Tang San stood at the entrance. The girl who had always been gentle and kind, and who had once been so decisive and ruthless, had now lost all her composure.
She had no reason to care why Mi Ruoxi had such deep feelings for Lin Chen.
Instead, she was simply overcome with shock.
As though she wanted to break through the barriers surrounding the diary.
"Ruoxi, tell me! Do you also have a diary belonging to Lin Chen?"
Tang San's voice wasn't loud.
But it exploded in Mi Ruoxi's ears like thunder.
Mi Ruoxi froze, bewildered.
First came shock, then realization, followed by a broad smile.
"So you have a diary too, Tang San. No wonder you've been acting so strangely."
"Your reaction doesn't look like someone who owns a diary..."
Tang San smiled. "I wanted to investigate a little more. Before this, I'd already joined forces with another diary owner."
"Huh?"
Mi Ruoxi was stunned.
She guessed that Tang San's words weren't entirely clear.
So there really was another person!
"That was a very beautiful older sister. She seemed almost inhuman. After she descended, even the Ice Spirit and Tianqing Bull Python treated her like an emperor."
Tang San's description was vague.
But Mi Ruoxi had already guessed who that person probably was.
Or perhaps—
It was the one Lin Chen had mentioned in his diary!
Qian Ling'er?!
Just as the two women were exchanging glances, with their secrets laid bare.
The golden diary that had been an illusion suddenly collided with the real one in midair. A vast, divine force instantly enveloped the entire room!
"Buzz—!"
[Diary owners have successfully joined forces. Mi Ruoxi's diary has gained a special bonus: the Ice Spirit's soul power has been enhanced!] [Diary owners have successfully joined forces. Tang San's diary has gained a special bonus: the Ice Spirit's soul power has been enhanced again, granting an additional amplification effect!] "The Ice Spirit's soul power..." Mi Ruoxi reached out her delicate hand. The Ice Spirit in her palm— A crystalline, star-like soul ring suddenly began to shine! She could feel it: the Ice Spirit's soul power—or perhaps the Ice Spirit itself—had reached the tenth rank, and its overall strength had increased. The Ice Spirit's amplification effect had grown stronger. And the divine aura around Tang San had become even heavier. Her healing was no longer limited to a gentle, restorative glow. It also had an amplification effect like the Ice Spirit's, though naturally it couldn't compare to the Ice Spirit's. "I really do have the power to change fate..." "I want to join forces with more people!" Mi Ruoxi's eyes gleamed. "Maybe I can find Qian Ling'er..." ... As the two women immersed themselves in the joy of their advancement, the diary in the sea of consciousness began moving again. Lin Chen's familiar, maddeningly arrogant words appeared once more.
[Forget it. Whatever. Qian Ling'er has already taken care of it.]
[Today I went around Suotuo City, then helped deal with those three damn things.]
[That woman in white has probably already gone to the underworld. As for Ning Rongrong and Oscar, those two are nothing but a couple of pests.]
[What's strange is that Han San and Xiao Wu both suddenly disappeared. Could they have gone after Tang San's backers?]
Within the Shrek Academy grounds. Bi Biyao watched the diary's new entry appear and let out a cold laugh. "Tang San..." "So what if he escaped? I'll kill him sooner or later!" Only she knew that Tang San had been dragged away by Han Chen. As for Xiao Wu, she'd already slipped away as soon as the situation fell apart. What a pity. Back at the Star Dou Great Forest. "Even though that ten-thousand-year soul beast has been hiding, it's not worth killing her just yet..." Bi Biyao truly hated Ling Tian. He was truly impossible to kill. But when she thought of the secret Lin Chen had revealed, even the people inside the Bi family estate felt a bone-deep chill.
[Since Tang San came up, we should take the chance to properly expose this Great God King.]
[Everyone thinks he's a natural-born genius, gifted with immense soul power and a martial soul from birth. But at that young age, what he had hidden was the soul of a grown man.]
[He'd possessed a natural-born martial soul, so how could he have been ordinary?]
[In his previous life, he was an outer disciple of the Tang Sect in another world. He secretly learned the Tang Sect's forbidden techniques.]
[And yet the old man in charge of the outer sect was so easily fooled. What a joke. He stole the Tang Sect's secret techniques, was called a genius, and went on to live the life he wanted.]
[Even more ridiculous: he was praised as a genius despite being a shameless thief. The instant he crossed into this world, he killed someone. He'd stolen Tang Sect techniques, then killed himself by jumping off a cliff. That was the real Tang San.]
[At the weakest moment of his soul, an old monster from another world invaded his body, swallowed up the soul that should have been reincarnated, and took over. How despicable!]
"Buzz—!"
A bolt of lightning struck the minds of every diary owner.
If what Lin Chen said was only a little speculation—
Because Tang San might have been taken over by a god's soul.
But what if he really was the Tang San from another world, the one who had crossed over?!
What was this, if not shameless?
The Soul Village, by the waterfall.
Ah Yin had once harbored a fantasy: if Tang San had been conceived, then perhaps he could be her child.
But Lin Chen's current words—
Made it clear that he was a shameless thief!
"For him... I would die for him!"
Ah Yin's soul let out a mournful cry, the deepest grief a mother could feel.
Qian Ling'er drew in a sharp breath too.
"A shameless thief who steals someone else's life!"
"Even if he hadn't stolen a previous life, I'd have thought he was just another person from a different world..."
Her voice trembled.
No matter how she looked at it, Tang San was a complete scoundrel!
"Still, something doesn't add up..."
And then Lin Chen's diary stopped.
Her heart raced.
Are you kidding me? You're leaving me hanging?
Lin Chen halted, gathering his spiritual power. His brows furrowed.
"Now that I think about it, at the time of the Soul Village massacre, that cave where Ah Yin and the others hid, the cave where the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast was concealed... it was probably the most important place."
"Ah Yin's soul seems to be missing too..."
Lin Chen fell silent.
He wondered whether he should go there now and investigate that soul-bone. Tang San had now become an enemy of the Spirit Hall.
He couldn't afford to delay any longer. First, he would go retrieve the soul bone, then mention this matter in the diary. That might—
"—might be a good idea."
Lin Chen immediately found a secluded cave and began making preparations.
A titled Douluo sat in seclusion, and there were even more powerful figures in the Spirit Hall. Now that his strength had increased considerably, even Tang Hao would be no match for him.
But Tang Hao, driven by his hatred, would still try to kill him. Lin Chen needed to retrieve the soul bone first.
That was the best solution!
"Since I've said so much, I might as well go after that soul bone in the Soul Village..."
"The cave where Ah Yin and the others hid, the one where the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast was concealed..."
Lin Chen paused, then continued.
[As for the rest, I'll head to the Soul Village and take the soul bone. As for what happens after that...]
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