Gu Yue's aura began to spiral wildly out of control.
She paid no heed to whether this Split Soul body could withstand the infusion of such immense divine power.
Her silver hair rose without a breeze, each strand dancing wildly like a silver serpent.
Divine light burst from her violet eyes. The air around her twisted and warped violently under the overloaded energy.
Why?
Why did she have to shoulder all the misfortunes, all the burdens, all the hatred...?
And why could that foolish, weak, indecisive Split Soul receive his protection, even at the cost of his life?
What pushed her closer to the brink was this:
She was actually consumed by a fierce jealousy of the other half of her own soul!
"Ling! Look at her... look what she's become!"
Qian Renxue's voice was so hoarse it nearly broke apart. Each blood-wrenching word carried pain that seared her to the core.
Her golden eyes were fixed on the raging vortex of silver energy swirling around Gu Yuena.
Its light rippled and churned, radiating a terrifying instability, as if it would devour everything the next instant.
"She's a Soul Beast! A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! She'll kill you!"
Su Ling's body swayed almost imperceptibly.
Gu Yuena's Creation Power had barely stopped the bleeding from his chest wound, but the agony and exhaustion still made every breath feel like a knife cutting into him.
He raised his head, his expression impossible to read.
Wariness, distance, and even a trace of... guilt he didn't want to admit to himself.
He knew how powerful Qian Renxue was.
With Angel Divine Power and a soul of God King realm essence, she stood almost at the pinnacle of this world.
But the one in control of Gu Yuena's body now was the Silver Dragon King herself, her divine will fused with it!
A terrifying being with one foot already in God King realm!
If Qian Renxue attacked her, she'd be courting death.
"Go..."
Su Ling's voice was barely more than a breath, but his resolve was unmistakable.
"Crown Prince... this has nothing to do with you..."
"Leave... now..."
Every word struck Qian Renxue's heart like a cold iron hammer.
She had revealed her trump card for him, even risked exposing her identity, and gravely wounded Dugu Bo to intimidate everyone...
And in return, he was once again pushing her away without hesitation for another woman?
In his eyes, would she always be an outsider who had to be guarded against and driven away?
Had it been the same in her Previous Life, and was it the same in this life...?
Hurt, jealousy, anger, and worry over his injuries churned and burned in her chest like boiling magma.
A thick haze instantly clouded her golden eyes. Tears spilled down one after another, completely washing away the last trace of the Crown Prince's heroic bearing.
Now all that remained was the raw, wretched sight of a woman whose heart had been broken by the one she loved, after being rejected time and again.
"No! I'm not leaving!"
Qian Renxue cried out. Tears slid to the corners of her lips, leaving a cold, salty taste.
"If I leave, am I supposed to watch her tear you apart?! Watch her rip your heart out?! Su Ling! Do you even... have a heart?!"
She abruptly raised her hand, gathering a torrent of Angel Divine Power and aiming it at Gu Yuena, who was weeping, dazed and lost.
Kill her!
As long as this harbinger of disaster was gone, everything could go back to normal!
But when her gaze met Su Ling's eyes, fixed unwaveringly on her—
There was no softness in them, only a cold warning and an almost pleading Don't.
He was still stubbornly standing in front of the out-of-control Gu Yuena with his battered body!
Even though that deadly Dragon Claw had just been pulled from his chest!
The realization doused her seething killing intent like ice water, leaving it wavering.
Divine power flickered and trembled at her fingertips. In the end, she still couldn't bring herself to strike.
Su Ling paid her no further attention.
His focus had been forcibly drawn back.
A pure, boundless Creation Energy, carrying a strange yet familiar feeling, was flowing into his broken body.
This power far exceeded the limits of what Gu Yuena's Split Soul could wield. Cold as it was, a faint tremor hid within it as it clumsily yet stubbornly repaired the gaping wound in his chest.
He stared blankly at the "Gu Yue" before him, her face streaked with tears, her eyes vacant.
Only moments ago, this beautiful face had been filled with divine coldness and murderous intent. Now it held nothing but immense confusion and... a fragility on the verge of breaking?
Why was she saving him?
She'd already killed him twice... wasn't that enough?
Gu Yue felt his cold, searching gaze.
It pricked at her chaotic mind like a needle.
She wanted to explain, to demand answers, to scream, but an invisible force clamped down on her throat.
What could she say?
"I'm sorry"?
Or "I hate you"?
Either one would sound pitiful and absurd.
She looked at the ghastly wound in his chest, one she had inflicted with her own hands.
She looked at his paper-pale face and lifeless eyes.
An anguish and panic unlike anything she had ever known seized her heart.
She lowered her head without thinking, avoiding his gaze, her long silver lashes drooping.
Her dragon tail, which usually swayed slightly to reveal her emotions, now hung limp against the ground, resting softly on the cold rubble and radiating dejection and helplessness.
Perhaps the arrival of Gu Yue's true body had affected her. Gu Yuena's once petite, adorable frame had grown a little taller.
Her silver hair fell like a waterfall to her waist. Though still somewhat childlike, she had already begun to reveal a breathtaking, peerless beauty.
With her delicate little face stained with blood and tears, she looked all the more pitiful, making it impossible to blame her.
Just as the suffocating standoff reached its height—
"Ling'er—!!!"
A piercing scream, loud enough to split the night sky, tore through the silence like a desperate call.
Ye Wanqing stumbled through the crowd.
The sight before her made her vision go black as the world spun around her!
The son she cherished more than life itself was kneeling on the ground, drenched in blood!
The huge, ragged hole in his chest, with the outlines of broken white bones visible within, burned into her retinas like red-hot iron, searing itself into the depths of her soul!
And the figure standing before him, with cascading silver hair, breathtaking beauty, and a terrifying aura, was none other than the so-called Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!
The terrifying being who could Ice Seal a Titled Douluo with a single strike.
There was no need to ask. That dreadful wound on her son's chest had to be her doing!
"Madam Ye... Madam Ye, please stay calm! Please, stay calm!"
"Your son is being held by that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. If you approach rashly, you may provoke her!"
Ning Fengzhi hurried forward to stop her, beads of cold sweat forming at his temples.
At that moment, the power emanating from both Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena was extremely dangerous.
Even he, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's leader, felt his heart pound with fear.
If anything happened to Ye Wanqing as well, no one present would be able to explain themselves today.
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