Bullied or Not, I Just Want You to Live

Before "Uncle Yun" could finish,

Su Mu brought his blade down with Ninth Stop, ending the fight.

Even in death, Uncle Yun's face was full of disbelief. From beginning to end, he had only managed to use two Soul Skills.

The fight had ended quickly, from the moment Uncle Yun was struck by the first slash to the end.

It had lasted only a few minutes.

The young woman standing nearby saw what had happened.

She, too, froze in place.

Only when Su Mu flicked the blood from his twin blades

did she come back to her senses.

"Damn it!"

"This is all your fault!"

The young woman glared venomously at the little girl standing motionless where she was and shouted.

"Do you know how much Uncle Yun's death will affect me?"

As she spoke, the young woman hunched over.

A pair of furry beast ears appeared on her head.

A tail emerged from her rounded backside, and a Yellow Soul Ring rose beneath her feet.

"Only if you die will I not have lost out this time!"

"First Soul Skill, Hell Stab."

The young woman's Yellow Soul Ring lit up.

She charged straight at the little girl.

After the young woman charged, a purple firework rose from the ground.

It burst into a purple pattern in the sky.

The little girl stayed right where she was, watching the young woman charge at her.

She glanced anxiously at Su Mu in the distance.

A stubborn expression appeared on her face.

He told me to stand still.

He must have had his reasons. I can't cause him any trouble.

Just as the young woman reached the little girl and raised her hand to strike,

one of the dozen or so soul coins by the little girl's feet suddenly vanished.

Su Mu pressed one hand down on the beast-eared head.

He stopped the young woman in her tracks.

"Let go of me! Do you know who I am?"

"I've already sent a signal to my family."

"You'll be dead soon!"

The young woman shook her head. When she found she couldn't break free, she threatened him viciously.

"Do you know what a head-pat kill is?"

Somewhat inappropriately, Su Mu asked the same question he had asked earlier.

The young woman froze.

She didn't quite know how to respond.

Was this really the time to say something like that?

"Now you're about to find out."

Seeing that she didn't answer,

Su Mu yanked her head down with the hand he had pressed against it.

He drove one knee up and slammed it into her face.

The young woman felt a sudden sweetness in her mouth.

She passed out.

"Now you know, right?"

Su Mu looked at the young woman lying on the ground with her eyes closed.

He sighed inwardly.

Such a nice girl. Why did she have to grow a mouth?

She was much more likable lying there like this.

"Let's go, quickly."

Just as Su Mu was admiring the scenery at his feet,

someone tugged at the hem of his clothes, and a timid voice came from behind him.

Su Mu turned around and looked at the little girl behind him.

He patted her little head.

"You're much cuter. The one on the ground is too fierce."

"From now on, you can only grow a chest, not grow fierce. Got it?"

The little girl frowned.

She seemed to be trying to understand what he meant.

"Don't think about it. You'll understand when you grow up."

"Also, didn't I tell you? No frowning."

Su Mu glared at the little girl and said sternly,

"Y-you need to go!"

"My family is coming."

The little girl frowned even harder, her beautiful eyes full of worry.

"We can't leave."

"They're already here."

Su Mu rested one hand on the little girl's head.

Looking at the figures speeding toward them in the distance, he spoke to her.

"Th-then what do we do?"

"It's a-all my fault."

The little girl paid no attention to the large hand on her head that gave her warmth and safety.

She kept wiping her tears with her little hands.

She kept muttering that it was all her fault.

"Hey, hey, hey~"

"Why do you like crying so much?"

"I'm not even scared. What are you scared of?"

Su Mu gently patted the little girl's head.

His tone was light as he complained.

"Th-they'll b-beat you to death."

"It's a-all my fault. If only I'd awakened my Martial Soul."

"If only Mom and Dad liked me."

"Then, when I spoke, they'd listen."

The little girl looked up at Su Mu, sobbing as tears kept pouring out.

"Stop crying."

"You're not cute at all when you cry."

Su Mu crouched down and tried to wipe away her tears.

The little girl pushed his hand away and covered her face with both hands.

She seemed unwilling to let Su Mu see her like this.

"Go, quickly."

"I'll hold them off for you."

"They won't do anything to me."

"Please."

The little girl kept whimpering.

Su Mu felt an inexplicable surge of frustration in his chest.

He pulled both her hands away from her face.

"Go, go, go!"

"What'll happen to you if I go?"

"Will you go back and let that sister of yours bully you to death?"

"Cry, cry, cry!"

"What good does crying do?"

"There's a perfectly good thigh right next to you, and you don't even know to hug it."

"You're so stupid!"

Startled by Su Mu's scolding, the little girl stopped crying at first.

Then she cried even harder.

"You'll die. I don't want you to die."

"You'll die. I don't want you to die."

"Go! I don't want to hug any thigh. If I get bullied, then I get bullied. I'm used to it anyway."

"I just want you to live."

The little girl burst into loud sobs. Her soft, pale little hands couldn't hold back the flood of tears at all.

No matter how she wiped them, tears kept flowing between her fingers.

Just then,

two figures arrived.

Both were Soul Grandmasters with two yellow rings.

"Kid."

"Kid your mother!"

Su Mu was already in a bad mood. Hearing himself called "kid" only made him more irritated.

He paid no attention to who the newcomers were or what they had come for.

With a Shifting Shape and Changing Shadow,

he swung both his scale-covered dragon claws at them.

One punch apiece, and two more people were lying on the ground.

"Stop!"

"How dare you hurt my clansmen!"

Another figure came speeding over.

Su Mu took a deep breath.

The figure of the Three-Headed Flood Dragon behind him suddenly swelled.

Before the newcomer could speak again,

Su Mu flashed forward and drove a punch into the man's face.

After two thudding punches, the man, too, lay quietly on the ground.

More figures arrived one after another and surrounded the area.

Among them were two Six-Ring Soul Emperors.

"Kid, did you kill Yun Hao?"

One of the Soul Emperors stepped forward and demanded an answer, his eyes full of rage.

"You mean that birdman?"

"A few slashes killed him. What trash."

Su Mu forcibly suppressed the viciousness in his heart, spat at the ground, and spoke to the Six-Ring Soul Emperor.

"Kid, you're courting death."

"How dare you kill my younger brother!"

As he spoke, the Six-Ring Soul Emperor's presence surged.

He charged straight at Su Mu.

"Let me see how much stronger you, a piece of trash with three yellow and three purple rings, are than that other piece of trash."

The presence of the Three-Headed Flood Dragon behind Su Mu surged.

The shadow of the black dragon, pitch-black from head to tail,

became wreathed in wisps of blood-red aura.

In the Divine Realm,

the Asura God's tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open.

He murmured, "This presence is even more violent than last time."

Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, in the core region.

Deep underground.

A gigantic figure slowly opened its eyes.

It looked in one direction.

It was as though it could see through the surrounding rock walls to the scene in the distance.

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