A Wagered Duel! Star Luo Prince vs. Heaven Dou Prince

Davis? Zhu Zhuyun?

Lin Ya's gaze abruptly fixed on the two figures approaching from ahead. A flicker of realization passed through his eyes as he finally recognized them.

The Star Luo Empire's eldest prince, Davis—Dai Mubai's biological older brother; Zhu Zhuyun—Davis's fiancée and Zhu Zhuqing's biological older sister.

Lin Ya's eyes locked almost instinctively onto Davis. This Star Luo prince had left an impression on him far too deep to forget.

Setting aside the Shrek Seven Monsters for the moment, the gap between the younger Soul Masters of the continent's three core powers—the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall—had once been displayed vividly through three representatives of the same generation.

Feng Xiaotian of the Heaven Dou Empire, Davis of the Star Luo Empire, and Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall.

When they were all twenty-four, Feng Xiaotian was a Level 44 Soul Ancestor, Davis was a Level 49 Soul Ancestor, while Qian Renxue, who had concealed her strength, had to have been at least a Level 61 Soul Emperor at the time, judging from her Level 78 Soul Sage cultivation five years later!

Whenever Lin Ya thought of that, he could not help silently grumbling to himself.

"Come on! Fine, Feng Xiaotian, maybe you couldn't compare with a god-tier genius like Qian Renxue—but how could you not even measure up to Davis?"

The more he thought about it, the more speechless Lin Ya became.

Feng Xiaotian's martial soul was the mutated Gale Twin-Headed Wolf! Innately full soul power!

Davis's martial soul was the White Tiger, and his innate soul power should have only been Level 8.

Yet at the same age, you were five levels behind him! What the hell had you been doing for over twenty years?

If your talent had simply been poor and your cultivation slow, Lin Ya would not have had anything to say. But after the Soul Master Tournament, Feng Xiaotian rose from Level 44 to Level 61 in five years! His speed was nearly on par with the Shrek Seven Monsters after they consumed immortal herbs!

With that kind of talent, how were you only Level 44 at twenty-four?!

If you had put in even a little effort and reached Level 51 by twenty-four, you probably would have won over a strength-loving girl like Huo Wu long ago! Then you would not have ended up with neither career nor love, becoming nothing more than Tang San's stepping stone.

At that moment, Davis and Zhu Zhuyun also stepped forward to pay their respects to Prince Xue Xing.

"Davis, thirteen years old. Martial soul: White Tiger. Level 25 Grand Soul Master. Greetings, Prince Xue Xing."

"Zhu Zhuyun, eleven years old. Martial soul: Netherworld Spirit Cat. Level 21 Grand Soul Master. Greetings, Prince Xue Xing."

After introducing themselves, the two puffed out their chests, ready to receive Prince Xue Xing's looks of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Everyone knew that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family was hopeless at cultivation. Grand Soul Masters around twelve years old should have been enough to make them look on in awe, right?

Yet Lin Ya stared blankly at this self-satisfied pair.

What were you two so proud of?!

At an average of twelve years old, you were only Level 23. Even without immortal herbs, the Shrek Seven Monsters would crush you!

Shui Yue'er of Heaven Dou was Level 36 at fifteen. At twelve, she had to have been at least Level 29!

And then there was Hu Liena of Spirit Hall. She was already Level 51 at nineteen, so she was probably Level 31 at twelve! She was a genius you could not hope to match even if you rode a horse after her.

Lin Ya even felt that, without taking immortal herbs, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing would still be able to beat these two senseless by the time they were twenty. He truly did not know what they had to be proud of.

Sigh. Ignorance truly was bliss.

Prince Xue Xing and Lin Ya wore expressions that could not have been more alike.

That was right. In the past, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family truly could not compare to the Star Luo Imperial Family—but what about now?!

Looking at Lin Ya beside him, who was already Level 22 before even turning nine, Prince Xue Xing felt that they were all trash.

The Starcrown Duke was surprised to see Prince Xue Xing looking so disdainful.

After several years apart, this guy was still as arrogant as ever.

They too had been drawn over by the battle between the two soul beasts. However, they had arrived late and had only seen Xue Xing stopping Lin Ya from absorbing the soul bone. They genuinely had no idea what had happened before that.

But it did not matter. A soul bone was a good thing. Since they had seen it, they could not let it slip away.

With that in mind, the Starcrown Duke said, "Prince Xue Xing, the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear is highly compatible with the White Tiger martial soul. Since you do not want it anyway, how about selling it to us?"

What? The Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear's right arm bone was only two thousand years old, so it was not worthy of a Star Luo prince?

Don't be ridiculous. Having one that could be used was already good enough. Did they think soul bones grew like cabbages?

Prince Xue Xing gave a disdainful sneer. "Lin Ya, do you want to sell it?"

"I only know one thing: in Heaven Dou, even if it's merely a hundred-year soul bone, it still has to belong to Heaven Dou."

"Ha ha ha! Good!" Xue Xing happily patted Lin Ya on the shoulder.

As expected of my nephew. That was exactly what I wanted to hear.

As long as the soul bone belonged to a Heaven Dou Soul Master, it made no difference whose body it was on.

But if it went to Star Luo, it might one day become a tool used to kill members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

Aiding the enemy was unacceptable.

Xue Xing looked at the Starcrown Duke before him and said smugly, "You heard him. Heaven Dou does not lack those few soul coins of yours. We are not selling this soul bone."

The Starcrown Duke was an Level 85 Soul Douluo, stronger than the Level 80 Soul Douluo Zhi Lin on their side.

But there were still plenty of Soul Sages and Soul Emperors behind him. If they really fought, it was not certain who would win.

"Good! Very good!" The Starcrown Duke gritted his teeth.

No matter how he looked at Prince Xue Xing, the man just begged to be beaten!

But seeing the anticipation in Davis's eyes, Starcrown Duke suddenly gritted his teeth and said:

"Since you're unwilling to sell it, how about we make a bet?"

"What kind of bet?"

"Soul bones should only belong to the strong. Let the two children fight. Whoever wins gets the soul bone. How about it?" Starcrown Duke pointed at Davis beside him.

He had made a calculated move. He had actually come here to help Zhu Zhuyun obtain a soul ring, while Davis was merely accompanying her.

But Davis was a genuine level 25 Grand Soul Master!

There was only one child on the other side, clearly here to help him hunt a soul ring. At his age, he had probably only just acquired his second soul ring, level 21 at most.

Level 25 against level 21—the advantage was mine!

Prince Xue Xing was no fool. Of course, he knew what Starcrown Duke was trying to do, but it did not matter. How could this guy possibly know how freakishly... outstanding his nephew was?

"Wait! Aren't you trying to get something for nothing? If you win, you get the soul bone. What do we get if we win?"

"You get... 500,000 gold soul coins?"

What was a soul bone worth?

During the era of Douluo Continent II, a thousand-year soul bone started bidding at 100,000 gold coins.

Wang Dong'er had said that even an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul bone cost 3 million gold soul coins.

And premium soul bones, such as the Golden Brilliance Left Arm Bone, had even sold for the astronomical price of 9.5 million!

But those were prices from the era of Douluo Continent II. There were not many soul bones on the market now; even an ordinary thousand-year soul bone cost 200,000 gold soul coins. Starcrown Duke's offer of 500,000 was actually quite generous.

However...

"I'm not interested in money," Lin Ya said calmly.

500,000 gold soul coins was indeed a considerable sum, but he was not short on money.

"Huh? You're not interested in 500,000? Do you even know what 500,000 means, kid?! 500,000 gold soul coins! You couldn't even fit it all into a carriage!" Starcrown Duke stared at Lin Ya in disbelief.

On Douluo Continent, a meal only cost a few copper soul coins. A work-study student at Nuoding Academy earned one silver soul coin a month. 500,000 gold soul coins! That was more than many people could earn in a lifetime!

Yet Lin Ya still shook his head firmly. "I told you, I'm not interested in money. But if you have any interesting treasures, ores, or something like that, I might agree."