Dragon Claw Pierces the Heart! Su Ling's Plea

"You... don't you want me anymore?"

Gu Yuena's voice was as faint as a mosquito's hum, trembling with grievance, like a thread about to snap.

She unconsciously nuzzled Su Ling's neck, her silver hair messy and scattered on his shoulders, like a wounded little beast seeking its last shred of protection.

But the next second, her face suddenly filled with terror, and she struggled wildly in Su Ling's arms.

"Let me go! She's coming! She'll kill you!"

Su Ling felt the girl in his arms trembling and tightened his embrace.

He lowered his head, his blood-stained lips lightly brushing her cold earlobe, and whispered in a voice only she could hear, "Don't be afraid... I'm here."

These four simple words completely broke down her last defense.

The girl's slender fingers suddenly clenched Su Ling's tattered clothes, her knuckles turning white from the force.

Her silver lashes trembled violently, and large tears rolled down, soaking the bloodstains on his chest.

However, this scene stimulated the Silver Dragon King Gu Yue still within Gu Yuena's body.

A tyrannical killing intent overwhelmed all restraints!

"Roar--!"

A Dragon's Roar, originating from the abyss of the soul, filled with malice and destruction, exploded in Gu Yuena's consciousness.

Gu Yuena, in Su Ling's arms, suddenly stiffened!

The faint dependence and peace that had just appeared were instantly crushed like fragile ice crystals.

Those Violet Eyes, which had been filled with terror and helplessness, instantly lost all warmth.

Deep within her pupils, a cold purple light filled with infinite majesty flared.

The fragility, confusion, and brittleness belonging to Gu Yuena on her face peeled away like a mask.

In its place was an absolute indifference that looked down on all beings, regarding everything as ants.

A twisted, malicious arc formed on her beautiful lips.

"You... are worthy of touching me?"

Her ethereal, cold voice was laced with overwhelming killing intent.

In the instant Su Ling couldn't react--

Gu Yuena's left arm suddenly lifted!

Slender fingers twisted and expanded, covered in cold, silver dragon scales!

Nails grew explosively, transforming into five terrifying Dragon Claws that flashed with cold light!

Screech--!

The Dragon Claws, capable of tearing through rock, let out a piercing shriek and pierced Su Ling's battered chest without obstruction.

"Pfft!"

The dull sound of blades piercing flesh echoed on the dead silent street.

Su Ling's body trembled violently, as if struck by an invisible giant hammer.

Scalding blood sprayed wildly from his mouth.

Warm blood splattered onto Gu Yuena's upturned face, filled with killing intent, as he held her.

A few drops of blood splashed into her hollow, cold Purple Eyes, like dirty red moles on glazed porcelain.

"Ugh... cough..."

Su Ling let out a pained sound from his throat.

But the arms embracing the girl did not loosen; instead, they tightened.

The ferocious silver Dragon Claws had already deeply penetrated his chest.

The cold dragon scales scraped against his broken ribs, emitting a teeth-grinding, faint sound.

Agony surged through his remaining consciousness like a tsunami.

But his gaze held a soul-piercing calmness, even a hint of weary relief.

His lips moved with difficulty, only more blood foam emerging.

Gu Yuena could clearly feel the sensation of the Dragon Claws piercing flesh and tearing muscle.

The feeling of warm blood splashing on her face was so real.

A morbid pleasure surged within her!

Does it hurt? This is less than a ten-thousandth of the pain I once endured!

The Dragon Claws continued forward, aiming directly for the heart hidden behind the shattered ribs!

She wanted to dig it out and crush it in front of everyone!

Let him taste the despair she had once endured!

However, just as the sharp claws were about to grasp his heart—

A faint yet clear will, like tenacious vines, wound its way up from the abyss of his soul.

It was Gu Yuena! The Split Soul that she had dismissed as trash, a vessel for all human weakness!

This will possessed no power, only boundless sorrow and pleading.

'No... don't do this to him... don't...'

'Let go... please... let go...'

This instinctual resistance caused Gu Yue's Dragon Claw to pause for an imperceptible moment.

Su Ling caught the fleeting struggle belonging to Gu Yuena in her eyes.

The corners of his mouth twitched with difficulty, trying to force a comforting smile, but it was more despairing than a cry.

"Heh..." he let out a faint, almost broken gasp.

A large amount of blood gushed out, staining his teeth red and dripping onto Gu Yuena's blood-stained silver hair.

His lips moved silently, struggling to form words through the blood:

"S...orry..."

Each word was perfectly clear.

Gu Yue's soul trembled violently!

Deep within her cold Purple Eyes, for the first time, an emotion named "astonishment" was reflected.

The shape of these three words pierced her consciousness like red-hot steel needles.

'He's apologizing? To whom? To me? Or... this useless Split Soul?'

Absurd! The cold-blooded Destruction God King, her Husband who had pierced her heart with a sword on their wedding night, was actually apologizing?

The Dragon Claw tightened its grip, stabbing forward fiercely!

She wanted to end this ridiculous charade!

Su Ling's body convulsed from the intense pain, but his arm holding her did not loosen.

He continued to speak silently with great difficulty.

This time, his gaze was no longer cold and indifferent, but a plea lowered to the dust:

"Sorry... I... am scum... I don't deserve to live at all... but at least... I don't want to see you cry anymore..."

"Do you know? If... if... back then... I hadn't healed your injuries..."

"Perhaps... none of this... would have happened..."

His gaze began to blur, the burning light in his pupils extinguished like a candle in the wind.

A dense death aura, like icy vines, emanated from his broken body.

"Kill... me..."

Silently, with his last ounce of will, he begged:

"Spare... the... Su... Family..."

"Please... spare them..."

Each silent word struck Gu Yue's heart like a heavy hammer.

It wasn't the power, but the despair and resignation within those words, enough to shatter the soul!

To be honest, Su Ling did not regret slaughtering soul beasts.

The survival of his race, a fight to the death.

What he regretted was saving Gu Yuena.

Ultimately leading to the deaths of countless people, and his mother being brutally murdered by soul beasts.

And as a son, he couldn't even collect his mother's body.

In this life, was he going to implicate her again?

He remembered his First Life, Ye Wanqing kneeling for three days and three nights before the Heaven Dou Palace gates, begging Qian Renxue to spare him.

Those bloodshot eyes were filled with concern for her unfilial son.

If his death could exchange for a sliver of hope for the Su Family, he was willing to die.

No matter how influential the Su Family was in Heaven Dou, they were no more than ants before the Silver Dragon King.

Just one Dragon Emperor could make the Su Family perish in an instant.

Therefore, he accepted his fate!

Blocked by a max-level boss, with no chance of winning.

'Spare the Su Family? Begging me?'

Gu Yue suddenly started laughing.

The laughter started softly, then grew louder, filled with a chilling madness.

"What a joke!" Her voice suddenly rose, sharp and piercing, "What right do you have to beg me?! What qualifications do you have to beg me?!"

'So you can feel pain too? Despair too? Beg for mercy too?'

A twisted pleasure surged within her cold consciousness, burning.

'So you're not always high and mighty! So you have weaknesses too! You get scared too!'