"Mom, I'm home..."
In a desolate area outside Xingluo City, amidst a few scattered graves, Huo Yuhao, already over 20 years old, silently knelt beside a small grave with an old tombstone and overgrown weeds.
Looking at the tombstone inscribed with "Tomb of my beloved mother Huo Yun'er" by his own hand, he did not cry, but tears flowed uncontrollably.
“Mom, I don’t know what your feelings for Dai Hao really are. Is it true love, because after he forced himself on you, you could only keep deceiving yourself about the result? But... you have to admit you’ve done something wrong. I can’t let the mastermind behind this get away with it.”
As he spoke, he gently stroked the tombstone in front of him, using his extremely skillful soul power control to wash away all the dust on it, and then froze the grave mound and all the weeds around it. Huo Yuhao then got up again and headed towards Xingluo City.
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Xingluo City is the name of this ancient capital that has stood in the world for tens of thousands of years. Although it has changed hands several times, it is still one of the top in the economy, culture, politics and military of the entire continent.
Even titled Douluo wouldn't dare to harbor any reckless thoughts in this ancient city, making it one of the safest and most stable places on the entire continent.
However, this deeply ingrained understanding and subtly ingrained rule has been completely shattered today.
A terrifying aura erupted from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion in the central district of Star Luo City. Before the several Title Douluos stationed in the Star Luo Imperial Capital could arrive, the gates of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion were smashed open from the inside out.
Then, amidst the shattering of the gate, the two brothers, Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, who had returned home to visit relatives, were directly slapped out of the mansion by one of them. Clutching their chests, they watched the figures walking out of the White Tiger Duke's mansion step by step with anger and fear, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Huo Yuhao, I've already said that my White Tiger Duke's Mansion was not involved in what you're talking about! We know nothing about it! Besides, you made us lose face in public, don't forget you also came from here!"
To be honest, ever since Huo Yuhao went to the Sun Moon Continent, Dai Yueheng never thought they would meet again. Especially after years of hard work and becoming an eight-ring Soul Douluo, his fear of Huo Yuhao had long since faded.
After all, no matter how talented this monster is, he's only a Soul Saint at best right now!
The gap between Soul Masters widens as you progress through the ranks. If a Soul Master can still hold his own against a Soul King, then the difference between a Soul Saint and a Soul Douluo is like night and day. Dai Yueheng, who is already a genius, absolutely does not believe that Huo Yuhao could threaten him in just a few years.
And after more than ten years, when he also became a Title Douluo, then the grudges between him and Huo Yuhao would be nothing.
After all, he had never actually met his younger brother. The only people who truly had grudges against Huo Yuhao were his own brother Dai Huabin, who had no sense of right and wrong, and his mother, the Duchess of Baihu.
But now, he has completely miscalculated.
This is a true monster! A monster who, even at the Soul Saint level, could defeat him in one move, rendering him unable to summon his Martial Soul, and who, even as a high-level Soul Douluo, could not detect the slightest trace of his aura.
"Huo Yuhao! You..."
*Smack!*
"Dai Huabin, shut up!"
With a backhand slap, he knocked Dai Huabin, who had just gotten up from the ground and was about to shout something, back to the ground. Knowing very well that Huo Yuhao hated the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, two parts were his father, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, three parts were his White Tiger Duchess, and the other five parts were all his stupid younger brother, Dai Yueheng really wanted to beat the good-for-nothing next to him, who looked seven parts like him, to death.
Of course, this is if it's possible, and only at the very last minute.
"Let him say it! Anyway, I am indeed just the son of a maid, not even a concubine in the strictest sense. By saying I was a concubine, he's elevating my mother's status, ha..."
The final chuckle sent a chill down Dai Yueheng's spine, and he instinctively stepped in front of his younger brother.
Then, accompanied by a sharp pain in their chests, the two brothers were slammed backwards hundreds of meters away. Their sternum and ribs were broken without damaging their internal organs, and each brother spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with ice crystals.
“I’ve said it before, I only kill the ringleaders! And intelligence doesn’t lie; they say you, Duke White Tiger, did it, so you must have! Speak out! Considering that I did grow up here when I was young, and that I received some assistance from your White Tiger Duke’s mansion when I awakened my martial spirit, I’ll break my rule this time and only cripple, not kill…”
Gently crouching down in front of the two brothers, a ferocious aura, seemingly emanating from the wilderness, erupted, stunning Dai Huabin, whose eyes were filled with resentment and burning with rage. Then, looking into Dai Yueheng's eyes, he whispered something.
"See, am I merciful enough? To prevent this idiot from saying anything that would make me want to kill him, I knocked him out. That way, we can have a calm and rational discussion. Now, tell me who's behind this, and I'll leave once I'm done, okay?"
Looking into Huo Yuhao's smiling eyes, despair and helplessness slowly welled up in Dai Yueheng's heart.
He glanced at his younger brother, who had collapsed to the ground, and at the silent White Tiger Duke's Mansion, along with the White Tiger Duke's Mansion plaque that had been smashed to pieces by Huo Yuhao's palm and was still hanging in fragments above the mansion's gate.
A mournful laugh escaped Dai Yueheng's lips, accompanied by spitting out blood, revealing a scene of utter desolation.
"Hehe...cough cough...cough...hahaha...you hate...cough cough...her that much? Cough...does it really have to come to this?"
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