Xu Tianran's Regret

"You..."

Jiang Heng's sudden, decisive attack was something Xu Tianran had never expected.

How dared he!

He was the crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire!

Xu Tianran flew into a rage, but quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, maintaining his so-called poise as best he could.

"What did you mean by this, Senior?"

"Could it be... that I have done something wrong?"

Xu Tianran spoke in a low voice. Even though he tried his utmost to control his emotions, the fury in his heart refused to be suppressed.

He had finally been able to stand again, finally been on the verge of becoming a normal man.

He had even become a Title Douluo in one stroke and gained a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Yet in a single exchange, everything he possessed had been shattered by the other party.

The crucial point was that not a single one of the Class 9 defensive Soul Tools on his body had activated.

"Your little tricks have made me very unhappy!"

"Using the Holy Spirit Cult to gauge my strength and test my limits—did you truly think that was a brilliant move?"

Jiang Heng casually tossed Xu Tianran's severed leg in his hand, looking at him with amusement.

As he spoke, he withdrew the suppression of his spiritual power, allowing the Soul Tools on Xu Tianran's body to function once more.

Without the suppression of a Limit Douluo's spiritual power, the Soul Tools Xu Tianran wore resumed their effects, swiftly stopping the bleeding and treating the wound where his leg had been severed.

"Senior, I can explain this matter."

"I had no prior knowledge of the Holy Spirit Cult's actions."

Xu Tianran acted as though he had merely suffered an undeserved disaster, though inwardly he was profoundly shocked.

How had this man learned of his connection with the Holy Spirit Cult? And how had he learned that Xu Tianran had used the Holy Spirit Cult to test him this time, while also using him to test the Holy Spirit Cult?

He had thought no one would notice his subtle manipulation. It had been a plan that served both purposes.

Yet this man had seen through it in a single exchange.

Things had come to this, but Xu Tianran would never admit it, even if it killed him.

Even if he realized that he had been rash and impulsive, he absolutely could not admit it. He could not acknowledge his mistake.

"I'll hold on to this leg for now. When you realize how you should make amends, I'll reattach it for you."

"Of course, you can also try contacting that Dragon senior of yours and have him come oppose me. Next time, it won't be as simple as losing one leg."

"What I can give you, I can also take back!"

After leaving those words behind, Jiang Heng turned and departed.

He gave Xu Tianran no chance to explain.

Since he had entered the Sun Moon Empire under a mysterious disguise, he had to remain mysterious—so mysterious that no one would dare act against him lightly.

As for whether Xu Tianran would use the so-called remnants of Spirit Hall to restrain him, Jiang Heng truly wanted to say that he was dreaming.

That identity was nothing more than a facade to fool people.

If Xu Tianran truly did it, it would only bring a backlash upon himself.

He had expended great effort to gather some of Spirit Hall's remnants within the Sun Moon Empire, offering them generous treatment to win them over. If he suddenly turned on them, what would those Spirit Hall remnants think? They had already lived miserably, barely surviving from place to place. They had only agreed to his terms and come to the Sun Moon Empire a few days ago, and now he wanted to turn his blade on them.

There was nowhere left for them on either continent anyway. At worst, they would die.

"Ju Zi, tell me—was I wrong?"

Watching Jiang Heng's retreating figure, Xu Tianran felt regret for the first time.

He did not regret testing this Crocodile God Douluo. He regretted acting too soon.

No matter what, he should have waited until he had regained his manhood, until his strength had advanced further, until he had fully taken the throne as emperor of the Sun Moon Empire before testing him.

By then, with his status, even a Limit Douluo would not dare attack him.

In the end, he had been too rash.

"Your Highness, you were not wrong. The one at fault is him. He is far too arrogant."

"It is only that he still has value to us. We need him, and we need to resolve this conflict with him."

After thinking for a moment, Ju Zi gave him the answer he wanted to hear, based on Xu Tianran's personality.

If nothing else, Ju Zi was fairly skilled at reading Xu Tianran's thoughts.

"Yes, resolve the conflict first!"

Looking at the beauty beside him, Xu Tianran felt a slight heat rise in his lower body.

But when he thought of how it was not yet time and he still could not use it, he could only suppress the stirring in his heart.

This time, he had truly suffered a crushing defeat.

Not only had he ruined their cooperation, but he had also lost the power he had worked so hard to obtain. His cultivation had plummeted, dropping directly below the rank of Title Douluo.

Xu Tianran rapidly calculated in his mind, considering how he could mend their fractured relationship.

For a figure of such stature, ordinary wealth and benefits would no longer catch his eye. He could only cater to his preferences.

He needed to seek out more blueprints for Class 9 Soul Tools, pay more attention to the remnants of Spirit Hall, give them more resources, and win over and nurture the important people around him.

Xu Tianran truly knew when to bend and when to stretch. The first thing he thought of was not treating his leg wound, but how to repair their relationship.

If the defensive Soul Tool he wore had not possessed healing effects, he might have already bled to death by now.

At the same time, this trip had not been entirely fruitless.

One thing was certain: this Senior was absolutely a Limit Douluo, perhaps even beyond a Limit Douluo.

Until now, Xu Tianran had never heard of anyone capable of suppressing a Class 9 Soul Tool so that it could not activate.

Jiang Heng no longer concerned himself with Xu Tianran's situation. He returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

There, he found Ye Guyi training diligently.

"Senior!"

When Ye Guyi saw Jiang Heng suddenly appear, her expression immediately turned excited, and she hurried forward to greet him.

Even she did not notice that her heartbeat had quickened somewhat without her realizing it.

Although the man before her called himself "this one" and was a Title Douluo, he was remarkably handsome and youthful in appearance, looking only a little over twenty.

Sometimes, Ye Guyi truly wanted to investigate this Senior's real age, as well as everything he liked.

"Kill him and use him to increase your strength!"

Jiang Heng casually tossed Dark Cloud Douluo before Ye Guyi.

With his spiritual power, he could naturally sense the fluctuations in Ye Guyi's emotions.

He also understood what was happening with her.

Precisely because he understood, he found it absurd.

The identity he had assumed was that of a Title Douluo far older than Ye Guyi, at the very least someone of her grandfather's generation.

Yet because he had helped her a little, this little girl had developed unusual feelings for him.

Was the curse of this continent of love really that powerful?

He felt that the supreme god should be the God of Love.

That Dragon God was nothing but a complete idiot, a useless piece of trash...

At the thought of the Dragon God, Jiang Heng, as a Soul Beast, was filled with fury.