We'll Protect You

"I actually knew your true identity long ago. You're a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit who took human form, aren't you?"

"Impossible! How did you find out? Only Titled Douluo can sense the aura of a soul beast on me. There's no way you could have discovered my identity."

Xiao Wu took several more steps back. Clearly, she found it hard to accept that Lu Chen and the others had discovered she was a soul beast, because that meant her situation was now extremely dangerous.

She looked at Lu Chen and Gu Yuena, her gaze gradually turning dangerous. Because she possessed Innate Full Soul Power, she had long since acquired her first Soul Ring.

At the cafeteria, she had already witnessed Lu Chen's strength, so she naturally did not think she could easily defeat him. But escaping would not be a problem. As long as she escaped back to the Star Dou Forest, she would be safe.

Seemingly seeing through Xiao Wu's thoughts, Lu Chen stopped beating around the bush to prevent her from doing anything rash. He said directly, "Na'er is a soul beast too. She knew you were a soul beast the moment she saw you."

"Huh?"

Xiao Wu froze. She had been ready to flee, but now she looked at Gu Yuena with utter disbelief.

"Yes. My true form is the Silver Dragon King. But unlike you, I've only temporarily taken on a human appearance, while you transformed into a human and began cultivating again."

"Dragon... Dragon King?"

Xiao Wu latched onto several key words. There were two ways for soul beasts to become human.

One was to cultivate into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, transform into a human, and cultivate anew. Once their Soul Power reached a certain level, they would become completely human.

The other was to become a Ferocious Beast after reaching a cultivation of two hundred thousand years or more. Then they could freely assume human form, though they would only possess a human appearance. Their essence would still be that of a soul beast.

"That's right. Na'er used to live in the Land of Great Evil within the core region of the Star Dou Forest. I was the one who brought her out."

"Then... what about you? What kind of soul beast did you transform from?"

Xiao Wu calmed the turmoil in her heart slightly. One moment ago, she had feared for her life after worrying that her identity had been exposed. The next, she was told that Gu Yuena was also a soul beast.

"Me? I'm human. I'm not a soul beast."

"Impossible. If you were human, there's no way you could have come out of the Land of Great Evil alive. No one knows how many terrifying soul beasts are there. Da Ming and Er Ming said that there are many Ferocious Beasts with cultivation levels of several hundred thousand years."

Xiao Wu shook her head, somewhat unwilling to believe Lu Chen's nonsense. You could come and go freely from the Land of Great Evil, yet you came to this lousy school?

"I knew you wouldn't believe me, but that's normal. No one would believe it."

Lu Chen summoned his Infinite Gem martial soul and said to Xiao Wu, "Show your Soul Rings."

"What are you trying to do?" Xiao Wu watched Lu Chen warily, unable to understand what he was up to.

"Don't you doubt me? I'll prove it to you right now. Show your Soul Rings."

Xiao Wu hesitated. She did not know whether she should trust Lu Chen and Gu Yuena. Everything felt so unreal.

Seeing that Xiao Wu still refused to trust him easily, Lu Chen had no choice but to isolate the dormitory from the outside world. Then he said to Gu Yuena, "Na'er, show Xiao Wu your true form."

Na'er obediently nodded. Wrapped in silver light, silver-white dragon horns emerged from atop her head, while her arms transformed into silver-white dragon claws. Silver-white dragon wings spread from her back, and she held the Silver Dragon Spear in her hand.

A dragon tail behind her slammed against the ground, and both her legs were covered in a layer of silver-white, armor-like greaves.

An incomparably domineering aura erupted from Gu Yuena, majestic and extraordinary, yet breathtakingly beautiful.

"Wow, Na'er, you look really beautiful like this."

Lu Chen's eyes lit up. Gu Yuena in her dragonkin form was unexpectedly beautiful. The only flaw was that Na'er was still too petite. A few more years of growing would do nicely.

When Xiao Wu saw Gu Yuena reveal her form as the Silver Dragon King, the suppression from her bloodline made this little rabbit feel unprecedented terror.

Her face turned pale, her petite body trembling uncontrollably as her mind went blank.

"Alright, Na'er. Put it away."

Gu Yuena returned to her human form and concealed the aura of the Dragon King.

"Do you believe Na'er is a soul beast now?"

Lu Chen patted the still-dazed Xiao Wu, and only then did she come back to her senses.

"I never expected Na'er to be a Ferocious Beast-level soul beast. But I don't understand. You two are clearly so strong, so why did you come to this lousy academy?"

"Why? There isn't really any particular reason. Maybe we just thought it would be fun.

If we get tired of it someday, we'll leave. After all, just thinking about spending six years at this academy is boring enough."

Lu Chen thought for a moment before answering. There was no way he would really stay here with Little San for six years. He was not Little San's nanny.

Although Lu Chen and Little San had spent six years together in Holy Soul Village and gotten along fairly well, they could be considered decent friends. Little San was also Lu Chen's lackey now, but ever since awakening the Infinite Gem martial soul, Lu Chen felt that everything had changed.

Lu Chen now stood at the peak of the Douluo Continent. Whether it was modifying Gou Sheng, toying with Chrysanthemum Douluo, or coming and going freely through the Land of Great Evil, he did it all as he pleased.

In this world, there was nothing Lu Chen could not do. It was only a matter of whether he wanted to.

In the days ahead, he would definitely travel to other worlds for a look around.

Still, since the Douluo Continent was where he had been reincarnated, he could treat it as his base of operations—or his home. Marrying a few beautiful wives and living a shamelessly indulgent life would not be bad either.

"Alright, stop dawdling and show your Soul Rings.

From now on, you'll follow me. You won't have to worry about your identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast being exposed anymore.

Because your Brother Chen is really strong! Even if everyone on the Douluo Continent wanted to kill you and seize your Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Brother Chen wouldn't fear them. Na'er and I will protect you."

"Yes, Brother is right. Back when Na'er was surrounded and attacked by those stinking gods in the Divine Realm, Brother was the one who saved me. If Brother says he'll protect you, then he definitely will."

Gu Yuena held Xiao Wu's hand and spoke solemnly. Though she did not know why Brother wanted to treat her so well, anyone Brother wanted to protect was also someone she, Gu Yuena, would protect—just as Brother had once protected her.

By this point, Xiao Wu had gone from the terror of having her identity exposed, to the shock of discovering that Na'er was also a soul beast, and finally to hearing Lu Chen and Na'er promise to protect her.

It was as if Xiao Wu had leaped straight from hell into heaven.

Xiao Wu was actually quite pitiful. She had lost her father and mother at a young age. Having grown sick of the soul beast world, she resolutely transformed into a human to begin anew. Every day since coming to the human world, she had worried that her identity would be exposed.