Dai Tianfeng had no intention of indulging this so-called fourth prince of Heaven Dou in the slightest. He threw a punch straight at him.
Under the current circumstances, even if Dai Tianfeng beat Xue Beng to death, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family could only grit their teeth and accept it.
After all, even Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, their strongest fighter in the open, was now one of Dai Tianfeng's people!
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not take their side either.
As for the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, they thought even less of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
No matter how much hatred the Heaven Dou Imperial Family held in their hearts, what could they do?
The Horned Scale Horse was a rare Soul Beast and the favorite mount of the Heaven Dou Empire's nobles.
Not only were they immensely strong and exceptionally fast, but their hooves also resisted slipping.
Their actual combat strength, however, was quite ordinary, falling far short of even a Hundred-Year Soul Beast.
Dai Tianfeng's punch naturally killed the horse on the spot.
Xue Beng was sent flying backward as well, crashing heavily to the ground.
Soon, several more young men in fine clothes rode over.
Their expressions changed when they saw Xue Beng sprawled on the ground.
"Your Highness, are you all right?"
One of them nimbly dismounted and helped Xue Beng up.
Xue Beng waved a hand, his face dark as he stared at Dai Tianfeng. "Little brat, you killed my horse. Tell me how you're going to pay for it."
It was only a Horned Scale Horse; he did not care about it at all.
What he really cared about was that the other party had made him look so pathetic.
Xue Beng had also been cautious. He had no recollection of this little brat, who probably did not have much of a background. Nine times out of ten, he was some minor noble's son.
Even if such a nobody was a little talented, Xue Beng had nothing to fear from him.
"You want me to compensate you? Who do you think you are?" Dai Tianfeng curled his lip in disdain and spoke coldly.
Xue Beng had been the one to ride at him in the first place. Even in the modern society of his previous life, with its well-developed laws, what he had done could at most be considered self-defense.
Xue Beng's teeth ground together.
That contemptuous look reminded Xue Beng of the older brother he feared.
Seeing this, a lackey beside him immediately jumped out, borrowing the tiger's might like a fox.
"Kid, do you know who he is?"
"This is His Highness, the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire!"
"How dare you speak to His Highness like that? Are you tired of living?"
"When the time comes, it won't just be you. Even your family will have its property confiscated and every last member wiped out!"
Hearing that last sentence, Dai Tianfeng could only laugh.
If you've got what it takes, go confiscate the White Tiger Dai Family's property and wipe them out!
Who confiscates whose property is still up in the air!
"Get him! Beat him to death! Whatever happens, I'll take full responsibility!" Xue Beng said through gritted teeth.
Although he was the famous "good-for-nothing prince" and had fallen out of the emperor's favor, who at the academy did not bow and scrape before him thanks to his princely title?
His eldest brother was one thing; he could not afford to provoke him.
But who the hell was this kid in front of him?
What gave him the right to look at him like that?
Dai Tianfeng could not be bothered wasting words either.
An afterimage flashed past.
In the space of a few breaths.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of dull, grating impacts rang out in quick succession, accompanied by waves of wailing.
"Argh!"
A sharp pain shot through Xue Beng's abdomen. He let out a scream and was sent flying backward once again.
His lackeys fared even worse. Every one of them was bruised and battered, clutching his stomach and rolling on the ground in agony. Some had even passed out.
Not a trace remained of their earlier arrogance.
"Xue Beng, others may fear your status as the fourth prince of Heaven Dou, but I don't!"
Dai Tianfeng looked down at Xue Beng from above. "If you come looking for trouble with me again, I really will kill you!"
With that, he turned and left.
Useless as Xue Beng was, with Prince Xue Xing's help, he could still cause Xue Qinghe some grief.
Or rather, Qian Renxue.
He was still a little useful.
As for Qian Renxue, Dai Tianfeng admitted he did have a favorable impression of her.
It was a common failing among most transmigrators.
After all, Qian Renxue was an exceptionally beautiful woman, and a mature beauty at that, though she was a little love-brained.
But as the crown prince of the Star Luo Empire in this life, Dai Tianfeng naturally did not want Qian Renxue's Nation-Stealing Plan to succeed.
It would be best if Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire fought until both sides were badly battered.
Of course, it was only a thought.
As a transmigrator, he could not have been more aware of Spirit Hall's true strength.
How could the Heaven Dou Empire even dare compare itself to it?
While he was at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dai Tianfeng had considered exposing the hidden identity of the eldest prince, Xue Qinghe.
But after thinking it over, he gave up on the idea!
Even if Qian Renxue really were exposed, nothing would happen to her.
Did people really think Spirit Hall ate only vegetables?
Not to mention, Qian Renxue had two Titled Douluo protecting her at all times.
If Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall, her talent would surely give the world an enormous surprise.
After all, Qian Renxue was the only Soul Master in the Douluo tetralogy with level twenty Innate Soul Power, and a First-Level Godhood was waiting for her to inherit.
She was simply a born winner in life.
Yet Qian Renxue had played a perfect hand into ruin!
With her talent, all she had to do was quietly cultivate in Spirit Hall. Once she inherited the Angel Godhood, she could sweep across the entire continent.
By then, how would Tang San have had any time to develop and grow?
But what did Qian Renxue do?
She insisted on taking part in that ridiculous Nation-Stealing Plan and disguising herself as Heaven Dou's eldest prince, Xue Qinghe. Not only did she have to participate in all kinds of political struggles, but she even had to cultivate in secret.
Even under such dreadful cultivation conditions, Qian Renxue cultivated her way to Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
After her identity was exposed during the Heaven Dou Palace Coup, she fled back to Spirit City and took only six years to formally inherit the Angel Godhood.
Without all those years spent undercover, Dai Tianfeng truly could not imagine how Qian Renxue could have lost!
But could he say Qian Renxue was stupid?
Judging by her various actions in the original story, she was undoubtedly a normal person, apart from being a little love-brained.
Wait, why did he feel that Qian Renxue being a normal person was already pretty good?
All right, even among the many love-brained people, Qian Renxue was the most normal.
At the very least, Qian Renxue had always acted for Spirit Hall.
She was nothing like Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena, those Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix.
One wanted to destroy Spirit Hall, destroy the world, and destroy herself as well.
The other went even further and simply gave herself away, naively and self-righteously believing that sacrificing herself would buy a brief peace between Soul Beasts and humans.
Those were only a few of the most representative examples.
It was not just the women; there were actually quite a few men like that too.
He could only say there were far too many extraordinary specimens on the Douluo Continent!
After Dai Tianfeng left, the others angrily began egging Xue Beng on again.
"Your Highness, we can't just let this go."
"That's right! You're the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire!"
"Insulting you is the same as insulting the Heaven Dou Empire!"
"Your Highness, are you going to stand for this?"
Xue Beng climbed to his feet, his expression terrifyingly dark.
"Of course I can't let this go!"
"Damn brat, does he really think a little strength gives him the right to strut around Heaven Dou City as he pleases?"
Xue Beng paused, then said to his followers, "You lot follow him. I'm going to find my imperial uncle!"
"Yes." The young men looked at one another, then all nodded.