Douluo: Humans in this world are fake gods

"Ma Xiaotao?"

"..."

"Ma Xiaotao, Ma Xiaotao?"

"..."

There was no response for a long time, and Su Luoheng thought Ma Xiaotao was in the same weird situation again. Just when she was about to use Ultra Slap again, Ma Xiaotao suddenly raised her head.

Su Luoheng put down his arms regretfully.

Their eyes met, and he took advantage of the situation to take a look.

Only then did I realize that Ma Xiaotao was in very bad shape now. It would be no exaggeration to say that the two of them were completely different from before.

His eyes were confused, except for the red and swollen slap mark on his cheek, his face was as pale as paper, his lips were bloodless, and he looked very haggard and weak.

It's hard to believe that in only a quarter of an hour, Ma Xiaotao, who was originally full of vigor, seemed to have suddenly changed into a mentally depressed and sickly person.

Su Luoheng frowned and couldn't help but ask.

"what happened to you?"

"..."

"That piece of soul bone... take a look at it again."

Ma Xiaotao ignored Su Luoheng's inquiry. After leaving a sentence in despair, she stood up unsteadily and left in a daze.

"Ma Xiaotao..."

Su Luoheng frowned slightly.

Ma Xiaotao's current state is really uneasy.

"Wait a moment!"

Just when Su Luoheng was about to step forward to check the situation, he suddenly stopped and stared at Ma Xiaotao's back with slightly condensed eyes. Or to be more precise, it's Ma Xiaotao's shadow!

At some point, the shadow under Ma Xiaotao's feet changed several times like a frame-dropping animation, twisting, deforming, dislocating, and getting stuck, until the last shadow became increasingly blurry.

But the change in the shadow did not affect Ma Xiaotao herself. She continued to walk forward step by step as if she didn't know anything. This picture fell into Su Luoheng's eyes, and there was an indescribable weird feeling.

But soon, the distorted shadow suddenly returned to normal and overlapped with Ma Xiaotao's confused back again. Everything returned to calm, and Ma Xiaotao was still walking forward.

"Ma Xiaotao, you-"

By the time Su Luoheng came to his senses and wanted to call Ma Xiaotao, she had already disappeared around the corner at the end of the path. It was like the weird scene just now had never happened.

"Just now, what was that...?"

Su Luoheng frowned deeply.

The slightly condensed eyes were unconsciously a little deeper.

Although the scene just happened only took a few seconds, Su Luoheng was sure that he had seen it correctly. At that moment, Ma Xiaotao's shadow underwent a twisted and strange change!

Reminiscent of what Ma Xiaotao mentioned earlier about the changes that occurred after she suddenly lost consciousness without any warning during the soul bone period. Su Luoheng speculated that there must be some connection between them.

even……

It is very likely that it is a chain reaction caused by the same thing!

"Shrek..."

Su Luoheng murmured, his eyes flashing slightly.

He tapped his fingers slightly on the table, lost in thought.

He felt as if he had discovered something, but he could not put these scattered clues together and grasp the key points.

But one thing is certain: this matter must be related to Shrek Academy.

And in addition to Ma Xiaotao's weird behavior, the soul bone that caused a chain reaction was also a problem. Especially her last profound reminder.

Su Luoheng naturally understood the deeper meaning.

What Ma Xiaotao meant was to tell herself that there was a problem with the soul bone.

Although Shrek's words cannot be believed entirely, this soul bone is already full of doubts. Now that Ma Xiaotao specifically informed her, it was worth a careful tasting.

"..."

Thinking of this, Su Luoheng gathered his thoughts, took the 80,000-year-old head soul bone in his hand, and observed it carefully again.

But... there is no doubt that there is still no discovery.

This result was not surprising to Su Luoheng.

In the end, Su Luoheng decided to stick to the original plan first and see if the Snow Emperor could discover the problem like they did with the Silver Moon Wolf King soul bone.

……

……

at the same time.

While Su Luoheng was thinking about the soul bone problem, Ma Xiaotao was stumbling on the campus, looking confused and in a daze. My mind went blank, just wandering at a loss.

In fact, the record of this head soul bone is kept highly confidential in Shrek Academy. Only the elders of the Poseidon Pavilion and a few senior martial arts department officials knew about the problem in the soul bones.

Ma Xiaotao, on the other hand, accidentally heard Yan Shaozhe mention it, and then she understood the problem in this soul bone. That's why after seeing the reward marked in the notice, he tried to remind Su Luoheng.

The interests of the college come first.

Su Luoheng would definitely not be a friend to Shrek.

Therefore, it is in the interest of the college to let him absorb this soul bone. But despite this, Ma Xiaotao could not stand idly by as Su Luoheng helped him suppress the evil fire twice.

It was precisely because of this choice that Ma Xiaotao touched the core concept of loyalty to Shrek Academy, which led to the scene just now.

In the end, Ma Xiaotao adopted a compromise plan and left a subtle reminder to Su Luoheng without betraying Shrek Academy's position.

but……

Although this bypassed the checks and balances of the rules, Ma Xiaotao could not get around the hurdle in her heart. She subconsciously knew that her behavior had betrayed Shrek Academy.

That's why she, who was suffering internally, showed a confused look when she left Su Luoheng's room.

In her current state, it may take some time for her to return to normal. After all, only she can overcome this psychological hurdle.

At least that's what Ma Xiaotao thinks.

……

……

Time flies.

Su Luoheng has arrived at the Snow Emperor's dormitory.

As usual, the first thing to do is to study the soul guidance array.

The research process is coming to an end, so during this period, Su Luoheng focused most of his energy on the research of ultra-ancient soul guidance devices, striving to see its true face in Lushan as soon as possible.

And after this period of research, Su Luoheng was able to determine that this ultra-ancient soul guidance device was actually a combined soul guidance device, consisting of two similar soul guidance formations that were closely related.

While operating independently of each other, they can also cooperate with each other.

but--

What special abilities this ultra-ancient soul tool composed of the power of destiny has, the answer needs to be personally verified after the production is completed.

And with Su Luoheng's current production speed, I believe it will be completed soon.

"Chacha——"

The sound of cutting metal continued to be heard in the room.

The Snow Emperor, who had long been accustomed to it, glanced at Su Luoheng who was busy in the room, picked up a book from the bookshelf, made a cup of Su Luoheng's homemade milk tea and pastries, and curled up on the sofa to read.