Warm Xiao Wu Became a Cold Soul Bone

In the end, just like in every novel, the protagonist's halo had come through in a moment of danger.

Tang Hao had already lost an arm and a Soul Bone, yet he had still managed to use Ring Detonation to take Tang San away with him.

Who would believe there wasn't something fishy going on?

But it didn't matter. Those two could run for all she cared. The most important thing was that Xiao Wu was still in Bibi Dong's hands.

Bibi Dong glanced at the people from Shrek Academy and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then snorted and ordered Yue Guan, "Throw them all out of Spirit City."

"If anyone causes trouble, kill them on the spot and throw their bodies out."

With that, she turned and dragged Xiao Wu away.

Liu Erlong fell to her knees and cried out in despair, "My Xiao Wu... Bibi Dong!!!"

Before she could react, a tremendous force suddenly blasted her away.

"Bang—!"

With a loud crash, Liu Erlong spat out a mouthful of blood. Her body slammed into the wall, then fell to the ground, her life hanging in the balance.

Seeing this, the Shrek Five Monsters and Flender panicked. "Erlong!"

"Teacher Erlong!"

Gui Mei clenched his fists and sneered. "That's a warning. Cause any more trouble, and you won't get off so lightly."

Inside the Pope Palace.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Cen Yu circled Xiao Wu, studying her with great interest. "This is my first time facing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Too bad she's a transformed one."

He looked at Bibi Dong and suggested, "Master, we should get this over with before anything else goes wrong."

Protagonists always had plot armor. Who knew what inexplicable character might show up to save the day?

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was much more reassuring as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

At that, Xiao Wu trembled as she said, "You... you... Spirit Hall! You'll get what's coming to you—"

Before she could finish, Bibi Dong grabbed her by the throat.

"Let... let... me go..."

Third Brother... I'm sorry...

Cen Yu helplessly waved a hand. "That sounds so familiar~"

In the next moment, sharp spider spines sprouted from Bibi Dong's back without warning, piercing straight through Xiao Wu's body.

"Ah—!!!"

Xiao Wu screamed. Agony swept through her whole body in an instant.

She struggled to lift her eyes, her hateful gaze falling first on Bibi Dong, then on Cen Yu.

Even when Xiao Wu's heartbeat had stopped completely, she still hadn't closed her eyes.

"Boom—!!!"

With a tremendous roar, a massive crimson pillar of light shot up from the ground and burst straight through the ceiling of the Pope Palace.

Flender, who hadn't yet left Spirit City, and Liu Erlong, who had only just regained consciousness, understood at once what it was.

Their legs gave way, and they dropped heavily to their knees.

"Xiao Wu..."

At that very moment, Xiao Wu's body slowly faded away, turning into pure energy.

A blood-red Soul Ring came into being.

After it, a Soul Bone appeared, wreathed in a blood-red aura.

Seeing this, Bibi Dong tossed the Soul Bone to Cen Yu and waved him away. "As promised. I'm going to absorb the Soul Ring now. Keep watch for me."

Cen Yu beamed as he looked at the Soul Bone in his hand, then tucked it into his storage space.

"Hehe~ Thanks, Master~ Don't worry! I'm here, so absorb that Soul Ring in peace!"

Not bad at all. She'd dropped a Hundred Thousand Year Left Leg Bone.

A full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings wasn't very likely right now, but he could still hope for a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones~

With that thought, Cen Yu happily lay down on the Pope's throne and watched over Bibi Dong with his eyes.

Worship Hall.

Guang Ling and Azure Luan knelt on one knee before Qian Daoliu to apologize. "We failed in our duty. We only managed to take one of Tang Hao's arms, and he escaped. We await the Great Enshrined's punishment."

Qian Daoliu helped them up. "It's fine. He didn't stir up much trouble anyway."

He hadn't expected Cen Yu to guess right. Tang Hao really had shown up.

Hearing this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Azure Luan said to Guang Ling, "Take out Tang Hao's Soul Bone."

Guang Ling nodded and immediately began rummaging through his storage space.

Suddenly, he came to his senses. "Huh? Tang Hao's Soul Bone? You didn't take it, Third Brother?"

"No. It fell toward the ground at the time, and I was busy chasing Tang Hao. Didn't you pick it up?"

"..."

They stared at each other in silence.

This was bad. They'd lost a Soul Bone in the middle of a fight.

Watching the two of them, Qian Daoliu rubbed his forehead helplessly. "Weren't Bibi Dong and Cen Yu right below the battlefield?"

"Neither of them is stupid. You think they'd let someone else pick up the Soul Bone?"

At that, Guang Ling nodded as if enlightened. "Right! How did I not think of that?"

As he spoke, he was already about to head to the Pope Palace. "I'll go ask Bibi Dong for the Soul Bone right now."

Just then, Azure Luan stopped him and said helplessly, "Go later. That red light just now was probably Bibi Dong killing that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"If nothing unexpected happened, she's absorbing the Soul Ring now. You wouldn't get the Soul Bone even if you went."

"What about that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone? Could we get that one?"

Qian Daoliu shook his head. "Don't even think about that Soul Bone. Cen Yu already made an arrangement with Bibi Dong."

As the seconds ticked by, Little Black got so bored that he simply lay down and fell asleep, leaving Little White to watch over Bibi Dong.

After Little White came online, he didn't want to stand watch either. But Little Black was out cold, and if he went to sleep too, there'd be no one to keep watch.

With no other choice, he could only watch Bibi Dong in boredom.

Suddenly, the doors to the Pope Palace opened, and a figure walked in.

Cen Yu was just about to attack when he saw the person's face.

"Senior Sister Xue'er?"

Qian Renxue closed the doors. She said nothing, only stared at Bibi Dong with a complicated expression.

Mom...

Seeing her like this, Cen Yu took out a blanket, wrapped himself in it, and lay down behind the throne, leaving the space to the mother and daughter.

Seriously, who knew when these two would make up? One was at war with herself, and the other was a tsundere.

What Qian Xunji had done wrong had nothing to do with Qian Renxue.

Given her personality, if she knew why she'd been born, she probably wouldn't even have wanted to come into this world.

But what could she do? Fate was just that winding and twisted. Life was full of things that didn't go as you wished.

With that thought, Cen Yu drifted off to sleep without realizing it.

By the time he woke up, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue were no longer in the Pope Palace.

Cen Yu sighed, pulled off the blanket, and got up from the floor.

Suddenly, his eyes shifted to a bag and a letter lying beside him.

Were these...? Had Senior Sister Xue'er left them for him?

Glancing at the sky outside, Cen Yu sighed and picked them up.

Never mind. He'd open them when he got back. Master had probably finished absorbing the Soul Ring and gone to rest.

Honestly, those two had left without even waking him. It was so cold sleeping here.