Gu Ruiqiu and Wang Dong'er exchanged a glance. They saw the same answer in each other's eyes.
With barely a moment's hesitation, Gu Ruiqiu raised a hand and swung it.
Smack!
The water bottle Dai Huabin had insistently offered was sent flying, smashing hard against the ground.
The bottle burst apart, spraying clear water and fragments in every direction.
Dai Huabin froze on the spot.
Had his carefully prepared attempt at striking up a conversation as the Dai Family's second young master just been rejected outright?
Now these were the girls he, Dai Huabin, wanted to pursue!
Girls like the ones before him were exactly what Dai Huabin liked!
Only girls with such domineering personalities, who were so hard to conquer, were worthy of his affection!
Before he could recover from his shock and anticipation, a piercing dragon's roar resounded across the entire training ground.
Brilliant golden light burst from Gu Ruiqiu, and her powerful presence seemed to take the form of a giant golden dragon that roared as it charged at Dai Huabin.
A pair of gorgeous pink-and-blue wings of light unfurled behind Wang Dong'er. In a flash, she appeared at Dai Huabin's side like a streak of light.
Bang!
Almost at the same instant, two forces struck Dai Huabin.
He didn't even have time to scream before he flew backward and slammed into the wall of the distant white teaching building.
A web of cracks instantly spread across the wall from Dai Huabin's impact.
"Scum," Gu Ruiqiu and Wang Dong'er cursed in unison.
The surrounding freshmen were dumbfounded.
Bro, were they sure those two girls were freshmen?
They had clearly felt the intense pressure that erupted from the two stunningly beautiful girls the moment they released their Martial Souls. That was definitely not power ordinary freshmen possessed.
Dai Huabin fell from the wall and landed in a heap on the ground. He clutched his dizzy, sharply throbbing head; the intense pain twisted his face and made his body tremble uncontrollably.
The next moment, a vast amount of information flooded into Dai Huabin's mind.
Dai Huabin froze briefly, disbelief flashing through his eyes. He had actually gained memories of the future.
"Huo Yuhao..." Endless killing intent appeared in Dai Huabin's eyes.
A lowly son born to a mere maid dared to act up before him, the White Tiger Duke's legitimate second son.
Since he now knew the future, it meant heaven was watching over him. It had to be the Dai Family's ancestors displaying their divine might.
In all his memories, he had constantly suppressed and humiliated Huo Yuhao and his mother, Huo Yun'er, when he was young, and had even indirectly caused his mother's death.
He had thought Huo Yuhao would take frenzied revenge on him, but the final outcome was completely beyond his expectations.
Huo Yuhao hadn't settled accounts with him. Instead, he had made him the first Soul Master to possess a Soul Spirit, a technology that transcended its era, greatly increasing his strength.
In the future, the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had also regained control of the Star Luo Imperial Family from the Star Crown Sect.
Had he failed?
No, he hadn't. On the contrary, he, Dai Huabin, was the final winner!
"Hahahaha!"
Dai Huabin's laughter grew louder and louder, but to everyone else, it looked as though Gu Ruiqiu and Wang Dong'er had beaten him senseless.
Ice Empress, Snow Empress... Dai Huabin thought.
Thinking of the two beings who had given Huo Yuhao invincible power early on, Dai Huabin's eyes flashed with greed.
If that scrawny, malnourished brat Huo Yuhao could absorb the Ice and Snow Empresses, why couldn't he, Dai Huabin?!
As long as he obtained one of them, Dai Huabin was confident he could surpass Huo Yuhao.
He would become the true protagonist of this era, a leader who stood above everyone else!
"Hahahahaha!"
Dai Huabin's crazed laughter echoed endlessly across the training ground.
Several months later.
"Finally, I've broken through to level 20." Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes.
As his Soul Power circulated, a deeper purple flashed in his eyes.
After months of arduous cultivation, his Soul Power had finally broken through to level 20. All he needed was a suitable Soul Ring to become a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.
In just a few months, he had also cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill to its third level, and his Purple Demon Eye had reached the Mustard Seed Middle Stage. His vision and spiritual perception far surpassed those of Soul Masters his age.
As for Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Mysterious Jade Hand, his proficiency had long since reached the maximum level.
Besides cultivating, Huo Yuhao had received a large share of high-level Soul Beast meat through arrangements made by the sect master and the elders.
There was meat of extremely high quality, such as that of the Golden Earth Dragon King and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, as well as some precious medicinal herbs and Mystic Water Pills.
Huo Yuhao was no longer the painfully scrawny boy he had once been. He looked delicate and handsome, with an upright figure, broad shoulders and back, and a firm waist and abdomen.
His bones had grown tougher, and his muscles were filled with a sense of supernatural strength.
"Brother Sky Dream, are we still going with the original plan for my Second Soul Ring?"
In his Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm responded.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said with a grin, "Of course. Yuhao, I've already picked out your Second Soul Ring for you: the Cold-Pupiled Ice Fox."
"It's an extremely rare ice-attribute, spiritual-type Soul Beast from the Far North. It has the ability to perceive and foresee the future."
"It's a perfect match for the direction of your Second Soul Skill."
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly. Recalling something, he asked, "Brother Sky Dream, you said before that the soulless ice you gave me needs to absorb a First Soul Ring before its Second Martial Soul is finally determined according to the Soul Beast the ring came from."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded and said, "That's right, just as you said."
"Suppose you didn't add the Cold-Pupiled Ice Fox to your Spirit Eyes, but gave it to that soulless ice as its First Soul Ring instead."
"Once you'd successfully absorbed it, you'd have a brand-new Martial Soul-the Cold-Pupiled Ice Fox."
Huo Yuhao suddenly understood. "I see. In that case, the only Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, who can predict things like a god, must have already picked out a beast, right?"
Hearing Huo Yuhao call him the only Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was beyond pleased with himself.
Without even thinking, he answered, "Do you even have to ask? Your Second Martial Soul has to be my little Bingbing, who's 390,000 years old!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm seemed to realize something.
His entire silkworm body stiffened on the spot.
The next moment, his voice abruptly shot up. "Damn! Huo Yuhao, you actually dared to trick me!"
Huo Yuhao giggled. "It was going to come out sooner or later anyway."
"But, Brother Sky Dream, it looks like your idea won't work for the time being."
"What do you mean?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was puzzled.
Huo Yuhao explained, "I'm a disciple under the special care of Du Busi, the Body Sect's sect master."
"Do you think he'll personally come along when I go to obtain my Second Soul Ring this time?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fell silent for a brief moment. That was it?
He had thought it was some major problem.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm raised his head proudly. "I'm a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! Could a mere Du Busi, an ordinary Level 98 Super Douluo, possibly be my match?!"