Tears streamed down Huo Yuhao's face.
Why?
Why wouldn't he leave them alone?
They had sprung from the same root!
Why burn each other so fiercely?!
Did that bastard Dai Lingfeng really have to drive him and his mother to their deaths?
Was their very existence a stain on Dai Lingfeng that had to be wiped away?
Dai Lingfeng, Dai Lingfeng!
"What kind of genius are you?!"
"Heaven truly has eyes but no pupils!"
"It gave someone like you such incredible talent. Heaven is unfair!"
Huo Yuhao pointed at the sky and cursed at the top of his lungs.
He hated it!
He hated the injustice of heaven!
Wicked people like Dai Huabin and Dai Lingfeng had outstanding talent, while he and his mother worked diligently, yet were as lowly as dust. Even their existence was a mistake.
He hated fate!
"He's mad! He's really gone mad!"
The cleaning lady was startled to see Huo Yuhao pointing at the sky and cursing. She hurriedly put some distance between them and hid far away.
Little Huo Yuhao stood in the empty courtyard.
His figure was stubborn and desolate.
At the White Tiger Duke's Mansion,
on the training platform.
"Young lord, watch closely."
"Nether Civet Martial Soul, possession!"
"Hell Stab, Netherworld Hundred Claws, Netherworld Slash!"
A skinny middle-aged man was using his Nether Civet Martial Soul to demonstrate his first three Soul Skills for Dai Lingfeng.
But if Dai Lingfeng had to judge them,
they were an enhanced basic attack, multiple enhanced basic attacks, and yet another enhanced basic attack.
Those three Soul Skills didn't even require a shred of technique...
Dai Lingfeng learned them at a glance.
He couldn't understand what the Zhu Family was thinking.
The White Tiger Clan's Soul Skills did have their merits,
but the Zhu Family had three enhanced basic attacks and had even copied the White Tiger Lineage by using fixed Soul Skills. They were simply hard to judge.
"Hell Stab, right?"
Dai Lingfeng activated his Nether Civet Martial Soul Possession, and power erupted from his legs as he lunged forward.
He had just watched the man demonstrate Hell Stab and had picked up some of the essence of its movements and techniques for exerting force.
This knockoff version he executed
was every bit as effective as the original Hell Stab.
"Netherworld Hundred Claws, right?"
Dai Lingfeng's hands danced wildly like a cat's claws, leaving over a hundred claw marks. Neither his movements nor their power fell short of the original Netherworld Hundred Claws.
"Netherworld Slash, right?"
Next came Netherworld Slash.
Dai Lingfeng pressed his palms together and summoned Netherworld Soul Power to envelop his hands. He perfectly copied the stance of Netherworld Slash, and the strike he unleashed was no different from the original.
All three Soul Skills
were virtually indistinguishable from the originals.
Dai Lingfeng had learned them after watching just a few times.
The only difference was that he had no Soul Rings.
"Young lord, this..."
The skinny middle-aged man's face turned awkward.
The way Dai Lingfeng had done that made his first three Soul Rings look ridiculous.
Dai Lingfeng had learned the Soul Skills he had gained by hunting Soul Beasts and absorbing their Soul Rings after watching them a few times?
It really made his vision go dark.
"All right, you can go back now."
Dai Lingfeng waved a hand.
He had already learned these paltry tricks.
Dai Tianli, standing nearby, understood and immediately led the skinny middle-aged man with the Nether Civet Martial Soul away.
"Soul Skills that require no technique like these
"don't need Soul Rings to be mastered at all!"
Dai Lingfeng dismissed his Martial Soul and clenched his fists. Just as he was about to recall the principles behind the three Soul Skills, starting with Hell Stab,
a cheer suddenly rang out from the roof:
"Good!!"
"Hahahaha, good lad!"
"You learned three Self-Created Soul Skills in the blink of an eye. You truly are a heaven-born genius."
The voice was exceptionally loud but indistinct, as though its owner were chewing on something.
He sounded full of confidence, too,
not at all as though he thought his appearance was an affront.
Dai Lingfeng looked up
and found a ragged old man lying on his roof. He had no idea when the man had gotten there. The old man was holding a chicken leg in one hand and eating with gusto.
Xuan Zi?
That behavior told Dai Lingfeng his identity at once. Who else could it be but Xuan Zi?
"I don't deserve to be called a heaven-born genius."
"These three Soul Skills are nothing but paltry tricks. You flatter me, senior."
Dai Lingfeng spoke indifferently. He wasn't particularly interested in dealing with Xuan Zi.
He had no fondness for this supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, whose eating chicken legs had led to his entire team being wiped out twice.
Even standing close to him, Dai Lingfeng was afraid of being dragged down.
It was truly bad luck to see Xuan Zi when he stepped outside.
"No need to be modest, kid."
"Those three Soul Skills of the Hell Spirit Cat really are paltry tricks, but at your age, being able to grasp their essentials makes you worthy of being called a heaven-born genius."
Xuan Zi jumped down from the roof,
devoured the chicken leg in his hand in no time, tossed the bone onto the ground, and reached for Dai Lingfeng with his greasy hand,
intending to wipe it on Dai Lingfeng's splendid robes.
"Senior, please conduct yourself with propriety!!"
Startled, Dai Lingfeng hurriedly activated his first Soul Skill and hid in his shadow.
Xuan Zi was far too uncouth.
His hand was covered in grease after eating the chicken leg, and he actually wanted to wipe it on Dai Lingfeng's clothes!
That was outrageous!
"Hey!"
Xuan Zi hadn't been paying attention and was a beat too slow. When he reached out again, he found that Dai Lingfeng had already hidden in his shadow.
He was like someone trying to scoop the moon from the water.
He couldn't grab Dai Lingfeng at all, even when he used Soul Power.
"Intangibility?"
"An invincible state?"
Xuan Zi grew even more delighted.
Not only was he a genius with Twin Martial Souls and exceptionally high comprehension, but he also had such an outstanding intangibility Soul Skill?
This kid was a treasure!
He liked him!
"All right, come out now, Dai Lingfeng."
"Let me tell you, I am the deputy master of the Sea God Pavilion, the level 98 Taotie Douluo. I've taken a liking to you and want to take you as my disciple."
"Why aren't you coming out to pay your respects to your master?"
Xuan Zi clapped his hands and put on airs, looking down at Dai Lingfeng as he waited for him to tremble with awe and bow his head in submission.
After all, given his status, his taking a liking to Dai Lingfeng was an enormous blessing for the boy!
"Senior, I already have a teacher."
Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent could only have one teacher, and Dai Lingfeng tried to make Xuan Zi back off.
"Hmm?"
"What bastard was so quick? How dare he snatch my disciple!"
Xuan Zi frowned.
Someone had actually beaten him to the disciple he had set his sights on?
"No matter how strong your teacher is, could he possibly be stronger than me?"
"He's nothing but a mediocrity."
"How dare he covet something that doesn't belong to him? I'll naturally teach him a proper lesson later."
"As for now,
"you rebellious disciple dared to betray me and take someone else as your teacher. You deserve punishment!"
Annoyed, Xuan Zi stepped forward, and a full nine Soul Rings emerged from beneath his feet: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.
All nine rings appeared at once!
But Dai Lingfeng remained hidden in his shadow. His expression didn't change in the slightest as he continued to watch Xuan Zi warily.
He only wondered,
What the hell is Tang Hao doing?
Why hasn't he come out yet?
Tang Hao at that moment: eating plenty of delicious food, drinking fine wine to his heart's content, and enjoying some wonderful dreams.
"Kid!!"
"Get out here!"
Having been ignored again and again, Xuan Zi immediately grew angry.
He activated his Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul Possession and reached for Dai Lingfeng, intending to pull him out of the shadow.
But the instant he stretched out his hand, stirring BGM rang out!
If you open your eyes in a nightmare~
And face the cruel world head-on~
That man appeared with a speaker on his shoulder.
"A little calf like you!"
"Dares to snatch my disciple?!"
Tang Hao descended from the sky, bearing the wrath of the Sea God King!
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