Ma Xiaotao Arrives (Please Keep Reading)

With the slightest stir of his mind, he could pierce the barrier next door like a sheet of thin paper. The peerless beauty within would be laid bare before his eyes.

Yet in the split second before that surge of mental power burst forth, Dongfang Hao suddenly went rigid!

"Wait..."

The warning flashed through his mind. Wariness crossed Dongfang Hao's eyes, and he drew the vast mental power back into the depths of his Niwan Palace.

"Too reckless..."

Dongfang Hao wiped away a bead of cold sweat that had quietly formed at his temple. A chill crept down his back. He pressed down every trace of the arrogance his sudden rise in strength had brought him.

The system's message had been perfectly clear: a "tenfold critical opportunity"!

Huo Yuhao's assigned roommate, Wang Dong, was the daughter of a god king in the Divine Realm. For someone to be ten times beyond even that... her true origins and foundations had to touch the realm of the supreme gods!

Even across the long history of the Douluo Continent, such a being would surely rank among its greatest.

Who else could be hiding in the mortal world at this moment, taking the form of a breathtaking young woman while possessing foundations that utterly surpassed a god king's daughter? Who else but that person?!

"That one... could be..."

Dongfang Hao drew a deep breath. His eyelids twitched violently.

Had he forced his mental power inside just now, his Spirit Abyss Realm might have concealed him from an ordinary Titled Douluo. But before that ancient being, newly awakened from slumber, the result would have been... certain death!

"Eat one bite at a time. Impatience is the road to death..."

After silently warning himself, Dongfang Hao finally calmed the blood surging through his body.

Whoosh!

Before Dongfang Hao could settle his mind, however, faint ripples of Soul Power stirred in the Bamboo Grove outside the Courtyard.

Then a shapely figure carrying a scorching aura pushed open the door as though no one could stop her and slipped inside without a sound.

"Hee hee... little scoundrel, what are you doing standing at the window in a daze? Don't tell me you've been harboring some indecent thoughts about that mysterious, stunning prodigy next door?"

Her teasing laugh drifted over. The rich fragrance of a maiden mingled with heat like a roaring flame and washed over him.

The visitor was Ma Xiaotao.

She had changed into a revealing, low-cut crimson breastplate. The deep, pale cleavage and full curves it exposed were on generous display, almost as if daring him to look. His mouth went dry.

Below it, she wore leather shorts that barely covered her shapely hips, showing off every inch of her long, straight legs.

Her red hair blazed like fire, and her shifting phoenix eyes held the untamed allure of a wild mare. Arms folded across her chest, she leaned against the doorpost with a half smile and looked down at Dongfang Hao.

"Senior Xiaotao, why aren't you cultivating in the Inner Court at this hour? Instead, you've crept into my quarters like a thief. Could it be... the Evil Fire we suppressed earlier is running wild again?"

Dongfang Hao turned. His gaze roamed shamelessly over Ma Xiaotao's alluring body before a teasing smile tugged at his lips.

"Little scoundrel, don't try to change the subject!"

Ma Xiaotao narrowed her phoenix eyes. In a few strides, her long legs carried her to within half a foot of him. She poked his chest with a slender finger and grinned.

"I saw you clearly from outside. Your thieving eyes were so fixed on that Pavilion next door, you could hardly pry them away! Tell me honestly: were you planning to make a move on her?!"

Seeing that the fiery woman would not let the matter go, Dongfang Hao raised an eyebrow. An idea stirred, and an enigmatic smile slowly spread across his face.

Rather than retreat, he reached out, caught Ma Xiaotao by her supple, slender waist, and yanked her hard against him!

Warm, fragrant softness filled his arms. Her soft curves pressed firmly against his chest, and two patches of crimson sprang to Ma Xiaotao's lovely face. Her body tensed.

"Little scoundrel, what... what are you trying to do?!" Ma Xiaotao demanded, her phoenix eyes wide, though her voice lacked conviction.

"Haven't you always been curious about what I'm hiding, Senior?"

Dongfang Hao bent until his nose nearly brushed Ma Xiaotao's warm ear. "The moonlight is lovely tonight... and I've just grasped a new Soul Skill. Would you care to experience it for yourself, Senior?"

"A Soul Skill?"

Ma Xiaotao froze for a moment. Then curiosity and disdain surfaced in her eyes, and she gave a soft snort.

"Little scoundrel, stop boasting! You're only a level twenty-three Soul Grandmaster. Even with Ultimate Ice, what could two low-level Soul Skills possibly do against a level sixty-five Soul Emperor like me? Come on, then. Let's see what you've got that could surprise me!"

"Then watch closely, Senior Xiaotao."

A playful smile touched Dongfang Hao's lips as he abruptly straightened!

Boom!

An overwhelmingly powerful pressure rose from within him!

Concealed by the Ten-Million-Year Soul Skill Divine Simulation, a deep-purple ring, dark as thunder, slowly rose beneath Dongfang Hao's feet and pulsed through the air.

"Pur... purple?!"

The moment Ma Xiaotao saw the color of Dongfang Hao's First Soul Ring, the teasing look on her beautiful face vanished. She froze!

Her pupils shrank to pinpoints. Drawing a sharp breath, she cried, "A Thousand-Year First Soul Ring?! That's impossible!!"

Across ten thousand years of Douluo Continent history, even the original Shrek Seven Devils had been able to bear no more than a little over four hundred years for their First Soul Rings!

For his very first ring to be a genuine Thousand-Year Soul Ring... the strength of body needed to withstand it was beyond belief!

Yet she could never have dreamed that the ring glowing deep purple before her was, beneath its disguise, a ten-million-year Purple-Gold Divine Ring that transcended the limits of the laws of heaven and earth...

"Senior, the real surprise... is still to come."

Before Ma Xiaotao could recover from her shock, dark-gold light blazed in Dongfang Hao's eyes!

Hum!

Driven by his Spirit Abyss Realm mental power, two overpowering God-Level Mysteries became an irresistible torrent that forced its way into the depths of Ma Xiaotao's Sea of Consciousness!

Even as a level sixty-five Battle Soul Emperor, Ma Xiaotao had no room to resist such a domineering Mental Link. Her consciousness was seized in an instant!

The next moment, a roar filled Ma Xiaotao's mind!

Within a radius of several thousand meters, every blade of grass and every tree along the shores of Sea God Lake, the drift of motes of dust, even the faint path of a dewdrop sliding from a bamboo leaf...

All of it appeared in her mind as a clear, three-dimensional, all-knowing view!

"What... what is this?!"

Ma Xiaotao trembled. Horror filled her eyes, and her lips quivered as she cried, "Omnidirectional Vision... This... this is practically a supreme divine skill!!"

With a view like this, she could anticipate an enemy's every move in battle, every buildup of power, even the weaknesses of their Martial Soul. For any Battle Soul Master of the Power Attack System, it was a gift beyond their wildest dreams!

And yet...

After the first shock passed, a jolt ran through Ma Xiaotao's body. She abruptly came to her senses!

She stared at the black-clad young man before her, unprecedented horror spreading across her beautiful face.

"No... something's wrong. Very wrong!!"

"What you just used was clearly a pure and powerful Mental Attribute Soul Skill! But your Martial Soul is Ultimate Ice!!"

Ma Xiaotao drew a sharp breath. A possibility flashed through her mind like lightning, and she could no longer hold back her scream.

"My heavens... you... you have Twin Martial Souls?!"