Today's Young Girls Are Truly Remarkable

Seeing that Di Tian had no intention of letting him go, Xuan Zi immediately unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar once more, transforming into the Godly Taotie Bull and forcibly activating his Taotie bloodline.

The soul rings beneath his feet lit up one after another, and a dazzling earthy-yellow radiance burst from his body as he charged toward Di Tian.

Di Tian was thoroughly enraged.

After being delayed by this human, it would be difficult for him to catch up to Du Busi.

Di Tian unleashed an incomparably majestic pressure, and the entire sky darkened. His golden eyes coldly fixed on the charging Xuan Zi, while his right hand had already transformed into an incomparably sharp dragon claw.

Ultimate darkness element gathered in his palm, forming a dragon claw hundreds of meters long that tore through space and seized the Godly Taotie Bull.

Though this claw was not the Dragon God Claw taught to him by the Dragon God, he had comprehended it himself through the Dragon God Claw. Its power was somewhat inferior, but it was more than enough to deal with this overconfident human before him.

The pitch-black giant claw collided with the Godly Taotie Bull. They held out against each other only briefly before the Godly Taotie Bull scattered into motes of light. Accompanied by a miserable scream, Xuan Zi's figure fell toward the ground.

Di Tian merely gave him a cold glance before no longer caring whether the human lived or died, and continued the pursuit.

After chasing for a while, he stopped. His expression turned ugly, and the entire sky seemed to sink with it.

He could no longer detect Du Busi and the others' auras.

Thinking of how he could have caught them, only to be delayed by an overconfident human, Di Tian felt as sick as if he had eaten shit.

After a long while, he let out a majestic dragon roar that spread throughout the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

The next moment, the Soul Beasts within the Star Dou Great Forest erupted into chaos, rampaging through the forest as they searched the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

Yet upon hearing that dragon roar, Du Busi and Lin Ran's group instead breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looks like Di Tian has run out of tricks. He can't track us anymore. That old glutton Xuan Zi was still somewhat useful."

Du Busi finally smiled again.

Lin Ran said, "This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was truly dangerous."

Tang Ya's face was pale. She nodded in deep agreement, with lingering fright still visible in her bright Phoenix Eyes.

"Isn't it all your fault!" Du Busi glared, then said, "Let's leave quickly."

"Eh!"

When the group reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Du Busi suddenly cried out in surprise.

"What is it?" Lin Ran asked.

Du Busi said, "I found an unconscious little girl."

In a flash, he arrived atop a large tree. An unconscious woman lay against its trunk, having tied herself to the tree with her clothes to keep from falling.

She had long red hair hanging loosely around her, and there were still traces of blood on her pale, pretty face.

Her clothes were also slashed with bloody tears, revealing several bleeding wounds. She looked extremely bedraggled.

Du Busi said in surprise, "This little girl is a genius too. She's already a Soul King. So, should we save her?"

"Of course we should. It's only a small effort for us." Lin Ran did not hesitate. "Once she wakes up, she should repay the debt of saving her life, shouldn't she?"

Du Busi lifted the woman with Soul Power, and the group flew away from the Star Dou Great Forest.

A day later, led by Du Busi, the group had returned to Heaven Dou City.

After setting down Lin Ran, Tang Ya, and the still-unconscious woman, Du Busi vanished again.

Lin Ran brought Tang Ya and the unidentified woman back to his home in Heaven Dou City.

"Aunt Huo, I'm back."

The door opened. Hearing Lin Ran's voice, two beauties, one older and one younger, came out from the room.

"You're back—"

Vina's delighted voice abruptly stopped. Upon seeing the youthful and beautiful Tang Ya beside Lin Ran, as well as another, more mature and alluring red-haired woman on Lin Ran's back, the smile on her face froze.

Who were they?

How had Xiao Ran gone out for one trip and returned with two such beautiful girls?

Vina sensed a massive crisis! Alarm bells rang wildly in her heart.

She had clearly been here first! She had not even gotten on board yet, and now two more rivals had appeared?

Vina blinked, then walked calmly over to Lin Ran. She gently helped support the unconscious woman while softly asking, "Xiao Ran, who are they? Won't you introduce them to Aunt Huo and me?"

Lin Ran said, "I don't know who this unconscious person is either. We just happened to run into her and saved her along the way. This is Tang Ya, the last surviving descendant of the Tang Sect."

At this point, he paused. "Mm, she'll be staying with us from now on."

Lin Ran then turned to Tang Ya and introduced them. "This is Vina, the princess of the Heaven Dou Empire. This is Aunt Huo, Huo Yun'er, whom I told you about."

"Hello." Tang Ya looked at Vina as though she had sensed something, her gaze becoming somewhat unreadable.

Then she looked at Huo Yun'er and said with a cheerful smile, "Hello, Auntie. Xiao Ran often talks about you. I've even eaten the food you made—it was delicious!"

Huo Yun'er blinked as well, then smiled and nodded. "You're Xiao Ya, right? Come in and have a seat."

"Okay! Thank you, Auntie."

The group entered the house. Tang Ya and Vina sat in the living room, while Lin Ran and Huo Yun'er settled the unconscious woman in a bedroom.

During this time, Huo Yun'er's bright eyes occasionally glanced at Lin Ran, filled with complicated emotions.

"Aunt Huo, what's wrong?"

Finally, when Huo Yun'er looked at him again, Lin Ran could not help but ask.

"Nothing!" Huo Yun'er snapped back to her senses, her cheeks flushing slightly as she hurriedly shook her head.

In truth, she did not know what was wrong with her either.

At that moment, she only felt an indescribable emotion lingering in her heart.

She felt gratified to see that so many girls liked Lin Ran, yet there was also an inexplicable bitterness. The two conflicting emotions left her at a loss for a moment.

Lin Ran found Huo Yun'er a little strange. Her gaze seemed conflicted, and he could not quite figure out what she was thinking.

When the two came out, they saw Vina skillfully brewing tea for Tang Ya and courteously receiving her.

Sitting opposite Tang Ya, Vina wore a gentle smile as she said, "Please have some tea. You don't need to be so formal. Xiao Ran and I have known each other since we were very young, and this place is like my home. Whether he or I host you makes no difference."

Tang Ya fell silent for a moment, her large eyes blinking innocently. "But I've never heard Xiao Ran mention you."

The expression on Vina's face stiffened for a moment before returning to its gentle appearance. She extended her hand and said, "Then let me introduce myself again. Consider it making a friend of you."

"My name is Vina, princess of the Heaven Dou Empire. Like Xiao Ran, I am also a disciple of the Body Sect. Speaking of which, my Imperial Father once wanted to match Xiao Ran and me together, but we were both too young."

Tang Ya puffed out her cheeks, but she still reached out and shook Vina's hand. "My name is Tang Ya, from the Tang Sect. I don't need anyone to arrange anything for me. As long as I like someone, that's enough."

Listening to their conversation, Lin Ran fell silent for a moment and inwardly sighed. The young girls of Douluo Continent were truly something else.

Huo Yun'er likewise remained silent, inwardly marveling that girls these days were truly something else.

Then she shook her head and shot Lin Ran a reproachful glance.

Lin Ran sat down, while Huo Yun'er busied herself preparing the meal.

Vina continued looking at Tang Ya, her face apologetic as she said, "I have been cultivating in the Body Sect all this time, and I only learned about what happened to your Tang Sect not long ago. I never expected such a tragedy to happen within Heaven Dou City. This is a failure on the part of Heaven Dou City's lord. Now that we are friends, I will help you speak to the lord of Heaven Dou City, hold the Iron Blood Sect accountable, and seek justice for your Tang Sect."

Tang Ya froze. The hostility in her eyes faded as she lowered her head and softly said, "Thank you."

Vina smiled gently.

Lin Ran watched the drama unfold with great interest from the side, unconsciously glancing at Vina a few more times.

As expected of a princess of a nation—she really had some skill.