Chapter 129: Hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Running Toward a Human City?
[Golden Crocodile Douluo and Yue Guan were completely bewildered, unable to understand your actions.]
[The noble's son stared at you viciously. You were roughly the same age, yet you had slaughtered his entire household—dozens of family members, and, counting the servants, hundreds of lives.]
[He wanted nothing more than to kill you.]
[Yet his body trembled uncontrollably.]
[After a brief moment of thought, he chose the candy.]
[He was no match for you now…]
[You gave him no time to think further.]
[With a single slash, you killed him.]
[You muttered softly,]
["This child is deeply calculating. He cannot be left alive."]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo, Yue Guan: ...]
[You did not leave.]
[Instead, you hid.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo and Yue Guan were even more confused. They wanted to see what you were planning next.]
[After waiting several hours, a teenage boy around ten years old emerged from a secret chamber. His eyes were bloodshot, tears streaming down his face…]
[You smiled wickedly.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo and Yue Guan were stunned.]
[You suddenly appeared before the boy. His talent was decent, rank fifteen soul master.]
[You once again took out a knife and a piece of candy, smiling at him.]
[He stared at you intensely.]
[He chose neither.]
[Without hesitation, you killed him.]
["This one harbors rebellion in his bones. He cannot be left alive."]
[He glared at you unwillingly, as if accusing you of playing unfairly.]
[You searched the noble estate once more, sweeping away valuables and gold soul coins before hiding again.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo, Yue Guan: ...]
[Deeply calculating…]
Thankfully, he's one of ours.]
[You were decisive and ruthless. Though just a child, you remembered events from years ago with crystal clarity. It was hard to comprehend.]
[But you were a true genius.]
[Geniuses are special.]
[That is the only explanation.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo finally informed you that there was truly no one left.]
Only then did you relax.]
[You walked to an unmarked little dirt mound.]
[Sitting down without any regard for appearance, you hugged your knees and remained silent.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo and Yue Guan fell quiet.]
[After a long while, you turned your head slightly toward Golden Crocodile Douluo.]
["Master… the world shouldn't be like this."]
["Nobles kill commoners at will. They don't even spare children who are only a few years old…"]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo and Yue Guan said nothing.]
[They had lived for so many years. They had seen more than you could imagine.]
[They had long since grown numb.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo gently patted your shoulder and sat beside you like a friend.]
["What kind of world do you think it should be?"]
[You murmured,
"The young should be cared for. The elderly should have support."
"No matter one's strength, there should be a basic moral restraint. People should uphold at least a minimum standard of good and evil. Those who commit wrongdoing should be punished."
"The world should have order. People should grow up in stability. Wealth should not belong only to nobles but to workers, to the common people…"
"If everyone in the world could stand like dragons… if they could eat their fill and dress warmly…"]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo, Yue Guan: ...]
[It was difficult to imagine that a child who had just turned seven could speak such words.]
[Especially one who had slaughtered hundreds only moments earlier.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo pondered briefly before saying,
"The Angel God will eventually descend. With the Angel God's power, these things can be accomplished."]
[As a devout believer in the Angel God, he naturally had faith.]
[You paused.]
[Then you looked at him.]
[And shook your head.]
[Rising to your feet, you declared,
"There is no need to wait for the Angel God. When I become a god, I will change all of this!"]
[Your bearing moved both Golden Crocodile Douluo and Yue Guan.
You actually had ambitions of becoming a god…]
[And with your talent… it might truly be possible.]
[A flicker of astonishment passed through Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes, quickly hidden. He patted your shoulder once more and nodded.]
[You were indeed worthy of being his disciple.]
[You returned to Spirit City.]
[As for the annihilated noble family, no one cared.]
[Such incidents were all too common on the Douluo Continent. No one would investigate.]
[You entered Spirit Hall Academy.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo said your advancement had been too rapid; you needed time to settle and consolidate. As for your mentality, he had no concerns.]
[Spirit Hall Academy was not divided into primary, intermediate, and advanced schools—only into primary, intermediate, and advanced classes.]
[Because of your young age, you were placed in a primary class.]
[There, you encountered numerous prodigies, including descendants of elders.]
[You remained taciturn and unsociable.]
[The grandson of Demon Bear Douluo attempted to provoke you.]
[You casually slapped him, knocking out several of his teeth.]
[He ran crying to his grandfather.]
[After learning the details and your identity, Demon Bear Douluo hung his grandson up and beat him himself. He even personally came to apologize.]
[You were the Second Worship's most treasured disciple.]
[How dare his grandson offend you?]
[If Golden Crocodile Douluo found out, he wouldn't be pleased.]
[After that incident, you became famous within Spirit Hall Academy.]
[Even upperclassmen grew curious about you.]
[In sparring matches, you never use your martial soul.]
[No matter who your opponent was, it was always just a slap.]
[Your reputation spread.]
[More and more people grew curious about your true strength.]
[The residual medicinal power of the Immortal Herbs still lingered within you. You continued refining it steadily, and your soul power rose at a stable pace.]
[As for the fact that you still possessed numerous Immortal Herbs—]
[Both Yue Guan and Golden Crocodile Douluo pretended not to know.]
[You, however, gave Golden Crocodile Douluo an Earth Dragon Golden Melon, asking him to pass it to his great-grandson.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo waved his hand.
"My great-grandson is not worthy!"]
[He did not understand why his bloodline seemed to decline generation after generation.]
[His son had failed to break through to Titled Douluo and died young.]
[His grandson reached Soul Saint and then died.]
[His great-grandson reached Soul King and died hunting soul beasts.]
[His great-great-grandson was now only a Soul Grandmaster…]
[And his martial soul was merely an ordinary Golden Crocodile.]
[It was as if the Golden Crocodile had exhausted all the fortune of his lineage on himself.]
[Even so, you did not take back the final Earth Dragon Golden Melon.]
[What if… this Immortal Herb allowed his bloodline to rise again?]
[You left directly.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo watched your back and nodded slightly.]
[Though the child was unworthy, he was still his blood.]
[If his aptitude could improve even a little… perhaps…]
[Time passed.]
[In the blink of an eye, several years went by.]
[You are now twelve years old.]
[Your soul power has reached rank seventy.]
[For your seventh soul ring, you already had a target in mind.]
[You intended to obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.]
[You had long sorted out the timeline.]
[You and Tang San should be roughly the same age.]
[If you were twelve, he should be twelve as well.]
[You found Golden Crocodile Douluo and invited him to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo: ...]
[You arrived at Suo Tuo City.]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression grew increasingly strange.]
[Hunting a hundred-thousand-year soul beast—]
[And you were heading toward a human city?]
[Even though he did not understand, he did not question you.]
[You were his most treasured disciple.]
[Qian Renxue had been born with rank twenty innate soul power, yet she had not even reached Soul Saint].
[She was eight or nine years older than you.]
[You were only twelve.]
[With just one more soul ring—]
[You would step into the Soul Saint realm.]
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