Dai Mubai suddenly leaned closer and whispered to Zhu Zhuqing:
"How long are you going to keep this up?"
"You can't possibly not know that the Soul Master Competition is our best chance to defeat Davis and Zhu Zhuyun! But you still refuse to practice the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with me!"
"This is our last chance! The special nature of our two families' martial souls means that as long as you can let go of your grudges and genuinely align your heart with mine, we can definitely unleash the Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
When the Star Luo Emperor held absolute power.
The competition between the princes relied more on a scoring system, and only the prince deemed most outstanding would be groomed as the heir.
The winner would become emperor, and the loser wouldn't necessarily die; but according to tradition, eliminating rivals was something every heir would do, and life or death was entirely up to the winner's whim.
If he could defeat Davis in the Soul Master Competition, the gap between Dai Mubai and Davis would quickly narrow, earning him more points. Upon returning to the Star Luo Empire, with the power of his mother's family, he would still have room to maneuver.
However, if he lost in the Soul Master Competition, the accumulated gap between them would mean that even upon returning to Star Luo, he would have to achieve double Davis's results to have a chance at being selected as the heir.
This was basically impossible.
Dai Mubai looked at Zhu Zhuqing, "Stop this, okay?"
"I promise you, from now on I'll cut ties with those sluts and only be with you. How about we get through this difficult time together first?"
Zhu Zhuqing kept a cold face throughout, offering no response.
Dai Mubai instantly became enraged.
He clenched his fists and angrily questioned:
"What exactly do you want? I know, you slut, you like Lin Xiao, don't you? But look at yourself, are you worthy? Someone like Lin Xiao, would he pick up the worn-out shoes I don't want?!"
Zhu Zhuqing suddenly looked up, her eyes icy.
"First, I have nothing to do with you, and I am certainly not your worn-out shoes that you don't want;"
"Second, I would rather die than use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with you, and I can't use it!"
To use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, in addition to compatible martial souls, a connection of hearts is also an essential condition. At the very least, one must be able to tolerate the other.
In other words, the prerequisite was that Zhu Zhuqing forgave Dai Mubai.
However, Zhu Zhuqing's aversion to Dai Mubai had already externalized from a mental disgust to a physical one.
In fact, her resistance to Dai Mubai had almost become a physical instinct. Just seeing Dai Mubai's face or hearing his voice would cause severe discomfort.
"Creak—"
Dai Mubai's teeth ground together, making a harsh sound, and he said with a heart full of anger:
"Fine!"
"You've got guts!"
Xiao Wu saw Dai Mubai approach Zhu Zhuqing. Although she couldn't see their faces, she could clearly see Zhu Zhuqing's avoiding body. She immediately stepped in to ease the tension:
"Zhuqing, what are you and Boss Dai talking about?"
"Is it team tactics?"
Zhu Zhuqing stood up and went to sit beside Xiao Wu.
The two of them talked about something.
Dai Mubai also left in anger.
...
On the competition stage.
Lin Xiao's gaze lingered slightly on Zhu Zhuyun, finding that her resemblance to Zhu Zhuqing was as high as seventy percent. However, compared to Zhu Zhuqing's cold demeanor, this great prince consort was infinitely gentle, her skin like white jade, her eyes carrying a hint of laziness and spring passion.
Zhu Zhuyun's face quietly flushed, like a red cloud, with a touch of charm.
Davis, on the other hand, was fuming.
Lin Xiao looking at Zhu Zhuyun only made him slightly unhappy, but seeing his wife blush at just a glance immediately filled him with the anger of being cuckolded in front of him.
"What, the Heaven Dou Empire has been losing battles to Star Luo year after year, have all the people of the Heaven Dou Empire died? Among the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's guaranteed entry team, there are actually five women."
"Don't ever go to the battlefield in the future."
"Such beautiful women, what if they are captured on the battlefield..."
Davis whistled, a frivolous smile on his face.
"That would be very tragic!"
Davis successfully angered all the members of the Burning Maple Battle Team, including Lin Xiao.
His lewd words and arrogant attitude.
Made him lose any chance of begging for mercy later.
Lin Xiao said indifferently:
"Don't hold back, it's his bad luck if he's beaten to death or crippled."
"Yes!"
The girls and Yan Song all clenched their fists.
The national enmity between Heaven Dou and Star Luo was also mixed in at this moment, but all of this was initiated by Davis.
Davis smiled and said to the team members behind him:
"Brothers, release your Martial Souls and give them a surprise!"
The members of the Star Luo Royal Academy Team uniformly released their Martial Souls.
In an instant, six sets of two yellow and two purple Soul Rings appeared.
Six Soul Ancestors, one Soul Elder.
Dugu Yan glanced at Lin Xiao, seemingly asking for instructions.
Lin Xiao nodded slightly.
Then, the members of the Burning Maple Battle Team also released their Martial Souls.
Everyone was a Soul Ancestor or above!
There was even a Soul King!
No, there were two!
When Lin Xiao released his Soul Rings, not only were the people on the opposite Star Luo Royal Academy Team dumbfounded, but the stands also erupted in gasps of surprise!
One yellow, two purple, two black!
What kind of monster is this!
Even Bibidong, who was sitting in the main seat, had a look of shock in her eyes. Her impression of Lin Xiao was still that he was young but full of vigor, with extremely high attainments in Martial Soul theory!
She never expected that Lin Xiao's strength would be even more beyond her imagination?
Bibidong couldn't help but turn her head to look at Ning Fengzhi next to her and asked:
"This Lin Xiao... does Sect Leader Ning know him?"
Before Ning Fengzhi could reply, Sword Douluo behind him answered:
"Lin Xiao has been following me to learn swordsmanship for some time."
Bibidong was extremely surprised, her expression stunned.
"Learning swordsmanship?!"
"Isn't his Martial Soul a Phoenix?"
Sword Douluo smiled without speaking.
Ning Fengzhi added, "Perhaps it's a personal interest."
Bibidong frowned tightly, her gaze fixed on Lin Xiao on the competition stage, feeling a faint sense of unease in her heart.
The Soul Master Competition, which was originally a sure thing...
Seems a bit unstable now!
Bibidong believed that the Golden Generation would definitely win, but she had already increased the value of the Soul Master Competition rewards several times!
A full three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones!
These were originally for the Golden Generation!
She looked at the Martial Soul Academy Soul Master Team in the distance and saw that they all had solemn expressions, their gazes focused on Lin Xiao.
Facing such an opponent, maintaining arrogance would be a great foolishness!
Next, they would observe Lin Xiao with a magnifying glass, looking for every mistake and flaw on him, and recording all information!
...
The Star Luo Royal Academy Team members were all pale.
Just the Soul Ring configuration alone gave the Burning Maple Battle Team a huge "scare".
Their initial arrogant and overbearing demeanor was long gone.
Their eyes were filled with fear.
Lin Xiao chuckled, the sarcasm in it making their faces flush red.
"Roar—"
Davis let out a tiger roar and shouted angrily:
"What are you afraid of? Fight them!"
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