First Choice

Xiao Changge knew of Electrolux. As a transmigrator, he knew that Electrolux was a transmigrator from the neighboring Divine Throne.

Although they were not from the same world, Electrolux was undeniably a top-tier powerhouse—the man who had once come closest to godhood in Divine Throne.

He was now merely a remnant soul, but he was still a top-tier powerhouse. The Calamity of the Undead, the Necromancer Saint Mage—his combat strength was absolutely nothing to scoff at. If he recovered, Xiao Changge did not know how strong he would become, but crushing the entire Douluo Continent would certainly not be a problem.

Across the entire Douluo Continent, unless the Silver Dragon King recovered from her severe injuries, there were probably few people who could rival him.

At that moment, three options appeared before Xiao Changge.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, you are facing your first choice.]

[(1) Refuse to become his disciple and choose to become friends. Reward: one low-grade Profound Tier fire-attribute cultivation technique from Yao Lao.]

[(2) Refuse Electrolux and drive him away. Reward: the complete version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.]

[(3) Choose to become his disciple. Reward: cultivation technique—Flame Mantra (low-grade Yellow Tier).]

After seeing these three options, there was no need to ask. Anyone would know which one to choose. He would definitely choose the Mantra of Burning.

The protagonist of Battle Through the Heavens, Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, had relied on this cultivation technique, capable of endlessly absorbing flames, to grow stronger and ultimately become a Dou Di. This technique was so powerful that as long as there were flames to absorb, one could grow endlessly stronger. Even a fool would know how to choose.

It seemed that the system regarded Electrolux as Yao Lao. Therefore, becoming Electrolux's disciple was equivalent to becoming Yao Lao's disciple, which was why the reward was the Mantra of Burning.

Thus, Xiao Changge chose option three without hesitation.

"I am willing to take you as my master, Teacher Electrolux. As long as you can help me take revenge, I'll do anything."

Xiao Changge spoke from the heart. After being crippled by Shrek and Ma Xiaotao for so long, of course he was furious. He could have become a genius. Even if he had not joined Shrek Academy, he could have joined one of Douluo's three great empires or the Sun Moon Empire, received excellent treatment, become a top talent, and become an unparalleled figure. Yet Shrek had discovered him and directly crippled him.

They had even tossed him a few Gold Soul Coins before sending him away. They crippled someone's foundation and thought a few Gold Soul Coins were enough to dismiss him? How shameless was that? They had even threatened to kill him if he dared speak of it, and they did not think they had done anything wrong at all.

As expected of the Tang Clan's academy—hypocrites and true villains rolled into one. They had already been disgusting ten thousand years ago. Now, they would only be even more disgusting.

"Good! I, Electrolux, will accept you as my disciple. But I need to tell you something. You may seek revenge, but you cannot let hatred cloud your mind. Do not implicate innocent people. You may seek revenge, but you must remain rational and take the right actions in order to succeed. Otherwise, hatred will consume you and make you do things you will regret."

Electrolux said this because he had once gone through something similar himself. He had sought revenge, and what had happened? He had directly shattered much of Holy Demon Continent's fighting strength.

When the demon race later descended, Holy Demon Continent's fighting strength had yet to recover. It lacked top-tier powerhouses, and humanity was suppressed by the demon race for a long time because of that.

Electrolux had only wanted revenge, and there was nothing wrong with that. But because of his revenge, far too many innocent people had been implicated, and Holy Demon Continent had suffered grievous losses as a result.

That was why Electrolux was teaching Xiao Changge not to let hatred consume his reason. He also hoped that this newly accepted disciple would not repeat the mistakes he had once made.

Xiao Changge took those words to heart.

Then, the system appeared again.

[Congratulations, Host. Choice mission completed. Reward: Mantra of Burning (low-grade Yellow Tier; can advance by devouring any flame).]

Xiao Changge had thus obtained his first cultivation technique. This technique was practically invincible. It could endlessly absorb flames and grow stronger, making it far more powerful than the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

When the system rewarded him with Heavenly Flames or something similar in the future, the Mantra of Burning would become even stronger.

After all, even if this world did not possess those special Heavenly Flames, the system would reward them. When he encountered choices that rewarded Heavenly Flames in the future, he could slowly turn the Mantra of Burning into a Heaven Tier cultivation technique.

It had to be said that although this cultivation technique was extremely weak at the start—the weakest among all cultivation techniques, merely low-grade Yellow Tier—it could gradually advance by absorbing flames, whether Beast Flames, artificial flames, or Heavenly Flames, eventually becoming the most supreme Emperor Tier cultivation technique.

So do not compare the Mysterious Heaven Skill to the Mantra of Burning.

Only those Tang Clan fanboys still had the nerve to praise the Mysterious Heaven Skill. The Mysterious Heaven Skill was merely a cultivation technique from a martial arts world. How could it possibly be compared to cultivation techniques from a fantasy world?

Honestly, the absurdity of Douluo Continent was that it allowed a cultivation technique from a martial arts world to shine so brilliantly in a fantasy world. Could that still be called a fantasy world? Calling Douluo Continent the bottom tier of fantasy worlds was already giving it too much credit.

No matter how one looked at it, cultivation techniques from fantasy worlds should be the strongest. After all, such techniques could easily split mountains and shatter peaks.

Could cultivation techniques from a martial arts world accomplish that? Of course not. Yet Douluo Continent, a world that cultivated martial souls, did not have any cultivation techniques at all.

And a martial arts world's Mysterious Heaven Skill could cause such a sensation after arriving in this world. It was truly speechless.

At the same time, a peculiar Soul Beast covered in golden scales and fur, wreathed in golden flames, stepped into the boundary at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It was a lion-like Soul Beast with three eyes that shimmered with a pale golden glow. It raised its head and looked toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, obvious confusion in its eyes.

"What is going on... There is a strange... feeling in the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest... the presence of a divine beast... I have only sensed such an aura from the Lord..."

Clearly, this Soul Beast was the Emperor Auspicious Beast. The Emperor Auspicious Beast was an extremely noble existence from the Star Dou Great Forest, second only to Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King.

The Emperor Auspicious Beast represented the fortune of the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest. When it died, the Star Dou Great Forest declined in the world ten thousand years later.

This showed why the Soul Beasts placed such importance on protecting the Emperor Auspicious Beast. It was simply too important.

By the era of Legend of the Dragon King ten thousand years later, the Star Dou Great Forest had been beaten down until only its core region remained. This showed just how important the Emperor Auspicious Beast was, how it represented the Soul Beasts' fortune, and how damnable Huo Yuhao and the Tang Clan were.

The Emperor Auspicious Beast was clearly an extremely important existence. They both possessed Soul Beast bloodlines and had received the favor of Soul Beasts, yet they still harmed the Soul Beasts like this. It showed just how damnable they were.