"You look down on me because you think I, Huo Yuhao, am nothing but trash,"
"unworthy of being your younger brother."
"If it weren't for this sinful White Tiger bloodline in my veins,"
"I wouldn't think any more of you, either!"
"Your talent is impressive,"
"but I'm still young, and I have plenty of time. What makes you think I can't turn things around?!"
"For my mother's sake, let me give you a word of advice:"
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Don't bully a young man for being poor!"
"Let's make a ten-year agreement!"
"Ten years from now, we'll settle this at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, regardless of life or death!"
Huo Yuhao's impassioned words rang out with conviction.
He refused to accept it!
Why?
What gave Dai Lingfeng the right to be so arrogant?
After Huo Yuhao had exposed his crime in public, Dai Lingfeng hadn't even bothered to respond. Instead, he had fused with Soul Bones and broken through right there before his eyes.
What was that supposed to mean?
Was he too lazy to defend himself? Was he using his actions to tell Huo Yuhao that cultivation was everything?
Did talent give him the right to do whatever he pleased?
Was Huo Yuhao not even worthy of a response?
Why?!
He refused to accept it!
Even if he had to stake his life on a fight to the death, he would fight for his own honor and his mother's!
Ten years!
Ten years from now, he had to win!
"Seriously?"
Nani?
The moment Huo Yuhao said those words, even Ma Xiaotao, standing beside him, couldn't keep a straight face.
She staggered back two steps in shock, staring at Huo Yuhao as though he were a madman.
Seriously, little brother,
where did you get that confidence?
And you wouldn't think any more of him, either?
He had just broken through on the spot, reaching the unbelievable level of twenty-eight at six years old!
What about you?
To put it bluntly, Huo Yuhao was nothing but trash with level-one Soul Power. Where did he get his confidence?
How did he dare?
Crazy, crazy, completely crazy.
Ma Xiaotao instinctively put some distance between herself and Huo Yuhao. She didn't want to stand too close to this madman anymore.
This kid had completely lost his mind...
"This..."
The crowd had yet to recover from the shock of Dai Lingfeng breaking through in the middle of the confrontation, practically opening a cheat on the spot,
when Huo Yuhao dealt them another blow straight to the head.
Whether it was Dai Lingfeng opening a cheat on the spot
or Huo Yuhao making a ten-year agreement with Dai Lingfeng, both were utterly shocking.
"Dai Yuhao, are you worthy of making a ten-year agreement?"
"You're not even worthy of carrying the heir's shoes!"
"Forget ten years. Even if you had another ten thousand, you could never match the heir!"
Dai Huabin was the first to recover and immediately began shouting.
He had indeed panicked just now,
but Dai Lingfeng opening a cheat on the spot had given him all the confidence he needed.
So what if he'd killed his mother?
Level twenty-eight at six years old,
four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones,
a heaven's chosen like him was no worse than Sea God Tang San from ten thousand years ago!
Before such overwhelming talent and strength, who dared pass judgment on their White Tiger Duke's Mansion?
"That rebellious son!"
Dai Hao cursed, no longer quite so tense.
In response to Huo Yuhao's relentless questioning about the murder of his mother,
Dai Lingfeng's answer had been incredible!
He had fused with three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones on the spot, raising his Soul Power by twelve levels in one go!
The pressure on Dai Hao eased considerably.
Before such earth-shattering talent and effort, Huo Yuhao's accusations seemed awfully feeble.
People's first impression wouldn't be that Dai Lingfeng had a despicable character,
but rather, just who did Huo Yuhao think he was?
How dare he question Dai Lingfeng?
"This is! God-Given Soul Power!"
Mu En's face was full of shock.
"Shrek Academy has a secret record. Legend has it that ten thousand years ago, Qian Renxue, the Angel God of Spirit Hall, had Innate Full Soul Power, plus ten levels of God-Given Soul Power, giving her level-twenty Innate Soul Power!"
"Level-twenty Innate Soul Power!"
"That is the favor and blessing of a god!"
Mu En's astonished words answered everyone's questions.
Why Dai Lingfeng had been able to break through twelve levels on the spot, breaking through as easily as drinking water.
The gods were watching just three feet above their heads!
"Could the God of War have manifested?"
"That makes sense,"
"a genius like Dai Lingfeng is destined to inherit the divine throne of God of War Dai Mubai!"
Du Busi murmured in a daze.
The White Tiger Lineage was, after all, a divine inheritance. A genius born to it could receive divine aid!
"Hahaha!"
"Heaven blesses the Star Luo Empire!"
Xu Jiawei laughed excitedly, his gaze turning appreciative once more as he looked at Dai Lingfeng.
Just as he'd thought!
How could Dai Lingfeng possibly disappoint him?
As for that maid mother of his,
he was merely cutting ties with the family he'd been born into.
Xu Jiawei instead admired Dai Lingfeng's courage in disregarding society's judgment and cutting ties with the family that had dragged him down.
How decisive!
Geniuses really were different from ordinary people!
"I can't compare to him."
Long Aotian shook his head with a bitter smile.
Although he thought Dai Lingfeng's character was despicable and that Dai Lingfeng was no match for him,
Dai Lingfeng had someone backing him in heaven,
and he had blundered into the family of heaven itself!
"With peerless talent and divine aid, Dai Lingfeng is a child of destiny of this generation!"
"As for Dai Yuhao,"
"he overestimates himself. He's nothing but a jumping clown, not worth mentioning!"
Mu En narrowed his eyes and gave another assessment.
He admitted he had spoken too soon just now.
Among the heaven's chosen of this age, there was only Dai Lingfeng!
"Junior granduncle, didn't you just say Dai Lingfeng wasn't fit for anything important, and Dai Yuhao was someone worth cultivating?"
Xuan Zi scratched his head in confusion.
Why had he changed his tune?
"Who asked you to speak?!"
"I'll settle your account later!"
Mu En glared at Xuan Zi.
Hadn't he just misjudged them?
Even people slipped and horses stumbled. That tactless dog Xuan Zi actually dared to undermine him.
"Oh, oh."
Xuan Zi shrank back in fright, but his gaze involuntarily fell on Huo Yuhao.
Dai Lingfeng had stunned him,
but so had Huo Yuhao's reckless move.
He dared challenge Dai Lingfeng, who was at level twenty-eight, with level-one Soul Power?
Should he say a newborn calf wasn't afraid of tigers, or that he didn't know how high the heavens were or how thick the earth was?
Xuan Zi was eager to know how Dai Lingfeng would respond.
Everyone else thought the same.
They watched Dai Lingfeng silently, holding their breath as they waited for his answer.
"Fine, I accept."
"Dai Yuhao, we are brothers, after all, so don't say I never gave you a chance. Ten years from now, we'll fight a fair and open match."
"Regardless of life or death!"
"When the time comes, I won't hold back."
"Now, get out of my engagement banquet!"
To everyone's surprise, Dai Lingfeng agreed.
He accepted Huo Yuhao's ten-year agreement.
But as far as everyone was concerned, there was no suspense about the outcome.
Huo Yuhao couldn't possibly win!
There could only be one winner, and that was Dai Lingfeng!
Nobody took the ten-year agreement seriously, because Huo Yuhao was laughably weak.
It was nothing more than a minor interlude.
By accepting the agreement, Dai Lingfeng was merely sparing Huo Yuhao for the sake of their brotherly bond.
Seen that way,
Dai Lingfeng was quite devoted to his family and loyal to his kin.
His brother had nearly ruined his engagement banquet, yet he had repaid resentment with kindness and let Huo Yuhao leave.
What a kind man!
There seemed to be more to Huo Yun'er's case. Dai Lingfeng had even let Huo Yuhao go, so how could he possibly have killed Huo Yun'er?
That damned Dai Huabin must have done it!
"I don't need you to hold back."
"I'll leave on my own!"
Huo Yuhao stubbornly turned around, doing his best not to look so disheveled and to make a more dignified exit.