Chapter 94: Tang San's Second Power-Up — Have I Become a Tool Person?
At this moment, Lin Yuan's diary was still ongoing.
The girls were also somewhat curious about how Xiao Wu had gradually caused Tang San to "power up."
[In the original future, the Shrek Seven Devils used Dugu Bo's poison formation to hunt for soul beasts in the Sunset Forest.]
[The tactic at the time was: the poison formation would block most soul beasts, and whichever one they needed, Flender and Zhao Wuji, these two Soul Saints, would capture it and bring it in as a sparring partner and for obtaining soul rings for the students.]
[This strategy sounded very safe. After all, with two Soul Saints overseeing the operation, a soul beast forest at the level of Sunset Forest was basically a place where they could walk sideways without fear.]
[But what happened in the end?]
[An accident still occurred!]
[At that time, a six-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider and a ten-thousand-year Pit Demon Spider appeared simultaneously.]
[Yu Xiaogang suggested that Tang San absorb the six-thousand-year one and proceed steadily.]
[But Tang San insisted on challenging his limits and wanted to absorb the ten-thousand-year Pit Demon Spider instead.]
[His reason was that he had tempered his body using "special methods," so he was confident.]
[Of course, that's not the main point. The main point is the six-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider that was left behind!]
The girls: No! That's very important! Tang San absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring as his fourth soul ring? What kind of joke is that?!
They were all curious about what special method Tang San had used to temper his body, and how he managed to withstand the soul shock from a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
Naturally, Lin Yuan would never write those things in his diary.
After all, they involved the immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
If he wrote about it in the diary, there was no guarantee it wouldn't be intercepted by Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, or someone else.
Even Dugu Yan might not necessarily allow Dugu Bo to take him there.
Of course, that possibility was relatively small. Dugu Yan still needed his alchemy skills to detoxify her poison.
Moreover, neither she nor Dugu Bo had knowledge about immortal herbs. Otherwise, in the original story, Tang San wouldn't have obtained them.
[At the time, Flender and Liu Erlong, two high-level Soul Saints, were actually entangled by other soul beasts?]
[Or did they think Xiao Wu, a Soul Elder, together with the other monsters, could handle the Man-Faced Demon Spider?]
[It turned out that the Man-Faced Demon Spider was also a schemer. Extremely cunning, it bypassed Dai Mubai and the others at the front and targeted Xiao Wu, whose defense was the weakest!]
[Although Xiao Wu had teleportation and soft skills, in that narrow space, facing such a fast and venomous killer, she was completely unable to resist!]
[In the end, Xiao Wu was directly pierced through the chest by the spider's spear-like legs!]
[She was even almost cut in half!] (Exaggerated.)
[Only then did Flender and Liu Erlong "panic" and react, finally using their full strength to shake off the other soul beasts and rush over to rescue her.]
[They caught Xiao Wu as she collapsed in a pool of blood and hurriedly used soul power to force the poison out.]
[This is just ridiculous!]
[Two Soul Saints above rank seventy-one of them, even the Killing Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle yet they couldn't protect a single student?]
[They only exploded with their strength when she was about to die?]
[Were they acting? Or were they actually that incompetent?]
[Even recklessness has limits!]
Lin Yuan sneered inwardly.
Was this the so-called Shrek Academy that "only accepts monsters"?
Rather than cultivating monsters, it felt more like conducting a "survivor-bias selection."
Those who survived were monsters.
Those who died became forgotten cannon fodder.
[What's even more speechless is Tang San's reaction.]
[When he saw Xiao Wu seriously injured, that familiar "passive trigger" activated again.]
[He powered up once more and directly beat the six-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider into submission, leaving it completely unable to fight back.]
[He even stabbed it with the Eight Spider Lances, frantically devouring its life energy.]
[At first glance, the scene felt satisfying.]
[But!]
[When Flender finished checking Xiao Wu's injuries and shouted, "Xiao Wu is fine, the poison has been forced out," what was our "deeply devoted" protagonist Tang San doing?]
[He didn't immediately rush over to hold Xiao Wu. He didn't check her wounds. He didn't comfort the girl who had just returned from the brink of death.]
[He actually… kept devouring energy right there?!]
[He even looked like he was enjoying himself while comprehending the evolution of the Eight Spider Lances?]
[This is really confusing. Where did your earlier rage go? Your worry?]
[Now that she's fine, shouldn't you confirm it immediately?]
[So Xiao Wu's severe injury was just a reason for you to devour energy and evolve your external soul bone?]
[That tool-person attribute is completely maxed out!]
Boom!
As the final line appeared, Xiao Wu completely broke down.
She bit her lip tightly, clutching her skirt with both hands until her knuckles turned white.
'So I'm just a tool person in Tang San's eyes in the original story? A tool to trigger his power-ups and evolve his soul bone?'
Xiao Wu felt an unprecedented chill in her heart.
Although these events had not yet happened, Lin Yuan's description was so detailed that every detail was logically consistent.
If things followed the original storyline, with that version of Tang San's personality, it really might happen.
After all, Tang San and Lin Yuan were different.
They were both transmigrators, but Tang San's previous life came from the Tang Sect—he had been an assassin.
Lin Yuan, however, had been born in a peaceful era in his previous life. He was certainly not as calculating as Tang San.
And Lin Yuan genuinely treated her well.
'Brother is right…'
Xiao Wu took a deep breath and said silently in her heart.
'The me in the original story must have been blind to fall for someone like that.'
'You keep saying you love me, yet every time you only explode after I'm hurt and once I'm fine, you toss me aside.'
'Brother is better…' Xiao Wu secretly raised her head and glanced at the boy beside her.
'Brother may have a sharp tongue, and sometimes he's a bit perverted, but when danger comes, he stands in front of me immediately, even willing to expose his strength to instantly kill the enemy.'
'That's what real security feels like.'
Xiao Wu remembered something Lin Yuan once said: A lion must use its full strength even when hunting a rabbit.
When facing someone of a higher level than himself, he had to go all out.
After all, if the opponent's level was higher, their strength was certainly formidable. If he didn't strike first, a prolonged battle would only put him at a disadvantage.
Back then, Xiao Wu had asked, "What if you meet someone weaker than you?"
Lin Yuan had replied:
"Then I still have to use my full strength. Who knows whether they have hidden trump cards that allow them to fight above their level? There are plenty of such geniuses. So I have to decide the outcome before they can use them."
At the time, Xiao Wu felt Lin Yuan was being overly cautious.
He was a genius. Did he really need to use full strength against someone weaker?
But now, she more or less understood.
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