Tian Meng: The Prey Falls in Love with the Hunter

"Brother Sky Dream... although I know I might sound a bit cowardly saying this, the question is, are you truly certain?"

Huo Yuhao was genuinely worried and afraid. Even if the other party had some connection to Tian Meng, the problem was—what if! Just what if! The other party didn't listen to Tian Meng at all, or worse, in their eyes, a soul beast sacrificing itself to a human was a massive joke, and they didn't care about Tian Meng's face in the slightest.

If they just started attacking, he would be finished.

That was why Huo Yuhao was truly terrified at this moment. If this possibility actually came to pass, the consequences would be dire. Huo Yuhao didn't know if Tian Meng had any certainty; after all, Tian Meng had never mentioned having any trump cards or the like.

Tian Meng always said to leave it to him and not to worry, but the problem was, without knowing what the trump card was, how could he possibly be at ease?

Huo Yuhao's way of thinking was actually understandable; after all, it was hard to trust someone without seeing their hand.

Tian Meng's behavior was indeed difficult to feel reassured by. Although Tian Meng spoke with logic and reason, the lack of transparency regarding his trump card made it impossible for anyone to fully trust him.

"Yuhao, this is you not trusting me. When has Brother ever lied to you?" Tian Meng said.

Although Tian Meng said this on the surface, he knew deep down that he hadn't told the whole truth. His actual goal was to bring the one he liked along to become a god, to have Huo Yuhao lead them to godhood, and once they reached the God Realm, to obtain eternal life.

Soon, Huo Yuhao reached the high ground. Upon arriving at the destination, Tian Meng began to prepare.

"Huo Yuhao, in order to win over this powerhouse, you must listen to me. Do not make any mistakes, because the slightest error could affect our final outcome."

"Understood."

Huo Yuhao replied.

Very quickly, Tian Meng began to take over control of the body; he was starting to get serious.

(Is this the true power of a million-year soul ring?)

Huo Yuhao looked at his changing soul ring and knew he still couldn't withstand the full power of a million-year soul ring.

Soon, nine balls of light condensed into a human shape. This figure looked very much like Huo Yuhao; it was clearly Tian Meng, modeled after Huo Yuhao's appearance.

"Ice Empress, I know you can sense my presence. I, Tian Meng, have returned for revenge. Do you dare to come out and face me?"

Tian Meng shouted loudly at this moment.

He broadcasted his message, but as soon as it spread, Huo Yuhao began to sense something unusual. Tian Meng might not have told the whole truth. Bringing Huo Yuhao here had other motives.

"Brother Sky Dream, if that Ice Empress comes, what should we do? You should tell me what the trump card is now, right? If that one of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts attacks, we might be finished."

Huo Yuhao hoped Tian Meng would reveal the trump card quickly so he could know what it was and feel a bit more at ease.

"Rest assured, once she arrives, I will immediately reveal the trump card. I only hope I can persuade my old friend to join our God-Making Plan."

Although Tian Meng claimed on the surface that the Ice Empress was his old friend, the reality was that their relationship could only be described as that of food and hunter.

After all, what hunter would fall in love with their food?

Such an absurd thing could probably only happen to Tang San. After all, the Bashu Tang Sect of Tang San's past life was a place famous for eating rabbits; the rabbit-based culinary culture there was particularly renowned, and Tang San must have grown up eating rabbits.

Yet, he ended up falling in love with the 100,000-year Soft Bone Rabbit, Xiao Wu. It was absurd enough that he liked a rabbit.

If it were just liking a rabbit, that would be one thing, but the compatibility of a Soft Bone Rabbit was different.

First of all, Xiao Wu was at least 100,000 years old—a 100,000-year Soft Bone Rabbit—yet she fell for Tang San, this little shrimp. Although Tang San himself was a transmigrator and an old soul, compared to Xiao Wu, she could have been the ancestor of his ancestors.

For instance, Ah Yin was much older than Tang Hao, yet she still called him "Brother Hao," and Tang Hao was shameless enough to accept it.

Furthermore, Xiao Wu—she was promiscuous!

Soft Bone Rabbits belonged to a very inferior class of soul beasts, sitting at the very bottom of the hierarchy.

Before breaking through the ten-thousand-year mark, such inferior soul beasts possessed no intelligence.

They lived almost entirely by instinct. Even after ten thousand years, they were still mostly driven by instinct.

Only upon breaking through the hundred-thousand-year mark did they truly possess human intelligence.

Moreover, whether it was the Soft Bone Rabbit or other inferior rabbit-type soul beasts, they were all extremely low-tier. At the same level of cultivation, there were very few soul beasts they could defeat; basically, only the Blue Silver Grass type. Therefore, the Soft Bone Rabbit was the staple food for the vast majority of non-herbivorous, powerful soul beasts in the soul beast forests.

With so many powerful soul beasts preying on Soft Bone Rabbits and other rabbit-type soul beasts, why did they still exist in every major soul beast gathering place? And in such massive numbers? What could the reason be? Only the fact that rabbit-type soul beasts possessed an extremely strong reproductive capacity could explain it.

What was even more absurd was that the Soft Bone Rabbit was, by nature, a rabbit-type soul beast.

Normal wild rabbits enter estrus 8 to 10 weeks after birth and begin to reproduce.

Rabbits have another nickname: the reproductive machines of the animal kingdom, possessing two reproductive organs.

They can reproduce as early as 3 to 4 months old, producing 6-10 offspring per litter, 4-6 times a year. Producing two or three hundred offspring a year was absolutely no problem!

Furthermore, Xiao Wu was a Soft Bone Rabbit among soul beasts; while her reproductive capacity might differ from ordinary wild rabbits, it certainly wouldn't be any worse, and it was even possible that the reproductive capacity of a Soft Bone Rabbit was even more terrifying than that of a wild rabbit.

In the setting of the Douluo Continent, because a soul beast's body size expands as it cultivates, its appetite also increases, meaning the number of Soft Bone Rabbits needed for each meal increases.

To ensure the survival of the species, rabbit-type soul beasts needed an even stronger reproductive capacity than wild rabbits.

Xiao Wu, 10,000 years ago, had lived for at least several tens of thousands of years before becoming a god.

In the years before Xiao Wu reached 100,000 years of cultivation and fully awakened her intelligence, during the time her body was governed by instinct, how many times had she reproduced?

No one could say for sure.

Moreover, male rabbits are deadbeat fathers. In the culture of the rabbit world, male rabbits are like patrons in a brothel, lacking even a shred of responsibility. How many rabbits had Xiao Wu reproduced with?

So, one can imagine how many male rabbits Tang San had cuckolded, or perhaps he himself wore many green hats.

And yet, he actually fell in love with a rabbit. He himself should have known the issue with rabbits, yet after knowing his woman was a rabbit, he still loved her. That life of his was truly speechless.

So, why on earth did Tian Meng think a hunter would fall in love with their food?