After all, the Emperor Auspicious Beast carried the fate of the Soul Beasts. From the moment she was born, she possessed Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light!
She was also the vessel for the Star Dou Great Forest's Power of Destiny.
The Emperor Auspicious Beast was only five thousand years old, yet she could already rival Soul Beasts thirty to forty thousand years old.
Di Tian had believed that as long as they protected the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Soul Beast Clan would surely rise with both her and the Master.
He had never imagined that ten thousand years later, when the Emperor Auspicious Beast was about to take human form, that wretch Tang San would exploit her vulnerability.
That Tang San already had a death wish!
Di Tian could bear no more. He immediately ordered every Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old:
"Find him!"
"Find Tang San for me!"
"Ten thousand years from now, he's a God King, and I can't beat him. But right now, he's just a brat. You think I can't kill him?"
Bi Ji knew Di Tian was truly furious this time.
The world of Douluo II.
Sea God Pavilion.
Mu En was stunned by what he saw.
He had assumed the God King's daughter had descended to the mortal world for fun. He had not expected the God King to have another purpose.
He could only smile bitterly.
"That poor child, Wang Dong."
But what could Mu En do?
Even if he was the master of Sea God Pavilion.
Who was Tang San?
Tang San was the Sea God!
Elsewhere.
Wang Dong froze.
"So I'm just one part of a greater being?"
"Does that mean I'm nothing but a tool?"
Wang Dong fell silent.
Only after the Sky Curtain exposed everything did she learn that she was a piece on someone else's chessboard.
Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong. Was even our friendship arranged by the God King?
At that moment, Electrolux brought him to his senses.
"No matter where she came from, you are still you, and she is still she. There's still a chance to make things right, isn't there?"
"From what I can see of this God King Tang San's schemes, Yuhao, you're an important part of them too."
"Wake up!"
Huo Yuhao came to his senses as though waking from a dream.
His teacher was right.
Wang Dong and I are both victims!
He said, "Wang Dong, no matter who you are, you'll always be my best friend, my best brother."
Wang Dong froze.
She punched Huo Yuhao hard, leaving him utterly baffled.
Then Wang Dong said irritably, "I thought of you as a brother, and you went and fell for me."
Huo Yuhao grew a little embarrassed.
"Let's not talk about that."
The more time he spent with Wang Dong, the more he had sensed she was different from other boys. But he had never imagined she was a girl.
Wang Dong looked at Huo Yuhao and said with complete seriousness, "I'm not someone who hems and haws. I'm no one's accessory!"
"Not even a God King—not even my father—gets to decide what I think!"
Wang Dong said firmly, "I'm simply me."
Seeing Wang Dong's resolve return, Huo Yuhao could not help admiring her.
If he had learned such a truth about himself, he would have fallen apart.
No matter how the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had treated him, no matter how little his birth father cared about him,
Huo Yuhao knew he had always had a mother who loved him.
At least his mother had never treated him as a tool.
In that respect, perhaps he was luckier than Wang Dong.
He had once thought his own life miserable. Now it seemed Wang Dong had suffered far more.
He probably would not make the list himself.
[This ranking has concluded. Wang Dong is awarded: a three-level increase in Soul Power; the Golden Dragon Bloodline; one fifty-thousand-year Life Attribute skull Soul Bone; and one instance of Space-Time Travel across ten thousand years.]
In that instant,
Wang Dong vanished without a trace.
Huo Yuhao panicked at once.
"Wang Dong?"
"Where did Wang Dong go?"
Electrolux sighed.
Worry had thrown the boy into confusion!
He reminded him, "Yuhao, look at the Sky Curtain. Wang Dong may have traveled to another time."
"Ten thousand years ago—perhaps even to the era before Tang San ascended."
Huo Yuhao murmured, "Then Wang Dong might be able to change her fate."
Electrolux nodded.
"The power to travel through time... this Sky Curtain is even more frightening than I thought."
"Yuhao, if you want to find Wang Dong again, devote yourself to your training."
Huo Yuhao nodded silently.
Why had she left him just as he had begun to fall for her? Was he a bringer of misfortune?
Meanwhile,
the other Shrek Seven Devils, Bei Bei, Ma Xiaotao, and the rest saw the Sky Curtain's reward and hurried over.
Bei Bei asked, "Yuhao, where's Wang Dong?"
Huo Yuhao said, "Just as the Sky Curtain said, she may have traveled ten thousand years into the past."
Xu Sanshi frowned.
"I thought Wang Dong's reward would make our final match easier."
"But now Wang Dong's gone. What are we supposed to do?"
Huo Yuhao had no answer either.
To be honest, without Wang Dong, he barely felt like taking part in the final at all.
Elsewhere.
Sun Moon Royal Academy.
Xiao Hongchen said with a bored look, "When the Sky Curtain first said we'd lose the team competition, I was interested."
"But if Wang Dong travels ten thousand years into the past, Shrek won't even have a full roster. Where's the fun in that?"
Ma Rulong replied, "A win is a win. Now Sun Moon Royal Academy will take the victory."
Meng Hongchen said, "What a shame. I'd like to see what things were like ten thousand years ago too."
The world of Douluo I.
Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
By the lake.
Qian Renxue watched the reward on the Sky Curtain and asked curiously, "I wonder where Wang Dong will end up when she travels through time?"
Phainon said offhandedly, "It's not as if she'll just happen to land right here."
They had been fishing for ages,
but Phainon had not caught a thing. His enthusiasm had drained away.
"Why don't we call it a day?"
Qian Renxue said, "Sure."
With the Sky Curtain's appearance, there was probably a pile of business waiting for her at the crown prince's residence.
She also needed to contact Soul Hall and make further arrangements.
Just then, a whirlpool suddenly formed in the lake.
Snake Lance Douluo went on alert at once!
A pink-and-blue-haired youth suddenly surfaced from its center.
Wang Dong felt the world spin. After choking on a mouthful of water, she asked in bewilderment,
"Where is this?"
Qian Renxue saw her and turned to Phainon.
She could not help laughing. "Brother Phainon, I think you have the makings of a jinx."
Phainon's mouth twitched.
He had only said it in passing.
Wang Dong ending up here had to be Aha's doing. It had nothing to do with him.
Aha just wants to mess with me, doesn't he?
He looked up at the Sky Curtain.
The smile on it seemed even more pronounced.
Phainon was speechless.
What is this supposed to be?
I just want to sell clothes in peace.
I'm not running a shelter for stray children.
Phainon sighed and said to Wang Dong,
"You've landed ten thousand years in the past."
"Back when your father Tang San hadn't even had you yet."
Wang Dong immediately grasped what he meant.
"This is ten thousand years ago? You can see the Sky Curtain too?"
Phainon nodded.
"Didn't you receive a Soul Bone? Feel for yourself, and you'll know."
Wang Dong did as he said.
She immediately realized that her Soul Power had reached level forty.
Three levels of Soul Power, the Golden Dragon Bloodline, and a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone.
Those three rewards pushed my Soul Power all the way to Soul Ancestor!
I've traveled through time. What will Yuhao and the others do about their match?
No. Right now, my safety matters more.
Wang Dong thought it over.
The fact that I have a Soul Bone and the bloodline of a God King is already out in the open.
People ten thousand years ago can see the Sky Curtain too. They know just as much as I do!
She glanced at the three of them.
That old geezer's aura makes it obvious I can't beat him.
Of the other two youths dressed in yellow and purple, one has no trace of Soul Power, while the other's Soul Power Level is nothing special.
Looks like I'll have to make my move against the white-haired one.
Phainon seemed to read her mind.
He smiled.
"I'm not interested in your Soul Bone. If you want to leave, I won't stop you."
"You can attack me too, but you might not be able to beat me."
At Phainon's words,
Qian Renxue's eyes lit up.
She had never seen Phainon fight. The only thing she had seen him do was fish.
So she egged Wang Dong on.
"Little sister, if you can beat my brother Phainon, I promise I won't attack you either. I'll even help you."
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