[Ding-] [The host has triggered an iconic scene. The entry [I’m Going to Win!] can be extracted.] [[I’m Going to Win!] entry description: a declaration of victory after awakening!] [Effect on enemies: whenever an enemy confidently says these words in front of the host, the damage the host deals to that enemy's waist increases tenfold!] [Effect on allies: whenever a teammate says these words in front of the host, the host can reply with [Win, my ass!] to deliver a sharp verbal blow to the teammate's head, with a 100% chance of shattering their arrogance and blind confidence, restoring their reason and clear thinking!]
"Strike Mu En's broken back?"
What kind of hellish joke was this...
And why had such an ominous entry triggered at a time like this? Girl, were you sure planting a death flag like that wouldn't cause trouble?
Could she really crash and burn while breaking through to Limit Douluo, even with the help of gold of life?
Su Yuan looked at Wang Xian'er with a complicated expression and couldn't help asking, "Sister Xian'er, you aren't planning to ration the gold of life even while breaking through to Limit Douluo, are you?"
Wang Xian'er froze. She said nothing, but her expression was visibly sheepish.
Mystery solved. She really was!
Su Yuan's head ached a little. He'd known it. Wang Xian'er hadn't even said "I'm going to win," so why had the system still judged that iconic scene to have occurred?
Thinking of it that way, besides detecting iconic scenes and extracting entries, the system had another very practical function: he could sometimes use it as radar.
That would let him foresee certain bad developments and give him ample time to adjust and avoid them.
Just like right now.
Su Yuan suddenly realized that Wang Xian'er's [Unconditional Love] buff really wasn't always a good thing!
Besides, it seemed only her body and personality had regained their youth. Her outlook still belonged to a kindly elder: whenever she had anything good, she wanted to save it for Su Yuan and use as little as possible herself.
It was just like a grandson returning home with some treats from the city for his grandmother, only for her to be reluctant to eat them and save them for his next visit, leaving them in the fridge until they were a year or two past their expiration date.
What a headache.
Fortunately, Su Yuan did have a way to handle this situation with Wang Xian'er.
The reason she couldn't bear to use it was simple. Put plainly, she feared that once she used it all, there would be none left for Su Yuan.
Breaking through to Limit Douluo was a hurdle that required every preparation to be in place and the second soul core to be condensed in one unbroken push. The slightest mistake could bring all that effort to ruin.
Trying to economize would inevitably cause trouble.
Save just a little, then a little more-and that tiny missing amount could be precisely what made the whole game fall apart.
Of course, the appearance of this iconic scene didn't necessarily mean Wang Xian'er would fail her breakthrough. It was simply that Doctor Ye Gou had seen scenes and possibilities of her failing across 114514 universes, triggering this iconic scene.
Thanks to the vitality of gold of life, her chances of breaking through to Limit Douluo were still very high-at least higher than Xuan Zi's and Du Busi's combined.
It was only her desire to conserve it that might lead to an accident.
What Su Yuan needed to do was reduce that possibility of failure to the bare minimum-or even eliminate it entirely!
"Sister Xian'er, why do you think I've reminded you time and again to break through to Limit Douluo as soon as possible?" Su Yuan spread his little hands and began deploying his grand art of psychological manipulation on Wang Xian'er.
"Since I could find one piece of gold of life, I can naturally find a second. I already know of another piece that's bigger than the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, but there's no way to get it without sufficient strength."
"So you don't need to worry at all that once this gold of life is used up, there won't be any more. As long as you break through to Limit Douluo, I have plenty of ways to get more good things."
"In fact..." Su Yuan paused, his expression growing much more serious. "I've always hoped you would use up this entire piece of gold of life. I'm not joking. Having already used a third of it, you've built an incredibly solid foundation."
"If you use the remaining two-thirds as well, with your advantages, you could absolutely try condensing your second soul core through Yin-Yang Complementarity and become an unprecedented Limit Douluo!"
Wang Xian'er tried to interject several times, but Su Yuan stopped her each time and earnestly finished everything he had to say.
She remained silent for a long while before finally nodding.
"All right, Little Yuan. I'll listen to you."
"Remember, you have to use it all." Su Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"I know." Wang Xian'er pursed her lips, her smile taking on a rare hint of playfulness.
"Then when are you planning to leave for Shrek?"
"In three days, I suppose." Su Yuan estimated Lao Huo's traveling speed.
Counting from the day he set out, Huo Yuhao had spent six days traveling along the main road before reaching the outskirts of the Star Luo Great Forest, where he met Bei Bei and Tang Ya while resting.
Su Yuan didn't need to travel on his own; Mo Yunxing could carry him along. He estimated that the journey Huo Yuhao completed in six days would take him only one or two.
Leaving an extra day would give him a little more leeway.
Before Huo Yuhao officially met the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Su Yuan had no intention of interfering with him. He had only sent someone to follow him from a distance, letting him make his way naturally to the Star Dou Great Forest to avoid any unforeseen deviations from the original story.
"Three days... all right."
Over the next three days, Su Yuan did nothing, enjoying a relaxed, leisurely time at the royal residence.
Wang Xian'er, on the other hand, was busy. Together with a group of maids, she meticulously prepared daily necessities for Su Yuan, worried that he wouldn't adjust to life at Shrek. All sorts of supplies filled an entire Storage Soul Tool.
Never mind attending Shrek-with those supplies, even if Su Yuan were tossed into the Western Great Wasteland to play wilderness survival, he could live in considerable comfort.
Besides everyday supplies, she hadn't neglected money, valuables, or cultivation resources either.
To put it bluntly, if anyone killed Su Yuan for loot now, the gold coins he dropped would be enough to buy a complete set of average-quality Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
Once the three days were up, Wang Xian'er saw Su Yuan out of Star Luo City. Mo Yunxing then carried him into the air, heading north toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Wang Xian'er watched in the direction Su Yuan had gone, only withdrawing her gaze after his figure vanished beyond the distant horizon.
"Yin-Yang Complementarity? Perhaps... it might be worth a try."
Wang Xian'er's eyes flickered as she lowered her head to look at the remaining two-thirds of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife in her palm, its radiance contained within.
Just one-third had already strengthened her in every respect beyond imagination: her body had reached its peak, her soul ring configuration was seven black and two red, and her martial soul origin was stronger than ever before.
These two-thirds of the gold of life represented not only boundless vitality, but also Su Yuan's hopes for her!
"Little Yuan... I will succeed!"
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