Bounty Mode Begins!

The burly man holding Princess Vina also wore a conflicted expression.

The princess was right here, and she was seriously injured.

He was merely a captain in the army. Aside from basic treatment and bandaging, he knew nothing else.

"Captain Wang, let him try."

Princess Vina's voice was very soft. Her carotid artery injury seemed to have affected her throat, and even her words trembled.

"Listen to me. Take off the things around your neck first," Su Mu said.

Seeing his princess nod, the burly man slowly moved, peeling away the bandages wrapped layer upon layer around her snow-white neck.

When the final layer of gauze was removed, the blood that had been flowing slowly began to quicken.

The freshly scabbed wound had been torn open again by the movement, and the clot had been ripped away.

Blood continued to flow out, while Princess Vina's breathing grew rapid.

"Kid, you'd better pray Princess Vina pulls through. Otherwise, I won't just shoot you dead. I'll carve you into a thousand pieces and have your entire clan buried with you!" the burly man roared, pointing at Su Mu.

Su Mu bent down and quickly crouched beside Princess Vina.

"Don't worry. If I put this princess's life in danger, what would it matter if you exterminated ten generations of my family?"

Su Mu was somewhat speechless. He had no parents, no family, not even a teacher. What could he possibly lose if ten generations were wiped out?

He swiftly pressed his fingers against the bleeding carotid artery, circulating Soul Power to speed up the clotting tissue's scabbing.

The platelets began to work, turning her warm, wet blood thicker.

But this was an arterial wound. At the moment, the platelets' effect was negligible.

It seemed he could only first take basic measures to reduce the blood flow upward.

Recalling what he knew, Su Mu spoke to Princess Vina, who lay flat on the ground.

"Now, please tilt your head toward the injured side. I'm going to bandage you," Su Mu said.

The burly man beside them was stunned.

"Didn't you just tell me not to bandage her? Why are you wrapping her up now? Is it because you don't have a solution?"

The burly man reached out and grabbed Su Mu's hand as he picked up a strip of cloth, his gaze sharp.

Su Mu merely glanced at him and flicked his hand away.

"Why do you talk so much? Can you stop interrupting me?"

Then Su Mu pulled up Princess Vina's right hand and placed it behind her ear.

The entire movement looked rather absurd, but it happened to compress the injured area.

Su Mu began wrapping again, this time securing the bandage from beneath her right armpit to the opposite side of her neck.

Each layer pressed lightly, while ensuring it was tight without affecting her airway.

Su Mu moved quickly, the entire process exceptionally smooth. The surrounding soldiers were all stunned.

They had never seen such a strange technique before.

Whenever those rough men in the army were injured, the military doctors would simply wrap layer after layer around them, pulling everything painfully tight.

It hurt and left bruises, but it was undeniably effective.

Looking at his handiwork, Su Mu let out a breath.

Good. He had not forgotten these old skills. He could still use them.

Only then did he summon his first soul skill.

A yellow Soul Ring floated into view, and a vine ring formed from Blue Silver Grass coiled around Princess Vina's arm.

Vitality slowly flowed into her, accelerating her wound's recovery.

"He really is a healing-type Soul Master!" The burly man finally let out a long breath.

After all, when healing-type Soul Masters encountered external injuries like this, they could usually heal the patient in no time.

Princess Vina's life had been saved, and so had his family's.

The burly man collapsed onto the ground and exhaled deeply.

Before the doctor they had sent for could even arrive, new flesh had already begun growing over Princess Vina's wound.

As long as she did not make any strenuous movements, it would fully heal before long.

"Captain, the bandit who kidnapped the princess fled to Wasteland City!" one of the guards reported to Captain Wang.

The Five-Ring Soul King sitting on the ground stood up again, clenching both fists until his bones crackled.

"Deploy all three thousand Iron Guard Army soldiers from Blacksteel Hall to search Wasteland City! No matter how large Wasteland City is, find him!"

"He dared harm the princess. The entire Heaven Dou Empire has no place for him!"

"Little brother, thank you," Princess Vina said after she had recovered somewhat.

She looked at Su Mu. Unable to move her head, she only parted her lips slightly. Her voice came from her small, fair lips, carrying a faint fragrance.

That fragrance drifted onto Su Mu's face as he pressed his ear to her chest to listen to her heartbeat.

"Cough, cough... it was nothing. Just a small matter."

"Is there anything else? If not, I may need to leave for a while."

"As long as you don't move around carelessly, your wound won't bleed again. Once the doctor arrives, he'll handle the rest of the treatment."

"This kind of injury is minor. As long as emergency measures are taken promptly and handled properly, there's practically no problem."

"Even without healing-type soul skills, it'll naturally heal before long," Su Mu said.

He explained a whole bunch of medical knowledge, and Princess Vina's eyes lit up as she listened.

These things seemed even more detailed than what those ordinary doctors without Soul Power used when treating commoners.

"Are you a doctor?" Princess Vina examined Su Mu.

Then she smiled. How could this little boy, who was even shorter than her, possibly be a doctor?

"No." Su Mu shook his head as she expected.

After all, he truly was not a doctor right now. He was just someone who sold fried chicken.

"You're quite impressive, then. You know so much about first aid."

"When the bandage was tied around my neck earlier, I could barely breathe. I was almost unconscious," Princess Vina said with a smile.

Meanwhile, the Five-Ring Soul King responsible for guarding her looked rather embarrassed.

He had actually used the rough treatment methods meant for those coarse old soldiers in the barracks to administer emergency treatment to a pampered princess raised in the imperial palace.

If the emperor found out, his neck might soon feel rather cold.

"By the way, what's your name? Where do you live?"

Su Mu was getting anxious, but he still answered patiently.

"My name is Li Feiyu. I live in Wutan City."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first."

Seeing that Su Mu was anxious to leave, Princess Vina waved her hand, signaling the people around her not to worry.

Yet her eyes remained fixed on Su Mu.

As Su Mu moved farther away, Princess Vina, unable to move her neck, could only stare helplessly at the azure sky.

Elsewhere, Su Mu had just rushed into an alley when he exchanged all one hundred Gold Soul Coins in his hand with the system.

"System, summon an employee for me. I'm going to rob someone!"

"One million Gold Soul Coins! Three hours! A Titled Douluo! A miracle! I refuse to believe I can't catch a petty thief!"

"Gold Rush Mode's million-coin bounty, here I come!"

"One hundred Gold Soul Coins, multiplied a hundredfold within three hours!"

"Good lord, even Lin Shu wouldn't dare think like this."

As the one hundred Gold Soul Coins vanished from where they stood, a white light slowly appeared.

Cyrene emerged from it and looked at Su Mu.

Su Mu naturally placed a hand around Cyrene's waist, holding her close as he prepared to fly.

"Let's go. The guards are following that side. We'll head to Wasteland City and catch that bandit from earlier!"

"Don't worry. I took a look earlier. He's only a Three-Ring Soul Master. At my speed, I'll catch him in less than half an hour," Cyrene said.

Cyrene grabbed Su Mu and flew into the sky at incredible speed.

On the surface, not even a single Titled Douluo-level powerhouse existed within the Heaven Dou Empire.

But that did not mean Heaven Dou City had no Titled Douluo.

Not long after Cyrene shot into the sky, another figure chased after them...