Fractured Bonds

"Tang San, I know this might not sound very nice, but even if your father is a Titled Douluo, there are still plenty of people who want your sister. You might as well let me have her."

The speaker was Dai Mubai, who had once been on fairly good terms with Tang San.

At first, when Dai Mubai saw the relationship between Tang San and Xiao Wu, he had assumed they were both people who intended to join Shrek Academy. But he never expected Tang San to be the Haotian Douluo's child, much less that his sister would actually be a 100,000-year Spirit Beast! There was no need to ask; although the Sky Screen had not explicitly said so, it was certain.

She had undergone Transformation and cultivation anew. This was well-known in the Soul Master world. Many Soul Masters knew that Soul Beasts could undergo Transformation after reaching 100,000 years and cultivate again. Any Soul Master with even a little common sense would know that.

A 100,000-year Spirit Beast was comparable to a Titled Douluo. Since Xiao Wu's current cultivation was only at the Grand Soul Master level, she had obviously undergone Transformation and cultivated anew. After all, a 100,000-year Spirit Beast was guaranteed to drop a Soul Bone.

Moreover, a 100,000-year Spirit Beast possessed two Soul Skills and two 100,000-year Soul Rings, making it a supreme treasure in the Soul Master world. Such Spirit Beasts were incredibly rare. Even many powerful Titled Douluo only had Soul Rings of eighty or ninety thousand years at best, which showed just how scarce 100,000-year Spirit Beasts were.

Dai Mubai was extremely tempted at this moment. If Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to him now, he could break through to become a Soul Ancestor, gain a 100,000-year Soul Ring, and obtain a 100,000-year Soul Bone. That would give him the qualifications to become the next emperor of the Star Luo Empire in his struggle for the throne against his elder brother.

Even if his brother's level was higher than his, he would have a 100,000-year Soul Ring and a 100,000-year Soul Bone. Even with a gap in levels, he could make up for it.

"Boss Dai, I treated you like a brother, and Xiao Wu treated you like an elder brother. Is this how you treat us just because Xiao Wu is a Soul Beast?!"

To many Soul Masters, Tang San's words were simply baffling. To Soul Masters, Soul Beasts were cultivation materials. They needed to hunt Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings and become stronger, so no Soul Master would regard a Soul Beast as a younger sister. Tang San's behavior was truly incomprehensible.

In Dai Mubai's eyes, Tang San was also an idiot. Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast, yet he treated a Soul Beast as his own sister. Was he stupid?

Besides, Tang San himself hunted Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings and level up. What was he pretending to be a good person for?

"Oscar, tell us what you think!"

When Tang San called on Oscar, Oscar chose to avoid the issue. He was a food-type Soul Master, and he understood that he could not obtain Xiao Wu's 100,000-year Soul Ring, so he chose not to take sides.

"Don't look at me. I'm not taking sides. I'm just a food-type Soul Master, no matter which side you're on. I won't help either of you. Settle it yourselves."

Oscar hoped that by not taking sides, he would avoid offending anyone. But Tang San did not see it that way. Tang San was no good person; if someone did not help him, that person was guilty. In Tang San's eyes, he was the center of the world, and not helping him was wrong.

Thus, Oscar's words made Tang San pant like a bull, his eyes turning red.

"Tang San, I think you should hand this 100,000-year Soul Beast over to us. If you want a sister, we can find you another one. Although female Soul Masters are rarer, finding one wouldn't be difficult. You can have a female Soul Master become your sister. Why insist on recognizing a Soul Beast as your sister? Soul Beasts are merely materials for Soul Masters like us to grow stronger."

Ma Hongjun also stepped forward at this moment. His words represented the views of most Soul Masters. What Soul Master would fall in love with a Soul Beast? For countless years, Soul Masters and Soul Beasts had been locked in a life-and-death relationship.

Tang San's actions could only be called bizarre, something they simply could not understand.

"Tang San, I understand that you see Xiao Wu as your sister, and I see her as a friend too. So I will support you."

"Rongrong!" Tang San could hardly believe that the young sect mistress of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would support him. Sure enough, the Upper Three Sects stood united. Xiao Wu also cast Rongrong a grateful look.

"Listen carefully. Tang San and Xiao Wu are friends of our Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. I will not allow you to harm them!"

Though Ning Rongrong appeared to be helping Tang San, her true purpose was something else.

Ning Rongrong's goal was to stall for time until her father and grandfather arrived, then capture Xiao Wu directly. After all, a 100,000-year Spirit Beast could be used to nurture a genius!

It could be used to cultivate a Titled Douluo genius. As the young sect mistress of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, she knew that the sect's next generation was lacking capable successors. With a 100,000-year Spirit Beast, they could cultivate another Titled Douluo genius and preserve their status among the Upper Three Sects.

One had to know that throughout Douluo Continent, only the Two Empires, the Upper Three Sects, and Spirit Hall had Titled Douluo. The Lower Four Sects had none.

Furthermore, she no longer cared about Tang San. At first, she had thought he was a hardworking genius who had cultivated a trash Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass into something remarkable. But now it was clear that it was not a trash Martial Soul at all. It was obviously a high-level Martial Soul, and his other Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer!

The number one tool Martial Soul in the world.

If Tang San had acted a little more normally, Ning Rongrong might have chosen to help him. But Tang San's worship of Yu Xiaogang and his treatment of a Soul Beast as his sister were simply too much for Ning Rongrong to tolerate.

So what if she offended a genius? Even if Tang San was a peerless genius with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, Yu Xiaogang would eventually ruin him.

His mind was not particularly sound either. He certainly would not get far in the future.

Besides, whether Tang San could be recruited was another question. His biological father had already been exposed as the Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao. Tang Hao belonged to the Clear Sky Sect.

So she might as well stall for time first, then offend Tang San and seize Xiao Wu. Then the sect could cultivate a Titled Douluo with a 100,000-year Soul Ring.

What she needed to do now was delay as much as possible and wait for her father and grandfather to arrive quickly.

Then they could capture this 100,000-year Spirit Beast directly.

"You...!" Dai Mubai still feared the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. After all, it was one of the Upper Three Sects and belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire. This was Heaven Dou Empire territory, so it was best not to anger the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Otherwise, he might not even be able to return to the Star Luo Empire.