"Ah!"
"Chen An's first soul ring is actually a white soul ring!"
The work-study students of Dorm Seven were astonished, because they all knew Chen An had innate full soul power.
Wang Sheng sighed and muttered quietly:
"Grandmaster really is just a freeloader. I have no idea why Tang San and Chen An took him as their teacher!"
Xiao Wu slowly raised her yellow soul ring and said disdainfully, "Xiao An, don't say Sister Xiao Wu bullied you. I won't even use soul skills!"
Nearby, Boss Xiao could only stare, badly wanting to call her a double-standard rabbit.
But he didn't dare. He secretly slunk away with his lackeys.
Seeing that everyone left was on his side,
Chen An let loose. He was going to prove the worth of ten-year solitary bamboo.
There was a fine saying in the Douluo World: there were no trash martial souls, only trash soul masters!
No, that wasn't right!
Chen An revised it slightly to suit his own situation: there were no trash soul rings, only badass systems!
"Sister Xiao Wu, a ten-year soul ring isn't necessarily worse than a hundred-year soul ring!"
Chen An was so confident in himself that he forgot Xiao Wu was a Power Attack System battle soul master, with close-range explosive power that defied the heavens.
"Take this!"
"First soul skill: Thrust!"
Chen An controlled the bamboo tip imbued with the Cryo Element and smashed it toward Xiao Wu.
She dodged swiftly, easily dealing with it.
"Crap, I forgot Xiao Wu is a Power Attack System soul master!" Chen An hurriedly retreated to put some distance between them.
Little did he know he was still too slow. Xiao Wu seized the opening and swiftly closed in.
She circled straight behind Chen An, intending to lock her legs around his shoulders and unleash her soul skill, Waist Bow.
Chen An instinctively dodged and protested loudly, "Sister Xiao Wu, you... didn't you say you wouldn't use soul skills?"
Xiao Wu made a face and answered with a giggle, "Haven't you heard that you can't trust what girls say?!"
"Honestly, Xiao An, I'm teaching you a lesson!"
"So you won't get run around in circles by some little vixen out there!"
Chen An gritted his teeth, his face red with anger.
Right then, all he wanted was to curse that damned system to hell. Couldn't it have given him a decent hidden Easter egg?
If he couldn't show off in the early stages, how was he supposed to win girls' hearts?
"What?"
"Nothing to say? Then take a hit from Sister Xiao Wu!"
Taking advantage of Chen An's momentary distraction, Xiao Wu quietly slipped behind him again.
Repeating an old trick was also a common tactic in combat.
Unfortunately, she had chosen the wrong target.
Chen An had always had a nickname: scheming boy.
He almost never played by the usual rules.
Without Teleportation to go with it, Waist Bow was generally easy to find a counter for.
Having suffered once, Chen An certainly wouldn't let it happen a second time.
In truth, his attention had been on Xiao Wu all along, and he had deliberately exposed his back.
He was waiting for the instant Xiao Wu put strength into her legs so he could seize them firmly.
"Oh no!"
Xiao Wu hadn't expected her first soul skill to be countered so easily.
With her legs caught, she suddenly felt unable to muster any strength throughout her body.
"Don't..."
Before Chen An could do anything, Xiao Wu lost her balance and crashed straight onto him.
"That hurts!"
Chen An howled in pain.
He really wanted to find a hole to crawl into. How could he be so stupid?
Xiao Wu reacted swiftly and hurriedly got up.
Her little face was slightly flushed, and her heart raced. This was her first time being so close to a member of the opposite sex.
"I... Sister Xiao Wu won. Xiao An, you still need practice!"
After stammering those words, Xiao Wu left with her band of lackeys.
Chen An struggled to his feet.
He was just about to badmouth that hundred-thousand-year-old rogue rabbit.
But then he caught a faint fragrance on himself and muttered, "Heh, who won is still up for debate!"
Time passed, and night quietly fell.
After working hard at cultivation all day, Chen An could finally return to the dorm and get a good night's sleep.
But thinking of his Xiao Wu sleeping together with God King Tang truly made his heart ache!
" Boo-hoo..."
"If heaven gave me another chance to start over, I'd definitely defeat Tang San!"
Although Chen An shouted his protests inwardly, he had no choice but to accept reality.
"Xiao An, I need to talk to you!"
Chen An was just about to push open the door.
Suddenly.
Tang San popped out from inside.
His expression was gloomy, as though something was on his mind.
Chen An frowned, thoroughly puzzled. "Xiao San, what could you possibly need at this hour?"
Tang San first looked around, then pulled Chen An into a secluded corner.
"What exactly happened?"
"Did Grandmaster ask you to pass on some extremely important message to me?"
Seeing Tang San acting so furtively, Chen An couldn't quite make heads or tails of it.
"It's not about Teacher!" Tang San's tone was very firm.
Chen An narrowed his eyes halfway, thought for a moment, and said, "Don't tell me it's Xiao Wu?"
"Yes!"
"It's Xiao Wu!"
Tang San nodded.
He felt that Chen An could be pretty clever sometimes.
"Was she bullied again?" Chen An asked tentatively.
"Bullied?"
"You know what happened?"
Tang San's eyes lit up. Clearly, the conversation had hit the mark.
Hearing this,
Chen An froze.
He wasn't an actual child, to have information coaxed out of him so easily. "You tell me what happened first."
At that moment, Chen An's heart began to race.
Had something really happened to Xiao Wu?
Or had that bastard Boss Xiao gone to get help?
No, that didn't make sense either!
I'd clearly seen Xiao Wu full of life when school let out.
"Sigh!"
"Xiao Wu won't sleep with me anymore!"
Tang San hung his head and spoke quietly.
Chen An craned his neck, his entire body seeming somewhat petrified.
Wait!
What did this God King Tang mean?
If you can't speak properly, could you just not speak?!
You just blurted out the word "sleep" like that?
Give you a little sunshine, and you bloom, huh?
Chen An couldn't be bothered to answer and thought to himself.
Sleeping separately is great. You haven't even had your fortuitous opportunities yet, Tang San. What gives you the right to fight a roguishly handsome guy with a system like me for the female lead?
Heh!
Put plainly, I could protect Xiao Wu with my life too.
No!
I wouldn't let Xiao Wu reach that point.
Chen An composed himself and pushed open the dorm door.
He found his own spot with practiced ease.
He also sneaked a peek at Tang San's bed. Sure enough, it had really been split into smaller beds.
Holy shit!
What a great change to the plot!
Now we can compete fairly!
Lying in bed,
Chen An was in an excellent mood. He no longer had to think about his goddess sharing a bed and pillow with someone else.
Rules really do need to be firmly established!
That's the only way to develop in the long run.
And avoid heartache!
"But... where is she?"
Chen An searched furtively, but didn't find that familiar figure.
Not until he rolled over.
Bright moonlight shone through the glass and spilled over Xiao Wu's tender, rosy face, lending her entire delicate form a distinctive beauty.
"She... why is she beside me?"
Chen An was dumbfounded.
This heaven-pouring fortune had actually slipped right up beside me!
After calming down, he figured it out.
This was definitely caused by my transmigration, or rather, this was a parallel Douluo timeline.
The original plot wouldn't follow its predetermined course. It would quietly change at some moment.
That would explain why Tang San and Xiao Wu's bond had vanished so quickly.
"Hehehe..."
Chen An had finally convinced himself.
An evil plan had already begun to emerge in his mind.
Marry a fair-skinned, rich beauty and rise to the pinnacle of Douluo!
In just a few minutes, Chen An had thought through everything that would happen more than a decade later.
He even let out the chuckle of a successful man.
"Ahem!"
A clear voice interrupted Chen An's path of conquest.
His body shuddered instinctively, and then he saw an angry face.
"Oh no!"
"She... why isn't she asleep yet?"
"I'm done for. The plan is going to..."