Vinster King

"Old Qian, we all came to see your new disciple and that other rising star. How did he lose?" Yan Shaozhe asked with a smile.

"What the hell do you know? This is called betraying the world rather than betraying her..." Qian Duoduo paused, glanced at Yan Shaozhe, and did not continue.

Yan Shaozhe felt somewhat awkward. Back then, he truly had betrayed Xian Lin'er, driving her to marry Qian Duoduo in a fit of anger. Regretting the past now was useless.

"State your names!"

Xu Tianyao looked at Huo Yuhao and the other two, then raised his head toward the platform. Xuan Zi, Qian Duoduo, and Yan Shaozhe were all there, meaning there were at least three Titled Douluo present.

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Enough.

"Sin shall become a wedge, leaving the unclean nowhere to hide."

Xu Tianyao released his martial soul, the Original Sin Fragments. As his declaration rang out, black humanoid phantoms, some bright and some dim, appeared behind everyone in the assessment grounds, including the proctors.

Except Wang Qiu'er.

A beast-shaped phantom rose behind her.

"Honored elders! I never expected Shrek to be so indiscriminate in its teachings that it would even accept soul beasts as students." Xu Tianyao smiled.

The Original Sin Fragments were the remnants left behind when the God of Greed attempted to devour the gods of the other seven deadly sins. Since they contained fragments of those other gods, they could reveal all the "sins" of living beings and even use them to attack enemies. This use merely revealed those "sins," exposing Wang Qiu'er's true form.

Although Huo Yuhao and the other two had known from that fanfiction that Xu Tianyao possessed this ability, it had rarely been used in the story. Its sudden appearance now caught them completely off guard.

There was almost no way to defend against this. Even if they explained themselves, Wang Qiu'er would still be detained. As long as Xu Tianyao demonstrated it a few more times with his martial soul, any explanation would be useless. Wang Qiu'er's identity as a soul beast had been thoroughly exposed!

Xu Tianyao possessed the remaining divinity of the God of Greed and the God of Pride. He could devour the Auspicious Beast without Di Tian noticing. In that fanfiction, he had even used this method to deceive Tang San's divine sense and capture Tang Wutong.

So they could not be caught. Absolutely not!

"You!" Wang Dong'er glared furiously at Xu Tianyao. Her second soul ring lit up, and Butterfly Goddess's Light erupted in anger. Though she only had two rings, this was still a thousand-year soul skill with considerable power.

"Boring." Xu Tianyao gave Butterfly Goddess's Light a disdainful glance. A violet-gold dragon-shaped spirit appeared behind him—the Purple Radiant Nightmare Dragon! The spirit extended its dragon claw and viciously slammed it into Butterfly Goddess's Light.

Boom!

Wang Qiu'er stared coldly at Xu Tianyao, gripping the Golden Dragon Spear tightly. The teachers all looked tense as they released their martial souls. The elders had already flown up from the viewing platform, staring in shock at Wang Qiu'er in the Assessment District.

"Clear Sky Hammer." Just as Wang Dong'er was about to act, Huo Yuhao wrapped his arms around her. Understanding at once, Wang Dong'er switched martial souls.

Huo Yuhao opened his Spirit Eyes, while the Clear Sky Hammer appeared in Wang Dong'er's hand. The two then embraced. Although Huo Yuhao had lost Ultimate Ice, the Spirit Eyes portion remained intact. For some reason, however, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had changed.

A massive and majestic phantom of a courtroom appeared before everyone present. The black-robed presiding judge held the Clear Sky Hammer as a gavel, his eyes filled with nothing but the mercilessness of the law, as though even gods would be judged.

Bang!

As the Clear Sky Hammer fell, a crisp sound rang out. Every soul master on the field except the Titled Douluo froze for an instant.

The sacred law of the void—Verdict of Truth!

Bang!

The Clear Sky Hammer fell again. The affected soul masters saw illusions before their eyes as their minds and spiritual seas were violently assaulted.

This was Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's new Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Unlike the original Mind Storm, its attack directly used the spiritual sea as its medium! It could not even be defended against!

The courtroom phantom suddenly vanished, revealing Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Qiu'er over and embraced both her and Dong'er. Soul Power condensed into a cocoon of light, only to explode in an instant. The girl who looked strikingly like Huo Yuhao appeared once more!

"So it really is you, Yu Tong." Ye Chaoyuan was also present; he had sneaked in. "You look even prettier than before."

The illusory Dragon Butterfly Wings behind "Huo Yuhao" accelerated instantly, carrying her toward the Assessment District's exit. As long as they could escape this place before those Titled Douluo reacted, they could flee into the Star Dou Great Forest and secure a chance of survival for Wang Qiu'er.

"Not bad. Even I failed to notice that you were a soul beast. And not only that, someone actually has a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a soul beast."

Xuan Zi's voice rang out. A massive crimson hand descended with a palm strike, carrying a force as imposing as mountains. "Huo Yuhao" spat out blood and was slammed into the ground.

Yet she immediately struggled back up and fired a tiny streak of golden light at Xu Tianyao. Xu Tianyao could not dodge in time. All three of his soul rings lit up at once, but he was still sent flying into the Assessment District wall, where an unbearable palpitation seized his heart.

Xu Tianyao was beaten to the brink of death. The middle-aged man's martial soul, the Tree of Life, was released, and a streak of emerald light barely preserved his life. Yan Shaozhe also rushed over and stood in front of Xu Tianyao.

Xuan Zi's massive crimson Soul Power hand struck down again, forcing "Huo Yuhao" back into her original form. The three of them were revealed, each coughing blood. Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er had respectively supplied most of the energy and physical strength for the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, so they suffered far greater damage and fainted outright. Only Huo Yuhao remained somewhat conscious.

"Kid, do you know what you're protecting?" Xuan Zi had already descended and stood before Huo Yuhao.

"I know, cough cough." Huo Yuhao spat out the remaining blood and wiped his mouth. "They're just my friends. Can't you see that, old man?"

"I accidentally promised them before that we'd stay together for the rest of our lives. As it happens, I'm someone who always keeps promises made to girls."

Xuan Zi snorted. "You alone cannot protect her."

With that, Xuan Zi reached for Wang Qiu'er. Huo Yuhao struggled to his feet and stood in front of her.

"My body moved on its own by accident."

Huo Yuhao gave a bitter smile, recalling every moment the three of them had spent together. Though they had only known one another for three months, they had already formed a deep bond.

Friends? Perhaps. But it didn't seem to be just friendship...

Lovers? Forget it. Huo Yuhao didn't think he had reached that point...

Family? That was even less fitting. Still, this was one of the sources of warmth he had felt since losing his mother after coming to this world...

Come to think of it, why were they so good to me?

Because I am Huo Yuhao... But I'm not Huo Yuhao. I'm a soul reincarnated from another world.

Were even these bonds false...?

"So what if you replaced him? Was everything you experienced afterward just an illusion?"

Yes, that guy was right.

Everything they had gone through together could never have been false. Perhaps the reason no longer existed, but this bond truly existed.

Huo Yuhao stood there, like the once-chuunibyou boy becoming a hero in his fantasies, raising his sword to meet a colossal, savage dragon without taking a single step back.

"I said you're not allowed to hurt my girls. Are you deaf?"

Black dragon scales emerged across Huo Yuhao's body. A terrifying, monarch-like aura descended upon him, shocking the entire field.

The king descended from heaven, furious and ferocious!