Chapter 17: Hey! Sneak Attack!
Tiandou City.
Royal hunting grounds.
"Royal brother, how about we have a competition this time to see who can hunt the most soul beasts?"
The Second Prince glanced at Emperor Xue Ye who was in the center, and looked at a handsome young man on the other side with an arrogant expression.
Xue Qinghe was stunned, then looked at the Second Prince, who smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Royal brother, you have just broken through to the Soul Master level. In competing with you, I would be a bit like a bully."
Facing Xue Qinghe's polite refusal, the Second Prince seemed not to understand and continued to insist:
"Royal brother, aren't you just at the Soul Master level? You haven't reached the Great Soul Master level yet. Besides, I took the initiative to compete with you, Royal brother. No one will say that you are bullying the weak."
As he spoke, the Second Prince, who looked about ten years old, scratched his head and smiled innocently.
Upon hearing this, Xue Qinghe's face froze. Looking at the Second Prince's "innocent" smile, his hand holding the hunting bow couldn't help but tighten.
You know, there is a five-year age difference between him and his second brother!
Five years older than him, he was still at the Soul Master level and had been unable to break through, and was even surpassed by his young second brother.
Now, he said such words in public, in front of his father, which made Xue Qinghe think more.
You know, although their family is the Heaven Dou royal family, the foundation of their wealth is a family of soul masters!
A Second Prince with good soul master talent and an eldest prince with poor soul master talent really makes people hesitant!
What's more, he, the eldest prince, has not yet ascended the throne of Crown Prince Heaven Dou!
Now, the position of Crown Prince Heaven Dou is vacant!
My second brother, at this moment...
Xue Qinghe's mind was in turmoil. Looking at the innocent smile of his second brother, his heart turned cold.
"The royal family is ruthless. Who is behind this, my second brother, the Second Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, teaching him?"
It's no wonder Xue Qinghe thinks too much. If you are born in such a family and don't think too much, you will die!
When the Second Prince saw that his elder brother was still silent, he immediately acted like a normal child and said noisily:
"Why aren't you talking, brother? Are you afraid of losing?"
Looking at his second brother's naughty appearance, Xue Qinghe's eyes flickered. He glanced at the smiling Emperor Xue Ye beside him and said softly:
"Since my brother wants to compete, as the elder brother, it is not easy for me to refuse."
"However, since it's a competition, it would be good to add some prizes."
"Oh?" The Second Prince scratched his head. "I don't have anything good here, my brother. I wonder what prize you want?"
Xue Qinghe smiled slightly, "A competition between brothers doesn't require anything too expensive."
He picked up the hunting bow in his hand and said, "Why don't we use this bow as a prize? Whoever wins gets to take the other's bow."
"Yes!" the Second Prince answered impatiently.
Xue Qinghe ignored him, looked at Emperor Xue Ye beside him, and said with a smile, "What do you think, Father?"
Xue Ye nodded and smiled, "That's right. Remember, after this is over, I will personally judge for you two brothers!"
"Father! I want one too! I want one too!"
A child of eight or nine years old ran up to Emperor Xue Ye and acted coquettishly.
Xue Ye picked him up and laughed, "When you grow up, you can compete with your brothers!"
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On a big tree not far away.
Qian Renxue, Falling Devil, and Fifteen Ton stood on the tree branch and watched the scene silently.
With the presence of two level 96 Titled Douluo, no one in the entire hunting ground noticed the existence of the three people.
Fifteen Ton Douluo chuckled and said, "As expected of the Heaven Dou royal family. How old is this child? He's already learned all this stuff?"
Falling Devil also scoffed, "It's said that many princes died in Star Luo, and isn't Heaven Dou the same? When Xue Ye ascended to the throne, it seems that only his fourth brother survived?"
"Haha! Heaven Dou's ancestors were Titled Douluo above level 95, but now, each generation is truly inferior to the previous one!"
"As a family of Spirit masters, instead of thinking about how to improve their strength, they are always thinking about internal fighting. Such a huge royal family doesn't even have a Titled Douluo now!"
Fifteen Ton Douluo's eyes were full of contempt!
Over the years, if the Spirit Hall had not wanted Star Luo to dominate, the Heaven Dou Empire would have disappeared in the war and been swallowed up by Star Luo!
Qian Renxue stood aside and said with a smile, "Isn't this better? If it really is like Star Luo, the difficulty of our journey will increase several times!"
"Miss, you're right!" Fifteen Ton nodded, a hint of appreciation flashing across his face!
Seeing Fifteen Ton's address, Qian Renxue looked somewhat helpless.
On the way here, Qian Renxue kept trying to change the way Fifteen Ton and Falling Devil addressed her, wanting them to change back to their original names.
But no matter what Qian Renxue said, Fifteen Ton and Falling Devil simply disagreed!
They are in the Spirit Hall, and they are in a relationship of elder and junior, so it's okay to address each other in a more intimate way!
But now that they have left the Spirit Hall, they can no longer call Qian Renxue Xiaoxue!
What's more, Qian Renxue is now an Angel Goddess.
It's so disgraceful to keep calling "Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue" every day!
At first, Qian Renxue wanted to correct it, but later on, let's just do whatever love wants!
After the Heaven Dou royal family dispersed, Qian Renxue and the other two caught up with Xue Qinghe.
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"Whoosh!"
A feather arrow hit the ten-year soul beast in front, the gray-haired rabbit!
After letting out a scream, the cute gray rabbit was pierced by an arrow and nailed to a thick tree!
Looking at the rising ten-year soul ring, a hint of joy flashed in Xue Qinghe's eyes.
"Another one!"
Xue Qinghe casually dispersed the approaching ten-year soul ring and put the rabbit into the storage soul guide. Thinking of his second brother, he snorted coldly.
"Don't worry about whether you are pretending or being sincere! When this hunt is over, I want to see who is standing behind you!"
Just as Xue Qinghe was about to chase his next prey, a figure appeared silently behind him.
Without him noticing, Fifteen Ton landed a light palm on his back, seemingly causing no harm at all.
"Puff!"
A mouthful of blood spurted out of Xue Qinghe's mouth. In an instant, his whole body seemed to lose strength and he fell straight to his knees!
"Who?"
A hint of doubt flashed in Xue Qinghe's eyes. He turned around with all his strength and saw an extremely unfamiliar middle-aged man.
"you…"
He stretched out his hand, his fingers trembling, but he was so badly injured that he couldn't say anything.
Looking at the anger in Xue Qinghe's eyes, Fifteen Ton said nothing, his face was frighteningly cold!
"Ahem!"
Xue Qinghe couldn't help but lower his head, and another mouthful of blood spurted out. When he looked up again, he was stunned.
"What a nice view…"
Seeing Qian Renxue slowly approaching, Xue Qinghe murmured subconsciously.
At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten his own pain!
[end of the chapter]