Intangibility, Explosive Eight-Stage Throw, Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu!

Lu Chen was neither omniscient nor omnipotent. The original novel had never explained the circumstances of Ah Rou's death in detail.

The animation had filled in that detail, but if this was the Ah Rou from that version, she should already have been thoroughly killed by the sixth Soul Skill of Bibi Dong's Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor. Eternal Wound was simply too absolute-

Not only did it have formidable offensive power, it completely ignored physical defenses and reduced energy defenses by 50%. Once inflicted, its wounds were almost impossible to heal and spread endlessly.

The animation had even strengthened the move with a soul-rending effect. It had both the mechanics and the raw numbers; it was so powerful that it hardly resembled a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill at all.

Judging by the current situation, could this instead be the version where Ah Rou had willingly cooperated with, or even forcibly guided, Bibi Dong into absorbing her Soul Ring to buy Xiao Wu time to escape?

Perhaps only Bibi Dong herself knew the details...

[Angel: @Xiao Wu, if I'm not mistaken, are you planning to reveal your identity to Lu Chen and ask for his help?]

[Xiao Wu: How did you know?]

Heaven Dou Empire, Crown Prince's Palace.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, pressed a hand to her forehead. Having a fellow group member like this was so exhausting.

She really had guessed right.

How did I know?

Obviously, I did a simple analysis of your intelligence based on Lu Chen's description!

The conclusion was that you had no intelligence whatsoever and would most likely charge straight in and ask for help.

[Angel: I suggest you don't do that.]

[Xiao Wu: Huh? Why?]

[Angel: First, from Lu Chen's perspective, he doesn't know the Chat Group exists. Under the Chat Group's restrictions, we can't voluntarily reveal that to him, and the same goes for our ability to see the Notebook's contents.]

[Angel: Under those circumstances, how did you find him? Why do you know he's someone who has been reborn? Where did you get the news that your mother isn't dead? Can you explain all of that without revealing the existence of the Chat Group and the system? Or... are you planning to deceive a former god?]

[Angel: Besides, the most important thing here is Lu Chen's attitude. He hasn't explicitly shown hostility toward Soul Beasts, and he has expressed sympathy for you and Ah Yin, but he's still a human Soul Master now. Helping you would mean directly opposing Bibi Dong, the leader of the Soul Masters. Are you worth that price?]

[Little Princess: I don't quite understand that analysis, but it sounds impressive.]

[Yanzi: Well-reasoned and convincing.]

[Spirit Cat: @Angel, let's talk more in the future ‾⌣‾.]

Xiao Wu lowered her head, the fire in her eyes rapidly cooling. The impulse to obtain Lu Chen's help at any cost subsided as well.

Once her head cleared, a wave of lingering fear followed.

Right. How was she supposed to explain information she should never have known to Lu Chen? His attitude was unclear, too. It was merely her, as a member of the Chat Group, unilaterally feeling goodwill toward him.

Would a former god-level powerhouse believe in goodwill that came out of nowhere like this?

Besides, humans and beasts were different, after all...

With her worldview confined to the Douluo Continent, Xiao Wu clearly had no idea how attractive an all-natural bunny girl was to someone from Blue Star.

[Xiao Wu: @Angel, thank you.]

[Angel: No need. Think things through more when something happens. The Chat Group doesn't belong to you alone; it involves every one of us. Act cautiously.]

After some thought, Qian Renxue felt that a warning of this degree still wasn't sufficient, so she added another line.

[Angel: Before you make a decision next time, you can ask everyone in the group for advice first.]

[Xiao Wu: Okay. My next step is to get a work-study student place at a junior academy and attend the same school as Lu Chen. Is that okay?]

[Angel: Yes. Starting as classmates is a good approach.]

[Yanzi: Too bad I've already graduated from junior academy... Oh, could you send a picture of Lu Chen? If we really happen to meet someday, at least I can make sure we don't get into a conflict.]

[Xiao Wu: Lu Chen.jpg]

They opened the picture. A handsome boy with black hair and black eyes sat beside a dining table, propped on an elbow. His bright eyes seemed to be looking toward the camera, and the gentle smile on his face held a sunlight-like warmth, as though it could melt ice and snow.

He was a boy who made people feel drawn to him after just one glance.

[Yanzi: !]

[Little Princess: !]

[...]

[Little Fox: He's so good-looking!!!]

"Ow! Teacher, I was wrong!"

Hu Liena was a veteran sucker for a pretty face...

"My age is just right, though. Now I have a bold idea!"

Lying on a soft, large bed, Ning Rongrong swung her two little bare feet. Seemingly having thought up some new mischievous scheme, she broke into a sly smile.

A hundred-thousand-and-six-year-old Soul Beast classmate? Interesting. I want to go take a look, too!

But how do I convince Dad and my two grandpas?

Ning Rongrong felt a little troubled. This didn't seem like something she could solve just by acting cute.

Naturally, Lu Chen had seen the positive reactions from everyone in the group as well. His deliberate cooperation with Xiao Wu to find the best angle had not been in vain.

The Notebook spoilers continued.

[Lu Chen: Ultimately, Ah Yin's and Xiao Wu's tragedies had the same cause. It wasn't that they fell in love with humans, but that they fell in love with the wrong people.

Let's leave aside Tang Hao's irresponsibility and scheming.

Tang San, a soul from another world, was already stained all over with original sin in his previous life.

He was an orphan adopted in childhood by Elder Tang Lan, an outer sect elder of the Tang Sect, an organization that was both an assassin group and a martial arts sect. From a young age, he was obsessed with the Tang Sect's martial arts and hidden weapons.

As an outer sect disciple, he had no right to access the Tang Sect's core secrets, so he devised a way to steal its core manual, the "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record." After twenty years of cultivation, he produced the Tang Sect's foremost hidden weapon, the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.

Later, his secret study of the Tang Sect's core manual was exposed, and he leaped off a cliff to prove his resolve. He was twenty-nine at the time.]

[Lu Chen: It looks pretty inspiring, but there are plenty of problems with it.

Were the Tang Sect's rules really that strict?

Elder Tang Lan wasn't merely an outer sect elder. He was also a direct descendant of the Tang Sect, with extremely high seniority, and had held important positions in the sect over the years. He had only stepped back because of his age. As for Tang San's affairs, he kept one eye open and the other shut.

After seeing the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus Tang San had made, Tang Da Xiansheng, the Tang Sect's leader, outright declared that he wanted to make Tang San his sole successor as sect leader. Clearly, the Tang Sect's rules were nowhere near as unshakable as Tang San believed.

Then there's Tang San himself. He died at twenty-nine and had secretly studied the manual for twenty years, meaning he was no older than nine when he stole it. If you include the time spent scouting things out and making plans beforehand, that age would only become even younger!

All I can say is that everything looks wicked through a wicked person's eyes.]

[Lu Chen: Having fallen in love with someone like that and spent years beside a selfish, self-serving assassin, you can imagine what kind of personality Xiao Wu would develop.

Blind, reckless, constantly stirring up trouble and getting hurt, then stacking Tang San's "bloodshot eyes, panting like a bull" passive for him. Then, as though it were only natural, she sacrificed herself and lost her life, even throwing Da Ming and Er Ming in for free afterward.

Despite knowing that using the Soul Skills obtained through Xiao Wu's sacrifice would consume her soul power and further diminish her already slim chance of resurrection, Tang San seized on Xiao Wu's Soul Ring and used it to death!

Teleportation, Intangibility, Invincible Golden Body, Explosive Eight-Stage Throw, Xiao Wu... Xiao Wu... Xiao Wu!]

[Lu Chen: Even after her resurrection, Xiao Wu still couldn't find peace. Not only did she become the sheath that allowed Tang San to house the Asura God's divine seat, but after ascending to the Divine Realm, her own daughter's soul was personally split into several pieces by Tang San, to scheme against the children of destiny among the Douluo Plane's humans and Soul Beasts.

A perfectly good Tang Xiao Qi was forcibly turned into the patchwork monstrosity Tang Wutong.

Looking at it from the worst possible angle, when Xiao Wu finally blocked the Golden Dragon King's fatal blow for her son Tang Wulin, concealed her injuries, and ultimately died, it's possible she had seen through everything, lost all heart, and wanted to end it all.

Unfortunately, the mighty God King still followed the scent and found her. In the end, he even became my greatest opponent in my previous life, the chief culprit behind the devouring of countless planes~

Xiao Wu, you really never fail to feed the enemy (╯°□°)╯︵┻━┻!]

The group members: ...

Xiao Wu: I really deserve to die! Tang San, stay away from me!