Dai Yuhao knew; he wasn't an idiot. If he was captured and brought back to the Xingluo Empire, he might not die. "But it would be a life worse than death!"
If he was captured alive and brought back to the Xingluo Empire, at best, they might brainwash him into an imperial thug, and at worst, imprison him and use him as a breeding tool to enhance their bloodline.
The former is slightly better, but the latter is extremely terrifying.
Twin martial souls plus innate spiritual power: undoubtedly a powerful qualification!
If a man with such talent married a woman, his descendants would have a high probability of inheriting that excellent talent.
Although it was unlikely he would have twin martial souls, it was very likely that his martial souls would mutate or that he would possess extremely high innate spiritual power.
There is a person in the original novel who experienced this situation.
That was Pope Bibi Dong, who also possessed twin martial souls and complete innate spiritual power. This talent was discovered by the former Pope Qian Xunji, who then found an excuse to rape her and force her to give birth to his daughter, Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue, worthy of being the heir to Bibi Dong's excellent bloodline, possessed level-20 innate spiritual power! While this was due to her divine-level angelic martial soul, possessing a divine-level spirit did not guarantee level-20 innate spiritual power. Otherwise, the Spirit Hall would have unified the continent long ago.
In fact, it was precisely because Qian Renxue possessed level-20 innate spiritual power that she was able to inherit the Angel God legacy passed down through generations in the Spirit Hall. Otherwise, if all angelic spirits possessed level-20 innate spiritual power, why was it that no one before her was able to inherit the position of Angel God? It's absurd, no matter how you look at it.
From this perspective, one can appreciate the importance of the excellence of both parents' bloodlines for their offspring.
For his capture alive, the Xingluo Empire even offered a title as a reward, demonstrating how much they coveted his lineage.
If Dai Yuhao were truly captured, he would likely be destined to be a breeding machine for the rest of his life.
He would never accept such a miserable life even if he died!
Dai Yuhao knew there was no possibility of peaceful dialogue. Immediately afterward, his gaze turned murderous.
The momentum in his entire body began to change!
Seeing the change in the white-haired boy's aura, Hanbas thought he had made a mistake. He hadn't expected his persuasion to not only fail but backfire. This only strengthened the boy's determination to resist. Now, capturing him alive would be even more difficult.
When the Giant Purple Whale summoned them to corner Dai Yuhao, it made it very clear that they must capture him alive. They couldn't kill him under any circumstances. Their chance of living a comfortable and noble life in the Xingluo Empire depended on it.
For this reason, Hanbas had initially ordered his sole Soul Emperor to use his full soul power to unleash his sixth spirit ability, the Heavenly Net. This was to ensure that Dai Yuhao could be captured alive and prevent him from escaping.
Otherwise, if he only wanted a corpse, why go to all the trouble? He could simply activate his spirit form and attack immediately.
Hanbas signaled with his eyes to the four middle-aged men surrounding him. These four were his four strongest Soul Kings. Aside from the vice-captain, they were considered the backbone of his pirate group! His intention was for them to first test Dai Yuhao's strength. He would observe from the ship for the time being, gathering intelligence on him during the battle, with the goal of capturing him in one fell swoop.
"You must capture him alive. He's surrounded by a tight net and cannot escape, do you understand?"
"Yes," they replied in unison. At that moment, the eyes of these Soul Kings filled with greed for Dai Yuhao.
The four Soul Kings obeyed the order and immediately activated their Martial Spirits. These Martial Spirits were the Turtle, the Dolphin, the Octopus, and the Sea Serpent, respectively.
They were all Beast Martial Spirits. Furthermore, the spirit ring configurations were white, yellow, yellow, purple, purple.
Dai Yuhao watched the four middle-aged men, who, after activating their spirit rings, acquired animal features. His face remained expressionless.
But if someone looked closely, they would notice a tinge of cruelty flashing in his blue pupils.
Just as their spirit rings lit up and they were about to unleash their spiritual powers,
"BOOM!"
A loud explosion sounded from the scene.
The entire ship Dai Yuhao was on shook violently.
And Dai Yuhao himself had disappeared from where he stood.
Seeing this, the four Soul Kings were stunned. What was happening? Why was he so fast? Where had that boy gone?
Hanbas, who was watching from afar, was also stunned. Even with his eyesight, he could barely make out a vague shadow. As for how Dai Yuhao disappeared, he had no idea.
"What's going on? Is it some kind of soul skill?" he muttered to himself with a frown.
The next moment.
Hanbas couldn't help but narrow his pupils.
"TOO FAST!" he exclaimed in surprise.
Dai Yuhao, who had disappeared like a ghost, suddenly appeared in front of one of the Soul Kings. Before he, who was in midair after leaping, could react, the cold, gray-haired young man in front of him raised his index finger and stabbed out ferociously.
CLICK
At that moment, the crisp sound of flesh and bone being pierced resounded throughout the room.
"SPLASH"
It seemed as if there had been an explosion in my head.
The last thing the Soul Kings saw was the boy's finger sticking out of his forehead, now covered in blood...
"Is this my blood?"
This was his last thought before losing consciousness forever.
SPLATTER
The Soul King's lifeless body fell into the sea, causing it to turn a little scarlet.
Having had the experience of dealing with Captain Snake before, Dai Yuhao knew that what was a fatal wound for ordinary people in general terms might not necessarily be fatal for someone with a special martial spirit.
So, if you want to kill someone with a single shot, a finger shot to the head is the most practical.
Because under normal circumstances, the brain is always a person's greatest weakness. Even with a special martial spirit, if someone pierces their head, it will still be a death sentence! After all, very few people survive a headshot.
And this little trash wasn't the case.
At that moment, all the pirates present were shocked by that sudden scene.
A Soul King... with his head pierced by a finger?
Did he die so easily?
Am I dreaming?!?!
Taking advantage of the pirates' distraction, Dai Yuhao chased them. With his feet in the air, he moved his body vigorously, as if he were stepping on solid ground. The curious thing is that it wasn't land, but air.
This is Moon Step, one of the "Six Styles."
The "Geppo" or Moon Step technique allows users to leap into the air, helping them stay afloat or move through it with ease.
At terrifying speed, using his Moon Steps, which allowed him to walk on air, Dai Yuhao shot out like a kite and quickly came face to face with the other Soul King.
Seeing the middle-aged man with a scar on his face, he didn't use his finger gun. Instead, he raised his right hand.
In the next moment, his right arm was half covered in a black, metallic substance that gleamed brightly, heralding the end of life.
Dai Yuhao clenched his fist and mercilessly punched directly at his head.
The scarred Soul King tried to block, but was too late; Dai Yuhao was too fast.
CLICK
SPLASH
"BANG!!!"
Dai Yuhao's fist struck the man's face, first deforming it and then exploding like a watermelon.
A large amount of disgusting red and white matter splattered onto the face of the other thin Soul King standing not far away.
The man, stunned and horrified, touched the substance on his face. The next moment, he paled with fear.
At that moment, Hanbas, still reeling from the sudden deaths of his men, could no longer stand idly by. In the blink of an eye, he had lost two of his four generals.
Remember, they were his entire team! If he followed his boss, the Giant Purple Whale, to the Xingluo Empire and became a noble, wouldn't he find himself completely alone and without support?
Originally, he had thought that with four Soul Kings, even if they failed to capture and defeat Dai Yuhao alive, they could at least maintain a draw. This would also give Hanbas a chance to observe his fighting style and find a way to defeat him in one fell swoop and capture him alive.
But what he never imagined was that the four Soul Kings under his command were so weak that Dai Yuhao killed two of them in the blink of an eye. This obviously completely exceeded his expectations and deeply distressed him.
Do you think Soul Kings grow on trees?
Do you know how difficult it is to recruit these Soul Kings?
"STOP!!!"
Seeing that Dai Yuhao wasn't content with killing two Soul Kings and continued attacking the remaining two, Hanbas shouted loudly and activated his soul ring at the same time. A huge white whale appeared and merged with his body. Suddenly, his already enormous and powerful body began to expand again!
His already terrifyingly strong muscles began to contract nonstop. His veins bulged, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a small giant nearly five meters tall!
Soul Sage: Hanbas!
Martial Soul: White Whale!
Soul Ring Configuration: White, yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black!
Although it's still not the best soul ring configuration, it's definitely luxurious compared to the Soul Sect and Soul Kings Dai Yuhao had encountered before.
Seeing Hanbas's spirit rings, even Dai Yuhao felt pressure. After all, it wasn't the ideal configuration for a spirit master.
Even so, that didn't take away from the fact that the man in front of him was a Soul Sage forty levels above him.
To be honest, the Soul Kings and Soul Sects he had fought before couldn't compare to the strength of the person in front of him.
Those Soul Kings and Soul Sects weren't on par with their respective cultivation realms.
As Dai Yuhao had mentioned before, the configuration of a spirit ring is very important when fighting, even if he only had two soul rings.
It was enough to kill these fish. After all, his spirit ring configuration was extremely outrageous. Killing these people was as easy as squashing an ant as he walked.
Besides, the level difference wasn't that much, not to mention Dai Yuhao had many methods to deal with them.
But Hanbas? He was different, even though his spirit ring configuration wasn't quite right. The fact that his spirit power was 40 levels higher than his was enough to crush him.
As they say, absolute strength crushes all!
Dai Yuhao clenched his fists tightly. Although he felt the suffocating pressure, he wasn't going to run away. After all, he couldn't.
Instead, he smiled fiercely. Dai Yuhao understood that only by fighting could he get out of this situation, and only by fighting could he become stronger.
He couldn't spend his entire life cultivating and training; fighting was the best way to become stronger.
Who knows, maybe even the shackle at level 39 could be broken, and he could advance to level 40.
Thinking about this, Dai Yuhao felt somewhat excited.