My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 272 - 269 Yan Ruxue

She had looked through Li Ruyu’s information and discovered that she was just an ordinary woman.

An ordinary woman in terms of looks, power, and personality.

At least among the many women Lu Haikong had been with, she was the least remarkable.

If she had to say something special, it was that she couldn’t find any information on Li Ruyu from twenty years ago.

But that wasn’t strange; it was possible that Lu Wu hid it from others for fear of revenge.

So, Ms. Red-haired was also very curious and couldn’t figure out where she had lost.

However, while Ms. Red-haired was curious, Lu Wu suddenly stopped talking.

This made her very uncomfortable: “Why aren’t you talking?”

Hearing Ms. Red-haired’s voice, the corners of Lu Wu’s mouth turned up.

“You’re listening, huh? I thought you weren’t interested, so I didn’t want to keep talking to myself.”

“You can talk!”

“Ah, I don’t want to talk now, not unless you answer my question first.

Ms. Red-haired, what’s your name?”

Lu Wu’s words plunged Ms. Red-haired into silence.

She was very familiar with that expression; it was just like someone else’s, making her itch for action.

“Am I being too nice to you? Do you need to suffer a little?”

“Bring it on!”

As soon as Ms. Red-haired said this, Lu Wu got excited: “Whip me to your heart’s content!”

His excited appearance astonished Ms. Red-haired and confirmed to Little Skeleton nearby that their Lu Wu really had gone bad, becoming as silly as Han.

But then, Little Skeleton thought for a second, if Lu Wu had become as silly as Han, wouldn’t it be much easier to make him happy?

Little Skeleton then had a bold idea, and with a ‘puff’,

the end of the long spear gently tapped Lu Wu’s body.

“Ah!”

Lu Wu moaned with pain and pleasure, taken by surprise.

Seeing that this tactic seemed effective, Little Skeleton gave Lu Wu a few more thumps.

This angered Lu Wu, and he snatched the long spear from Little Skeleton, whipping Little Skeleton’s head repeatedly.

“Are you dumb, are you dumb, are you dumb?

Didn’t you see I was talking to Ms. Red-haired? Why are you causing trouble here? Go play with your phone over there.”

He shooed Little Skeleton aside and continued chatting with Ms. Red-haired.

But after Little Skeleton’s interruption, Ms. Red-haired also realized that Lu Wu seemed to be the kind of pervert who got more excited the more he was beaten, a discovery that made her feel she might have figured out where she had lost.

Lu Wu was so much like Lu Haikong; many habits were probably the same.

Perhaps she had lost because she was too good to the scumbag, didn’t want him to get hurt, which instead made the scumbag find it dull.

Realizing this, Ms. Red-haired felt she had mastered the trick to reclaiming Lu Haikong.

Once this was forced out, she would directly find a small dark room to lock Lu Haikong in.

Whips and candles all at once, she was sure she could tame him.

“Ms. Red-haired, Ms. Red-haired, Ms. Red-haired, are you there?”

Lu Wu’s calls interrupted Ms. Red-haired’s fantasy.

But because she had found a way to deal with Lu Haikong, Ms. Red-haired was still in a good mood and nodded: “What is it?”

“Ms. Red-haired, what’s your name? I can’t keep calling you Ms. Red-haired, can I?”

After a moment of silence, Ms. Red-haired responded: “Yan Ruxue!”

Lu Wu got excited all of a sudden: “Yan Ruxue? That’s a beautiful name, suits you so well, you are just that kind of stunning and pure woman.”

Lu Wu was never stingy with his praise or flattery.

But unexpectedly, he hit a sore spot, and Yan Ruyu, who was initially frosty, responded more warmly: “Your dad said the same thing!”

This sudden tenderness made Lu Wu shiver and he quickly leaned toward Little Skeleton.

At this point, Yan Ruyu’s mood was completely ruined by Lu Wu, so she stopped paying attention to him and withdrew her consciousness, continuing her efforts to find the Mother and Son Tree.

On Lu Wu’s side, once he realized he was no longer the focus of attention,

he once again snatched the phone from Little Skeleton, who had just picked it up and just started a game.

Numbness (Lu Wu was no longer the good Lu Wu, Little Skeleton must be strong!)

“Strong your head, you big-headed ghost!”

Lu Wu slapped the little guy again, then made Little Skeleton sit in front of him to block the view. Taking advantage of the moment Yan Ruyu was distracted, Lu Wu quickly recorded all the intelligence he had just gathered into his cell phone.

Hmm, even though the previous fights had been intense, Lu Wu hadn’t neglected to collect information, and he managed to gather quite a bit.

(The Earth Rat in the Secret Realm, when killed, would decompose naturally within ten minutes, which means that the Summoned Beasts here are not really Summoned Beasts. They are just segments of illusory beasts, or say programs, formed by Energy Bodies)

(If so, the Artificial Secret Realm must have a system that covers everything outside the safe area and can refresh the illusion beasts anytime, anywhere.)

(In addition, the power of the Summoned Beasts also changes. For the first two hours, they are all Boss One Star. After two hours, their power begins to increase, and Boss Two Star Summoned Beasts start to appear.

The specific limit is unknown, but it’s not likely to reach Lord Level, as Yan Ruxue mentioned that scumbag Lu had fought for three days and nights the first time he entered.

If the Earth Rat could reach Lord Level, he definitely wouldn’t have lasted that long.

…)

Lu Wu typed out a lengthy segment of intelligence.

After finishing, he began to look over the information and fell into deep thought.

“I have some ideas, but the intelligence is still too scant. I need to collect more.”

In the following days,

Lu Wu’s life in the Artificial Secret Realm became routine.

Once his strength recovered and his injuries had mostly healed, Lu Wu started to go wild with Little Skeleton.

They only returned when they were battered and exhausted.

As soon as he returned, Lu Wu began to chat up Yan Ruxue, talking about anything and everything, acting cute, and begging for various foods.

Sometimes Yan Ruyu would respond with a sentence or two, other times she ignored him.

However, during this period, Lu Wu also figured out a set of topics that Yan Ruxue would surely engage with.

That was to talk with Yan Ruxue about Li Ruyu.

As long as it was about that topic, Yan Ruxue was almost certain not to ignore him, and she seemed more spirited when it came to conversations about Ni Ni.

Additionally, Lu Wu found that Yan Ruxue was especially interested in how Li Ruyu usually treated Lu Haikong.

Especially in terms of how Li Ruyu punished Lu Haikong.

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Talking about this perked Lu Wu up as well.

He even categorized the punishments into levels.

The lowest level involved kneeling on keyboards and durians.

A bit more serious was pinching hands and pulling out fingernails,

And beyond that were the infamous Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty.

Lu Wu shared everything he could think of, just to vent on behalf of Yan Ruxue. But to his surprise, Yan Ruxue started taking notes in a notebook, clearly intending to actually give them a try.

Lu Wu was oblivious to this. If he knew, he definitely wouldn’t be this collected.

He would definitely be more unrestrained.

That old rascal deserved some comeuppance.

As days passed in such an environment, before he knew it, half a month had gone by since Lu Wu had been captured.

In this half-month, thanks to being beaten up, Lu Wu significantly improved his power.

When he first entered the Secret Realm, his Combat Power was merely at Leader 0 Star level. Half a month later, Lu Wu’s Combat Power could reach Leader 2 Stars.

And even Little Skeleton,

Who had done nothing but watch Lu Wu get beaten up, had improved by one star.

This made Lu Wu very unhappy.

He, Lu Wu, had taken a beating to go up one star, and Little Skeleton, doing nothing, also went up one star.

What’s up with that, they grow stronger through beatings—Han and Skeleton—and Little Skeleton grows stronger just by watching Lu Wu get beaten up?

It made him so angry that he was tempted to turn Little Skeleton into a person and smack his butt.

But apart from that irritation, everything else was pretty good.

In half a month, Lu Wu had gathered almost all the intelligence he needed.

Now, Lu Wu had a way to escape.

But he just didn’t dare to try it because his method was a bit conspicuous, and he was afraid that trying it would mean his demise.

So, Lu Wu had been waiting for the right opportunity.

But whether this opportunity would come, Lu Wu was not sure.

Yesterday, Yan Ruxue had already told him that she had found a lead to the Mother and Son Tree and expected to find it within the next couple of days.

That meant if Lu Wu couldn’t find an opportunity in the next two days,

He’d probably die without even trying.

This made Lu Wu feel helpless and even more distressed that in all this time, there had been no news from his rotten old man back home, as if he had given up on his son.

It was quite despairing for Lu Wu.

And just as Lu Wu was about to lose hope of escape, he suddenly felt the entire Artificial Secret Realm shaking.

Lu Wu narrowed his eyes. It seemed that his chance had just arrived!