A Decisive Showdown?

"Humph!"

Xiao Wu chased Wang Xiao around for a while, then grew impatient.

My close-combat skills may be good, but I can't hit this bad guy at all. How am I supposed to fight like this?

Xiao Wu was furious. Pointing at Wang Xiao, who stood a hundred zhang away looking utterly harmless, she said, "You keep dodging and dodging. What the hell kind of fight is that? If you've got guts, stop running!"

"Coward! If you keep this up, I'm not playing with you anymore!"

Hmph~

Wang Xiao was instantly speechless. "Little girl, let me make something clear first. I'm not a coward!"

"I'm just going easy on you. Otherwise, with your amateur skills, three moves..."

"No, I'd knock you flat in one move!"

"My name is Xiao Wu—the Wu in dancing—not 'little girl'!" Xiao Wu was practically at a loss for words.

"Quit running your mouth! You said you'd knock me down in one move? You fucking..."

"That really is the least funny joke I've heard all year!"

"No, no, no... It's not a joke. It's the truth!" Wang Xiao refused to admit he was a coward even if it killed him.

"Also, my name is Wang Xiao. Could you call me Brother Xiao Xiao?"

Tch~

Xiao Wu: "..."

Uh~

Wang Xiao: "..."

Besides, he had already figured out every last bit of Xiao Wu's current abilities. Taking her down in one move was no problem at all.

"You're such a shameless bastard! I... this young lady must have had eight lifetimes of rotten luck today! I must have been blind while walking to run into a stinking pile of dog shit like you."

Xiao Wu was truly furious. Normally gentle, lively, and adorable, she had actually started cursing like a hooligan.

Wang Xiao looked kindly enough and did not stoop to the level of a little girl. "Listen, little sister, do you have to be so rude? If..."

"I mean, if you keep this up and make your big brother angry, and one of my screws comes loose, then if I do something unreasonable, don't blame me for turning nasty, okay?"

"Oh my!" Hearing Wang Xiao's shameless words, Xiao Wu let out a sinister laugh. "Brother Wang Xiao, you're so amazing!"

She then rubbed her flushed little cheeks with her slender hands, swayed her tiny waist, hips, and long legs, and coquettishly said, "No, no, Brother Wang Xiao, I'm so scared."

Then she elegantly flicked an orchid finger toward Wang Xiao. Her eyes glowed a bewitching red as she stared into his.

As she approached him, she said in a sweet voice, "Brother Wang Xiao, I know I was wrong. Please! Don't hit Xiao Wu, okay?"

"Xiao Wu is so obedient. I can wash clothes, cook meals, give back rubs, and even give massages!"

"Brother Wang Xiao, can you let Xiao Wu off this once? Just once, okay?"

But inwardly, she sneered, Hehe! My Charm has never failed. Very few people can escape this young lady's devastating grasp.

Little brat, you're still too green to fight me!

Hehe~

This Xiao Wu wanted to use that trick on me. Did she think I wouldn't know?

Charm might be useful, but she did not know that I possessed the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart!

It could dispel all demonic illusions and distracting thoughts. It was far stronger than Tang San's Purple Demon Eye.

Wahaha~

Wang Xiao gave a strange laugh.

In the blink of an eye, red light flashed in his eyes, and he simply waited for Xiao Wu to come over.

Xiao Wu smiled inwardly, thinking Wang Xiao had fallen for it. These stinking men really are easy to deal with using Charm!

Then she leaped up and swept a kick at his feet, intending to knock him down first and see how he could keep running.

Bang, bang, bang~

"Ah~"

But things did not unfold as Xiao Wu had imagined!

When her right foot swept toward Wang Xiao's feet, it was as fast as lightning. Yet before she could even make her move, a gust of wind struck her face.

Then her chest took dozens of blows, and she was sent flying more than three zhang before crashing heavily to the ground.

"What did I just experience?"

Xiao Wu asked herself.

She sat on the ground, staring wide-eyed at Wang Xiao, who was still standing where he had been with an utterly calm expression.

She had no idea what move he had used to ambush her just now.

Feeling terribly wronged, Xiao Wu began to cry.

"Waaah! Bad guy, bad guy! Brother Wang Xiao, you're a little bad guy!"

"Xiao Wu will never play with Brother Wang Xiao again, never!"

"Brother Wang Xiao only knows how to bully Xiao Wu! Brother Wang Xiao is a big bad guy!"

Xiao Wu suddenly began acting spoiled, throwing herself around and rolling on the ground. She looked nothing like a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Instead, she perfectly fit her current appearance as a six-year-old little girl.

Oh, Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu. That self-pitying trick of yours almost had me fooled!

If it had been someone else, they would probably have had their soul snared by that pitiful little act of yours.

Then they would have been doomed. You might have used Rabbit Kick Eagle with both feet, wrapped your legs around their neck, flipped through the air, followed with a Waist Bow, chained it into Rabbit Kick Eagle, flipped again, used another Waist Bow, then stomped down—and they would have landed as a loot box.

After a whole combo like that, the grass on their grave would probably be taller than them by this time next year!

As expected of someone who had lived for a hundred thousand years. She certainly had plenty of schemes.

Seeing that the little girl had cried herself into a tearful mess, Wang Xiao was impressed.

Wang Xiao shook his head. "I really can't bear to do it!"

So he walked toward her.

When Xiao Wu saw this, she cried even louder, while a trace of sly delight flashed through her eyes.

Wang Xiao, I knew you'd fall for it!

Wang Xiao walked over and held out a hand to the little tear-stained girl, intending to pull her up.

Xiao Wu was overjoyed. She suddenly sprang up, flipped through the air, and wrapped her legs around Wang Xiao's neck.

She intended to roll through the air, use a Waist Bow, then follow with Rabbit Kick Eagle and send him flying into the sky.

Seeing this, Wang Xiao's mouth twitched. A faint, almost imperceptible wicked smile flashed across his eyes as his hands suddenly shifted like shadows.

By the time Xiao Wu's legs had clamped around Wang Xiao's neck and she was about to flip him over, her butt had already been struck dozens of times with a rapid smack, smack, smack, and she was sent flying.

He had nearly beaten her into...

A little bunny!

Trying to play mind games with me? You're still too green!

Wang Xiao clapped his hands, feeling scared...

Xiao Wu was sent flying by Wang Xiao. She flipped several times in midair before finally landing as a loot box.

Wang Xiao looked over. Xiao Wu's current pose, sprawled on the ground, really did make her look like a little rabbit.

No, she was a rabbit to begin with.

Xiao Wu lay on the ground, having completely lost the will to fight.

At the same time, she began to see this human boy in a new light.

She merely stared blankly at Wang Xiao in the distance. There was nothing particularly special about him, so how could he be stronger than her—and so underhanded too?

That was about enough!

Wang Xiao smiled before walking over to Xiao Wu and scooping her up from the ground.

Xiao Wu did not react in time and was already in his arms. She struggled a few times, her face flushing red with embarrassment.

Then she used her tiny pink fists to pound Wang Xiao's little chest, but she used so little strength that it merely felt like scratching an itch. It did not hurt at all.

Seeing Xiao Wu's pretty face turn crimson in his arms, Wang Xiao stopped teasing her. "Xiao Wu, it was my fault. I hit you too hard just now!"

"You look pretty badly injured, so let me take you home. I happen to know medicine, so I can give you a thorough examination and treat you."

"Don't worry, I won't charge you a single coin. It's completely free. Just treat me to a meal."

Brother?

Xiao Wu was speechless. She immediately broke free from his arms, stood up, and said, "Who's injured? Who wants you to examine them from head to toe? Who wants you to treat them? And you're not my brother, so quit giving yourself airs, okay?"

Wang Xiao said, "I'm only telling the truth."

Xiao Wu rolled her eyes and skipped toward Taoshan Village.