You Have Courted Death!

"She..."

Gu You and Yun Ming froze at the same time.

Amid the ruins of the building, Qianyu struggled to her feet. Her body was covered in wounds. She should have been innocent and carefree at seven years old, yet her eyes now held something more: resentment and confusion.

Yue Zi's soul floated before Qianyu. The girl was frightened yet curious. When she noticed Gu You and a strange young man, her gaze abruptly froze as terror spread through her entire body.

The ground was uneven and battered, the roads and shattered stones riddled with pits... As Qianyu turned to flee, her foot unfortunately slipped into a hollow in the rubble. Her face slammed heavily into a slab of stone. It looked painful.

Normally, Qianyu should have cried, but she did not. She even tried to stand up through sheer willpower! What kind of strength was that...?

Seizing that instant, Yue Zi's soul rushed into Qianyu's mind, and the girl tilted her head before fainting.

Gu You watched everything in fury. It was too vicious. Tang Hao could actually do something so utterly against all reason.

Yun Ming carried the unconscious Qianyu over to Gu You. "How should we handle this? Your call." He had given Gu You a test, but no matter what answer he gave, Gu You would be right.

Gu You raised his head toward the sky. This vast mortal world... did a so-called righteous path truly exist? Thinking back on everything that had happened, Gu You vaguely understood what Tang Hao wanted.

From the train to Yue Zi, it had all been a trap! He had entered the trap—and he was also the one destined to die!

"Tang Hao!! You have courted death!" Gu You snarled. He released Yue Zi's soul and guided it toward Qianyu to merge with her. It was because he had intended to kill her mother before; Gu You already owed Qianyu too much.

Tang Hao was certain that as long as Gu You was still "human," he could not kill the innocent girl before him.

What a moral hostage situation! The Tang family was truly skilled at this kind of tactic. But... Gu You was no saint either!

An Evil Soul Master at the level of a Limit Douluo, with part of an Evil God's Divine Power inside her and hatred toward him—if it erupted within Qianyu in the future, the resulting casualties and destruction across entire cities would be impossible to calculate.

Without a demigod-level powerhouse like Yun Ming, no one could suppress her. Even if a demigod-level powerhouse were willing to take Qianyu in, Gu You's main concern was that they would grow attached to her over time, come to care for her, and become unwilling to kill her. By the time they regretted it, it would be too late...

Did Qianyu have feelings? Gu You did not know. But then again, did Yue Zi? He suspected the answer was open to debate. From the beginning until now, Gu You had never been a good person, but neither had he been a bad one. He viewed problems realistically from the standpoint of his own interests, yet he could also judge right and wrong through emotion. In short, the world had never offered many good endings. They all needed to keep moving forward, and as for the obstacles encountered along the way... they only needed to be shattered.

"I am guilty." Gu You took Qianyu, muttering the words without pause.

Yun Ming remained silent, watching what Gu You did.

The girl's body in his arms was cold—so cold that it made Gu You's heart fall silent.

Gu You used his hand to pry open Qianyu's eyes. A streak of purple light flashed deep in his eyes. The corners of Qianyu's lips curled into a faint smile, and her hand fell forever with her sleeping body...

Suddenly! Black light spread across Qianyu's body. Yue Zi was making one final resistance. The black wave was strange; even Gu You and Yun Ming's martial souls were affected when released.

Nine scarlet soul rings flashed around Yun Ming. The immense soul pressure forced the surrounding ground to sink several inches. This was Gu You's first time seeing Yun Ming's soul ring configuration.

If the third Douluo Dalu novel had not been titled The Legend of the Dragon King, Gu You would have fully believed that Yun Ming was not only a genius of the previous era, but of this era as well.

Gu You had to wonder: without the God Realm, who could create half a godhood on their own and reach that level?