Until We Meet Again

"Come with me. There's a Titled Douluo in this city. I'll get you out."

Xiao Wu, who had been inexplicably covered by a black robe, was just about to get angry.

Then she heard the other person's voice.

She froze in shock on the spot.

Fortunately, Yu Yuan was strong enough to grab Xiao Wu and pull her along.

Xiao Wu quickly came back to her senses and looked at the hand gripping her arm.

Such smooth skin.

Was he a child like me?

Then how did he know there was a Titled Douluo here?

Xiao Wu could not understand why he was afraid of a Titled Douluo yet still wanted to drag her away.

Wait!

Could he also be a soul beast that had taken human form?!

Xiao Wu believed she had discovered the truth.

At the same time, she hurriedly kept close behind him.

"Thank you for risking your life to save me."

Xiao Wu's soft, sweet voice sounded beside his ear.

Mm, she must have been frightened.

It sounded like she was about to cry.

Yu Yuan answered Xiao Wu calmly.

"Stay close. I'll take you through the back alleys."

After saying that, he quickened his pace and began running through the alleys of Notting City.

"O-okay."

Xiao Wu even summoned her martial soul directly.

She felt that her luck was truly awful.

She had clearly chosen such a remote city.

Yet she had run straight into a Titled Douluo.

Sob, sob, sob.

The human world was too terrifying!

Xiao Wu stared at the figure leading the way ahead of her, afraid that he might disappear at any moment.

Luckily, she had encountered one of her own kind.

Otherwise, wouldn't I have been foolishly killed by that Titled Douluo?

Thud!

The distracted Xiao Wu crashed straight into Yu Yuan's back.

"Y-you... why did you stop?"

Xiao Wu's trembling voice rang out. She did not want the worst possibility to have happened.

Yu Yuan, who had stopped of his own accord, slowly sighed and spoke toward the empty space ahead.

"Ah, it seems I was being too naive. Since you've followed us for so long, why not come out and talk, Your Excellency Hao Tian?"

"Who are you?"

Tang Hao stepped directly out of the shadows.

Powerful soul power bore down on Yu Yuan and Xiao Wu.

"Eek!"

Xiao Wu was immediately forced down by the oppressive soul power, collapsing onto the ground.

Feeling the killing intent of a Titled Douluo, a puddle of liquid appeared beneath her.

"N-no, don't kill me!"

"So there's no room for negotiation?"

Supported by his formidable physical constitution, Yu Yuan felt the oppressive force of the soul power steadily growing stronger.

Yet he still wanted to find out how Tang Hao had locked onto Xiao Wu.

"After I cripple your soul power, we can talk."

After saying that, Tang Hao summoned the Haotian Hammer.

"In that case."

Even when facing the legendary number one tool martial soul,

Yu Yuan's expression did not change. There was even a smile at the corner of his lips.

"Until we meet again."

Rewind.

"Ha... ha... damn, that was close."

Yu Yuan, having rewound to before the operation, gasped for breath.

Not from exhaustion, but from fright.

"That was almost too much. I didn't expect that hammer to swing so fast."

At the time, the Haotian Hammer had been less than three centimeters from Yu Yuan, but he had not panicked at all, because the next second...

Actually, he had been scared shitless.

Still, it had been pretty thrilling.

"I'll try a few more times."

Yu Yuan felt that he simply had not run fast enough before.

Tang Hao can't outrun me. Believe it or not.

After an unknown number of attempts.

"Damn it, I even took the underground passage and still got caught!"

Yu Yuan gave up.

That bastard Tang Hao seemed to have locked onto Xiao Wu's aura.

No matter which route he took, once they reached a certain distance,

Tang Hao would come flying over like a cannonball.

"Didn't he have old injuries? Isn't he afraid of dying from running this fast while injured?"

But it seemed that Tang Hao had only locked onto Xiao Wu's aura and could not actively sense exactly what they were doing.

"Xiao Kong, help me pass the information to her."

"Got it."

Then Yu Yuan watched Xiao Wu's expression change rapidly.

First came surprise, then pleading. When she realized she could not escape, her face turned deathly pale.

Finally, after Xiao Kong comforted her,

Xiao Wu walked into Notting Academy with resolute eyes, as though she were marching toward the execution ground.

"Am I being a little cruel?"

Yu Yuan watched Xiao Wu's retreating back and began reflecting on his actions.

He had told Xiao Wu outright that a Titled Douluo had set his sights on her.

And that the man's son was in the academy and intended to become her brother.

Then, when the time came, he would turn her into a soul ring.

Mm.

It was all reality. I didn't lie to her.

Since it was all the truth, there was no need to reflect on it.

Yu Yuan quickly adjusted his mindset.

"Master, I have explained everything to her in detail."

"Mm. You didn't embellish anything, did you?"

"Come on, Master, how could this little dragon dare?"

"No, I think you definitely did something unnecessary."

"Cough, cough, how could that be?"

Xiao Kong felt a little guilty. After all, he had indeed told her a bit about his master.

But hadn't that been for his master's sake?

Who did good deeds without leaving their name behind?

"Enough. I won't say anything this time, but next time, discuss it with me first."

"Understood. This little dragon will remember it well."

Yu Yuan had not intended to blame him anyway.

But perhaps he should find Xiao Kong a companion. Otherwise, he was always thinking of ways to stir up trouble for him.

Late at night.

Inside Yu Xiaogang's dormitory.

Yu Yuan, who had sneaked in, looked down at Yu Xiaogang, sleeping soundly below.

He directly activated his martial soul, but did not summon that fat dragon.

After all, this was Assassin's Creed time. If he let out that fat dragon, it would become Berserker's Creed.

After testing the strength of his dragon claws, Yu Yuan decisively lowered his soul power output.

That Yu Xiaogang's body was weaker than he had imagined.

He was afraid that a single swipe of his claw might crush him to death.

He leaped down from the roof and crept to the side of the bed.

Gathering strength.

Cover the mouth.

Elbow strike!

Yu Yuan ultimately chose a classic move from his previous life.

Poor Yu Xiaogang.

The moment he opened his eyes after realizing his mouth had been covered, a certain part of his body suffered Yu Yuan's elbow strike.

The pain no man could endure knocked him out instantly.

"Done."

After confirming that Yu Xiaogang had fainted, Yu Yuan cut a small opening on his wrist.

As Yu Yuan circulated the soul power within his body, a pained expression appeared on the unconscious Yu Xiaogang's face.

Wait.

Hadn't he just been making that exact expression?

But Yu Yuan did not pay attention to such things.

With a flash of light, red blood no longer flowed from Yu Xiaogang's wound.

Instead, blood like liquid gold began to emerge.

The Temporal Saint Dragon's soul spirit appeared and used Yu Yuan's soul power to draw a magic array in midair.

As golden energy was continuously drawn from the blood into the array,

the blood changed from gold back to its original color.

Then, under Yu Yuan's control, it was poured back in through the wound.

Come to think of it?

Shouldn't this sort of operation be performed under sterile conditions?

"Master, it's done. Though I may have drawn a little too much, he should survive."

After all, it was Xiao Kong's first practical operation, so it was understandable that he had been a little heavy-handed.

"It's fine. We're leaving."

Just as Yu Yuan answered him, he received another piece of bad news.

No, Tang San being your son is one thing.

But Yu Xiaogang is from the same generation as you!

Why are you so concerned about him, Tang Hao?!