Dragon Scale

Ye Yu's figure looked very lonely as he arrived at the foot of a small hill outside the village.

Rumble...

Dark clouds blanketed the sky, azure lightning raged, and soon, torrential rain came pouring down.

The rain soaked Ye Yu's whole body, and on his face, it was impossible to tell whether it was rainwater or tears.

Ye Yu desperately wanted to know his origins, to know his parents. But after learning part of it today, he knew that his mother was already gone.

To let him live, she had lost her heart yet still held on and refused to fall, all just to give birth to him. That love was far too great.

"What exactly happened? Who did it..."

Ye Yu's fists clenched tighter and tighter, anger and hatred rising in his heart.

He had learned something about his origins, but he had also learned that his mother was gone. Ye Yu's heart was heavy with grief.

At the same time, his hatred grew even stronger. Who had done all this? Who had been so vicious and cruel? Who had grievously wounded his mother and even caused her to die for a period of time?

It was also because she had died that she had deceived the heavens and crossed the sea, and that had caused him, still unborn, to become a stillborn child.

Then his mother had used powerful Healing to come back from false death, gritting her teeth and enduring, all to give birth to him, to let him live.

The anger in Ye Yu's heart surged up, his entire body trembling, his hatred towering to the heavens.

"Ah!!!!"

Ye Yu roared at the top of his lungs. Learning of his mother's death filled him with heartache and fury. At the same time, a certain power inside his body seemed to resonate with him.

Upon learning this news, it seemed that Ye Yu was not the only one furious—so was that power deep within him.

Gradually, as he roared, Ye Yu's eyes were completely replaced by pitch-black darkness, and his mind slowly blurred.

Along with his furious roar, which contained hatred that soared to the heavens, supremely evil black qi surged up around Ye Yu's left arm.

The black qi coiled around his left arm. Beneath it, Ye Yu's left arm was swelling. Because the black qi was too dense, so purely black, it was impossible to see what his left arm had become.

Black qi spread, the wind and clouds in the sky churned, and as this supremely evil energy appeared, even heaven and earth seemed to tremble before it.

At the same time, in the Blacksmith Shop of Holy Soul Village.

Tang Hao, who had been preparing to rest, felt his heart tighten. Through the window, he looked toward the outside of the village.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Tang San was startled when he saw Tang Hao's expression turn tense.

"Nothing. Wait for me at home. You're not allowed to go out."

Tang Hao's warning was solemn like this for the first time, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

Tang San nodded.

Tang Hao walked out of the house. After going some distance and sensing that no one was around, he turned into a streak of black shadow and flashed toward the small hill outside the village.

Tang San felt that something had happened, because he suddenly felt incomparably oppressed. It was not because of the dark clouds and heavy rain, but he could not say what it was either. When he sensed carefully, he could not detect any energy.

Tang San could not sense it, but Tang Hao could.

The reason Tang San could not sense it was that his strength was too weak, as if one dimension could not perceive a higher dimension.

Tang Hao approached quickly, his heart shaken. Such terrifying, pure evil energy. What exactly is it?

In two breaths, Tang Hao arrived, but the scene before him shook him and left him in disbelief.

"Xiao Yu?"

Tang Hao was about to step forward, but he realized that Ye Yu's mind seemed to be unclear. He looked at Ye Yu's left arm, his brows furrowing. "What's going on? Xiao Yu's arm is wrapped in extremely evil energy."

Boom!!!

The next second, under Tang Hao's horrified gaze, Ye Yu, who had lost his reason, became frenzied and began destroying things. His left hand, wrapped in black qi, smashed into the hundred-meter-tall hill.

With an ear-splitting bang, amid a thunderous roar, the entire hill instantly split apart and collapsed, becoming a pile of rubble!

"This..." Seeing this, Tang Hao was extremely shaken.

One strike had destroyed a hill a hundred meters in size. Although a Soul Ancestor could do it at full power, Xiao Yu was only six years old and had not yet become a Soul Master. He was only a rank-ten Soul Warrior.

"Xiao Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Tang Hao flashed in front of Ye Yu, his expression changing as he noticed Ye Yu's eyes. They had turned completely pitch-black, the whites of his eyes entirely filled with darkness.

Whoosh!!!

There was no response. The left arm wrapped in black qi came smashing over violently.

Tang Hao tapped the tip of his foot and quickly retreated, his brows slightly furrowed.

Tang Hao raised his right hand, and a huge object appeared in his palm. At the same time, nine Soul Rings rose around him.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!

The optimal Soul Ring configuration, and the final Soul Ring could not even be called black, because it faintly emitted a dim red glow!

This was a Soul Ring close to Hundred Thousand Year!

"Looks like I can only knock you unconscious. Xiao Yu, you should be able to withstand it."

The nine Soul Rings around Tang Hao vanished, but the huge object in his hand did not. He gripped it one-handed and swung it out casually.

With one casual swing, a ghostly, wolf-like howl rang out, and the space it passed through shuddered.

Ye Yu, who had lost his reason, blasted out with his left arm, colliding with the enormous object.

Boom!!

The earth-shaking crash drowned out the muffled thunder rumbling across the sky.

Ye Yu was sent flying backward and crashed into the ruins, vanishing inside without another sound.

Tang Hao withdrew the enormous object in his hand and rushed toward the ruins, quickly carrying Ye Yu out.

Ye Yu had already fallen unconscious, and the Supreme Evil Black Qi on his left arm gradually dispersed.

When the black qi had vanished completely, Tang Hao's pupils shrank as he saw Ye Yu's left arm clearly.

On his left arm, the black scales were also disappearing one by one, and in the blink of an eye, his left arm had returned to its original state.

Tang Hao's heart shook. Was that just now... Dragon Scale?

Tang Hao looked deeply at Ye Yu and sighed softly. "Looks like this kid really isn't ordinary. His body is so powerful because of that energy, then."

Tang Hao carefully sensed inside Ye Yu's body again, but he could not detect any energy at all. It was as if that Supreme Evil energy from just now had disappeared completely.

"I can't sense it at all anymore. That's good too." In Tang Hao's view, it was best if this uncontrollable energy was not noticed by anyone. Before it could be controlled, it was also best if it never erupted again.

Although he did not know what had caused the eruption, Tang Hao felt that since even his strength as a Titled Douluo could not sense it, that meant it was hidden very deeply. For it to erupt again would be very difficult.

"Maybe he suffered some huge shock." Seeing the tear stains on Ye Yu's face, Tang Hao guessed.

Tang Hao thought no more of it and carried Ye Yu, preparing to return home.

Just then, Old Jack arrived. Ye Yu had gone out alone, and it had been pouring rain, so he was somewhat worried. Hearing the huge commotion here just now, he had hurried over.

When he arrived, Old Jack was stunned, because a small hill that had originally stood there had actually become ruins.

Tang Hao walked over carrying Ye Yu, and when Old Jack saw Ye Yu unconscious, his face filled with worry.

"Tang Hao, what happened to Xiao Yu?"

"He's fine. He just fell asleep."

Old Jack breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the ruins ahead and asked in shock, "What happened here?"

Tang Hao naturally chose to hide the truth and shook his head. "I'm not sure either. It was already like this when I arrived. Never mind that. Take Xiao Yu back."

"All right, all right." Old Jack nodded, gently picked up Ye Yu, and walked home.

After arriving home, he gently placed Ye Yu on the bed. He had still been a little worried and was wondering whether he should call a doctor, but soon, he heard snoring, and the worry on Old Jack's face completely vanished.

"He's sleeping so soundly. Looks like there's nothing wrong."

Tang Hao walked on the road home, the scenes from just now lingering in his mind.

"Supreme evil dark energy, black Dragon Scale... What exactly was that?"