Tang Hao's heart skipped a beat when he saw Ah Yin. People streamed past them on the street, but she was the only one he could see.
His throat bobbed. Their meeting felt like fate.
Tang Hao started toward her. Someone stepped into his path, and he sent the man flying with a slap. The poor man hit the ground hard and squealed like a slaughtered pig.
The commotion caught Ah Yin's attention. She glanced at the innocent passerby lying on the ground and crying out in pain, and her heart went out to him.
Then she looked at the man responsible, and disgust flashed through her eyes.
How crude!
He's just like a Soul Beast from the Star Dou Great Forest!
Tang Hao's mouth went dry. His gaze kept drifting over Ah Yin's fair skin and slender collarbones. His eyes burned like molten rock, making her uncomfortable all over.
"Hello, miss. I'm Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect, one of the Clear Sky Twin Stars. My elder brother and I are out gaining experience. I saw you today and felt we had a connection. May I ask your name? I'd like to get to know you!"
Ah Yin had no wish to speak to this crude man. He was practically a beast. Kindhearted as she was, she turned to the innocent passerby on the ground and began treating him.
Tang Hao's expression chilled, and killing intent flashed in his eyes!
Not toward Ah Yin, but toward the passerby. Why did this lowlife have to scream so loudly? He wasn't even dead. Couldn't he wait until he was dead to start screaming?
Tang Hao forced a smile and continued toward Ah Yin.
But Lin Feng stepped in front of him and held out an arm to stop him.
He hadn't expected to run into Tang Hao while he was out gaining experience for the Clear Sky Sect.
Lin Feng looked calm, though there was even a hint of eagerness in his eyes. With his current strength, Tang Hao was no match for him. Even Tang Xiao joining his brother wouldn't change that.
A fight would be even better. He could see just how strong the two brothers were.
"She doesn't want to talk to you. Take the hint and leave her alone. Keep bothering her, and it's harassment."
Tang Hao frowned. Lin Feng's handsome face looked vaguely familiar, as though he'd seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't be bothered to think about it now.
"What's it to you? Get lost!"
"I can't stand pretty boys like you. A good-looking face and not a shred of ability."
"A man should be like me: built strong, powerful enough to crush every enemy who stands in his way!"
Bang!
Lin Feng's eyes turned cold, and he threw a punch.
Tang Hao instinctively raised an arm to block it. His entire right arm twisted at an unnatural angle, and the punch sent him flying, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Ah..."
A scream like a pig being slaughtered burst from Tang Hao's mouth. Lin Feng was giving him the same treatment he'd just given someone else.
Tang Hao hit the ground like a sack of sand. Clutching his right arm, he broke out in a heavy sweat, his face twisted as though he wanted to devour someone.
"Someone's fighting..."
"Run..."
Cries rose nearby. The people on the street paled, covered their heads, and scattered.
"Hao!"
Tang Xiao rushed over, his expression changing drastically. He examined Tang Hao's right arm and found the bone broken. His face darkened.
He turned a stare as cold as death on Lin Feng.
"Kid, what family are you from? How dare you provoke us?"
"Didn't you hear Hao? We're from the Clear Sky Sect. We're the Clear Sky Twin Stars! You clearly have no respect for the number-one sect in the world!"
Lin Feng looked down at the brothers, his gaze disdainful and his voice full of mockery.
"These are the Clear Sky Twin Stars? You couldn't even take one punch from me. Calling you trash would be an insult to trash."
Tang Hao's eyes went red at the insult. Breathing like a bull, veins bulging on his forehead, he shouted without restraint.
"Brother, he insulted me! He insulted the Clear Sky Sect! Kill him! You have to kill him!"
Tang Xiao glanced at Ah Yin from the corner of his eye. He hadn't wanted to resort to violence in front of such a breathtaking girl, but the boy had kept running his mouth. He had brought this on himself.
Tang Xiao stood and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer. Seven Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black—rose around him one after another.
Each ring made his aura fiercer. When all seven appeared, the air around him seemed to freeze, and his terrifying presence swept outward like a wave.
"If you're so eager to die, I'll oblige!"
"Fifth Soul Skill: Metal Storm!"
Tang Xiao roared and leaped into the air. He came down in a fury, his hammer wrapped in a Metal Storm that tore through the air with a shrill whistle.
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow, eager to test himself.
He activated Peacock Possession and soared into the air, dodging the descending hammer.
Black!
Black!
Black!
Black!
Black!
Five Soul Rings appeared. With each one, Tang Xiao's face grew uglier. By the time all five had appeared, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"It's fake! It has to be! How could you have five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings?"
Lin Feng smiled faintly and replied with ease:
"You used your Fifth Soul Skill, so I'll use mine."
"You think it's fake? Then experience the power of a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for yourself!"
"Fifth Soul Skill: Profound Water Abyss!"
As a black Soul Ring lit up, dark, icy energy erupted from Lin Feng's body.
It was a domain skill. Black energy enveloped Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, and the brothers immediately felt as though they had sunk into a bog.
Drop after drop of bone-chilling black water, each impossibly heavy, clung to the brothers without end.
Tang Xiao fell to the ground with a thud, unable to move. His mouth gaped, his eyes bulged, and he gasped for air, disbelief still written across his face.
"This... can't be..."
The essence of the Profound Water Abyss domain was the Dark Water within it. Every additional minute spent in the domain meant more Dark Water clinging to the victim's body.
Dark Water was crushingly heavy and cold enough to pierce bone. It steadily ate away at the bodies of people and Soul Beasts within the domain.
Though Lin Feng was only a Soul King, his skill pinned Tang Xiao, a Soul Saint, to the ground without the slightest ability to resist.
Lin Feng descended, walked over, and kicked Tang Xiao. With a muffled grunt, Tang Xiao flew into his brother Tang Hao, and the two rolled across the ground for more than a dozen revolutions.
"Clear Sky Twin Stars? Ha... You might as well call yourselves the Trash Twin Stars!"
"And you came out to gain experience with so little ability?"
Lin Feng's words were merciless, but he was debating whether to kill the brothers.
In the end, he abandoned the idea. Tang Chen was still alive. If Lin Feng killed the Clear Sky Sect's twin stars, that old bastard would probably go mad.
Tang Xiao stared fixedly at Lin Feng's multicolored wings, indigo eye shadow, and exquisitely beautiful face.
Then he shrieked:
"You're Lin Feng?"
"Wasn't your Soul Power destroyed and your Soul Rings taken? Why do you still have Soul Power? Why do you have five black Soul Rings?"
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