He had cultivated diligently for many years and had only barely reached level twenty-nine, while Li Xiaoyao had already become a level forty-three Soul Ancestor.
And the other party's Three Purple One Black soul ring configuration completely overturned everything he knew about soul ring arrangements.
Tang San desperately wanted to deny it, but when he felt the holy yet powerful Soul Power pressure radiating from Li Xiaoyao...
His tensed body, the sluggish Soul Power within him, and his already wilted Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul gave him the answer directly.
Li Xiaoyao's display also caught the attention of Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu, who were still fighting.
"Hiss..."
"A Three Purple One Black soul ring configuration!"
Dai Mubai could not help drawing in a sharp breath, making his own contribution to warming Douluo Continent.
"Even those so-called Soul Master geniuses from Spirit Hall could never possess such an absurdly powerful soul ring configuration!"
Dai Mubai clenched his fists tightly, his expression becoming grave to the extreme.
Xiao Wu's pretty face turned pale. She instinctively withdrew her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, her large eyes filled with fear.
From Li Xiaoyao, she sensed—
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