Breaking Out of the Cocoon, Mutated Rebirth?

The Red Soul Ring slowly descended over Wang Xiao's head, then shrank and thickened. It floated onto the Chicken Blood Vine martial soul, encircling it as the two began to fuse.

Receiving the Soul Power from the Soul Ring, the Chicken Blood Vine rapidly expanded and mutated into an entirely crimson, bewitchingly vibrant form.

Ah—

Wang Xiao cried out as an endless stream of energy surged wildly into his body through the Chicken Blood Vine martial soul, battering his organs, meridians, and every corner of his body.

A heart-rending agony flooded his mind.

Wang Xiao's blood boiled throughout his body, raging chaotically within him like landslides and tsunamis, like molten lava pouring into his veins.

After a while, his entire body turned blood-red.

His flesh became a mangled mess.

Even his facial features could no longer be seen clearly.

Only the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart remained completely unharmed.

Other than his physical body being damaged by the Soul Power of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Wang Xiao's consciousness remained intact. He was fully aware of everything, no different from a normal person.

But he had no idea what would happen next.

"How am I supposed to deal with this?"

Wang Xiao muttered to himself, "If my body can't return to how it was, won't I become a walking corpse?"

He was somewhat worried. Looking like a bloody lump of flesh, no matter how capable he was, it would still be rather unpleasant to look at.

Could he still pick up girls looking like this?

Unless he used some special means, he probably would not even be able to attract the ugliest girls!

"System Sister, look at me. Can I still return to normal?"

"I mean my face and body—can they go back to how they were before? Can I still be devastatingly handsome?"

"Ding! Yes!"

The Sign-in System's loli voice answered.

"When?"

"..."

"Say something," Wang Xiao pressed.

"..." The Sign-in System remained silent.

Wang Xiao was speechless.

Suddenly, an endless stream of energy surged from his heart.

Wang Xiao immediately felt that the energy flowing from within the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart spread through his entire body like a warm, sweet spring. It was wonderfully warm and comfortable.

Once that energy had spread throughout his body, his body transformed into a huge ball of blood, round and plump, like an enormous blood-red egg.

Then Wang Xiao felt his body reorganizing, growing, expanding, changing...

He did not know how long had passed.

Only then did Wang Xiao awaken from his hazy dreamlike state. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the sunlight had already risen directly overhead.

His eyes were somewhat unaccustomed to the glare. He opened and closed them repeatedly, then massaged them with both hands a few times before returning to normal.

When he looked at his body again, he found that it was completely unscathed—and exceptionally robust.

"Looks like after I absorbed Climbing Tiger's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, my physical body was completely destroyed. Then the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart's energy repaired it, causing my body to mutate. I've been reborn!"

Wang Xiao hurried to the lakeside and saw his reflection in the water. He was no longer the small-framed body of a six-year-old child, but looked like a boy of around fifteen.

Sword-like brows, starry eyes, an oval face, refined features, fair skin, a handsome appearance, and a perfect physique. Not only was he heavily muscled, he even had twelve-pack abs.

He was simply devastatingly handsome!

What he did not know was that he had slept for three days and three nights.

Seeing that he was completely naked, Wang Xiao turned around and searched. His clothes had all rotted away and fallen to the ground.

He picked up the Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night from the ground and checked it. It had not been damaged.

Only then did he take out a set of clothes from inside, only to discover that he could not wear them.

It was somewhat amusing.

"Of course. I used to be a six-year-old child, but now I have the body of a fifteen-year-old. How could I possibly fit into children's clothes?"

Wang Xiao could only take out all the clothes inside, tear them apart, and tie them together. For now, he draped them over himself. As long as they covered his body, that was enough. Once he got outside, he could buy clothes that fit him.

Now that he had absorbed the ten-year, hundred-year, thousand-year, ten-thousand-year, and hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, it was time to leave.

However, he was somewhat hungry, so he planned to eat something first.

Wang Xiao immediately caught a large fish from the lake, built a fire, and roasted it.

"Ding! Xiao Xiao has completed this Soul Hunting Forest mission. Reward: one set of Inner Breath Skill Upgrade Version!"

The Sign-in System's loli voice rang out again.

"System Sister, what kind of technique is this Inner Breath Skill?" Wang Xiao asked curiously.

"Ding! The Inner Breath Skill Upgrade Version is a technique with no offensive capabilities, only supportive ones. Its main function is to conceal your strength, aura, and so on, preventing others from sensing or seeing through you."

"Ding! Even the most powerful Soul Masters or espers will be unable to spy on your true strength. That is the true essence of the Inner Breath Skill Upgrade Version. Do you understand?"

"Oh, I understand!" Wang Xiao was overjoyed. With this technique, he would not need to worry if he ever wanted to work undercover as a "spy."

"Ding! Xiao Xiao can learn one set of Inner Breath Skill Upgrade Version. Would you like to learn it?"

Wang Xiao said, "Learn it!"

A passage of golden runes immediately flooded into his mind. Though he could not understand them, his body began moving of its own accord. He sat cross-legged on the ground and began cultivating.

The Inner Breath Skill Upgrade Version was not difficult to cultivate. After all, he was cultivating it automatically with the System's help, so it went quickly.

Wang Xiao spent only ten minutes completing the cultivation of the Inner Breath Skill Upgrade Version.

He had successfully learned it.

This technique could conceal his true strength. It was extremely powerful.

He immediately tried using it, and it truly worked.

As for how effective it really was, he would need to find a Titled Douluo to test it on.

For example, Clear Sky Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Ju Douluo, or even Your Excellency the Pope Bibi Dong and Grand Elder Qian Daoliu.

Only if it could fool the eyes of such big shots would the Inner Breath Skill Upgrade Version truly be useful.

Buzz—

At that moment, a flash of red caught Wang Xiao's eye. He immediately turned to look and saw a red object floating above the main root of the slain Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Climbing Tiger.

"What is that?"

Wang Xiao hesitated briefly before going over to inspect it. "Damn, it's actually a Soul Bone!"

Right, right!

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were guaranteed to produce Soul Bones, and this Climbing Tiger had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Of course it would produce a Soul Bone.

It would have been strange if it had not produced one.

Wang Xiao immediately reached out and took it, examining it carefully. The entire Soul Bone was crimson, with countless intricate patterns covering its surface.

This was probably related to Climbing Tiger itself. After cultivating for a hundred thousand years, it had long since mutated, its stems and leaves becoming red and blood-veined. It was perfectly normal for the Soul Bone it produced to be red as well.

Moreover, this was a Torso Soul Bone.

It could be said that among Soul Bones, Torso Soul Bones were top-tier treasures.

Wang Xiao did not intend to absorb it immediately, so he stored it in the Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night. It would not be too late to absorb it another day.

A few days later.

"Stop!"

At the entrance of Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, Old Fifth Gatekeeper stepped forward and blocked the handsome youth approaching the gate.

The young man had a head of dark green hair draping over his shoulders, looking imposing and domineering.

His red attire made him appear even more elegant.

He looked to be around fifteen.

He was none other than Wang Xiao, who had returned from the Soul Hunting Forest.

His body had mutated because he had absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

His body had originally been that of a six-year-old, yet he now possessed the build of a fifteen-year-old.

Old Fifth Gatekeeper no longer recognized him, so he stopped Wang Xiao and refused to let him enter the academy.

"Old Fifth, I'm Wang Xiao. Don't you recognize me?" Wang Xiao asked coldly.

"Wang Xiao!" Old Fifth Gatekeeper's heart trembled. That name cast a shadow over his heart.

"Wang Xiao is only six years old. Who are you trying to fool?" Old Fifth Gatekeeper snapped. "Kid, you want to impersonate Brother Xiao? You're still too green for that!"

This Old Fifth was fucking annoying!

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

Wang Xiao could not be bothered to waste words on him. He directly activated his Soul Power, and three Soul Rings immediately lit up beneath him, one after another.

"White, Yellow, Purple?" Seeing the three Soul Rings rise from Wang Xiao's body, Old Fifth Gatekeeper collapsed onto the ground in terror. His entire body twitched, and his voice trembled. "Y-you really are Brother Xiao?"

It seemed that the most direct way to deal with fence-sitters like Old Fifth, who switched sides at the drop of a hat, was through force.

"Yes." Wang Xiao said impatiently, "I entered the Soul Hunting Forest this time to absorb Soul Rings. I got lucky and absorbed an Eight Thousand Year Soul Ring, but there was a slight accident. My body mutated, which is why I now look like a teenage boy."

Ah—

"So that's how it is! So that's how it is!"

Old Fifth Gatekeeper immediately sprang up from the ground, rushed before Wang Xiao, and hugged his thigh fawningly. "Brother Xiao, you really are a genius! You actually absorbed three Soul Rings at once!"

"A-and your third one is even an Eight Thousand Year Soul Ring! Among children your age in the entire history of Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, you're the first!"

Wang Xiao merely smiled without speaking. I haven't even revealed my Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring yet.

If I revealed those, wouldn't you piss your pants from fright?

"Wahahahaha—"

Wang Xiao could not hold back any longer and let out a demonic laugh.

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