“This is my martial soul, the Changming Sword that seals the ancient divergent beast, the Vermillion Bird?”
Qin Xuan excitedly gripped the longsword in his hand.
Under the control of his intent, the divergent beast Vermillion Bird let out a low cry, circled in the air, and plunged back into the blade.
As he poured his soul power into his martial soul, the longsword in his hand flashed with a hazy red light, and red lightning danced across it.
His first yellow soul ring lit up.
Without needing to consciously remember it, the knowledge integrated seamlessly.
First Soul Skill: Sword Piercing the Void.
Attack power and speed instantly increased by fifty percent, with the attack range scaling up alongside his cultivation level.
Wanting to test its power, Qin Xuan casually swung the sword.
Who knew that this casual swing would be so terrifying?
The sword light was dazzling, and the Vermillion Bird from earlier burst through the air, transforming into a two-meter-long crescent-shaped slash.
It was as if a bolt of blood-red lightning was instantly released from his palm.
The flash was so blinding he had to close his eyes to protect them.
When he opened them again, he saw that the ground looked as if it had been struck by lightning, instantly cleaved with a deep trench.
It was over twenty meters long and more than half a meter deep, with scorch marks lining both sides.
At the very end of the trench, a massive boulder weighing over a thousand catties had been split cleanly down the middle before violently exploding.
“Holy sh*t…!!!”
Qin Xuan kept his face expressionless, but internally, his satisfaction meter was off the charts.
Overbearing dominance leaking everywhere!
Truly worthy of being the number two figure in Spirit Hall’s younger generation, second only to Bibi Dong.
With just a Soul King’s cultivation, his first soul skill packed this much power.
No wonder he was accepted as a disciple by the two consecrates who possessed the Coiling Dragon Staff, a martial soul sealing an ancient evil dragon.
If he trained diligently for another ten or twenty years to become a Titled Douluo, even if he wasn’t invincible among his peers, dealing with Qian Xunji shouldn’t be a problem.
Yes.
He only sought to brutally beat up Qian Xunji under the condition of equal cultivation.
Invincibility among his peers wasn’t the immediate goal.
With the bug that was the Great Sumeru Hammer out there, under equal cultivation in a one-on-one fight, very few people had the confidence to defeat Tang Hao.
In most cases, he would still need to rely on strategy to win.
Like…
ahem, never mind.
Right now, being targeted by that old pervert Qian Xunji, it was an unknown whether he could even keep his life.
He knew exactly how much he weighed.
Although his talent was good, without any formidable self-created soul skills and without a single spirit bone, trying to defeat Soul Sages or even Soul Douluos in the Slaughter Capital—a hellhole where soul skills couldn’t be used—was purely a fantasy.
Did he really have to run away?
But that would likely play right into Qian Xunji’s hands.
With that psycho’s desire for control, he absolutely wouldn’t tolerate anyone touching Bibi Dong, let alone even thinking about it.
That trash Yu Xiaogang had Bibi Dong protecting him to the death; Qin Xuan did not.
Most likely, he would be branded a traitor and hunted down.
He would probably be slaughtered the moment he stepped out the door.
Afterwards, if Qianjun and Xiangmo asked about it, Qian Xunji could just spin whatever story he wanted.
A hellish start indeed.
It really shouldn’t be played this way.
Should he go beg his two cheap teachers for a spirit bone?
Or perhaps delay his trip to the Slaughter Capital?
Or just not go at all?
He definitely had to go.
Thinking back to Qianjun and Xiangmo’s temperaments, although they would worry about him, if he backed out now, he would probably be expelled from their tutelage on the spot.
His only option now was to ask for a spirit bone, especially a skull bone.
Without sufficient spiritual power to support him, it would be impossible to resist the dense, murderous aura drifting through the air in the Slaughter Capital.
Just as Qin Xuan was thinking about how to broach the subject with Qianjun and Xiangmo, a sudden, abrupt female voice echoed in his mind:
“Ding!
System energy extraction successful!” “Ding!
Loading current world template!” “Ding!
Biological entity detected!” “Ding!
Binding biological entity!” “Ding!
Binding successful!” “Ding!
The Great Villain System is at your service!” “Automatically opening host’s personal status panel!”
Name: Qin Xuan Age: 19 Martial Soul: Changming Sword Cultivation Level: 54 Soul Ring Configuration: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black Physique Level: Soul King Spiritual Power Level: Soul King Talent: S+ Self-Created Soul Skills: None Emotion Points: 0 Blind Boxes: 0 Hmm?
The system has arrived!
Could the God of Transmigration have heard my complaints?!
Having read too many web novels about rebirth and transmigration, Qin Xuan had made up his mind long ago: if he ever woke up in a strange place, he would never act like the embarrassment of transmigrators, Yi Xiaochuan, foolishly yelling, “Are you guys filming a TV show?
The props and sets are so realistic!”
Those were incredibly stupid words spoken purely to seek internal security.
Nor would he scream and shout like an idiot in an urban novel after getting a golden finger.
He had already done that when his past life memories first awakened.
Now, he simply flipped through the system in his mind as if nothing had happened.
The Great Villain System.
That’s a novelty.
Does it require triggering a specific event and then obtaining rewards from someone or somewhere?
Qin Xuan guessed in his heart.
He noticed that this so-called Great Villain System was very simple.
It only had a status panel, a shop, and a grand roulette wheel.
The status panel was self-explanatory.
The shop made sense too; it was filled with an array of items, ranging from small things like soul rings and pills to massive things like Godhoods.
Except for spirit bones, it had everything.
However, these were mostly supportive items, not things that directly increased cultivation or strength.
Godhoods were out of the question for now; they were too far off.
At a glance, Qin Xuan took a liking to the mask [Thousand Faces], the clothing [Phoenix Fire], and the [Revival Coin].
[Thousand Faces] could alter one’s appearance and aura.
[Phoenix Fire] was a piece of clothing imbued with soul power.
It repelled dust, possessed defensive capabilities when attacked, could automatically repair itself after being damaged, and could defend against sword thrusts and miasma.
It could change styles at will and even had the effect of camouflaging martial souls and soul rings.
[Revival Coin] allowed the host to revive at full health ten minutes after death.
It could also revive anyone who had died within the past month, ensuring the revived target’s 100% loyalty to the host.
The importance of the Revival Coin went without saying.
With [Thousand Faces] and [Phoenix Fire], he could easily leave Spirit Hall.
He could wait for Qian Xunji to die before figuring out a way to return, or simply never return at all.
He could be free and start a brand new life.
Unfortunately, [Thousand Faces] cost 10,000 Emotion Points.
[Phoenix Fire] was even more expensive, requiring 50,000.
He couldn’t get them for now.
As for reviving, that was one million Emotion Points a coin.
It wasn’t just a matter of being expensive; it was purely unaffordable.
Even a Third-Tier Godhood only cost five million Emotion Points.
The grand roulette wheel was the standard, crowd-pleasing lottery.
The rewards were random.
Each draw cost 1,000 Emotion Points, and the prize pool refreshed every two years.
He could draw at most once a month, and the chances stacked.
He could randomly draw spirit bones, immortal herbs, cultivation-boosting pills, and all sorts of bizarre cultivation methods.
It was just a matter of probability.
Whether it was the shop or the roulette wheel, both required Emotion Points.
But what the hell were Emotion Points?
Qin Xuan reopened the system panel, his eyes locking onto the final row.
System, how do I obtain Emotion Points?
“Ding!
You only need to bind an opposing character to the host.
That is, a ‘great sucker.’ When the sucker generates resentment, you can obtain Emotion Points.” “The higher the opposing character’s fame in the original Douluo story, the more Emotion Points you obtain.” “If the character dies, they will no longer generate Emotion Points.”
(END CHAPTER)