The night was as dark as ink, in the imperial palace of the Star Luo Empire.
Suddenly, golden-red flames illuminated the night sky, and the palace was thrown into chaos.
Flames were burning fiercely in the royal treasury and the princes' palaces.
The flames appeared strangely, and ordinary water could not extinguish them at all.
Only soul power can temporarily suppress it.
Before the treasure vault, the Star Luo Emperor's face was extremely gloomy, and his fists were clenched tightly.
"Are you sure it's him?"
The emperor's voice was somber, and his gaze was like lightning.
An elder of the Dai family behind him bowed his head and said, "It is confirmed that it was the Fourth Prince Dai... Ye Mu who set the fire."
Upon hearing this, the Star Luo Emperor turned his head and said coldly, "He didn't awaken a useless martial soul?"
Recalling the previous information, the martial soul awakened by the fourth prince Ye Mu was somewhat strange, but it was only a half-level innate soul power, and he was destined not to become a soul master in the future.
But the golden-red flames now cannot be extinguished by ordinary water.
The only way to suppress it is with powerful soul force.
It even showed a tendency to burn and corrode soul power.
It is clearly an extremely powerful martial spirit!
Moreover, the residual soul power fluctuations were definitely not half-level soul power.
Dai Tianyun, an elder of the Dai family, shook his head slightly and remained silent.
The so-called princes born to Emperor Xingluo through his drunken illicit affair with a palace maid were never valued.
Why did he set fire to the palace?
"And he even harmed my elder brother?!"
Emperor Xingluo's gaze grew even colder. He set fire to the palace, not even sparing the Third Prince's bedroom.
Such a crime is enough to warrant his execution.
Dai Tianyun hesitated for a moment, then said, "Could it be because of what happened four years ago?"
Four years ago?
Emperor Xingluo's pupils contracted slightly as he thought of what happened four years ago.
Four years ago, the palace maid with whom he had a brief affair died.
Four years ago, the Third Prince Dai Mubai fell into the water and developed a high fever.
Four years ago, that palace maid named Ye Rou could have survived!
Four years ago, he issued a gag order!
Thinking of these things, the Star Luo Emperor's heart grew heavy.
"Find him! With such a powerful fire-type martial soul and this level of soul power, he will surely become a pillar of our royal family!"
"That Third Prince?"
"The person didn't die, did they? Consider this a small punishment for the sins they committed."
After saying this, Emperor Xingluo turned and left.
Dai Yuntian opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Burning down the palace? Burning down the Third Prince's bedroom?
The crime is indeed heinous, but the powerful prodigy at the age of six is of extraordinary significance to the royal family.
What he awakened back then was probably not half a level of soul power!
Rather, it was because the strange martial spirit caused problems with the awakening ceremony.
Judging from this level of strength, it is probably a person with innate full soul power.
Among the many princes of this generation, he was the first to be born with full soul power.
How significant is it?
However, the fourth prince was also incredibly audacious, daring to do such a rebellious thing at the tender age of six.
...
On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Mu was walking inwards.
Ancient trees reach for the sky in the damp, dark forest, and decaying branches and leaves lie beneath your feet.
The surroundings were quiet; not even the chirping of insects or the calls of birds could be heard.
Ye Mu has black hair and black eyes, which is completely different from the typical blonde hair and heterochromatic eyes of the Star Luo royal family.
He hid in a large tree, with a swift leopard lurking in the grass directly in front of him.
The Gale Leopard is three meters long, with bluish-gray fur that blends into the grass, making it extremely difficult to spot.
'A creature less than ten meters in size, with three white stripes on its tail, a three-thousand-year-old soul beast, its weakness lies in its tail.'
Ye Mu observed carefully and realized that the wind was blowing against him, which conveniently avoided the Gale Leopard's keen sense of smell.
The swift leopard had its sights set on its prey ahead: a thousand-year-old tusked boar.
The tusked boar was grunting and groaning as it dug up bamboo shoots from the ground.
Completely unaware of the Swift Leopard behind them.
Suddenly, the swift leopard moved.
He leaped out of the grass with lightning speed.
Whoosh!
The Gale Leopard transformed into a streak of bluish-gray lightning and pounced on the back of the Tusked Boar, its sharp claws gripping the boar's throat tightly.
The tusked boar was suddenly attacked and rushed forward, squealing loudly.
The sizable tusked boar knocked down many trees, but it still couldn't shake the swift leopard off its back. Instead, it was bitten on the back of the neck, and blood splattered everywhere.
Ye Mu followed behind, weaving through the forest.
After a chase, the tusked boar died from exhaustion, its huge body lying on the ground, where a large amount of blood had flowed.
The Gale Leopard did not release its grip, but waited a while longer.
Once it was confirmed that the tusked boar was dead, it released its grip, went around to the front, and sniffed the air.
Then it opened its blood-red mouth and began to feast.
"Now!"
Ye Mu had been waiting for this moment, and he appeared from behind the Gale Leopard on tiptoe.
But the Swift Leopard suddenly paused, as if it had noticed something, and immediately turned its head.
His face was covered in blood, and his eyes gleamed with malice.
Ye Mu's heart skipped a beat, but he still swung his sword down.
laugh!
The sharp sword sliced through the Gale Leopard's tail, instantly severing its thick, whip-like tail.
"First Soul Skill: Dawn Flame Bullet!"
The moment the tail was severed, the first spirit ring appeared.
The purple millennium soul ring shimmered with dazzling light.
A golden-red flame lit up at his fingertips, condensing into three flame projectiles the size of pigeon eggs that shot out.
Bang bang bang!!!
The moment the flare hit the Gale Leopard, it exploded into a fireball several meters in diameter, engulfing the Gale Leopard within.
Ye Mu then jumped back to create distance.
The movements were executed in one smooth motion, as if they had been rehearsed countless times.
Enveloped in golden-red flames, the Gale Leopard struggled incessantly, screaming in agony.
But a short while later, the Gale Leopard collapsed to the ground with a thud, and a purple soul ring floated up.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for killing the Gale Leopard and obtaining a 3,000-year soul ring. Do you wish to collect/absorb it?]
The system notification sounded in his mind, and Ye Mu felt at ease.
I left the Star Luo Royal Family two months ago, and today is the first time I've actually made a gain.
Having transmigrated to this world for over six years, I can say I've accomplished something significant.
Whether Dai Mubai died or not after the palace was burned down is unknown, but at least some interest was gained.
When they grow up, they will definitely take revenge on the entire Star Luo royal family.
As the fourth prince of the Star Luo Empire, he seems to have a noble status, but his mother was just an ordinary palace maid and did not come from a prominent family like the Zhu family.
Therefore, his life in the palace was no different from that of an ordinary person.
The palace was small and deserted, with only him inside.
You have to take care of your own food, clothing, shelter and transportation.
It's a miracle that they survived from the age of two.
Six months ago, during the awakening of his martial soul, an accident occurred, resulting in him only being able to detect half a level of soul power.
As a result, he became even less popular within the royal family, and there were even rumors that the royal family would strip him of his title as a prince and even strip him of his surname, Dai.
But for Ye Mu, none of that mattered.
He only wanted to do one thing: take revenge!
It took four years to find out what happened back then. Although there were only a few clues, we still learned the general outline of what happened.
Dai Mubai and the Star Luo royal family are all his enemies!
"absorb!"
The purple soul ring flashed and transformed into a stream of purple light, merging into his body.
The three-thousand-year-old soul ring has been integrated into his body, and his soul power is rapidly increasing.
Level 11.
Level 12.
Level 13.
It finally stabilized at level 14 and stopped.
One of the system's functions is the absorption and collection of Soul Rings.
He can collect and store the soul rings of all the soul beasts he hunts, and then choose to bestow them upon others.
Alternatively, you can choose to absorb the soul ring to increase your soul power level.
The road to revenge is long and arduous.
The most urgent task is to improve one's own soul power level before considering developing one's own power, in order to fight against the Star Luo Royal Family.
Just as he was thinking this, a golden light suddenly shone from between his eyebrows, and his second martial soul, the Heavenly Emperor Sword, flew out from between his eyebrows and hovered in the air.
(End of chapter)