The Auspicious Beast was injured, Xiao Wu was furious

Nuoding City, Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

At that moment, an extraordinarily beautiful girl in a long pink tunic walked out of Nuoding Academy. Her waist was slender and her face exquisite, but most striking of all were her long, beautiful legs, tightly wrapped in fitted trousers, straight, slender, and lovely to look at.

Those beautiful legs alone were enough to eclipse countless women standing before her.

Xiao Wu's face still looked somewhat childish, but hints of the stunning beauty she would become were already visible. Everyone knew it. Given a little more time, Xiao Wu would surely become a woman of rare beauty.

At that moment, her lovely face turned pale. Sensing the presence of that Auspicious Beast, she grew frantic, as though her heart were burning.

"An Auspicious Beast? How could there be an Auspicious Beast's presence in the human world?" Xiao Wu murmured, her petite body trembling slightly. An Auspicious Beast was a Soul Beast Emperor. All soul beasts nearby would receive her blessings, growing twice as fast and enjoying a greatly increased chance of surviving their tribulations.

The Auspicious Beast's full title was Emperor Auspicious Beast, and she held tremendous influence in the Soul Beast Realm. Auspicious beasts were vitally important to soul beasts, even affecting the rise and fall of the Soul Beast Clan.

Fortune could neither be touched nor fathomed, but it was extremely important. With an Auspicious Beast's help, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast would possess powerful fortune during its tribulation. Essentially, its chance of surviving would increase by twenty or thirty percent.

An Auspicious Beast's value was far beyond anything strength could measure. Even the strongest soul beasts would court her favor, hoping she would lend them a hand during their tribulations.

Yet a soul beast like that had now appeared in human territory.

But had the Auspicious Beast been captured?

At that thought, Xiao Wu drew in a sharp breath. She did not dare imagine how furious those powerful soul beasts would be if anything happened to the Auspicious Beast.

"Humans, killing my mother wasn't enough for you, and now you want to attack the Auspicious Beast too? Do you know her standing? A Soul Beast Emperor is not someone just anyone can profane." Xiao Wu's lovely face became utterly cold. She had undergone human transformation to avenge her mother. Although she now counted as human, she had never once forgotten what she ought to do as a soul beast.

Upon encountering an Auspicious Beast, every soul beast beneath the heavens had to do everything in its power to protect her. This was a mark etched into every soul beast's bloodline from birth.

Xiao Wu stood there quietly, sensing the Auspicious Beast's faint presence, her whole body turning ice-cold. The presence of a hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit, hidden deep in her heart, slowly began to unseal itself.

She could sense the Auspicious Beast's presence gradually weakening. It filled her with fury.

Not just her-any soul beast that had awakened its intelligence would become furious upon sensing that an Auspicious Beast was in danger.

"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?" Noticing her troubled expression, Tang San asked worriedly. This was the first time he had ever seen such a look on Xiao Wu's face, and he could not help worrying.

"Brother, I'm fine. Go back first. I have something to do." Xiao Wu's voice softened. Although Tang San was human too, he was different from ordinary humans.

Over the years, she had come to trust his character completely.

"Xiao Wu, what happened? Whatever it is, we can solve it together," Tang San continued, still uneasy about her. Suddenly, a sharp pain pierced his heart. For some reason, he kept feeling as though something was about to slip away from his side. The feeling was mysterious, yet extraordinarily real.

It left him endlessly agitated.

He looked at Xiao Wu. Without his noticing, she had already become so beautiful, her chest rising and falling slightly, her youthful face already showing the beginnings of breathtaking beauty.

Xiao Wu would certainly become a peerless beauty in the future. Fortunately, he had always kept this flower by his side. He did not believe she could still run away when he guarded her so closely.

"Brother, go back first. I don't need you meddling in my affairs." Xiao Wu was frantic. She could sense the Auspicious Beast's presence growing weaker and weaker. In her anxiety, she shoved Tang San aside and quickly ran away.

"Xiao Wu..." Tang San's heart ached a little. In the past, no matter what happened, Xiao Wu would always ask what he thought, never simply leaving him behind.

But what was happening now?

Could there be someone in this world more important than him in Xiao Wu's heart?

Tang San walked toward the dormitory, step by step. He did not know what was wrong with him today either. He kept feeling his scalp suddenly tingle. For some reason, he was a little afraid, as though Xiao Wu would never return after leaving this time.

The thought was rather ridiculous. How could Xiao Wu possibly leave him?

Outside Nuoding City, Xu Ran sat slumped beneath a large tree, giving off the presence of an Auspicious Beast.

Only soul beasts, or humans who had once been soul beasts and begun cultivating anew, could detect this presence. He was doing this to lure-pah, to get Xiao Wu to come out and meet him of her own accord. Revealing an Auspicious Beast's presence would also let him gain Xiao Wu's trust through that identity.

"Host, Xiao Wu will arrive in one minute," the system reminded him. She could not help wondering how he intended to trick Xiao Wu.

"All right." Xu Ran nodded. With the system's help, the golden light emanating from him gradually dimmed, and the power of destiny unique to an Auspicious Beast became extremely unstable, flickering in and out, terribly weak.

Fine wounds also appeared across Xu Ran's body. They were shallow but looked shocking. There was even system-produced tomato juice on them, looking exactly like real blood, without the slightest hint of fakery.

"Auspicious Beast, Auspicious Beast..." Xiao Wu ran desperately, her delicate body bursting with unprecedented speed. A shadow dimmed her lively, beautiful eyes. As a soul beast, witnessing harm befall an Auspicious Beast was a deeply sorrowful thing.

She did not know what the Auspicious Beast was going through, nor had she ever considered whether she had the strength to save her if something truly happened.

She knew only that every soul beast, strong or weak, had to put its own body in the way if an Auspicious Beast encountered danger.

Even if her mother Ah Rou were still alive, weak as they were, they would still do everything they could to protect the Auspicious Beast.

"Humans..."

"Was slaughtering so many soul beasts not enough? You would even lay hands on an Auspicious Beast."

"If anything truly happens to the Auspicious Beast, prepare to face the fury of the Star Dou Great Forest."

Xiao Wu murmured, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

After lying low in the human world for so long, she had almost truly begun to consider herself an ordinary human. She was a soul beast, and she had come to the human world for revenge. Feelings that had long lain dormant stirred once more in Xiao Wu's heart.

The danger facing the Auspicious Beast reminded her once again why she had come to the human world. Six years had nearly made her forget her identity. The hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit, Xiao Wu!

By the time Xiao Wu arrived, Xu Ran's face was already deathly pale, his entire body trembling. Golden light flickered around him, but it was so translucent that it could not even compare to sunlight, clearly because his energy was far too weak.

"Xiao Wu of the Soft Bone Rabbit Clan pays her respects to the Auspicious Beast."

"Auspicious Beast, how are you?"

Xiao Wu knelt on one knee and gave Xu Ran the salute a subordinate owed her sovereign, then looked at him anxiously. Seeing that there seemed to be no powerful humans nearby, she relaxed slightly. Fortunately, there were no powerful humans beside the Auspicious Beast, or she would not have known what to do today.

At the same time, hatred welled up even more strongly in her heart.

Blood continued to seep from the crimson wounds on the Auspicious Beast's body.

"A hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit? You must be one of those two rabbits from the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Wu, I never expected you to have begun cultivating anew." Xu Ran spoke softly, his breath feeble, as though he might depart for the next world at any moment. Even System Lady looked at him in astonishment. Host Brother really could act. If I didn't know the truth, even I would have believed him.

"I began cultivating anew to take revenge. My mother's murderer and I cannot live beneath the same sky, but I will never forget that I am a soul beast for as long as I live. I am a soul beast, and that will never change." Xiao Wu spoke respectfully.

"I know. You saved me today. In the future, I will help you take your revenge," Xu Ran said, suddenly coughing up a mouthful of blood and collapsing straight toward Xiao Wu.

"So soft."

Xu Ran rested his head on Xiao Wu's fair thighs.

"Auspicious Beast, how are you feeling now?" Both shy and worried, Xiao Wu stretched out her long legs so Xu Ran could lie on them. She had originally thought her revenge hopeless, but things would be different with an Auspicious Beast's help. With an Auspicious Beast's influence in the Soul Beast Realm, he could rally countless powerful beings.

"I mean, Auspicious Beast, how is your body?" Xiao Wu's lovely face flushed. Only after realizing that the Auspicious Beast was not seriously hurt and relaxing did she notice that, at some point, he had lain down on her legs.

When had that happened?

How had she been completely unaware?

In her earlier panic, she had worried only about the Auspicious Beast's safety, paying no attention at all to how intimate they had become.

Her delicate body trembled slightly, and her skin involuntarily took on a pink flush.

She wanted to move her legs away, but feared displeasing the Auspicious Beast.

The Auspicious Beast had just promised to help her take revenge. She absolutely could not allow him even the slightest displeasure.

In every soul beast gathering place, wherever an Auspicious Beast appeared, he would enjoy imperial treatment. Never mind legs-even those things could not be refused by his subordinates if, as an Auspicious Beast, he wanted them.

No other soul beast, however powerful, would receive the genuine respect of other soul beasts. But an Auspicious Beast could. Auspicious beasts could benefit every soul beast. That was also why even a newborn Auspicious Beast with little strength would become a Soul Beast Emperor.