Chapter 49: Stealing the Eight Spider Lances

Chapter 49: Stealing the Eight Spider Lances

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At dawn, as the first ray of sunlight filtered through the window and landed in the guest room where Zu Zong was staying—

After cultivating all night, Zu Zong slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a deep breath.

These past few days, apart from participating in soul battles each evening, Zu Zong had spent most of his time cultivating body techniques, combat skills, and kunai and shuriken throwing techniques.

Having spent years in the soul battle arena, Zu Zong had used his Sharingan spirit to copy a number of combat techniques.

Taking advantage of this peaceful period, he was both teaching Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling and also working hard to integrate those techniques into his own body techniques.

Zu Zong's physical skills originated from Uchiha Itachi of the Naruto world. There weren't many complex moves—just three principles: speed, precision, and ruthlessness. He aimed for a single strike to kill.

This was both his strength and his weakness. The techniques were too singular and easy to counter. That was why Zu Zong went to such lengths to copy the fighting techniques of those in the soul battle arena.

Unfortunately, the soul masters of Douluo Continent relied far too much on their martial spirits. Until now, Zu Zong had not seen any particularly effective techniques.

But soon he would. Tang San and the others should be returning soon from the Star Dou Great Forest after hunting for spirit rings.

By then—heh! He was really looking forward to seeing Tang San's shocked expression.

Thinking of this, a strange smile appeared at the corner of Zu Zong's lips.

Techniques like Crane-Catching Dragon-Seizing, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Mysterious Jade Hand—these so-called "spirit skills"—were merely advanced applications of soul power.

Unlike spirit ring techniques, they didn't require martial spirit activation and should be relatively easy to copy.

It was worth mentioning that while Zu Zong had not made much progress in improving his body techniques, he had now reached the point where he could use the Body Flicker Technique by controlling his soul power.

Zu Zong's Body Flicker Technique also came from the Naruto world.

Although it consumed soul power during use, the actual method relied on chakra, making it impossible for others to cultivate.

In the past, Xiao Wu had superior instant-movement spirit abilities, so Zu Zong never considered improving his own.

But now, with the addition of Zhu Zhuqing, things were different. The little cat's safety was paramount.

One more technique meant one more chance at survival. Because of this, Zu Zong had devoted most of the past few days to refining the Body Flicker Technique.

"Zhuqing went with the Shrek group to the Star Dou Great Forest. I wonder how she's doing now."

"With Xiao Wu not there, I suppose the Titan Giant Ape won't cause trouble for the Shrek group."

So Zu Zong thought.

Speaking of the Star Dou Great Forest reminded him of his Stealing System, which he hadn't used in a long time.

"System, open my personal panel."

As soon as he spoke, a crisp female voice echoed in Zu Zong's mind.

[Ding. Host's personal panel has been opened.]

[Host: Zu Zong

Gender: Male

Age: 12 years and five months

Martial Spirits: Extreme Flame Blue Silver Emperor / Sharingan

Innate Soul Power: Level 10

Soul Power Level: Level 38

Base Strength: 1100 (average adult male is 10)

System Inventory: Kunai ×100, Shuriken ×100, Clothes ×5

Overall Evaluation: Young Expert

Remaining Steal Attempts: 8

Hatred Points: 132,400 points

Stealable Worlds: Douluo Continent, Naruto, Battle Through the Heavens, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

Domain: Blue Silver Domain (Second Form)

Personal Achievement: Soul Master

]

"Uh..." Zu Zong was briefly stunned.

If not for the content, he would've thought he'd misheard. This slightly childlike female voice was no longer the iconic mechanical tone.

This was clearly a voiced version of Heize Zhiling!

[PS: Ahem, Lin Zhiling is Lin Zhiling. Heize Zhiling is Heize Zhiling. Don't confuse the two.]

"That Heize—oh no, System! Why has your voice changed?"

[Ding. Responding to Host: This system was updated nearly two years ago!]

"System update? How did I not know?"

[Ding. Because Host muted the system two years ago o(╥﹏╥)o sob. Other than basic alerts, all notifications were blocked.]

Now that Zu Zong thought about it, that was true.

Two years ago, when he was in the Star Dou Great Forest searching for the Earth Cavern Demon Spider, he got scammed by the damn system.

On top of that, after repeatedly failing in his stealing attempts over the years, he got angry and muted it.

For these two years, he had either been cultivating or harassed by a certain rabbit.

If not for the level-up notifications, he might've forgotten the system even existed.

"All right, all right. What's a system crying for?"

[Ding. I've been updated. I'm a girl now.]

Black lines formed on Zu Zong's forehead.

"Fine then, Miss System, I'll apologize to you right here."

[Ding. I forgive you!]

"System, initiate a steal."

[Ding. Stealing in progress.]

[Ding. Congratulations, Host has stolen a weapons crate from an underground warehouse in the world of "Hero". It is an unowned item and has not generated Hatred Points.]

Space distorted, and a black military case floated in front of Zu Zong.

When he opened it, he found the box divided into three layers.

The first layer contained two black Type 54 pistols, complete with several magazines and a box of bullets.

The second layer held a Thompson submachine gun along with various attachments.

The third layer was even more outrageous—it housed an AWP sniper rifle with a silencer.

Seeing this, Zu Zong's lips twitched, and dark lines formed on his forehead.

A pistol finalized in 1954 had actually appeared in the world of Hero. And the AWP sniper rifle? Even more absurd.

Was Yan Shuangying really from the Eight-Year Resistance War? No wonder they call him the captain of Hua Nation—this was straight-up fantasy fiction.

Yan Shuangying—I bet your gun has no bullets.

"System, continue stealing!"

In his mind, that doll-like girly voice sounded again.

[Ding. Congratulations, Host has stolen ten bottles of century-aged Spirit Wine from a grocery store in the Douluo Continent. Hatred value of the shopkeeper: increased to 40%. The shopkeeper has now decided that his 400-jin daughter must marry the Host. Hatred Points +750.]

[Ding. Congratulations, Host has stolen two sets of the latest couple's outfits from a clothing store in the Douluo Continent. Hatred value of the shopkeeper: increased to 70%. The shopkeeper insists the Host must marry his daughter (who, by the way, is also the 400-jin daughter of the grocery shopkeeper and has now developed a strong preference for black clothes and blue hair). Hatred Points +1250.]

"Pfft!" Zu Zong spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"Damn it! It's that father-daughter pair of idiots again. Five years and still haunting me. A black-clothes-blue-hair fetish now? Why don't you just make it a Zu Zong fetish too?"

"Four hundred jin? Even pigs aren't that fat. Go marry Yu Xiaogang instead. Ignored. Completely ignored."

[Ding. Congratulations, Host has stolen Xiao Wu's pink panties from the Douluo Continent. Xiao Wu's affection for Host has increased to 110%. Hatred Points: 0.]

"Heh, it was already at 100%. Now you're adding another 10%? System, were you sent by that bastard Green Pepper just to pad the word count?"

[Ding. Congratulations, Host guessed correctly. The system was indeed sent to pad the word count.]

Zu Zong focused his mind. A pink undergarment fell into his hand, printed with a chibi rabbit cartoon.

"Damn it! Isn't this..."

Meanwhile, in the next room at the Rose Hotel—

Xiao Wu had just woken up. After washing up, she was tidying her clothes. Ever since Zhu Zhuqing arrived, she had begun paying more attention to the details.

Back at Nuoding Academy, it was always Zu Zong who handled her laundry and storage. Now, doing it herself—if not for Ye Lingling's help, she really couldn't keep up.

At the moment, Xiao Wu was frowning deeply, rummaging through her belongings.

"Lingling, have you seen my pink crescent-moon cloth with the chibi white bunny on it?"

This particular crescent-moon cloth had been gifted to her by Zu Zong on her seventh birthday. It held strong sentimental value.

Though it no longer fit, she had always kept it carefully.

She clearly remembered handing it over to Zu Zong to safeguard when they left Nuoding.

Now that it was missing, how could she not be anxious?

Ye Lingling shook her head. "It's such a mess in here. Maybe you dropped it somewhere?"

"Dropped it?" Xiao Wu touched her fair chin, beginning to ponder.

The only people who had ever handled that cloth were herself and Xiao Zong. Could it be... in Xiao Zong's possession?

The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became.

Moments later, Xiao Wu reached a conclusion: Zu Zong had secretly hidden her crescent-moon cloth away to do naughty things.

Thinking of that, her face flushed red.

Looking toward Zu Zong's room, she murmured, "Xiao Zong, seriously, if you wanted it, just say so... Why sneak around like that?"

Ye Lingling (speechless): Can someone take this rabbit in heat away?

Zu Zong (shouting): I didn't! I really didn't!

Back in his room—

Zu Zong lightly sniffed the pink crescent-moon cloth, then put it away and called out in his mind, "System, continue stealing!"

[Ding. Congratulations, Host has stolen Tang San's external spirit bone: Eight Spider Lances, from the Douluo Continent.]

"What the f—!"

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