Tai Long's Family Fury
Within Heaven Dou City, inside the compound of the Strength Clan, a loud cry echoed.
"Dad—!"
Tai Long barreled through the door, throwing himself at his father's leg, face swollen like a pig's head, tears streaming down.
His father, Tai Nuo, gaped. "Son, who in the nine heavens beat you so badly?" He gently touched the bruises, frowning deeply. "Look at this… ruined so quickly. Since when has our clan been bullied to this degree?"
"Dad, it was… Lu Yuan!" Tai Long whimpered. Just saying the name made his voice tremble.
He couldn't even explain why he had been so stubborn. Why had he provoked him again and again? Looking back now, it was pure lunacy.
Slap!
The sharp sound rang out across the hall. Tai Nuo's palm had landed firmly on his son's face.
"D-Dad? Why are you hitting me? I'm the one beaten, and now you're striking me too?!"
"You fool!" Tai Nuo growled. "If there's anyone in Tiandou you shouldn't provoke, it's him! You just had to kick this iron plate! Do you even know who Lu Yuan is? The entire Five Element Academies were flattened by him alone!"
Tai Long's lip quivered. This is my home? My father? Why do I feel less protected here than outside?
Meanwhile, the Strength Clan's patriarch, the Titan himself, entered. His eyes fell upon his injured grandson, and unlike Tai Nuo, he wasn't calm at all. His fists tightened until his knuckles popped.
"Who dared do this to you?!"
"Grandpa…" Tai Long sniffled. "I told him to stop drinking in our Academy. I tried to enforce the rules. He… he threw me out again and again…"
The Titan's jaw twitched, an odd mix of shame and resignation crossing his weathered face. "Grandson, why must you be so stubborn? The man was drinking, and you still poked the dragon's tail? What good could come of that?"
"Grandpa—!" Tai Long sobbed, wronged beyond reason.
But Titan suddenly straightened, his chin high. "Don't worry! Your father's useless, but I am not. You're my blood! If Lu Yuan bullied you, I'll demand justice. Our clan protects our own—that is tradition!"
"Dad… isn't that too reckless?" Tai Nuo's face grew pale. They had backing, yes, but not nearly enough to shake someone like Lu Yuan. If the matter escalated, their entire family might get uprooted from Tiandou entirely.
The Titan snorted heavily, fists slamming together. "What's reckless? First, punch him. Then, argue later!"
Celebration in Heaven Dou City
Word spread quickly: Lu Yuan was leaving Tiandou City.
The relief it brought was like rain after drought. Countless academies and nobles almost cried with joy.
Especially Qin Ming and the Huangdou Team. That night, they even hosted a banquet—not of mourning, but celebration.
"Finally! The demon's leaving. Our pressure's gone!"
Laughter rang through Tiandou as wine glasses clinked.
Meanwhile, the "demon" himself swayed down the main street, wine jar in hand, singing drunkenly into the night.
Tons… tons… tons… ha!
"Ding! It is detected the host has reached intoxication level. Fifth spirit ring age +300."
Lu Yuan paused mid-step—then smirked wider. "Little Snow Princess really is something. Bringing me two jars of fine wine… hah, hundreds more waiting in her Soul Guidance Device. Good woman. Pity she ran away before I could drink her under the table tonight."
He staggered forward, body weaving like seaweed in the waves.
Liu Erlong's Revenge
Suddenly—
ROAAAR!
Dragonfire streaked across the night sky. The street ahead twisted with scorching azure flames, lighting the city like midday.
Lu Yuan's head lifted lazily. Sword already drawn before he even thought.
Boom!
His black Sword Qi split the flame burst in an explosive shower of sparks.
Through the light, a crimson figure emerged—her hair whipping like fire, her eyes like killing blades.
Lu Yuan squinted, then smirked. "Ahh, Little Hot Pepper? You came to drink with me, right?"
Hidden beneath the smirk was a déjà vu too strong to miss. Clothes or no clothes, he'd know Liu Erlong's aura anywhere.
But she was in no mood for laughter.
No one in her life had ever dared ride her like a horse. The memory burned hotter in her chest with every hour. To Liu Erlong, revenge delayed even ten years was worth—but tonight's revenge was now.
"The first spirit ability, Tyrannosaurus Possession!"
Golden light flared. Blue dragon scales rippled across her skin, armor plating her body in a magnificent set of cyan plates. Her aura erupted high into the sky.
"Fifth spirit ability—Soaring Flames!!"
Dragonfire roared around her, spiraling upward into a swirling tornado of scorching death. It barreled straight for Lu Yuan.
He staggered… swigged… then swung.
Steel slammed against flame. Sparks erupted in waves. His feet dug into the earth, scratching long gouges as he was knocked back.
Then he stopped. Smirked. His aura flared like a black inferno.
"Sword intent—burn! Fifth soul ability, Feng Chen Absolute Slash!"
His body blurred into pure Sword Qi, flickering instantly through the dragonfire tornado.
Liu Erlong's eyes sharpened. "My old lady is waiting!"
Her right arm, already scaled like steel, expanded further.
"Second soul ability—Dragon Arm Strike!"
Her fourth suddenly ignited. "Bloodthirsty Flames!"
She swung wildly, a colossal blazing fist smashing down.
Hoooom!
The flames screamed across the street, devouring everything.
But Lu Yuan's own blade pulsed with new might. Behind him shimmered a giant phantom sword, nearly double his size.
"Split the Earth!"
CRACK!
His black-and-gold strike carved through her sea of flame. Pressure storms blasted outward, trees snapping along the road, heat sizzling wood to cinders.
Liu Erlong staggered back, eyes wide.
Two days ago, he was already monstrous. But tonight? Tonight he was stronger.
Horror bled into her rage. This brat's only at Soul King… then tell me, what kind of 'Soul King' can overwhelm my Martial Soul true body?!
"Little Pepper," Lu Yuan's voice whispered suddenly from behind her ear.
Her entire back went cold. She turned—too slow.
In one swoop, her view flipped as her proud body was lifted onto broad shoulders.
"Lu Yuan, you bastard! Put my old lady down!" She flailed helplessly, kicking against his chest.
He strode casually, drink sloshing in one hand, Liu Erlong squirming in the other.
"Where are you taking me?!"
"Home."
"Wh-what?! Don't throw me! Walk steady, bastard!" she shouted as his drunken sways tilted her dangerously close to the ground.
He staggered through the night, lifting her higher.
"Ha… little chili, we're home."
With a careless thunk, he tossed her onto a bed. Then sat comfortably at the edge, yawning.
"Too late to send you back, so yeah—make do here tonight."
"WHAT?!" Liu Erlong's face went scarlet, her flames sputtering involuntarily. "Sleep in the same bed as you?! Never! If word spreads I shared a bed, I'll never hold my head high again!"
But Lu Yuan had already stretched across the covers, wine jar tilted against his lips, his entire body flopping firmly onto hers.
"Don't worry… for the soul beast…" he muttered vaguely, drifting into sleep.
Her eyes bulged.
"LU YUAN! Get off me at once! Move away from my chest!"
No response. His breathing had deepened.
Liu Erlong seethed, body stiff. Yet despite her fury, there was nothing she could do without waking the entire city with a fiery explosion.
"Uuuugh… I'll kill you tomorrow…" she hissed through clenched teeth.
And for the first time in her fiery life, Liu Erlong lay pinned helplessly—beneath a drunken devil who called himself Soul King.
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