Chapter 4: Saving He Caitou! First Kill
"Dad, I want to cultivate, I want to become a powerful Soul Master, I want to go to Shrek Academy!"
Huo Ling'er said with unwavering determination.
Her bright eyes flickered slightly, and she clenched her fists tightly, as if she wanted to crush the marks left by the ruler on her palms.
Just now, Huo Jiang arrived back at the mansion before Huo Qing.
Seeing that Huo Yao was so badly injured, he punished her with family discipline without even asking what happened.
When Huo Qing arrived, he saw her with her back straight, still being beaten for refusing to admit her mistake.
How could Huo Jiang recognize colors?
His cultivation level was lower than Huo Qing's, so he would never confront Huo Qing directly. He only dared to teach Huo Ling'er a lesson and vent his anger for his daughter before Huo Qing returned.
Upon seeing Huo Qing return, he immediately put away the ruler and instead resorted to verbal coercion.
As expected—
Provoked by his words, the father and daughter immediately decided to leave the home of the Wind Shadow Cat.
Only in this way can he truly rest easy.
Although he was the eldest brother and inherited the position of Grand Protector of the Star Luo Kingdom, having a younger brother who was stronger than him by his side always made him feel uneasy!
"Okay, let's go!"
Huo Qing closed his eyes and sighed heavily.
He stood up, took Huo Ling'er's hand, and stepped out of the door of Fengying Lingmao's house without looking back.
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Ten days later.
Shrek City.
The afternoon sun slanted across the patterned stone pavement.
A petite girl sat on a bench by the street, holding a string of candied hawthorns in her hand, quietly chewing them.
"Dad said to eat one every ten minutes, and he'll be back when he's done."
Huo Ling'er silently reminded herself.
Just as I finished swallowing one and counted the remaining pills, a figure suddenly crashed into me from the side.
A glistening, amber-colored sugar coating splattered, knocking several hawthorns off and covering them in dust.
Upon closer inspection, she realized it was a boy who wasn't much older than her.
Blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth, and his right arm seemed to be broken for some reason; he tried to prop himself up on the bench twice but couldn't.
"What... what's wrong with you?"
Huo Ling'er asked in surprise, wanting to reach out to help him, but then hesitated.
Her father had just specifically told her not to talk to strangers!
But...
Not far away, two men in black, one tall and one short, were rushing towards them at lightning speed.
The boy bit his lower lip hard and struggled desperately to sit up.
But after struggling to take just one step forward, his whole body went limp again.
Huo Ling'er stared at him with her bright eyes, anxiously waiting for him...
Oh dear, I can't worry about that now!
She gritted her teeth, grabbed the boy's left arm, and pulled him quickly to squeeze into the crowded area of the street.
"This way!"
She dragged the boy through a maze of twists and turns into a narrow alley.
Finally, the footsteps of the two men in black behind me seemed to have disappeared.
But then I looked up... Oh no!
It's a dead end!
what to do?
The boy's right arm hung limply, his face was ashen, and he could no longer run.
Why are they chasing you?
Huo Ling'er's heart was pounding in her throat as she anxiously pulled the boy aside and asked.
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She realized she had been reckless and shouldn't have disobeyed her father and gotten herself into trouble without understanding the situation.
"I..." The boy began to cough violently, splattering a mouthful of blood onto the wall.
The next second, before he could finish speaking, the two dark figures instantly closed in on the alley entrance.
It's over…
"Ah, here it is."
The man in black smiled sinisterly and slowly stepped forward, completely ignoring Huo Ling'er's presence. He lifted the boy up from both sides and punched him hard twice.
"puff!"
The boy coughed up blood again and immediately fell into a coma.
"Pah, you useless bastard!"
"He died so easily? Then we don't need to go through the trouble of bringing him back?"
"No, His Highness ordered that we must see him alive or dead... We still have to take him away."
The two completely ignored the little one beside them and started discussing things, each saying a sentence.
However, just as they were about to hoist the boy onto their shoulders,
"Aww—"
A fierce tiger's roar exploded behind their ears.
The short man in black carrying the boy froze...
The next second, the boy slowly slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a 'thud'.
The tall man turned his head in disbelief to look back, his pupils suddenly contracting.
What did he see?
The short man's nape was pierced by a sharp claw from who-knows-where, leaving a bloody hole; his artery was severed, and he was on the verge of death.
He couldn't believe his eyes.
Who did it?
There are only four people in this dead-end alley, aren't there?
My gaze slowly moved downwards...
That small, unremarkable girl had a pair of heterochromatic eyes filled with a chilling killing intent, and she held aloft a bright white tiger claw dripping blood.
impossible!
The tall man was a level 30 Soul Master, and he knew better than anyone what the girl's condition meant.
A Soul Master... She is a Soul Master.
However, she is so young, and has only just awakened her martial soul at most. How could she possibly have combat power?
Unless, she possesses a top-tier martial soul.
What kind of martial spirit is that?
His gaze lingered on the cold, heterochromatic eyes, one blue and one purple, and then swept over the unusually large tiger paw. His heart skipped a beat.
Heterochromatic eyes, tiger claws...
Evil-eyed White Tiger?!
That's the hereditary martial spirit of the White Tiger Duke's family in the Star Luo Empire; we can't afford to offend them!
But...
He paused, then thought for a moment—
This girl is just a tiny white tiger, how much fighting power could she possibly have?
She only managed to succeed by catching him off guard.
Don't be afraid!
Am I, a dignified Soul Master, really incapable of dealing with a mere immature little girl?
Regardless of whether she is a child of the White Tiger Duke's family, killing her will go unnoticed, and I can go back to report!
Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stomped his left foot heavily.
White, yellow, and yellow—three spirit rings lit up beneath his feet.
Huo Ling'er's eyes narrowed. A soul ring?
She remembered that Huo Yao and Su Chengyu had mentioned that once they reached level ten, they would go to the Star Luo Forest to obtain soul rings.
But Dad said her spirit rings are hard to find...sigh.
In the blink of an eye, a pitch-black spider phantom had solidified behind the man in black.
Quickly concentrate!
Now is not the time for idle thoughts.
"Third Soul Skill, Poisonous Spider Strangulation!"
The black-clad man's cold shout rang in my ears.
The next second, countless black threads burst up from the ground and instantly wrapped around Huo Ling'er's ankles.
Huo Ling'er let out a muffled groan.
The suddenly tightening spider silk left her no time to think further.
She bit her lower lip and struggled to raise the tiger's claws again.
But the spider web had left two deep, bloody welts on her ankles...
poisonous!
She felt as if her consciousness was becoming somewhat scattered.
She had just given that short guy a good whack, and now her soul power was almost gone.
After all, she was a 'fake Soul Master' who didn't even have a single Soul Ring...
No, I can't fall!
Dad will be worried if he can't find me after the exam!
A strange glint flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly bit her tongue.
In an instant, an innate tenacity rose from the ground.
"roar--!"
With a powerful swing of its claws, it forcefully tore through the dark purple, corrosive spider silk.
but...
"Second Soul Skill, Spider Web Binding!"
More black lines surged in from all directions, wrapping around her waist and neck like living things.
I'm... suffocating...
As her vision blurred, in a daze, a pair of indifferent golden eyes seemed to flash by in the depths of her consciousness.
What?
Something seemed to be gripping her heart, yet it slipped through her fingers.
Immediately afterwards, a strange thought suddenly drifted through my chaotic consciousness—
God, Lord... save me!
The next second, a burst of mysterious light suddenly exploded from the top of the alley.
End of this chapter...