Zhu Zhuyun Had No Choice

"Is this my Martial Soul?" Zhu Zhuqing looked in surprise at the page in the Summoning Grimoire that had opened to display her information.

Beside her name was an image identical to her Netherworld Civet Martial Soul, so lifelike that it seemed alive.

Zhu Zhuqing could not help reaching out to lightly touch the image. The cat image narrowed its eyes as though its owner were stroking its fur.

Zhu Zhuqing raised her head to look at Jiang Li and exclaimed, "How amazing."

"There's something even more amazing." As he spoke, Jiang Li rubbed Zhu Zhuqing's head and took back his Martial Soul, the Summoning Grimoire, from her hands.

After merely glancing at its contents, a thought crossed his mind, and the cat image on the page immediately became animated.

The next second, a purple-black cat leaped out of the Summoning Grimoire and slowly grew larger behind Jiang Li.

In the end, it became exactly the same as Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Civet Martial Soul.

"Netherworld Civet! Spirit Avatar!" As Jiang Li's words fell, the purple-black cat phantom transformed into specks of radiant light and merged into his body.

Zhu Zhuqing stared at Jiang Li in shock and asked, "Why can you use the power of the Netherworld Civet Martial Soul?"

"This is the special ability of my Martial Soul, the Summoning Grimoire. As long as a Soul Master signs their name in the Summoning Grimoire, once the contract is established, I can use the power of their Martial Soul."

Jiang Li did not hide anything from her. Since Zhu Zhuqing had chosen to form a contract with him, she was one of his own.

Zhu Zhuqing sighed, "So... so powerful!"

There were countless Martial Souls on Douluo Continent, and all kinds of strange abilities could appear, but this was the first time she had ever seen a Martial Soul as peculiar as Jiang Li's.

Still, having chosen him, she would stand by him. This world ultimately revered strength, and since she had made up her mind about Jiang Li, the stronger he was, the better it was for her.

Moreover, to prevent others from studying and countering their Martial Souls, many Soul Masters guarded the secrets of their Martial Soul abilities closely. Unless they possessed the same inherited Martial Soul, even relatives with different Martial Souls might not tell each other.

Yet Jiang Li had actually been willing to tell her about his Martial Soul's abilities. That feeling of being trusted made her feel very comfortable.

After showing Zhu Zhuqing his Martial Soul ability, Jiang Li turned to look at Zhu Zhuyun not far away. "Big kitty?"

Zhu Zhuyun's body jolted. When she had heard Jiang Li explain his Martial Soul ability to Zhu Zhuqing earlier, she had already sensed that something was wrong.

How could an outsider like her be allowed to hear something as private as a Martial Soul ability?

Besides, she had hunted Zhu Zhuqing not long ago. Yet they did not know that while she had appeared to be assassinating Zhu Zhuqing, she had actually been escorting her out of the Star Luo Empire.

Zhu Zhuyun braced herself and cautiously said, "What else do you need, brother-in-law?"

"Big kitty, how about signing your name in my Martial Soul too?" Jiang Li waved the Summoning Grimoire in his hand and looked at Zhu Zhuyun with a faint smile.

Zhu Zhuyun had thought Jiang Li wanted to avenge Zhu Zhuqing by killing her. He had even dared let her hear a secret like his Martial Soul ability.

After all, weren't the dead the only ones who could keep secrets?

Yet she had never expected Jiang Li's appetite to be so great.

She had already cooperated with him in persuading her foolish younger sister Zhu Zhuqing to throw herself into his arms, yet he was actually setting his sights on her too.

She truly did not know whether she should call him foolish or say that he was simply too bold.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Still, she decided to struggle a little. "Taking Zhuqing away is one thing, but if you take me away too, the Star Luo Imperial Family will lose the people capable of using the Soul Bone Fusion Skill."

"When that happens, the Star Luo Empire will definitely go mad trying to find you and destroy you."

"Jiang Li..." Jiang Li suddenly felt someone tug at the corner of his clothes. Turning around, he saw Zhu Zhuqing looking at him with concern. "How about you let her go?"

It was not that Zhu Zhuqing cared about whether Zhu Zhuyun lived or died. Zhu Zhuyun had pursued her all the way from the Star Luo Empire until they were nearly inside the Heaven Dou Empire, crossing almost half of Douluo Continent.

She had not even had enough time to hate Zhu Zhuyun. How could she possibly speak up for her?

She was simply worried that Jiang Li would be in danger if he did this.

Even a Title Douluo might not come out ahead when facing an enormous force like an empire, much less Jiang Li, a Soul Venerable who had only just broken through Level 30.

Jiang Li patted Zhu Zhuqing's hand, signaling for her not to worry.

Call it wanting what was in the pot while still eating from his bowl, or call it greed without end.

Since Zhu Zhuyun was already only half a step away from becoming one of his own, he naturally could not let her go.

"If you're worried about the Star Luo Empire, there's no need." Jiang Li said to Zhu Zhuyun, "The Star Luo Empire may be powerful, but it can't do anything to me."

"I'd like to hear the details."

Zhu Zhuyun was immediately intrigued. She wanted to see just what gave this person, who was barely older than Zhu Zhuqing and had only just broken through Level 30, the confidence to oppose the Star Luo Empire.

If he truly could ignore the Star Luo Empire's threats, then what did it matter if she became his woman like Zhu Zhuqing?

After all, she had no feelings for her fiancé, the eldest prince of the Star Luo Imperial Family, and she had no attachment to the cold and heartless Zhu Clan either.

At times, she had even been a little envious of Zhu Zhuqing for being able to escape the Zhu Clan and flee the Star Luo Empire.

But Zhu Zhuqing could escape. She could not.

After all, whether Zhu Zhuqing's fiancé was even alive was still unknown. Even if Zhu Zhuqing escaped, it would not have much impact on the Star Luo Empire.

But she was the future crown princess chosen by the Star Luo Imperial Family. If she disappeared, the entire Star Luo Empire might be thrown into turmoil.

"Do you have a Storage Soul Tool?" Jiang Li did not answer directly and instead asked Zhu Zhuyun this question.

Zhu Zhuyun took out a gemstone jade pendant from her person and held it in her hand. "Of course."

Storage Soul Tools were naturally extremely precious to commoners, but to descendants of great clans like them, they were not anything particularly valuable.

Not only did she have one, but even Zhu Zhuqing had carried a Storage Soul Tool with her when she escaped the Star Luo Empire.

Jiang Li spread his arms and said to Zhu Zhuyun, "Everything you see here is a space within my Martial Soul, similar to a Storage Soul Tool."

"Here, aside from things that cannot be touched, everything else, whether sunlight, plants, earth, or flowing water, is real."

"Forget becoming enemies with the Star Luo Empire. So what if I became enemies with Spirit Hall?"

"No matter how powerful they are, their attacks cannot break through space and reach this place."

At the very least, he had asked Qian Renxue. Even when she possessed the power of a Level-99 Limit Douluo during her Angel God trial, she could not forcibly break through the spatial barrier and affect the Summoning Space.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuyun was deeply shocked. She had never expected there to be such a powerful and strange Martial Soul in the world.

Not only could it replicate the powers of other Martial Souls, it also possessed such an outrageous spatial divine ability.

Zhu Zhuyun had not believed it at first, but on second thought, since he dared say this despite risking the Star Luo Empire's enmity, it was most likely true.

"So it seems I have no choice?" Zhu Zhuyun spread her hands and said helplessly.

Jiang Li had already said this much. Did it seem like he was still giving her a choice?

"No, you still have a choice." Jiang Li placed the Summoning Grimoire before Zhu Zhuyun and said calmly, "You can choose to sign your name in it and become one of my people, or you can choose to let me imprison you in my Martial Soul space forever, where you can keep the little kitty company."

"You may choose one of the two."

Zhu Zhuyun grumbled inwardly, Isn't that no choice at all?

She snatched the Summoning Grimoire from Jiang Li's hand, gathered Soul Power at her fingertip, and heavily wrote down her name on a blank page.

With that, she had boarded Jiang Li's pirate ship as well.

Then, just as with Zhu Zhuqing earlier, a three-inch purple-black miniature cat emerged from Zhu Zhuyun's body.

However, just as the miniature cat was about to strike the Summoning Grimoire, an unexpected change occurred. The pages of the Summoning Grimoire suddenly flipped to the previous page, the one belonging to Zhu Zhuqing.

A tiny cat of the same size emerged from it and charged straight at Zhu Zhuyun's little cat...