Doubts

"Tonight was the day the protagonist, Tang San, was born. How could I not see it with my own eyes?" In the shadows, Ao Zhan followed closely behind Qian Xunji and the others.

Thanks to the incredible speed granted by Miao Tiaojun's Alien Energy, he was able to keep from being left behind by Qian Xunji's group.

The reason he had come along was not only to witness the birth of the protagonist, Tang San, but also because he wanted to know how Tang Hao had defeated Qian Xunji.

Tang Hao had only just entered the Title Douluo realm at the time. Even with Ring Detonation, he should not have been able to so overwhelmingly defeat three Super Douluo—Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei—especially when Yue Guan and Gui Mei possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The whole thing sounded absurd.

Besides, the boost brought by Ring Detonation had a time limit. Even if Tang Hao detonated all his soul rings, it could only last for a while. Yet the original story said they had fought for three days and three nights!

Even if Qian Xunji had held back, there was no reason for him to take so long when he had two Super Douluo with him. And Tang Hao's Ring Detonation could not possibly have lasted that long.

There had to be something wrong with this.

Meanwhile, Tang Hao and Ah Yin had no idea that danger was about to descend upon them.

No, Ah Yin was the one who did not know danger was coming. As for whether Tang Hao knew, that was difficult to say.

He knew Ah Yin was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast. He knew that the places he had taken Ah Yin were within Spirit Hall territory. He knew that after a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast became pregnant, her aura would unconsciously leak out. He also knew that even a Soul Douluo could notice something unusual about Ah Yin once her soul beast aura was exposed...

All of this showed that Tang Hao knew perfectly well what he would soon be facing.

Yet at this moment, he acted as though he knew nothing and continued enjoying their romantic days with Ah Yin.

However, Ah Yin's delicate face soon turned deathly pale. She suddenly clutched her swollen abdomen.

"Ah Yin! What's wrong?!" Ah Yin's reaction immediately worried Tang Hao.

"Ugh... Brother Hao, I think... I think I'm about to give birth." Ah Yin endured the twisting pain in her abdomen and spoke with difficulty.

"Really?!" Tang Hao was overjoyed. He quickly took Ah Yin back to the wooden cabin they had built there.

Before long, Ah Yin's heart-wrenching cries rang out.

By evening, Ah Yin's screams finally stopped. Inside the wooden cabin, she was drenched in sweat, barely breathing, and incredibly weak.

Tang Hao held a baby boy in his arms, and the child was still bawling loudly.

Looking at the child, Ah Yin laboriously spread open her arms. "Brother Hao, the child... the child..."

Tang Hao's hand, which had been gently patting the child's back, froze. He glanced at the infant in his arms before carefully placing him in Ah Yin's embrace.

Ah Yin gazed lovingly at the child she had given birth to with such immense effort, smiling happily. "Brother Hao, this is our child, our child..."

"Mm. Look at him a little longer." No one knew what Tang Hao was thinking when he said that.

On closer thought, his words seemed to carry another meaning. But Ah Yin had no mind to think about it now. She merely looked tenderly at the crying infant in her arms, her joy beyond words.

Buzz—

Several unfamiliar yet powerful auras swept toward them, and an immense Soul Power pressure blanketed the area.

"Tang Hao! Hand over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast at once! For the sake of the friendship between my father and your grandfather, I can still spare your life!" Qian Xunji's voice came from afar, clearly reaching Tang Hao and Ah Yin inside the cabin.

Ah Yin's face, already pale from childbirth, turned even whiter.

She looked at Tang Hao in panic. "Brother Hao, what do we do? This aura... it belongs to a Title Douluo! And there's more than one!"

Light flickered uncertainly in Tang Hao's eyes as he clenched his fists. Yet he was not panicked in the slightest, as if he had expected this all along.

He said to Ah Yin, "Let's go outside and take a look."

The two walked out of the cabin and saw Qian Xunji standing not far away with Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, his expression arrogant.

When he saw Ah Yin, a gleam flashed through Qian Xunji's eyes. She really is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast!

The corners of Qian Xunji's lips rose slightly. Before seeing her with his own eyes, he had still doubted the information. After all, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast falling in love with a human was simply too shocking to believe without proof.

But once he confirmed the information was true, his surprise was swiftly replaced by delight.

If he captured this Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast and let Bibi Dong absorb her soul ring, would there not be hope of easing the relationship between him and Bibi Dong?

Even if Bibi Dong still hated him, it would be enough as long as she did not hate Qian Renxue. In that case, everything he had done would have been worth it.

It had to be said that Qian Xunji's moral standards were still far too high. He actually wanted to give Bibi Dong a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

If this were any other major faction, a traitor like Bibi Dong would be fortunate not to be turned into a breeding machine and drained of every last bit of value.

His true purpose in doing this was to ease the mother-daughter relationship between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. He could be considered a good father.

Qian Xunji stared fixedly at Ah Yin with burning eyes, making her deeply uncomfortable. She instinctively hid behind Tang Hao, who used his body to shield her as he demanded, "Qian Xunji! What is the meaning of this?! Are you trying to start a war with my Clear Sky Sect?!"

Qian Xunji laughed disdainfully. "Start a war with your Clear Sky Sect? Do you think Spirit Hall would be afraid? Tang Hao, if you know what's good for you, hand over that Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast. Otherwise, don't blame me for taking her by force!"

Tang Hao shouted, "Ah Yin is my wife! She is not some Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast!"

Qian Xunji said, "No matter how you try to deny it, you cannot change the fact that she is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast! Human soul masters and soul beasts are natural enemies. Tang Hao, do you intend to become a traitor to human soul masters?!"

"Don't try to pin some grand accusation on me! You just want Ah Yin's soul ring and soul bone, don't you?! Let me tell you, no chance! As long as I, Tang Hao, am alive, I will never let you touch a single hair on Ah Yin's head!"

Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer. Eight soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, and black—surrounded him as the full might of an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo erupted.

"So you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit? Aren't you worried that the coming battle might hurt your child?" Qian Xunji glanced at the infant in Ah Yin's arms, his tone carrying a faint threat.

Of course, though it sounded like a threat, it was actually a reminder. To Qian Xunji, it would be best if this battle never happened at all. As long as he could take Ah Yin away, that would be enough.

Moreover, he knew that if a fight truly broke out, then even if he restrained himself, the shockwaves that leaked out would not be something a newborn child could withstand. He had no desire to commit such needless killing.

Thus, he kindly reminded Tang Hao and that Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.