Zhao Wuji asked, "You two know him?"
Tang San shook his head. "No. We only saw him once in Suotuo City."
Remembering what Dai Jinge had done to Tang San back then, Xiao Wu said indignantly, "He's a really rude guy!"
Dai Jinge's swordlike brows furrowed at her words. "I'm not the rude one. You are."
With Zhao Wuji beside them to back them up, Xiao Wu immediately grew arrogant:
"Do you dare come down and spar with us? If you lose, you have to give my brother that hair gold!"
Tang San hurriedly said, "Xiao Wu, don't."
"You've already said it. Isn't it a little late to say 'don't' now?" As his words fell, Dai Jinge leaped down and landed before Xiao Wu and the others.
The moment they saw Dai Jinge, Zhao Wuji and the others almost instinctively looked toward Dai Mubai in their group. The two simply shared too many nearly identical features.
Their blond hair and azure double pupils, for instance.
Looking astonished, Ma Hongjun asked, "Boss Dai, is he a relative of yours?"
Dai Mubai studied Dai Jinge, searching his memories as he asked, "Are you from the Star Luo Empire?"
Dai Jinge was not surprised that Dai Mubai failed to recognize him. After all, he had grown far, far too quickly over the past three years.
Although he was three years younger than Dai Mubai, he looked even more mature.
Dai Jinge smiled faintly. "Dai Mubai, you've been living pretty carefree in Suotuo City these past three years!"
Everyone was surprised to hear this.
Oscar asked in astonishment, "Boss Dai, he knows you. How come you don't know him?"
Dai Mubai's brows knitted tightly. By a process of elimination, he roughly determined the identity of the person before him and asked uncertainly, "Could you be... Dai Jinge?"
"Thank you."
Dai Jinge smiled faintly and said:
"If you hadn't fled Star Luo City three years ago, I wouldn't have ended up with such a wonderful girl as Zhu Zhuqing."
"Don't worry. Once Zhu Zhuqing and I kill Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun and I ascend to the throne as the Star Luo Emperor, I won't kill you or cripple your soul power. I'll give you a chance to serve me."
Everyone present was shocked by his words.
All eyes shifted back and forth between Dai Jinge and Dai Mubai.
The revelations in Dai Jinge's words were staggering. To Tang San, they even sounded treasonous.
"You think you... can defeat Dai Weisi?"
No longer able to worry about his identity being exposed or outsiders being present, Dai Mubai sighed. "You're far too confident. I admit you're more talented than I am, but you're also three years younger."
"By the time you're twenty-five, Dai Weisi will already be thirty-four. His cultivation might even have reached Soul Emperor. What makes you think you can defeat him?"
Dai Jinge gave a mysterious smile. "You'll find out, but not now."
He glanced over the others before finally looking at Xiao Wu. "You're the only interesting one among them. Want to challenge me? Come on, then! If you beat me, I'll give your brother the hair gold!"
Xiao Wu rubbed her fists eagerly and stepped forward twice.
"Xiao Wu, don't be rash!"
Tang San stepped forward and caught Xiao Wu's arm, his expression stern.
"Boss Dai, who exactly is he?" Ma Hongjun asked, scratching his head.
The others wanted to know as well.
Dai Mubai remained silent, unsure whether it was appropriate to reveal his identity to everyone just yet.
"Boss Dai, how strong is he?"
Tang San asked with a frown, deeply worried that Xiao Wu might get hurt in a match against Dai Jinge.
Dai Mubai sighed. "He's even more talented than I am and has innate full soul power. He's about your age, so by now, he's at least at your level, possibly even higher."
Oscar thought for a moment, then muttered, "Boss Dai, could he be your younger brother?"
Dai Mubai remained silent.
Just then, Xiao Wu took the initiative and attacked Dai Jinge, shouting:
"Let me show you what this lady can do!"
Xiao Wu closed in, pink radiance suddenly bursting from her pink eyes.
Second soul skill, Charm!
Dai Jinge's expression did not change as he took the Charm soul skill head-on. His spiritual power, comparable to that of a Soul Saint, remained as immovable as a mountain.
"Ah!"
Xiao Wu cried out in pain, blood streaming from all seven orifices.
Tang San and the others knew this sight all too well. Only a few days earlier, Xiao Wu had used her Charm soul skill on Zhao Wuji and suffered a backlash.
"That's it? How am I supposed to lose?"
Dai Jinge smiled contemptuously, then seized Xiao Wu's ankle in an instant and slammed her back and forth.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After three consecutive brutal slams, Xiao Wu lay embedded in the ground, her eyes vacant.
With blood streaming from all seven orifices, her wretched appearance made her look as though she were dead.
"Xiao Wu!!!"
Tang San's pupils abruptly contracted. He rushed toward Xiao Wu in a blind panic, his heart bleeding.
"It hurts just to watch!"
Ma Hongjun and Oscar swallowed, shaken, and instinctively edged closer to Zhao Wuji.
Dai Jinge murmured, "Beating someone without using a martial soul really does feel good."
Zhao Wuji's face darkened at those words.
Wasn't that exactly what he had just said? And he had learned it from Tang Hao!
"Brat, I don't care who you are, what status you have, or how you're related to Mubai. You've beaten my student into this state. Don't think you'll get away easily today!"
Zhao Wuji rubbed his fists and advanced step by step.
He had already seen what Tang San was like when he flew into a rage after Xiao Wu was hurt.
"Teacher Zhao!"
Tang San stopped Zhao Wuji's advance, his expression terrifyingly grim.
He lifted Xiao Wu out of the crater and brought her to Ning Rongrong, pleading, "Rongrong, please look after Xiao Wu for me."
Ning Rongrong nodded.
Tang San's behavior at that moment also shocked Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai.
Tang San turned around and fixed a fierce stare on Dai Jinge.
"I once swore that I would never easily forgive anyone who hurt Xiao Wu!"
"Is that so..." Dai Jinge mused. "A word of advice: as a man, don't swear oaths lightly. Not only is it irresponsible, but if you break your oath someday, you'll lose face too."
Tang San said in a low voice, "So... I'm going to make you pay now! Do you dare accept my challenge?"
Dai Jinge faced him calmly. "Why wouldn't I? I wouldn't be afraid even if all of you came at me together!"
"No need. I'm more than enough to deal with you alone!" Tang San snorted coldly. With both hands at his waist, he suddenly moved, becoming a phantom.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh-!
Hearing the sounds of objects slicing through the air from every direction, Dai Jinge immediately released his soul power and formed it into a defensive barrier.
Amid a series of metallic clinks and clangs, all the various hidden weapons Tang San hurled struck Dai Jinge's defensive barrier and were blocked outside it.
"These juggling tricks are useless."
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