Douluo Chat Group: They're Addicted to Gossiping

After cursing, Bibi Dong felt half of the foul air in her chest dissipate. She took a deep breath to calm her mood, preparing to continue snatching the final and most precious two rewards.

However, before she could even tap the red packet, a message from Li Yuan popped up.

[Li Yuan: Finally took the bait! Good stuff, love to see it, keep them coming! (Finally reveals a wicked grin of a scheme successfully executed)]

As soon as these words appeared, the entire group chat fell into an eerie silence once again.

All the onlookers were dumbfounded.

What the hell?!

You can play it like this?!

This is... a provocation tactic?

Deliberately calling it stinky to bait the Pope into sending a photo to prove her innocence?

And then... he actually saw it?

[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: 666! Top-tier mental warfare! (Prostrating in admiration)]

[Big Cat in the Night: ... (Silently gives a like)]

[Ice-Snow Smart: ... Learned something. (Silently taking notes)]

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: (Stunned)]

[Loves Eating Carrots: (Stunned)]

[Single Living Housewife Who Runs an Academy: The group owner's IQ really crushes Bibi Dong, tsk tsk tsk, she was led around like a dog.]

Bibi Dong stared at the words on the screen, stunned for two seconds before she realized what had happened...

"Li-- Yuan--!!!"

"I really want to shove my foot into your mouth!"

A shriek containing endless shame, indignation, and killing intent once again resounded through the Pope Palace.

A while later.

Bibi Dong finally recovered from the aftermath of the "Jade Foot Photo Social Death Incident," but that foul air in her chest still felt stifling.

She angrily looked at the red packet icon on the screen again.

Forget face, forget reputation, forget going back on her word... at this moment, all of that was cast to the back of her mind.

Li Yuan owed her this!

He was the one who made her this angry.

These rewards would just have to serve as compensation for emotional distress.

She deserved them.

However, something that made her blood pressure soar even higher happened.

[Dear, you didn't snatch anything!]

"Bang!"

Bibi Dong slammed the Brick onto the ground, raised her other jade foot, wrapped in black silk, and stomped right onto Li Yuan's name on the screen.

She seriously suspected that Li Yuan had set her up!

How could it be that others had won before her, and others had won after her, and given that so many people had already drawn, logically the probability of her winning should have been very high?

Yet, when it was her turn, the dignified Pope, she ended up with nothing?

A fix, this was definitely a fix!

Just as she was gritting her teeth, preparing to accuse Li Yuan of rigging the system in the group chat.

[Congratulations to Ice-Snow Smart for obtaining: Adaptive Growth God-Bestowed Soul Bone x1!]

Bibi Dong: "..."

At this, Bibi Dong was even more certain of her conjecture.

"Li Yuan, you have already mastered the Way of the Secret Chamber!"

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: What kind of dog luck is that! Wuwuwu... why am I the only one who didn't draw anything!]

[Loves Eating Carrots: I didn't either.]

[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Dog luck!]

[Ice-Snow Smart: Oh my, sorry, hee hee, how did you guys know I drew a God-Bestowed Soul Bone?]

[Single Academy-Running Housewife: Congratulations to you! (Gritting teeth, fists also silently hardening)]

[Li Yuan: 666, what a great humble-brag!]

Li Yuan hadn't expected to encounter someone so good at humble-bragging in this world; she was almost on par with him.

Just then, a system notification popped up again.

[Invite new group members?]

[Selectable Targets: Douluo Continent 1-4]

Li Yuan sat up in excitement upon seeing the prompt: "System, can I specify which characters to invite?"

"For example, can I pull Meng Hongchen from Dou 2 or Gu Yuena from Dou 3 directly?"

[Of course not! Host, the core purpose of this system is random invitation. You may select a Douluo world, and the Chat Group will then randomly select and invite a member.]

Li Yuan shook his head helplessly.

It seemed there were no shortcuts to be taken.

He had originally thought that if he could invite characters at will, he could pull Meng Hongchen in, sweet-talk her, and swindle a few powerful Soul Tools out of her. Wouldn't his self-preservation capabilities skyrocket then?

He might even have been able to experience the thrill of parking a souped-up scooter under the Hongchen family's balcony: "Hey, old man, is it safe to park my ride here? I assume it won't affect me using your family's Soul Tools, right?"

Now, it seemed those plans had gone up in smoke.

After all, since the invitations were random, what if it pulled in a demon, like the unhinged Ye Xishui?

If he wasn't careful and she got manipulated by Bibi Dong, and those two crazy women teamed up...

Then Li Yuan, along with the entire Dou 1 world, would be in for a world of suffering!

After deep and careful consideration, Li Yuan decided to play it safe.

He chanted in his heart: "System, pull a character from Dou 1 for me."

[Ding--!]

Meanwhile, at the Speed Clan.

Bai Chenxiang was wearing a crisp training outfit. Even though she was drenched in sweat, she continued to perform high-speed shuttle sprints on the training ground.

She gritted her teeth, whispering to herself as she ran: "Grandfather, I refuse to be like you—a pure agility-type Spirit Master who has no offensive means other than speed! I want to become stronger; I want to be able to run and attack!"

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks, stunned.

Before her eyes, a small black Little Brick was floating in mid-air.

[Welcome to the Douluo Continent Chat Assistance Group!]

"Chat... Assistance Group?"

Bai Chenxiang blinked, filled with confusion: "What is this? Who sent this in?"

She immediately looked around with vigilance. The training ground was completely empty; there was no one there but her.

She leaped to a high vantage point and scanned the horizon, yet she still couldn't find any suspicious figures.

Bai Chenxiang felt a sudden wave of panic.

Could this be the work of Martial Soul Hall?

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Chenxiang tremblingly picked up the brick.

[Li Yuan: Everyone come out @All Members, let's welcome the new member!]

[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Welcome to the Chat Group, newcomer! (Tossing flowers)]

[Loves Eating Carrots: Tee-hee, newcomer, hurry up and post a photo!]

[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Don't listen to her nonsense, newcomer. This is an anonymous group, so never reveal your identity. Bibi Dong is in here—her group name is Martial Soul Hall Yandere Crazy Beauty. If you reveal who you are, that crazy woman will actually find people to hunt you down in real life!]

[Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: Nonsense! Don't listen to her, newcomer. As long as you don't insult my teacher, we won't just go around hitting people, okay?]

[Child Without Parents: Don't listen to either of them. Don't be afraid, newcomer; this is a legitimate chat assistance group.]

Bai Chenxiang swallowed hard, her heart pounding rapidly.

She had more or less figured it out.

This seemed to be an anonymous chat group composed of strangers.

But, Bibi Dong was actually in the group?

That made it even more important that she didn't reveal her identity.

[A Life of Bitterness and Solitude: Thank you for the warning.]

[Loves Eating Carrots: !!!]

[Richest Little Heiress: !!!!!]

[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: What's up with that name? Are you serious?]

[Child Without Parents: Impressive! This is the first time I've seen someone with a more miserable name than mine!]

[Ice-Snow Smart: Speaking of which... has anyone noticed that each of our group names seems to be related to some of our own experiences or characteristics... (Thoughtful)]

[Single Academy-Running Housewife: It seems so... although I really don't want to admit it, I am indeed a housewife.]