"Haven't we been wanted for ages, Night Witch~?"
Ye Xiao chuckled, looking utterly unconcerned.
With the abilities he had displayed on the sky screen, as long as the others weren't fools, there was no way they would deal harshly with him and Ye Guyi.
At most, they would put him under house arrest, wait on him with good food and drink, or use him for breeding or something...
Shrek was the exception, of course. Ye Xiao and the Shrek Seven Devils on the sky screen had become sworn enemies, and he had killed so many of Shrek's students. Shrek and he were most likely nothing but enemies.
"Yes, yes~"
"The Night Witch and her little white-haired dumpling~"
Ye Guyi rolled her eyes at Ye Xiao, then lay down beside him.
With their cheeks pressed together, the two continued watching the sky screen.
["Will you kill me?"
Wang Qiu'er sat on the ground, her disheveled golden hair clinging to her face as she looked at Ye Xiao with a complicated expression.
"Do you think I'm short of Soul Rings?"
Ye Xiao shrugged and reached out to pull Wang Qiu'er to her feet.
Her hair had turned golden again, and from that, he had already guessed the outcome of the battle.
"I want to go home..."
"She's already devoured most of my soul. Even though I killed her, my soul is still badly damaged."
"I hate your human world."
Wang Qiu'er turned her head away, her gaze distant. It was impossible to tell what she was thinking.
"You might not have a home anymore."
"With his level gone, Di Tian can't protect anything."
Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. Everyone in the Star Dou Forest had their level reset to zero. He hardly dared imagine what would happen in there!
It wasn't even certain whether Gu Yuena could still keep the Soul Beasts under control!
"Then I'll die in Star Dou. At least the luck I carry won't leave."
Wang Qiu'er murmured to herself, her mind made up.
"Suit yourself. As long as that little bitch Tang Wutong is dead, that's good enough for me."
"Time for me to have some fun~"
The smile on Ye Xiao's face grew wider as he patted Wang Qiu'er on the head.
He walked over to Ye Guyi with a grin, and in his excitement, another white Soul Ring actually rose beneath his feet!
(Playback ended)]
"Destruction, if all your cultivation were stripped away and you had to start over, roughly how long would it take you to cultivate to his level?"
Life looked at Destruction with a strange expression.
"At least half a year..."
Destruction's face darkened. Life just wanted to see him embarrass himself, didn't she?!
They were both innate beings, and their cultivation speeds were much the same. She could clearly have figured it out with an estimate of her own, yet she just had to ask him!
"That brat cultivates quickly only because his cultivation technique is suited to starting over."
"In my estimation, his cultivation should remain fast until he reaches his previous level, but it'll slow down after that."
Destruction spoke in a low voice, trying to save face.
"Then here's the question. At his current speed, he'll have no problem returning to the level 80 Soul Douluo realm within a year."
"Meanwhile, at the absolute most, we can only reach level 30."
Ji Dong's expression turned strange. No wonder the brat had said it was time to have fun. This was far too satisfying!
"At level 80, he can't get into the Divine Realm."
Lie Yan spoke casually.
"But his level 80 is different. The fact that he can kill Ning Rongrong means he'll have combat strength at least on par with a combat-oriented Third-Level God."
Ji Dong's expression grew even stranger. Could it be that the Divine Realm would be steamrolled by this brat in the future?
Even without their divine power and cultivation, they could still activate the Divine Realm's own barrier. But how could a barrier that no one could control possibly stop a monster like him?
"The Divine Realm used cultivation to suppress him, and now he's using cultivation to suppress them in return..."
"The cycle of cause and effect turns; retribution never fails."
Life sighed softly. The future outcome for the Divine Realm was already plain to see.
Yet just as the gods were reflecting on it, the ethereal voice rang out from the sky once again!
[The first assessment will arrive in the first month after levels are reset to zero] [Your assessment enemy will be one of the following: a werewolf squad, a squad led by a centaur-like being, or a bug] [Based on the latent will of most living beings in this plane, your choice is one True Sting (adapted to the universe's level; current level: 50)] [Please note that this enemy will descend at a random location in the universe during the first month after levels are reset to zero]
"Who the fuck did you say?!"
Ye Xiao shot upright, staring in shock at the familiar words that had appeared on the sky screen after the video ended.
He looked over the assessment enemy choices again.
If the bug was a True Sting, could the werewolves be Borisin, and the centaur-like being a Destruction Trampler?
"Are you idiots?!"
"You can't just look down on bugs and instinctively choose the bug!"
"Why didn't you stop to think why a single bug was listed alongside the first two?!"
Ye Xiao's scalp tingled with alarm. The crucial point was that this information hadn't been sent twelve years into the future. In other words, his future self had no idea a True Sting would arrive in one month!
If the bug was allowed to propagate in secret, even if he had abilities that reached the heavens, he wouldn't be able to wipe them all out!
"Is this bug that formidable?"
Ye Guyi looked at Ye Xiao hesitantly. It was the first time she had seen him looking somewhat afraid.
Come to think of it, it was rather amusing~
Ye Guyi pursed her lips and pulled Ye Xiao into her arms.
"I once read about this kind of bug in an ancient text. It's said they can reproduce and split without limit."
Ye Xiao spoke gravely, hiding nothing.
He guessed that what was coming was probably an ordinary bug, at most one of the kind that could reproduce when struck.
Otherwise, if the bug that came could turn any concept of growth into bugs, like the King of Propagation, then the Douluo Universe might as well be destroyed on the spot! There'd be no playing anymore!
The King of Propagation Ye Xiao had in mind was naturally Tayzzyronth, the Aeon of Propagation from the game Honkai: Star Rail.
The concept of Propagation he presided over could transform every concept of reproduction, replication, and increase into bugs.
Simply put, if your Soul Power increased, a bug would come out of your body; if your age increased, a bug would come out too, and when Soul Beasts gave birth, they would actually give birth to bugs!
Precisely because he was so absurd, Ye Xiao guessed that the bug in the world assessment probably wouldn't be him.
At most, it would be a little bug that could split itself and replicate after being struck.
Judging by the two options listed alongside it, it probably wouldn't be on the level of an Aeon's Emanator.
"Reproduce and split without limit?"
Ye Guyi's expression also grew grave. Hearing that term alone was enough for her to understand just how terrifying this bug called a True Sting was!
"Forget it. To be honest, choosing the bug actually isn't bad."
Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes. It was precisely because the bug was so absurd that its level had been reduced to 50.
If it had been either of the first two, their level might have been 90 or even 100!
In other words, this choice was essentially between an early-stage trial and a late-stage trial.
And for the future Ye Xiao, what he needed more was plenty of time!
In that world where levels had been reset to zero, Ye Xiao could easily gather a group of people to learn his sword dao.