"System, I'll give you one more chance. What did you just say?"
[Host, please do not question this system's expertise!
However, since you've asked, this system shall graciously repeat itself.
The person before you is the God King Tang San, who excels at courting death and is one of the most dangerous figures on the Douluo Continent. Under no circumstances must you offend him!
Given your current level, this system recommends that you immediately kneel and kowtow, then loudly invoke the Sea God's name. That is your only chance of survival!
Do not entertain any wishful thinking. If you die, this system can simply bind itself to someone else, but you will lose your life!!!]
Faced with the system's exceptionally grave warning, Qin Yun was certain that it wasn't joking.
But...
Nuoding City, Fasinuo Province.
Looking at Tang San, who was practically—no, who was—like a country bumpkin seeing the city for the first time, he followed Old Jack in small, cautious steps, his eyes full of curiosity.
Qin Yun honestly couldn't make heads or tails of the system's warning.
Since he'd ended up here, there was no doubt Qin Yun was a transmigrator.
As for his transmigration, it could be summed up in three words:
Rain!
Road!
King!
He'd been used as a speed bump. Before he died, all he'd heard was the song "We're All Living with All Our Might."
The past was like smoke; there was no point dwelling on it!
Then he'd closed his eyes, opened them again, and found himself in the Douluo Continent, transmigrated into the body of an orphaned infant.
Fortunately, drawing on the experience of his previous life, he'd managed to live comfortably enough, despite being a little young.
As for protecting himself, smokeless powder was indeed hard to make. But he understood the principle behind "one part sulfur, two parts saltpeter, three parts charcoal, and a bit of sugar for a Big Ivan"—after all, he was a highly qualified engineering grunt.
From crude bombs and homemade guns at the beginning, he'd worked his way up to firearms that were at least passable.
Although Qin Yun had awakened an Eye Martial Soul and possessed only six points of Innate Soul Power—six times Yu Xiaogang's—his firepower was so formidable that, with a sneak attack, he could even kill a Soul King.
That feat wasn't all that far-fetched. Even the mechanical Hidden Weapon, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, could instantly kill a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.
And Qin Yun was holding a shotgun just like the Terminator's!
Back when he'd roamed the Soul Hunting Forest, the elusive Soul Beasts had indeed been hard to fight. Fortunately, at a crucial moment, Qin Yun had learned how to fight people instead.
After taking out a Soul King who'd tried to make him his boy toy, Qin Yun had finally turned his life around.
Not only had he obtained the man's Storage Soul Tool, he'd also inherited the Soul King's entire fortune.
It couldn't compare to the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges that Gangzi had given Tang San. Qin Yun's Storage Soul Tool held only three cubic meters, enough to store a few weapons and rounds of ammunition at most.
Still, it had belonged to a Soul King. Maybe it wouldn't amount to much in Spirit City, or even Heaven Dou City.
But in a backwater like Nuoding City, it was no exaggeration to say he was quite well-off.
He could absolutely make a name for himself as the county's biggest shot.
If he hadn't already spent a great deal of Gold Soul Coins on low-year Whale Rubber to improve his physique, he'd have even more cash on hand.
Once he'd established himself, another question had immediately arisen:
As someone in Douluo, how should he develop?
If he'd transmigrated into a powerful faction—not necessarily Spirit Hall or a disciple of the Upper Three Sects or Lower Four Sects, but even a member of the Four Single-Attribute Clans—then with his foresight, becoming a god might not be certain, but becoming a Titled Douluo before fifty would be well within reach.
Qin Yun was confident he could do it—and very confident!
But if he'd transmigrated as someone without power or connections, as he had, then he'd have to adjust his plans a little.
To be on the safe side, it was best to join the group and ascend to godhood together!
Tang San might be a little cold-hearted, but honestly, wasn't that how most people were?
Compared with some future capitalist bosses who only knew how to make promises and never intended to keep them, Tang San, who was willing to share the soup, was practically above average.
A grunt was a grunt, after all. What difference did it make where he worked?
"Decision made. Before Tang San finishes being molded by Gangzi, I'll get in early and become one of his founding retainers!"
Once he'd come up with the plan, Qin Yun had immediately put it into action.
He couldn't let up on buying Whale Rubber and steadily improving his physical condition.
He'd also spent most of the unlucky Soul King's Gold Soul Coins on improving his own strength.
Joining the group to ascend to godhood might be reliable, but iron still had to be forged while hot. He needed to be strong himself, or he'd inevitably be cast aside!
Thanks to his foresight and the massive resources he'd poured into himself, Qin Yun was only six years old, yet already nearly 1.6 meters tall. As for his physical strength, it had reached a terrifying three thousand jin!
With a shake of his arms, he could unleash three thousand jin of force. Outside the Dharma-Ending World, that level of strength wouldn't amount to much in other fantasy worlds; he wouldn't even make it out of the beginner village.
But in the Douluo Continent, a place that could only be called the floor tile of fantasy worlds, it was enough!
After all, ignoring Soul Power, even Bo Saixi, a Limit Douluo, had a physical strength of only a hundred thousand jin.
As for the Gold Soul Coins he had left, Qin Yun had invested them in Nuoding City's only blacksmith shop. Using a special technique called the Flash Thunder Dart, he'd become one of its silent backers.
After all, he was Tang Hao's son. When Tang San worked to support his studies, what else could he do besides blacksmithing?
With a stake in the blacksmith shop, Qin Yun had no fear of failing to cross paths with Tang San.
However, just when he'd thought everything was ready and all he needed was the final push—
When the six-year mark arrived and he first saw Tang San, not only did the system, dormant for years, suddenly come online, it also immediately dumped a steaming pile right in front of him!
"What use do I have for a useless thing like you!"
[How dare you!]
[This system has detected your doubts. It is necessary to show you true power!]
[Quest issued: Wrath of the God King!]
[Approach within one hundred meters of the God King and withstand his pressure head-on for two and a half minutes to claim your reward!]
Qin Yun: "..."
What a useless system. This system was just fantastic!
Forget Tang San as a God King during Douluo II. With the Tang Sect's inheritance, if he grew another two years, Qin Yun—who only had physical strength—might not even be a match for him.
But now...
Qin Yun didn't kneel and beg for mercy, nor did he hang back at the hundred-meter mark to endure the "God King's pressure." Instead, he strode lightly straight toward Tang San and Old Jack.
"Elder, you must be new students here to enroll at Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, right?"
Unlike Old Jack, who wore a kindly expression, Tang San's brows knitted together. He warily raised his wrist.
Old Jack and Tang Hao didn't know what was hidden there, but as a transmigrator, Qin Yun did.
Tang Sect Hidden Weapon, the Silent Sleeve Arrow!
To avoid taking a Sleeve Arrow head-on like the Mandala Snake, Qin Yun slightly turned his hand as he spoke and took out his Spirit Hall certificate from his Soul Tool.
Name: Qin Yun!
Martial Soul: Eye!
Innate Soul Power: Level Three!
Looking at a certificate just like his own, Tang San's wariness gradually faded.
"Eyes... can even become a Martial Soul? But why is his Innate Soul Power so low?"
Unlike Tang San, who was curious, the brief exchange had already let the seconds tick by.
One kun hour later!
[Time's up. The host not only withstood the God King's pressure head-on but even moved within one meter. You have exceeded the requirements and completed the system quest! Reward: Perfect mastery of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record!]
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