Battling Wang Tianba

Watching the walls close together behind him, Wang Tianba breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his two granddaughters were safe, he could devote himself fully to fighting the enemy.

At that thought, Wang Tianba turned gravely toward the master bedroom door. Three Soul Rings-one white and two yellow-rose beneath his feet and circled his body as he waited quietly for the enemy to come to him.

Before long, Su Tianyu arrived outside and kicked the door open. It slammed heavily into the wall with a deafening crash.

Wang Tianba sidestepped the flying door, then fixed his eyes on the figure standing outside. When he saw the figure's face, his expression changed, and his eyes filled with violence.

"You're Su Tianyu, the one who defeated my grandson, aren't you? I, Wang Tianba, have been waiting for you for a long time. I didn't expect you to come to my doorstep seeking death. My good-for-nothing eldest son Wang Shan has disappeared to who knows where and still hasn't returned to the residence. Otherwise, the two of us, father and son, could join forces and easily kill you right here. Leave now, and I'll pretend I never saw you."

Wang Tianba studied the newcomer carefully, committing his appearance to memory. Once he escaped this danger, he would kill this boy, even if he had to sacrifice his old face and ask an old friend to intervene.

Hearing this, a fierce gleam flashed in Su Tianyu's eyes, and his expression grew darker and uglier. He looked at Wang Tianba in astonishment. This old thing dared to spout such nonsense with death at his door, which surprised him greatly.

With that calm, unruffled expression, an ordinary person really would have been fooled by his bearing. He was indeed an old monster who had lived for decades and possessed seasoned experience.

"You old thing, you still dare make threats with death at your door? Anyone who didn't know better would think you had some trump card up your sleeve to save your life. Too bad you're full of openings in my eyes. I learned all about you long ago. Today, let me send you to reunite with your three sons," Su Tianyu shouted at Wang Tianba.

"Mental Shock!"

A Soul Skill attack of spiritual power shot swiftly toward Wang Tianba.

"Hmph!"

Watching the rippling spiritual attack surge toward him like a tide, Wang Tianba snorted coldly and lit up his Second Soul Ring. Yellow light illuminated the dim bedroom.

"Second Soul Skill, Black Rat Protective Barrier."

A black Soul Skill barrier rapidly formed, enveloping Wang Tianba's entire body. Seeing the thick barrier protecting him, Wang Tianba looked at Su Tianyu from inside his Soul Skill and smiled smugly.

"Brat! My Second Soul Ring came from a five-hundred-year-old Black Crystal Rat, and the Black Crystal Rat's innate Soul Skill is famous for its formidable defense. You think you can break through my second Soul Skill's defense without using a Soul Skill? That's nothing but wishful thinking."

"This old thing is pretty arrogant."

Looking at Wang Tianba hiding inside his Soul Skill, Su Tianyu couldn't help laughing in anger at his words. He immediately directed all his spiritual power to smash fiercely into the surface of the black barrier.

Cracking sounds rang out incessantly. The black barrier shattered like a mirror, breaking into fragments and dispersing with a bang.

"How is this possible? My second Soul Skill couldn't even withstand a single blow? It broke that easily?"

Wang Tianba stared in dumbfounded silence at the fragments of the black barrier, shattered like a mirror. He could hardly believe it was his second Soul Skill, famed for its defense and a source of quiet pride.

Seeing the black barrier shatter, Su Tianyu's eyes lit up. He summoned his spiritual power again and swiftly struck Wang Tianba.

The spiritual power within the domain gathered in an instant, forming a wave in the blink of an eye that swept swiftly toward Wang Tianba.

The expected scream rang out and immediately reached his ears. He quickly lit up his Second Soul Ring and shouted in a low voice.

"Second Soul Skill, Golden Pupil Transformation."

A powerful force surged from within his body and coursed swiftly through his limbs and bones. At the same time, a thick, pale-golden barrier rose over his body and enveloped him.

Looking at Wang Tianba, who was still staggering and screaming, Su Tianyu's eyes flashed with ferocity. His figure moved like a ghost, appearing before Wang Tianba, and he smashed a fist into his face.

Watching Wang Tianba spin through the air, he curled his lips into a savage smile and hurried to where Wang Tianba would land. Before he could fall, Su Tianyu raised his foot and kicked him viciously, sending Wang Tianba back into the air.

After several rounds, Su Tianyu came to a halt and withdrew the second Soul Skill he had been maintaining. The pale-golden barrier sank into his body and vanished. His expression was calm as he looked at the corpse lying not far away, its limbs twisted.

A horribly disfigured corpse lay nearby. Its mangled, caved-in face was no longer recognizable as Wang Tianba, who had been full of vigor just moments ago. A hole gaped in its abdomen, and its internal organs were scattered around the room. The pungent, bloody stench rising from them still lingered in the air.

Looking past the corpse on the floor, Su Tianyu went to the bedside cabinet and felt around its surface.

Before long, he felt something different beneath his hand. He pressed it gently, and the wall slowly opened to either side, just as it had in the scene he had perceived with his domain's spiritual power when he first entered the building: Wang Tianba carrying his two sleeping granddaughters into the secret room.

Su Tianyu stepped inside and looked around. The secret room was built entirely of refined iron, like a sturdy fortress, and held the treasures and Gold Soul Coins the Wang Family had amassed over the past few decades.

At the sight of the Gold Soul Coins piled into a small mountain, radiating golden light, his gaze immediately grew heated. But he didn't take the coins away at once. Instead, he strolled over to a corner of the room.

He immediately spotted two little girls sleeping soundly nearby. They lay on the fur of some unknown Soul Beast, which emitted a faint red glow that seeped into their bodies, keeping the cold from invading them in the chilly, damp room even without blankets.

"This is good stuff. I just don't know what Soul Beast this fur came from. It's been dead for so long, yet it can still give off energy fluctuations and keep the cold out."

Su Tianyu made his assessment with delight. From now on, all the treasures in the secret room belonged to him. With them, he would no longer be troubled by money on his planned travels across the Douluo Continent. If he wanted to buy Whale Rubber or herbs that aided cultivation, he could bid for them at an auction house or buy them directly from a pharmacy.

He hurried over to the two girls. Looking at the sleeping children, he immediately raised his hand and slapped each of them across the face.

"Slap! Slap!"

The two girls sleeping soundly on the Soul Beast fur were jolted awake. They covered their cheeks, which had been slapped bright red by Su Tianyu, and looked at him with tears in their eyes, whimpering and wearing aggrieved expressions.

Su Tianyu looked at the two girls who had been playing on the swings in the rear garden ten days ago, without the slightest pity in his heart.