Trash

"A total piece of trash!"

"Someone like this deserves to be the leader of the Shrek Seven Devils? Pfft!"

In the crowd, it was unclear who had started it, but someone spat on the ground.

Immediately after, more and more sounds of contempt rang out.

Dai Mubai stood where he was, listening to the insults coming from all around, his face turning the color of a pig's liver.

He clenched his fists tightly, his nails piercing his palms until blood dripped down.

"That was a strategy!"

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes red, and roared in a hoarse voice:

"Back then, Dai Weisi was so much older than me, and his soul power was so much higher than mine!"

"If I hadn't shown weakness, he would have beaten me to death!"

"I was biding my time! What do you people know!"

He was defending himself.

He was attempting to use such a pale excuse to cover up the cowardice he had shown back then.

Tang San also hurriedly stepped forward, blocking the path in front of Dai Mubai, and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, please show some restraint with your words."

"Mubai was still young at the time; it is only human nature to feel fear when facing a powerful older brother."

"Moreover, the gap in martial soul awakening truly brings immense psychological pressure."

"The fact that Mubai was able to survive in such a desperate situation and reach where he is today is enough to prove his resilience."

Yu Xiaogang had recovered slightly by now, and although he was still gasping in pain, he couldn't help but interject:

"Th... that's right."

"The fact that Dai Mubai is already a Title Douluo at such a young age proves his later efforts."

"Although an innate level eight is not full soul power, it is absolutely top-tier talent."

"Do not hold a six-year-old child to such high standards."

However.

Their words seemed so ridiculous in the face of ironclad facts.

White World.

The roar of laughter nearly overturned the palace hall.

"Hahaha! It's killing me!"

"Biding his time? Is kneeling before a fight even starts called biding his time?"

"The Dai Mubai of the Black World really has a thick skin!"

"Despairing over an innate level eight? When our Majesty awakened back then, although he also had the White Tiger, that aura of his directly shattered the Awakening Crystal!"

While the crowd mocked that trashy Dai Mubai, their gazes turned even more fervently toward the person on the dragon throne.

"I really want to see what His Majesty looked like at six years old."

"He must be ten thousand times stronger than that piece of trash!"

"Can the Sky Screen show us footage of our Majesty?"

Regarding everyone's expectations, Dai Mubai only smiled faintly and did not say much.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, looked at the Dai Mubai kneeling on the ground in the Black World and felt nothing but boredom.

"How boring."

"Looking at such a spineless coward is an eyesore."

She twisted her body, practically hanging off Dai Mubai.

Her slender hand wandered restlessly, slipping inside Dai Mubai's collar and lightly tracing circles on his firm pectoral muscles.

"Brother~"

"I don't want to look at that trash anymore."

"It's so boring."

Xiao Wu's voice was sweet and cloying, carrying a hint of subtle seduction.

The sensation from her fingertips made Dai Mubai's heart heat up slightly.

He grabbed Xiao Wu's mischievous hand, kissed it, and his eyes grew deep and intense.

"Boring?"

"Then shall I find something interesting for us to do?"

Xiao Wu blinked her large eyes, showing no fear at all. Instead, she leaned in even more boldly, her red lips almost brushing against Dai Mubai's face.

"Sure."

"As long as it's what you want to do, Xiao Wu will accompany you to the very end."

This "accompany you to the very end" was spoken with a lingering, meaningful tone that twisted and turned.

Dai Mubai let out a loud laugh.

"What a wonderful 'accompany you to the very end'!"

Before the words had even faded.

He rose to his full height and swept the beauty in his arms up into a horizontal carry.

"Since my beloved consort is in such high spirits, if I were to decline, wouldn't it make me seem unappreciative of the mood?"

Having said that.

Ignoring the gazes of everyone in the great hall, he strode off with long, swift steps in the direction of the inner palace chambers while holding Xiao Wu.

"Oh!"

Xiao Wu let out a startled cry, her hands instinctively wrapping around Dai Mubai's neck as she buried her face in his chest, though a sly, triumphant smirk curled the corners of her lips.

Watching their retreating backs.

The hand Qian Renxue used to hold her wine cup paused slightly, and a flicker of annoyance crossed her exquisite face.

"That flirtatious rabbit."

"Acting so wanton in broad daylight."

Although Zhu Zhuqing didn't say a word, the silk handkerchief in her hand had already been twisted into a knot.

Only Ning Rongrong looked at their retreating figures with envy, muttering softly:

"I want to be carried by His Majesty too..."

Just then.

The image on the Sky Screen shifted again.

This time, the scene arrived at a dense spirit beast forest.

Subtitles appeared.

[Level 10, Hunting the First Spirit Ring]

At this time, although Dai Mubai was still somewhat of a playboy, under the pressure of the royal family, he had barely managed to cultivate to level 10.

Under the protection of a team of royal guards, he entered the Royal Soul Hunting Ground.

"Your Highness, we have discovered a century-level beast ahead; it is very suitable to serve as your first spirit ring."

A guard reported respectfully.

As soon as Dai Mubai heard it was a century-level spirit beast, his knees began to tremble.

"A... a century-level?"

"Can't we find a ten-year one instead?"

"Isn't a century-level one too dangerous?"

The guards looked at each other, speechless.

Just then.

A black shadow suddenly burst out from the bushes ahead.

It was a little girl who looked to be only five or six years old.

Her black tight-fitting outfit was torn in many places, and her body was covered in bloody scratches, looking utterly disheveled.

Behind her, a massive Black Panther with glowing green eyes was in hot pursuit.

"Help!"

When the little girl saw people here, a glimmer of hope for survival instantly erupted in her eyes.

She stumbled toward Dai Mubai, her voice filled with tears:

"Save me!"

When they saw the little girl's face clearly, everyone in both worlds recognized her.

It was a young Zhu Zhuqing!

At this time, although she was young, the coldness and stubbornness in her brows and eyes were already beginning to take shape.

She had been sent by her family as a marriage pawn for training, but she had accidentally become separated from her guards and encountered the pursuit of a spirit beast.

Seeing Dai Mubai, who was also dressed in royal attire, she thought she had encountered a savior.

However.

What happened in the next second, however, left everyone stunned.

Dai Mubai saw that ferocious leopard spirit beast, and his entire being was instantly swallowed by fear.

"A spirit beast! It's a spirit beast!"

"It's charging over!"

"Quick! Quickly, protect me!"

He screamed in terror, completely ignoring Zhu Zhuqing as she reached out to him for help.

He even did so just as the guards were preparing to step forward to intercept the spirit beast.

Because he was too afraid, he turned his horse around and lashed it hard with his whip.

"Giddy up!"

He ran.

He ran without the slightest hesitation.

He heartlessly abandoned his fiancée, who had looked to him for help with such hope—a little girl only six years old—right in front of that ferocious spirit beast.

"Ah!"

In the scene, Zhu Zhuqing let out a miserable scream.

The sharp claws of the leopard spirit beast viciously tore three bloody gashes into her delicate back, deep enough to reveal the bone.

If it weren't for the guards behind them who couldn't bear to watch any longer and stepped in to save her.

That single swipe would likely have cost her her life.