[Zhu Zhuqing]

Night fell.

A campfire burned in the Soul Beast forest.

"Why hasn't this girl woken up yet?"

"She took a cannon blast!"

"A blast that powerful would knock you out for a while even if you only caught the shock wave."

"Didn't Wei Fan give her medicine?"

"That medicine only eased her injuries. It couldn't wake her up right away."

"Li, when are we finally going to find your Soul Ring?"

"I'm more fucking anxious than any of you!"

"..."

The members of the Elephant Armor Team sat beside the campfire, chatting and wolfing down their food.

"Cough, cough..."

A weak cough drew everyone's attention.

"You're awake!"

Wei Fan hurried over first, intending to explain.

Before he could speak, the girl tried to fight him to the death. Her hand turned clawlike, five crescent-shaped streaks of cold light flashing between her fingers.

Wei Fan struck out with his palm. Soul Power surged through it, instantly scattering all five streaks.

When her first strike failed, the girl tried to stand and attack again, but her broken legs would not support her. Her supple body fell straight into Wei Fan's arms.

Well, she really was soft!

Wei Fan could not resist giving her a squeeze.

"You bastard, let go of me!"

The girl endured the searing pain, murderous intent rising in her beautiful eyes.

Her claws readied another attack on Wei Fan, only to be tightly enveloped in azure Soul Power, leaving them unable to move.

"You were the one who fell into my arms, all right?"

"But I won't hold that against you!"

Wei Fan understood how she felt. Anyone strolling through a Soul Beast forest only to get blasted out of nowhere would hardly wake up with a friendly smile!

"This really was my fault."

"Don't worry. I'll take full responsibility for you!"

"But you can't move around anymore. Both your legs are broken. Otherwise, I really might have to look after you for the rest of your life."

Wei Fan carried the girl back onto the rock, then withdrew his Soul Power.

"Who are you?"

"We're from the Elephant Armor Academy!"

"You're not from the Star Luo Empire?"

"No!"

The girl swept her icy gaze over them. She could tell they were not lying, and there was no reason for them to lie in this situation anyway.

Once she learned who they were, she became less guarded.

"Who's there?"

Wei Fan spun around like lightning, simultaneously channeling his Soul Power as azure water surged into his hand.

He had detected a faint disturbance in the bushes a short distance behind him.

At Wei Fan's reaction, Huyan Li and the other Elephant Armor Team members summoned their Martial Souls at once. They had not noticed anything approaching.

But they trusted Wei Fan!

If Wei Fan said something was there, then it was there!

"Everyone, please don't attack!"

A woman's voice came from behind a tree trunk. Then a woman with a voluptuous figure stepped out. She, too, wore black, and looked quite similar to the girl lying on the rock.

Upon seeing her, Wei Fan could finally confirm both women's identities.

The girl on the rock whom he had accidentally injured had to be Zhu Zhuqing, while the woman standing less than thirty meters in front of him was Zhu Zhuyun.

He had already suspected that the girl he had blasted might be Zhu Zhuqing, but he had lacked any evidence.

Zhu Zhuqing was hardly the only girl on the Douluo Continent who wore black and had an enormous chest!

Wasn't another one standing right in front of him?

At the sight of the newcomer, Zhu Zhuqing's pupils abruptly contracted, and her hands clenched tight.

What rotten luck today!

If disaster had not dropped from the sky in the form of a cannon blast, she might already have reached the Heaven Dou Empire.

"Everyone, the girl lying on that rock is my younger sister."

"I'm taking her back now!"

Zhu Zhuyun spoke very politely.

Wei Fan's side had the advantage in numbers!

She had spotted Zhu Zhuqing that evening, but the girl had been lying on a rock with seven burly men guarding her.

At the time, she had thought these men had come to rescue Zhu Zhuqing, so she had not dared make a rash move.

But just now, she had personally witnessed Zhu Zhuqing attacking Wei Fan and immediately realized that these men were not on Zhu Zhuqing's side.

That was why she had finally shown herself!

"Brother Wei Fan, her older sister's here!"

"What do we do?"

Huyan Li felt his scalp prickle. The girl's family had come looking for her.

If they saw that they had broken the girl's legs...

Wouldn't they fight them to the death?

"Relax. It's nothing!"

Of course Wei Fan knew why Zhu Zhuyun had brought people here.

He already felt deeply sorry for accidentally injuring Zhu Zhuqing. This was the perfect chance to make it up to her.

"She's not my sister!"

Zhu Zhuqing's icy voice rang out behind him.

"Everyone, this is a family matter. My sister and I had an argument."

"She's only speaking out of anger. I'll take her back now."

"Sorry for the trouble!"

Zhu Zhuyun spoke politely as she walked toward Zhu Zhuqing.

"Wait!"

"She already said she wasn't your sister."

"I can't hand her over to you!"

Wei Fan blocked Zhu Zhuyun's path.

He knew that if he gave way today, Zhu Zhuqing would lose her life.

"Zhu Zhuqing, my dear little sister!"

"Come, let your big sister take you home!"

"As long as you come back with me, I promise I won't make things difficult for you."

Zhu Zhuyun did not want a direct confrontation with Wei Fan and the others, so she focused her attention on Zhu Zhuqing.

"You want me to go back with you?"

"Over my dead body!"

Zhu Zhuqing clenched her teeth. She could not stand Zhu Zhuyun's hypocritical act.

If she really went back with her today, she would be a cold corpse before tomorrow came.

"See? She's already said she won't go back with you!"

"Leave!"

Wei Fan spoke.

"Zhu Zhuqing, you'd better think this through!"

"Is it really safe for a girl all alone to stay with these grown men out in the wilderness?"

"You're so pretty... don't end up wishing you were dead."

A cold gleam flashed in Zhu Zhuyun's eyes.

She did not want to let Zhu Zhuqing escape like this. Once the girl reached the Heaven Dou Empire, hunting her down would become much harder.

"What the hell are you implying, woman?"

"We're perfectly decent people."

"She's already said she won't go back with you. If you don't leave, don't blame us for getting rough."

Huyan Li and the others could no longer hold back.

This woman's opinion of them was far too filthy!

They had initially thought she was a good older sister who had come to take her little sister home.

After this exchange, they understood.

She was a sister with a heart of snakes and scorpions!

"Fine!"

"In that case, let's follow the rules of the Soul Master World."

"We'll settle this through Soul Fighting. If I win, I take the girl!"

Zhu Zhuyun knew this was her last chance to hunt down her younger sister. If she let her go today, the girl would escape to the Heaven Dou Empire.

She would never allow that to happen!

"What kind of bullshit are you spouting?"

"That rule is for disputes over Soul Rings and Soul Bones. This girl is a person."

"You don't even treat your sister like a human being, yet you have the nerve to call yourself her older sister."

"And all that talk about wishing she were dead-do you spend every day wishing you were dead?"

Huyan Li and the others kept firing back.

Zhu Zhuyun's behavior had thoroughly enraged them.

"You..."

Zhu Zhuyun trembled with anger. She had assumed that since these men were not on Zhu Zhuqing's side, they would not protect her.

She had never expected things to become so difficult today!

"Fine. I accept!"

Wei Fan stepped forward.

They were still within the Star Luo Empire's borders, after all. The others did not know Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing's identities, but he knew them very well.

Who knew whether Zhu Zhuyun had anyone backing her up? If they dragged this out and attracted a whole swarm of people, things could turn ugly!

Seeing Wei Fan accept, Huyan Li and the others were not particularly concerned. With Wei Fan's freakish strength, one cannon blast would surely make this woman piss herself!