Xiao Wu: This Wild Little Rabbit Is Asking to Die

[On the first day of waiting for Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong's expression looked like this: ♪(^∇^*)]

[On the tenth day of waiting for Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong's expression had become like this: (T﹏T)]

[And so.]

[Ning Rongrong, who had nearly thought Grandpa Sword had fallen, almost cried herself into a breakdown.]

[During the journey to Spirit City.]

[Lan Yin had always treated her with an icy attitude that kept strangers at arm's length.]

[Meanwhile, Xiao Wu had been dragged off by Lan Yin for training.]

[Having completely lost her sense of security, Ning Rongrong only wanted to cling to Tang Chuan's side in her daily life, relying on him especially heavily.]

[All of this was entirely within Tang Chuan's plans.]

[Although his grasp of the human heart had not yet reached perfection.]

[It was more than enough to deal with a little girl.]

[After personally experiencing the pain of losing everything, Ning Rongrong, who had grown up in a happy family.]

[Naturally cherished the remaining light by her side even more.]

[Do not underestimate this brief month of experience.]

[The shadows of childhood.]

[Would never instantly vanish just because Ning Rongrong had regained the affection of her three elders.]

[They would only be hidden, buried, and have their bloody wounds dulled by time.]

[Likewise.]

[The person who had been willing to give her warmth and support when she had nothing.]

[Would, through their long separation.]

[Leave an indelible figure in Ning Rongrong's heart.]

[And in the end, this obsession that she could see but never reach.]

[Would also make Tang Chuan become the one and only white moonlight in her heart.]

Black World.

Ning Rongrong cast resentful looks at Tang Chuan and Lan Yin.

The two of them coughed lightly, then shifted their gazes away in unspoken agreement, as if they had planned it beforehand.

Ning Rongrong was both annoyed and amused.

She stretched out her little hand and lightly pinched Tang Chuan's arm.

"You two bad guys, you had me fooled so badly."

The reason she could sit here today.

Was naturally because she knew all too well just how successful Tang Chuan's schemes had been back then.

During the years after she returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

She and Tang Chuan exchanged letters every month or two.

Even when she was cultivating.

That brief, warm time the two of them had spent together would occasionally surface in her mind.

Later, when she was twelve.

Her father, Ning Fengzhi, had planned to send her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ning Rongrong agreed on the surface.

But the very next day, she chose to run away from home.

After crossing more than half the map, she enrolled in Spirit Hall Academy.

And through Tang Chuan's connections.

She became an exception among that year's students—the only freshman who, upon enrollment, became an official member of the Spirit Hall Academy Team without undergoing any tests, enjoying the treatment of a core student.

She was immensely glad, and she had never regretted it.

That she had been able to bravely make that decision at the age of twelve.

After all...

Ning Rongrong looped her arm through Tang Chuan's and lowered her head slightly.

Her clear, obsidian-like eyes fell upon the exquisitely crafted ring on her ring finger.

Happiness...

If you do not strive for it yourself.

You will never know the answer.

Isn't that right?!

[A few days later.]

[Xiao Wu's figure darted through the dense forest.]

[As the Mighty Gorilla ahead was restrained by countless Blue Silver Grass growing from the ground.]

[She quickly stepped forward and used the explosive power of her first soul skill, Waist Bow, to knock it down with a single whip kick.]

["Rongrong, go on. Absorb your first soul ring."]

[As Tang Chuan spoke, he tied the Mighty Gorilla up like a rice dumpling.]

["Oh, okay!" Ning Rongrong, who stood nearby, took a deep breath and walked over with a serious expression, gripping a dagger.]

[Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo had previously taught Ning Rongrong how to kill soul beasts.]

[So aside from her hands trembling a little, she did not hesitate to strike.]

["Yaaahhh!!"]

[Ning Rongrong cried out and thrust her dagger down.]

[Successfully...]

[Leaving a wound on the Mighty Gorilla's skin.]

[When the first strike failed to kill it, Ning Rongrong froze for a moment before continuing with a second stab, then a third, a fourth...]

[In the end, one stab nearly struck the Mighty Gorilla right in the balls.]

[The Mighty Gorilla's eyes were filled with despair.]

[But its mouth was sealed shut, and it could only make muffled "woo woo" cries.]

[It looked toward Tang Chuan with a gaze that said, "Please, just kill me."]

[Tang Chuan truly could not bear to watch anymore. He stepped forward, took Ning Rongrong's hand, and ended the life of this 350-year-old Mighty Gorilla.]

[Ning Rongrong gave Tang Chuan a grateful look.]

[Then sat down on the spot and began absorbing the soul ring.]

[As an auxiliary-type soul master, Ning Rongrong's physique was weaker than that of ordinary soul masters, so 350 years was more or less her limit.]

[After all, in the original story, even the power-type soul beast Sword Douluo selected for her had only been around 300 years old.]

[Meanwhile.]

[Xiao Wu returned to the place where they had first encountered the Mighty Gorilla.]

[Looking at the group of injured Soft Bone Rabbits inside the cave, she revealed an expression of pity.]

[The reason she had been so eager to pursue and kill that Mighty Gorilla just now.]

[Was because it had been attacking the Soft Bone Rabbits' nest.]

[Unfortunately, they had still arrived too late.]

[Within the mostly destroyed nest.]

[The young Soft Bone Rabbits had almost all died.]

[The only one still alive was a hundred-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit whose entire body was still trembling.]

["Sigh, I guess it won't work."]

["Xiao Wu, do you want spicy rabbit heads? I'll make some for you tonight."]

[Tang Chuan stood behind Xiao Wu and asked.]

[Xiao Wu raised her head and stared at him in disbelief. What was this guy saying in front of a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit?]

["Are you a devil, Brother Tang Chuan?"]

["And that little one inside only broke one leg."]

["It isn't even dead yet."]

["Yet you already want to eat it."]

[Tang Chuan snorted and planted his hands on his hips.]

["I'm doing it a favor. What's the difference between an injured Soft Bone Rabbit and a walking ham sausage in front of other soul beasts?"]

["Besides, you were the one who said you were tired of dried rations and fruit lately."]

["You said you wanted something fresh, so I was going to make you something special, okay?"]

["How about you try a bite?"]

[Tang Chuan asked tentatively.]

[Xiao Wu rose to her feet in anger.]

["Brother Tang Chuan, you've gone too far! Rabbits are so cute, how can you possibly bear to eat them?"]

["I won't eat it. I absolutely won't."]

["Even if I, Xiao Wu, starve to death, die out here, or stew myself in a pot, I will never eat a single bite of your food."]

Hu Liena in the White World was left utterly stunned.

She felt as if Xiao Wu's words sounded a little familiar.

[Xiao Wu pushed Tang Chuan back toward Ning Rongrong.]

[Only then did she return, intending to carry the Soft Bone Rabbit out and let it escape so it would not fall victim to Tang Chuan's spicy rabbit heads.]

["There, there. Don't be scared. I'm here to save you."]

[However, the moment Xiao Wu reached her hand inside, the Soft Bone Rabbit bit her.]

[Xiao Wu: "..."]

[The veins on her forehead bulged.]

[But considering that the little rabbit might have been too frightened, she still endured it.]

[Then, the very next second.]

[The Soft Bone Rabbit flung sand filled with poop straight at her face.]

[Xiao Wu let out a horrified scream and scrambled away to the side.]

[Only narrowly avoiding it.]

[She knelt on the ground, panting heavily, then laughed in fury!]

[Fine, fine, fine.]

["I did everything I could to save you, yet you repay kindness with hatred and throw me into the fire and water."]

["In the end, you even dared to attack me with a pile of crap."]

["I can see that you are asking to die."]

[Killing intent blazed in Xiao Wu's eyes.]