Art Imitates Life

Martial Soul Temple.

Liu Erlong had already returned to her human form. After spending time in the human-rabbit mode, this mother tyrannosaurus had calmed down quite a bit.

"Little Fire Dragon, you must think clearly before you act. Don't be reckless," Nan Feng said earnestly.

"Look at you just now. You actually unleashed killing intent on me?"

"You should know that the last Clear Sky Sect elder who unleashed killing intent on me already has grass growing on his grave."

"What exactly do you want?" Liu Erlong's attitude remained cold.

"Kill me or torture me, do as you please. But if you use those methods again, I will drag you down with me, even if I have to self-destruct!"

"Drag me down with you?" Nan Feng raised an eyebrow.

"Do you have the ability to do that?"

Ever since he returned from the Clear Sky Sect, he had tested it out with Bibi Dong. The results showed that as long as it was a fatal wound, it would consume ten percent of his spirit power to negate the damage.

Whether it was a Spirit Douluo or a Title Douluo, it was all the same.

In other words, apart from gods, which he hadn't verified yet, no one could one-shot him.

"Don't think that a Title Douluo can protect you forever," Liu Erlong said coldly.

"Yo-ho?" Nan Feng frowned.

"You dare to threaten me?"

"This is madness! Pure madness!"

"Yue Guan! Let's go! Drag that prick Yu Xiaogang back here, cut off his little ding-a-ling, and send him to Xue Ye to be the head eunuch!"

Liu Erlong's expression stiffened. "Wait a minute!"

"Wait for your head." Nan Feng stood up and walked toward the door.

"Out of respect for you being a woman, I've already given you face several times. You're the one who didn't want it, and now you're threatening me?"

"How old are you? You still don't understand the situation..."

"Hm?" Nan Feng paused his steps and looked back at Liu Erlong, who had grabbed his shoulder.

"What, you still intend to try?"

Liu Erlong took a deep breath. "My apologies, Elder Nan Feng. It was rash of me. I hope you can overlook my insolence and spare me this once."

"Spare you this once?" Nan Feng raised an eyebrow.

"On what grounds?"

"Everyone who knows me is aware of this: even when I'm in the wrong, I'll stir up trouble for three parts, so why would I ever show mercy when I'm in the right?"

"I understand the principle of the turning tides better than anyone. When you have the upper hand, you must make the most of it. That way, even if your luck runs out in the future and you end up a prisoner, you'll have died without regrets!"

"You..." Liu Erlong's expression froze.

What kind of hooligan bandit is this?

"May I ask what it will take for you to let this matter go?" Liu Erlong said in a deep voice.

"Xue Ye didn't give me face earlier and spent five million. What about you?" Nan Feng asked.

"How much can you offer? Or rather, how much do you think Yu Xiaogang is worth?"

"What is it that you want, Elder?" Liu Erlong asked.

"I told you from the very beginning," Nan Feng replied.

Liu Erlong's expression stiffened. "I cannot comply with that!"

"Then there is nothing left to discuss." Nan Feng turned his head away.

Liu Erlong exerted force from behind, pinning Nan Feng in a hold. "Then I have no choice but to take you down with me."

Smack!

Nan Feng backhanded Liu Erlong across the buttocks. It was incredibly firm and elastic—fitting for a beast martial soul spirit master.

"You!" Liu Erlong was stunned, a wave of shame and anger surging up within her.

In her entire life, this was the first time anyone had dared to slap her behind!

"You what? Aren't you trying to self-destruct? Shouldn't I get a feel for it before you turn into a pile of minced meat?" Nan Feng said as if it were only natural.

"Should I evacuate the people nearby?" Yue Guan's voice drifted in from outside the courtyard.

"Is that necessary? How much power could a spirit emperor's self-destruction really have?" Nan Feng asked.

"I don't know. I've never seen one."

"Then evacuate them."

"..."

Listening to their casual conversation, Liu Erlong was stunned.

Is this guy really not afraid of death?

"Why haven't you detonated yet?" Nan Feng urged.

"Yu Xiaogang is still waiting to become his chief eunuch."

"Elder Nan Feng, why are you..."

"Why do I want you?" Nan Feng interrupted.

"To tell you the truth, I was just joking at first. After all, when it comes to bullying men and women, I'm much more interested in the former. As for the latter, it's not like I don't have any; you don't hold that much appeal to me."

"But who told you to react so strongly?"

"I didn't intend to go this far, but since you wanted to play the self-detonation card with me, if I don't see things through to the end, I'd be doing a disservice to your resolve to blow yourself up."

"Don't you think so, little fire dragon?"

"..."

"Don't be nervous. Self-detonation is just a split-second affair. It doesn't hurt," Nan Feng said.

"Using your own explosion to secure a stable royal position for Yu Xiaogang can be considered the last thing you do for him. I believe he will be very grateful to you!"

"With someone like you, what more could he ask for?"

Liu Erlong lowered her head in silence, her emotions incredibly complex. She desperately wanted to detonate and end it all, but when she thought about Yu Xiaogang facing the retaliation of the Martial Soul Hall after her death, she couldn't bring herself to make that decision no matter what.

The hands she had used to hold Nan Feng hostage gradually lost their strength, and before long, they dropped to her sides.

Nan Feng turned around and patted Liu Erlong's shoulder with a helpless expression. "Little fire dragon, in this life, one should live a bit more freely. Look at you, a dignified spirit emperor, forced into this state by a mere soul ancestor like me just because of one small weakness."

"I feel it's not worth it for you!"

Liu Erlong looked up, filled with resentment. "Don't hurt Xiaogang."

"Then do you know what you should do?" Nan Feng asked.

Liu Erlong took a deep breath, as if she had made a monumental decision. "I understand!"

Xiaogang, you must be safe!

"???"

Nan Feng's expression turned strange.

So the plots in those books weren't fictional? There really are people who can be swayed by this kind of threat?

Art comes from life?

Under the moonlight, in the pavilion, at Nan Feng's request, Liu Erlong had changed into a black dress that clashed sharply with her temperament, leaving her explosive figure on full display.

"What is your take on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?" Nan Feng poured Liu Erlong a cup of tea.

"I... hm?" Liu Erlong, who had been preparing for one last struggle, froze.

"What, can't put it into words?" Nan Feng asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Erlong asked, confused.

He had threatened her during the day, made her dress like this just now, and now he was talking to her about this inexplicable topic?

"What do you mean by that?" Nan Feng countered.

"Don't tell me you thought I went through all this trouble just to sleep with you?"

"Young lady, don't think those two lumps of meat on your chest are that precious. You don't have that much appeal to me."

"I don't want you for your body; I want you for your status as the illegitimate daughter of Yu Luomian, an elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

Liu Erlong was stunned. "What are you trying to do?"

"I have to remind you, Yu Luomian doesn't care about an illegitimate daughter like me. He has his own son in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"If you're counting on me to help you deal with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then you're thinking too much."

"He doesn't care?" Nan Feng looked up.

"Are you sure?"

Liu Erlong turned her head away, her expression somewhat unnatural. "Even if he does care, it's only because of my talent."

"Isn't that just stating the obvious?" Nan Feng looked speechless.

"Would you be interested in someone who is useless and ugly as hell? Or do you really think the legendary parental love is that great?"

"I don't deny that such parents exist in this world, but they are rare. The vast majority of parents don't love their children as much as you think. Even among siblings, parents will favor the more outstanding one. I believe anyone who isn't blind can see that."

"At the end of the day, there is no such thing as unearned favoritism in this world. You have to have something that attracts others."

"Even if Yu Luomian only pays attention to you because of your talent, so what? Isn't the Yu Xiaogang you keep talking about interested in you because of your talent and your beauty?"

"Or do you think that even if you were old, ugly, incompetent, and had a terrible temper, Yu Xiaogang would still fall for you?"

"Young lady, confidence is a good thing. Confidence is better than inferiority or cowardice, but excessive confidence is just plain stupidity."

Liu Erlong's expression stiffened.

This bastard's words were fucking hurtful!