Outside Nuoding City, in a somewhat remote village, a girl in a pink dress with a scorpion braid was greeting the villagers.
Xiao Wu was incredibly excited.
A few months earlier, she had come to this village pretending to be a wandering child. After some maneuvering, she had conveniently "awakened" the soft bone enchanting rabbit martial soul, tested as having innate full soul power, and successfully secured the village's work-study student placement.
This way, she could enter a junior Soul Master academy, blend into human society, and find out just who had killed her mother.
"Found you."
Just as Xiao Wu was feeling happy, a shadow abruptly appeared behind her.
Her whole body stiffened. She turned her head and saw a boy and two older girls quietly watching her.
"Big brother, big sisters... are you looking for me?"
Sensing that something was wrong, Xiao Wu spoke while slowly backing away.
"Little sister, be good now." Yan Lingji smiled warmly, a faint light flickering in her eyes.
Xiao Wu immediately panicked.
Was this mental charm?
Oh no!
She wanted to resist, but with all her cultivation already dissolved, she was brought under control in an instant.
Noticing that three people had appeared in front of Xiao Wu, the villagers looked warily at Ye Guixu, with his extraordinary bearing, and the two exceptionally beautiful women.
"Xiao Wu, do you know them?"
"Who are they, Xiao Wu?"
Xiao Wu smiled sweetly at the villagers gathering around her.
"Uncles, aunties, these older brothers and sisters helped me before. Now that we've met again, I'm going out with them for a little while."
The villagers suspected nothing and smiled kindly at Xiao Wu and Ye Guixu's group. "Good child, go on, go on."
"Mm-hmm."
Xiao Wu nodded obediently, then followed Ye Guixu and the two women out of the village.
Only after they reached an open area on the hill behind the village did Yan Lingji release the fire charm technique with a smile.
"Who are you?!"
The instant the fire charm technique was lifted, Xiao Wu became extremely wary. She leaped back to put distance between them and demanded an answer from the three.
She had never imagined that she, a grand hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit, would actually be controlled by someone's charm technique.
"Hundred-thousand-year soul beast, Soft Bone Rabbit. Stop pretending."
As Ye Guixu exposed her identity with a single remark, Xiao Wu stiffened and stammered:
"W-what hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Big brother, what are you talking about?"
"Can't you sense that there are two Titled Douluo standing before you?"
"!!!"
Xiao Wu's face paled as she watched Yan Lingji and Tide Siren release a trace of their auras.
They really were Titled Douluo!
Oh no, oh no. She had been caught so soon.
"How stupid. You don't even know to hide farther away. You can cultivate simply by taking on a human aura. You should have hidden in some remote corner and cultivated until maturity, then slipped into the human world once nobody could see through you."
Yan Lingji held one arm across her chest, her stunning figure held proud, and propped her chin on her other hand as she watched Xiao Wu teasingly.
"Well, she is a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, after all. She still carries that pride and never thought she would fall just like this."
Tide Siren looked Xiao Wu up and down, a hint of amusement in her purple eyes.
"Y-you..."
Xiao Wu tried to resist, only to be easily seized by Yan Lingji.
"What exactly are you trying to-"
Ignoring her, Ye Guixu spoke on his own:
"As far as I know, there are three places on this continent with a godhood inheritance."
"And Bibi Dong, the enemy who killed your mother, has already obtained the Rakshasa God's inheritance. Her god tests are nearly complete, and she can become a god within twenty years."
"Moreover, Spirit Hall has dozens of Titled Douluo, several Super Douluo, and a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. You have no hope of getting revenge in this lifetime."
At those words, a trace of fear mingled with the hatred for humans in Xiao Wu's eyes.
"What exactly are you trying to say? Why do you know all this? And why should I believe you, you damned-"
Before she could finish her curse, Yan Lingji seized her by the throat, staring at her with an extremely dangerous look in those ruby-like eyes.
"There are some things you shouldn't say carelessly. Otherwise, things could get very dangerous."
Xiao Wu was choked speechless. Only after a good while did Yan Lingji release her and toss her to the ground.
Xiao Wu coughed twice, then raised her head and glared at Ye Guixu.
"All this smoke and mirrors is just to trick me into sacrificing myself, isn't it? Otherwise, you would have killed me already. Let me tell you, even if I have to smash my head against something and die, even if I die out in the wilderness, I'll never sacrifice myself for you!"
Utter hatred shone in her eyes.
These people had caught her but hadn't killed her outright. Wasn't that because they wanted this little brat to absorb her soul ring?
After all, this little brat didn't look very old. There was no way he could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Unless she sacrificed herself!
"You won't be sacrificing yourself to me."
Ye Guixu raised a finger and wagged it, then pointed at Tide Siren. "You'll sacrifice yourself to her."
"Bibi Dong is a madwoman now, bent entirely on destroying Spirit Hall.
"If we want to travel the continent, we'll run into her sooner or later.
"Besides, news of my awakening has been reported to Spirit Hall. That madwoman has already gone insane trying to destroy Spirit Hall. She's sure to set her sights on me.
"There are three choices.
"First, when we meet her in the future, we kill her, avenging your mother.
"Second, after we become gods, we'll resurrect you. Once resurrected, you'll be a god, and you can take revenge yourself.
"Third, we kill you. We can still obtain your soul ring and soul bone that way. Neither of them has any difficulty absorbing them anyway."
Listening to Ye Guixu, Xiao Wu gritted her teeth. "Why should I believe you?"
"You know Spirit Hall has dozens of Titled Douluo, multiple Super Douluo, and a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo. She's even begun her god tests."
"What makes you think I'll believe you can kill her? And becoming gods? Only two gods have emerged on this continent in ten thousand years. Why should I believe you?"
Xiao Wu glared furiously at the three of them. These humans were simply cunning and sinister, trying to trick her into sacrificing herself with nothing but empty words.
Suddenly,
She noticed an enormous figure cast from metal abruptly appear behind Ye Guixu,
Radiating a terrifying pressure that seemed ready to devour even her soul, making her shudder.
Immediately afterward,
She stared in disbelief at the three soul rings rising beneath Ye Guixu's feet.
"How is that possible? Your first three soul rings are all black? Your third soul ring is around fifty thousand years old?"
Yan Lingji and Tide Siren also released a trace of their auras, and their martial souls appeared behind them.
Strangely, however, no soul rings emerged around either of them.
She stared fixedly at the two women for a long while.
"Impossible! This world has rules. Soul Masters can't break through their current level without absorbing soul rings. How could you..."
Xiao Wu's eyes widened, her voice growing quieter and quieter, as though something had lodged in her throat.
"Decide quickly. We don't have time to wait for you."
Xiao Wu fell silent for a long time.
She looked at Yan Lingji and Tide Siren.
They had broken the rules, becoming Titled Douluo without soul rings.
She looked at the three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings beneath Ye Guixu's feet.
They had indeed accomplished what others could not.
These people might really know something...
"...Mom... Da Ming... Er Ming..."
Xiao Wu's voice grew softer and softer, as though she were bidding farewell to something.
She raised her head, tears welling in her eyes, yet never falling.
"You'd better keep your word."
Then she closed her eyes.
The light of sacrifice poured out of her. A hundred thousand years of cultivation and life turned into streams of light that surged toward Tide Siren's body.
Only her final murmur remained in the wind, as soft as a sigh.
"Goodbye, Mom."
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