Will We Always Be Together?

Before everyone's eyes, Long Jie's skin visibly turned black and hardened, with dark purple light flickering over it, displaying supreme defense.

His ears became bear ears, his hands became bear paws, and his feet became bear paws. He looked like a bear from head to toe.

This was the ability Long Jie had gained after his Second Spirit absorbed the Second Soul Ring of his first spirit: full-body bear transformation, greatly increasing his defense.

In fact, every time his Second Spirit absorbed a bloodline, he could transform into the animal represented by that bloodline. Right now, Long Jie had transformed using the Stone Armor Bear bloodline.

Stone Armor Bears were naturally defense-oriented. Combined with the ability of his Second Soul Ring, Long Jie's defense would be invincible—at least among Great Soul Masters.

Unfortunately, Long Jie did not dare reveal his Soul Rings at all. If Sword Douluo learned that his spirit was a blade—Seven Stars Blade was similar to a sword; for details, refer to Yao's weapon!—he would probably force Long Jie to take him as a master, right? Not to mention that all his Soul Rings were over a thousand years old, while his Second Soul Ring was six thousand years old.

"So it's a Beast Spirit!" Sure enough, the moment Sword Douluo saw Long Jie's spirit, he lost most of his interest. He practiced the sword. His disciple could be untalented or lazy, but he could not lack a sword, could he?

"Looks like you're ready." Although Sword Douluo was somewhat disappointed in Long Jie, he still wanted to test his strength.

"Come on!" Long Jie crossed his arms over his chest and assumed a defensive stance.

Sword Douluo nodded. Soul Power gathered on the longsword in his hand, and the Second Soul Ring behind him activated. He gathered the full strength of a Great Soul Master and aimed it at Long Jie.

He was a swordsman. Going all out was a sign of respect for his opponent, even if that opponent was only a nine-year-old child.

"Sword Falling Nine Stars!" The longsword moved, whipping up clouds and winds around them. The energy of heaven and earth was drawn into that strike, transforming into boundless killing intent as it shot straight toward Long Jie's chest.

That was where his defense was strongest, and Sword Douluo had seen that. His purpose was to test Long Jie's defense, not kill him, so targeting his most heavily defended area was the most reasonable choice.

"Hu!" Long Jie took a deep breath, concentrating all his defense into one point. His hands shielded his chest tightly as he stared resolutely at the sword energy.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!

Without the slightest pause, the sword energy collided with Long Jie. A storm instantly erupted, and waves of residual energy spread in every direction.

The four guards hurriedly shielded Ning Rongrong, while Ning Rongrong stared intently at the field. Dust filled the air, and nothing could be seen.

The young girl was worried. Under that kind of power, let alone a Great Soul Master, even a weaker Soul Elder probably would not be able to withstand it.

Sword Douluo, floating in the air above, frowned as well. Don't tell me I really overdid it? Did that brat die?

Soon, the dust cleared, and everyone looked toward the center of the field. A deep crater stood out there, but not a single person could be seen.

"He... he's gone?" Ning Rongrong jumped in fright, her face instantly turning pale. Had Sword Douluo really killed him?

"Chenxin Grandpa, how could you do this? That's too much, boohoohoo! Rong Rong is ignoring you!"

Sword Douluo frowned, but soon his brows relaxed and he burst into hearty laughter. Even Ning Rongrong's attention was drawn by his strange laughter.

"Rong Rong, that brat isn't dead. Not only is he not dead, he isn't even injured. He used my attack to flee into the distance!"

Sword Douluo laughed. There was not a drop of blood on the ground, so the brat clearly was not injured. And since he had vanished, combined with Long Jie's movement technique from before, it was not difficult for Sword Douluo to guess that the brat had run away.

"Really?" Ning Rongrong stopped crying. Was that person really so amazing?

"It's true. That brat truly deserves my attention. His strength is not bad!"

Chen Xin spoke with satisfaction, and Ning Rongrong finally let out a sigh of relief.

Yes, that person really was amazing. Not only was he amazing, he was handsome too.

And just as Sword Douluo had said, their protagonist, Long Jie, had indeed run away.

However, he was not uninjured.

"Hiss... That old man is fucking inhuman. He hit way too hard!" Long Jie sucked in cold breaths from the pain. On his right hand was a massive, clearly visible wound over a centimeter long.

It had broken through an entire layer of skin. If he did not treat it soon, it might heal!

"This is really miserable. I finally found a living person, and he turned out to be a hooligan. Well, now I can't get out of Star Dou Great Forest!" Long Jie was utterly helpless and could only keep walking in one direction.

Finally, eight days later, Long Jie left Star Dou Great Forest and returned to the city of his dreams, Notting City!

"I'm finally back!" Standing before Notting City with a bloated belly, Long Jie could not help but shed tears.

If he had not returned soon, he would have eaten all the Red-Eyed Groundhogs in Star Dou Great Forest!

Back in familiar surroundings, Long Jie felt much more at ease. He hurriedly followed the old route back to the academy, skillfully flopped onto his dorm bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

Who knew how long he slept? Long Jie was sleeping soundly when someone lay down in his arms, and only then did he instinctively wake with a start.

"Who?" His reflexes, honed in Star Dou Great Forest, nearly made him draw his blade on instinct. But then the voice of the person in his arms made him freeze.

"Brother... it's me!"

"Little Wu?"

"Brother, you're finally back!" There was a hint of tears in Little Wu's voice. Her hair was a complete mess, as though she had not tended to it for days, and she looked utterly haggard.

Seeing Little Wu like this made Long Jie's heart ache terribly.

"Little Wu, what happened to you? Why haven't you even combed your hair?"

Little Wu forced a smile. "Without Brother to help me, I can't!"

Could she really not? Probably not. The girl was simply too dependent on him. Without him around, she did not even want to comb her hair.

"Silly girl... Even if you don't comb it, you still have to wash it, right? Your hair is full of bugs, eugh..." Long Jie deliberately put on a disgusted expression, leaving Little Wu completely stunned.

The previously sweet atmosphere instantly became ridiculous.

"Brother, you're too much!" Little Wu pouted and mercilessly punched Long Jie in the chest with her little fist.

Long Jie smiled and started bickering with her. This was the right atmosphere. Why get all sentimental? How boring.

In the end, with Long Jie's help, Little Wu washed her hair until it was spotlessly clean.

The little girl did not care about anything else. She only cared about what Long Jie thought.

"Brother, do you think we'll always be together?" As Long Jie combed her hair, Little Wu looked very happy and could not help asking.

"No." Long Jie answered without even thinking, making Little Wu grit her teeth in anger!

"What do you mean, no? You're my brother and I'm your sister. Of course we'll be together!" Little Wu pouted. Brothers were the worst.

Long Jie smiled and teased her again. "So what if we're brother and sister? We're not husband and wife. Only husband and wife stay together forever!"

"Then... then Little Wu will marry Brother and become Brother's wife!"

"No. You're too young."

"I'll grow up..."

"I still don't want to!"

"Ahhh, Long Jie, you're too much!" Sister Little Wu was very angry. Sister Little Wu beat Long Jie up, then discovered she could not beat him, so Sister Little Wu became even angrier!