Chapter 25 : The Fox’s Words
After confirming that Luo Yi had completely left, Su Xiao finally relaxed her tense nerves. A wave of dizziness hit her head. It seemed her Soul Power had been slightly overdrawn.
Fifteen points of Soul Power had supported her illusion body for more than half an hour. Although it still wasn’t enough to maintain a normal, everyday transformation, for Su Xiao it was already sufficient for emergencies.
“I transmigrated to this world at dusk… then I fainted. By the time I woke up, it was already deep into the night,” Su Xiao murmured to herself.
She tried to keep her posture natural. With elegant steps and a graceful figure, she walked slowly back toward the large rock where everything had begun. Under the moonlight she looked like a fairy of the night, moving lightly and calmly.
Once her body was fully hidden behind the massive rock, Su Xiao abruptly canceled the illusion.
The snow-white little fox reappeared in the world.
“Phew! I finally survived that disaster!”
For the first time, Su Xiao could truly relax.
At that moment, the system’s cold mechanical voice suddenly echoed through her mind.
[Host has survived adversity. Your words and actions have resonated with the power of your bloodline. Congratulations! Host has awakened the bloodline talent ability: Fox Speech!]
The sudden announcement startled Su Xiao. At the same time, her body surged with vitality, and countless fragments of knowledge flooded into her mind.
“What’s going on now?!” Su Xiao exclaimed in shock.
Without wasting time, she quickly opened her system interface.
Su Xiao
Race: Heart Fox
Rank: Low-level Demonic Beast
Luck: 50
Spiritual Power: 15
Soul Power: 15
Abilities
Frost-Yin Fox Fire: High-level demonic flame. A fire that only fox demons with extremely cold constitutions can wield. With it, you can not only fan the flames, you can freeze hearts to the bone.
Transformation: Any talented fox spirit is a natural master of illusions. Using yourself as the core, you can create countless changes. You may also transform other things, creating endless variations to confuse the minds of others. Now that you have opened this door, whether you plunge others into eternal illusion or leave them utterly enchanted will depend entirely on your will.
Fox Speech: Language has always been something magical. A very small number of foxes possess unparalleled talent in speech, and among them you are especially unique—you can uncover the hidden charm within words. Your speech, even when it is a lie, will carry the color of truth. Congratulations, you have taken another step closer to becoming a true fox spirit.
Su Xiao’s Spiritual Power and Soul Power remained at 15 points. Her Luck, however, had changed. Although she had gained 30 Luck from the Purple Heart Grass earlier, she had also asked the system two questions—so in the end she had only gained 10 points.
But that wasn’t the important part.
What truly shocked Su Xiao was the new ability. Looking at the black text describing it, she felt a strange sensation.
“Wait… this works too? It feels like a passive ability?”
Su Xiao hadn’t expected to awaken such a power.
After sensing the new knowledge in her mind, she quickly understood its nature.
“Ha! It really is like a passive skill… it makes my words more convincing… or more deceptive?”
She looked speechless.
After analyzing it more carefully, Su Xiao realized that Fox Speech was a conceptual ability she couldn’t fully explain yet.
In practical terms, it made her speech more believable or persuasive, though the effect varied depending on the listener. The strength of the effect was also related to her Soul Power.
For a moment, Su Xiao almost thought she had unlocked some kind of “intelligence-reducing aura.”
If my Soul Power gets high enough… will people believe whatever I say? If I claimed the Killer Bee King was actually a famous idol… would anyone believe that?
Thinking about it gave her chills.
“That’s basically the legendary ‘calling a deer a horse’ level of cheating!”
With this ability, her thoughts suddenly drifted.
Mom will never have to worry about me not finding a girlfriend again…
The moment the idea appeared in her head, Su Xiao immediately spat in disgust. “Bah! What nonsense am I thinking! I’ve been single for too long. Now that I get an ability, my thoughts immediately go crooked!” She shook the dangerous thought away and calmed herself. “The difference between Fox Speech and a mind-control aura is huge. It only works if I guide the conversation with language. The more outrageous the claim, the less likely the other party will believe it. To make someone fully believe something absurd would probably require an enormous amount of Soul Power.”
With her current 15 Soul Power, the effect likely wouldn’t be very obvious.
“Fox Speech is powerful, but it’ll only truly shine after my Soul Power grows. For now, I still need to rely on my words and reasoning; the ability is just support.”
Su Xiao silently reminded herself not to become addicted to the power. Her past experience as a keyboard warrior had taught her something: just like hackers who become addicted to exploiting their skills, if they lose restraint they eventually end up paying the price.
After understanding the new ability, she realized something.
During her earlier conversation with Luo Yi and the others, if Fox Speech had been active then, it would have been even easier to gain their trust. Even small flaws in her story might have been subconsciously ignored.
Closing the interface, Su Xiao stretched her body. Her Spiritual Power had already recovered during the time she rested.
“I need to proceed according to the plan. The wolf and the crocodile headed south. They only left a few minutes ago, I should still be able to catch up.”
Gradually becoming accustomed to her fox body, Su Xiao began running swiftly under the moonlight.
“The Dread Wolf has a powerful body and fierce fighting style. The Armored Crocodile has tough scales and extremely strong defense. Even though they’re both only mid-level demonic beasts, together they can fight against a higher-level demonic beast like the Killer Bee King.”
Su Xiao analyzed their combat strength carefully.
Yes.
She had already chosen them as her damage dealer and tank teammates.
“Once I find them, I’ll start implementing the plan. I must increase my strength as quickly as possible.”
The white fox’s figure disappeared into the darkness.
Meanwhile, in this treasure land that had lost the mountain lord’s deterrence, the presence of spirit herbs and rare plants meant that battles were breaking out everywhere in the night.