Ye Guixu: Trash who couldn't even protect his wife

After awakening his martial soul, Ye Guixu thanked Old Jack. He would not forget the kindness Grandpa Old Jack had shown him.

After all, it was only because of Old Jack's moment of kindness that he had brought him along to awaken his martial soul.

Otherwise, how could a child who had wandered into the village possibly have been taken to undergo martial soul awakening?

After all, if his awakening went well, he might even take the work-study quota shared by two or three villages.

The children of their own villages would miss out on that work-study quota, while a wandering orphan like him received it instead.

He had always lived by repaying kindness with kindness and vengeance with vengeance. He accepted this kindness from Old Jack.

Once he had given his thanks, he prepared to flee immediately.

Although his martial soul was no angel, and he had not joined the Spirit Hall.

Tang Hao was here in Holy Soul Village. Getting away from that fellow and quietly building his strength was the right course.

When weak, be Careful Superman first.

When strong, be Happy Superman.

Watching Ye Guixu leave, Old Jiete sighed with emotion.

Beside him, Tang San frowned deeply as he watched Ye Guixu hurry away.

He kept feeling as though this fellow was hiding from something.

But unable to discover any reason, Tang San could only go home first.

When he returned home, Blue Silver Grass appeared in his left hand, and he hoped to gain Tang Hao's approval.

Although Tang Hao's face filled with nostalgia as he murmured to himself, "Ah Yin, Ah Yin."

When Old Jack said he would give Tang San the work-study quota and send him to the Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, Tang Hao flatly refused.

"Blue Silver Grass is nothing but a trash martial soul. What could he possibly achieve by cultivating it? He wants to rise above others?"

Old Jack's face filled with anger. In the end, after Tang San consoled him, he still cursed Tang Hao several times:

"Tang Hao, your life is already finished. Little San mustn't end up like you."

Then he stormed off.

Tang Hao looked disdainful. A mere piece of trash dared lecture him, Clear Sky Douluo.

He glanced again at the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand and impatiently left him with a single sentence.

"Don't disturb me."

Then he went back to his room to sleep.

But the next moment, when Tang San manifested his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

The door curtain was swiftly pulled aside, revealing bloodshot eyes streaming with tears.

"The Clear Sky Hammer, twin martial souls! They're actually twin martial souls. Son, my son!"

He abruptly spread his powerful arms and pulled Tang San into his embrace.

"Child, remember, in the future, you must use the hammer in your left hand to protect the grass in your right. Always!"

"But you absolutely must not reveal your Clear Sky Hammer martial soul to anyone. Do you understand?"

Faced with this sudden outpouring of paternal love, Tang San was moved to a flood of tears. Then he took the opportunity to recount what had happened that day.

"What? You're saying someone awakened a martial soul made entirely of metal, radiating a terrifying aura, and even shattered the testing crystal ball!"

A sharp gleam flashed in Tang Hao's eyes.

The Spirit Hall's testing crystal balls could not simply explode from testing soul power.

It reminded him of one martial soul.

The Six-Winged Angel martial soul.

Innate full soul power at rank twenty.

Only a special testing crystal ball could measure it. Any ordinary testing crystal ball would definitely explode.

"Yes, Father. It was a child who wandered into the village today. Grandpa Old Jack felt sorry for him and brought him along to the Spirit Hall to awaken his martial soul. That Soul Master uncle even invited him to join the Spirit Hall."

"He joined the Spirit Hall?"

A trace of killing intent immediately surfaced in Tang Hao's eyes.

A martial soul capable of shattering a testing crystal ball was certainly no ordinary one.

If that boy dared join the Spirit Hall, he might have to intercept and kill this genius.

"No, but he said he might join if he had the chance in the future. That martial soul seemed to be called Void Star God Sauron."

Tang San was rather puzzled. Why was his father reacting so strongly?

"Void Star God Sauron?"

Tang Hao looked utterly bewildered. He knew nothing of such a martial soul.

But the name of this martial soul contained the word "god."

It was definitely no ordinary martial soul.

And this boy was a wandering orphan.

Tang Hao considered whether he should capture the boy and make him his son's dog in the future.

After all, he was an orphan. Give him a few little favors, and he would become utterly devoted.

And if the boy refused?

Hmph, that was not up to him.

"Where is he now?"

Having made up his mind, Tang Hao immediately decided to act.

"After awakening his martial soul, he thanked Grandpa Village Chief and left."

"Oh, right. I kept feeling like he was hiding from something."

Hearing Tang San's words, Tang Hao's expression grew increasingly dark.

"Start cooking. I'll be right back."

Tang San hurriedly nodded in agreement, but as he watched Tang Hao rush off, his face filled with questions.

Still, his father had hugged him today.

Everything he had done before had been worth it.

He felt nothing but warmth in his heart.

After running out of Holy Soul Village, Ye Guixu hid in a small grove and summoned his martial soul to don his armor.

With a series of ringing metallic clangs.

Ye Guixu's six-year-old body was encased in a tall, imposing suit of armor interwoven entirely in black and gold, with four enormous shield-like thrusters on its back.

As a being created by Creation God Aotian using a black hole as his blueprint, Void Star God Sauron likewise possessed the properties of a black hole.

Extremely powerful gravity, devouring everything, distorting space-time, absolute zero... and other properties.

After being transformed into a martial soul on the Douluo Continent, he also possessed five ultimate powers.

Ultimate darkness, ultimate space-time, ultimate ice, ultimate strength, and ultimate evil.

Moreover, these were merely "ultimate" because of the current limitations of his strength, not the endpoint of Void Star God Sauron.

Ye Guixu moved around a little, feeling the immense power of the Void Star God Armor, and was very satisfied.

Armored, he stood a full 2.8 meters tall, taller and more imposing than some other suits of armor, exuding sheer dominance.

Ye Guixu examined all the abilities possessed by the Void Star God Armor and spent a while familiarizing himself with them.

"I'll get out of here first."

Just as Ye Guixu prepared to leave, an icy voice rang out:

"Found you."

Not far away in the grove stood a man wearing a tattered black cloak, his hair disheveled and his face dejected. A thick murderous aura emanated from him, lowering the surrounding temperature to freezing.

"So this is your martial soul? Void Star God Sauron?"

Tang Hao glanced at the enormous metal construct, over two meters tall and predominantly black with gold and green mixed in. A flicker of surprise and uncertainty crossed his eyes.

That confirmed it. This truly was a god-level martial soul.

It possessed innate rank-twenty soul power.

But what left him even more uncertain was why the boy's aura was several times stronger than rank twenty.

"Surely Clear Sky Douluo didn't come here just to chat with me?"

The instant those words left his mouth, killing intent burst from Tang Hao's eyes.

This boy actually recognized him.

To hide from the Spirit Hall, whose reach spanned the continent, he had secluded himself in Holy Soul Village for six years. His appearance and bearing were no longer what they had once been.

Even his old opponents might not recognize him at a glance if they stood before him.

"Who exactly are you?! Which sect's disciple are you? Or did the Spirit Hall send you here? Just to track me down?"

Tang Hao's expression turned extremely ugly.

The Spirit Hall was already a top-tier Soul Master organization with influence spanning the continent.

It was also responsible for awakening the martial souls of commoners throughout the continent,

Every year, it dispatched designated Soul Masters to every village within its jurisdiction to perform free awakenings for children who had turned six.

It also adopted many orphans.

At that moment, Tang Hao suspected that the Spirit Hall had used this arrangement to distribute its adopted orphans among the villages and investigate his whereabouts.

But it had never expected one of the orphans it sent out to unexpectedly awaken a god-level martial soul with innate rank-twenty soul power!

"You're mistaken. I represent only myself, not anyone else." Ye Guixu rejected his understanding of the situation.

"Boy, I don't care whether the Spirit Hall sent you. You have only two choices now."

"Either become Little San's personal servant and a stepping stone for his climb to the summit."

"Or I'll twist your head right off."

Seeing that the boy refused to tell the truth, Tang Hao's killing intent surged, pressing every plant in the grove flat.

Faced with Tang Hao's threat, Ye Guixu scoffed.

"You old bastard, have you cracked so many walnuts that you've knocked your own brain stupid? I called you Clear Sky Douluo, and you thought I was afraid of you?

Trash who couldn't even protect his wife, and now you're taking it out on a child. That's all you'll ever amount to! You want me to be your dog? Dream on!"

"Fucking idiot!"

Killing intent surged in Tang Hao's eyes, and his murderous aura lunged straight at Ye Guixu as he spoke in an icy voice.

"Boy, don't tell me you think innate rank-twenty soul power makes you unrivaled under heaven?"

"A genius who hasn't grown is nothing but a pile of withered bones."

"Die!"

Nine soul rings-yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red-pulsed around his body. A Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his hand, ready to smash viciously down on Ye Guixu.

Yet beneath his helmet, Ye Guixu's lips curled into a grin.

"Space-Time Vortex!"

In an instant.

Golden light suddenly expanded from the Void Star God Armor, enveloping the surrounding space and bringing space-time to a halt.

Tang Hao stood frozen in place, his great hammer in hand.