Chapter 115 - Rabbit Queen
After completing the second refinement of her soul ring, Xiao Wu stretched lazily, her body letting out a series of cracking sounds.
When she stood up, she felt that Zhou Qing and Tang San had gotten shorter. "Did your legs shrink or something?"
"It's you who grew taller," Zhou Qing said, circling around Xiao Wu, who was now only half a head shorter than him and Tang San, her height reaching 1.5 meters. He clicked his tongue in amazement.
Although he knew that children on the Douluo Continent developed faster than those on Earth, this was just too absurd. Just one refinement and she grew this much?
"Haha! Sister Xiao Wu will definitely be taller than both of you in the future!" Xiao Wu laughed with her hands on her hips. But her clothes had become too small—her belly button was now exposed. The large pile of clothes she had bought before probably wouldn't fit anymore.
Wait—
If she didn't mind showing her belly, then they could still be worn. After all, Xiao Wu was still as flat as ever.
"W-What are you staring at?!" Xiao Wu noticed Zhou Qing's gaze and quickly covered her chest.
"What's there to be afraid of? You're still wearing clothes," Zhou Qing said, expressionless. "And there's nothing to see."
"Ack! Zhou Qing, you pervert! So shameless at such a young age—worse than some nobles! You're definitely going to cheat when you grow up!" At this moment, Romantina took over and pretended to cry pitifully: "Please stay this shameless forever~" Her face was red, but there were no tears at all.
"Enough from you!" Zhou Qing groaned. He seriously suspected that spending more time with these two was going to mess with his sanity.
"Brother Qing, you really shouldn't look at a girl's belly button," Tang San added, face flushed, turning away—though his eyes still sneaked glances at Xiao Wu's stomach. "Men and women shouldn't be so close."
Zhou Qing: "..."
See?
Tang San was already going insane!
"You jerk! You dare say I'm flat? Looks like I have to teach you a lesson today so you'll know who's the real boss of Dorm 7!" Xiao Wu declared, cracking her knuckles.
After completing her soul ring refinement, Xiao Wu felt like she had returned to her days as a Soft Bone Rabbit in the Star Dou Forest.
Even though her body was still human, she now had the sense that she could use soul skills even without Martial Soul Possession.
It truly felt as if she'd become a Soft Bone Rabbit once again.
Her martial soul and body had fully merged.
She also noticed that a portion of her aura as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast had now truly fused into her body and martial soul. As long as she didn't activate her soul skills, that aura wouldn't leak out.
Maybe—
If she completed second refinements on her first four soul rings before reaching her sixth ring, even Title Douluo wouldn't notice she was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
"You want to test your current strength? No problem."
Zhou Qing was also curious to see what changes had occurred in Xiao Wu's body.
"I'll be the referee," Tang San said, also eager to observe Xiao Wu's improvements post-refinement.
"Now then—
Take your positions!"
Zhou Qing and Xiao Wu faced each other in a clearing within the forest.
"Today, I'll show you Sister Xiao Wu's way of showing gratitude!" she laughed mischievously, cracking her knuckles.
"You mean fighting me?" Zhou Qing asked, his eyes locked on Xiao Wu's movements, alert for a sneak attack.
In informal settings, Xiao Wu was infamous for her ambushes.
"Begin!"
As soon as Tang San finished speaking, Xiao Wu leapt forward, reaching Zhou Qing almost instantly.
Her speed shocked him.
No Martial Soul Possession?!
Bam!
A punch shot straight toward Zhou Qing's face.
Feeling the gust from her fist, Zhou Qing immediately twisted his body and rolled away, avoiding the attack.
"You dodged?" Xiao Wu bounced in place and asked playfully, "Want me to go easy on you? You can use your martial soul!"
"No need!" Zhou Qing replied, still watching her movements carefully. He couldn't understand how she achieved such speed at only level 14 soul power, without any soul skills or footwork techniques.
Speed is strength.
If that punch had connected, his handsome face would be ruined!
Could it be that after refining her soul ring, Xiao Wu's human body had adopted traits of a soul beast?
A human body wielding beast-like power…
Isn't that a savage beast?
While Xiao Wu obviously wasn't on the level of a true savage beast, if she could gain the physical traits of a ten-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, then even compared to top-tier beast-type martial souls like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon or White Tiger, her physicality might surpass theirs—at the same soul power level.
Zhou Qing took a deep breath, grounded himself, and bent his knees like a charging bull.
"Hm?"
Sensing his soul power build-up, Xiao Wu didn't give him time to prepare. She sprinted forward, feinting a punch before abruptly stopping, pressing both hands to the ground, flipping over with a twist, arching her back, and launching a brutal kick at Zhou Qing's chest using her signature move:
Rabbit Kicks the Hawk!
This combo was exactly what Zhou Qing had analyzed for her: chest bow, waist string, and Condensed Thought.
She hadn't yet obtained her second or third soul skill, but because these moves were based on physical techniques rather than soul power circulation, she could still perform them—even if their power was lower.
"Damn!"
Zhou Qing had no time to react. He was blasted backwards.
But Xiao Wu wasn't done.
Using the recoil from Rabbit Kicks the Hawk, she righted herself and chased after him. Before he hit the ground, her braid whipped out like a scorpion tail, wrapping around his ankle.
One pull.
One swing.
She slammed Zhou Qing back down beside her. His vision blurred he was totally out of it.
"Ah~ Third party violently beats the scumbag!"