Flender's Death Wish

Qian Xunji led the wedding procession to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. At Yu Luomian's home, he escorted Yu Erlong, dressed in a wedding gown, into the bridal carriage, which slowly headed toward the Papal Hall.

Qian Xunji sat in the bridal carriage and looked at the cold-faced Yu Erlong beside him. Smiling, he said, "Cheer up. Today is our wedding day."

Yu Erlong angrily questioned him, "You tore Xiao Gang and me apart and forced me to be with someone I don't love. Do you think I can be happy?"

Qian Xunji smiled faintly and asked in return, "I merely want you to look happier. It's not as though I truly care whether you're happy or not. Smile for me, or else—"

He did not love Liu Erlong. He merely coveted her body, as well as the Golden Egg that Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender could lay for him.

"You—" Liu Erlong froze for a moment, then forced a fake smile onto her face.

"That's more like it. Be good and obedient," Qian Xunji said.

Liu Erlong returned to her former expressionless face.

As the wedding procession traveled toward Spirit City, someone descended from the sky and landed in front of it.

Qian Xunji took a closer look. It was Flying Horn Flander, one of the Golden Iron Triangle.

A trace of emotion appeared on Liu Erlong's stiff face.

Flender stood in front of the wedding procession and said to Yu Erlong, "Er Long, tell me, were you forced into this?"

"I'm coming to save you right now." With that, Flender flew toward Liu Erlong.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others were about to stop him, but Qian Xunji directly stopped them.

With no one blocking him, Flender drew closer and closer to Liu Erlong. Liu Erlong came to her senses and repeatedly shook her head.

Just as Flender neared Liu Erlong and reached out to grab her, Qian Xunji extended his hand. A vortex of ultimate darkness condensed in his palm, creating a terrifying devouring force that sucked Flender's body into his grasp.

"An ant trying to shake a tree." Qian Xunji tossed Flender away like trash.

Flender fell outside the wedding procession, coughing up blood without end. Then he looked at Liu Erlong, his eyes filled with resolve. Once again, he spread the Cat Eagle wings on his back and charged at Qian Xunji.

He completely ignored the horrifying gap in strength between them.

Flender was thrown away by Qian Xunji once more, and his injuries grew increasingly severe.

"No, stop, Boss Flander, please stop," Liu Erlong said.

"Hehe." Qian Xunji once again used Darkness Power to pull Flender into his hand. He gave Liu Erlong a teasing look and said, "I can tell your friend cares about you quite a lot."

"Perhaps he guessed what I used to threaten you, so he came here to seek death," Qian Xunji said.

Upon hearing this, Yu Erlong immediately stared in shock at the half-dead Flender in Qian Xunji's hand. "Boss Flander, you shouldn't have done this..."

Flender coughed up a mouthful of blood and said, "I know. Xiao Gang and I dragged you down. If Qian Xunji hadn't used Xiao Gang and me to threaten you, you wouldn't have had to submit to him like this."

"No, it's not like that." Yu Erlong shook her head repeatedly.

"Hehehe, right, it's not like that." Qian Xunji said, utterly ruining the mood. "Flender, do you think Liu Erlong will escape my control just because you die? You think far too highly of your place in Liu Erlong's heart."

"W-what do you mean?" Flender asked in shock.

"Even if you die today, I can still use Yu Xiaogang to control her. Unless Xiao Gang comes here to seek death just like you, then I'll have no choice but to send your Golden Triangle down to hell as ghostly lovers. Unfortunately, you may have the guts, but Xiao Gang doesn't. Better to live miserably than die well," Qian Xunji said.

"Qian Xunji, you... you bastard... Cough, pfft—" Flender spat out blood, his eyes utterly dim.

How could he not know what Qian Xunji said? In Er Long's heart, Yu Xiaogang clearly held greater weight. The reason he had still come here so resolutely to seek death was only because he hoped the shackles binding Er Long could be loosened a little.

But he also knew that Yu Xiaogang mattered more in Liu Erlong's heart.

"Qian Xunji, let Flender go, or I'll kill myself right now." Liu Erlong glared at Qian Xunji with reddened eyes.

"Don't you care about Xiao Gang anymore?" Qian Xunji asked.

"Of course I care," Liu Erlong said through tears. "Of course I want him to live well. But if you won't let us live, then the three of us dying together and becoming ghostly lovers on the Road to the Yellow Springs would be better than suffering your humiliation."

After saying that, Liu Erlong said to Flender, "Boss Flander, go. I hope you and Xiao Gang can both live well. Don't you still have a dream you haven't fulfilled? Go. Fulfill the dream in your heart. I don't want to hear or see news of you seeking death ever again. If you die, I won't want to live either."

Hearing Yu Erlong's words, Flender froze and said painfully, "Er Long, you've suffered so much for Xiao Gang and me."

"I haven't suffered. I haven't," Liu Erlong said through tears. "Boss Flander, as long as you and Xiao Gang live well, I'll be content. I'm sorry. Back then, I didn't choose you."

"It's all right."

Qian Xunji flicked his hand and threw Flender away, interrupting their deeply moving exchange.

That was Qian Xunji's purpose as well. He had no intention of letting Flender die just like that. What a fine Golden Chicken that could lay eggs—killing the chicken for its eggs was not worth it.

Liu Erlong's resentment +50000

Flender's resentment +50000

Liu Erlong's resentment +50000

Flender was thrown onto the roadside as the wedding procession continued onward. Qian Xunji said, "Ah, what a devoted man. Your Boss Flander was willing to save you even knowing he was no match for me. But what about that Yu Xiaogang you chose? He doesn't even have the courage to appear before me. I really don't know why you chose a level twenty-nine piece of trash back then and abandoned Flender, who loved you wholeheartedly and was willing to die for you."

Yu Erlong said, "Xiao Gang is not trash. The man I chose would never do something as meaningless as throwing his life away. He knows he is no match for you right now, but he knows how to endure. One day, he will—"

He would find a disciple to put his theories into practice, nurture him, and overturn the brutal rule of Spirit Hall.

Liu Erlong did not say those final words aloud, because she feared that revealing Xiao Gang's intentions would alert Qian Xunji and bring harm upon Xiao Gang.