Star Luo Empire, White Tiger mansion.
Two children stood on knelt on the hard cold soil beneath them. One boy had his eyes blinded by bitter hatred, while the girl only stared dully as the cold soil wrapped around her finger tips.
Though the two children had something in common, and that is they both have tears streaming down their eyes.
The boy's eyes were watering much faster than the girl, and he held on tightly to his new dagger by his side.
Hmm… this wasn't the start I was expecting. The girl thought to herself.
The girl's name was Huo Rezhu, and the boy next to her was Huo Yuhao, later known as Dai Yuhao. The two were brothers and sisters, but Huo Rezhu shouldn't exist.
She was an anomaly that no one can detect, not even a god king. They'd all think she was a native person on this planet, and that wouldn't be wrong per-say.
Huo Rezhu just awakened two new memories, and from a world where she was a bomb maker, and the other is Reze, the bomb devil from Chainsaw Man.
To be honest, she looked just like Reze, and even had her purple hair.
As for why she thought that this wasn't the start she was expecting, it was more of a way for her to accept these new memories and a way for her to start her new journey without her mother by her side.
Though, these two memories are surely timely. I even get the powers of the bomb devil? Does that mean I have a heart of a devil in me now? She thought as she touched the metal pin of her choker.
She didn't dare to pull it. The appearance of a devil will surely label her as an evil soul master. Well, that wasn't wrong either.
She could feel that her mind had changed somewhat, and wasn't disgusted at the thought of drinking human blood, or blood in general. Luckily she didn't have any hatred for humans, but she deeply hated the White Tiger Family.
She will not go easy on them, even if her brother tries to stop her in the later parts. Huo Yuhao would never kill his sister, even if Tang San appeared, and Tang San wouldn't be able to stop her as Tang Wutong wouldn't want to hurt Huo Yuhao, and Tang San is a daughter slave at heart.
The only challenge she has is two second class gods, but with the power of the bomb devil, she doesn't think that it would be hard to become the goddess of fear.
Devils can strengthen themselves based on fear and drinking blood, and fear can be used to replace faith, though it would require some testing.
"Yuhao, let's go." Huo Rezhu said with a hoarse voice, and got up from the ground. Her nails still had some dirt underneath them alongside her pants, making her look more like a beggar than a royal.
Huo Yuhao nodded somewhat robotically, and got up from the ground as well.
"Sister, I will avenge our mother for us!" Huo Yuhao said, his teeth chattering as well as his body trembling.
"I hope you can remember that promise, because if not, I'll be the one who avenges our mother." Huo Rezhu said, her voice calm but still hoarse.
Huo Yuhao didn't respond. He didn't believe that there would be a time that his hatred would fade. As the thought of him currently being capable? That didn't even make it inside his mind.
He was too blinded by hatred to think that the current him could be killed by anyone right now.
"Let's head to Star Duo Forest. Me and you both need our first soul ring. I have reached the tenth level way ahead of you, and my actual soul power is currently unknown, so I will be the leader when we head out, ok?" Huo Rezhu said, turning her gaze to the direction of Star Duo Forest.
"Hmm."
Huo Yuhao was a little nervous hearing that they would be heading to Star Duo Forest for their soul rings, but the hatred in his heart made his nervousness vanish.
"We have about five hours till the sun sets, so we better start moving fast." Saying that, Huo Rezhu didn't waste anymore time and started making her way to the exits of the White Tiger mansion.
Huo Yuhao looked at his sister back and back at his mother's grave. He made one final bow before chasing after Huo Rezhu.
My sister seemed to call me Huo instead of Dai. For now I shall be called Huo Yuhao! Not Dai Yuhao! Just you all wait! I will avenge my mother using her name and trample the Dai family under my feet!
If Huo Rezhu heard his inner thoughts right now, she'd only sneer slightly. Although Yuhao letting the hatred in his heart to not blind him is a good thing in the later stages, that doesn't mean hatred shouldn't exist. As the god of emotion, you'd think that he'd understand that, but he decided that it was only the duchess that needed to be killed, not Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng.
According to the novel and the Donghua, Dai Huabin was the one who ordered the guards to beat their mother to death.
Later, Dai Huabin was the one who sent assassins after Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, and Dai Yueheng was the one who personally helped gather the assassins from his family's power and then scolded Dai Huabin for his pettiness and using family power for revenge.
As for the other members, Huo Rezhu doesn't care. If they accidentally die during her tyranny, they are to be blamed. After all, she is only following the rules of the White Tiger Family.
Although the family hasn't done it since they fell out of power, she doesn't mind picking it back up.
After a couple of seconds of walking, Huo Yuhao and Huo Rezhu made it to the exit of the White Tiger mansion. Although called a mansion, it's not more like a courtyard than a mansion.
There was a cobble path with two guards by the fountain. Huo Rezhu's eyes narrowed and lowered the posture of her body and like a cat, made her way to one of the guards and slammed him at the back of his head.
The guard caught off guard, felt a huge force coming from the top of his head, and before he could react, his vision went dark and fell onto the ground.
Huo Yuhao also followed up and tried to take down the other guard as he used his spiritual eyes to stun him, but sadly he didn't have enough strength to deal with him instantly.
"You… You two?!" The guard exclaimed in confusion, obviously knowing the two's identities.
Huo Rezhu's eyes narrowed and darted at the guard, and the guard took out his sword from his waist and slashed it at Huo Rezhu.
Sadly for the guard, Huo Rezhu is no longer like before, and her strength was roughly three times stronger due to the devil's heart and had the combat techniques of Reze, and easily dodged the guard sword and knocked it out of his hands with a quick jab.
With the sword out his hands, Huo Rezhu kicked him off his feet and grappled around his neck with her arms as her legs held his arms in place, not allowing him to use his storage ring.
Looking at the guard struggling for breath, Huo Rezhu had a sudden urge to hum a lullaby, and Huo Yuhao stared blankly at his sister casually killing a man while humming a tune.
"What? Can't accept me killing someone?" Huo Rezhu asked, seeing Yuhao stunned.
"I…" Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, but quickly shook his head.
"I just felt so useless during the fight." Huo Yuhao said, feeling a little down.
"Don't kick yourself down so hard. We're malnourished to the extreme, making our strength naturally weak compared to others. Also, these guards should have two soul rings, but because I crushed his throat, he cannot use his martial spirit, and you hitting him with your martial soul made it so his soul power was out of control, making it so I could attack him and kill him before he could use his martial soul." Huo Rezhu analyzes calmly for Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao's mind was blank after experiencing his sister's explanation, and was brought back by her speaking again.
"Turn around, there is something I don't wish you to see." Huo Rezhu said, her voice becoming serious for once.
"Huh, ok!" Huo Yuhao nodded and didn't question his sister at all.
Seeing Yuhao turn away, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and her eyes focused on the man she currently is grappling.
Well, this is the first time I've ever drank blood in this life.
Huo Rezhu grabbed his sword and cut his wrist, and blood started to drip down his arm. Huo Rezhu licked her lips and licked the dripping blood and eventually sucked the blood right out of his veins.
Ah, so refreshing! Rezhu thought to herself as she felt her stamina come back to her and the blood in her body became more active.
Sadly drinking blood doesn't seem to increase soul power, but her martial soul is the White Tiger Body. Her martial soul is a body martial soul just like Yuhao, but it mainly focuses on strength more than anything else, and her increasing her physical strength would only help out her in the long run. It might even awaken her White Tiger Body for the second time.
After sucking enough blood out of the guard, she picked up his sword from the side and picked it up and hung it at her waist. She then picked up the two bodies and made sure that no blood was spilt during her feeding, and looked at the giant majestic White Tiger gate in front of her.
Huo Yuhao looked at his sister with some curiosity.
He noticed that she has changed a lot from before, and felt like she has matured a lot compared to her past self.
Thinking this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but feel a tinge of sadness coursing through his heart.
"Sister, why are you carrying the two bodies? Aren't you worried about being tuckered out during our escape?" Huo Yuhao asked.
"Silly brother. Do you think leaving two dead White Tiger guards here would be a good thing? Do you think they won't send people who are much stronger to track us down? Tacking the bodies of these two can delay the search, as they'd only think they were missing or slacking off. It would take a day or two for them to notice anything wrong, and by that time, we'll be long gone in the Star Dou forest." Huo Rezhu said.
Of course there is us getting into Shrek academy, so they won't be able to track us at all. Rezhu thought calmly.
She had no doubt that her current soul power would meet the requirements to enter Shrek. When she awakened her martial soul, it was initiate level four, and she hasn't stopped training ever since she reached level ten two years ago.
Once she gets her soul ring which she hopes to be a thousand year old one, she would surely have enough soul power to join the academy.
Taking in a deep breath, Huo Rezhu dashed out of the White Tiger mansion, and Huo Yuhao followed alongside her.
Huo Yuhao looked at the two bodies she was carrying, and swallowed his silvia. He never noticed his sister was so strong before, and also noticed that one of the guards was bleeding from his wrist.
Hmm? Why is one of them bleeding? My sister didn't have a weapon on her then. Huo Yuhao thought, but quickly shifted his thoughts.
Also, when did my sister even have a choker on her neck?
Although Huo Yuhao was currently blinded by hatred, he didn't forget about his only family, and cherished Huo Rezhu very much.