Xiao Wu: Snow Empress Is His Mom? How Is That Possible?

"Boom—!!!"

"Ruler of the Far North! Heavenly Snow Woman! Snow Empress!!!"

Those words were like heavy hammers, smashing viciously into the depths of Xiao Wu's soul!

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, how could Xiao Wu possibly not have heard of that thunderous name, one that shook the entire Soul Beast world of Douluo Continent?!

She was the legendary peerless ferocious beast with seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, unfathomable strength, and enough power to make even the most terrifying beings deep within the Star Dou Great Forest wary of her!

"I... I..."

Xiao Wu was completely dumbfounded. She stood frozen in place, her mind utterly crashing, unable to form even a complete sentence.

Seeing Xiao Wu staring blankly like a wooden chicken, Xue Bingchen sighed helplessly from the side.

He walked over, reached out, and unceremoniously grabbed the two fluffy rabbit ears atop Xiao Wu's head, giving them a light tug.

"Hey, wake up. Come back to your senses," Xue Bingchen said irritably.

"Ah!"

The sensation in her ears finally jolted Xiao Wu out of her overwhelming shock.

She suddenly shuddered and nodded frantically like a pecking chick. Her eyes were filled with undisguised awe and fear as she looked at Snow Empress, stammering, "I... I've heard of you! You... you are the legendary supreme ruler who has lived for seven hundred thousand years and commands the entire Far North..."

Seeing Xiao Wu's reverent expression, a faint yet breathtaking smile finally appeared on Snow Empress's eternally icy face.

"Good. Since you know who I am, this conversation will be much easier."

Snow Empress's smile faded, and her gaze became profound once more as she asked bluntly, "Now tell me: why would a Soft Bone Rabbit that has only just crossed the threshold of a hundred thousand years choose to take the near-certain risk of death and transform into human form, instead of staying safely in the forest?"

Xiao Wu did not answer immediately after hearing Snow Empress's question.

She hesitantly turned her head and secretly glanced at Xue Bingchen, who stood beside Snow Empress.

Xiao Wu might have been innocent, but she was not stupid. Her senses as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast told her very clearly—

That white-haired big brother who had just tugged on her ears did not carry the slightest trace of a Soul Beast's aura!

He was absolutely a pure human Soul Master!

"And besides..."

Xiao Wu's mind began wildly filling in the blanks:

Snow Empress clearly came out of this human Soul Master's body just now! What exactly is their relationship?

Could it be... that Lord Snow Empress has been enslaved by this human? Or have they made some kind of evil deal?

Waaah... Could Lord Snow Empress have deliberately captured me to please this human, planning to kill me and offer my Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone to this human Soul Master?!

The moment she thought of such a terrifying possibility, Xiao Wu felt as though tears were streaming down her heart, so aggrieved that she was on the verge of crying.

Seeing Xiao Wu's eyes darting around as she so obviously indulged in wild thoughts, Xue Bingchen could not help rolling his eyes.

"Stop looking around. My mom asked you a question, so answer her honestly. Got it?"

Xue Bingchen crossed his arms and put on the air of a young villain, deliberately trying to scare her.

"Mo... Mom?!"

Hearing that form of address, Xiao Wu was dumbfounded once again!

She blankly looked at Xue Bingchen, tall, handsome, and of pure human blood, then turned to look at Snow Empress beside him, noble and aloof, whose true form was a seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Snow Woman.

"H-How is that possible?!"

Xiao Wu felt her entire worldview collapsing:

A human Soul Master calls a seven-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast Mom?! This cross-species family recognition is way too absurd! Could it be... could it be that this big brother is Lord Snow Empress's illegitimate child with some powerful human?!

In that tiny head of hers, Xiao Wu instantly imagined a tragic, beautiful forbidden romance spanning races and hundreds of thousands of words.

Seeing the increasingly strange look in Xiao Wu's eyes, Snow Empress slightly furrowed her brows, seemingly guessing the mess of nonsense this little rabbit was thinking.

"Enough. Put away those pointless speculations."

Snow Empress spoke in an even tone, explaining, "Just say what you need to say. Chen'er is the child I adopted and raised from a young age. Though he is a human Soul Master, he is also the young master of my Far North, one of my people."

At this point, Snow Empress gave Xiao Wu a dose of reassurance.

"Since I still have questions for you, at the very least, he will not kill you for your ring."

Hearing Snow Empress personally acknowledge their relationship, Xue Bingchen nodded solemnly from the side.

"Fine, Mom has personally guaranteed your safety. Do you think I'd slaughter you right in front of her and turn you into spicy rabbit head or roasted rabbit meat?"

Xue Bingchen secretly thought to himself:

Besides, I can tell that Snow Empress is genuinely curious about why you transformed into human form.

If you don't come clean, you probably won't get through today's ordeal.

With Snow Empress's assurance, Xiao Wu's heart, which had been lodged in her throat, finally settled back into her stomach.

She took a deep breath, her eyes reddening slightly, and finally honestly revealed why she had chosen this path of no return.

"Actually... I never wanted to transform into human form."

Xiao Wu's voice carried a trace of sobbing as she recalled that painful past:

"Not long ago, an incredibly powerful human female Soul Master entered the Star Dou Great Forest. She possessed an extremely evil Evil Spider Martial Soul, and she had Twin Martial Souls. My mother was ambushed by her, and then... waaah~"

"She... she tracked us all the way to the territory of our Soft Bone Rabbit clan. My mother fought desperately to hold that demon back in order to protect me..."

Xiao Wu's tears finally spilled from her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.

"In the end, my mother was brutally hunted down by that female demon! She... she became that female demon's Spirit Ring!"

"I hate her! I hate her so much!"

Xiao Wu suddenly raised her head, her eyes burning with unforgettable hatred.

"I want revenge! I want to kill that demon with my own hands and avenge my mother!"

"But..."

Xiao Wu's voice fell again, filled with helplessness.

"But Daming and Erming told me that demon was too powerful. Even they were not confident they could defeat her."

"And I... my true form is only a Soft Bone Rabbit with pitifully weak combat power.

"If I did not transform into human form and cultivate again, if I did not enter the human world to seek a way to become stronger, then I feared that in this life... in this life, I would never have the chance to avenge my mother!"

"So, despite Daming and Erming desperately trying to stop me, I resolutely chose to transform into human form!"

Xiao Wu wiped away her tears and stubbornly looked at Snow Empress and Xue Bingchen.

"That is my reason! Even if the road ahead is fraught with near-certain death, even if I die at the hands of human Soul Masters, I will never regret it!"