[Two years of training in the forest had transformed you completely.]
[The boyish awkwardness had faded from you, replaced by a savage aura that sent a shiver down anyone's spine.]
[Standing there, you looked like an ancient Ferocious Beast wearing human skin, ready to devour anyone in sight!]
[Just as you emerged from the mixed zone, the sound of a fierce battle caught your attention.]
[Not far ahead, a frail young girl dressed in fine clothes and blessed with breathtaking beauty was working with an old man to fend off several frenzied thousand-year Soul Beasts.]
[The old man was a fifty-level Soul King, but under the Soul Beasts' relentless counterattacks, he was barely holding on, teetering on the brink of disaster.]
[You had no intention of getting involved. A fight of this caliber was child's play to you.]
[But when you glimpsed something familiar in the girl's features, you stopped in your tracks.]
[The Heaven Dou Empire's princess, Vina!]
[More importantly, she had Twin Martial Souls, one of which was a Body Martial Soul—the Brain! That made her your junior fellow disciple in the sect.]
["Since she's one of our own, I may as well lend a hand."]
[You blurred out of sight.]
[The next instant, you appeared above one of the thousand-year Soul Beasts. Without using a single Soul Skill, you simply threw a punch!]
[BAM—!]
[The Soul Beast that had given the old man so much trouble didn't even have time to howl. Your punch slammed it into the ground, where it lay unconscious, foaming at the mouth!]
[The entire scene fell silent.]
[Vina and the old man stared at what had just happened, as if they had witnessed a miracle.]
[When you reined in your aura and revealed the Soul Rings beneath your feet, the air seemed to freeze.]
[Purple, purple, black, black, red, red, red!]
[The seven Soul Rings shone in unison, and the three scarlet Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings in particular radiated a terrifying pressure that made it hard to breathe!]
[The old man's knees buckled, and he nearly fell to the ground.]
[A sixteen-year-old Seven-Ring Soul Sage—with three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings?!]
[This wasn't a genius. It was an aberration! A monster!]
["S-Senior Brother?!"]
[Vina's beautiful eyes widened. She recognized the distinctive Epitaph Martial Soul on your forehead at once.]
[Your Martial Soul's aura had grown countless times stronger, but that unique, mysterious quality was one of a kind throughout the Body Sect!]
[She had never imagined that the young sect master, rumored to have left for training, had become so powerful!]
[You gave a slight nod in reply.]
[After a few brief pleasantries and confirming that the sect was safe, you lost interest in continuing the conversation.]
["If everything's all right, I'll be going."]
[You didn't join them. Turning away, you became a streak of light and vanished into the depths of the forest.]
[Vina watched in the direction you'd gone, unable to come back to herself for a long time.]
[That domineering, cold, and overwhelmingly powerful figure—so powerful as to inspire despair—quietly planted a seed in her heart.]
[Beautiful women had always loved heroes, and how could she resist a peerless young prodigy with wealth (in the form of strength), a powerful background, and a knack for rescuing her?]
"..."
"No wonder this is the romance continent."
Su Chen looked at the words on the simulator and couldn't help commenting.
Along the way, he seemed to have racked up a mountain of romantic debts—first the Auspicious Beast, and now Vina.
He couldn't even imagine what would happen if the Simulation continued...
[You returned in triumph, and the Body Sect erupted into celebration!]
[When you released your seven Soul Rings, especially the three scarlet Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, the entire sect hall fell silent.]
[Then thunderous cheers broke out!]
[Du Busi was so thrilled that his face turned red. Grabbing your shoulders, he laughed three times. "Good! Good! Good! The best thing I ever did in my life was take you as my disciple! You have the makings of a Limit Douluo—even... a god!"]
[After a brief rest, Du Busi led you to the sect's forbidden grounds, his expression grave.]
[He was going to teach you the Body Sect's true core secret—the Second Awakening of a Body Martial Soul!]
[For the next several months, under Du Busi's personal instruction, you endured inhuman training.]
[At last, on a stormy night, you succeeded!]
[Golden light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire Body Sect like daylight!]
[Gold-Grade Second Awakening!]
[Behind you, King Crimson's image grew solid, its body flowing with dark-gold divine markings.]
[Ability evolved: Time Erasure extended to 10 seconds! All attributes increased by 300%!]
[Ten seconds of invulnerability were enough to let you do as you pleased on the battlefield!]
[But this heaven-defying ability came at a terrible cost. Du Busi warned you solemnly: Gold-Grade Awakening consumed your life force. You must never activate it lightly unless your life was at stake!]
[You nodded gravely, but inwardly you were thinking: I've got all sorts of bonuses from the Simulator's rewards. This little side effect is nothing.]
[Then you handed over all the high-grade Spirit Bones you'd "procured" from the Auspicious Beast.]
[Looking at the pile of Spirit Bones, Du Busi and the elders were so moved that their eyes grew wet.]
[Now that's a young sect master! Someone who kept the sect and its people in his heart!]
[Time flew by. Six months later...]
[At sixteen, your Soul Power had steadily risen to level 75.]
[Looking at your three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, Du Busi decided that your Eighth Soul Ring simply couldn't be ordinary.]
[So this fiercely protective man made a decision that shocked the entire continent—]
[The whole sect would mobilize and launch a surprise raid on Mingde Hall in the Sun Moon Empire! They would seize the legendary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo!]
["If we're getting my disciple the best, then we'll go take the best!" Du Busi declared, bringing his hand down decisively.]
[Not a single elder objected. Instead, they all rubbed their hands together, howling with excitement.]
[That was the Body Sect: a bunch of lunatics who would stop at nothing to protect their own!]
[You were so moved when you heard the news that you nearly burst into tears on the spot.]
[Only you knew that it wasn't a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo at all. It was Snow Empress, the leader of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, with a cultivation level of seven hundred thousand years!]
[If you could claim Snow Empress as your Soul Spirit... The possibilities were too incredible to imagine!]
[You volunteered, insisting on joining the operation.]
[Du Busi considered it briefly, then agreed.]
[You were only a Soul Saint, but with the bizarre King Crimson and Epitaph, even a Titled Douluo could easily fall into your hands if they let their guard down.]
[Don't ask how he knew. He'd found out the hard way during one of your sparring matches.]
[The Body Sect's whole crew of villains was assembled and ready!]
[For this battle, Du Busi nearly emptied the sect's coffers and brought along every Titled Douluo elder.]
[This was a meticulously planned, organized, high-level cross-border robbery!]
[Three days later, at the Sun Moon Empire's border.]
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