Dai Lingfeng stood up in the secret chamber.
He was now over 1.8 meters tall, with a strong, heroic build and handsome features. His blond hair was noble and elegant.
Purple, purple, black, black!
Four Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet.
After cultivating the Purple Demon Eye for some time five years ago, Dai Lingfeng, who already countered soul bodies, had gained the ability to withstand the soul shock of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
That was why both his third and fourth Soul Rings were ten thousand years old!
His third Soul Skill, Hell Doppelganger,
was a combined and enhanced version of Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Doppelganger and Nether Shadow.
His fourth Soul Skill, Hell Mark,
could mark a target, stripping that target of every ability to defend against Dai Lingfeng for ten minutes!
With these two troublesome and powerful Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills, Dai Lingfeng could ambush an ordinary Soul King and succeed every time.
He had also completed the God of Speed's Second Trial, hunting a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
The Third Trial required him to surpass an ordinary Agility Attack System Soul Saint in speed.
As things stood,
Dai Lingfeng was far more than a little ahead of Huo Yuhao.
"Elder Tianli, how are things with Huo Yuhao?"
Dai Lingfeng beckoned.
He had always had people watching Huo Yuhao, keeping his every move in sight.
"Young master, Huo Yuhao has reached level ten. He's on his way to the Star Dou Great Forest to try to obtain a Soul Ring."
Dai Tianli emerged from the shadows and reported the situation.
After what had happened five years ago,
Huo Yuhao had been a laughingstock over people's tea and meals for a long time.
He really had been spurred on.
He tied his hair to the rafters and stabbed his thigh with an awl, cultivating diligently. But his talent was limited, and only now had he barely managed to reach level ten.
Dai Tianli could hardly keep from laughing.
With talent like that, he actually dreamed of opposing their young master?
He had no idea of his own limits!
Their young master would soon be the youngest Soul King in history!
"Let's go."
"We'll follow him to the Star Dou Great Forest."
"It's a good chance to stop by Shrek Academy and enroll on the way."
Dai Lingfeng would not, like Dai Tianli, think Huo Yuhao laughably weak.
He knew very well that Huo Yuhao was about to start using cheats.
As Huo Yuhao's own brother,
and the whetstone Tang San had personally chosen for him,
with a different physique besides, Dai Lingfeng was not interested in those fortuitous encounters of Huo Yuhao's.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm belonged to Huo Yuhao; he could just watch.
But giving Electrolux to Huo Yuhao was truly a waste.
It was throwing away a treasure.
The White Tiger Martial Soul had the ability to Act as a Chang Ghost for the Tiger, turning soul bodies into Chang Ghosts.
But good human souls could be encountered only by chance, not sought out.
He still had no suitable Chang Ghost, and Dai Lingfeng was determined to have Electrolux!
"Yes!"
"I'll make the preparations at once."
Dai Tianli's thoughts began to race.
Follow Huo Yuhao?
Was the young master going to assassinate Huo Yuhao?
The Star Dou Great Forest was indeed a fine place to murder and rob someone. If Huo Yuhao died there, he would only become Soul Beast dung, and no one would ever know.
Still, he had to clean up afterward for the young master,
so that their great young master's name would bear no stain.
"Lingfeng, are you really going to Shrek Academy on your own?"
"You don't need me to come with you?"
Dai Hao had resigned long ago and devoted himself wholeheartedly to raising his children,
staying by his qilin son's side every step of the way.
He had originally planned for Dai Lingfeng and Dai Huabin to go to Shrek together, and had made thorough preparations.
He had not expected Dai Lingfeng to insist on going alone.
Dai Lingfeng had his own ideas, and Dai Hao certainly would not object. With Tang Hao there, he did not have to worry about safety either; he was merely a little disappointed.
"I am."
"I can go on my own."
"Don't worry, Father. Nothing will go wrong."
Dai Lingfeng assured him again and again.
"All right."
Dai Hao finally relented. With the level 99 Tang Hao as his guard, he was quite at ease.
But servants were not allowed inside Shrek Academy,
and he did not know whether his Lingfeng could bear the poor, shabby life at Shrek Academy.
Sigh...
After leaving the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, Dai Lingfeng secretly followed Huo Yuhao all the way to the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Elder, Master, wait here for me a moment."
Dai Lingfeng activated his first Soul Skill, becoming a shadow and sneaking through the shadows.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had powerful detection abilities.
Tang Hao and Dai Tianli would certainly be discovered if they followed, but Dai Lingfeng had no need to worry while hiding in the shadows.
"All right, we understand, we understand."
Tang Hao and Dai Tianli completely misunderstood. They thought Dai Lingfeng was going to kill someone to silence him and did not want them to witness it, so both smiled knowingly.
Something like that really did need to be handled privately.
"?"
Dark lines covered Dai Lingfeng's face.
Wait,
what did you understand?
Don't get the wrong idea, all right!
"Forget it."
Let them misunderstand. It made things easier for him, and he would not have to explain.
Dai Lingfeng caught up to Huo Yuhao
and slipped into his shadow to lie in wait. In his current state, he was hidden from gods and ghosts alike.
Even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could not detect him, so naturally Huo Yuhao had no chance of doing so.
Unless someone was Long Aotian, whose Martial Soul was skin and who possessed skin vision, it was virtually impossible to notice anything amiss.
Before entering the Star Dou Great Forest,
Huo Yuhao first encountered Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who mooched a meal of grilled fish off him.
Then he ran into the god-slaying Wind Baboon,
a Wind Baboon that gave Dai Lingfeng a sense of familiarity.
After a hard fight that Dai Lingfeng found quite funny, Huo Yuhao finally killed the Wind Baboon.
The main event had arrived.
"I've finally found a human with the Mental Attribute! What a pity I can't cry, or my face would be streaming with tears!"
Dai Lingfeng could not hear those words, but he could supply the voice in his own head.
As he watched a great, plump worm crawl out of the ground
and up to Huo Yuhao,
Dai Lingfeng's heart rose into his throat.
Success or failure would be decided now!
Boom!
As the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself to Huo Yuhao, a mental shockwave erupted, freezing everything around them in place.
But Dai Lingfeng, hidden in the shadows, was entirely unaffected.
And in the very next moment,
another sudden change occurred.
The entire sky was swallowed by darkness. Electrolux, drawn there by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice, released an immense pressure and transformed into a stream of gray Qi that rushed toward Huo Yuhao.
"Now!"
Bang!
Dai Lingfeng leaped out of the shadow and over Huo Yuhao's head. His White Tiger Martial Soul possessed him, and he unleashed the power of a Chang Ghost.
Now it all depended on Electrolux's choice.
Would he choose Huo Yuhao,
or Act as a Chang Ghost for the Tiger and be used by Dai Lingfeng?
Dai Lingfeng was not confident. After all, compared with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's abundant origin, his Chang Ghost was merely an innate ability and did not seem to have an absolute advantage.
"Senior, you should be able to tell that this is a soul-type ability. I can repair soul bodies!"
Electrolux descended at breakneck speed.
Dai Lingfeng spoke even faster.
As though he had heard this product pitch, the stream of gray Qi wavered and entered Dai Lingfeng's body.
"Got him!"
With Electrolux in hand, Dai Lingfeng switched to his Nether Civet Martial Soul without the slightest hesitation and slipped into the shadows.
Time to run, otouto!