The giant tiger opened its blood-red maw and lunged straight at Lu Guan's face.
Savage malice rampaged through the sealed room.
He snapped his head up. The flesh above his forehead tore open in an instant, and two shadowy eyes sprang open.
"You think you're fiercer than me?"
Lu Guan snorted and stamped his foot.
Dark red mist erupted from beneath his feet.
Nine Li War Fog!
In just two breaths, the thick red fog enveloped both boy and tiger.
The giant tiger charged into the fog, only for its speed to plummet. Its enormous phantom form began twisting within the war fog, and even its savage fury stalled for a moment.
The fog was filled with pure fighting spirit, more domineering than even this ten-thousand-year ferocious beast.
The fog ate away at the Nightmare Bloodwing Tiger, but the Bloodwing Tiger still tried to resist.
"Weapons, come!"
Lu Guan thrust out all six hands, golden light flashing in his palms.
Five bronze weapons materialized.
His middle left hand grasped a bladeless pole.
Shu shakes a thousand tons!
The bronze Shu whistled through the air and smashed viciously into the giant tiger's forehead.
Bam!
The crash echoed. The giant tiger was smashed flat against the floor and let out a piercing wail.
It tried to struggle, but Lu Guan flipped his upper right hand, pressing the bronze Ji straight against its throat.
"You came in here, and now you think you can run?"
Lu Guan snorted, his shadowy pupils contracting sharply.
His soul power erupted at full force.
The Bloodwing Tiger let out a mournful cry. Its enormous phantom form shattered in an instant, becoming a mass of pure blood-red energy that surged into Lu Guan's body through his arm.
Scorching hot.
His bones were restructuring, his meridians expanding.
Lu Guan felt a sharp pain around his shoulder blades, as though something was about to burst out of his body.
Rip!
His clothes were forcibly torn apart.
A pair of dark red bone wings extended from his back and took shape.
The edges of the bone wings were exceptionally sharp, their surfaces covered in fine black markings.
His first soul skill, Bloodbone Demon Wings.
Four eyes, six hands, two wings.
Lu Guan made the bone wings flap.
His body lifted lightly off the ground and hovered in midair.
A Chinese guy could fly!
With these wings, not only had his mobility improved dramatically, but control of the skies was also in his hands.
More importantly, these bone wings were incredibly sturdy and could easily serve as two sharp broadswords.
Lu Guan withdrew his martial soul. The bone wings became two streaks of red light and retracted into his body, leaving only two faint red marks on his back.
In the real world.
Lu Beixuan was pacing anxiously up and down the corridor, while Deacon Zhao kept wiping away sweat beside him.
When the door opened, both turned to look.
"Son! Are you all right?" Lu Beixuan rushed over and looked him up and down.
"Never better." Lu Guan rolled his neck. "The soul spirit was very obedient."
Deacon Zhao swallowed hard as he listened.
Obedient? That was the remnant soul of a ferocious beast that had nearly killed several prodigies.
"Was the fusion successful?" Deacon Zhao asked cautiously.
Lu Guan nodded.
"That's good, that's good." Deacon Zhao let out a long breath. "Brother Lu, take care on your way home. Come find me anytime you need anything."
They left the Spirit Pagoda.
Dusk had already fallen.
Soul-powered streetlights lit up the streets of Eastsea City.
Father and son followed a small road home.
Lu Beixuan's mouth never stopped moving the whole way.
"Son, what's your first soul skill? Is it powerful?"
"It's all right. I can fly."
"Fly?!" Lu Beixuan nearly jumped. "A flight-type soul skill! That's top-tier!"
As they talked, sounds of a struggle came from a dim alley ahead.
"Little girl, come with Uncle. Uncle will buy you candy."
"Let go of me..."
The voice was faint, but Lu Guan's hearing, far beyond that of an ordinary person, caught it with perfect clarity.
Lu Guan stopped.
Lu Beixuan also sensed something wrong and craned his head to look into the alley.
Three thuggish young men were surrounding a little silver-haired girl.
One of them, a blond, was reaching for the girl's arm.
The girl wore a white dress and backed away.
"Trafficking people in broad daylight?" Hot-tempered as he was, Lu Beixuan was ready to explode on the spot.
Before he could take a step, a dark blur shot past him.
It was Lu Guan.
He had just been wondering where to test his newly acquired soul skill.
"Who's there?" The blond heard the noise and turned around.
A long halberd thrust straight toward him.
Eat my halberd!
Bam!
The blond was sent flying into the wall, passing out before he could even scream.
The remaining two thugs froze.
A six- or seven-year-old kid?
"You're asking for death!" The tall thug snapped out of it. A gleaming dagger appeared in his hand, and he stabbed straight at Lu Guan.
Lu Guan did not dodge.
Beneath him, a Yellow Soul Ring flashed.
The flesh on his forehead tore open, revealing two shadowy eyes.
Then came the sound of fabric ripping behind him, and a pair of dark red bone wings snapped open.
The enormous bone wings spread, shrouding the entire alley.
Darkness swallowed everything.
The temperature in the alley plummeted.
The tall thug's dagger stopped in midair, his whole body trembling.
What the fuck was this monster?
Lu Guan curled his upper left hand around empty air. Golden light flashed, and a bronze Ge appeared in his grip.
Without any fancy movements, he simply swung the Ge into him.
The first form of the Weapon Lord's Heart Art: Hooking Ge, Sinking Earth.
Crack!
The tall thug's arm snapped on the spot. His whole body flew like a torn burlap sack, slamming heavily onto the ground as he howled without stopping.
The last thug's legs gave out. The stink of urine rose from his crotch, and he dropped to his knees with a thud.
"Spare me, sir! Spare me, monster sir!"
Lu Guan put away the bronze Ge. With a beat of his bone wings, he hovered in midair and looked down at him.
"Dad, call the police."
After tying up the criminals with rope, Lu Guan landed and withdrew his martial soul.
He turned to look at the silver-haired girl.
The girl had neither run nor cried.
Her purple eyes were crystal clear, and she stared unblinkingly at Lu Guan.
Strangely, she seemed completely unafraid of his terrifying appearance just now.
Instead, she took two steps closer.
Looking at the girl's silver hair and purple eyes, Lu Guan suddenly felt his heart skip a beat.
That combination...
"Little girl, what's your name?" Lu Guan asked tentatively.
The girl looked at him, her voice clear and bright.
"Na'er. My name is Na'er..."
Lu Guan froze.
Na'er?
The Na'er who was part of Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena?
Wasn't Tang Wulin supposed to find her in Aolai City?
How had she ended up in Eastsea City?!
Lu Guan's head buzzed.
Had the plot gone off the rails?
Had his arrival already set the butterfly effect loose on this world?
For once, Lu Guan felt unsettled. He had always treated his knowledge of the plot as his greatest bargaining chip, and this sudden turn caught him off guard.
Lu Guan took a deep breath and calmed down. Fine, if the plot had changed, so be it. From now on, he just had to be careful not to act recklessly based on the original story.
While Lu Guan was still pondering the change in the plot, Lu Beixuan was already delighted.
He stared at Na'er, unable to look away.
"Oh my, what a pretty little girl." Rubbing his hands together, Lu Beixuan crouched in front of Na'er. "Little girl, where's your family?"
Na'er shook her head.
"Na'er... Na'er doesn't have a family..."
Lu Beixuan slapped his thigh, his eyes reddening.
"What a sin! How could such an adorable child have no family?"
He turned toward Lu Guan and settled the matter with a single declaration.
"Son, let's take her home! Your dad has always wanted a daughter. Isn't this a little padded jacket sent right to our doorstep by heaven?"
Lu Guan's face darkened with exasperation.
Were people on the Douluo Continent all this carefree?
Did they all adopt whatever child they happened to meet by the roadside? It was practically hardwired into their base code.
"Dad, that's not a good idea, is it? We can't just bring someone home like that..."
At least go to the public security bureau and follow the adoption procedures!
Lu "Law-Abiding Citizen" Guan.
"Out of the way!" Lu Beixuan scooped Na'er into his arms. "Come on, daughter, come home with Dad. Dad will buy you something tasty!"
Na'er did not struggle. She simply rested obediently against Lu Beixuan's shoulder.
Yet her gaze remained on Lu Guan, looking past Lu Beixuan.
Lu Guan sighed and could only follow.
Forget it. He was already on the Douluo Continent. Why bother talking about laws?
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