Dai Weisi 's talent was indeed quite good. In the original story, during the Spirit Master Competition four years later, the then twenty-four-year-old him had reached Soul Power level 49, just one step away from becoming a Soul King.
However, at that time, both Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had already used immortal-grade medicinal herbs, causing their strength and talents to grow daily. Coupled with having Tang San, the ultimate powerhouse, leading their team, they were able to defeat Dai Weisi .
But regardless, Dai Weisi 's talent was indeed excellent. Although he might not be considered in the first tier, he was definitely at least in the second tier.
However, in Oscar's eyes now, none of that mattered, because both his strength and talent were now far superior to Dai Weisi 's.
Ignoring Dai Weisi 's mockery, Oscar and Dai Mubai followed Zhao Wuji as they quickly left the Star Dou Forest and headed toward Star Luo City.
Since Dai Weisihad appeared here, it meant that only his fiancée, Zhu Zhuyun, should be left in Star Luo City. If that were the case, it might be even easier for Dai Mubai to take Zhu Zhuqing away.
Of course, they needed to act quickly while Dai Weisiwas away from Star Luo City. Otherwise, if Dai Mubai was discovered by Dai Weisiin the city, things wouldn't be as easy for them.
After all, Star Luo City was Dai Weisi 's territory. As the Crown Prince, with more open support, the people he could mobilize might not be as simple as just a Soul Saint.
Notably, when Zhao Wuji took Oscar and Dai Mubai out of the Star Dou Forest and arrived at the nearest small town to rest, they discovered two luxurious carriages. Although they didn't have special markings, Dai Mubai recognized them from their details as belonging to his older brother, Dai Weisi .
These two carriages were only guarded by two Soul Elders and were parked at the entrance of the small town.
When Oscar heard Dai Mubai say that these carriages belonged to Dai Weisi , he secretly removed some important but inconspicuous parts from both carriages under the cover of night. He also secretly inserted several small needles into the cushions inside.
Although these small actions couldn't cause any significant harm to Dai Weisi , they were enough to annoy him and delay his return time.
When Dai Mubai learned of Oscar's actions, he felt grateful and, more than that, a sense of satisfaction. After all, being able to annoy Dai Weisimade him happy.
After all, Dai Weisihad been quite annoying to him too, mocking and teasing him every other day.
In short, before leaving the palace and coming to Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai was suppressed by Dai Weisiabout once every week or half a month, making his life extremely depressing.
After doing this, the three of them, led by Zhao Wuji, headed to Star Luo City. Due to traveling at full speed, the original fifteen-day journey was shortened by one-third, and they reached Star Luo City in just ten days.
As the capital city of one of the only two empires on the Douluo Continent, its magnificent and majestic scale was definitely among the best on the entire continent.
The city walls of Star Luo City were built completely according to the specifications of the capital city. The eighty-meter-high walls looked extremely majestic from the outside, and their thickness exceeded thirty meters, completely built of granite.
Building such a magnificent and huge city was definitely no easy feat. The scale of these walls alone required countless financial resources and manpower.
When Dai Mubai saw this city where he had lived for more than ten years again, he couldn't help but sigh. However, his only thought now was to take Zhu Zhuqing away as soon as possible.
Oscar also couldn't help but sigh when he saw this city. Although there were hundreds of millions of humans on the Douluo Continent, there were only about 100,000 spirit masters.
Yet they could build such magnificent and spectacular buildings, which proved that this world had its own operating laws.
Moreover, the soldiers on the city walls and at the city gates didn't seem ordinary at all, seemingly incomparable to the Heaven Dou Empire.
Even the soldiers guarding the city gates were not only neatly uniformed but also had excellent discipline, without any arrogance. They treated ordinary people entering and exiting the city with courtesy and strictly performed their duties.
This was truly rare. Although these soldiers were also ordinary people, according to Dai Mubai, they were selected through a rigorous process and held quite extraordinary positions within the empire.
Now they could restrain themselves when facing the most common civilians, which was entirely the result of their usual training.
This also showed that the military discipline of the Star Luo Empire far exceeded that of the Heaven Dou Empire, which explained why the military strength of the Star Luo Empire was far superior to that of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Although Dai Mubai was a prince, he had basically not gone out much during his more than ten years in the palace, so unless someone was familiar with him, ordinary people wouldn't know his identity at all.
As for his blond hair and heterochromia, there was even less need to worry. Although Dai Mubai's appearance was indeed somewhat special, there were too many people on the Douluo Continent. As long as Dai Mubai didn't say he was Dai Mubai, the guards basically wouldn't be able to recognize him.
So the three of them easily entered Star Luo City. Then, Zhao Wuji and Oscar, based on some details Dai Mubai had told them earlier, formulated a plan for Dai Mubai to rescue Zhu Zhuqing.
Although Zhu Zhuqing was usually suppressed, she was relatively free, just like Dai Mubai, and not under house arrest.
So as long as they figured out Zhu Zhuqing's daily route, they could find an opportunity to approach her and take her away.
However, Zhu Zhuqing was Dai Mubai's fiancée. Although the two had not met many times before and were not familiar with each other, Dai Mubai had a general idea of where Zhu Zhuqing might appear.
After spending three full days, Dai Mubai finally found an opportunity to approach Zhu Zhuqing, although she was accompanied by a Soul Ancestor-level guard.
After confirming Zhu Zhuqing's whereabouts, Dai Mubai appeared and led Zhu Zhuqing and the Soul Ancestor guard into a deserted alley.
Oscar had already been waiting there for a long time. When Dai Mubai brought Zhu Zhuqing and her Soul Ancestor guard over, Oscar directly blocked the Soul Ancestor guard, while Dai Mubai took Zhu Zhuqing and consumed the "Travel Like Wind and Rain Swallow" to leave the alley.
At this point, the Soul Ancestor guard naturally realized something was wrong. Two yellow and two purple soul rings rose from his body, and his Dark Hell Civet martial soul instantly protected him.
"Boy, what do you think you're doing taking away the young miss? Let me tell you, our Third Miss is the Crown Prince's fiancée. If you dare to touch people from our Duke's residence, you definitely won't have a good end," the guard snorted coldly, saying to Oscar.
Oscar knew that the other party hadn't recognized Dai Mubai, so he quickly came up with a plan: "Heh, of course I know. But I'm working for the Crown Prince. With the relationship our Crown Prince has with His Majesty now, do you think a runaway Third Prince still has a chance?"
As Oscar spoke, he chuckled: "Anyway, the Third Miss can't go back. Why don't you just join us? How about being an informant for the Crown Prince? The Crown Prince promises not to treat you badly."
Hearing this, the guard frowned: "Do you know the consequences of harming the Third Miss?"
Obviously, the other party wasn't willing to compromise, otherwise he wouldn't be threatening.
But Oscar didn't care and asked back: "Do you think why the Crown Prince dared to make his move now?"
Seeing that persuasion was useless, the guard's soul power suddenly surged on his body, and the person instantly turned into a black shadow, pouncing toward Oscar.
Obviously, he didn't take Oscar seriously. After all, Oscar looked too young, and in the guard's eyes, someone of Oscar's age was at most around level 30.
Since persuasion was useless, he naturally planned to strike first, intending to capture Oscar first and then use torture to make him reveal the Third Miss's whereabouts.
The soul skill he had just used was his fourth soul skill, "Ghostly Shadow Flash." His fourth soul ring came from a Ghostly Panther with teleportation abilities. After using his fourth soul skill, he could teleport within a five-meter distance.
Although this soul skill consumed a huge amount of soul power, remember that he was a Soul Ancestor of the Agility System. Using it to ambush a young man was, in his view, more than enough.
However, Oscar had already prepared. When the guard's body showed soul power fluctuations, Oscar had already condensed a cyan jade sword in his left hand. Two yellow and one purple soul rings flashed on his body, and he held a hidden sausage in his right hand.
As soon as the jade sword appeared, Oscar had already held it horizontally in front of his chest. The next moment, the guard, now a black shadow, had already reached Oscar. The first soul skill, at a hundred-year level, was released, and his claws, now transformed into sharp blades, suddenly waved down toward Oscar.
The guard obviously didn't expect Oscar's reaction to be so swift. Almost the moment he used his soul skill, Oscar had already released his martial soul. Even more surprising to him was that this young man, only a three-ring Soul Elder, had actually blocked his first soul skill used in a teleportation state without even using a soul skill himself.
And what surprised the guard even more was that after his sharp claws struck the other's jade sword, he felt a stinging pain, while the other didn't retreat at all.
This made the guard very puzzled. He knew that the other should be a genius, but it shouldn't be to the extent of being completely unharmed, right?
Before the guard could think more, Oscar's jade sword in his hand had already moved, actively attacking with sword techniques.
The guard didn't have a weapon to attack with and could only counter with his sharp claws. But every time his sharp claws collided with the jade sword, he felt a stinging pain, making him extremely frustrated.
He was a Soul Ancestor with a soul power level as high as 45, yet the young man in front of him was only a Soul Elder, with a soul power level of around 37 or 38.
Logically speaking, facing an opponent of this level, using a fourth soul skill and a first soul skill should be enough to take him down. But now he was actually on the defensive?
The guard didn't know that Oscar's physical body had now approached the level of a Soul Emperor, and the jade sword in his hand was not a martial soul but an evolved external soul bone comparable to a ten-thousand-year soul bone.
Moreover, after using the external soul bone, Oscar's attack and power would be increased by 50%, which was equivalent to already using a soul skill.
With such terrifying physical attributes plus the powerful and passive enhancement of the external soul bone, Oscar was more than enough to face a 45-level Soul Ancestor.
Not to mention that Oscar had also integrated his own sword momentum into his sword techniques. Every sword strike had terrifying sword energy, making the guard extremely frustrated.
Soon, Oscar gained the upper hand. His jade sword danced about, suddenly erupting with endless, rainbow-like sword momentum.
"Frost Moon Sword Style, Third Form: Frost Moon Splendor!"
The guard immediately felt a crisis, and his body's soul power flashed. His sharp claws suddenly slashed out a terrifying black slash.
"Third Soul Skill: Ghostly Slash!"
The third soul skill, fully erupted with 45-level soul power, blocked Oscar's sword momentum. Seeing that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's figures had disappeared, Oscar didn't intend to waste any more time with the guard.
Oscar then gave a wicked smile: "Brother, although you're doing your duty, since you're not willing to follow our Crown Prince, then... I apologize for what I'm about to do."
As Oscar finished speaking, a hint of ice-blue suddenly rose from his jade sword. Then the entire jade sword turned ice-blue. With a sword strike, terrifying icy sword energy locked onto the guard, and an ice-blue sword energy suddenly flew out.
"Dual Frost Moon Sword Style, Fifth Form: Ice Freezes Three Feet!"
The guard had just fully activated his third soul skill, and his soul power was in a vacuum state. He couldn't instantly use his fourth soul skill to dodge, so he had to brace himself to block Oscar's attack.
But he didn't know that even with his 45-level soul power, he was still no match for Oscar?
Although the attack power of the icy sword energy was slightly weaker than the previous attacks, its icy power was countless times stronger. The guard had just blocked Oscar's sword energy attack, and his claws were directly frozen, and the freezing was spreading from his arms to his body.
The guard's heart jumped. Just as he was about to continue resisting, an ice-blue jade sword was already across his neck. The guard felt the heart-freezing cold and didn't dare to make any extra movements.
He could only let the freezing spread throughout his body. In less than five seconds, the guard turned into a human ice sculpture. However, Oscar didn't have the intention to kill him. The jade sword suddenly turned bright red, leaving small breathing holes in the ice sculpture's nose and mouth.
Although Oscar didn't use lethal force, the guard would need some time to break free. And although he wouldn't be frozen to death, he was controlled by Oscar's icy sword energy. Even with his 45-level soul power, he would need some time to recover.
(End of Chapter)