Man and Scallion as One

"Cough, cough. If you don't want to, I won't force you. After all, I'm a good person..."

If Du Hao hadn't had a pair of sharp claws wrapped around his waist while he said that, Xiao Wu might actually have believed him.

"How about we do it like Dorm Seven next door?

Whoever wins gets to decide?" By the end, Xiao Wu's cheeks had turned a little red.

After all, she wanted to move into someone else's room, yet she'd come up with a whole pile of excuses.

Even if Sister Xiao Wu was a newbie who'd only just entered the world, she still had some sense of shame.

"Huh? You want to fight? You came up with the terms yourself, so let's get started!" Du Hao had already given up on kidnapping the rabbit, but when he heard that she was ready to walk right into his trap, he was overjoyed and accepted this "foregone" duel without hesitation!

Behind them, Zhu Zhuqing, who'd been threatening him at a vital spot, could only sigh helplessly at the sight.

She really wouldn't give up, even on the brink of "death"!

Seeing that Du Hao had accepted her request, Xiao Wu, who was very confident in her own abilities, said, "Since we've agreed, then let's..."

"Get started right away!" Xiao Wu, who had been building up her strength for a while, leaped into the air and kicked straight at Du Hao's face with a rabbit's kick!

Seeing this, Du Hao raised his hands to shield his face and summoned his Scallion Spirit.

After all, the options he'd been given just now weren't set in stone! He didn't have to turn Xiao Wu into a maid! The option had only been to let her try it out!

So just moments ago, Du Hao had gained a swordsman's century of experience! Without a single side effect, he'd become the swordsmanship master he'd fantasized about for years!

It was worth mentioning that those hundred years of experience had come from a swordsman on the Sword and Magic Continent. Too bad it wasn't from the fantasy cultivation side, or he'd have been invincible...

Holding the scallion in one hand, he braced it horizontally in front of himself!

At this moment, man and scallion were one.

Du Hao's current state was that of a man and sword as one, his swordsmanship and spirit perfectly matched! His senses had reached the utmost limits of human perception!

Although his scallion had no offensive power whatsoever, being a food-type martial soul, anything was possible on the Douluo Continent!

(PS: That's how the setting works. There are only two major categories of martial souls on the Douluo Continent: Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls. As for the third category in the original work, Body Martial Souls, there were basically none in Douluo I.)

"Ehehe, here I come~" Seeing that Du Hao was ready, Xiao Wu didn't care what his scallion looked like. She stretched out her long, straight leg all the same!

She spun in midair and kicked hard toward him!

As her jade-like foot hurtled toward his face, Du Hao calmly used the scallion to perform a parrying block, redirecting the force!

A full hundred years of swordsmanship experience hadn't gone to waste. By now, he had skills and experience comparable to those of an ancient sword god!

Seeing this, Xiao Wu showed off her nimble movements and dodged the sword techniques Du Hao wielded with his scallion! The whole fight looked utterly ridiculous!

Especially when Du Hao brought the scallion slashing down through the air. Each stroke forced Xiao Wu to dodge again and again!

Fortunately, Xiao Wu wasn't some pushover. She hadn't let her years of fighting in the Star Dou Great Forest go to waste, and with her keen senses, she dodged attack after attack as if the gods were helping her!

But in Du Hao's eyes, every one of her movements was incredibly slow, like a college student quizzing an elementary schooler on advanced mathematics.

He was utterly overwhelming. She didn't stand a chance!

Really, if he hadn't been holding back, that pink rabbit wouldn't have been able to hop around in front of him at all!

"Phew... Th-that scallion's so fast!" Xiao Wu could feel just how tricky this was!

Seeing that ordinary attacks weren't doing anything to Du Hao, Xiao Wu's eyes spun as she came up with what she thought was a way to turn things around.

"Ehehe, watch out. Here I come~"

Xiao Wu shifted her footing and quickly put more than ten meters between herself and Du Hao. Soul Power surged through her, and a pair of cute rabbit ears and a fluffy tail appeared!

The rabbit's speed instantly skyrocketed!

Before the dust could even react, she was behind Du Hao, ready to unleash her ultimate move!

Unfortunately, even that move, as swift as a startled hare, didn't escape the notice of Du Hao, who had a century of Sword Saint experience.

But he was curious about where that tail was attached. Was it really on her tailbone?

But none of that mattered!

The one good thing about the fantasy cultivation genre was this: real beast-eared girls!

This world was practically heaven for people with very particular tastes!

At that moment, if they hadn't been in the middle of a fight, Du Hao would've wanted to reach out and feel how soft those ears were.

While Du Hao was busy letting his imagination run wild,

Xiao Wu, who had already readied the windup for her ultimate move, was charging toward him at full speed!

Seeing this, Du Hao hurriedly reached out and shouted, "Wait! I give up!"

After all, the Soul Power he'd used earlier had been poured into the scallion to keep it from breaking apart mid-attack.

But just now, the last bit of Soul Power in his body had run out, and he couldn't keep the scallion hard any longer.

He didn't want to take a beating for no reason.

"What's going on?" Xiao Wu had been about to clamp her legs around Du Hao's head, but she landed beside him instead.

"Why did you suddenly give up?" Xiao Wu stopped attacking and stared at Du Hao with wide eyes, her face full of displeasure.

She'd only just gotten fired up. Why had the fight suddenly stopped? It was so frustrating!

"Haha, don't be mad. How about you take this scallion and eat it? It's full of vitamins." Smiling, Du Hao held out the scallion in his hand and offered it to Xiao Wu.

As Du Hao's Soul Power grew stronger, his scallion had changed dramatically. It was not only gleaming and translucent, like jade, but also had a wonderfully refreshing taste!

"Mm, it doesn't have a pungent smell. Let me try..." Xiao Wu sniffed it, then took it in her hand and tried a bite.

"Mmm? It's so crisp!"

Seeing this, Du Hao spread his hands. "You can see for yourself. My martial soul is just a scallion. Without Soul Power boosting it, it's just an ordinary scallion that happens to taste good. It's normal that I couldn't beat you..."

"It hurt so much when you were hitting me with it. I thought your scallion was really hard, but it turns out..." Xiao Wu kept chewing on the scallion as she looked at Du Hao, like a diner ordering from a menu.

"Stop looking at me. I really am out of Soul Power. If you want more, you'll have to wait a while."

Seeing that there was no more food, Xiao Wu focused on chewing the scallion in her hand, forgetting all about the fight.

"So good, so good! It tastes even better than radishes!" Xiao Wu praised the scallion's delicious flavor as she ate.

Watching the rabbit munching on the scallion, Du Hao couldn't help feeling as if he'd been using his scallion for the wrong purpose. Maybe he should've developed it as a food-type martial soul instead.

As Du Hao thought this, his martial soul faintly conveyed its agreement. Du Hao, however, didn't give it much thought.

After all, he was the one who used the scallion, so it was up to him to decide what to do with it. Whether it became a Power Attack System martial soul or a food-support martial soul in the future was up to fate~

"Du Hao, that means you won, right?"

Just as the two of them were chatting animatedly, Zhu Zhuqing "coincidentally" interrupted their conversation.

"What else could I do? Getting this far with just one scallion is pretty impressive, isn't it?" Du Hao shot his own jealous girl a disgruntled look.

Why hadn't he noticed before that Zhu Zhuqing was so jealous? Would she turn into a yandere later?

While Du Hao was thinking, Zhu Zhuqing went over to Xiao Wu and whispered something in her ear.

The more Xiao Wu listened, the brighter her eyes grew! "Ehehe! Let's do it your way! From now on, this dorm belongs to me, Xiao Wu, and Sister Zhu Zhuqing!"