Dugu Bo, Dumbfounded

"Uh, this..."

The scene before him made Su Ling question whether this world was real.

How could such a coincidence exist in this world?

Two girls selling themselves at the same time to bury their... elder sister and younger sister?

"Ding. A three-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast has been detected. Absorb it as your second soul ring?"

"HOW many?"

Su Ling shouted in excitement. He could encounter a three-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast in Heaven Dou City?

He remembered that the land soul beast with the highest cultivation to appear in Douluo I was Da Ming, wasn't it? He probably only had a hundred and some tens of thousands of years of cultivation.

Su Ling fixed his gaze on the little fox in Na'er's arms.

"Name: Four-Tailed Sky Fox. Current status: dying. Cultivation: 380,000 years. Attributes: spirit, fire."

"Oh?"

He had originally reserved his second ring for Xiao Wu, but this ferocious beast before him was almost dead.

Once he passed this village, there would be no other shop like this.

Su Ling took a hundred Gold Soul Coins from inside his clothes.

"Little girl, can I buy the fox in your arms?"

Na'er stared blankly at the boy before her, somewhat at a loss.

This clearly wasn't part of Gu Yue's plan. She froze on the spot, not knowing what to say.

Gu Yue was frantic. If this continued, their cover would be blown.

Gu Yue had only been human for a few days, too, and her breathing quickened in her anxiety.

Her slightly prominent martial souls began rising and falling, making the white cloth covering her sway rhythmically.

"Your... your sister seems to have risen from the dead."

Somewhat awkwardly, Su Ling pointed at Gu Yue. That gesture left Na'er even more at a loss.

She simply burst into tears on the spot.

Her crying drew quite a few passersby over to watch.

"Huh? Doesn't that guy look like the lolicon from yesterday?"

"It really does look like him!"

"It's only been a day, and he's already out committing another offense!"

"He's actually stretching his demonic claws toward such an adorable girl."

Su Ling hurriedly crouched down to comfort Na'er.

The Four-Tailed Sky Fox's vitality was rapidly draining away. Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, she could have lived a few more years with Bi Ji keeping her alive.

Now that she had left Bi Ji, she was like a dying candle in the wind.

Gu Yue no longer cared about any plan. She threw off the white cloth, grabbed Na'er's hand, and ran, tossing the little fox to Su Ling along the way, of course.

Somewhat dumbfounded, Su Ling looked at the little fox in his arms, then at Gu Yue and Na'er as they went farther and farther away.

My sword and shield?

He turned back to look at Dugu Yan, who also gave him an awkward smile.

"Yanyan?"

A familiar figure emerged from the crowd, sporting distinctive emerald-green hair. Su Ling recognized him as Dugu Bo at a glance.

What surprised Su Ling was that the girl really was Dugu Yan. Did Dugu Yan have a younger sister in the original story? Had she simply died rather early?

But that wasn't right either. Even if Dugu Bo was the weakest Titled Douluo, surely he could scrape together a single Gold Soul Coin.

Dugu Bo stepped forward and yanked the white cloth off Ye Lingling.

"Ye Lingling? Dead?"

Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yan in disbelief. Her gaze shifted evasively, not daring to meet his eyes.

Ye Lingling, who had been lying on the ground, also sat up, giving Dugu Bo a fright.

"Holy shit! She's risen from the dead!"

What's going on? Two corpses coming back to life?

Huge question marks rose in Su Ling's mind. This was far too bizarre.

Just as Su Ling was preparing to watch the spectacle as an uninvolved bystander, the little fox in his arms suddenly raised her head and let out a long howl, then breathed her last.

This gave Su Ling a terrible fright.

"Foxy little minx, if I call you, do you dare answer?"

"Awoo~"

In an instant, heaven and earth changed color, and a tremendous surge of soul power swept over them.

Two red soul rings rose from beneath Su Ling's feet. Even a distant glance at them filled people with dread.

These were no ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, either. Each of the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings bore four golden markings.

After becoming Su Ling's soul ring, not only had the Four-Tailed Sky Fox's injuries healed completely, but her cultivation had also risen another level, breaking through the four-hundred-thousand-year threshold.

She had evolved into a Five-Tailed Sky Fox.

More than half the people who had been watching the spectacle had already left.

One group had been scared off by the corpses rising, and another by the tremendous soul power fluctuations. Those who remained were all too frightened by the two four-hundred-thousand-year soul rings to move their legs.

Even Dugu Bo stood rooted to the spot in a stupor, unable to move a muscle.

"Ding. Congratulations to the host on successfully merging with the Four-Tailed Sky Fox. The Five-Tailed Sky Fox's current cultivation is 470,000 years."

"Second soul skill information: Soul Enslavement. Anyone struck by the host's second soul skill will be a slave for eternity. Even reincarnation cannot remove the mark."

"Acquired accompanying domain information: Enchantment Domain (permanently active). Within a circle with a radius of ten thousand meters, favorability from the opposite sex automatically increases by ignore percent, rising to one hundred percent during eye contact."

"The Five-Tailed Sky Fox Skull has automatically merged with the system. Soul bone skill 1: Soul Shock. Soul bone skill 2: Heartfire."

The little fox was undoubtedly a tremendous asset to Su Ling. Even without using his Planet Martial Soul, he could now crush a host of powerful opponents.

Unless they were Titled Douluo with greater spiritual power than the Five-Tailed Sky Fox, but...

Did any exist?

In the original story, Tang San hadn't even possessed a spirit-type martial soul. Merely cultivating the Purple Demon Eye had allowed him to overwhelm a host of powerful opponents.

Probably only gods could match spiritual power with the Five-Tailed Sky Fox.

While Su Ling was still immersed in the joy of his powerful new abilities, he happened to catch a fleeting glimpse.

He shared a deeply affectionate gaze with Ye Lingling, who had just gotten up from the ground.

Hearts instantly appeared in Ye Lingling's eyes, and she crawled toward Su Ling.

Perhaps because she had been lying on the cold ground all this time, Ye Lingling's legs were somewhat numb. She stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.

Su Ling quickly stepped forward and caught Ye Lingling in his arms.

"I... sorry, I lost my composure."

This was Ye Lingling's first time coming into close contact with Su Ling. Under the domain's influence, his already cool, handsome face became even more dazzling.

Even with her wealth of experience from reading every romance novel in Heaven Dou City, Ye Lingling couldn't remain calm.

At that moment, her heart was utterly captured by Su Ling, unable to settle for a long time.

"Master, you've only just taken this little lady in, and already you're embracing another woman."

A beautiful figure in white appeared out of thin air and hugged Su Ling from behind. Her long hair was like white snow, and a pair of lively fox ears kept twitching. Her slender, jade-like hand brushed across Su Ling's face, making his heart race uncontrollably.

Normally, Su Ling wouldn't have had an untoward reaction at his age, but the little fox seemed to have forcibly matured him.

Su Ling felt two enormous martial souls pressing against his back.

Since Ye Lingling was still nestled against Su Ling in his arms, she naturally felt the change in him.

Her already rosy little face flushed even redder.

"What an adorable little girl."

Snow Ji released Su Ling and snatched Ye Lingling into her own arms. Ye Lingling's heart pounded even harder, and Snow Ji grew even more excited.

She had lived for tens of thousands of years without having a boyfriend, but she had had quite a few girlfriends.

Ye Lingling was her favorite type.