Chapter 64 Threats and InducementsDai Youheng casually flicked his arm, tossing Ling Ya back onto the carpet in the center of the room."Now, you should understand the gap between us, shouldn't you?" Dai Youheng clapped his hands, as if dusting off non-existent dust. "It would take no effort for me to kill you. So, put away your pointless schemes and probes."He walked to the sofa and sat down, his gaze calmly fixed on Ling Ya, who was violently coughing and gasping on the floor, looking at him with a complex expression."What I'm about to say concerns your future, so listen carefully."Ling Ya clutched his throat, struggling to sit up. Looking at the unfathomable young man before him, he finally completely abandoned all thoughts of luck.With such a vast difference in strength, any resistance was futile. He said hoarsely, "Speak.""I bought you because you meet my requirements," Dai Youheng said directly. "A Spirit Ancestor cultivation, a fourth-rank Soul Engineer, and most importantly, you carry a deep-seated hatred and have sufficient reason to despise the current order and certain so-called 'nobles'.""Hatred is the best flame for forging a sharp blade, and that is precisely what I value," Dai Youheng's gaze sharpened. "I can give you hope for revenge, a power far beyond your imagination. Enough for you to personally seek justice from that scum of the Xuanming Sect, and even the entire Xu family!"Revenge!These two words, like the strongest stimulus, instantly reignited the almost extinguished flame in Ling Ya's eyes. But he forcibly suppressed his excitement, maintaining his last bit of composure. "What's the price? There's no free lunch in this world, especially… from someone like you."He no longer used the word "noble," but his wariness remained."Price?" Dai Youheng smiled, a smile that carried a cold and absolute sense of control. "The price is your absolute loyalty, and your future path."He leaned forward slightly, his voice lowered, yet it struck Ling Ya's heart like a heavy hammer. "I will use a special method to forcibly raise your spirit power to the realm of a ninety-rank Titled Douluo!""What?" Ling Ya shot up from the floor, his expression no longer just shock, but utter horror and absurdity. "Ninety-rank? Titled Douluo! That's impossible! Absolutely impossible!"This completely overturned his decades of understanding. He was merely a Spirit Ancestor; how could his spirit power suddenly be forcibly raised to the legendary Titled Douluo level?"Within the scope of my abilities, nothing is impossible," Dai Youheng's tone was calm but carried a convincing and powerful confidence. "However, this method has its flaws. Firstly, your potential will be exhausted, and your spirit power will stagnate at ninety-rank, making further progress in your lifetime very difficult."Upon hearing this, Ling Ya's excited mood cooled slightly, but was immediately replaced by an even greater fanaticism!Ninety-rank for life? What kind of flaw was that? For someone like him, who would originally max out at Spirit Emperor or Spirit Saint, and who dreamed of revenge, this was an unimaginable gift."Secondly," Dai Youheng continued, a profound light flickering in his eyes, like a bottomless cold pool, "this power originates from me, and naturally, it is also controlled by me. I will plant restraints within your body. From now on, your life and the continuation of your power will be at my whim. Choose to accept, and you will become my sharp blade; I will give you the power and opportunity for revenge."His tone suddenly turned cold. "But if you choose to refuse, then I will send you on your way now. After all, there's no kindness or obligation between us. I can't let you gain freedom for free using my money, taking advantage of me, let alone knowing my secret. I'm not so kind as to let you leave alive if you refuse."The room fell into a deathly silence, with only Ling Ya's heavy breathing remaining.He stood rooted to the spot, his chest heaving violently, his heart engaged in an unprecedented fierce battle.On one side was the ultimate temptation of reaching the heavens in one step and personally seeking revenge; on the other was surrendering his freedom and having his life and death controlled by another, absolute enslavement.The tragic scene of his parents' death, his sister's helpless eyes, his enemies' arrogant faces, the city lord's cold betrayal.Scene after scene, like the fiercest poisonous fire, instantly burned away all his hesitation and fear!What was the difference between him being alive and dead now? Barely surviving, forever seeing no hope of revenge. Or grasping this sole opportunity, even if it meant selling his soul to the devil?The answer was obvious!Thump!Ling Ya suddenly dropped to his knees, no longer the forced single knee from before, but a posture of complete surrender. He heavily knocked his forehead on the carpet, his voice trembling violently from extreme excitement, resolve, and a hint of relief, "I, Ling Ya, am willing to accept all your conditions. If master can truly bestow upon me the power of revenge, I, Ling Ya, in this life and this world, vow to serve you as my master. From now on, my life, my soul, my everything belongs to you! Your will shall be the direction of my blade, with no second thoughts! I only ask, master… bestow upon me power!"He chose to believe in this incredible miracle, betting his everything on a future of blood for blood.Dai Youheng looked at the completely submissive Ling Ya, a satisfied expression appearing on his face. A soul driven by hatred was indeed the easiest to control."Very good," he slowly stood up. "Remember your choice and oath today. I grant you power, and you dedicate your everything. It's fair!""Now, relax your mind and accept this gift."Dai Youheng extended his finger and pointed it at Ling Ya's glabella. The fate reversal heavenly demon pill Spirit quietly operated, and the phantom of the "Yin-Yang Fate Reversal Lotus Seed Pill," half-red and half-blue, with what seemed like ice and fire lotus flowers floating and rotating within, condensed on his fingertip, emanating an incomparably vast and contradictory primal aura.The phantom of the pill transformed into a red and blue interwoven stream of light, instantly disappearing into Ling Ya's wide-open mouth!"Boom—!!"Ling Ya's body suddenly trembled violently! His eyes were instantly completely filled with two kinds of light: scorching red and icy blue! An unimaginably vast energy, like a volcano erupting within him, frantically scoured, expanded, tore apart, and then reshaped every one of his meridians, every single cell!His spirit power surged wildly at an unprecedented and terrifying speed, launching the most violent assault on that distant ninety-rank bottleneck.Extreme pain instantly engulfed him; his meridians felt as if they were being torn apart and then reshaped. But in this destructive agony, he clearly felt his spirit power wildly surging at an unprecedented speed, breaking through one after another of the previously unreachable bottlenecks! The pain was real, and the soaring, immense power was even more real!Pain and power intertwined, destruction and rebirth coexisted.The first Titled Douluo personally created by Dai Youheng was, in the extreme torment of pain and ecstasy, taking step by step towards birth!
