Wuhun Luo Sanpao? I am the Dragon Emperor!

Chapter 260 Xiao Wu: I have no family left! Tang San empties his savings!

On the other side, Xiao Wu helped Tang San stumble through the dense forest, the fallen leaves and branches crunching under their feet.

Tang San's back was already soaked in blood, and every step he took felt like a million steel needles were piercing his spine.

However, he clenched his teeth, letting cold sweat slide down his pale cheeks, and stubbornly refused to utter a sound.

Even when Xiao Wu's fingertips were almost digging into his side, he didn't feel any pain.

Xiao Wu carried Tang San as they ran wildly, the ripping sound of her skirt being torn by tree branches mixed with their heavy breathing, particularly jarring in the dense forest.

She dared not stop, the roars of Da Ming and Er Ming constantly echoing in her ears, those sounds going from deafening to gradually fading, like a dull knife repeatedly cutting into her heart.

Xiao Wu didn't know how long or how far she had run before she slowly stopped. She didn't show any tension or fear; instead, a wave of sadness washed over her.

"Third brother..."

Xiao Wu's voice was trembling with tears, and her pink eyes were filled with mist.

"Da Ming, Er Ming, and the others..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Wu felt as if something was blocking her throat.

She dared not think about what had become of the two soul beasts that had grown up with her since childhood. Just the thought made her heart feel as if it had been ripped open.

Although Xiao Wu didn't say it explicitly, nor did she explain what their relationship was with her.

But Tang San had long understood that Xiao Wu's identity was definitely not simple.

Then, Tang San barely managed to raise his hand and gently pinched her cold cheek: "Don't be afraid."

However, his voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible, but he still forced a smile and comforted Xiao Wu, saying, "I'm here for you."

Xiao Wu stopped completely.

The wind through the woods ruffled her disheveled hair, and the bloody smell in the air sent a shiver down her spine.

She whirled around and grabbed Tang San's arm, her nails digging almost into his flesh: "Third Brother! If... if I weren't human at all, would you..."

Tang San didn't seem too surprised. Seeing this, Xiao Wu was taken aback and asked, "Actually, you already found out, didn't you?"

Tang San did not answer, but simply looked at her quietly.

"If... I were a 100,000-year-old soul beast, would you still love me? Would you still cherish me like before?"

Tang San had long since realized Xiao Wu's true identity, but seeing her so cautious and afraid of losing something still broke his heart.

Immediately, he reached out and wiped away Xiao Wu's tears, saying, "The first time I saw you at Notting Academy, you snatched my blanket. At that time, I thought, how come this little girl is like a protective little rabbit?"

His voice was low, almost a whisper, with a hint of amusement, “The Xiao Wu I love has never been the ‘human Xiao Wu,’ but the Xiao Wu who blushes, gets angry, and saves all the good things for me. Whether you’re a soul beast or a deity, in this life, you will always be my sister, Tang San’s sister, the one I will protect.”

Xiao Wu's heart was pounding, like she was holding a lively rabbit.

She suddenly stood on tiptoe and quickly pecked him on the chin, then blushed and lowered her head.

Tang San was also made red-faced and his neck thickened by Xiao Wu's sudden kiss, and the bleeding from the wound on his back slowed down.

Both of them were shy.

Suddenly, a deafening explosion came from the distant sky.

The two looked up at the same time.

A blinding bolt of lightning ripped across the sky, and the clouds churned like boiling water wherever it passed.

Immediately following was a massive surge of soul power. Even from several miles away, the surrounding trees trembled violently, and leaves rained down like rain.

"It's Yu Xiaolie's Thunder Sacred Dragon! He's left the Star Dou Forest!"

Tang San trembled, his Purple Demon Eyes accurately capturing Yu Xiaolie's figure.

Xiao Wu's lips trembled: "He's gone? Did he run away, or..."

She suddenly let go of Tang San and staggered back, shouting, "No! I have to go back and check on Da Ming and Er Ming!"

"Xiao Wu!" Tang San grabbed her wrist, his fingertips touching her cold skin: "I'll stay with you."

The two ran wildly following the source of the energy fluctuations. When they passed through the last dense forest, the scene before them made all their words catch in their throats, and Xiao Wu collapsed to the ground.

The once lush forest has now been reduced to scorched earth. In the center of a giant crater with a diameter of over 100 meters, the massive body of the Azure Bull Python is severed from its head, with its blue scales scattered everywhere.

The head of the Azure Bull Python rolled to the ground not far away, its once majestic eyes still open, but now devoid of any spirit.

Further away, the Titan Ape's mountain-sized corpse lay supine, its chest pierced through, dark red blood pooling beneath it into a horrifying lake. "No...impossible..."

Xiao Wu's lips trembled as she crawled towards the two corpses on all fours.

When her fingertips touched the cold scales of the azure bull python, she finally broke down and cried out:
"Da Ming! Er Ming! Wake up!"

A piercing cry echoed through the deathly silent forest, startling several carrion-eating crows.

Tang San stood behind her, his heart feeling as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

He had never seen Xiao Wu like this before.

At this moment, she seemed to have lost her soul, curled up between the two corpses, her thin shoulders trembling violently, her cries broken and fragmented.

"I have no family left... Third Brother..."

Xiao Wu turned her head, sobbing, her pink eyes clouded with a layer of gloom, "Mommy's gone, and Da Ming and Er Ming too..."

Upon hearing this, Tang San, enduring the tearing pain in his back, knelt down and hugged her tightly: "I'm here!"

Then, Xiao Wu buried her face in his chest, her tears soaking his tattered clothes.

Tang San could feel that she was trembling all over, like a small animal on the verge of death.

Despite the excruciating pain from the wound on his back that made him break out in a cold sweat, he gritted his teeth and refused to make a sound due to the intense pain.

He didn't want Xiao Wu to worry about him anymore.

However, seemingly sensing Tang San's unusual behavior, Xiao Wu suddenly looked up and saw his pale face and clenched teeth. She panicked immediately, only then remembering the injury on Tang San's back...

"Your injury..."

Upon hearing this, Tang San immediately forced a smile, "I'm fine."

Just then, the roar of a soul beast came from afar.

A dozen pairs of bright green eyes lit up in the darkness. In addition, the auras of different soul beasts were approaching from all around, clearly attracted by the blood of the 100,000-year-old soul beasts.

The bodies of the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape contain enormous energy; a single bite from these low-level soul beasts can increase one's cultivation by several thousand or even tens of thousands of years.

The death of two beasts, however, nourished and increased the lifespan of a large number of soul beasts; it was truly a gift from nature!

Tang San's eyes sharpened, and he shielded Xiao Wu behind him: "Let's get out of here first!"

After saying that, he flipped his wrist and pulled the trigger of the Zhuge Crossbow, and sixteen hidden arrows shot out, accurately piercing the eyes and throats of the approaching soul beast.

But soon, more soul beasts surged in from all directions, including porcupines covered in bone spurs, vultures with wingspans exceeding three meters, and even several pythons as thick as bowls.

"go!"

Tang San grabbed Xiao Wu and ran, while continuously taking out hidden weapons from the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlight.

Silent hidden arrows, veiled attacks, bone-piercing needles...

Every hidden weapon he unleashed caused him immense pain.

After all, these materials cost a lot of money!

Especially the Dragon Beard Needle, he didn't even have a chance to retrieve it.

Xiao Wu was dragged along by him, running wildly, tears still streaming down her face.

After the last bone-piercing needle was used, he realized with despair that he had emptied the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night of hidden weapons.

After six or seven years of working and studying, I'm back to square one!

"It's over..."

Tang San's vision went black, and the wound on his back reopened due to the strenuous exercise, with warm blood flowing down his spine.

Just then, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly came from afar.

"what--!"

The sound was extremely painful, and it was particularly jarring in the silent forest.

Tang San looked up abruptly and recognized the source of the voice: "It's someone from Gray Rock Academy!"

With that, he mustered his last bit of strength and pulled Xiao Wu up, "Run that way! Maybe the teachers are there!"

(End of this chapter)