This was the contingency Tang San had left behind to prevent Wang Dong'er from falling in love with another man while inhabiting his daughter's body. He had never expected that, despite all his calculations, he would end up handing the fruits of his labor to someone else on a silver platter.
Who?
Who was it?
Who dared to intercept the Child of Destiny that belonged to this God-King? They had already found their path to death.
Sensing something was wrong with Tang San, Xiao Wu asked concernedly, "What's wrong, Third Brother? Did something happen?"
"It's nothing, Xiao Wu. I just remembered I have some matters to attend to. Since Xiao Qi is safe now, let's end it here for today. I need to go handle a few things." Tang San's expression had already returned to normal.
But this was only on the surface. Deep within his heart, he was already enraged to the point of explosion. At this moment, he already had a suspect in mind.
It was Dai Mubai.
He suddenly recalled that the White Tiger martial soul also possessed the Light attribute. And this Dai Huabin happened to be a descendant of Dai Mubai. Consequently, the most likely suspect was staring him right in the face.
If it wasn't Dai Mubai, then so be it. But if it truly was him... if that fellow had harbored thoughts he shouldn't have, then just as Tang San had been able to raise him to the position of God of War, he could just as easily cast him down from his altar.
"This... alright then." Xiao Wu had always been a mere appendage with no opinions of her own. Seeing Tang San speak this way, she could only release his hand and let him depart.
At the same time, she couldn't help but feel curious about the "rising star" of the Douluo Continent that Tang San had mentioned. She had originally thought it was Huo Yuhao, who had obtained the sacrifices of two hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts. Now, it seemed that wasn't the case.
If he truly were a rising star, how could he be lip-to-lip with another man?
"So this is their Martial Soul Fusion Skill? It's actually quite interesting..."
Watching Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao complete their fusion, a mean-spirited curve tugged at the corner of Feng Piaoling's mouth. As he raised his hand to recall the Earth Escape Talisman from Wang Dong'er, his first soul ring continued to glow, and over a hundred orange-yellow talismans instantly appeared in his hand.
"Resilience Within Strength · Tiger's Roar at the Spirit Gate (The Power of Hao-Bin)!"
Huo Yuhao's left hand and Dai Huabin's right hand locked fingers. With a loud shout, the two of them thrust their joined fists toward Feng Piaoling. Simultaneously, the giant golden-patterned white tiger with a vertical eye on its forehead let out a heaven-shaking roar. After locking onto Feng Piaoling, the vertical eye shot out a golden beam, leaving him with nowhere to run.
However, they didn't know that Feng Piaoling's "Shadow Clone" movement technique had already integrated Jiang Nannan's teleportation skill. His speed was so great that he surpassed even some Agility-System Soul Emperors or Soul Saints. His dodging ability was far superior.
Evading that golden light wasn't difficult. However, he wanted to test his "Multi-Layered Fire Bullet Talismans."
The so-called Multi-Layered Fire Bullet technique involved stacking a large number of Fire Bullet Talismans to create a continuous, fixed-point explosion.
"A hundred should be enough."
Feng Piaoling flicked his right hand, throwing the thick stack of a hundred talismans. They transformed into a fireball about the size of a basketball, appearing no different from a single Fire Bullet, and met the golden beam head-on. Meanwhile, his left index and middle fingers gripped an Earth Escape Talisman behind his back.
As he threw the talismans, his body was enveloped in a soil-yellow glow, and he quickly sank into the ground.
Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin, who were using Spiritual Detection Sharing to keep Feng Piaoling locked down, saw him trying to escape through the earth and wore matching cold sneers. They had long been prepared for his Earth Escape Talisman. In terms of speed, he could never outrun the power of "Huo-Bin."
To think he could stall for time with a mere Fire Bullet Talisman was pure daydreaming. The only thing awaiting their opponent was defeat and death.
In reality, it went exactly as they expected. When the golden beam collided with the fireball, it kicked up a wave of fire about half a fathom in diameter before the fireball was extinguished.
But before they could celebrate, a series of thunderous explosions rang out.
Wave after wave of fire erupted, seemingly endless. At first, the golden beam could push through the exploding waves, but it didn't take long for its momentum to fail.
Seconds later, until Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao's soul power was completely drained and they slumped to the ground, their faces deathly pale, they still hadn't completely quelled the waves of fire. They had only managed to push the flames back a short distance before the energy dissipated on its own.
By this time, Feng Piaoling had long since finished his journey underground. He emerged from the earth behind them, looking down at them from above.
Sensing someone behind them, Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao instinctively turned their heads. When they saw Feng Piaoling, they were scared out of their wits. Unfortunately, their soul power was spent and their martial souls had automatically retracted; they struggled to even move a finger.
"I..." Sensing disaster, Huo Yuhao instinctively tried to surrender.
Slap! Slap!
But Feng Piaoling delivered a stinging slap to each of them. He didn't spare Dai Huabin either, directly hitting them until their mouths were swollen shut.
Feng Piaoling raised his hand to recall the Dark Gold Talismans from Nanmen Yun'er and Zhu Lu. He looked coldly at this pair of brothers who were sickening enough to shorten a person's life. "Beat them."
After saying this, Feng Piaoling began to rain punches and kicks down on the two of them, not using a shred of soul power the entire time.
Hearing Feng Piaoling's words, Nanmen Yun'er and Zhu Lu followed suit, pouncing forward with vicious kicks and punches.
Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin had no soul power left and possessed not even half the strength required to fight back. Several times they tried to surrender or beg for mercy, but each time they were silenced by a heavy slap from Feng Piaoling.
Yet, compared to the physical pain, the suffering was greater on a psychological level.
Because of Feng Piaoling's command "Beat them," Huo Yuhao was reminded of the scene where Dai Huabin had ordered his servants to beat him and his mother until they were on the verge of death. For a moment, his heart began to waver.
Suddenly, he recalled the oath he had made when he first left the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. From his initial vow to kill everyone in the mansion, to merely wanting them to apologize, he had now reached the point of forgiving Dai Huabin—one of the main culprits behind his mother's death.
But the wavering only lasted a moment before his hardening heart melted again.
This was because Dai Huabin had also thought of his past actions toward Huo Yuhao. Out of guilt and remorse, he resolutely used his own body to shield Huo Yuhao.
However, the more they acted this way, the more disgusting it became. This ambiguous display made those watching want to hit them even harder.
"How dare you disgust me! How dare you disgust me!" Nanmen Yun'er discarded her usual gentle and weak demeanor, increasing the speed of her strikes.
"How dare you like men! How dare you like men! Making me lose face in front of everyone... being so arrogant to me... treating me like a subordinate just because you're my fiancé..."
Zhu Lu was the same. She poured out all the dissatisfaction that had been building up in her heart for years.
On the surface, Feng Piaoling said nothing and simply continued the beating, but in his heart, he was silently chanting at Huo Yuhao: "How dare you give up being a decent human being just to go be someone's dog..."
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