123: Chapter 123 Rabbit?
As the dust and smoke cleared, a little girl with twin tails stood at the edge of the pit.
She looked only twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a pink and white dress, with a pair of small red leather shoes on her feet.
Her face was round, and she looked completely harmless.
She stood there, tilting her head, looking at the mess all over the ground, the five people including Zhou Yuan lying on the ground, and then at Lin Fan and his two companions.
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment.
"Whose child is this?"
Ye Qing was also stunned.
"How could there be a child in the Secret Realm?"
Ye Wushuang did not speak, but his hand was already pressed against his light shield.
The little girl's gaze rested on Lin Fan for a moment, then she smiled.
Her smile was very sweet, revealing two dimples.
"Hello there. Are you fighting?"
She squatted down, looked at Zhou Yuan, who was tied up like a dumpling by the silk threads, and reached out to poke his face.
"This person is so miserable, being tied up like this."
Zhou Yuan struggled a bit, and the little girl's finger left a shallow bloodstain on his face.
Lin Fan's left eye felt slightly warm, and information appeared in his field of vision.
[Name]: ???
[Rank]: Equivalent to a Rank 65 Armor Sovereign
[Mutated Parts] (Six)
Ears (Listening Long-eared Rabbit, King Spirit Low Rank): Hearing range increased to 500 meters, capable of capturing subtle sound waves and Spirit Power fluctuations.
The ears can freely extend, retract, and deform; the long hairs at the tips can sense changes in wind direction and airflow.
Eyes (Abyssal Red-eyed Rabbit, Emperor Spirit Low Rank): Dark red vertical pupils, dynamic vision greatly enhanced, capable of capturing the trajectories of high-speed moving targets.
Capable of seeing in the dark, with the ability to sense Spirit Power fluctuations.
Hands (Shadow Claw Rabbit, King Spirit Low Rank): Nails can freely extend and retract; when extended, they are like steel blades, capable of tearing through Armorization armor.
[Status]: Healthy, full of Spirit Power, currently observing
[Danger Level]: Extremely Dangerous
Lin Fan's pupils contracted slightly.
Is this someone from the Xutai Society?
Strength comparable to an Armor Sovereign... All mutations are rabbit-type Armor Beasts...
Is this the Rabbit... of the Zodiac?
But why does she look so normal? So normal that it seems abnormal.
Lin Fan subconsciously took a step back, blocking Ye Qing with his left hand.
"Back away."
Ye Qing sensed his tension; her right leg tentacles had already extended, ready for a Spatial Jump at any moment.
Ye Wushuang's light shield on his left arm condensed to its maximum, and the Ice Crystal Wings behind his back fully expanded.
The little girl stood up, brushed the dust off her dress, and tilted her head to look at Lin Fan.
"Big brother, why are you so nervous? Do you know me??"
She took a step forward, and Lin Fan took another step back.
The little girl smiled.
Revealing two sweet dimples, but there was no smile in those dark red vertical pupils.
Although Ye Wushuang was puzzled, seeing Lin Fan acting as if facing a formidable enemy, he knew the little girl before them was definitely not simple.
His left arm's light shield condensed to its maximum, and the Ice Crystal Wings behind his back fully expanded.
Ye Qing also sensed something was wrong; the Rift Jellyfish tentacles on her right leg had extended to their limit, ready for a Spatial Jump at any moment.
She lowered her voice to ask Lin Fan.
"Who exactly is she?"
Lin Fan did not answer.
His left eye was still burning, and that line "Danger Level: Extremely Dangerous" pierced his mind like a needle.
A Rank 65 Armor Sovereign with six mutations—this was not an opponent they could deal with at all.
The little girl's gaze shifted from Lin Fan's face to Ye Wushuang's right leg.
She tilted her head, then looked at Lin Fan's right leg.
Her pupils suddenly changed from dark red to scarlet, and the vertical pupils shrank into thin lines, very much like a beast that had discovered its prey.
She took a deep breath, her nose twitching slightly, as if she were sniffing for some scent.
"A rabbit-type Armor Spirit with the Bloodline of a Hou Beast?"
Her voice was still sweet, but there was something in her tone that made one's spine chill.
She took a step forward, and a certain sense of oppression rushed towards them.
The Zodiac of the Xutai Society all have transplanted parts from Armor Beasts of the same species; this is the research result of Ancestor Xu.
Transplanting parts from Armor Beasts of the same species significantly reduces the degree of mutation and backlash.
She had been searching for rabbit-type Armor Beasts with high Aptitude, but rabbit-type Armor Beasts generally do not have high Aptitude; the highest Aptitude of the Armor Beasts she had transplanted was only King Spirit High Rank.
Yet, the two Little Rabbits on the others possessed the Hou Beast Bloodline, and their Aptitude ceiling was far beyond Heaven Spirit Rank...
Ye Wushuang subconsciously blocked the two of them, his left arm's light shield held in front.
The little girl didn't even glance at him, her eyes fixed tightly on Lin Fan and Ye Wushuang's legs.
"Truly... two cute Little Rabbits."
The corners of her mouth slowly raised, revealing a smile that completely contradicted her appearance.
In that smile, there was excitement, greed, and a kind of near-pathological fanaticism.
She reached out her hand, her slender, fair fingers grasping vaguely towards Lin Fan's direction.
"Big brother, give me that rabbit. And you,"
She looked at Ye Wushuang, "Give me yours too."
Lin Fan did not speak, only looking at her with a vigilant expression.
The little girl tilted her head, her smile unchanged.
"Don't be afraid; it is their honor to be noticed by me."
She paused, "And you all, come with me too. Join the Xutai Society, and you will gain power a hundred times stronger than you have now."
Ye Qing's brows furrowed, and her expression became extremely serious.
"Xutai Society? You are from the Xutai Society? Who exactly are you?"
The little girl finally glanced at her, but quickly shifted her gaze away, landing back on Lin Fan.
"Big brother, what have you decided? Hand over the rabbits, join the Xutai Society. I won't kill you."
Her tone was light and airy, as if she were talking about a trivial matter.
Lin Fan took a deep breath and moved his backpack behind him.
"What if I don't agree?"
The little girl's smile vanished.
A cold light flashed in those scarlet vertical pupils.
She raised her right hand, fingers spread wide; her nails lengthened at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning from rounded fingertips into five steel blades gleaming with cold light, with dark purple light flowing at the tips of the claws.
"Not agreeing is fine too. Then I will just have to take them myself."