The Silver Dragon King Gu Yue's Wrath! Frozen Judgment

Elsewhere.

Dugu Bo had just suppressed the burning pain in his soul and was anxiously searching for Su Ling's aura.

He absolutely couldn't lose this only lifeline.

When "Gu Yue's" aura erupted, his entire body trembled violently, a tremor originating from his life's instincts.

"This... what level of life-force pressure is this?"

His Martial Soul was actually trembling, submitting.

His heart was filled with immense shock, but seeing Su Ling's fleeing figure, the desire to survive overwhelmed everything else.

Without hesitation, he transformed into a green poisonous shadow and madly pursued Su Ling's direction!

He had to capture Su Ling! This was the last hope for lifting his family's curse!

"Stop! Stop for me!"

Dugu Bo saw that Su Ling was moving extremely fast and he couldn't catch up. In his desperation, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes.

To survive, he couldn't hold back anymore!

"Seventh Soul Skill: Jade Phosphorous True Body!"

"Eighth Soul Skill: Time Freeze!"

"Ninth Soul Skill: Jade Phosphorous Divine Light--!!!"

A terrifying black-green pillar of light, carrying the death aura that corrodes all things and extinguishes all life.

It fiercely blasted towards Su Ling's back as he fled forward.

In this attack, Dugu Bo held nothing back!

He only wanted to cripple Su Ling and force the medicinal formula out of him!

But if the other party died, it would prove that he also had no solution for the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's poison.

Wherever the pillar of light passed, the air emitted a sizzling corrosive sound, and space itself seemed to be distorted by the potent poison.

Su Ling felt the fatal threat from behind. The Destruction God Armor instinctively unleashed its final defensive black light.

But he knew that in his current state, taking this blow head-on would leave him crippled even if he survived.

Just as he was about to dodge with all his might—

At the street corner below, a figure lost in thought happened to walk out.

It was Ning Rongrong!

She had been driven into a daze by Xiao Wu's vicious curse and was now wandering aimlessly on the street.

When the green poisonous light tore through the night sky, she looked up blankly, the approaching death light reflected in her pupils.

"Rongrong! Quickly dodge!"

Ning Fengzhi's heart-wrenching cry came from afar.

"Is this retribution?"

Ning Rongrong suddenly felt like she wasn't human at all, coveting her best friend's Soul Rings and Soul Bones, even tacitly approving her father's pursuit and assassination.

Facing death now, she actually felt a sense of release and slowly closed her eyes.

Su Ling's pupils constricted!

Damn it! The fated protagonist!

The System's sharp alarm sounded again: She cannot die! If she dies, the timeline will collapse!

You'll be cornered by Gu Yuena at the respawn point! Then it'll be completely over.

In a flash, Su Ling barely had time to think! His body's instincts moved faster than his thoughts.

He gritted his teeth fiercely, forcibly twisting his body, converting all the power originally meant for dodging into defense.

"Boom--!!!"

The terrifying, poisonous divine light fiercely struck the defensive barrier Su Ling had hastily condensed!

The Destruction God Armor lived up to its name as a divine artifact, its defense astonishing! The poisonous divine light was mostly blocked.

But the residual terrifying impact and the pervasive poison erosion still hammered down like heavy hammers onto Su Ling's already overburdened body.

"Pfft--!"

A large mouthful of black blood mixed with internal organ fragments erupted from Su Ling's mouth!

His vision went black, and he felt like all his bones were about to shatter.

His body was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, but he still fiercely protected what was in his arms... air?

No, at the moment of impact, he had used his last bit of strength to pull the stunned Ning Rongrong below him, shielding her!

The two were smashed towards the nearby building wall together by the immense impact force!

"Bang!"

Dust and smoke filled the air.

The intense pain made Su Ling's consciousness hazy.

He felt Ning Rongrong trembling in his arms.

Ning Rongrong was completely stunned.

She had been flung away by a tremendous force, thinking she was surely going to die.

However, the expected searing pain never came. Instead, she was tightly shielded in a cold embrace that carried a heavy scent of blood.

At the moment of impact, she saw the face close to hers under the hood—pale as paper yet exceptionally handsome. It was Su Ling!

It was that Su Ling she detested, despised, and thought was coveting her!

"Wh-why..."

Ning Rongrong's voice trembled to the extreme, disbelief etched on her face.

She watched Su Ling's tightly shut eyes and the black blood constantly oozing from the corners of his mouth. A colossal, unprecedentedly complex emotion surged through her heart, almost making her forget to breathe.

"You... why did you save me?"

She didn't understand. Why would this young man, whom she had regarded as a nuisance and an enemy, use his body to block that fatal blow for her at the brink of death?

Could it be... that everything he had done before... was truly because he liked her?

Was it just that he didn't know how to express it, making him seem so clumsy and detestable?

Ning Rongrong's trembling fingers gently touched Su Ling's blood-stained face, tears rolling down uncontrollably.

She suddenly remembered what her father had once said: "Some people appear cold on the outside, but their hearts burn hotter than anyone's."

Su Ling didn't answer, nor did he have the strength to. He felt his life force rapidly draining away.

He shoved Ning Rongrong into a relatively safe room corner nearby and, with his last ounce of strength, rasped, "Stay put... don't come out..."

Then, without even looking at Ning Rongrong's shocked and complex gaze, he struggled to his feet, transforming into a stumbling silhouette once more. He fled desperately towards the dense forest outside the city!

He had to get away from the crowd! He had to lure Gu Yue away!

Ning Rongrong leaned against the cold wall, watching Su Ling's blood-stained, staggering figure disappear into the night. She then looked down at her own unharmed body, an ineffable sorrow instantly engulfing her.

Tears slid down her cheeks without warning.

Dugu Bo, seeing his full-powered strike blocked by Su Ling, who had even saved Ning Rongrong, was both shocked and enraged. Just as he was about to pursue—

A cold gaze, devoid of any emotion, instantly locked onto him!

Gu Yue appeared like a phantom in the air not far in front of Dugu Bo.

She glanced towards the direction of the room where Ning Rongrong was hiding, a flicker of imperceptible confusion in her eyes.

Why did Su Ling save her?

But it was immediately replaced by killing intent towards Dugu Bo.

"You... just now... attacked him?"

Gu Yue's voice was ethereal and cold.

She slowly raised her hand, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and countless tiny ice crystals instantly condensed in the air!

"He... can only be killed by me."

Her words carried a twisted possessiveness and an undeniable dominance.

Dugu Bo's face changed drastically. Feeling the terrifying pressure and bone-chilling killing intent locking onto him, far surpassing that of a Limit Douluo, his internal alarm bells rang wildly!

Without hesitation, he unleashed his Soul Power again: "Ninth Soul Skill..."

However, before the Soul Skill could fully materialize—

"Freeze."

Gu Yue's red lips parted, and the two cold words were uttered.

No Soul Rings flashed, no prelude to a Soul Skill.

Just two simple words, as if spoken into being!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Centered on Gu Yue, a terrifying coldness, like absolute zero, erupted instantly!

Space itself seemed to freeze!

The emerald-green poisonous light, Dugu Bo's body, and even the Soul Power he had just condensed were, in an instant, completely encased in a layer of crystal-clear, ancient ice radiating eternal cold!