No Kind Words

Even the threads Brother Tianmeng spat out had not been damaged by the turbulence of time and space. How could Xiao Wu possibly break free from them?

Yet Huo Yuhao merely undid a simple slipknot, and Xiao Wu twisted free from within. Seeing that Huo Yuhao seemed completely unguarded, her pink eyes lit up as she raised a hand to grab the small knife gleaming with an eerie blue light.

"You don't even have a single soul ring. You're only throwing your weight around because of that little knife. Once I get my hands on it, you're finished," Xiao Wu said excitedly.

But how could Ghost Sculpture let a little rabbit catch it so easily?

The eerie blue blade immediately began gliding along Xiao Wu's body at incredible speed, making it impossible for her to catch.

"Don't make me say it again. Condense your soul ring." Huo Yuhao's eyes flashed as the Slaughter God Domain condensed into a beam and enveloped Xiao Wu, instantly freezing the little rabbit stiff.

A bone-chilling cold rose from the soles of her feet, and her soul seemed to freeze. The last time she had felt such killing intent was when that woman had hunted her mother. Was she about to follow in her mother's footsteps?

At that moment, Ghost Sculpture slashed across her cheek, its razor-sharp edge leaving a bloody cut beside her face. Her beautiful large eyes nearly filled with tears, and Huo Yuhao's body suddenly stiffened under their gaze.

Those eyes were what mother and daughter resembled most...

"Three strikes and you're out. At least before you reach maturity, I won't kill you." Huo Yuhao reined in his killing intent and lowered his gaze slightly.

Hearing this, Xiao Wu shuddered again, and the atmosphere fell into a stalemate.

After a long while, once she was sure that this person truly would not kill her for the time being, Xiao Wu barely managed to calm herself. Tang San must be searching everywhere for her in the Star Dou Great Forest. Thinking of the danger Tang San might encounter, Xiao Wu felt frantic with worry.

There was no helping it. She could not run anyway, so she might as well improve herself first. Perhaps there was still a sliver of hope.

With that thought, Xiao Wu sat cross-legged and adjusted her breathing. Her hands formed an orchid-finger seal, as though Guanyin were seated upon a lotus, while a string of strange sounds came from her mouth.

Huo Yuhao listened carefully. They sounded like rabbit cries, yet also like some ancient sacrificial chant.

As Xiao Wu chanted, her eyes turned completely red. A massive phantom of a Soft-Boned Rabbit formed behind her, while two yellow soul rings appeared around her body and slowly pulsed.

Then a faint red glow spread from her body. The red light did not dissipate. Instead, it gradually took on a purple hue, and soon, a purple soul ring slowly took shape.

"Before soul beasts take human form, they can bestow their first six soul rings upon themselves. You have already wasted the first two. Spread your hundred-thousand-year cultivation as evenly as possible across the soul rings that come after," Huo Yuhao ordered.

The energy of soul rings produced by soul beasts after taking human form originally belonged to themselves, so this should not have been difficult.

After that, Huo Yuhao said nothing more and simply waited quietly.

Xiao Wu remained seated and motionless, but her face gradually turned pale, while the color of the already formed purple soul ring slowly deepened.

Second by second, time passed. Finally, after its color had deepened to a certain extent, the soul ring completely settled onto Xiao Wu's body. The three soul rings orbiting her, along with the Soft-Boned Rabbit phantom and the red light, all withdrew into her body.

Xiao Wu collapsed weakly, her face pale. It was obvious that she had overexerted her spiritual power.

"Your third soul ring is two thousand three hundred years. If you had begun challenging your limits from your first ring, it might have been even higher," Huo Yuhao commented.

"You!" Xiao Wu's chest heaved violently with anger. This man truly did not have a single nice thing to say.

Her figure, which had looked somewhat underdeveloped before, became fuller after condensing her soul ring, and her body grew more slender. The fitted pink outfit she had worn earlier now looked slightly tight.

Xiao Wu lay there, breathing softly, her gaze fixed on Huo Yuhao. Seeing him idly playing with the strange knife in his hand, joy rose in her heart. Her third soul skill, Teleportation, suddenly activated.

But in the next instant, a scorching heat appeared on her shoulder.

A magnificent seven-colored soul ring shimmered alongside her own two yellow and one purple soul rings.

"You can't escape."

"I don't believe it!" Xiao Wu refused to believe it and activated Teleportation several more times in succession. Yet no matter where she teleported, the young man's hand remained on her shoulder. Even after exhausting all her soul power, she still could not escape his hand.

"How is this possible?" Xiao Wu could not understand. With her soul power exhausted, she could only let herself be at another's mercy.

Huo Yuhao did not answer. Back when he had broken through to Limit Douluo and condensed his third spatial soul core, he had already been able to use a portion of the laws of space. After becoming a god, he had studied magic with Rong Nianbing, naturally bringing his mastery of the laws of space to an even higher level.

The most direct spatial fluctuation, Teleportation, naturally could not escape his notice.

The seven-colored soul ring flashed, and a dazzling cyan pattern formed in the air. A gentle breeze quickly carried the two of them back to the tree where they had started.

"Tell me. Why did you want to kill Zhu Zhuqing?" Huo Yuhao asked as he looked at Xiao Wu sprawled on the ground.

In his previous life, Xiao Wu's relationship with Zhu Zhuqing had not been as close as her relationship with Ning Rongrong.

But the Seven Monsters being one body was no joke. How could such a huge change have occurred? Zhu Zhuqing had only just joined Shrek, so why had Xiao Wu wanted to kill her?

"Why can't I kill her? Soul masters can kill soul beasts, so naturally soul beasts can kill soul masters," Xiao Wu snapped back at once, her hackles rising.

"If that's the case, why only kill Zhu Zhuqing? Why not kill everyone else? With the Titan Giant Ape's strength, it could have easily killed all of you," Huo Yuhao retorted. Of course, he knew that was impossible. If the Titan Giant Ape had dared to make a move, Tang Hao definitely would not have minded gaining another hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape soul bone.

"It's all her fault. Ever since she appeared, Little San's gaze has often fallen on her. Only if she disappears can everything return to how it was. Besides, she has a Soft-Boned Rabbit soul bone on her. Of course I have to kill her and avenge that Soft-Boned Rabbit." Xiao Wu's eyes were red with anger, filled with terror that Tang San might change his heart, as well as hatred over the death of one of her kind.

Soft-Boned Rabbits did not have an easy time surviving. Because of their soul skills, high-year Soft-Boned Rabbits were prime targets for powerful soul masters. Even her mother had been one. Judging by the quality of the soul skill attached to that soul bone, it had definitely been infinitely close to the hundred-thousand-year threshold. It was such a pity that it had died like that.

"You're saying Tang San has been paying attention to Zhu Zhuqing?" Huo Yuhao's face instantly darkened. Killing intent began leaking out uncontrollably, and his silver hair stirred without wind.

Within only a few breaths, a layer of ice crystals had formed over the plants within a dozen meters of them.