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Amidst her rapidly shifting thoughts, A Rou already had a plan.
She hid the coldness and calculation in the depths of her eyes, replacing them with a weak, helpless, and pitiful expression.
She bit her rosy lips and said with a slight tremor in her voice:
"You... You guessed right. The Soft Bones Rabbit in the core area and I are... are mother and daughter. Her name is Xiao Wu, and she is my daughter."
"Oh? Mother and daughter?"
Luo Nan raised an eyebrow, seemingly very satisfied with this answer. He flicked his cigarette ash and motioned for A Rou to continue.
A Rou took a deep breath, as if making up her mind, and raised her head to look at Luo Nan.
Her eyes were filled with sincerity: "I know you are very strong, and you are here for a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring."
"However, the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest is too dangerous."
"The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape have monstrous strength, and they are like brothers. Once they encounter external enemies, they will definitely join forces to fight."
"Even if you are a quasi Titled Douluo, it is almost impossible to deal with both of them at the same time."
A Rou paused and cast out her bait: "If you are willing to trust me, I can help you."
"Help me? How can you help?" Luo Nan watched A Rou put on an act with great interest.
"I can go in first and, in the identity of a mother, lure Xiao Wu away from the Lake of Life."
A Rou suggested cautiously.
"In this way, you can deal with one less hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast."
"Without Xiao Wu assisting by the side, your pressure when dealing with the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape will be much less, and the assurance of success will be greater."
"What do you think... how is that?"
After speaking, A Rou stared nervously into Luo Nan's eyes, afraid that he would see through her scheme.
Luo Nan quietly looked at A Rou.
How could he possibly not see through this rabbit's calculation?
"This bitch is dead set on the belief that I definitely cannot beat the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape."
"She wants to trick me into the core area and slaughter me by using the hands of those two beasts." Luo Nan sneered repeatedly in his heart.
However, Luo Nan did not expose her.
For Luo Nan, although his current strength was already extremely terrifying, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape were, after all, the overlords of the Star Dou Great Forest with a profound foundation.
If these two behemoths launched a desperate counterattack, coupled with a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bones Rabbit interfering on the side, it would indeed bring him quite a bit of trouble.
If A Rou could really lure Xiao Wu away, then he could concentrate his energy, defeat them one by one, and maximize his benefits.
As for A Rou wanting to borrow a knife to kill someone?
That would also depend on whether those two knives were hard enough!
Once he absorbed the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and broke through to a Titled Douluo, let alone Da Ming and Er Ming, even if all the Spirit Beasts of the entire Star Dou Great Forest were added together, he would not take them seriously!
Hmm, not including the Spirit Beasts of the Great Fierce Land...
"Your proposal is indeed very tempting."
Luo Nan casually flicked away the cigar in his hand that was about to burn out, a smile curling up at the corner of his mouth.
"Being able to fight one less hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast is indeed good news for me. I accept your proposal."
Hearing Luo Nan agree, A Rou was wildly joyful in her heart, but on the surface, she still maintained a weak posture.
"However..."
Luo Nan changed the subject, suddenly reaching out to pinch A Rou's smooth chin, forcing her to raise her head and make eye contact with him.
His gaze instantly became incomparably overbearing and aggressive.
"From here to the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, there is still a very long way to go."
"Along this journey, you must obediently listen to my arrangements. Whatever I say, you must do. Understand?"
Looking at Luo Nan's possessive gaze, A Rou felt extremely humiliated in her heart.
She knew that before reaching the core area, she definitely could not escape the devil's clutches.
But for the sake of ultimate revenge and to lure this man into a desperate death zone, she could only grit her teeth and swallow it down into her stomach.
"I... I understand. I will listen to your arrangements." A Rou lowered her head and humiliatingly agreed.
"Very good." Luo Nan patted A Rou's cheek with satisfaction, "Put on your clothes, and let's get ready to hit the road."
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In the following days, one man and one rabbit, each harboring their own hidden agendas, began the journey deep into the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
According to Luo Nan's speed, it originally only would have taken a few days to cross the outer perimeter and the mixed zone to reach the core area.
But he deliberately slowed down his pace, as if he wasn't here to hunt Spirit Beasts, but rather to sightsee and enjoy the scenery.
During the day, they leisurely traversed through the forest.
Encountering attacks from blind high-grade Spirit Beasts, there was no need for A Rou to make a move at all.
With just a casual wave of Luo Nan's hand, that terrifying Soul Power fluctuation could instantly grind the ten-thousand-year-level Spirit Beast into a puddle of flesh and mud.
This kind of understated yet World-destroying strength made A Rou, who was watching coldly from the side, increasingly frightened and alarmed.
She had to admit that this man's strength had indeed reached an extremely terrifying Realm.
But the more it was like this, the more intense the killing intent in her heart became.
Such a dangerous figure must definitely not be left in this World! Da Ming and Er Ming must completely obliterate him!
And when night came, it was the true beginning of A Rou's nightmare.
Luo Nan seemed to have endless energy. Every night, he would transform into a dessert chef and invite A Rou to taste puffs.
"Endure! Endure a little longer!"
"When we reach the core area and see Da Ming and Er Ming, it will be the death date of this devil!"
Amidst this eerie and tension-filled atmosphere, time quietly passed by.
About two weeks later.
The surrounding ancient trees became increasingly thick and sturdy, often requiring a dozen people to embrace them.
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the air was so dense that it was almost about to drip water, but at the same time, it was accompanied by an extremely oppressive and suffocating terrifying pressure.
Here, there was no longer any trace of ordinary Spirit Beasts, and even the sounds of bird calls and insect chirping had completely disappeared. It was as quiet as a dead zone.
They had finally arrived at a place only tens of kilometers away from the Lake of Life, the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Arriving here, Luo Nan finally stopped his footsteps.
He stood on a thick branch, gazing far into the distance, although his line of sight was blocked by the dense forest.
But his powerful Mental Energy could already faintly perceive the three auras hidden in that unknown area ahead.
Without a doubt, those were the Sky Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu!
A Rou stood behind Luo Nan, looking at that familiar forest ahead, a trace of imperceptible excitement and madness flashing through her eyes.
Finally arrived!
She took a deep breath, calmed her excited mood, and walked to Luo Nan's side: "Ahead is the core area."
"Da Ming and Er Ming's perception is extremely sharp. If we just barge in like this, we will definitely arouse their alertness."
"By then, if they join forces, it will be very hard for you to have a chance."
"So?" Luo Nan turned his head and looked at her with a half-smile.
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