An illusory purple ring was covered in mysterious patterns.
"Everything went smoothly."
Level 31 Soul Elder.
Inside the restaurant's private room, a pair of chopsticks picked up rabbit meat from the hotpot. Mother rabbit—the meat was tender and fresh.
In his pitch-black eyes, cold rationality suppressed human emotion. An Zhen felt that his mind had never been clearer, his thoughts never sharper.
Third soul skill: All Beings.
All Beings, meaning every living creature in the world.
It could draw a living being's consciousness into the Virtual World. Once inside, judging by their rank, An Zhen could do whatever he wanted to anyone beneath his rank. The ability An Zhen had previously wanted—to control a person's sensations—was included within it.
Second, the Mark of All Beings.
Passive. Creatures within An Zhen's world would gradually be influenced by the Virtual World.
"Something like the biological field of a more powerful existence."
"And what about rank judgment?"
What exactly was the Virtual World's rank?
Still, if it could make the Douluo Plane instinctively reject it, it probably was not low.
Shaking his head, he decided there was no point thinking about that now. That was something to consider after pulling someone inside. If he wanted to forcibly drag someone in, then his soul power had to be stronger than theirs, and their Soul Power cultivation levels could not be too far apart.
"But if I deactivate my martial soul, where would someone go if they had no intention of leaving?"
He bought a Soft Bone Rabbit from the restaurant owner. It was the child of the one he had just eaten.
Third soul skill: All Beings.
A confused little rabbit appeared in the Virtual World.
He deactivated his martial soul.
"Hmm?"
An Zhen discovered a rabbit in his sea of consciousness.
He activated his martial soul.
It appeared in the Virtual World again.
He set down the Soft Bone Rabbit.
He finished eating and paid the bill.
Soft Bone Rabbits were not expensive, but thousand-year ones were relatively rare and still worth quite a bit.
The cool-faced youth walked toward the door. He had just used Ma Xiaotao's NPC to take care of things for a while, but the problem remained. He should return to the academy first.
"Senior Sister, are you here to eat too?"
Someone blocked An Zhen's path.
Three thousand strands of hair fell to her waist. Her exquisite face was fair and flawless, her demeanor gentle and serene.
"No."
"Oh."
An Zhen went around her.
Then she blocked him again.
"Does Senior Sister need something?"
The youth was expressionless, as though he would strike at the slightest disagreement.
At that moment, An Zhen wanted more than anything to smack this senior sister's ass.
"I heard that you were absorbing your third soul ring."
Her clear eyes watched the youth before her, but she could discern nothing, despite her strength as a Soul Douluo.
That alone was already unbelievable.
It had been the same before. There had not been the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power. If that bun had not landed on her head, she would have thought the soul skill had not activated.
"My third soul skill is rather special. It is an auxiliary ability that creates a dream world based on reality. Spending some time inside can produce meditation effects far beyond that amount of time."
"Everything in the dream world is based on reality. I was attending class in the dream world before, though some things different from reality may occur in dreams. They might reflect a person's inner demons."
That was the explanation he gave others.
"My third soul skill is called All Beings. It means the manifestations of what all beings desire in their hearts."
Under Zhang Lexuan's slightly surprised gaze, the youth directly began explaining the specific effects of his soul skill.
An innocent smile curved the youth's lips, but his eyes held only cool rationality. "However, Senior Sister's Soul Power cultivation is too far above mine, so it cannot help with cultivation. But it can reflect the inner demons in one's heart."
An Zhen extended an invitation. "Would Senior Sister like to try it?"
He had just needed someone, and someone had come right to his door. Though he had her imprint from before, how could an NPC compare to the real person?
"Alright."
The serene beauty nodded gently.
That had been her purpose in coming here as well.
Being able to experience it firsthand was naturally for the best.
"We need somewhere we won't be disturbed." An Zhen turned and led the senior sister with long black hair toward the front desk.
"One room, two beds. We'll leave tonight."
"Senior Sister, it's my first time, so it may take a little longer."
"That's fine."
The senior sister with long black hair nodded calmly.
Were they senior and junior students from Shrek Academy?
The young woman at the front desk curiously watched the pair before her, a handsome young man and a gentle beauty with long black hair.
But why did they need a twin room?
Separate wet and dry areas?
"Nine Gold Soul Coins. Our walls are very soundproof."
An Zhen did not reach out to pay. Instead, he looked toward the senior sister behind him.
It was not as if he was the one who needed a room.
"Senior Sister."
"Mm."
The quiet beauty took out Gold Soul Coins from the storage Soul Tool on her wrist.
"I'll need both of you to register your identities."
The young woman at the front desk was stunned.
First time, and the senior sister was paying.
Hmm, was a wealthy senior sister keeping a younger student?
An Zhen directly took out his academy freshman card.
Zhang Lexuan took out a red card.
On the third floor, they unlocked the door and pushed it open.
The environment was decent. It was a room with a private bathroom, over sixty square meters, and even had a balcony.
The senior sister with long black hair sat on one bed, while An Zhen lay on the other.
"Senior Sister, don't resist, or I won't be able to pull you into the dream."
"Alright."
"Third soul skill: All Beings."
Brilliant purple Spiritual Light flared up.
Virtual World.
When the serene beauty opened her eyes, the elegant smile of a blue-haired young man entered her sight.
Her inner demon?
"Senior Sister, congratulations on your wedding."
"Beibei" offered his sincere blessing.
"Hmm?" Zhang Lexuan was puzzled.
"Thank you."
A familiar voice sounded, and Zhang Lexuan felt herself being pulled into someone's embrace.
"A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold. Beibei, we'll be leaving first."
"Mm." "Beibei" smiled and waved.
Zhang Lexuan tried to struggle, only to discover that she could not break free no matter what she did. Her strength as a Soul Douluo could not mobilize even a trace of Soul Power now. "Beibei—"
Just as she tried to cry out for help, a hand covered Zhang Lexuan's mouth. Only then did she see the face of the person holding her.
An Zhen?
The youth reached out and pulled open a nearby door, forcibly dragging the senior sister with long black hair inside. The room's furnishings were familiar. Zhang Lexuan recognized it at once—it was the hotel room where they had been earlier... no, where they had been in reality.
Only, the walls had all turned into mirrors.
Zhang Lexuan also saw what she looked like now.
She wore a gorgeous black evening dress, her fair, fragrant shoulders exposed to the air. Her neatly groomed long black hair was tied with a gray ribbon, tiny stars adorning both the ribbon and her dress. With gently arched brows and a flawless bare face, she looked like a goddess descending from the heavens.
"Senior Sister, do you remember why you came to ask me about my martial soul in the first place?" he asked softly.
"Ancestor Xuan said you have the potential to become an Ultimate Douluo." The senior sister with long black hair instinctively spoke what was in her heart.
So that was it.
An Zhen thought to himself. He did not know what Mu En's basis for judgment was, but the old man was quite accurate when it came to judging people.
"Isn't this everything Senior Sister wished for?"
The youth smiled. "Beibei and Tang Ya are living happily together, and I have become an Ultimate Douluo protecting the academy."
He understood the setting. Next came the part where he could freely improvise.
Yes, this was what she had wished for.
"But why?!"
Zhang Lexuan froze. The youth's handsome face instantly twisted into that of a vicious ghost. His hands tore away the long hem of her dress, exposing long, shapely legs outlined by black silk stockings.
"Boom!"
Her beautiful, alluring body was shoved heavily against the door.
"You used lies to bind me to the academy, yet the person at your bedside has someone else in her heart."
His palm rose.
"Slap!"
Her pert butt trembled slightly.
A trace of pain and a strange sensation stimulated Zhang Lexuan's mind.
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
The feeling was really quite nice.
The youth, wildly acting out his role, felt the softness beneath his fingers.
"Mm."
Clenching her teeth, Zhang Lexuan's face flushed red as she told herself again and again that this was only a dream.
"Zhang Lexuan." A hoarse, snarling growl sounded, as if it were suppressing endless fury.
"Why should I have to wrong myself?"
"I am an Ultimate Douluo, the strongest person on the continent. I could go out right now, kill that blue-haired brat, and destroy Shrek!"
"Don't!"
The senior sister with long black hair cried out. Real or fake, this was something she absolutely did not want to see. This was the entire meaning of her life.
"Why..."
A sorrowful voice rang out, as miserable as if he had been abandoned by the entire world.
The older woman, who had been preparing herself to endure more, froze.
"Why did you use yourself to bind me to the academy?"
It was an absurd play.
This was the script An Zhen had hastily put together based on Zhang Lexuan's words.
To keep An Zhen, who possessed Ultimate Douluo potential, at the academy, she had become the closest person to this orphan. Yet Zhang Lexuan's heart had long had no room for anyone else.
In his world, under the influence of the Mark of All Beings, even a false script could become truth that people believed in. After all, was this not a dream to begin with? Moreover, he knew information Zhang Lexuan did not. It was still plausible for things to have developed to this point.
"I'm sorry."
Watching the youth in the mirror lower his head against her back, Zhang Lexuan felt his sorrow infecting her thoughts. Once a crack had opened, the world's influence silently descended.
So this was her inner demon?
This was the only time in all these years that she had harbored selfish calculations toward an innocent person.
"But you never regretted what you did, did you?" An Zhen demanded.
"No."
The academy needed an Ultimate Douluo to stand guard over it. She would not watch such a promising talent slip away before her eyes.
Tsk, a bad woman coveting my body.
An Zhen missed his own adorable loli, as well as that tsundere young lady.
Whatever. Time to "eat."
He adjusted the settings, turning every sensation into pleasure.
Time to get to work!
The senior sister with long black hair, pinned to the ground, was flipped over.
"Mm."
Her full cherry lips were pressed shut.
Zhang Lexuan felt icy fingers exploring her thigh. An indescribable pleasure kept stimulating her brain, and her jade-like feet wrapped in black stockings lifted into the air.
"Don't."
Her clear, water-like eyes reflected the despair in another pair of eyes.
An Zhen, whom she had deceived and locked up at the academy?
Since this was a dream...
Her long hair scattered loose, the gray ribbon falling to the floor along with a black gauze dress.
"Zhang Lexuan, I won't fall in love with you."
(I only lust after your body.)
The sorrowful young man said so.
"I'm sorry."
The guilty senior student wrapped her slender arms around the young man's neck and held him, as though that might ease the guilt in her heart somewhat.
"Hmm?"
The pain Zhang Lexuan had expected did not come.
Right, this was a dream.
But what about the pain from before?
The black-haired, straight-haired senior student did not have time to think further. The next moment, a storm-like force brought pleasure surging in like a flood.
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