Enemies Meet Again? Gu Ling vs. Xiao Wu!

Hearing her own name, Xiao Wu had not thought much of it at first. But when she caught her opponent's soul-dueling alias, she visibly froze.

"???"

"Spicy Rabbit Head Lover?"

The next second, Xiao Wu's pretty face darkened as she snapped angrily,

"What kind of stupid name is that?!"

"Who's so shameless that they'd give themselves a soul-dueling alias like that?"

Her martial soul was the Soft-Bone Rabbit! Yet in her very first one-on-one soul duel today, she had run into someone called "Spicy Rabbit Head Lover." Wasn't that obviously aimed at her?

Tang San, standing beside her, was also taken aback when he heard the name. Then he smiled helplessly. "Xiao Wu, don't overthink it. It's just a soul-dueling alias."

"Hmph!" Xiao Wu rose from her chair, cracking her fists as she said irritably, "I'd like to see just who loves eating rabbit heads so much!"

With that, she stomped angrily toward the Thirteenth Soul-Dueling Arena.

Tang San watched her retreating figure and could only shake his head helplessly. With Xiao Wu's personality, this Spicy Rabbit Head Lover was probably in for a bad night.

Not long afterward.

Xiao Wu arrived at the waiting area outside the Thirteenth Soul-Dueling Arena.

There was still some time before the match officially began. She stood there with her arms crossed, an annoyed expression on her face as she continued thinking about the bizarre opponent she was about to face.

"Spicy Rabbit Head Lover??"

"Just wait until I beat you flat!"

At that moment, a teenage boy dressed in fitted black clothes slowly emerged from the contestants' passageway nearby.

Xiao Wu did not pay much attention at first, merely glancing in that direction. But the next moment, her expression stiffened, and she instinctively looked over again.

"Hm?"

With just one glance, she recognized him.

After all, they had graduated from Notting Academy together only half a year ago. Even though Gu Ling had grown somewhat taller over the past six months, Xiao Wu could not possibly fail to recognize him.

"Gu Ling?"

Xiao Wu was clearly stunned, and surprise soon appeared on her face.

She had never expected that her opponent in today's one-on-one soul duel would be Gu Ling, whom she had parted with only half a year ago!

Hearing someone call his name, Gu Ling paused slightly. He turned to look, and when he saw the pink figure in the distance, a trace of surprise likewise appeared on his face.

The two simply stood several meters apart, looking at each other.

For a moment, the air fell quiet.

Gu Ling was not at all surprised that Xiao Wu had appeared at the Soto Great Soul Arena. He simply had not expected to run into her by such a coincidence on his first day here.

Back at Notting Academy, his relationship with Xiao Wu had not exactly been good.

Xiao Wu had always been lively and restless. In addition, she was close to Tang San, while Gu Ling had often clashed with Grandmaster and Tang San. As a result, the two sides had had no shortage of verbal disputes over the years.

Whenever they disagreed, the two would even come to blows.

Still, Xiao Wu had never been Gu Ling's match back at Notting Academy. He had not expected them to meet again at the Soto Great Soul Arena after only half a year.

As Gu Ling looked at Xiao Wu in the distance, there was no joy on his face at the reunion with an old classmate. After all, they had never gotten along at Notting Academy.

Besides.

Gu Ling had always looked down on Xiao Wu—or rather, this beast. She constantly claimed that she had come to the human world to avenge her mother, yet after meeting Tang San, she forgot all about it. After becoming a god, she had completely forgotten her identity as a soul beast and turned a blind eye as Tang San drove soul beasts to near extinction.

Naturally, Xiao Wu had no idea what Gu Ling was thinking. When she saw the soul-dueling badge on his chest, her face immediately turned livid, and she fell silent for a full two seconds.

Then she abruptly raised her head and shouted furiously,

"Gu Ling! You picked that name?!"

Gu Ling lowered his head and glanced at his badge, spreading his hands as he said,

"What else? Did you think the arena picked it for me?"

Xiao Wu's face flushed red with anger. Her martial soul was the Soft-Bone Rabbit, yet this guy had chosen a name like "Spicy Rabbit Head Lover," and today, of all days, he had even been matched against her!

The more Xiao Wu thought about it, the more convinced she became that Gu Ling had done it on purpose.

"Did you already know I was in Soto City? Is that why you deliberately picked this name to disgust me?"

Gu Ling could not help laughing when he heard that. Somewhat speechless, he said,

"Don't you think too highly of yourself? Today was my first time coming to the Soto Great Soul Arena to register. I didn't even know where you were when I signed up. Do I need to consider in advance whether any name I choose might hurt some rabbit's feelings?"

"Who are you calling a rabbit?!"

Xiao Wu instantly bristled, panting furiously.

Gu Ling looked at her strangely and asked in confusion, "Aren't you a rabbit?"

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth. Back at Notting Academy, what she had hated most was this attitude of Gu Ling's. The things that came out of his mouth could infuriate someone to death, yet he always wore an expression as if he were asking, Wasn't I just stating the facts?

Xiao Wu clenched her fists and said viciously,

"Fine! I was originally thinking that we had at least been classmates, so I'd let you save some face since we ran into each other today. But not anymore. Later, I'm definitely going to beat you senseless!"

Gu Ling raised an eyebrow at that and mocked, "How many times have I heard that line back at Notting Academy? You don't seem to have managed it even once."

Xiao Wu: "..."

Talk about rubbing salt in the wound!

"That was then, this is now!" Xiao Wu said indignantly. "Since coming to Shrek Academy, I've been training every day. I'm not the same person I was half a year ago!"

After saying that, she gave Gu Ling no chance to continue mocking her. She suddenly pushed off with her feet and charged straight at him!

"Soft-Bone Rabbit, possess!"

Pink soul power suddenly surged from Xiao Wu's body.

A pair of long rabbit ears sprang up from the top of her head. Her already slender legs changed further after her martial soul possessed her, and her speed skyrocketed in an instant!

At the same time.

Two yellow and one purple Soul Rings rapidly rose from beneath her feet.

"Gu Ling!"

"I'm going to beat you to death today!"

Before her words had even faded, Xiao Wu had already rushed before Gu Ling.

The referee standing at the center of the soul-dueling platform was completely stunned when he saw this.

"Wait!"

"The match hasn't—"

But how could Xiao Wu still listen? Her mind was filled with Gu Ling's infuriating expression from moments ago, especially that line: You don't seem to have managed it even once.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became!

Seeing that Xiao Wu had already charged right in front of Gu Ling, the referee's mouth twitched violently. He could not exactly rush over, drag her back, and announce everything again, could he?

Left with no choice, the referee abruptly raised an arm and shouted,

"The match begins!"

Almost the instant his words fell.

Xiao Wu sprang into the air. Her slender body spun rapidly midair as one long leg, carrying a fierce gust of wind, swept viciously toward Gu Ling's head!

"Die!"