Douluo Stage: Small Cheats, Stay Away
Chapter 44

The Hundred Thousand Year Hooligan Rabbit's Self-Produced Soul Ring

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In the clearing deep within the Soul Hunting Forest, the violent vortex of soul power finally subsided completely.

Su Yu slowly stood up from the charred, cratered pit he had been smashed into.

He clenched his fist casually, and a crisp sound like popping beans echoed from his knuckles.

With that single clench, he could clearly feel the surging, ocean-like power within his body.

His originally narrow meridians had been forcibly widened to an incredible degree under the reconstruction of the System Origin Fragment.

His Innate Full Soul Power no longer flowed like a trickling stream, but had transformed into a rushing river, circulating freely through his limbs and bones.

Without the blessing of any soul ring, his Soul Power Level had forcibly broken through the shackles of level ten, resting steadily at a higher tier.

What satisfied him even more was the Advancement Permission regarding the "Conceptual Eraser" that had appeared in his mind.

A forced one-second network disconnection—this was truly a Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all system-wielding cheaters.

Beyond that, his Eraser Martial Soul had autonomously condensed a yellow soul ring to serve as a disguise.

Su Yu took a deep breath, feeling quite satisfied with the unexpected gains from this soul-hunting trip.

He had originally only intended to bring Tang Wu to obtain her first soul ring, never expecting to accidentally pick up the ultimate spoils dropped after Yu Xiaogang's reputation was utterly ruined.

He retracted the aura of rule-based pressure that transcended all things and turned to look at the two girls ten meters away.

Tang Wu withdrew the highly toxic Mutated Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu leaped lightly down from the high canopy.

The two walked to Su Yu's side, their eyes filled with deep awe as they looked at him.

Just as the atmosphere began to relax, Xiao Wu suddenly bent over dramatically, clutching her flat stomach tightly with both hands.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." Xiao Wu's features scrunched together; her expression looked somewhat unnatural, even tinged with a bit of guilt.

She rubbed her belly while keeping her legs pressed together, looking as if she were holding back something very difficult.

"What's wrong with you?" Tang Wu looked at her in confusion.

"I... I think I ate something bad just now." Xiao Wu's eyes darted around, not daring to meet Su Yu's gaze. "The wind in this forest is too cold; it's making my stomach hurt so much. I can't take it anymore, I can't hold it in, I have to go behind the bushes over there to relieve myself. You two better not come over to peek!"

Without giving them time to react, Xiao Wu clutched her stomach and dashed toward the densest thicket in the distance like a gust of wind, vanishing in a flash.

Tang Wu stood in place, watching Xiao Wu's hurried back, and wrinkled her delicate brows in disgust.

She waved her fair, small hand in front of her nose and huffed at Xiao Wu's retreating figure: "You silly rabbit, if you have to go, go further away! Don't stink up the air here. If you offend Brother Yu, I'll whip you with my vines!"

Su Yu stood to the side, watching the direction where Xiao Wu had disappeared, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

Tang Wu, a simple girl, might not see it, but how could he not know what tricks this hundred-thousand-year Hooligan Rabbit was playing?

The greatest advantage for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast choosing to take human form and cultivate again is that they do not need to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings like ordinary soul masters.

As long as their soul power reaches a bottleneck, they can use their own vast origin power to directly condense the soul ring most suitable for themselves.

Xiao Wu's soul power had clearly reached the peak of level ten, yet she had been holding back; clearly, she was hindered by Tang Wu's presence and did not want to expose the secret of her self-produced soul ring.

Now, using a stomachache as an excuse to relieve herself was obviously a pretext to hide and level up.

Su Yu crossed his arms over his chest, and two brilliant golden lights ignited in the depths of his eyes.

Eye of Truth, activate!

Within his vision, the dense tree trunks and overlapping shrub leaves ahead instantly became transparent.

His gaze pierced through the hundred-meter distance without obstruction, precisely locking onto Xiao Wu, who was hiding behind the bushes.

At this moment, there was no trace of a stomachache on Xiao Wu.

She was sitting cross-legged on a patch of clean grass, her hands forming a strange seal before her chest.

As her soul power circulated frantically within her, a terrifying pressure that made one's heart tremble radiated from her petite body.

That was the pure foundation of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the overlord of the Star Dou Forest.

Immediately following, an incomparably blinding red light flared from Xiao Wu's body.

This red light was as viscous as substance, carrying the tragic, ancient aura of a primordial beast.

Under the microscopic view of the Eye of Truth, Su Yu clearly saw that the red light contained countless complex and profound runes—these were the fragments of rules accumulated over the long years of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

If an ordinary person were to see this red light, they would likely be scared to their knees by the pressure alone.

But Su Yu simply watched quietly.

He saw Xiao Wu grit her teeth, her hands slamming together inward.

She forcibly compressed the blinding red light filling the sky in a very brutal manner.

The vast Hundred-Thousand-Year origin power was sealed bit by bit into the depths of her bloodline, leaving only a small portion of the gentlest energy to swirl outside her body.

This portion of energy quickly intertwined and coiled in the air.

In just a few breaths, a perfect hundred-year soul ring emitting a bright yellow glow condensed rapidly from her body, settling steadily around her and pulsing up and down.

The entire process was smooth and fluid, without the slightest pain or struggle associated with absorbing an external soul ring.

"This talent for self-producing soul rings is indeed heaven-sent," Su Yu silently evaluated in his heart, then the golden light in his eyes slowly retracted, dispersing the Eye of Truth.

A moment later, the sound of rustling footsteps came from the distance.

Xiao Wu crawled out from the bushes.

She patted her flat stomach, let out a long sigh of relief, and walked back as if nothing had happened.

"Oh my, that feels so much better. You really shouldn't just eat random wild fruits in this forest." As she walked, Xiao Wu stretched lazily, her face wearing an expression of pure ease and comfort.

Tang Wu rolled her eyes at her and leaned closer to Su Yu: "Did you even wash your hands before coming over here?"

Su Yu watched Xiao Wu's clumsy acting, seeing through it but choosing not to call her out.

With his hands in his pockets, he looked at her with a faint, knowing smile and asked in a casual tone: "Did having diarrhea happen to clear out your meridians and help you break through your bottleneck while you were at it?"

Upon hearing Su Yu's words, Xiao Wu froze for a moment, her body visibly stiffening.

She stole a glance at Su Yu, finding his gaze deep and piercing, as if he could see through all her secrets.

But she quickly recovered, deciding to play along, and immediately put on a smug expression.

"Of course! This girl is a once-in-a-century genius!" Xiao Wu proudly lifted her delicate chin, the rabbit ears on her head perking up in excitement.

Without hesitation, she channeled the soul power within her. Accompanied by a flash of pinkish-white light, a bright yellow soul ring rose from beneath her feet, slowly rotating around her body.

"See that? This is the first soul ring I gained just now from a casual epiphany while having diarrhea!" Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips, deliberately thrusting the soul ring toward Tang Wu with a face full of showboating.

Seeing Xiao Wu's smug look, Tang Wu immediately refused to be outdone and summoned her Mutated Blue Silver Grass.

Vines marked with purple-black venomous patterns danced in the air, and a similarly bright yellow hundred-year soul ring rose up.

"What's so great about that? My soul ring is from a near four-hundred-year limit Datura Snake! And it was personally selected for me by Brother Yu!" Tang Wu puffed out her chest, refusing to back down as she confronted Xiao Wu.

Watching the two girls begin their daily bickering, Su Yu did not step in to stop them.

He looked around.

Now, Tang Wu had obtained a limit hundred-year soul ring, and her martial soul carried a potent poison;

Xiao Wu had self-produced a soul ring that was perfectly suited to her;

And he himself had absorbed an Origin Fragment, causing his soul power to surge and unlocking his Advancement Permission.

With this, all three of them had obtained their first soul rings, and their overall strength had seen a qualitative leap.

Within the territory of this small Nuoding City, no one could pose a threat to them anymore.

"Alright, put your martial souls away." Su Yu spoke up to interrupt their argument, his voice steady and firm.

He turned around, looked in the direction they had come from, and with a wave of his hand, issued the order: "This soul-hunting mission is successfully concluded. Let's head home."

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