Tang Hao Appears, Then Promptly Runs Away?

"You're right. I should go back and tell them."

Xiao Wu tilted her head and thought about it. It really was necessary.

At the very least, she had to warn Da Ming and Er Ming to be wary of human Soul Masters.

Especially those with hammer and Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls. They probably weren't anything good.

Da Ming and Er Ming were her family. She couldn't stand by and watch tragedy befall them.

Although Tang San was already in Spirit Hall's custody, who knew if something might go wrong later?

To be safe, she definitely had to make a trip back to the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Shall we go together when the time comes?"

Xiao Wu invited him.

Chu Xuan was amazing. If he went back to the Star Dou Great Forest with her, it would probably be fun.

Besides, he had told her so much, making him a benefactor to her, Da Ming and Er Ming.

She definitely had to repay him properly.

Chu Xuan thought for quite a while before agreeing.

He had never been to the Star Dou Great Forest, so taking a look would be nice.

Besides, he was very interested in the depths of the Lake of Life.

There were Ferocious Beasts hundreds of thousands of years old there, as well as the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena.

At this stage, Gu Yuena was still sleeping and healing her injuries. Would his arrival cause her to wake early?

He was certainly interested in the number one beauty of the Douluo World, whose looks were praised to the heavens.

"I'll head back first. You focus on your classes."

Chu Xuan stood up and brushed the dust off himself.

He had changed so many things. He wondered what course fate would take next.

It would probably be a mess.

But it didn't matter. The system guaranteed his safety, and the gods had his back.

He was the biggest nepo baby in this world.

With Titled Douluo protecting him in secret, his safety was well assured.

Forget Tang Hao-even if that old fellow Tang Chen came, Chu Xuan could point at his nose and curse him.

Would he dare make a move?

The gods would go berserk on the spot.

Xiao Wu watched him leave, then returned to the classroom.

Graduation was just around the corner. She had to get her feelings in order first.

She no longer had to worry about Tang Hao and Tang San. All she needed to do was focus on her classes.

Chu Xuan returned to the Spirit Hall Branch, where Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others were still working out how to deal with Tang Hao.

Using Tang San as bait to draw Tang Hao out really was a good plan.

The news about Tang San had already been spread. Now it remained to be seen whether Tang Hao had the guts to come.

In the past, Spirit Hall would never have dared act so openly, much less spread the news.

But after hearing what Chu Xuan had said, Bibi Dong knew that sometimes it was better to act swiftly and decisively.

Take spreading the news now, for example. Who would dare say Spirit Hall was in the wrong?

They had already made it perfectly clear that Tang San was Tang Hao's son.

Yu Xiaogang was Tang San's teacher, and his purpose in training Tang San was to deal with Spirit Hall.

So what was wrong with arresting Tang San?

Nothing at all!

"With four Titled Douluo, what is there to worry about?"

Chu Xuan shook his head as he listened.

No matter how strong Tang Hao was, he couldn't possibly take on four Titled Douluo at once.

Especially with Bibi Dong there.

Although Bibi Dong couldn't use her full strength because of the Rakshasa Divine Sense, she still wasn't someone Tang Hao could handle.

Strictly speaking, Bibi Dong's talent surpassed even Tang Hao's.

Bibi Dong said, "God Child, Tang Hao has mastered the Clear Sky Sect's secret techniques. In a desperate situation, he can even use Ring Detonation to unleash immense power."

"What worries us now isn't whether we can defeat him, but whether we can stop him from escaping."

Chu Xuan understood.

That was more like it.

If Bibi Dong had been worried about whether she could defeat Tang Hao, that really would have been a problem.

"Have you settled on a plan, then?"

Chu Xuan sat on the throne. He didn't need to worry about dealing with Tang Hao at all.

If necessary, he could lend a hand.

The Wheel of Time was a fine treasure.

It could not only be used to observe the past and future, but also to freeze time.

He could use it on Tang Hao and freeze his time.

His current Soul Power truly couldn't sustain it for long, but freezing him for a second or two would be enough to change the course of the battle.

In a battle between Titled Douluo, a one-second freeze was enough to kill an opponent dozens of times over.

Bibi Dong explained her plan.

It was actually quite simple. Now that the news had been spread, Tang Hao should soon learn that Tang San had been captured and was being held in the Spirit Hall Branch's dungeon.

He would definitely come to the rescue then.

She didn't intend to clash head-on with Tang Hao right away. Instead, she would let him enter the dungeon.

Preparations would be made in the dungeon.

Once Tang Hao entered, a mechanism would be triggered and Soul Poison would spread.

Soul Poison was much less effective against a Titled Douluo like Tang Hao.

But it would still have an effect.

As long as the Soul Poison invaded his body, Tang Hao wouldn't be able to use his full strength.

Then they would strike and take him down in one fell swoop.

If possible, they would kill Tang Hao outright.

After hearing the entire plan, Chu Xuan gave her a thumbs-up.

"Good, good. That's a fine plan."

Spirit Hall had no need to reason with Tang Hao.

What mattered was getting him killed.

Once Tang Hao was dead, they would kill Tang San too.

There was no use keeping that Little Scumbag alive.

Hopefully, the system would trigger some worthwhile choices then.

Tang San was the protagonist, after all. The rewards for the choices ought to be substantial.

With Chu Xuan's approval of the plan, Bibi Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Chu Xuan's cultivation wasn't high at present, she always felt a mountain of pressure when facing him.

Whenever she saw Chu Xuan, she thought of the gods' projections.

Every time that scene came to mind, her soul trembled.

Someone like Chu Xuan could play by whatever rules he pleased.

The rules of the Soul Master World couldn't bind him.

Because he was the one who made the rules.

Just as they were waiting for Tang Hao to appear, the bishop of the Spirit Hall Branch suddenly ran in.

"Your Holiness, our scouts in the city report that Tang Hao was spotted, but, but..."

"But what?"

Bibi Dong frowned, a bad feeling rising in her heart.

"But Tang Hao has already left. His whereabouts are currently unknown."

At those words, everyone in the hall fell silent.

Even Chu Xuan found it hard to believe.

What the hell?

Had Tang Hao come to Nuoding City just to go through the motions?

Was he fucking kidding?

"You're saying Tang Hao has already left?"

Bibi Dong's face turned ashen.

They had been making plans here, and before they could even put them into action, Tang Hao had already run off?

Had all their planning been for nothing?

The bishop lowered his head and said, "Tang Hao was originally headed for the Spirit Hall Branch, but he turned back halfway. We don't know why."

Hearing that, Chu Xuan sighed helplessly.

"All right, Tang Hao is still very cautious. He probably guessed something and left at once."

Tang Hao slipping away just like that really was a little unexpected.

Hadn't he made a high-profile appearance after the finals of the Advanced Soul Master Tournament in the original story?

What was going on now?

Thinking it over carefully, he seemed to understand.

The reason Tang Hao had dared to show himself in the original story was that many powerful figures were present.

The people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had basically all been there.

There had also been people from numerous Soul Master factions and the Heaven Dou Empire.

Quite a few people there were on good terms with him, and some even admired him.

That was why Tang Hao had dared to show himself.

But what about now?

There was no one in Nuoding City who could help him, so he had chosen to run and find another way to rescue Tang San.