Rejecting Gu Yuena

"Milady, you are the hope of our soul beast race! I beg you to restore our race to prosperity!" Gu Yuena knelt again and spoke sincerely.

Though she was an extremely proud woman, for the revival of the soul beast race—and because the person before her was Lord Dragon God—she could humble herself once.

"Uh... aren't you thinking too highly of me?" Long Yu said helplessly.

At present, Long Yu only wanted to beat Tang San into submission. As for attacking the Divine Realm, he had no such bold ideas yet.

The current Divine Realm was nothing like the Divine Realm of the past. It had the five Supreme Gods, thirty-six First-Rank Gods, along with a whole host of Second-Rank Gods, Third-Rank Gods, and Divine Officials.

With the soul beast race's current strength, they had only Gu Yuena, a severely injured God King; the Golden Dragon King, a God King-level being who was sealed away; and the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, barely more than a handful.

Forget the five Supreme Gods—even if the Divine Realm sent only one First-Rank God, that god could probably sweep through the entire soul beast race.

If Long Yu joined the soul beast faction at a time like this, nothing good would come of it.

"No, milady. Although your strength is still very weak, you are now human. The Divine Realm cannot detect your identity as the Dragon God. With your talent and the greatest support our soul beast race can provide, I believe it will not take many years for you to reach the god level. Once your strength reaches the god level and you inherit the Dragon God's divine position, you will at least have the strength to fight the Divine Realm's top experts," Gu Yuena said.

"No, I don't think that would mean anything. Even if I reached the god level and inherited the Dragon God's divine position, what then? The Dragon God lost against the five Supreme Gods back then. So many years have passed—if I became another Dragon God, I would still lose. Your strength is severely damaged now. I'm afraid even a First-Rank God could..." Long Yu shook his head.

As for that God War, Long Yu did not actually know whether things had truly happened that way. Or rather, no human or soul beast truly knew.

Gu Yuena stood on the soul beasts' side, so naturally she would say that.

But when humans spoke of that God War, they would probably say that the Dragon God had constantly oppressed and excluded the human gods, leaving them no choice but to resist. In the end, justice defeated evil, and they defeated the Dragon God.

Afterward, in order to maintain stability in the Divine Realm and the lower realms and prevent another God War, they had "no choice" but to forbid soul beasts from becoming gods.

In short, people spoke differently depending on where they stood, even when discussing the same matter.

No human or soul beast knew whose version was correct.

The fact was that the gods of the Divine Realm had defeated the soul beast race and become the rulers of the Divine Realm.

After hearing this, Gu Yuena pressed her cherry lips together and said nothing, her small hands clutching her silver robe.

In truth, Gu Yuena understood everything Long Yu had said very clearly. She simply did not want to face it.

But refusing to think about something did not mean it would never come. It was there, and sooner or later, she would have to face it.

She was the common ruler of soul beasts. She wanted to preserve a shred of hope, to give the soul beast race something to cling to, even if that hope was unimaginably slim.

But it was still better than having no hope at all.

Gu Yuena trembled slightly as she asked, "Milady, are you saying that you are unwilling to lead the soul beast race back to glory?"

"Yes, I refuse!" Though Long Yu felt somewhat sorry for her, he still answered bluntly.

Unlike Gu Yuena, Long Yu's Dragon God Martial Soul and bloodline had both come from the lottery. Long Yu himself did not truly have any emotional attachment, sense of responsibility, or sense of mission toward the soul beast race.

The risks were immense, and the chance of success was low. Long Yu had made his choice.

Besides, considering the soul beasts' hatred toward humans, if they succeeded, they would likely wipe humanity out completely. Doing so would be no different from placing himself on humanity's opposing side.

Although the soul beasts' current situation was indeed not very good, when all was said and done, it was merely an example of the strong preying on the weak.

Back when humans could not cultivate, soul beasts had ruled heaven and earth. Humanity's fate would not necessarily have been any better.

Gu Yuena's face turned pale. Without a doubt, Long Yu's words had struck her heart like a bolt from the blue.

What should I do? What should I do? Can I only watch helplessly as the soul beast race slowly heads toward extinction? Gu Yuena's eyes were empty, and her body trembled slightly. Two lines of clear tears slid down her stunning cheeks, only to be wiped away with divine power before they could fall to the ground.

She could not cry. She was the Silver Dragon King, the common ruler of land soul beasts! There was no one behind her. She could rely only on herself.

"Gu Yuena... you're not going to kill me outright, are you?" Long Yu sighed at the sight of her, but he was still somewhat worried.

He had directly rejected her in front of the strongest being on Douluo Continent. She would not get angry and erase him, would she?

After all, for her, it was probably just a matter of one glance. He would be gone—not even ashes remaining.

"I would not dare. I respect your choice, milady, and I will not force you. After all, you have already become human," Gu Yuena said after wiping away her tears. Her crisp voice was filled with desolation and pain.

She must be so disappointed and helpless. But I still can't agree to her request.

"That 4,500-year-old Seductive Fox my senior sister encountered today... you were the one who knocked it unconscious with Spiritual Power, weren't you? On behalf of my senior sister, thank you," Long Yu said, unable to bear it.

"You need not thank me, milady. It was what I should have done. Since you are in trouble, I will do my best to help you," Gu Yuena said.

Even after she had expressed goodwill toward milady, she still had not obtained the outcome she wanted.

"You're under a lot of pressure. Living must be exhausting for you," Long Yu said.

"One who wishes to wear the crown must bear its weight. As the common ruler of the soul beast race, I, Gu Yuena, will always strive for the revival of the soul beast race," Gu Yuena said firmly after wiping away her tears.

"Sigh... I wish you success, then." Long Yu sighed.

Soul beasts being unable to become gods was likely an eternal rule.

"Milady, your Soul Power Level has reached level 30 by human standards. You came here to hunt a soul ring, didn't you? Have you found a suitable target? I can help you, as a gift for our first meeting," Gu Yuena said.

Long Yu pondered for a while. If he accepted, his relationship with the soul beast race would only become closer, which went against his original intention.

He could not just take everything and leave afterward, could he? He was not that kind of person, nor could he do something like that.

"Thank you, but we can look for soul beasts ourselves. As long as you don't stop us, that will be enough," Long Yu said slowly as he looked at Gu Yuena.

Saying he wanted to hunt soul beasts right in front of their common ruler, and even asking her not to interfere...

No matter how he looked at it, he was digging his own grave.

But aside from the Star Dou Great Forest, the chances of finding what he needed for his third soul ring elsewhere were practically zero. Yet asking him to leave now was something he truly could not accept.