In the spectator seats of the Body Sect, a strong intent to kill erupted, and the source of this intent naturally came from Huo Yuhao.
He sat among the crowd, his azure eyes staring fixedly at the figure of Duke White Tiger Dai Hao standing on the stage, his entire body radiating a chilling aura.
Sitting beside him, Tang Wulin felt that intent to kill and could not help turning his head to glance at him.
Huo Yuhao's expression was quite ugly; his entire person seemed like a beast ready to pounce at any moment.
Tang Wulin instantly understood in his heart that the man before them was presumably Huo Yuhao's enemy.
Barring any unexpected circumstances, this person should be related to the death of Huo Yuhao's mother.
He did not speak, only reaching out to gently press down on Huo Yuhao's wrist, signaling him to calm down.
On the match stage, Duke White Tiger Dai Hao did not know of the undercurrents surging in the spectator seats; his gaze still fell upon Huo Yuner, complex emotions rolling within his blue eyes.
He took a deep breath and spoke once more.
"Yuner, it is I who have let you down all these years."
"As the Grand General of the Star Luo Empire, I am unable to return home year-round, and I do not even know how great the grievances you have suffered all these years truly are."
He paused for a moment, his voice carrying an inexplicable sorrow.
"Even your death... I only learned of it not long ago."
"All these years, it is I who failed to fulfill a husband's responsibilities."
Duke White Tiger Dai Hao's voice dropped a few shades lower, his eyes lowering as if not daring to look directly into Huo Yuner's eyes.
"I am not a qualified husband, nor am I a qualified father. It is I who have failed the two of you, mother and son."
Upon hearing Duke White Tiger Dai Hao's words, Huo Yuner's expression did not change much, as if Duke White Tiger Dai Hao's words were not spoken to her at all.
Right now, she could be said to have no feelings whatsoever toward the man before her. Even when seeing Duke White Tiger Dai Hao, past memories would emerge one by one, yet the current Huo Yuner only felt that her past self had been far too infatuated with romance, actually letting her own son suffer alongside her infatuated self.
Duke White Tiger Dai Hao raised his head, his gaze once again falling upon her face.
"Fortunately, Dean Lin Feng gave me this opportunity and resurrected you."
His voice carried a sense of fortune, as if he had grasped a final straw of life-saving hope, and there was even a trace of a tremor within his voice.
"Giving me... the chance to atone for my sins."
Within the Divine Realm, seeing the scene of Duke White Tiger Dai Hao speaking, Dai Mubai could not help smiling and nodding his head.
His gaze fell upon the figure of Duke White Tiger Dai Hao, those tiger eyes filled with a look of approval.
"As expected of my own seed." (In the original text of Douluo Dalu II, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing are written in this chapter to be of Dai Mubai's lineage, being his seed.)
His tone carried a sense of pride and gratification.
"Knowing one's errors and being able to correct them is the greatest of virtues."
Dai Mubai turned his head to glance at Tang San, then spoke again.
"I hope they can clear up their misunderstandings and that the family can be happy and harmonious together."
Tang San also smiled and nodded in agreement. Although Huo Yuner was not resurrected by him, the current scene could be said to be within his arrangements, using Huo Yuner to bind Huo Yuhao and Duke White Tiger Dai Hao, while simultaneously binding Dai Mubai to stand on the same boat.
As for whether Huo Yuner would refuse to acknowledge Duke White Tiger Dai Hao, Tang San felt this was completely impossible. After all, Huo Yuner was completely infatuated with romance, and those infatuated with romance were the easiest to manipulate.
Meanwhile, within the Star Luo Empire, Emperor Xu Jiawei's expression had already changed. His gaze locked tightly onto the figure of Duke White Tiger Dai Hao within the light screen, his pupils slightly contracting.
He had originally thought that Duke White Tiger Dai Hao had gone up to issue a challenge. After all, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao was a grand general of the Star Luo Empire; stepping onto the match stage at this time, what else could he do besides issue a challenge?
Yet looking at it now... was he going to acknowledge relatives?
Emperor Xu Jiawei's brows suddenly furrowed tightly, a bad premonition surging within his heart.
If Huo Yuner was Duke White Tiger Dai Hao's wife, that meant... that Huo Yuhao was actually Duke White Tiger Dai Hao's son?
Emperor Xu Jiawei well knew just how formidable Huo Yuhao's strength was. That mastery over mental-type Spirit Abilities was nothing short of miraculous, and he could even use Necromancy—he could truly be said to be an army unto himself.
Now that Huo Yuhao was Duke White Tiger Dai Hao's son, and Duke White Tiger Dai Hao had apologized and admitted his wrongdoings to Huo Yuner in front of the entire continent...
Emperor Xu Jiawei's heart sank.
This fellow Duke White Tiger Dai Hao was probably hoping to use the high branch of Shrek Academy to climb up and subsequently retake the imperial throne of the Star Luo Empire, right?
Emperor Xu Jiawei had long been clear that the lineage of the White Tiger Duke had long harbored the ambition to retake the imperial throne.
It was simply impossible to accomplish that openly on the surface.
After all, the Dai Family of - the Star Luo Empire losing the imperial throne was truly a problem of the White Tiger lineage, whereas their Star Crown lineage had saved the country amidst danger and rightfully deserved to sit in this position.
This was something acknowledged by the entire Star Luo Empire.
Yet now... Emperor Xu Jiawei clenched his teeth tightly, unwillingness rolling within those pupils.
If Duke White Tiger Dai Hao truly utilized these connections, could he avoid stepping down?
Even if that Shrek Academy did not interfere in affairs between Empires, Huo Yuhao was a person of that Shrek Academy, and Duke White Tiger Dai Hao was Huo Yuhao's father. Once Duke White Tiger Dai Hao expressed his desire for the imperial throne of the Star Luo Empire and had Huo Yuhao's support, then his own imperial throne certainly could not be kept secure.
Emperor Xu Jiawei's mood at this moment was quite complicated.
He had not expected that their Star Crown lineage's imperial throne would end up being terminated in his own hands in such a somewhat laughable manner; naturally, he was extremely unwilling to accept it.
Emperor Xu Jiawei's gaze fell once more upon the face of Duke White Tiger Dai Hao within the light screen, a flash of coldness sweeping across those pupils.
This sworn brother of his truly had such profound scheming depth.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the White Tiger Duke's wife, who had already escaped from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, looked upon this scene within the light screen, and her heart grew even colder.
She was still wearing the garments from her flight, looking quite disheveled with scattered hair, her face filled with panic and malice.
She, who had unexpectedly been hunted down by that group of traitors from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, had not even caught her breath yet before seeing her husband's deeply affectionate expression—that look of repentance directed at Huo Yuner—and her heart completely froze through.
That heartless wretch Duke White Tiger Dai Hao had actually chosen Huo Yuner.
Clearly, she was the legal wife!
She was the one properly and officially married into the White Tiger Duke's Mansion!
He had actually apologized to a concubine!
Then would it be time to settle accounts with her next?
The White Tiger Duke's wife's expression was quite ugly; her hands were clenched into fists, her fingernails digging deeply into her palms.
She had long known about this matter. Leaving aside the fact that Huo Yuhao possessed quite formidable strength, let alone that Huo Yuner had already been resurrected, to Duke White Tiger Dai Hao, the benefits they could bring him were far greater, whereas she, the legal wife, had instead become the superfluous person.
The two sons she had given birth to for Duke White Tiger Dai Hao were presumably also doomed, and the White Tiger Duke's wife's eyes were filled with hatred.
Had she known earlier, she should have sent people to kill Huo Yuhao back when he left the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
At that time, Huo Yuhao's body was malnourished with a mere tenth-rank Spirit Power; entering the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Spirit Ring would have been nothing more than feeding the Spirit Beasts.
She had originally thought he was bound to die without a doubt, yet she never expected that he would actually have such blind luck.
A malicious glint flashed across the White Tiger Duke's wife's eyes.
"I hate this so much..."
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