Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends

[Progress of the God of Life's Test +1]

She has been in the wounded soldiers' camp for a long time.

Each time you heal a wounded soldier, your reputation increases. Each life saved advances your progress in the God of Life's assessment by one level.

When she first arrived in the Northern Territory, her soul power was only slightly over level 60, but now it has steadily reached the threshold of level 67.

This kind of cultivation speed was something she wouldn't have dared to imagine before.

But she has no time to think about those things now.

All she knew was that in this wounded soldiers' camp, someone needed her every single second.

This is the scene that Ge Duo saw when she pushed the door open and came in.

Rapunzel crouched beside a middle-aged soldier with a broken leg, the golden halo in her palm healing the wound below his knee that had been pierced by a crossbow bolt.

Her hair was somewhat disheveled, with long, loose golden braids hanging down her back, the ends stained with someone's blood.

Her face was somewhat pale, and the dark circles under her eyes were so thick they looked like they had been drawn on with charcoal.

But her eyes remained bright.

Ge Duo stood at the door and watched her for a moment.

Then she returned to her residence and began to prepare the elixirs.

She and Rapunzel don't need to say much to each other.

One saves lives, the other makes medicine.

One is on the front lines, the other is in the rear.

They each did their own thing, without disturbing each other, yet they were more like a whole than ever before.

……

In the distance, the Starry Sky Forest.

Morning light filters through the dense canopy of trees, casting dappled shadows on the surface of the Lake of Life.

Xiao Wu sat on a smooth, large rock by the lake, her pink scorpion braid hanging down her back, holding a piece of intelligence she had somehow obtained in her hand.

The handwriting on the intelligence report was crooked and messy, clearly indicating that it had passed through countless hands before reaching her.

But she already understood the content.

The Spirit Empire suffered a crushing defeat in the northern border, with three Title Douluo captured and its 100,000-strong army annihilated.

The morale of the Anti-Martial Soul Alliance soared, and the Northern Allied Forces recaptured eleven cities in one fell swoop.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

The Spirit Hall was defeated. They also lost three Title Douluos.

Although she wasn't the one who made the move, seeing the Spirit Hall suffer a setback made her feel better than anything else.

She folded the intelligence report, stuffed it into her bosom, and jumped down from the rock.

"My Lord Beast!"

She called out towards the other side of the lake, her voice as clear and crisp as a mountain stream.

"I need to go out for a bit!"

On the dark green boulder, the nine-colored deer slowly opened its eyes.

Those clear, glass-like eyes reflected the shimmering lake surface, the sunlight filtering through the tree canopy, and Xiao Wu's resolute face.

The nine-colored deer watched her quietly.

Xiao Wu felt a little guilty under its gaze and subconsciously tugged at the hem of her clothes.

"I...I just want to go out and take a look. I made some friends during the Soul Master Competition, and they went to the Anti-Soul Alliance. I want to go find them."

The nine-colored deer remained silent.

It simply looked at Xiao Wu, its clear eyes holding no reproach, no dissuasion, only an extremely calm and unfathomable tenderness, like that of an ancient well.

Xiao Wu knew she couldn't hide it from it.

She took a deep breath, raised her head, and met the gaze of the nine-colored deer.

"Okay, I admit it. I want to join the Anti-Soul Alliance and find an opportunity to kill Bibi Dong."

The nine-colored deer was silent for a moment. Then it lowered its head and gently nuzzled Xiao Wu's forehead with its warm nose.

An extremely soft golden halo entered Xiao Wu's body from the tip of its nose, warm and cozy, like the spring sunshine shining on the frozen earth.

Xiao Wu closed her eyes, feeling the warmth spread from her forehead to her whole body, and her tense shoulders relaxed slightly.

When she opened her eyes again, the nine-colored deer had already retracted its nose.

Its clear eyes were still looking at her, but now they held a hint of solemn admonition.

Although it didn't speak, Xiao Wu understood its meaning.

Safety first.

Wherever you go or what you do, put safety first.

Xiao Wu's nose tingled, and her eyes reddened slightly. She nodded vigorously, her voice choked with emotion. "Don't worry, Lord Beast, I will take good care of myself."

The nine-colored deer gently nuzzled her forehead, then closed its eyes again and lay back down on the dark green boulder.

Standing on the rock, Xiao Wu watched the Nine-Colored Deer fall back into a deep sleep, forcing back the tears that welled up in her eyes.

She turned around and walked towards Da Ming and Er Ming.

Chapter 525 Similar Situations

Erming was squatting under the ancient tree by the lake, his huge hands supporting his chin, his lantern-sized yellow eyes half-closed, as if he were dozing off.

Its snoring made the lake surface tremble slightly, and saliva dripped from the corner of its mouth, forming a small puddle at its feet.

Da Ming coiled around the trunk of the ancient tree, its snake eyes half-closed, its slender body rising and falling slowly with its breath.

It wasn't asleep, but it also didn't open its eyes.

Xiao Wu walked up to Er Ming and looked up at the big, silly-looking guy.

Erming's ears twitched, and the snoring stopped abruptly.

It opened its eyes, its yellow eyes still lingering with sleepiness, but the moment it saw that the person who came was Xiao Wu, its eyes immediately lit up, as if someone had lit a lamp inside.

"Sister Xiaowu!" Erming's voice was muffled, hoarse from just waking up, but the joy in his tone was impossible to hide. "Where are we going to play today?"

As it spoke, it stood up, rubbing its huge hands together in front of it, looking like it was ready to fight.

"Shall we go fishing by the lake? Or pick fruit in the forest? The red berries that Sister Xiaowu said she wanted to eat last time, I found an even bigger tree a couple of days ago, and the fruit is even more plentiful and sweeter than last time..."

"Er Ming."

Xiao Wu interrupted him, her voice not loud, but Er Ming immediately shut his mouth.

It lowered its head, looked at Xiao Wu's face filled with complex emotions, and instantly understood what was going on.

The light in its yellow eyes gradually dimmed.

"Sister Xiaowu... are you leaving again?"

Looking at the silly expression on its face, Xiao Wu felt a sharp pang in her heart.

She took a deep breath and nodded.

"Yes. I want to go to the human world."

Erming fell silent.

It crouched down, brought its head close to Xiao Wu's face, and its breath made Xiao Wu's bangs fall in disarray.

"But Sister Xiaowu, you've only been back for a short time..."

Its voice was muffled, and it sounded a little unhappy.

Da Ming slowly opened his snake eyes.

Its gaze descended from above, landing on Xiao Wu, deep and still, like the deepest waters of the lake of life.

"Sister Xiaowu, it's very chaotic outside right now," it said, its voice low and steady.

"The Spirit Empire and the Anti-Spirit Alliance are at war, and battles at the Title Douluo level occur frequently. Your current strength is only that of a Soul Emperor, which is indeed not weak among human Soul Masters, but it is not enough in front of a Title Douluo."

Xiao Wu didn't say anything.

Da Ming continued speaking, his voice neither hurried nor slow, as if stating an unalterable fact.

"You can wait a little longer. Wait until you break through level 70, wait until you're stronger, wait until..."

"When will we wait?"

Xiao Wu interrupted him, her voice not loud, but every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.

"Great Ming, I have waited too long."

She raised her head, her pink eyes looking straight at Daming, at Erming, at these two companions who had grown up with her since childhood.

“I’ve been waiting since the day my mother was sacrificed. Waiting to become stronger, waiting for the opportunity to come, waiting for that damned woman to pay the price.”

Her voice trembled slightly, but her eyes remained unwavering.

"Now the opportunity has come. The Spirit Empire suffered a crushing defeat in the Northern Territory, with three Title Douluos captured and its 100,000-strong army wiped out. The morale of the Anti-Spirit Alliance is high, making it the perfect time to join them and get closer to Bibi Dong."

She paused, then lowered her voice.

"If I miss this opportunity, I don't know how long I'll have to wait."

Da Ming remained silent.

Erming also fell silent.

The lakeside was so quiet that only the rustling of the wind through the treetops and the gentle lapping of the lake's water against the shore could be heard.

After a long while, Erming spoke, his voice muffled.

"Sister Xiaowu, but you are the Soul Emperor... There are so many Title Douluos on the Spirit Hall's side, what if we encounter danger?"