Crack! With a crisp sound like a piece of deadwood snapping, Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Claw pierced straight through the Sky-Rending Thunder Dragon's neck, sending dragon blood splattering everywhere. Its enormous body swayed a few times before plummeting toward the ground like a collapsing mountain.
Yu Tianheng watched the Sky-Rending Thunder Dragon fall and let out a long breath. The power of lightning around him slowly dissipated as well.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, on killing the Sky-Rending Thunder Dragon. You have received one hundred Heavenly Mandate Points, three bottles of Body Tempering Liquid, and ten Origin Stones," the system chimed.
Yu Tianheng was startled. He hadn't expected that killing Soul Beasts could now earn him Heavenly Mandate Points too. But why hadn't he received any when he killed a Soul Beast for the first time? He had gotten only a few small rewards.
But Yu Tianheng soon figured it out. According to the original story, Yu Tianheng wouldn't have broken through to level twenty this early, so naturally he couldn't have come to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring at this time. This Sky-Rending Thunder Dragon wouldn't have died, and perhaps it could even have grown into a Thousand-Year Soul Beast or a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. By coming early and killing it, he had changed this Soul Beast's fate, so naturally he could obtain Heavenly Mandate Points.
In that case, if I want Heavenly Mandate Points in the future, I just need to find a few Soul Beasts I don't like and kill them.
That's a little easy!
Forget it. I'll think about it when the time comes.
After the Sky-Rending Thunder Dragon died, a yellow Soul Ring tinged with purple emerged from its corpse. This meant that the Sky-Rending Thunder Dragon's cultivation was infinitely close to a thousand years.
If an ordinary Soul Master who had just broken through to level twenty wanted to absorb this Soul Ring, it probably wouldn't be easy.
But Yu Tianheng's body was powerful, so he didn't need to worry about that.
Yu Tianheng sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Soul Ring.
Wang Yushan and Zhao Lingyun stepped forward to guard him on either side.
Although the age of this Soul Beast's Soul Ring was beyond what an ordinary Soul Master could withstand, Yu Tianheng forcibly absorbed it with his powerful physique.
The Soul Ring slowly merged into his body, and a powerful surge of energy instantly struck Yu Tianheng's meridians. Yu Tianheng gritted his teeth, unmoved, and circulated his Soul Power with all his might to resist the pressure from the Soul Ring.
Half an hour later, Yu Tianheng suddenly opened his eyes, and a flash of blue lightning passed through them.
He had successfully absorbed the Soul Ring, and his Soul Power Level had risen to twenty-one.
At that moment, he could clearly feel a new power flowing through his body. Yu Tianheng stood and raised one hand slightly. Countless bolts of lightning gathered and circled around him. With a casual wave, he sent the lightning spreading in every direction like spears and arrows, cutting trees in half wherever it passed. Its power was astonishing. This was his Second Soul Skill, Thunderous Might, a group attack Soul Skill with lightning's paralyzing effect that could briefly paralyze opponents it struck.
"Congratulations, Young Master Tian Heng, on successfully absorbing your Second Soul Ring and raising your strength once again!"
Wang Yushan stepped forward and offered his compliments.
Zhao Lingyun also smiled and praised him. "Young Master Tian Heng, you've become a two-ring Soul Master at such a young age. Your talent is rarely seen in this world, and your future is boundless. Becoming a Titled Douluo is within reach!"
Yu Tianheng waved a hand. "It was just a bit of luck. It's nothing remarkable. There's still a long road ahead."
"Young Master Tian Heng, the purpose of this trip has been fulfilled. Shall we return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan at once?" Wang Yushan stepped forward and asked.
"It wasn't easy getting a chance to come out," Yu Tianheng said. "Wouldn't it be a little early to go back now?"
"Then what do you have in mind, Young Master Tian Heng?" Zhao Lingyun asked carefully.
"Let's go out and see the world, broaden our horizons, and relax a little," Yu Tianheng said. "I can't spend all my time thinking about cultivation. Life would be far too dull that way."
These words were naturally just an excuse. Hunting a Soul Beast to obtain his Second Soul Ring had only been incidental to his trip away from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. His real goal was to find Yu Xiaogang and change his fate.
And thereby change the fate of the entire world.
Hearing this, Wang Yushan thought it reasonable and agreed to Yu Tianheng's request to travel.
In any case, the young clan leader had never ordered them to stop Young Master Tian Heng from going out and enjoying himself.
So after the three left the Star Dou Great Forest, they traveled around the Heaven Dou Empire.
The Golden Iron Triangle now had quite a reputation in the Soul Master World. After asking around, Yu Tianheng soon found out where Yu Xiaogang and his companions were.
He immediately took Wang Yushan and Zhao Lingyun and hurried over.
A few days later, Yu Tianheng finally met Yu Xiaogang, who had been expelled from the clan, in West Iron City.
A man and a woman were with him. They were the other two members of the Golden Iron Triangle, Liu Erlong and Flender.
"Tian Heng, what are you doing here?" Yu Xiaogang's lips trembled slightly as he softly spoke the name. His eyes were full of excitement and joy, as though he had seen a son he hadn't met in a long time.
Yu Tianheng chuckled and stepped forward. "Uncle, it's been a long time. I didn't expect to run into you here."
"Tian Heng, this isn't the place to talk. Come on, let's find somewhere suitable to chat."
The group soon arrived at a restaurant and found seats by a window on the second floor.
Yu Xiaogang and Yu Tianheng sat facing each other, while Flender and Liu Erlong sat beside Yu Xiaogang. Wang Yushan and Zhao Lingyun didn't sit down, instead standing behind Yu Tianheng as his guards.
"Xiaogang, so this is the nephew you often mention. I didn't expect his cultivation to be so strong at such a young age," Flender was the first to speak, his expression somewhat surprised.
Yu Tianheng hadn't concealed his cultivation, and Flender's Soul Power Level was far higher than his, so he could naturally see Yu Tianheng's exact Soul Power Level.
Yu Xiaogang nodded slightly and pointed to the two beside him with a smile. "Tian Heng, these are my two best friends, Flender and Liu Erlong."
Yu Tianheng hurriedly rose and bowed. "Greetings, seniors."
Flender accepted the greeting with a smile, but Liu Erlong waved a hand and said heartily, "Why call us seniors? That's too distant. If you don't mind, just call me Aunt."
"Since Sister Erlong has said so, you might as well call me Uncle. I'm a year older than your uncle, after all," Flender said, changing his form of address as well.
Yu Xiaogang smiled at the sight. On one side was the junior closest to him, and on the other were his two best friends. Naturally, he hoped they would get along.
Suddenly, Yu Tianheng asked, "By the way, Uncle, you've been away from the clan for over a year. Haven't you thought about going back for a visit?"
Yu Xiaogang froze for a moment, then shook his head with a bitter smile. "I've already been expelled from the clan. What good would going back do? Give people a chance to laugh at me?"
"Rather than that, I'd be better off staying out here. At least I'm freer. Come to think of it, I'm rather glad. If I hadn't been driven from home, how would I have had the chance to see the sights beyond it? And I wouldn't have met friends who truly care for me."