Xiao Xiao: Wasn't That Shady?!

[Sky Screen.]

Deep within Sunset Forest, two figures continuously darted through the trees.

Di Tian walked with his hands behind his back. Though his steps seemed to be following closely, he always maintained a certain distance from Wu Wei ahead.

Wu Wei seemed extremely familiar with this forest. After several twists and turns, he led Di Tian into a concealed crack in the rocks.

The rock crevice was so narrow that only one person could pass through at a time, and both walls were covered in moss.

At first it was extremely narrow, barely allowing a person through. After walking several dozen steps, the path suddenly opened up.

After passing through the crevice, the entrance to a massive karst cave appeared before them.

Di Tian narrowed his eyes slightly and followed Wu Wei into the cave.

The interior of the cave was far more complicated than imagined.

Caverns connected one after another like a maze, linked only by naturally formed tunnels.

The two traveled through the caves for quite some time.

Di Tian followed behind expressionlessly. His golden dragon eyes glowed in the darkness. There was no light inside the caves, but it did not affect him in the slightest.

For an existence like him, darkness had never been an obstacle.

At last, the two stopped in a cavern that was clearly much larger than the others.

Wu Wei gathered his Soul Power, and clusters of orange-red flames rose around him, illuminating the entire cavern.

Di Tian spread out his senses and swept them across the cavern, thinking to himself:

*This place is already nearly a thousand meters underground.*

*At such a depth, ordinary soul masters could never reach it without caves like these.*

*But to Di Tian, a thousand meters underground was no different from standing on the surface.*

Wu Wei set Xiao Xiao, whom he had been carrying over his shoulder, onto the ground. His movements were not gentle, but neither were they rough.

Xiao Xiao's mouth was gagged. She could only glare at Wu Wei, her eyes already reddening.

"This is close enough to Rōran."

Wu Wei looked around the cavern as he spoke.

The moment his words fell, his aura surged.

Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—nine Soul Rings appeared around him once more.

**"Heavenly Prison Fire Sword!"**

Wu Wei gave a low shout and held his hands loosely before him.

Orange-red flames condensed in his palms, eventually forming a longsword made entirely of pure fire.

Flames danced continuously along the blade, and the surrounding air warped under the intense heat.

He gripped the fiery sword tightly and stabbed it fiercely into the ground beneath his feet.

The fire sword sank into the rock. Under the Ultimate Fire's scorching heat, the rock rapidly melted into magma that flowed in every direction.

Wu Wei twisted his wrist, cutting off a huge chunk of magma in one piece.

Then he struck again and again, each movement smooth and fluid.

*Ultimate Fire?*

Di Tian stood off to the side with his hands behind his back, his golden dragon eyes shifting slightly.

So-called ultimate attributes were exceedingly rare even at Shrek Academy, the number one academy on the Douluo Continent. Their possessors were hailed as geniuses among geniuses.

But in Di Tian's eyes, even the most ultimate attribute was nothing more than something he could shatter with one claw.

If one claw was not enough, then two would do.

His eight hundred thousand years of cultivation were there for all to see. No ultimate attribute was worth mentioning before him.

Still, this human called Wu Wei had somewhat surprised him.

Level 95 cultivation, Ultimate Fire, and that black cube capable of blocking his Dragon God Claw...

Di Tian watched Wu Wei continue digging downward, his golden dragon eyes full of scrutiny.

*This is rather interesting. An existence like this should not be some unknown nobody, should he?!*

*As I recall, I've never stopped investigating humanity.*

*Why had I never heard of this man before this incident?!*

The rise of soul beasts faced humanity as its greatest obstacle. As the Beast God, Di Tian naturally would never stop investigating humans.

After all, only by knowing oneself and one's enemy could one remain undefeated in every battle.

Xiao Xiao, who had been tossed onto the ground nearby, felt completely differently.

Among the three... no, two people and one dragon, her cultivation was by far the lowest.

Wu Wei had gagged Xiao Xiao and restricted her movements with some kind of soul skill, leaving her unable to move.

She could only lie on the ground, watching Wu Wei and enduring the pressure of a Super Douluo and those terrifying flames.

Xiao Xiao felt as though the air around her was burning. Her skin had been scalded red, and every breath felt like she was inhaling flames, leaving her unable to breathe.

Forget a Super Douluo—even an ordinary Title Douluo was a top combatant among every major faction, an existence that ordinary soul masters would never encounter in their lifetimes.

But Xiao Xiao's mind was a mess.

She was no longer shocked by the absurd sight of a Super Douluo lowering himself to become a digging machine.

She only felt unbearably wronged.

Who could have imagined that, as Xuan Zi's disciple, she could be abducted within Shrek City?!

At the time, she had grown tired from cultivation and planned to go out alone for a walk and get some fresh air.

But as she walked, a gigantic black dragon suddenly appeared above Shrek City.

That terrifying pressure crashed down from the sky, directly knocking every ordinary person in Shrek City unconscious.

Soul masters like her were pinned to the ground, unable to move. Even breathing became difficult.

Fortunately, that black dragon's target was not a small fry like her, so the pressure had not been directed at her.

Only after her master, Xuan Zi, arrived with a group of Sea God Pavilion Elders did that terrifying oppressive feeling ease slightly, allowing her to barely regain the ability to move.

But before she could even catch her breath.

Wu Wei appeared.

Without a word of nonsense, he displayed his Soul Rings, hoisted her over his shoulder, and left.

The gap in strength was far too great. She could not even resist.

The entire process was clean and efficient, without the slightest hesitation. From his appearance to his success, only a few breaths had passed.

Her master Xuan Zi and the other academy powerhouses had focused all their attention on the black dragon called Di Tian in the sky. None of them noticed that she had been kidnapped on the ground.]

[Wu Wei had only gagged her and restricted her movements from beginning to end. He had not knocked her unconscious.

Whether he had done it deliberately or simply thought it unnecessary, Xiao Xiao had heard every word exchanged between Wu Wei and Di Tian.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the Dragon Vein, Rōran...

She had never heard of any of those things and had no idea what they meant.

Why did they say she could break the seal on that thing called the Dragon Vein?!

She did not even know what it was!

And...

The more Xiao Xiao thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and the redder her eyes became.

You were a Super Douluo. To capture a little girl like her, you had lurked in Shrek City for three years and gathered information for three years. Wasn't that shady?!

She was not even a Soul King. Was she worth a Super Douluo going to such lengths?

The thought that a Super Douluo had been secretly watching her and observing her for three whole years made her hair stand on end.

For the past three years, every one of her movements, her cultivation schedule, the routes she took when going out... all of it had been within someone else's calculations.

And she had been completely unaware.

As Xiao Xiao thought about it, tears began to fall despite herself.

You creeped Sister Xiao out so badly that she cried!]