Xiao Wu Leaves, Tang Hao Goes Berserk

It was not that he cultivated too slowly. With Tang Hao watching him in the shadows, he did not dare break through.

The fluctuations of Soul Power would leak out during a breakthrough. A six-year-old Soul Grandmaster—if Tang Hao discovered that...

Either he would die, or Tang Hao would force him to become Tang San's lackey and help him attack Spirit Hall in the future.

After stabilizing his realm, Shi An found Xiao Wu eating alone in the cafeteria.

Xiao Wu, who was lowering her head over a bowl of carrot porridge, suddenly sensed someone sitting down across from her.

When she looked up and saw a handsome, refined young man with a calm expression and deep eyes, her brows furrowed slightly.

"Who are you? Why are you sitting here?"

Xiao Wu had been punished by the academy and was already in a bad mood, so her tone was sharp.

Shi An did not mind. Looking at Xiao Wu's cute little face, he smiled and said,

"You do not need to know who I am. I came only to tell you something."

"What is it?"

Xiao Wu hated this sort of roundabout talk the most. Her brows drew tightly together as she asked.

"That Tang San is actually the son of Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo."

"Xiao Chenyu and his lackeys had their arms and legs broken because Tang San's father, Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo, did it."

"I advise you to keep your distance from Tang San. Otherwise, you will be the one who regrets it in the end."

Shi An did not speak loudly, but his voice was just enough for Xiao Wu to hear.

Yet after hearing his words, Xiao Wu's face instantly turned deathly pale, utterly devoid of color.

Her head buzzed, and only the words "Clear Sky Douluo" echoed in her ears.

Anyone called a Douluo was a Title Douluo, someone who stood at the pinnacle of Douluo Continent.

And her identity was that of a 100,000-year transformed Soul Beast.

Though she had transformed into human form, she was still a Soul Beast by nature.

Soul Douluos and Title Douluos could see through her at a glance.

If Tang San truly had a Title Douluo behind him...

Terror filled Xiao Wu's eyes. She felt as though she had fallen into an icy abyss, and her whole body began to tremble.

She thought of how Tang San had been trying to please her over the past few days, and of the strange look on his face.

So that was it...

He had seen through her true nature and wanted... wanted to obtain my Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.

Da Ming and Er Ming had been right. Humans truly did not have a single good person among them!

When Xiao Wu came back to her senses, the cafeteria was already empty. Only the auntie serving food remained, tidying up the tables and chairs.

Shi An, who had been sitting across from her, had left at some point.

Xiao Wu did not even finish her carrots. In a flash, she rushed out of the cafeteria without packing her luggage, dashed straight out of the academy, and vanished into the bustling streets.

Shi An stood behind a flower bed at the academy gates. Watching Xiao Wu disappear from view, the corners of his lips curled upward.

It was good that she had left.

With Tang Hao keeping watch every day, it would be inconvenient for him to make a move later.

Over the next few days, Shi An continued living an ordinary life.

Then one day, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned.

Yu Xiaogang's face was pale, and Tang San supported him. He had clearly been injured.

Tang San, however, was full of energy, his eyes gleaming brightly.

He had obviously already obtained a Soul Ring.

Shi An did not care about that. What he wanted to know more was how Tang Hao would react upon learning that Xiao Wu had left, and what an entertaining expression he would wear.

Just as Shi An had expected, Tang Hao was nearly driven mad at that moment.

That rabbit had disappeared!

She had vanished after only a few days!

He had searched Nuoding City again and again, yet he could not find that petite figure anywhere.

She had still been there when he left a few days ago. Where had she gone now?!

That was a 100,000-year transformed Soul Beast—a walking 100,000-year Soul Ring and 100,000-year Spirit Bone right beneath his nose.

And now she had simply vanished.

Tang Hao was practically going mad. This made him even more furious and frantic than Ah Yin's death had.

Tang Hao unwillingly searched Nuoding City over and over, even visiting several villages outside the city, but he still could not find her.

Left with no other choice, he summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and went on a rampage against the surrounding mountain peaks.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Countless tender green trees collapsed, while rocks shattered and tumbled down. It was as though meteorites had struck the earth, leaving behind enormous craters.

The tremendous commotion frightened the birds and beasts of the mountains into fleeing in all directions.

Tang Hao stood in midair and let out a long howl toward the sky.

It was as though he were venting all the humiliation and pain he had endured over the past several years.

"Aah!"

"Who was it?! Who the hell was it?!"

He looked at the devastated forest below him, and reason once more gained the upper hand.

"Someone passing by, either a Soul Douluo or a Title Douluo, must have discovered her identity."

"Otherwise, why would she suddenly run away for no reason?"

"She must have been captured by someone else. No, those are Tang San's future 100,000-year Spirit Bone and 100,000-year Soul Ring. They cannot be taken by someone else so easily."

"No matter who you are, I will tear you to pieces and grind your bones to ash!"

Tang Hao spoke in an icy tone, his eyes filled with brutality and murderous light.

Shi An had no idea that Tang Hao had gone mad because Xiao Wu had disappeared.

Even if he knew, he would only have smiled faintly.

Tang Hao would never suspect him. He had no motive, no reason, and he should not have been able to see through Xiao Wu's true identity.

With Tang Hao's arrogant nature, he would never suspect Shi An, who was nothing more than an ant in his eyes.

Xiao Wu had left, but Tang San continued studying under Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Having already achieved his goal, Shi An had no intention of staying any longer.

He had already roughly memorized all the books in the library of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

There was no longer any use in remaining here.

On the contrary, living beneath Tang Hao's watchful eye made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

It was time to leave.

He did not bid farewell to anyone, nor did he leave behind any trace.

On a sunny afternoon, he left Nuoding City.

He did not know where he was going, nor did he know what he would do next.

The only goal clear in his heart was to increase his Soul Power and strive to become stronger.

His Soul Power Level was currently level 24. With the heaven-defying talent granted by the Origin Stone, his strength would grow very quickly.

But he did not intend to hide away somewhere and tediously cultivate Soul Power.

Knowledge was, in the end, only knowledge.

As the ancients said,

Reading ten thousand books was not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.

A person lived only thirty thousand days. After subtracting sleep and all the trivial matters, only a little over ten thousand days remained.

Yet everyone had their own way of spending those ten thousand-odd days.

What Shi An wanted was to see heaven and earth, observe all living beings, and seek his true self.

To see heaven and earth meant exactly what it sounded like: to witness the vast world and broaden one's experience.

To observe all living beings was to experience life's countless forms and comprehend the mortal world.

To seek one's true self meant that after witnessing heaven and earth and observing all living beings, one needed to turn back, find one's true self, and return to one's original heart.