Chapter 109: Favorability 80 Points Deep Affection
Reward: Induction and Mental Distortion Opportunities x3 (2)
"Brother Su Mo won?!"
When Xiao Wu saw that Su Mo had won in the end, she was pleasantly surprised. She jumped up with joy, her long scorpion-tail braid swinging.
"The City Lord... lost?"
In contrast, seeing Xiao Kuang defeated by Su Mo—vomiting blood and sent flying back—the nobles watching the battle from afar at the Tianshang Renjian Restaurant were dumbfounded.
They never imagined that Su Mo, a support-type soul master, could defeat Xiao Kuang, a powerful attack-type soul master. It was incredible!
"Dad, dad, are you okay?!"
On the other side, seeing his father vomiting blood and lying on the ground, Xiao Chenyu's mind finally cleared for a moment. He ran to Xiao Kuang, who was on the ground, shaking him and shouting:
"Stop... cough, cough... stop shaking or you'll really die!"
Feeling the intense pain of broken ribs in his chest, Xiao Kuang spat out blood with a pale face and weakly told his son Xiao Chenyu to stop shaking him.
"Waaah!... Dad, what happened? He's just a support-type spiritual master with a broken wooden stick as a martial soul and white, white, yellow soul rings. How could he beat you, Dad?!"
Seeing his father so badly injured, Xiao Chenyu wasn't stupid. He naturally understood what it meant. He couldn't help but cry in anguish and asked in confusion.
But hearing this, Xiao Kuang was so angry he wanted to vomit blood again.
"Did you really see it wrong because you were drunk, or did you lie to me on purpose?"
"This guy's soul ring isn't white, white, yellow—but yellow, yellow, and purple!"
"And judging by his performance in battle, his martial soul is definitely not just some broken stick—it's a very high-quality staff-type martial soul."
"Otherwise, if it were just an ordinary wooden stick martial soul, it wouldn't have withstood the edge of my claws and would have been chopped to pieces long ago."
"Xiao Chenyu, did you lie to me on purpose, or are you blind?!"
"This guy's martial soul isn't some broken wooden stick at all, and the soul ring configuration isn't white, white, yellow like you said—but yellow, yellow, purple! Cough, cough... cough, cough, cough..."
Furious, Xiao Kuang insisted on holding up his injured body and couldn't help but scold Xiao Chenyu. In the end, he even coughed up more blood.
"What?!"
Hearing his father Xiao Kuang's words, Xiao Chenyu was dumbfounded.
"How... how is that possible? His soul ring configuration was clearly white, white, yellow—how can it be yellow, yellow, purple?"
With hesitation and disbelief, Xiao Chenyu couldn't help rubbing his eyes and looked again at Su Mo in the distance—and then... his mind roared in shock.
How could this be?! Did I really see it wrong?!
His soul ring configuration is actually yellow, yellow, purple!
At that moment, Su Mo subtly shifted the illusion effect of the Avici Hell on Xiao Chenyu.
Seeing Su Mo's real soul ring configuration—yellow, yellow, and purple—Xiao Chenyu almost collapsed.
Thinking about the foolish things he had done earlier that implicated his father Xiao Kuang...
Xiao Chenyu couldn't help but fall to his knees on the ground, crumbling with a heart full of regret.
He simply felt like a complete fool. He actually provoked a spiritual master just for the sake of a first-rate loli. That was so unlike him!
Meanwhile, seeing that Su Mo had finally won—
Xiao Wu couldn't help but run toward Su Mo excitedly. She jumped up and threw herself into his arms. Her slender jade-like arms wrapped tightly around his neck, and her white silk-clad legs clung tightly around his waist. She looked like a koala hanging onto Su Mo.
"Brother Su Mo, this is great. I'm so glad you're okay."
Burying her head in Su Mo's chest, Xiao Wu cried tears of joy.
At that moment, the cold, mechanical voice of the system rang out in Su Mo's mind:
Ding! Congratulations, Host!
You have conquered the heart of Xiao Wu, heroine of the Douluo Continent. Your current favorability is 80 points, reaching the level of deep affection. You have received rewards: Induction and Mental Distortion Opportunities x3!
In the future, if the host continues to improve the relationship with Xiao Wu and reaches 90 points of affection and 100 loyalty points, you will receive even greater rewards!
As the system's cold, mechanical announcement ended, Su Mo muttered:
A torrent of information about the Induction and Mental Distortion Opportunities flooded into his mind.
"Hmm... So these induction and distortion opportunities can make someone develop the thoughts I want, or alter their current thinking to match what I want?"
After reviewing the information about the rewards he had received, Su Mo felt a little strange.
Because the reward this time was quite similar to a kind of ability he had read about in certain web novels in his past life. While not as overpowered, it was still very unconventional!
However, feeling the softness of Xiao Wu's body in his arms and the light fragrance reaching his nose, Su Mo quickly came back to his senses. He held her tighter and chuckled softly.
"Alright, alright. I know you're worried about me. But I'm fine. Didn't I say it? As long as I'm here, no one can hurt you."
"By the way, Xiao Wu, what do you want to do with these two? Spare their lives... or kill them?"
After gently placing Xiao Wu in his arms, Su Mo couldn't help but hold her soft hand. He turned and looked at Xiao Kuang, who was lying on the ground vomiting blood, and Xiao Chenyu beside him, full of remorse.
"This..."
Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment.
But Su Mo wasn't surprised.
The reason he gave Xiao Wu the right to deal with Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu was, on one hand, to show his care for her, and on the other, to prompt her to spare their lives.
Because even though Xiao Chenyu and Xiao Kuang had offended them—
In truth, it had all been deliberately orchestrated by Su Mo. While Xiao Chenyu was a bit of a spoiled rich kid, he was still cautious, perceptive, and intelligent.
Normally, he would never have dared offend someone like Su Mo—who obviously didn't look like a commoner—just for Xiao Wu.
Of course, the main reason Su Mo wanted to spare Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu's lives—
Was because Xiao Kuang, as a noble and City Lord of Notting City, was still useful to him.
Otherwise, if only to maintain his surface dignity, Su Mo would never have let Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu go so easily!
"Well... Brother Su Mo, let's spare their lives. Even though they were bad... I don't think they deserve to die."
After hesitating, still holding Su Mo's hand, Xiao Wu said:
"Really?"
Hearing Xiao Wu's decision, Su Mo frowned slightly, a little unwilling.
This made Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu tremble with fear.
Since they had been the ones to start the conflict, as long as Su Mo had the power, he could retaliate and kill them—regardless of whether the Spirit Hall took responsibility!
But in the end, after a moment of reluctance, Su Mo looked at Xiao Wu, his expression softening. He glanced coldly at the father and son pair and said in a frosty voice:
"I was originally going to kill you—for being such arrogant and unreasonable nobles—but for Xiao Wu's sake, I'll spare your lives."
"But as a price, the Xiao family must submit to me from now on and obey my orders unconditionally... Of course, you can choose to refuse or be dissatisfied."
"But I want to let you know—I graduated from the Advanced Soul Master Academy in Spirit City. I also have many friends and connections in the Spirit Hall. Unless you can kill me secretly without anyone knowing or suspecting a thing, otherwise... Hmph!"
Su Mo didn't finish his sentence.
But Xiao Kuang and Xiao Chenyu couldn't help but shiver, deeply feeling the chill and threat in his words.
If they tried anything, Su Mo's friends in Spirit City would surely use the power of the Spirit Hall to crush their tiny family like a bug.
So, after exchanging glances, Xiao Kuang struggled to get up, and his son Xiao Chenyu immediately knelt before Su Mo and loudly declared:
"Don't worry! From now on... our Xiao family will follow you!"
(End of Chapter)