The Star Luo Empire, the imperial palace.
A wheelchair creaked across the white jade tiles.
The young man sitting in it looked handsome and gentle.
The man pushing him from behind, however, had a sharply defined face!
"Fourth Brother, when you were born, someone said they wanted to give you a white hat."
Dai Weisi smiled as he spoke.
Though he was smiling, his tone was ice-cold!
Dai Yunzhao lowered his eyes to his feet beneath the blanket. "Why tease me, Big Brother?"
The two were Dai Weisi, the Star Luo Empire's eldest prince, and its fourth prince, Dai Yunzhao.
Dai Yunzhao had crossed over from another world.
He had become a fourth prince who had never existed in the Star Luo Empire.
When he was born, Dai Yunzhao had been accompanied by extraordinary omens.
The sun and moon dimmed, and the Purple Star shifted.
Everyone had believed that this extraordinary fourth prince would become the future of the Star Luo Empire.
Until six years ago, when Dai Yunzhao awakened his Martial Soul.
It should have been a day of celebration across the empire, but Dai Yunzhao had suddenly been struck by a cold poison.
At the Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Dai Yunzhao had failed to awaken the Star Luo Imperial Family's Evil Eye White Tiger.
Instead, he had awakened an utterly ordinary Black Panther Beast!
His Innate Soul Power was a pitiful half-level!
The Star Luo Emperor had been enraged.
He had sent countless people to investigate who had poisoned Dai Yunzhao.
But in the end, they found nothing.
The cold poison had flared up and left Dai Yunzhao crippled, confining him to a wheelchair and forcing him to take medicinal soup every day.
Feeling that he owed Dai Yunzhao, the Star Luo Emperor had also granted him a separate palace, right beside the emperor's bedchamber.
Dai Yunzhao lifted his head slightly and looked into the distance.
The Star Luo Emperor had already gone to court.
The others in the imperial palace did their best to avoid the two brothers.
Dai Weisi continued pushing Dai Yunzhao forward.
"Yunzhao, want to come sit with me?"
Dai Yunzhao tugged at the blanket over his legs. Under the blazing sun, he felt nothing but cold.
He didn't refuse.
By now, Dai Weisi had killed the second prince and driven away the third prince, Dai Mubai.
Dai Yunzhao was the fourth prince, the least threatening of them all!
Crippled, with an Innate Soul Power of only half a level.
And his Martial Soul was a Black Panther Beast that looked stupid and sluggish!
A man like Dai Yunzhao posed no threat whatsoever.
However, a new saying had recently spread through the court:
"Fourth Son Yunzhao may lack a powerful Martial Soul, yet he has held the Heaven Dou at bay in the north and won battle after battle. He should be granted a prince's title."
Dai Yunzhao had led troops to repel the Heaven Dou Empire several times, and the Heaven Dou Empire had suffered defeat after defeat.
This had originally been Dai Weisi's treacherous scheme to get him killed on the battlefield!
Instead, Dai Yunzhao had earned the army's respect.
In Douluo Continent, where a simple tactic of cutting off the enemy's food supply could be hailed as the greatest stratagem of all time, The Art of War was incredibly useful!
The Heaven Dou Empire desperately wanted Dai Yunzhao, this great threat, dead.
And there were certainly people in the Star Luo Empire who wanted the same!
Dai Weisi's voice turned cold.
"Fourth Brother, do you know? Some people in court have brought up granting you a prince's title. Others say they want to give you a white hat!"
Put white above the character for king, and you got emperor!
Dai Weisi's hands tightened on the wheelchair handles!
Dai Weisi's voice was icy. "I killed our second brother with my own hands. Our third brother is a coward!"
"Now only you and I remain in the imperial palace. If you don't die... your big brother won't be able to sleep!"
Dai Yunzhao had known this day would come.
The Star Luo Empire's survival-of-the-fittest selection forced all the princes to slaughter one another.
Those left standing weren't necessarily the most talented, but they certainly suited this military empire!
Every Star Luo ruler throughout history had ascended the throne by this method.
Dai Yunzhao had thought that since he was crippled, he would be spared.
He hadn't expected Dai Weisi to make a move anyway!
Dai Yunzhao said nothing.
The Martial Soul he had awakened back then had never been a Black Panther Beast!
When he had first crossed into this world, the system had given him a chance to choose three out of five Hextech options.
After he made his choices, the system had vanished for good!
[Option One: Top-tier Twin Martial Souls. Requires six years to mature. After reaching Titled Douluo, unlock a third Martial Soul!] [Option Two: Soul Rings can grow. Reach Titled Douluo, and all Soul Rings grow to one hundred thousand years!] [Option Three: Obtain one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins] [Option Four: Possess a Shadow puppet at Soul Emperor level!] [Option Five: A renowned master comes to serve. Become Yu Xiaogang's disciple]
As the Star Luo Empire's fourth prince, he certainly didn't lack a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
As for becoming Yu Xiaogang's disciple...
Dai Yunzhao had no interest in being a useless man's disciple!
Dai Yunzhao decisively chose options one, two, and four.
After he made his choices, that damned system ran off!
The two top-tier Martial Souls needed six years to mature.
During those six years, the cold poison became Dai Yunzhao's protective disguise!
That damn system had left the cold poison behind!
Fortunately, it hadn't caused permanent damage.
Dai Yunzhao could actually stand, but to appear weak, he had to stay in his wheelchair.
Once the two Martial Souls had fully awakened, the cold poison would disappear on its own.
And the Martial Souls he awakened...
The first was Fierce Tiger King!
The second was Wild Gorilla!
They were the two great Beast Warriors of the Beast Clan.
As for the Martial Soul unlocked after reaching Level 90 and becoming a Titled Douluo, it would be the strongest War King, Tyrannosaurus God!
And at that point, Dai Yunzhao would be able to use every skill from the Machine Beast World.
He had the template of the strongest Machine Beast War King!
Creak, creak!
The wheelchair kept rolling forward.
Dai Weisi didn't bother hiding his killing intent.
"Fourth Brother, why not give me that white hat of yours? Big Brother will keep the Star Luo Empire safe for you!"
Dai Yunzhao lowered his eyes.
But killing intent flared in his gaze too!
His voice was calm. "Does Father know about this?"
Dai Weisi gave a derisive laugh. "If Father didn't know, how could I be here?"
"Father can only pretend he knows nothing. Once the dust settles, someone will inform him."
"In an empire like ours, built on military might, your very existence puts too much pressure on me."
"You've earned the army's affection. It was my mistake to send you into the military!"
Dai Weisi stopped in a courtyard.
Several Soul Emperors were already standing there.
They were all Dai Weisi's personal guards.
Since ancient times, nothing earned greater merit than helping a ruler ascend the throne or saving his life!
Everyone present wanted that merit of backing a new ruler.
They had all placed their bets heavily on Dai Weisi!
Dai Weisi taunted as he delivered his verdict. "The Star Luo Empire's fourth prince, Dai Yunzhao, died suddenly in the palace from cold poison. The whole empire mourns!"
Dai Yunzhao narrowed his eyes.
His Shadow puppet had long been lying in wait.
The instant the Soul Emperors closed in, Dai Yunzhao suddenly felt lighter!
The cold poison in his body was gone!
In its place came a feeling of ease unlike anything he had ever experienced.
His Soul Power surged in an instant!
Dai Weisi frowned. "Fourth Brother, so you really were hiding your strength!"
Dai Weisi suddenly raised a hand.
"Second Soul Skill: White Tiger Intense Light Wave!!!"
Dai Yunzhao turned and threw a punch!
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