Seeing everyone's astonished expressions, Chen Doudou's lips curled into a slight smile. He mused to himself, If this were all it did, how could it possibly be called the Life Rakshasa Holy Scythe?
That's right. His first Soul Skill had two different effects.
The first was the group healing and 20% increase to all attributes he had just demonstrated. The attribute boost would also grow stronger as his Soul Power increased.
The second was to transform the Pegasus illusion into a group mental attack. Since it was an illusion attack, it couldn't be blocked by physical defenses.
That meant the only ways to resist this Soul Skill were to use a mental defense Soul Skill or dodge the attack.
But how could anyone do that?
Mental defense Soul Skills were exceedingly rare across the entire Soul Master World.
As for dodging the attack?
They could forget about that. Unless someone had Teleportation or a space-type Soul Skill, it was hard to escape a large-scale group attack.
"Doudou."
Ma Xiaotao was looking at Chen Doudou rather differently now.
"Tell me what you want, and I might just abduct you on the spot."
As if possessed, she pinched his cheek, her tone tinged with infatuation.
"No way. You actually want me?"
Chen Doudou looked startled and crossed his arms over his chest. His brows betrayed an inexplicable confidence. "Hmph, bad woman. Don't even dream about it. I, Chen Doudou, am a man you'll never get!"
"Pfft!"
Zhang Lexuan couldn't hold back. She covered her mouth, her shoulders shaking with laughter.
Ma Xiaotao's pretty face flushed scarlet. She smacked him on the head in exasperation. "Hey! You little brat! Who said I wanted you?"
Chen Doudou narrowed his eyes, wearing an expression that said he'd seen right through her. "Heh, playing hard to get? Mom told me all about it. Bad women like you love pulling that kind of trick."
"I'm only six. You won't even leave a six-year-old kid alone? You're lusting after my body!"
"You're despicable, shameless, and vile! You've got no shame at all!"
The barrage of accusations nearly made Ma Xiaotao spit blood. "What have I done to deserve this?!"
What kind of demon brat had she given birth to?
Could someone hurry up and take him away?
She'd been wronged!
More wronged than Dou E!
After a long while, she forced down her anger and asked, "Then tell me, why am I the kind of bad woman you're talking about?"
Chen Doudou answered with complete sincerity. "Because Mom said bad women never admit they're bad women."
Fine, fine. So she had to be a bad woman no matter what, huh?
Ma Xiaotao gritted her teeth. "Do you always listen to your mom? Do you do everything she says?"
What an awful mama's boy!
And what kind of weirdo was his mother, anyway?
What kind of decent person taught their child that?
"Not exactly."
Chen Doudou shook his head, a sly and shameless smile spreading across his face. "Mom also said that when something benefits you, accept it, and when it doesn't, argue back as loudly as you can!"
"Pfft-hahahaha!"
The onlookers immediately doubled over, laughing and pounding their chests.
"That's Doudou for you!"
Zhang Lexuan murmured with a faint smile.
Without realizing it, she had smiled more over the past two days than she had in the entire month before.
"Ugh!"
There was no winning.
Life was hard. Ma Xiaotao sighed.
Zhang Lexuan patted her shoulder and smiled. "All right, all right, don't be mad. Why argue with a child? Come on, it's time to hit the road."
Ma Xiaotao looked like she might cry. "That's not what I'm mad about! Why am I the only bad woman? Senior Sister! This isn't fair!"
Zhang Lexuan was taken aback, too.
That was true. Why was Xiaotao the only bad woman?
She looked around at the figures of the other female students, then glanced down at her own impressive curves, as if she'd suddenly understood something.
She leaned close to Ma Xiaotao's ear and whispered, "Xiaotao, I think the 'bad' in Doudou's bad woman might not mean wicked. It might mean 'flat-chested and wicked.'"
The words struck like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
"Flat? Chested? And wicked?"
Ma Xiaotao looked down at the "airport" that was her perfectly flat chest, and tears of frustration immediately welled in her eyes.
Aaaaaah!
Damn it!
What did a little brat like him know?!
Good things came in small packages, understand?
Ma Xiaotao swore to herself, clenching her tiny fists. "Waaah... I, Ma Xiaotao, swear that one day I'll be even bigger than Senior Sister! That brat Doudou won't be worthy of me!"
A quarter of an hour later.
Zhang Lexuan swept her gaze over everyone and announced again, "Is everyone ready? Check that you haven't left anything behind. If everything's here, we'll set off."
"Ready!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
"Wait! He seems to want to tell me something."
Chen Doudou raised his hand.
He'd noticed that all the Healing Pegasi had left, except for one.
The Healing Pegasus nuzzled him with its head, giving affectionate whinnies over and over.
"You mean you want to come with me?"
Chen Doudou scratched his head, a little bewildered. He'd never kept a soul beast before. Did this count as getting a pet?
The Healing Pegasus nodded repeatedly, then lowered itself, inviting him to climb on.
Chen Doudou didn't hesitate. He swung himself onto its back and patted its rump. "Haha, thanks. I'll be counting on you from now on."
"By the way, do you have a name?"
The Healing Pegasus shook its head.
"Then I'll call you Zeus from now on. Sounds mighty, doesn't it?"
Chen Doudou thought it over and gave his handsome mount a suitably mighty name.
"Neigh!"
Zeus let out a long cry toward the sky, and a soft green glow spread around his body. He was clearly delighted with the name.
Everyone present stared at the scene in disbelief.
Everyone was utterly stunned.
Xuan Zi swallowed. "What kind of luck has this kid stumbled into?"
"The Pegasus clan is so proud, yet they're actually letting him ride on their backs?!"
Throughout history, countless human factions and empires had tried to tame Pegasi. They'd used threats, inducements, every method they could think of.
But without exception, the Pegasi would rather die than submit to humans!
Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes were full of astonishment, but she said nothing. She simply waved her hand. "Move out!"
The group had just left the area.
On a distant artificial hill, a golden creature quietly emerged from behind a tree.
With innocent eyes, it watched the tender figure riding away on the Pegasus. For the first time, its gaze filled with confusion.
"Why would it offer itself to a human?"
"Didn't Di Tian say that we and humans were mortal enemies?"
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm.
The moment he saw Doudou's Soul Skill,
the God of Destruction's face turned green.
Wasn't that his wife's power?
How had it ended up with you?
You naturally evil little Asura brat, what the hell had you done?!
Just then, Asura God came over carrying a plate of watermelon. Seeing the scene, he grinned. "Well, well! Red Face is losing his color!"
The God of Destruction's face darkened. "Asura, are you really going to keep this up?"
You just had to bring that up, didn't you?
Asura God chuckled. "Our Doudou's amazing. That's our good fortune, get it? You can't be jealous of that."
"Exactly!" Rakshasa God said, nodding solemnly as he ate his watermelon.
The God of Destruction was half amused and half annoyed. "Fine, fine! Come on, let's see your Doudou's first Soul Skill."
Five minutes later.
Asura God: "..."
Rakshasa God: "..."
Their faces looked worse than if they'd eaten shit.
As the saying went, people didn't share one another's joys and sorrows.
But at that moment, it seemed they did.
Asura God: "You're saying that one of us is a warrior who wields a greatsword, the other an assassin who carries a scythe, and we gave birth to a mage who carries a scythe?"
Rakshasa God: "You're saying that the son of two Slaughter Evil Gods not only has a healing Soul Skill as his first skill, but has gone and become a healer?"
How the hell was that reasonable?
Was there any justice in this world?
Any law at all?
This went against our ancestors' teachings, didn't it?!
The God of Destruction picked up a piece of watermelon and started eating, delighted by their misery. "Go on, laugh some more! Why'd you stop? Is smiling not in your nature?"
Just then, God of Trickery stood up again. His astute eyes seemed to brim with wisdom. "My lord, I understand! The young master Doudou truly is your and the mistress's son! That move of his is ingenious—absolutely ingenious!"
Asura God and Rakshasa God's eyes lit up. "Oh?"
God of Trickery stroked his beard and smiled mysteriously. "My lord, the young master Doudou is hiding his true abilities!"
The God of Destruction: "..."
Why did he suddenly have a bad feeling?
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