Douluo: Two brothers in douluo

At dawn the next day, Dai Mubai set off alone for the Star Dou Forest.

With his strength greatly enhanced by the perfect absorption of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, Dai Mubai's physique had undergone a dramatic transformation. He felt confident that, with caution, he could handle even a thirty-thousand-year soul beast.

His target this time was precisely a three-thousand-year soul beast.

Moving quickly and carefully, Dai Mubai entered the mixed zone of the forest. He deftly avoided the territories of stronger soul beasts, searching for his target.

Just then, he heard the sounds of a fierce battle in the distance.

The noises were unusual—it wasn't the chaotic roar of beasts fighting, but rather the focused and deliberate clash of someone hunting a soul beast.

He narrowed his eyes. The air seemed filled with light-attribute energy.

A light-attribute soul beast would suit him perfectly as well.

However, Dai Mubai hesitated. Approaching someone else's hunt could easily lead to misunderstandings. If they thought he was trying to steal their soul beast…

Then again, he thought to himself, if the beast's cultivation is suitable and their strength isn't overwhelming… well, maybe I will take the beast.

Should I take a look?

In the Star Dou Forest, the deadliest danger often wasn't the soul beasts—it was other soul masters.

After weighing his options, Dai Mubai decided to take a look. Suitable soul beasts were hard to find, after all.

When he arrived at the scene, his suspicions were confirmed—someone was hunting a soul beast.

It was a woman with flowing golden hair. Her features were hidden, but a pair of pure white wings sprouted from her back. Behind her loomed a spectral figure with six wings.

Five soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black—floated around her.

Dai Mubai's eyelids twitched violently.

Six-winged Angel martial soul. This can't be anyone else but Qian Renxue!

Damn it!

If Qian Renxue was here, it was almost certain that two Title Douluo were nearby as her protectors.

The thought of encountering Blood and She Long—two of the Spirit Hall's strongest—made Dai Mubai immediately consider retreating.

But why now, of all times, he cursed silently, did his White Tiger Sacred King martial soul start reacting so strongly?!

Even when he was with Zhu Zhuqing, his martial soul only ever had a faint reaction, as if they were merely "compatible."

This was different—this was an overwhelming sense of resonance.

Qian Renxue, meanwhile, was in the middle of fighting a Radiant Unicorn.

Suddenly, her body trembled as her martial soul surged uncontrollably.

It was a strange and powerful feeling, as though something deep within her had awakened.

Her sword flashed as she forced the Radiant Unicorn back. She turned toward Dai Mubai, her golden eyes narrowing slightly as she assessed him.

Dai Mubai, for his part, scratched his head awkwardly.

Damn it. She noticed me. Now there's no escaping.

He suddenly had an absurd thought. Do I… do I have a martial soul fusion technique with Qian Renxue?

That can't be possible, right?

Qian Renxue studied the golden-haired youth with dual-colored eyes standing in the distance. The sensation her martial soul conveyed couldn't possibly be wrong.

Was this boy somehow capable of a martial soul fusion with her?

But how?

Her martial soul was a divine-level martial soul, the Six-Winged Angel. There shouldn't be any human martial soul compatible with it.

She didn't have time to think deeply about it right now. She needed to focus on the Radiant Unicorn.

But her curiosity burned. She needed to know what this young man's martial soul was.

"Hey, little brother, care to help me hunt this Radiant Unicorn? I'll make it worth your while," Qian Renxue called out, her tone calm but inviting.

With her strength, she didn't actually need Dai Mubai's help. But she used it as an excuse to get him to reveal his martial soul.

As for the promised reward… well, that would depend on her mood.

Dai Mubai hesitated. He didn't know whether Blood Douluo and She Long were nearby. If they recognized him as the Star Luo Prince, they might decide, "This boy can't serve Spirit Hall—he must die!"

If they say something like that, I'm doomed!

But running wasn't necessarily an option either. If Qian Renxue decided to stop him, her protectors would surely intervene.

"Damn it. I should've checked my horoscope before leaving today," he muttered bitterly.

After a moment's consideration, Dai Mubai nodded.

Without another word, he activated Martial Soul Possession.

The moment Dai Mubai's White Tiger Sacred King martial soul emerged, he seemed to transform into a war god.

Golden light surrounded him, and a pair of wings unfurled behind him.

Four soul rings rose around him—yellow, yellow, purple, and a crimson soul ring that faintly shimmered gold.

Qian Renxue's eyes widened.

A white tiger with wings? And a vertical eye on his forehead?

What kind of martial soul is this?!

The boy looked like he was in his early twenties at most, but his cultivation was already Rank 50.

Clearly, he was also here to obtain a soul ring.

The resonance she felt with him became even stronger.

It was a strange feeling—like she was being pulled toward him.

"Roar!"

Dai Mubai let out a mighty roar as his White Tiger Sacred King martial soul flared to life.

The Radiant Unicorn trembled visibly, instinctively sensing an overwhelming pressure.

Both Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel and Dai Mubai's White Tiger Sacred King were divine-level martial souls.

But while the Six-Winged Angel excelled at suppressing darkness and evil, the White Tiger Sacred King had an innate dominance over soul beasts—especially those with light attributes.

In a flash, Dai Mubai disappeared from where he stood, reappearing beside the Radiant Unicorn almost instantaneously.

A golden light condensed in his palm—a glowing, spiraling sphere of energy.

"Boom!"

The Radiant Unicorn let out a pained cry as Dai Mubai's attack struck its abdomen, sending it crashing to the ground.

Even as it lay there, its eyes were wide with terror, as though it had seen something unspeakably horrifying.

The aura Dai Mubai exuded—carried by the White Tiger Sacred King—was the natural authority of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

Qian Renxue froze, utterly stunned.

What the hell just happened?

A mere Rank 50 soul master had just one-shotted a nearly thirty-thousand-year soul beast!

As a Rank 60 Soul Emperor, how was she supposed to feel about that?

"What are you staring at? If you don't want the soul ring, I'll take it," Dai Mubai said, glancing at her with a smirk.

He hadn't expected his suppression of soul beasts to be this overwhelming. If the Radiant Unicorn hadn't been restrained, this fight wouldn't have ended so easily.

Qian Renxue: "…"

(End of Chapter)