Chapter 85 Yu Tianheng Gets Smacked, Tang Hao's Despair (5k)_2
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Uh...
This is still the first Soul Elder who wants to take action against me...
Qin Xiao was stunned.
Past opponents were either Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo; suddenly facing a Soul Elder who was so overconfident, he was indeed caught off guard.
"As expected, you're a chicken without eggs, aside from looking handsome, you're simply useless. Seeing my strength, you've been scared stiff, right?"
Yu Tianheng spat disdainfully, "Kid, don't say I didn't give you a chance, now I'm offering you two options. First, if you agree to my earlier demands, I might consider letting you go, otherwise..."
However.
He didn't finish his sentence when Qin Xiao interrupted him, "Don't beat around the bush, just get to the second option. I guess if I don't agree, you're going to take action against me, right?"
Eh?
Yu Tianheng was taken aback and nodded subconsciously, "Exactly."
"Then let's get started."
Qin Xiao beckoned to Yu Tianheng.
"Damn!"
Yu Tianheng belatedly realized, his face full of rage.
He felt like he had been made a fool of by Qin Xiao.
"You're really asking for it!"
He let out an angry roar, crouched slightly to gather strength, then leapt forward towards Qin Xiao.
At the same time, his first soul ring lit up:
"Thunder Dragon Claw!"
The pure soul power transformed into a huge dragon claw, crackling with electricity, reaching for Qin Xiao's chest.
Ten meters, eight meters, nine meters...
Yu Tianheng watched the distance shrink but found Qin Xiao standing still.
In the end, you're just a good-looking piece of trash, probably too slow to even know how to dodge, right?
Yu Tianheng felt a bit proud.
An overwhelming power, it's just this boring.
However.
The next moment, a hand fiercely slapped across his face.
"Smack."
Qin Xiao's slap, coming in after, shattered Yu Tianheng's protective soul power, and Yu Tianheng's body did a 720-degree spin in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.
Hum...
Yu Tianheng's head buzzed from Qin Xiao's slap, a ringing sound in his ears.
He tried to shake his head clear, only to find Qin Xiao blurred into double images.
"What, exactly, is his strength?"
Yu Tianheng was shocked in his heart.
He felt his mind couldn't keep up.
But one thing was clear: this kid was not the waste he had imagined.
A lapse in judgment.
"Your Highness, you're here."
Just then, Qin Xiao heard a voice behind him.
He turned to see Dugu Yan approaching.
"Yu Tianheng..."
Dugu Yan came closer, her eyes filled with surprise and confusion, "What happened to him?"
"It's nothing, he just slipped."
Qin Xiao said nonchalantly.
"Slipped?"
Dugu Yan looked incredulous, the big red handprint on Yu Tianheng's face told an undeniable story.
"I'm off to the herb garden, are you going to visit your grandfather?"
Qin Xiao suddenly asked.
"Of course."
Dugu Yan's eyes lit up.
Excited.
Is His Highness inviting me to join him?
"Good, then I'll see you in the herb garden."
"What? Meet at the herb garden?"
Dugu Yan was astonished.
Why is this script different from what I imagined?
Shouldn't he be taking me with him?
However.
When Dugu Yan wanted to get a clear answer from Qin Xiao, she found that he had already walked past Yu Tianheng, towards the distance.
"Your Highness, wait for me..."
Dugu Yan hurriedly followed.
Long after.
Yu Tianheng felt the dizziness lessen considerably and staggered to his feet.
He looked in the direction that Qin Xiao and Dugu Yan had disappeared, his eyes full of resentment.
"Dugu Yan, I pursued you so eagerly, brown-nosing for so long, and not only did you not accept me, but you're also fawning over someone else?"
"And that detestable kid, someone I would die to win over, yet you discard so casually? Are you looking down on Yu Tianheng's taste?"
Yu Tianheng's cheeks burned.
Of course, some of the burning came from shame, but it was more from the force of Qin Xiao's hand.
"What goes around comes around; I, Yu Tianheng, swear that today's humiliation will be returned tenfold in the future."
He swore bitterly to himself.
However, after suppressing the rage in his heart, he couldn't help but furrow his brows as he pondered two things:
The first thing was, just how strong is that kid who has caught Dugu Yan's eye?
Soul Elder, Soul Ancestor, or Soul King?
Yu Tianheng couldn't gauge precisely but was certain that the opponent's strength was definitely above his own.
He had to admit, he had misjudged.
That kid who looked even younger than him had the power to defeat him in a second.
The second thing was, what exactly had Dugu Yan and Qin Xiao just said to each other?
Regrettably, he was too dazed from Qin Xiao's slap, his ears ringing incessantly, and he hadn't heard their conversation clearly.
Of course.
Luckily he hadn't heard it, or knowing Qin Xiao's true strength, he probably wouldn't have had the courage to stay in the Tiandou Empire.
"Forget it, none of that matters."
"The pressing matter is figuring out how to deal with that kid, and I can't do it alone."
Yu Tianheng thought to himself: "I'll need to turn to my family for help, at least a Soul Emperor level expert to assist me."
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Elsewhere.
In front of an unnamed forest, Tang Hao slowly stopped.
His companion Tang San looked up and asked curiously, "Dad, have we arrived? Is this the place you were talking about?"
Tang San also examined the forest in front of them, which seemed utterly ordinary.
On the forest's edge, a few wild rabbits startled by their arrival scampered away.
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