Midnight Fright

The night was deep, bright stars studding the sky of Douluo Continent. A slightly cold full moon hung high above the vault of heaven like a pair of merciless eyes, watching everything in the world.

Vast Sea City, the city in the southwest of Heaven Dou Continent closest to the sea, seemed able to cover up all other sounds beneath the heavy roar of the waves.

"Keep your voice down. Don't disturb that little thing."

Inside a residence in the city, two dark figures, hidden by the night, flashed several times and arrived at the door of a room.

"That brat is only six. He's still a child. He's probably sleeping like a log right now. Don't be scared."

"Heh heh. A six-year-old child actually inherited such a family fortune. No wonder the butler was tempted."

"Isn't that the truth? If it were me, I would've made my move long ago. Why wait until that brat is about to undergo Spirit Awakening?"

"But once the butler inherits this estate, we'll be riding high too!"

The two whispered at the door for a while, then felt around the door.

A moment later, they finally opened it without making the slightest sound.

The furnishings inside the room were rather luxurious. On a soft bed made of redwood, a boy of about five or six was sleeping.

The faint moonlight shone through the window onto the boy's face, adding a few traces of sacred radiance to his already outstanding features.

"The butler said to make the scene look like a burglary."

One of the two dark figures instructed.

The other nodded, then took out a dagger and slowly walked to the boy's side.

"Ah, so you're finally making your move?"

Ye Ling's eyes suddenly opened, his sharp gaze, utterly unlike that of someone his age, falling on the person who was about to murder him with the dagger.

"Ah... Young... young master..."

The intruder was startled by Ye Ling's suddenly opened eyes. Even the dagger in his hand fell to the floor with a crisp sound.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and do it!"

The person behind him saw how useless his companion was and could not help cursing.

Ye Ling said nothing. He merely quietly watched the middle-aged man whose face was filled with panic.

If he remembered correctly, this man should be the gardener of his residence.

Back then, when this man could not even get food to eat, it was this body's parents who saved him. He had never expected him to repay kindness with enmity like this.

"The darkness of human nature really can't be tested."

Ye Ling shook his head, his interest gone. He then spoke toward a certain empty spot in the room. "I'll have to trouble you, Elder Kong."

As Ye Ling's words fell, the bodies of the two people who had sneaked into his room instantly turned into a mist of blood.

Only two heads, their eyes still carrying a few traces of terror, were left to fall heavily to the floor.

Ye Ling slowly moved his gaze away from the heads and gave a silent, bitter smile.

If he really were a six-year-old child, seeing such a bloody scene would probably have scared him out of his wits, right?

Unfortunately, the one residing in this body was an adult from Blue Star.

He still remembered that one day, in order to save a little girl, he had been brutally hit by a dump truck. He had never expected to somehow arrive on Douluo Continent.

He had even become the son of the richest man in Vast Sea City.

Unfortunately, this body's father and mother had both died in a shipwreck a year ago.

The vast family fortune had all fallen onto him alone, which naturally attracted countless covetous eyes.

Fortunately, not long ago, he had finally received the Cheat System he had been longing for.

He did not know what this system was called, nor did he know where it came from.

However, the system would issue missions from time to time, and as long as he completed them, he could obtain rewards.

When the system awakened, he had also received a beginner reward—a Master Summoning Card.

Through this summoning card, he had chosen Kong Deming, the strongest among Yu Xiaogang, Yan Shaozhe, Bibi Dong, Kong Deming, and Flender.

Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and Flender were all people who truly existed in this world, so Ye Ling did not take the risk of summoning them.

Compared to Yan Shaozhe, Kong Deming was more suitable for Ye Ling in both strength and personality.

Not to mention that Kong Deming was the only rank-ten Soul Engineer in the world of Douluo II.

If Kong Deming had not been protecting him in secret, today would probably have been the day he died.

"Young master, young master, are you all right?"

Just as Ye Ling was somewhat lost in thought, a rapid string of footsteps and shouts came from afar.

Ye Ling sat up from the bed and leaned against the headboard. He did not make a sound, merely waiting quietly.

A moment later, a man's wailing rang out at the door.

"Young master, my young master! The master and madam are gone, and now how could you have met with disaster too!"

"I have let the master and madam down! I failed to take good care of you. I will definitely catch the killer and avenge you!"

The man pushed open the half-closed door. When he smelled the blood in the room, his voice grew even louder.

"Uncle Pu, I'm not dead yet. Why are you in such a hurry to cry at my grave?"

Hearing the familiar voice, the man's wailing instantly choked off.

He looked toward the bed in disbelief.

He saw Ye Ling leaning against the bed, staring at his face with a half-smile.

"Young... young master, you... you're all right?"

Li Pu stammered.

"What could possibly happen to me? It's all of you making a racket in the middle of the night and stopping me from sleeping in peace."

Ye Ling yawned and spoke with a touch of drowsiness.

"I was sleeping just now when I suddenly heard the sound of two things falling to the floor, and then came Uncle Pu's funeral-wailing voice."

As he spoke, Ye Ling pointed at the two heads on the floor.

"Speaking of which, what the hell are you all up to tonight?"

Li Pu looked in the direction Ye Ling was pointing and saw two bloody heads staring at him, dead with their eyes open.

"Ah!"

He could not help screaming, then immediately covered his mouth.

"I don't know what happened either. I'll have to trouble Uncle Pu to clean up these two things."

Ye Ling shook his head, also losing interest in asking anything further, and waved his hand to have Li Pu leave.

Li Pu looked at Ye Ling in fear and trepidation.

Although his stomach was full of questions, with the two heads right in front of him, he did not dare ask a single one.

"Is Uncle Pu not going to clean up and leave? Or is Uncle Pu planning to watch over me as I sleep today, like when I was little?"

Seeing that Li Pu was still standing where he was, Ye Ling could not help asking with a frown.

"Huh? Yes!"

Having come back to his senses, Li Pu no longer dared remain in this room. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the two heads on the floor and fled the room as if escaping for his life.

"Why let him go? Today's matter should have been arranged by him."

Silver light flashed, and a somewhat aged figure appeared before Ye Ling. This person was none other than Kong Deming, summoned by the Master Summoning Card.

"Elder Kong, who said I planned to let him go?"

Ye Ling smiled.

"Let's wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow, everything will end, and everything will begin anew."

Ye Ling murmured to himself.

Ding. Mission: Investigate the truth behind your parents' deaths!

Reward: The Divine-level Martial Soul most compatible with the host!