The Silver Dragon Cries Blood: A Question! This Is What You Owe Me!

Crack!

His neck bones let out a brittle snap under the unbearable pressure.

Dugu Bo's charging form suddenly froze in mid-air.

His Jade Phosphor Poison Claws were only a hair's breadth from his target, yet they couldn't advance another inch.

The ferocity on his face instantly solidified.

It was then replaced by extreme pain and disbelief.

His eyeballs bulged outward from suffocation and intense agony, almost bursting from their sockets.

Rumble--!

Qian Renxue's hand, gripping his neck, didn't hesitate in the slightest as she slammed him fiercely towards the ground!

The hard, rocky ground shattered and collapsed like an eggshell!

Web-like cracks spread wildly, instantly covering an area of several yards.

Amidst the flying dust and debris, a giant pit half a meter deep suddenly appeared.

Dugu Bo lay at the bottom of the pit like a tattered sack, his limbs twisted and deformed.

Blood poured out from beneath his torn clothes, quickly dyeing the hollow he lay in red.

He lay there, his body convulsing violently and uncontrollably, emitting broken, pained "hacks."

Each gasp drew out a large amount of bloody foam; it was clear he would never get up again.

Dead silence.

Absolute dead silence enveloped the entire long street.

Ning Fengzhi's graceful smile froze completely.

It was as if he was truly seeing this disciple for the first time, his pupils contracting violently.

A Titled Douluo... utterly defeated in one move!

Bone Douluo Gu Rong, as if facing a great enemy, instinctively moved to block Qian Renxue in front of Ning Fengzhi.

Soul Power surged intensely around him, forming an invisible barrier.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin's hand trembled slightly.

This peak Douluo, whose sword intent reached the heavens, hadn't even fully grasped the trajectory of that last strike!

Danger! His body's instincts were screaming warnings!

An ineffable fear spread through his heart.

Salas's arrogant expression vanished entirely.

The Soul Sage guards behind him all took a step back in unison.

Several weaker Soul Masters' legs gave way, and they collapsed to the ground with a "plop," trembling uncontrollably.

Tang Hao silently slid back half a step.

The heavy Clear Sky Hammer in his hand instinctively moved to block in front of him for the first time, shifting to a purely defensive stance.

His heart was a tempest.

Because he clearly felt the essence of that power—

Angel Divine Power!

Such a pure and powerful aura... it could probably only be explained by the Angel God descending upon the world!

Qian Renxue slowly retracted her arm, a faint golden halo flowing around her like water, making her appear like a goddess descended.

Her cold gaze swept across the entire scene, finally settling on Su Ling and Gu Yuena.

When she saw Su Ling's pierced, blood-drenched chest—

A panic and heartache spanning two lifetimes, a longing unfulfilled, almost bordering on obsession, instantly engulfed her!

It was him! It was that tyrant who, in her past life, had helped her reach the pinnacle and then personally pushed her into the Cold Palace, making her hate him to the bone yet unable to truly let him go!

It was the one who, after she became a god, instead fell for him, dressed up in anticipation only to be met with empty joy in the end!

Why?! Why was he so cold and heartless towards her, yet protecting this Soul Beast that wanted to kill him... with his life?!

Then what was the point of her obsession and waiting that transcended time and space?!

Was it all a huge joke?!

"Ling! Hold on!"

Qian Renxue suppressed the surging killing intent and jealousy towards Gu Yuena, flashing to Su Ling's side.

The Life Power in her hand flowed, but the first thought that arose was not to heal, but to seize the moment when Gu Yuena was unprepared and kill her with a single palm strike.

"Don't come any closer!"

Su Ling keenly caught that fleeting killing intent.

Just as Qian Renxue was about to touch the wound, he used his last bit of strength, holding Gu Yuena, and staggered back a step!

This single step seemed to drain all his strength.

His body swayed violently, and his single knee could no longer support him. With a "thump," he heavily knelt on the ground!

His knee struck the cold, broken stones, emitting a heart-pounding dull thud.

More blood gushed from his mouth and the wound on his chest, quickly dyeing the ground beneath him an expanding, viscous dark red.

He forced himself to look up, his face filled with wariness as he looked at Qian Renxue.

"You... don't touch her..."

He panted with difficulty, each breath tearing at his shattered flesh, bringing a drilling, agonizing pain.

"This... is between her and me..."

He hugged the cold, tense body of the young girl in his arms even tighter, his posture like a cornered beast, guarding its only, last treasure.

This seemed to be protecting Gu Yuena, but in reality, he was also protecting Qian Renxue.

Even if Qian Renxue had returned reborn, she would never be a match for Gu Yuena, the pinnacle of combat power in this era.

"Why..."

A trembling voice, filled with a heavy nasal tone and intense sobs, muffledly came from Su Ling's stiff embrace.

It was Gu Yue's voice, but no longer that cold, ethereal tone filled with divine majesty.

That voice was mixed with extreme confusion, helplessness, and even... a subtle yet heart-wrenching sob that she herself couldn't understand.

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

She slowly raised her head.

Those violet eyes that once looked down on all beings were now completely covered by a layer of hazy mist.

Tears, without warning, breached their banks like a surging flood, instantly blurring all her vision.

What just happened?

He had actually shielded her under his body with his thousand-wounds-ridden back when he was on the verge of death!

Why?!

He clearly knew that with her strength, even if she was being pulled by the will of her split soul, she wouldn't be harmed by Dugu Bo!

He clearly should have hated her to the bone!

But why? At the moment of death's arrival, his body's most instinctive reaction was to protect?

To use his shattered life to protect an enemy who had just severely wounded him?

Gu Yue felt a sense of complete loss of control and collapse she had never experienced before!

"This is what I owe you..." Su Ling's voice sounded softly, his breath weak but exceptionally clear, "...It has nothing to do with anyone else."

His voice was terrifyingly calm, without resentment, without anger, and even without the slightest attachment to life.

There was only a sense of resignation and indifference after being completely crushed by the wheels of fate.

Within Gu Yuena's body, the will belonging to the human split soul, upon hearing the words "owe you," suddenly surged!

"Shut up! Don't think about it!"

Gu Yue suddenly realized that Su Ling wasn't protecting her at all, but that lowly, persistent human incarnation!

She forcefully struggled her arm, infusing a mighty divine power, and forcibly broke free from Su Ling's now powerless embrace.

"That's right, I owe you?!" Gu Yuena's voice suddenly rose, becoming incredibly sharp and piercing, as if she wanted to scream out all the emotions in her chest.

But tears fell like pearls from a broken string, uncontrollably, madly, constantly rolling from her shattered violet eyes.

"You think... doing this..."

She choked, intense emotions making it almost impossible for her to speak, and a sharp, extreme pain came from her chest!

"...can pay it off?! Everything you've done, it's simply... simply not enough!"

Her voice, after reaching its peak, suddenly shattered into trembling, irrepressible sobs.