Infiltration?

Rumble~

Bang!

As the final peal of thunder faded, the dark cloud above Wang Xiao's head finally dispersed as well.

He breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally returned to the safe zone within Spirit City's borders, and the Heavenly Thunder Punishment had stopped.

"Good thing I ran fast!"

Wang Xiao secretly rejoiced that he had not been struck by the Heavenly Thunder Punishment just now. Otherwise, it would have been terrible!

After thinking it over, this experiment had failed. It seemed there was no way to take the third path; he could only accept the first task.

Who could blame him for ending up with such a cold-blooded and heartless system?

Then again, without this system's cheats, he would never have gotten where he was today.

Whatever! He would just fight this system to the bitter end. Since he could no longer get rid of it, they might as well work together happily!

After resting for a while, Wang Xiao immediately ran toward the academy.

He ate something on the street to fill his stomach, then bought several dozen grilled sausages to take back as snacks. He would share some with Hu Liena too.

Since they were friends, he could not possibly show no consideration at all.

With a fruit juice in one hand and a grilled sausage in the other, Wang Xiao ate as he happily walked through the academy gates.

"Stop!"

Just as he was about to enter, two gate guards stepped forward and stopped him.

Wang Xiao looked himself over. He had no school uniform, school badge, or anything else, so it was only natural that the guards had stopped him.

He did not waste words with them and directly took out the Token Bibi Dong had given him.

Yesterday, when Bibi Dong had accepted him as her disciple, she had not only given him a storage card containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, but also a token.

This token was one of Bibi Dong's standard tokens. Hu Liena had one, and his was the unique third one.

The moment the two guards saw the token, they immediately moved aside and did not dare say another word.

Wang Xiao did not say much either. He simply swaggered inside. He had seen this sort of thing often enough that it no longer felt like anything special.

He pushed open the dormitory door and found the room empty. Everyone was probably in class, which made it nice and quiet.

Wang Xiao entered the bathroom, filled the tub with water, and decided to soak for a while before getting some proper sleep.

He had been chased through the forest by the system's Heavenly Thunder Punishment earlier, and he had suffered quite a bit.

"Brother Xiao Xiao..."

Wang Xiao was sleeping soundly when someone woke him up. He opened his eyes in annoyance and found Xie Yue again. This guy really is impossible to get rid of.

Xie Yue had woken him in the morning, and now he had come again in the afternoon!

"Xiao Yue, what is it this time? Can't you see I'm taking a midday nap?"

Xie Yue looked disgusted. Brother Xiao Xiao is lazy and arrogant. If he weren't an exceptionally gifted genius, yet still refused to train and study properly, he probably wouldn't even qualify to be a salted fish. And he wants to become Your Excellency the Pope's disciple? Dream on!

There was nothing he could do. Although the man was lazy and looked down on everyone, he had reached Level Fifty-Two and possessed five spirit rings at only six years old. The last two were even ten-thousand-year and hundred-thousand-year spirit rings. Wasn't that infuriating?

He had no idea that Wang Xiao had cheats. Every sign-in brought him rewards, whether spirit souls, cultivation techniques, or anything else. How could ordinary Spirit Masters who trained bitterly compare to him?

No matter how hard they worked, they could never catch up to him.

How could they?

Across all Douluo Continent, only two people currently had cheats.

One was Wang Xiao himself, while the other was Tang San.

Tang San's cheat was only a minor one. Compared with Wang Xiao's massive cheat, it was not merely a hundred and eight thousand miles behind.

Therefore, Wang Xiao was destined to become the strongest male protagonist in all of Douluo Continent.

"Brother Xiao Xiao, don't be angry yet. Your Excellency the Pope sent me to find you. She is waiting in the classroom now, so don't keep her waiting too long. You know the consequences, right?"

"So that's it!" Since Bibi Dong had personally summoned him, Wang Xiao had no choice.

In Spirit City, he could refuse to give anyone face, but he still had to show this woman some respect.

I may be strong now, but I'm still nowhere near a match for Bibi Dong.

Moreover, Bibi Dong had suffered a blow ten years ago, making her sensitive and suspicious. She had no patience, was volatile and restless, and was ruthless.

Once someone disobeyed her orders, she would think they were disloyal to her. They would either be killed or crippled. This was no joke.

Wang Xiao's current strength was nowhere near enough to contend with her, so he could only comply for now.

Besides, he still had to go to Bibi Dong's bedroom tonight to complete the sign-in. At a critical moment like this, he did not want anything to go wrong.

Nothing in heaven or earth was more important than signing in.

The Sign-in System was practically his food and clothing provider. How could he possibly afford to offend it?

Bibi Dong had been waiting in the classroom for quite some time. When Wang Xiao still did not appear, her beautiful brows furrowed slightly. What is Xiao Xiao doing? Does he really think that being a genius means he can be arrogant and stop working hard?

Hmph! If this continues, this genius boy will sooner or later become a useless boy!

It seems I have to put some pressure on him.

I don't want to see my disciple ruined by lazy habits. Better to push him to the brink and force him to rise again. That's what I'll do.

The students in the classroom were also puzzled. The dignified Pope of Spirit Hall had been sitting there for half an hour, waiting for a single new student, without getting angry. This was not the Pope they had known before.

Others had always waited for her; she had never been the one waiting for others.

Yet now, things were the complete opposite.

Hu Liena sat in her seat and kept glancing back toward the classroom door. She was worried that Wang Xiao would be severely punished for making Your Excellency the Pope wait so long.

She felt conflicted. Why was she worrying about a new student like him?

Shouldn't she be watching coldly from the sidelines, enjoying the show, kicking him while he was down, and clapping in delight?

What's wrong with me? Why does it seem like I feel sorry for him?

Tap, tap, tap~

Just then, footsteps sounded from outside the classroom.

Hu Liena immediately turned to look. Her brother must have brought Wang Xiao over.

Bibi Dong, along with every student in the classroom, looked toward the doorway.

Yet they only saw Xie Yue enter. Wang Xiao was nowhere in sight.

Xie Yue entered with his head lowered, returned to his seat, and respectfully said to Bibi Dong, "Reporting to Your Excellency, th-that Wang Xiao suddenly got a stomachache and cannot attend your class."

Ah~

The students cried out in surprise. Making Your Excellency the Pope wait for half an hour was already bad enough, but he even dared defy her order and refuse to come? He was simply courting death.

This Wang Xiao was far too bold! He even dared disobey his teacher's orders. This time, he was finished. Even Hu Liena could not bear to watch.

Bang!

Bibi Dong finally exploded. Clenching her beautiful fist, she smashed it down onto the lectern.

Ah~

The entire class was left dumbfounded in fright, having no idea what Bibi Dong would do to Wang Xiao next.

Some were pleased, while others were worried.

"Nana, go call Wang Xiao again. Tell him that even if he falls into a latrine and drowns, he must crawl back dead to see me. Otherwise, he is never to appear before me again!" Bibi Dong said sternly.

"Yes, Teacher!" Hu Liena did not dare hesitate in the slightest. She immediately turned and rushed out of the classroom toward the dormitory.

However, when she hurried to the dormitory and searched everywhere inside and out, she could not find Wang Xiao. There was not even a trace of him, and she immediately had a bad feeling.

"Where did Brother Xiao Xiao go?" Hu Liena's brows drew together in worry. She did not know why she was acting like this.

She only vaguely felt that he had taken a place in her heart—and not just a tiny one, but a great deal of it.

Wang Xiao had originally planned to follow Xie Yue to the classroom to see Bibi Dong.

But he suddenly thought of something, which made him abandon that idea. He left the academy and headed toward Bibi Dong's residence.

Wang Xiao wanted to take advantage of Bibi Dong being at the academy and her residence being empty to secretly infiltrate her bedroom, complete the Sign-in Task assigned by the system, and settle everything once and for all.

Why not?

However, after leaving the academy, Wang Xiao realized that he did not even know where Bibi Dong's residence was. That truly was a problem.

He had no choice but to secretly ask around.

Yet no one was willing to tell him, afraid of causing trouble.

Wang Xiao had to resort to his final move. He spent several Gold Soul Coins to buy the information and finally learned the location of Bibi Dong's residence.

He also bought a map of Spirit City before hurriedly heading there.

Not long after.

Wang Xiao appeared before a small palace nestled against mountains and water, built in the style of a garden. He stopped from a distance and smiled slightly. He had finally found it!

After examining it briefly, he saw mountains behind it and water before it. Only a small bridge led to the entrance of her residence.

The only other route was across the river.

Guards stood watch on the bridge, and they were all Spirit Masters of considerable level.

Even the weakest were Spirit Kings at Level Fifty to Sixty, while the strongest leader was a Spirit Sage at Level Sixty to Seventy. They were not people who could be easily fooled.

Wang Xiao was not afraid of them. But if he alerted them, they would surely report to Bibi Dong, and today's operation would have been in vain.

So, if he could avoid alerting them, it was best not to do so.

At last, he came up with a good solution: take the water route and use the Lingbo Weibu Accelerated Version movement technique to cross directly over the water.

That would not be a problem.

Wang Xiao immediately moved farther away from the guards to avoid alerting them. He successfully reached the opposite bank without being noticed and approached the outer wall of the residence.

He could not use the main entrance, where several guards stood watch. He could only climb the wall.

A wall more than ten zhang high would not be easy for an ordinary person to scale without using anything.

But to Wang Xiao, it was no challenge.

With the Lingbo Weibu Accelerated Version movement technique, flying over walls and running across roofs was no problem.

He immediately climbed up the wall and leaped onto a large tree beside it. Looking into the courtyard, he saw that it was vast, filled with flowers and plants, pools, fountains, statues, and other features.

As expected of the residence of the Pope of Spirit Hall. The treatment really was excellent.

Not far away, a patrol of more than a dozen female Spirit Masters was circling the residence.

Wang Xiao took a look. They were all female Spirit Masters such as Spirit Kings, Spirit Emperors, and Spirit Sages above Level Fifty to Sixty.

At the entrance of the residence stood two female guards at the Soul Douluo level. To enter Bibi Dong's bedroom, he would have to lure those two guards away.

For him, that was both difficult and easy.

He could not defeat the two female Soul Douluos, nor did he dare fight them, but he could use a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain. It was not a problem.

He acted at once!

Wang Xiao immediately took out the fake mask he had prepared long ago from Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night and put it on before walking toward the entrance.

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