Mecha Arm

Xiao Xiao immediately showed the Soul Ring she had obtained to Xuanyuan Sheng, who was staying at the camp.

"Xiao Sheng, what do you think? My third Soul Ring is black. Is your senior sister impressive or what?"

She looked so smug that her nostrils were practically pointing at the sky.

Ma Xiaotao wordlessly tossed the pig she had been holding for her toward her. The pig's snout flew straight at Xiao Xiao's face.

Startled, Xiao Xiao lowered the arms she had been resting on her hips.

She caught the little pig.

Senior sister?

Xuanyuan Sheng glanced at Xiao Xiao, who had just revealed her true intentions.

Nice try. You've only got your third Soul Ring and already want to take the top spot? Keep cultivating for another decade or two first.

But the Humanity's Luck around Xiao Xiao had changed drastically, which showed that she had successfully advanced.

She'd gone from a tiny ant to a little loach.

That was a pretty accurate way to describe the change.

Her luck should have improved quite a bit, too. Maybe he could use her Humanity's Luck to get something out of her.

The thought grew bigger and bigger in Xuanyuan Sheng's mind, like a snowball rolling downhill.

He decided to do it.

Xuanyuan Sheng walked straight over to Xiao Xiao and picked up the golden orb beside her.

It was just like the one he had obtained from her last time.

It fused straight into his body, but this golden orb was a little bigger this time, and the change it brought was much greater.

He felt as though he could summon something in his hand.

"Xiao Sheng, what are you doing?"

Xiao Xiao was very alert. When she saw Xuanyuan Sheng reach out, she sensed a great deal of malice.

Was he going to bonk her on the head because she'd said she wanted to be his whole world?

That really wouldn't be something a good kid should do.

"I've had a bit of an insight, so I'm trying something." Xuanyuan Sheng's voice was calm, making it hard to tell what he really meant.

He was only reaching out to get a feel for it.

But Xiao Xiao's expression, as if a senior sister ought to be tolerant of her junior, annoyed Xuanyuan Sheng.

"Really?" Xiao Xiao wasn't sure she believed that he was just making excuses.

After all, they'd spent several days together, and he hadn't chosen to cultivate once. How could he have had an insight? He was definitely taking her for a fool.

"Want me to show you?"

Xuanyuan Sheng looked at the little girl, amused.

Xiao Xiao spread her arms and nodded.

She knew this routine. Usually, a boy would tell a girl he wanted to show her something, then ask her to close her eyes. The next second, he'd kiss her.

She dutifully closed her eyes.

The next moment, Xiao Xiao felt a huge hand stroking her head, even catching on her hair.

She opened her eyes.

A half-transparent mechanical hand was covering her head.

"What a cool Soul Tool!"

Xiao Xiao took one look at the enormous arm and fell for it. It was practically perfect for her ambition to prove herself through sheer strength.

Their commotion attracted Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao, who had been packing up.

The first thing Ma Xiaotao did when she came over was run her hand over the Mecha Arm attached to Xuanyuan Sheng's arm.

It didn't look like any other Soul Tool she'd seen, and she couldn't sense any Soul Power fluctuations from it, either.

No matter how she looked at it, it seemed like nothing more than a huge lump of iron.

"Is this a Soul Tool? I've never seen this kind before." She remembered that the Soul Tools of the Sun Moon Empire didn't look like this, either.

It looked pretty good on Xuanyuan Sheng's arm.

"Yeah. It's a Soul Tool I'm working on, though right now it's only the size of an arm."

A mecha!

Who didn't love those? If mechas didn't rely on power being gathered within the user's own body, their popularity would probably have swept even wider.

He'd just plucked the rights to use a mecha right out of Xiao Xiao's hands. For someone with a mecha dream, it was naturally a huge draw.

The first time he used it, Xuanyuan Sheng understood from the information provided by Humanity that this thing required Humanity's Luck, and that he needed to have enough of it to use it.

Only someone like Zhang Lexuan, with enough Humanity's Luck, was qualified to use it.

But that high requirement came with a unique advantage: it needed neither Soul Power nor any other energy to function, and Humanity's Luck would automatically repair any damaged parts of the mecha.

It was practically perfect.

"So it's a half-finished product you've only just started making." Ma Xiaotao nodded in understanding.

She knew that Zhang Lexuan had bought things related to the Soul Tool Department. Back then, plenty of people had speculated that the eldest senior sister was planning to join the Soul Tool Department.

Wasn't that what big shots did?

After becoming invincible in one field, they would discard all their power and start over.

Nobody in real life would throw away their cultivation and start again, but plenty of people suddenly took an interest in something and started studying it.

Ma Xiaotao vaguely remembered that, in the end, everyone had agreed that the eldest senior sister had only been interested on a whim because no news about Soul Tools had come out for a long time.

She hadn't expected Sister Lexuan to have bought them for Xiao Sheng to tinker with.

Sure, it looked cool, but without Soul Power, wouldn't it be of very little use?

But then she remembered that Xuanyuan Sheng's Soul Power Level was already about the same as hers.

Ma Xiaotao fell silent and went back to packing.

Zhang Lexuan had been watching them.

Seeing the light reflected in Xuanyuan Sheng's eyes as he stroked the Mecha Arm, unable to put it down, she fell into thought.

Xiao Xiao grabbed Xuanyuan Sheng's other arm.

"Senior brother, can I play with this thing for a bit?" Xiao Xiao only spoke like this because she was determined to act like an older sister.

"Here, take it."

The Mecha Arm fell to the ground, leaving a sizeable dent.

This thing had been plucked out of Xiao Xiao. He wanted to see whether playing with the mecha would make another golden orb drop from her, so he could collect a complete mecha as soon as possible.

Even if it wasn't used for fighting, it would make a great display piece.

The strong little girl Xiao Xiao picked up the Mecha Arm and began examining it. As she did, she really did notice something.

She summoned her Gauntlet Martial Soul.

When she compared it with the hand on the mecha, she found that they were almost exactly the same. Her Gauntlet Martial Soul looked as if it had been taken off the Mecha Arm.

Xiao Xiao said silently in her mind,

"Love Mentor, don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

The Love System knew the whole story and answered nervously.

[An explanation for what?]

"Did you withhold part of my Martial Soul? Where's the rest of it, above the fist?"

Xiao Xiao spoke righteously. She'd known there was something awkward about using it. It turned out she'd been missing such a huge part.

When the Love System realized that was what she meant, it breathed a sigh of relief.

[Have you heard of a Martial Soul Second Awakening?]

At the term, Xiao Xiao nodded.

How could she not know about it? It was when a Martial Soul evolved for some reason. Did they really think she liked reading smutty novels?