Perfect Alibi (Bonus Chapter for Helmsman Snake-Skin Ajiu's Tip!)

Perfect Alibi (Bonus Chapter for Helmsman Snake-Skin Ajiu's Tip!)

Flash Step—or rather, teleportation—was undoubtedly a powerful Soul Skill.

In the Douluo world, Soul Skills came in all kinds, but most focused on crowd control or damage output. Mental-type and spatial-type Soul Skills were generally quite rare.

Su Yuntian's Soul Skill, "Gate of Babylon," was clearly a spatial-type Soul Skill.

He could treat the "treasury" as a demi-plane, or an enormous Soul Tool. He could put anything inside it, then open an Aether Gate to retrieve it when needed.

Since it could store and retrieve objects, why couldn't it store and retrieve "people"?

When Su Yuntian thought of this, he had only meant to give it a try and pass through that Aether Gate himself. To his surprise, it actually worked!

Of course, both the distance and frequency of Flash Step were limited. At Su Yuntian's current Soul Power level, he could not support consecutive teleports. If used within a short period, he could probably teleport three times, with an interval of roughly two minutes.

Looking at the two stunned lackeys, Su Yuntian cleared his throat loudly, lifted his chin, and said arrogantly, "Just now, it seemed someone was rather dismissive of my first Soul Skill."

The two Soul Elder guards gave awkward smiles. "No, not at all."

Honestly, even without considering the future growth potential of Gate of Babylon, Flash Step alone was enough to crush most Soul Masters.

Though the two Soul Elders had greater Soul Power, neither possessed a spatial-type Soul Skill like Flash Step. Seeing Su Yuntian teleport with his very first Soul Skill, they were insanely envious.

What was even more infuriating was that Su Yuntian's "Flash Step" was merely a derivative ability of Gate of Babylon—a buy-one-get-one-free bonus!

Xue Qinghe maintained his gentle smile, yet he could not help thinking... Xiaotian's Key of Royal Law Martial Soul might be an incredibly powerful Weapon Martial Soul.

As for the usage restrictions of Flash Step—such as Soul Power consumption and cooldown—Xue Qinghe tactfully did not ask. Such vital data could be considered a Soul Master's private information, even a trump card. Before Su Yuntian fully trusted him, Xue Qinghe would not casually probe the other party's limits.

"Since we've obtained your first Soul Ring, let's return to the city. Da Xue might be waiting for us to go home for dinner."

"Let's go, let's go! Absorbing a Soul Ring made me hungry."

Xue Qinghe's suggestion received Su Yuntian's enthusiastic approval.

The group of four left the Soul Hunting Forest. Only around four hours had passed since they entered, making their speed truly astonishing.

On their return from the Soul Hunting Forest to Heaven Dou City, the four traveled on horseback. The two Soul Elder lackeys rode one in front and one behind, while Su Yuntian and the plainly dressed Xue Qinghe rode side by side in the middle.

As they traveled, Su Yuntian silently reviewed everything that had happened over the past month or so.

First, he awakened his Martial Soul. Then he was attacked by an assassin in black. After being inexplicably saved by that long-haired young lady, he encountered Heaven Dou Empire's First Prince, Xue Qinghe. After that, he cultivated Soul Power in Heaven Dou City, and today, he hunted a Soul Beast and obtained a Soul Ring.

From awakening his Martial Soul to acquiring his first Soul Ring, Su Yuntian had spent roughly forty-five days. Of that, the levels he gained through Soul Power cultivation amounted to four.

Overall, his speed should have been quite fast. Even compared with those "monsters" from Shrek, Su Yuntian was confident that no one cultivated faster than he did.

But the problem was that his starting point was low!

Tang San and Oscar both possessed Innate Full Soul Power, and they had awakened at the age of six. They should be nearly level twenty by now, right?

Incidentally, on the very first day after transmigrating here, Su Yuntian had asked his older brother Su Yuntao whether he had awakened the Martial Soul of a child named "Tang San."

According to Su Yuntao, he had awakened Tang San's Martial Soul two years ago. Tang San and his teacher Yu Xiaogang were currently at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Counting on his fingers, Su Yuntian finally sorted out the timeline.

Using the original protagonist Tang San's age as the main reference point, Tang San was now eight years old. He would continue studying at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, graduate four years later, and then report to Shrek.

Su Yuntian was now eleven, three years older than Tang San.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament that the Shrek Seven Devils participated in was an important turning point. No matter which faction Su Yuntian joined in the future, this tournament would be impossible to avoid.

Less than six years remained. Within those six years, Su Yuntian had to rapidly raise his strength above level forty before he could possibly make any waves in the Soul Master Tournament.

...Tch. The task was arduous, but it didn't matter, because I am the inheritor of Hero King Gilgamesh.

Su Yuntian clenched his fists, cheering himself on.

But... it still felt as though something was missing.

Where exactly had his older brother Su Yuntao gone?

Su Yuntian wanted badly to find his brother and get some answers. What exactly had happened after that early morning? How was Su Yuntao now? Was he safe? Had he recovered from the injuries he suffered then?

Su Yuntian had many doubts. Especially after arriving in Heaven Dou City, he had even considered searching for his brother.

But not yet. At least not until his strength reached Soul Elder level.

In this world, fists were the only hard truth.

As the saying went, the reach of truth extended only as far as the range of one's cannons!

After weighing things several times, Su Yuntian could only remain by Qian Renxue's side, cultivate diligently, and improve his strength.

Seeing Su Yuntian keep his head lowered in thought, Xue Qinghe wisely did not interrupt him. Instead, she thought of the Heaven Dou royal family.

The emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Ye, had four sons. Besides his eldest son, "Xue Qinghe," there were the Second Prince Xue Luochuan, the Third Prince Xue Haicang, and the Fourth Prince Xue Beng.

Now, Xue Qinghe and Xue Luochuan had already died by her hand. As long as she dealt with the remaining two, the position of Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire would inevitably be hers.

If she could wait until Xue Ye passed away, then the entire Heaven Dou Empire would be hers.

Though Su Yuntian and Qian Renxue traveled together, each was occupied with their own thoughts, and they did not exchange much small talk.

Unexpectedly, not long after the four left the Soul Hunting Forest, while they were still half a day's journey from Heaven Dou City, a squad of guards came galloping toward them from the direction of Heaven Dou City.

"This subordinate, Lu Renjia, pays respects to Your Highness the First Prince!"

"The Second Prince's funeral will be held tomorrow. This subordinate has come to escort Your Highness back to the palace."

When Su Yuntian heard the name "Lu Renjia," he nearly laughed. But when he heard "the Second Prince's funeral," he suddenly remembered something.

If he remembered correctly, the princes of the Heaven Dou Empire who had died should all have been killed by Qian Renxue, right?

When had the Second Prince died again... According to the maid Da Xue, it seemed to have been over a month ago? That was when he had just transmigrated, and at that time, the First Prince Xue Qinghe had been in Nuoding City!

Why had he gone to Nuoding City?

Could it have been to create a perfect alibi for the time of the Second Prince's death?

Su Yuntian could not help glancing sideways at him.

If that was the case, Xue Qinghe appearing outside Nuoding City seemed reasonable as well. Had he truly just happened to pass by and pick him up?

Where had that breathtaking young lady gone?

Note 1: Thanks to reader Snake-Skin Ajiu for the tip! The bonus chapter mentioned in the title is a fake bonus for now. I'll keep it on the tab and make it up later.

Note 2: Original character: Lu Renjia, a low-ranking commander of the Heaven Dou City Imperial Guards. Level 45 Soul Ancestor, Martial Soul: Sun Chasing Bow.