Douluo: Snatching Xiao Wu at the Start to Become Cao Thief

After all, the Yordles were all incredibly powerful in the lore, and they were hundreds or even thousands of years old.

Seeing Wen Xuan looking at her, Yuumi seemed to understand as well.

She immediately left Wen Xuan's body, stepped onto the grimoire, and floated toward the door.

Peering through the crack, she clearly saw who had arrived.

"Lulu, Teemo, I'm fine. The grimoire and I were just testing some new magic."

Hearing that it was Lulu and Teemo, Wen Xuan frowned.

Teemo was no good person. He acted like a smug little bastard in the game, but in the lore, he was a truly ruthless fellow.

"Oh, oh. Then can you let us see your new magic? I just happen to... have recently become interested in other kinds of magic too. Can you let us come in and sit for a while?"

At the door stood someone wearing a pointed hat, with purple hair all over her body and even a somewhat purple face. Her features resembled a girl's somewhat, but she was not particularly pretty.

The other was Teemo, wearing a special hat, his eyes narrowed and a smug grin constantly hanging from the corners of his mouth.

Lulu and Teemo had long since noticed that there was more than just Yuumi's presence inside the house.

The two exchanged a silent glance. Through communication unique to Yordles, they immediately confirmed that something was wrong inside.

"Yuumi, let me in quickly. I've already found information about Nora."

After speaking, Teemo looked at Lulu beside him.

He was certain that Yuumi would open the door as soon as she heard Nora's name. Then, they could see who was inside.

However, Teemo did not know that Yuumi no longer knew what Nora even was.

Wen Xuan had already erased Nora from Yuumi's mind, replacing Nora with himself and adding several sweet interactions.

"Today isn't convenient. Wait until tomorrow..."

Following Wen Xuan's instructions from beside her, Yuumi replied to them.

Hearing that, Lulu and Teemo became even more convinced of their suspicions.

Ignoring everything else, Lulu summoned her magical wooden staff, and her body grew several times larger. She then smashed the wooden door with all her might.

"Yuumi... did you do something?"

Naturally, the wooden door could not withstand Lulu's blow. It toppled over with a crash the next second.

As soon as Lulu finished speaking, she saw a small human boy standing beside Yuumi.

He only looked small because Lulu had grown several times larger and now appeared to be seven or eight meters tall.

"Yuumi! Who is this human boy? Why is he in our territory?"

Teemo saw Wen Xuan as well.

He immediately removed a bamboo tube from his belt and aimed one end at Wen Xuan.

Wen Xuan had been preparing to leave with Yuumi and the grimoire, since he could tell that the two at the door would not be easy to fool.

Especially that short rat, Teemo.

Who would have thought that Lulu would smash the door down directly?

Seeing a gigantic purple garlic bulb several meters tall holding a wooden staff just as tall gave him quite a fright.

Especially with a short fellow beside her staring at him.

There was no need to guess. They had to be Teemo and Lulu.

"Yuumi, run!"

Knowing this was no time to fool around, Wen Xuan spoke to Yuumi beside him.

"Don't run..."

Seeing Wen Xuan and Yuumi flee, especially with the grimoire already opening a spatial gate, Teemo swiftly loaded a poisoned dart.

Then he blew it fiercely toward Wen Xuan.

Yuumi was their companion, so Teemo naturally would not attack her. Only Wen Xuan, this outsider species...

Lulu understood immediately and smashed her staff down at Wen Xuan's head.

The enormous staff came crashing down, destroying the entire house.

Seeing this, Lulu felt guilty.

"Yuumi... don't worry. I'll help you repair it."

After saying that, she closed her eyes. She did not want to see Wen Xuan smashed into meat paste.

Seeing Wen Xuan in danger, Yuumi brought the grimoire to his side.

The next second, Gatekeeper's Grimoire casually opened a coordinate recorded within its pages.

As a spatial passage appeared, Wen Xuan, Yuumi, and Gatekeeper's Grimoire vanished before Lulu and Teemo.

All that remained were fragments of the house scattered across the ground and a poisoned dart embedded in the wall, covered in venom.

Teemo's narrowed eyes stared at the place where Wen Xuan and the others had disappeared.

"Looks like Gatekeeper's Grimoire took that human child away."

Hearing Teemo speak and realizing she had not hit him, Lulu opened her eyes.

Looking at the mess everywhere, Lulu raised her staff and waved it at the debris.

Several illusory little animals appeared before her and began cleaning the surroundings the next second.

"What do we do next? Should we keep chasing them? That human already knows our location... and Yuumi actually betrayed us."

"Chase them?" Teemo squinted at Lulu.

"With what? Gatekeeper's Grimoire can take that human child anywhere. Even if we went after them, they could just keep running. Do you think... we can catch up to someone using fixed-point teleportation?"

Lulu was a little frightened by Teemo's unsettling expression.

As Lulu grew afraid, her originally gigantic body shrank like a deflated balloon the next second, turning back into a garlic bulb just over a meter tall.

"Then... then what do we do? Are we... are we just going to let them go? What if this place gets exposed..."

Lulu knew that Yordles were very valuable in the human world.

"Let's go discuss it with Rumble and the others first. If we truly can't figure anything out, call back that electricity-loving fellow to talk it over. Surely she won't stand by and do nothing when the safety of our race is at stake."

Teemo did not know what to do either. They could only rely on Kennen then. After all, his speed...

Ionia

Meanwhile, Wen Xuan and Yuumi used Gatekeeper's Grimoire to arrive at a plain covered in flowers and grass.

"Yuumi! Where are we now?"

Wen Xuan did not know which nation's border they were currently within.

"The grimoire says... this seems to be Ionia."

As Yuumi spoke, she rode the grimoire to Wen Xuan's shoulder and gently set it down there.

"Ionia... If this is Ionia... I wonder if I'll run into Yasuo and Sword Saint."

Hearing Wen Xuan's soft murmur, Yuumi tilted her head in confusion.

"Who are Yasuo and Sword Saint? Does Master really want to meet them?"

Wen Xuan merely shook his head. Then he held Yuumi in his arms and continued walking forward.

Not far away, Wen Xuan saw several wisps of white smoke rising.

Though he could see them with his naked eye, it would still take half a shichen to reach them on foot.

However, Wen Xuan did not mind. Yuumi in his arms could increase his speed anyway.

If he got too tired, he could let Yuumi help him recover.

Petting the cat as he walked, Wen Xuan headed toward the forest in the distance.

At the same time, in a village in Ionia, which could also be called a small town.

The town was now littered with corpses. Male and female beastmen dressed in simple cloth garments had all fallen to the ground, their bodies covered in wounds of varying depths.

The village streets had been dyed red with blood.

"Commander Noxian Hand, this Ionian village has already been completely slaughtered. Ahead lies where the Ionians live."

A soldier in uniform respectfully reported to a burly armored commander before him.

This buzzed-cut commander was Noxian Hand. Once a down-and-out Brother who had fought alongside his younger brother, he had clawed his way up through countless battles with sheer fiery determination and had now been promoted to a commander capable of leading a unit.

Noxian Hand looked at the deferential squad captain below him and nodded. Then he waved to his personal guards behind him.

"Gather the valuables from the houses, then we'll rendezvous with the main army. This attack on Ionia must succeed. Failure is not an option."

Having lived through hardship, Noxian Hand understood that only by continuing to earn merit and securing more land for his country to plunder could he obtain what he wanted.

Only then would he no longer have to live as he once had. After all, his younger brother, Draven, caused trouble every single day.

If his status was not high enough, he would sooner or later die at the hands of the nobles.

Noxus was an empire where strength reigned supreme.

"Understood..."

Watching Noxian Hand leave, the soldier captain let out a sigh of relief.

After all, that man was someone who would risk his life for military achievements, climbing step by step from a lowly soldier to his current position.

After ordering the soldiers below to search the houses for valuables, he finally had time to rest his feet.

Wen Xuan had just arrived when he saw a group of soldiers carrying blades and axes, searching through the houses.

They stuffed everything from chickens and ducks to fish and meat into their belts, while carrying all kinds of confiscated jade ornaments and jewelry in their hands.

"Master! This place... is terrifying... Let's leave quickly. These people look like bad people."

Seeing human and beastman corpses scattered throughout the village streets, Yuumi trembled instinctively in Wen Xuan's hands.

She did not want that group to notice them.

"Be good. It's fine... Master is here."

He soothingly stroked Yuumi's little head, then his gaze fell on the soldiers' clothing.

Many wore rough linen clothes, while only a few bore the symbol of Noxus, which looked much like two axes.

Wen Xuan only frowned slightly at this.

It seemed that Noxus had already begun invading Ionia. This place did not seem very safe. He wondered if he could meet Ahri.

Wen Xuan only wanted to play a round of Fight the Landlord with Ahri. Though he did not know whether his Martial Soul domain soul skill could contend with a Charm expert like Ahri, he had to give it a try.

However, the Noxians had already invaded this far. This place was not safe, and Wen Xuan did not dare act recklessly. Though he possessed abilities not belonging to this plane, they were fine against ordinary people. If he encountered someone willing to risk their life... that was another matter.

More importantly, the Soul Power within his body could not recover in this place. It could only slowly recover after returning to Douluo Continent. In other words, every bit he used was one bit less.

"Forget it. We shouldn't get involved in what's happening here. Let's go see what's ahead."

Wen Xuan glanced at the soldiers still searching around, then held Yuumi and headed in the direction Noxian Hand had just gone.

However, Wen Xuan clearly did not know that.

Shortly after Wen Xuan left, the pupils of a black crow perched on a tree branch flashed blood-red for a moment.

At the same time, within a castle in Noxus.

A man draped in a military cloak stood with a crow perched on his shoulder, his entire body radiating murderous intent.

This man was Swain, the owner of that crow.

"I never expected... that a child unafraid of death would enter Ionia at a time like this. There is even a faint magical energy on that child."

As he spoke, Swain raised a translucent blood-red arm.

"Continue monitoring every movement in Ionia... If that child is nothing special, don't waste time watching him."

As soon as he finished speaking, the crow on his shoulder flew toward Ionia.

After giving his orders, Swain braced both hands on the railing and looked down upon all of Noxus.