Evil-Eyed White Tiger? A Sick Cat!

The air suddenly fell silent.

The guests still waiting in the hotel lobby all sensibly backed away, making room for the two of them.

The twins exchanged a glance, resentment flashing through their eyes, but neither dared make a sound.

Xiao Wu's hand suddenly tightened, nearly pressing into Ye Hua's skin.

What did this bastard take her for? Something that could be used as a wager?

He was far worse than my brother. He would never put me on a gambling table!

Ye Hua sneered inwardly. So that was why he'd suddenly started acting like a gentleman and stopped harassing Xiao Wu. He'd been waiting for this!

Seeing him finally reveal his true intentions, Ye Hua frowned tightly. "I refuse."

Dai Mubai froze for a moment, then sneered. "What, scared?"

"Scared?" Ye Hua shook his head, mockery curling across his lips. "I just find it disgusting."

"No real man would use the girl he cared about as a wager and put her on the gambling table."

"Only two kinds of people would do something like that."

"The first kind are womanizers who have never regarded girls as people."

"The second kind talk about loyalty and affection, but are cowards at heart—too weak to even dare compete face-to-face."

"You!!!" Dai Mubai's expression changed instantly.

Wasn't that practically stabbing him in the back, both openly and indirectly?

Yet Ye Hua acted as if he had not seen it and continued, "I heard that a prince of the Star Luo Royal Family fled the palace because he was afraid of competition."

"He hid away in a foreign land, drinking and womanizing, holding beauties in both arms and pretending to live a carefree life. But what was the truth?"

"His fiancée was still waiting for him back home, yet he did not even have the courage to go back and face her. Tell me, was someone like that..."

"A coward?"

The Rose Hotel's lobby fell so quiet that only Dai Mubai's heavy breathing remained.

Coward!

Those two words were what Dai Mubai most could not bear to hear in his life!

Because it was true. He really had run away—from the Star Luo palace, from beneath his elder brother's shadow.

He had abandoned the girl bound to him by marriage and hidden in this small city, numbing himself with alcohol and women, indulging in pleasure.

But how had he recognized me? Was it because of my double pupils?

Damn it. If he spread news of me, my brother would never let me go.

Looks like I can't let you live today!

"You're courting death!!!"

Dai Mubai stomped his foot, and three Soul Rings abruptly rose around him!

Yellow, yellow, purple!

The ideal configuration!

White Tiger Martial Soul!

His body suddenly swelled, his muscles bursting through his sleeves as white tiger stripes emerged beneath his skin. His eyes completely transformed into beast-like vertical pupils.

"Kid, don't blame me for killing you today. Blame yourself for knowing too much and having no filter on that filthy mouth of yours!"

"Honestly, I admire you quite a bit. Among people our age in Soto City, you're the only one who has dared speak to me, the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, like this!"

"Don't worry. After you die, I'll take good care of your sister. I definitely won't let her go cold or hungry!"

White Tiger Body Barrier!

Shielded by his soul skill, Dai Mubai shot toward Ye Hua like a cannonball leaving its barrel.

With the full force of a thirty-seventh-rank Soul Elder, combined with the power of the White Tiger Martial Soul, even an iron plate would have a hole smashed through it.

He wanted this foul-mouthed brat sprawled on the ground, unable to ever open his mouth again!

Only dead men could not expose his identity as the second prince of the Star Luo Empire!

Ye Hua narrowed his eyes and waved an arm, gently pushing Xiao Wu behind him.

"Brother!!!" Xiao Wu cried out.

Ye Hua raised his right hand. Dark golden light burst from his palm, and the Coiling Dragon Staff appeared out of thin air.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon pattern on the staff gleamed with a heart-palpitating luster beneath the hotel's warm yellow lights.

Fire Dragon's Roar!

True dragon flames surged forth, like a giant dragon opening its flaming, bloody maw as it met Dai Mubai's charge head-on.

Boom—

The flames collided with the White Tiger Body Barrier, and a scorching shockwave swept outward.

The guests who still dared watch hurriedly ducked behind the tea tables, while the twins screamed and clung to each other.

Dai Mubai's charge was forcibly halted. The clothes over his chest were burned away, and his skin throbbed faintly with pain.

In that clash, Ye Hua's feet did not move an inch, while Dai Mubai was sent flying more than ten meters and crashed miserably onto the hotel's smooth tiles.

He even slid a long way toward the entrance, clearly suffering no small loss!

"Is that all you've got?"

Ye Hua was somewhat disappointed. He had thought that Dai Mubai, now a thirty-seventh-rank Battle Soul Elder and not far from his own level, could let him experience the thrill of battle.

He had not expected to crush him so completely again!

But it made sense. Dai Mubai's first Soul Ring was merely a hundred-year ring, while his was a thousand-year ring. Besides, he had cheats; it was only natural that talent could not beat someone using cheats.

Shaking his head, he used Thousand Faces to conceal his Soul Rings.

But in Dai Mubai's eyes, that shake of the head became naked provocation!

"Bastard! You're courting death!"

Dai Mubai flew into a rage. Killing intent surged from his body as a light wave gathered in the mouth of the tiger phantom behind him, blasting mercilessly toward Ye Hua.

Hmph! So what if you're strong in close combat!

I have a long-range soul skill that countless close-combat Soul Masters dream of possessing. Just wait to be blasted to pieces!

Yet in the next second, he was completely dumbfounded. Ye Hua remained perfectly calm and merely tapped the Coiling Dragon Staff lightly forward.

Immense force rippled through the air, violently smashing apart the White Tiger Fierce Light Wave that Dai Mubai had been so proud of and scattering it into nothingness.

That immense force was not canceled, however. It continued straight toward him and struck him squarely in the chest.

Bang!

A dull thud rang out!

Dai Mubai was sent flying violently, spinning twice in the air before smashing directly through the hotel's glass doors!

Glass shards cut across his cheeks, fragments embedding themselves in his wounds and causing searing pain. Yet he did not even think to cover them, only staring at Ye Hua in terror.

"Impossible! How can you have a long-range soul skill too—and one even more domineering than mine?!"

"My martial soul is the top-tier offensive Evil-Eyed White Tiger!"

Faced with Dai Mubai's shock, Ye Hua merely smiled faintly. "You're nothing more than a sick cat."

"What did you say?!" Dai Mubai's eyes turned bloodshot.

In the palace, he had been suppressed at every turn by his imperial brother. Only after coming to the Heaven Dou Empire, to Soto City, had he finally managed to find a sense of superiority.

He had become a prodigy admired by everyone, an honored guest even the Great Spirit Arena took seriously, receiving praise he had never dared dream of before!

Yet in this tiny hotel, he had been called a sick cat?!

"So what if I called you a sick cat? No, that isn't right. Even a sick cat knows to protect the one it loves."

"But you can only be considered a cowardly worm. You don't even qualify as a sick cat."

Hearing this, Dai Mubai went completely mad. He scrambled up from the ground without a care for anything else, pushing his soul power to the limit as his third and second soul skills activated at the same time!

"I'll fight you to the death!"

White Tiger Vajra Transformation!

Seeing that Dai Mubai was prepared to risk his life, Ye Hua finally grew serious and gripped the staff with both hands.

"Take this back! Worm!"

Heaven-Shaking Stonebreak!

A shockwave carrying dragon might rippled in every direction.

The White Tiger Fierce Light Wave flying toward Ye Hua was violently forced back once more!

Not only did it fail to hit Ye Hua, it instead slammed into Dai Mubai himself!

The enormous backlash forced blood from his mouth, sending him completely out of the hotel. Facing the crowd's startled stares and pointing fingers, Dai Mubai suddenly felt a bone-deep chill.

This guy's martial soul had actually not been suppressed by mine?

Mine was the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, one of those at the pinnacle of the pyramid. Could his martial soul be even higher-tier than mine?

And with these injuries, I won't recover in less than ten days or half a month. Damn it!

How could he know that Ye Hua's Coiling Dragon Staff carried dragon might? Though the tiger was king of beasts, the dragon was emperor of all beasts. Who stood above whom was obvious at a glance.

Facing Ye Hua's chilling killing intent, he no longer dared utter another word. He did not even take the twin sisters with him, turning and fleeing into the night.

Ye Hua could not be bothered to chase him. He withdrew his martial soul and returned to the front desk.

"Manager, I'd say you're quite the crafty old fox."

"You figured neither of us was someone you could afford to offend, so when you came over, you simply hid under the counter and watched tigers fight from the mountain, didn't you?"

The manager had been summoned by the front desk clerk long ago, but had been frightened stiff by the battle between the two. Seeing Ye Hua's faintly smiling face, he quickly forced out a smile.

"Young master, I'm sorry!"

"How about this? This room will be free for you for a month. Would that be acceptable?"

Since the other party had immediately apologized, Ye Hua felt embarrassed to press the matter. "Fine. Give me the room key."

The manager felt as though he had been granted a pardon. He hurriedly offered the key card with both hands, then personally led Ye Hua and Xiao Wu upstairs.

But Ye Hua did not know that when he had swept Dai Mubai out of the hotel, a pair of eyes had been watching him from the corner all along.

The owner of those eyes wore tight black leather clothing. Her ample chest nearly burst through the fabric, cat ears perched atop her head, and a tail swayed behind her.

"Not using a girl as a wager?"

"Worm, coward... you were right."

The girl sighed. Then a sound suddenly came from behind her, startling her so badly that she shuddered and hurriedly hid in the corner...