In the end, Jin Hao focused his target on Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan, to make his move.
Then Jin Hao stopped thinking about all this, ready to start dealing with Xue Beng and finding a way to win over Dugu Bo.
In the end, Jin Hao focused his target on Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan, to make his move.
Dugu Yan was seven years older than Tang San, which meant she was four years older than himself, proving that the current Dugu Yan was already eleven years old and should be studying right here at Heaven Dou Royal Primary Soul Master Academy.
It was the same academy as Xue Beng.
So the next second, Jin Hao called out toward the shadows:
"Snake Spear, go take a trip and snatch Xue Beng out of his estate."
"Understood!"
After speaking, Snake Spear left.
What Jin Hao had in mind was to first control Xue Beng, and then he could use his martial soul and spirit bone mask to transform himself into Xue Beng. By then, with Xue Beng's face, he could do whatever he wanted.
To Jin Hao's surprise, Snake Spear went out for a short while and came right back with a captured Xue Beng.
Seeing the unconscious Xue Beng in Snake Spear's hand, Jin Hao asked:
"So fast? You weren't discovered by any of the guards arranged by Xue Xing in his mansion, were you?"
Hearing this, Snake Spear replied:
"I went over at a fortuitous time. Just as I arrived at his estate, I saw this brat sneaking out by scaling the wall without a single guard, all to go out and play and avoid the emperor's sight. He ran right into me, so didn't that just let me drag him back?"
Following Snake Spear's words, Jin Hao looked at this already unconscious Xue Beng, then spoke up:
"I didn't expect this brat to be so disobedient, which just makes things much easier for us."
"Since we've already caught him, let's set off now. Take him toward Heaven Dou Royal Primary Soul Master Academy and start the plan."
Hearing this, Snake Spear, Pufferfish, and Jin Yi all nodded. Afterward, Jin Yi carried Jin Hao, and Snake Spear carried Xue Beng, setting off toward their destination without being spotted by a single soul.
Soon the group arrived at the entrance of the primary academy.
Seeing the gates, Jin Hao transformed himself into Xue Beng's appearance, keeping the exact same aura, voice, and everything else.
After finishing all this, Jin Hao walked toward the location of Dugu Yan's dormitory, which he had learned from his investigations.
Soon, under Jin Hao's deliberate avoidance, he successfully arrived at the door of Dugu Yan's dorm.
Then Jin Hao took out a type of drug prepared by Spirit Hall—a drug that caused temporary weakness followed by an explosive surge of soul power.
Jin Hao blew it right into the room where Dugu Yan was staying.
After waiting for a moment, Jin Hao, wearing Xue Beng's face, kicked open Dugu Yan's door with a single kick and walked inside.
Dugu Yan, who was immediately chatting with her friend Ye Lingling, saw Jin Hao suddenly barge in. Dugu Yan was certainly familiar with Xue Beng's face, having seen him when she went with her grandfather to attend a banquet at Prince Xue Xing's estate, where Xue Beng had been utterly submissive at the time.
So Dugu Yan shouted at Jin Hao:
"Xue Beng, this is the girls' dormitory! What are you barging in here for?"
Meanwhile, Jin Hao, wearing Xue Beng's face, looked at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling and spoke:
"Hehe, I didn't expect a buy-one-get-one-free deal. People around me told me that as long as I see both of you completely and ruin your purity, and then let everyone in Heaven Dou City know about this matter, the two of you will have no choice but to marry me in the future. With the help of Poison Douluo and the Ye Family by then, I can defeat that damned Xue Qinghe and become the next emperor of the empire."
As he spoke, Jin Hao prepared to put on an act and step forward to strip the two of them of their purity.
Dugu Yan prepared to directly make a move to drive this Xue Beng away. In Dugu Yan's eyes, dealing with this thirteen-year-old soul master with her recent twenty-seventh-rank soul power would be an absolute breeze.
However, just as Dugu Yan mobilized her soul power, she discovered that her body felt extremely sluggish, leaving her unable to circulate her soul power.
For a moment, Dugu Yan panicked as she said to Ye Lingling:
"Lingling, I can't use my soul power! What should we do?"
"I can't use my soul power either, Yanyan?"
Ye Lingling replied after she too tried to circulate her soul power and found she could not.
At this point, Jin Hao spoke up:
"Both of you have been poisoned by me, leaving your whole bodies weak and unable to use your soul power. So just obediently surrender!"
Then Jin Hao came to Dugu Yan's side and violently tore open Dugu Yan's outer garment, revealing the clothes underneath. Because the pulling force was too great, Jin Hao even caught a glimpse of the green Jade Phosphorus Snake tattoo on Dugu Yan's shoulder.
At this moment, Dugu Yan spoke:
"Xue Beng, you piece of trash, how dare you! I'll have my grandfather kill you!"
Ye Lingling also spoke out:
"You dare! The Ye Family won't let you off for this either!"
Hearing this, Jin Hao said:
"Go ahead and shout. If you draw other people over, they'll immediately know that I've seen you both completely, and I won't even need to publicize it myself."
Hearing this, Dugu Yan was left speechless by such shameless talk.
There was simply nothing she could do.
Then Dugu Yan clenched her fists, unwilling to let the trash Xue Beng get off so easily.
Yet just at that moment, Dugu Yan found that her strength and soul power had recovered, and even grown somewhat stronger.
Seeing Jin Hao walking toward her again, Dugu Yan shouted:
"Prepare to die!"
As she spoke, Dugu Yan completed her martial soul avatar and attacked Jin Hao using the Jade Phosphorus Snake Venom.
Jin Hao had actually been prepared from the start, so he first pretended to be greatly startled and shouted:
"Impossible! Why did you recover? The poison they gave me was fake!"
The next second, Jin Hao chose to flee directly out of Dugu Yan's room and sprint outside. Seeing this, Dugu Yan shouted:
"Bastard, don't you think you can run!"
A strike carrying the Jade Phosphorus Snake Venom blasted toward the door.
At this, Jin Hao smiled. The moment he ran out of the room, he was instantly whisked away by Snake Spear, while Xue Beng—who had been captured and rendered unconscious earlier—was thrown out and took the direct hit of Dugu Yan's attack. Thus, the next second, Xue Beng took the blow without any defense, coughing up fresh blood and becoming afflicted with the Jade Phosphorus Snake Venom.
Inside the room, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling saw Jin Hao escape and originally didn't plan to chase him. After all, one was a auxiliary soul master and the other had her outer clothes ripped open, making it inconvenient to go outside, and that last strike was merely an outlet for Dugu Yan's anger.
Both of them were prepared to notify their families shortly to settle accounts with Xue Beng.
Yet at that moment, Dugu Yan actually heard the sound of her attack hitting its target. Dugu Yan was slightly startled; Xue Beng had already run outside, yet her casually released vent of anger had actually hit someone.
Dugu Yan didn't bother to investigate deeply, however, instantly picking up the outer garment from the floor, putting it on, and walking outside with Ye Lingling.
As the two emerged, they were greeted by the sight of Xue Beng lying on the ground, vomiting black blood and still unconscious, surrounded by the academy members who had come rushing over.
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