Heartsteel!

A huge cloud of dust billowed through the lobby of the Rose Hotel. When it cleared, everyone finally saw what had happened.

Dai Mubai, who had originally been calm and carried himself with extraordinary bearing, had actually been beaten so badly that his Martial Soul Possession was undone. His entire body was embedded in the wall!

Su Ge stood directly opposite him, an invisible aura sweeping out in every direction. A cold glint flickered faintly in his slightly lowered eyes.

"Cough! Cough!"

After two violent coughs, Dai Mubai spat out two more mouthfuls of blood, and his aura immediately weakened.

"Is that all? With skills like these, you still thought you were qualified to shout at me to use my Martial Soul?"

He glanced at Dai Mubai with disdain, then continued, "Can you leave now? If you still want a room to do that sort of thing in your current state, I won't mind crippling you!"

When Dai Mubai heard Su Ge's words, his fists clenched tightly. After glaring fixedly at him, he still forced himself to stand.

"Let's go!"

The twin sisters were quite loyal. They did not flee first in the face of the situation. Instead, they supported Dai Mubai from either side and helped him leave.

Watching his wretched back, Su Ge had no interest in kicking him while he was down. He turned and walked toward the front desk.

At that moment, Manager Wang was trembling like a sieve. Holding the compensation Su Ge had thrown over along with the room fee he had just paid in both hands, his legs went weak, and he directly fell to his knees!

"My lord, this lowly one was blind and failed to recognize Mount Tai. I was blinded by greed just now. I'll bear all the losses from earlier."

"I won't charge you for the room, either. Please, show mercy and let me off!"

Seeing Manager Wang like this, Xiao Wu crossed her arms over her chest and smugly turned her head aside with a soft snort.

"You don't realize that you were wrong. You realize that you offended someone you couldn't afford to offend!"

"Brother Su, I don't think we can blame him entirely for this. After all, he was only someone caught in the middle..."

Hearing their persuasion, Su Ge glanced again at Manager Wang's ingratiating, apologetic smile and nodded lightly.

"You're becoming more and more eloquent, you little rascal." Su Ge rubbed Xiao Wu's head, then gave her a meaningful look. "Just keep it for yourself. Take it and buy whatever you like."

"All right!" Xiao Wu's eyes immediately lit up, and she quickly gathered the coins back up.

After all, Su Ge was quite generous when he spent money. Altogether, this was at least several hundred Gold Soul Coins—a considerable sum.

"Let's go. After you've rested a bit, you can look around if you want. Buy anything you like. It's on me."

After saying that, he took the room key and headed toward the room first.

Xiao Wu hopped after him, while Tang San breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the matter pass so easily. Given his personality, he still preferred to avoid unnecessary trouble.

He glanced at Manager Wang behind him but said nothing more, simply following Su Ge into the room.

After returning to the room, Su Ge slowly let out a breath. Without caring about the furnishings, he went straight over and sprawled down on the soft bed.

Feeling the softness beneath him, he slowly closed his eyes and began considering what came next.

This time, I thoroughly humiliated Dai Mubai. Once I go to Shrek, he'll definitely try to make things difficult for me. Most likely, he'll call Zhao Wuji to test me.

But that's within my expectations. Although the process changed somewhat, the result is still more or less the same.

Thinking of this, Su Ge also began reflecting on what he had gained during his years at Nuoding Academy.

In six years, he had risen from Soul Power Level 10 to Level 44 in one go, with two purple and two black Soul Rings.

His second Soul Ring had a cultivation age of around 9,500 years, his third around 19,000 years, and his fourth around 28,000 years. All of these Soul Rings came from Soul Beasts compatible with the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul.

As for the ten-thousand-year mental shock, it could not cause much trouble under the suppression of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff. If City Lord Xiao had not been limited in his abilities at the time, and if only ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber had been effective on him, he was confident he could have increased those cultivation ages by several thousand years more.

Of course, he was already quite satisfied now.

Aside from the First Soul Skill and Right Leg Palm Bone, his Second Soul Skill granted him an explosive enhancement skill. Its effect was simple, yet practical and powerful.

He had named the Second Soul Skill Sky-Ripping Claw. It was not Xiong Jun's Sky-Ripping Claw; it was merely a name Su Ge had given it. Its effect was to make his attacks deal proportional true damage!

For example, based on his Level 44 Soul Power, he could inflict 50 percent proportional true damage on an eighty-eighth-level Soul Douluo!

If the opponent was below Level 88, that percentage would rise. The reverse was true as well.

As for opponents whose Soul Power Level was lower than his, setting aside whether a Soul Master of the same level could withstand his basic attacks, the damage he dealt would be 100 percent true damage!

This Soul Skill could practically be said to have been tailor-made for him to fight opponents above his level. Once his Soul Power Level broke through to Soul King and beyond, even gods would have to endure 50 percent of his true-damage output!

As for the Third Soul Skill and Fourth Soul Skill, they were respectively named Heart and Steel.

These two Soul Skills originated from rare Soul Beasts Su Ge had searched for a long time to find. They could even be considered uncommon exotic beasts, similar to the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent in the Slaughter City.

The Third Soul Skill came from a Soul Beast known as the Banyan Heart Withered Wood. Its exterior was tough and covered in tree-like patterns, resembling both wood and flesh. A beating tree heart lay within, while its roots burrowed deep underground to absorb vitality. During battle, it could sustain prolonged combat or erupt with vitality and transform it into strength for a deadly strike!

The Soul Skill's effect was to enhance his endurance in battle, absorbing surrounding Soul Power, vitality, and even the energy from enemy attacks. It converted anything containing energy into power to sustain himself. In theory, as long as his mind could endure it, he could fight indefinitely!

The Fourth Soul Skill came from a Soul Beast known as the Rock Heart Giant Armor Beast. It usually dwelled in the lava rifts deep beneath the earth, its body wrapped in thick reddish-brown rock. It rarely ventured out to hunt, spending most of its time dormant.

Other than during movements of the earth's crust, it was almost impossible to see one!

Its most unique feature was its heart. It was a blazing red crystal core that pulsed with scorching heat. The more fiercely it battled, the more its flesh and rocky armor would continuously grow and thicken, granting it astonishing vitality!

The effect brought by this Soul Ring was also simple and brutal: during battle, it could continuously increase Su Ge's defense and strengthen his body!

After the battle ended, a proportion of the enhancement would be permanently retained according to his Soul Power Level!

Once the Third Soul Skill and Fourth Soul Skill were combined, Su Ge's combat power might not increase explosively, but he would absolutely grow braver and stronger the longer he fought!

Thus, based on the combined effects of the two Soul Skills, he named it: Heartsteel!