"Damn it, damn it!"
"My lifelong reputation as Grandmaster!"
Yu Xiaogang lay on the ground, crystalline tears glistening at the corners of his eyes, his gaze filled with humiliation.
"It's all Yun Tian's fault, all Yun Tian's fault!"
"If it weren't for Yun Tian, I, the Grandmaster, wouldn't have been..."
Recalling what that burly man had just done to him, Yu Xiaogang felt he might as well die!
But when it actually came to that, he discovered he didn't even dare to die!
Grandmaster Yu would never admit that his own weakness and incompetence had led to this.
"No, I can't die yet. I must raise Little San to adulthood and have him prove that my theories aren't wrong!"
"And when that time comes, I'll prove to those vulgar fools that I'm not the useless one. They're the useless ones, blind to my brilliance!"
Just as Yu Xiaogang sank into endless reveries, the voice of the scar-faced brute from earlier rang out from the depths of the prison.
"Hey, Long, why did you take so long this time? Looks like you had a good time."
"Hahaha, boss, why don't you try him and find out? You enjoy yourself. I'll go tell Jie to get ready."
The scar-faced brute slowly came into view. Looking at his towering frame, over two meters tall, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help swallowing.
With a body that big, could he withstand him?
The scar-faced brute came over to Yu Xiaogang, crouched down, and took a deep sniff.
"Mmm, you're sweeter than any rose I've ever come across."
The scar-faced brute reached out and grabbed Yu Xiaogang's buttocks.
"B-big brother, I'm frail. Could you please, when you..."
Before Yu Xiaogang could finish, the scar-faced brute had already launched his assault.
"Damn it, damn it! Just you wait! Once I escape this place, I'll bring Little San here and raze it to the ground!"
Yu Xiaogang held back his tears of humiliation, silently enduring the degrading acts the scar-faced brute inflicted on him.
Meanwhile, at the exit of Sunset Forest.
Yun Tian had just ridden Sang Biao over when two men in black blocked his path.
"Boss, that's him! Look at him, dressed so well. He must have money!"
Two men in black stood blocking Yun Tian's way. The one on the left sidled up to the other man, his expression begging for credit.
"One Soul Grandmaster and one Soul Master. These days, even people this weak can come out robbing others."
Sensing the Soul Power fluctuations coming from the three people before him, Yun Tian couldn't help feeling doubtful.
If they were going to rob people, and at the exit of Sunset Forest at that, shouldn't they at least be Soul Elders?
After all, who among those entering Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Beasts wasn't above the Soul Grandmaster level?
Even those whose own strength fell short would have powerful people accompanying them.
"Hahaha, well done, kid! Once we pull this off, I'll give you credit!"
The leader of the two men in black gave a sinister laugh, then stepped forward and said:
"Little friend, are you going to hand over your soul coins and everything yourself, or do you want the two of us to help you hand them over?"
As the man in black finished speaking, his aura abruptly changed. A green phantom of a One-Eyed Wolf slowly appeared behind him, while two Ten-Year Soul Rings emerged beneath his feet.
Yun Tian stroked Sang Biao, then swung himself down.
"Hahaha, boss, this kid isn't stupid! He even knows to hand over his soul coins without being told!"
Seeing Yun Tian's movements, the Soul Master in black leaned toward the Soul Grandmaster in black and spoke with a laugh.
The Soul Grandmaster in black thought so too.
He had already withdrawn his Martial Soul and held out his hand, waiting for Yun Tian to place the soul coins into it himself.
But the anticipated weight of soul coins never arrived. Instead, a wave of searing pain struck.
"Aah! My hand!"
The Soul Grandmaster in black clutched desperately at the empty space where his left arm had been.
In front of him, Sang Biao held the Soul Grandmaster's left arm in his mouth.
"Damn it, what are you standing around for? Kill him!"
The Soul Grandmaster in black kicked hard at the Soul Master in black beside him.
"Yes, boss!"
With a boom, the Soul Master in black had barely finished speaking when a dark shadow slammed straight into him and sent him flying.
After smashing through more than a dozen large trees, he stopped breathing.
At the sight, the Soul Grandmaster in black dropped smoothly to his knees and immediately began kowtowing to Yun Tian.
"Grandpa, I was wrong! I had eyes but couldn't see and offended you! Please, in your great generosity, let me go like a fart!"
Watching the man in black execute such a silky-smooth sequence, Yun Tian felt he had some idea why the man dared to rob people at the entrance to Sunset Forest with only a Soul Grandmaster's cultivation.
It was just that this method was rather hard on his underlings!
Yun Tian ignored the man in black kneeling on the ground and kowtowing incessantly, walking straight past him.
After Yun Tian passed, a piercing scream came from behind him. It lasted only a single second.
Once it was all over, Sang Biao ambled over to Yun Tian and rubbed his head against him, whining as he nuzzled him.
Only after Yun Tian tossed him a few pieces of beef jerky did Sang Biao quiet down.
Once Sang Biao finished the jerky, Yun Tian was just about to ride him out of Sunset Forest when a girl's sharp cry suddenly came from the dense woods ahead.
"You dared to attack someone again! I should never have let you go!"
The instant the voice fell, a figure rushed out of the dense woods.
Looking at the person before him, a flicker of surprise crossed Yun Tian's eyes.
Before him stood a girl with a porcelain-doll face, a touch of baby fat, and long, azure-blue hair.
Two Hundred-Year Soul Rings pulsed slowly beneath the girl's feet, but none of that was what mattered most.
What mattered most was the little girl's Martial Soul.
Ice Phoenix.
Shui Bing'er. She's actually here.
At that moment, a beautiful woman suddenly appeared beside Shui Bing'er.
The beautiful woman bore a seventy-percent resemblance to Shui Bing'er, and her aura was unfathomable.
"Mom."
Seeing her mother appear, Shui Bing'er called out.
The beautiful woman nodded, then looked toward the corpses of the two men in black.
"Child, did you kill these two?"
The beautiful woman's voice was gentle, like music from the heavens.
Yun Tian nodded, making no attempt to hide it.
Since she was Shui Bing'er's mother, her cultivation had to be at least at the Soul Emperor level.
There was no way his killing of the two men in black could have escaped a Soul Emperor's spiritual detection.
It seems my senses weren't wrong. This child looks only a year younger than Bing'er. Is he already a Soul Grandmaster at such a young age?
Yun Tian's height and features were nothing like those of a seven-year-old child.
So Shui Bing'er's mother never considered that he might be seven.
Instead, she thought Yun Tian was only a year younger than her daughter.
"Um, I'm sorry. I was softhearted earlier and asked Mom to let them go. That's why they ended up targeting you."
Shui Bing'er stepped forward and spoke to Yun Tian, her face full of guilt.
Seeing this, Yun Tian smiled and said, "It's fine."
"Senior, I still have something to attend to, so I'll take my leave."
Yun Tian gave the beautiful woman a slight cupped-hand salute, then mounted Sang Biao and rode straight away.
Watching Sang Biao beneath Yun Tian, Shui Bing'er somehow felt a strong urge to go over and pet him.
But out of politeness, she forced the thought back down.
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