Shisui Uchiha arrives!!

Seeing Xiao Wu looking so nervous yet afraid to speak, Cao Kun gently set down the cloth, a faint smile touching his lips.

"If I truly wanted to harm them..."

"I wouldn't have waited until now, much less gone out of my way to tell you. With my strength, if I truly chose to act, do you think you could stop me?"

His gaze swept over Xiao Wu, then seemingly glanced without intent at the endless night sky outside the window.

Xiao Wu stiffened, her mind involuntarily conjuring the nine Soul Rings that had risen beneath Cao Kun's feet that night.

Especially those three blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, whose aura had made even her soul tremble!

Even his seventh ring was a hundred-thousand-year ring... Just how terrifying were his strength and reserves?

If he truly attacked Da Ming and Er Ming, then...

Xiao Wu bit her lip hard, her face growing even paler.

Yes, they couldn't stop him.

Even though Da Ming and Er Ming were powerful, against Cao Kun, whose strength was unfathomable and who possessed three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, along with those mysterious Titled Douluo elders under his command... the outcome was almost a foregone conclusion.

"Remember your place, Xiao Wu."

Cao Kun's voice pulled her out of her fearful thoughts. "You are now my maid, and a core disciple of Mount Buzhou."

"Your safety, and the safety of those you care about, will naturally factor into my considerations, provided they do not go against the sect's interests."

"Our main purpose in going to Star Dou this time is to hunt for Soul Rings. Unless necessary, we won't invite needless complications."

"You need only fulfill your duties. There is no need to let your imagination run wild."

His words offered little comfort, carrying instead