Xiao Wu: You Wouldn't Want to See the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python Die, Would You?

At the gates of Nuoding Academy.

When the gatekeeper saw Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Lin Hao return,

he was stunned and hurried forward to bow respectfully.

Then he opened the gates.

After they entered Nuoding Academy,

Chrysanthemum Douluo seemed to recall something. He turned to Lin Hao and asked,

"By the way, Hao."

"Did you say you saw a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit that had taken human form?"

"Yes, Teacher!"

"I saw her perfectly clearly. She was definitely a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form!"

Lin Hao sounded utterly certain.

At his answer, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged a glance, a strange, complicated look flickering in their eyes.

Chrysanthemum Douluo pondered for a moment before speaking slowly.

"If she really is that hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, your Uncle Ghost and I might actually know her."

"Know her?"

Lin Hao pretended to be slightly taken aback.

"That's right!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded, a trace of reminiscence passing through his eyes as he recounted what had happened not long ago.

As it turned out, half a year earlier,

they had gone to the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest on Pope Bibi Dong's orders to hunt a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit capable of assuming human form.

During that operation, they had successfully surrounded the Soft Bone Rabbit in human form.

But just as they were about to succeed, another hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit had suddenly rushed out.

She appeared to be the first rabbit's child.

In the end, to protect her child, the Soft Bone Rabbit in human form had sacrificed herself to Bibi Dong in exchange for a chance for the young Soft Bone Rabbit to escape.

At the time, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had needed to protect the Pope, so they could only watch helplessly as the little Soft Bone Rabbit disappeared into the depths of the forest.

"According to the information Bibi Dong gave us at the time,"

Chrysanthemum Douluo continued thoughtfully,

"the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit who escaped apparently had close ties to two other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest-the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python."

"We only managed to lure the Soft Bone Rabbit in human form out on her own by using a stratagem."

"Otherwise, with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python there, it would have been very difficult to surround and kill that Soft Bone Rabbit capable of assuming human form."

"A hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit capable of assuming human form..."

Lin Hao understood perfectly.

That should have been Xiao Wu's mother.

However, according to the rules of the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later, a soul beast needed at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation to truly assume human form.

In other words, Xiao Wu's mother probably had not actually been a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Rather, she had been a two-hundred-thousand-year existence.

Now that he had learned this information from Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo,

Lin Hao's thoughts raced. A gleam suddenly flashed through his eyes, and he feigned surprise and excitement as he said,

"Teacher, Uncle Ghost, since this hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit very likely has close ties to the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest,"

"we might have a better option than simply hunting her for her soul ring and soul bone. We don't have to just kill her."

"A better option?"

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo both looked at him in puzzlement.

Lin Hao smiled confidently and said,

"Hundred-thousand-year soul beasts possess intelligence almost equal to humans, so they must have feelings too."

"Since she's close to those two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, we can threaten her with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python and make her willingly sacrifice herself to me!"

At this, a flash of burning eagerness passed through Lin Hao's eyes.

He was already at level thirty-nine, on the cusp of advancing beyond Soul Elder.

If he could receive Xiao Wu's sacrifice, then absorb both her and Ah Yin's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones,

his cultivation would certainly soar straight to the Soul King level!

Faced with such a temptation, he had to give it a try.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged a glance, pondered for a moment, then both slowly nodded.

This plan was indeed more valuable than simply hunting her down.

Compared with harvesting her soul ring and soul bone,

if they could make that hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form sacrifice herself to Hao,

it would also greatly improve his physique and cultivation.

This would undoubtedly maximize their gains!

After discussing the details of their plan,

the three went straight to the teaching building and found Director Su, the head of academic affairs.

Faced with two Titled Douluo-level experts like Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, Director Su was naturally overwhelmed with trepidation and dared not show the slightest negligence.

When Chrysanthemum Douluo told him to fetch Xiao Wu from the first-year class, saying they would wait in the grove between the dormitory building and the training field,

Director Su thought Spirit Hall had taken an interest in Xiao Wu's talent and wanted to recruit her. He hurriedly agreed with deferential nods and bows, then rushed toward the dormitory building.

Soon, Director Su brought Xiao Wu to the little grove.

From a distance, Xiao Wu wore a pink dress, her skin fair and her features delicate and adorable. Her black hair was styled in a scorpion-tail braid, closely matching Lin Hao's memories of her.

When she saw Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo standing in the grove,

Xiao Wu's large black eyes, which had been filled with curiosity and confusion, instantly reddened. Her small body began to tremble, her hands clenched tightly into fists, and her pearly teeth bit hard into her lower lip. Her eyes brimmed with rage and hatred.

"All right, you can leave."

Chrysanthemum Douluo waved a hand, signaling for Director Su to leave.

Once Director Su was far away, Chrysanthemum Douluo looked at Xiao Wu with a faint, mocking smile and spoke unhurriedly.

"Xiao Wu, the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit. You're the fish that slipped through our net back then, aren't you?"

Xiao Wu shuddered violently. Towering hatred instantly surged through her reddened eyes as she stared fixedly at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, declaring furiously and defiantly,

"You despicable humans!"

"You killed my mother, and now you've come to kill me!"

"Even if I die, I won't let you have your way!"

Before her words had faded, Xiao Wu abruptly turned and tried to ram her head into the thick tree beside her!

After taking human form, Xiao Wu not only had to cultivate again from scratch, but had also lost the ability to self-destruct.

Seeing her try to ram the tree, Chrysanthemum Douluo smiled disdainfully. With a flicker of movement, he appeared behind her like a phantom.

He extended a hand, releasing a vast surge of soul power that pinned Xiao Wu in place, leaving her unable to move.

Immediately afterward, Ghost Douluo took out a specially made rope and deftly bound her.

"Let's go! We'll leave this place first."

Chrysanthemum Douluo spoke.

Then Chrysanthemum Douluo took Lin Hao, while Ghost Douluo took the tightly bound Xiao Wu, and they rose directly into the air, leaving Nuoding Academy.

The three did not return to Spirit City. Instead, they landed in an ancient forest deep in the mountains outside Nuoding City.

Deep within the forest, sunlight filtered through layers of leaves, scattering patches of light and shadow.

Their surroundings were silent and deserted.

Xiao Wu was placed beneath a large tree, her hands and feet securely bound. Yet she still held her head up defiantly, glaring at the three before her with reddened eyes.

Lin Hao walked up to Xiao Wu and crouched down, wearing a gentle smile as he spoke.

"My teacher told me your mother sacrificed herself to Bibi Dong, the Pope of our Spirit Hall. Is that right?"

"So what if she did?"

Xiao Wu glared defiantly at Lin Hao and snapped angrily.

"They say the soul of a soul beast that sacrifices itself remains intact. Resurrection isn't impossible."

Lin Hao smiled faintly, unbothered, and simply continued speaking.

At his words, Xiao Wu froze. A gleam instantly flashed through her reddened eyes, and she asked urgently,

"How can she be resurrected? My mother can still come back to life? Is what you're saying true?"

Lin Hao smiled faintly and answered at an unhurried pace.

"Of course it's true!"

"As long as I become a god, I can resurrect your mother."

"For a god, resurrecting an intact soul isn't impossible."

As he spoke, Lin Hao extended his right hand and summoned his martial soul-the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.

A golden-purple singular velvet sky chrysanthemum bloomed in his palm, its petals shimmering with a soft luster.

Then three soul rings-one yellow, one purple, and one black-rose from beneath his feet and revolved around him.

"My name is Lin Hao. I'm only eight years old."

Lin Hao looked at Xiao Wu, his tone sincere and candid.

"But my cultivation has already reached level thirty-nine Soul Elder, and my soul ring configuration is one yellow, one purple, and one black."

"I won't claim no one will ever surpass such talent, but it's certainly unprecedented."

"I can promise you that with my talent, I'll definitely become a god in the future."

"So I want to make a deal with you."

"As long as you're willing to sacrifice yourself to me, I guarantee that once I become a god, I'll resurrect both you and your mother."

"What! You're eight?!"

Looking at Lin Hao, Xiao Wu widened her eyes in utter disbelief.

You're as tall as two or three of me stacked together.

And you're saying you're only eight?!

"I really am eight!"

Seeing Xiao Wu's incredulous expression, Lin Hao felt rather helpless. He took out his Martial Soul Certificate and handed it over.

"If you don't believe me, you can take a look."

"Who knows whether this Martial Soul Certificate of yours is even real!"

Even after reading the Martial Soul Certificate, Xiao Wu remained doubtful.

Lin Hao shook his head and smiled helplessly, unsurprised.

"I know you might not believe me."

"But even if you don't sacrifice yourself, I can kill you right now and still get your soul ring and soul bone."

"That wouldn't be much of a loss for me."

"But on the other hand..."

"I hear you have a Titan Giant Ape and a Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest who grew up with you, right?"

"If you refuse to sacrifice yourself to me, I'll kill them one by one in the future and harvest their soul rings and soul bones."

"When that happens, they won't even have a chance at resurrection."

"I imagine you wouldn't want to see the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python die because of you, would you?"

At this, Lin Hao spread his lips into a grin, revealing a mouthful of white teeth as he delivered the threat.