Chapter 308: The Hypocrisy of Dai Hao
Reflecting on her childhood, Huo Dongxue recalled the injustices she faced—the oppression by the duchess, by Dai Huabin, and by the slaves and servants of the duke's mansion. Huo Dongxue and Huo Yun'er were treated worse than the lowliest servants.
All her obsessions now turned into a fiery rage, almost ready to set the world ablaze. Huo Dongxue didn't even need to think; her seven black and two red soul rings and the sinister Rakshasa Scythe instantly appeared beside her.
"Dai Hao!!" Huo Dongxue shrieked sharply, turning into a purple streak of light that swiftly dove down. Her target was the command tent! The patrolling soldiers, who were always on guard, naturally spotted the streak of light that was Huo Dongxue, and not to mention her piercing scream, the entire Imperial City of Yu Ming heard it.
The soldiers were terrified. Inside the command tent, Dai Hao and others, who were already in a somber mood, also heard Huo Dongxue's scream.
Everyone's eyes turned to Dai Hao, filled with confusion. Who is this person? Why are they looking for the Marshal? And judging from the rage and resentment in the visitor's voice, it seemed they were here for revenge. Dai Hao, sensing everyone's gaze, frowned unnaturally.
Even the officers around him were clueless, and he himself was utterly baffled. He had never heard this voice before. "Let's go out and see," Dai Hao stood up, leading the way out of the command tent, with others following behind to look towards the distant sky.
There, a dark purple streak was charging towards the military formation. Upon spotting Dai Hao, the streak changed its course directly toward him.
"Her target is the Marshal, protect the Marshal!"
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!!!" The entire position descended into chaos.
Under Dai Hao's leadership, they could maintain strict discipline, but the moment Dai Hao was threatened, the soldiers would instantly lose their backbone.
Many unwitting soldiers rushed towards Huo Dongxue only to be instantly bisected by her, their blood gradually staining the ground red, which was then turned black as it was absorbed by the Rakshasa Scythe.
The path Huo Dongxue traveled was littered with dry limbs and flesh, as if hell had descended. "Enough, stand down!" Seeing his own soldiers being slaughtered by Huo Dongxue, Dai Hao couldn't bear it any longer. His eyes bloodshot with fury, he shouted loudly.
At the same time, he noticed the soul rings on Huo Dongxue. Seven black, two red—a Title Douluo! Dai Hao's pupils suddenly contracted, his expression becoming extremely solemn.
"Miss, who are you, why are you looking for me, and why are you slaughtering the soldiers of the Star Luo Empire?!"
Dai Hao suppressed his anger and questioned Huo Dongxue.
It wasn't that he didn't want to kill Huo Dongxue to avenge his men. He simply lacked the power to do so.
He, Dai Hao, was the strongest in the Northwestern Army, but he admitted that he had no more than a 10% chance of winning against Huo Dongxue, not even a 30% chance to escape. Since he couldn't defeat her, he had to reason with her.
Just like in some anime, if I can defeat you, I am the law of Heaven. If I can't, then I speak for the nation's peace and safety.
"Hah, my target has always been you. As for killing them? If they hadn't come to die on their own, I wouldn't have bothered to kill them," Huo Dongxue scoffed.
"As for who I am?!" Huo Dongxue's deep purple eyes suddenly turned blood red, and she swiftly pulled a short blade from her storage soul-guiding device, enhancing it with soul power before throwing it directly at Dai Hao. "See for yourself!" The short blade flew at such speed it broke the sound barrier, and before Dai Hao could react, it stabbed right into his arm.
Pfft— Blood splattered.
Dai Hao's face turned pale as he instinctively looked down at the blade embedded in his arm, his pupils shrinking suddenly.
"This is...?!" Dai Hao's eyes widened in shock. Ignoring his wound, he pulled out the blade and examined the blood-stained dagger closely.
"This is… the White Tiger Dagger… it's the engagement token I gave to Yun'er…" Dai Hao looked incredulously at the White Tiger Dagger in his hand, then in astonishment at Huo Dongxue, "Why do you have the White Tiger Dagger I gave to Yun'er? Could it be you are Yun'er?"
"No, that can't be right, Yun'er is long dead!"
"Shut up!" Huo Dongxue clenched her teeth, the blue-purple veins on her face becoming more prominent, making her appear even more ghostly and sinister.
This was the proof of her extreme rage. Huo Dongxue's face twisted with fury as she roared hoarsely, "You dare call her Yun'er? You're not worthy! You only deserve to be chopped into pieces by me, as a sacrifice to her!" As the conversation continued, the people of the Northwestern Army also understood what was happening.
This was a personal affair of their Marshal! Domestic trouble? The many officers and soldiers exchanged glances, clearly seeing confusion in each other's eyes.
They had never imagined that their invincible White Tiger Marshal had such a scandal at home. Dai Hao himself panicked. "Are you… Yu Hao?" Dai Hao asked cautiously.
Care had to be taken! The original story that didn't know about Huo Yun'er's situation was simply nonsense, only a dog tethered with a leash like Huo Yuhao would believe it. Just one thing made it clear.
Dai Luo Li was younger than Huo Yuhao! Dai Hao had time to indulge in affairs and play the game of making babies with Dai Luo Li's mother, how could he not have time to glance at Huo Yun'er? Without Dai Hao's tacit approval, would the duchess dare to push Huo Yun'er to death? Most importantly, Huo Yuhao was born because Dai Hao raped Huo Yun'er while drunk! Dai Hao never acknowledged Huo Yuhao as his son!
Now that Huo Yuhao was seeking revenge, how could he not panic, especially when his scandal was revealed in such a public manner, which greatly affected his image and threatened his prestige in the military!
Not to mention he simply couldn't defeat Huo Dongxue at this time! But because of this, Dai Hao exposed a fatal flaw, and Huo Dongxue, who hadn't been trained into submission by Tang San, instantly reacted.
"So you knew my name, so you knew of my existence, right?" Huo Dongxue's emotions suddenly calmed down, her cold gaze fixing on Dai Hao. Dai Hao felt a chill down his spine, sweating profusely.
"So after you had my mother, you just carelessly threw her in the duke's mansion, letting the servants oppress us?"
Huo Dongxue's voice grew colder, her killing intent almost tangible, "Do you know how my mother died? She was beaten to death by your son, Dai Huabin!"
"Today, I will make you watch as everything you care about is destroyed before your eyes!"
(End of chapter)