Douluo Duel: Dai Mubai, the White Emperor of Heaven
Chapter 38

White Emperor of Heaven! Zhu Zhuqing of the Black World is Jealous!

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"I want to see too!"

"When Zhu Zhuqing came back that time, she was completely out of it, muttering your name the whole time."

"I want to see what kind of love potion you fed her!"

Zhu Zhuqing sat on a stone bench nearby.

Hearing this, her originally cold face turned bright red, like a ripe apple.

She lowered her head, her fingers twisting the hem of her clothes.

"I... I wasn't out of it..."

"I just... just thought he was quite good."

Dai Mubai laughed heartily.

He reached out, pulled Zhu Zhuqing into his arms, and sat her on his lap.

"Quite good?"

"Who was just calling the Black World version of me a scumbag?"

"How did it change so quickly?"

Zhu Zhuqing let out a startled cry and tried to struggle, only to find the large hand around her waist was like an iron clamp.

She could only lean against Dai Mubai's chest and mutter softly:

"That's him, you are you."

"It's not the same."

Dai Mubai lowered his head and kissed her smooth forehead.

"Watch closely."

"Let me help you recall how I picked you up back then."

Above the Sky Screen, golden light erupted.

A new scene slowly unfolded.

This time, there was no battlefield, no smoke of war.

There was only the tranquil Star Dou Great Forest.

The timeline was still their youth.

In the scene.

Moonlight like water spilled through the dense jungle.

A petite black figure was darting rapidly through the woods.

It was Zhu Zhuqing.

At that age, she was still very young, but her figure was already beginning to take shape, her tight leather outfit outlining stunning curves.

But at this moment, she looked disheveled.

She was covered in wounds, her breathing ragged.

Behind her, a thousand-year Nether Wolf was in hot pursuit.

The wolf's howl was piercing in the night.

"Roar--!"

The Nether Wolf lunged forward, its sharp claws carrying a foul wind, aiming straight for Zhu Zhuqing's back.

The people of the Black World felt their hearts jump into their throats as they watched this.

The disgust from seeing the Black Dai Mubai push someone to take a hit earlier hadn't faded, and now, seeing Zhu Zhuqing in danger, they subconsciously worried: would this White Dai Mubai run away too?

Would he even use Zhu Zhuqing as bait?

After all, this was a true life-or-death moment!

However.

The next second.

The situation in the scene changed abruptly.

Just as those sharp claws were about to tear Zhu Zhuqing apart.

A golden light descended from the canopy to the side without any warning.

Fast.

It was too fast.

It was so fast that even that thousand-year Nether Wolf didn't have time to react.

"Boom!"

A muffled thud echoed.

The earth trembled slightly.

As the dust and smoke cleared.

The people finally saw clearly.

A young man was standing right in front of Zhu Zhuqing.

He wore a white outfit that appeared exceptionally dazzling under the moonlight.

The thousand-year Nether Wolf, which had been ferocious just a moment ago, was now being pinned to the ground by the young man's foot.

Its head was already buried deep into the soil.

It was dead beyond any doubt.

The young man hadn't even activated his martial soul.

With nothing but raw physical strength, he had killed it in one kick!

This scene.

Left the people of both the Black World and the White World completely stunned.

Both were princes.

Both were facing a crisis.

The one from the Black World had scrambled away, pushing his teammate to take the hit.

The one from the White World had descended from the sky, settling the situation with a single kick.

The difference was immediately apparent!

But it wasn't over yet.

In the image.

Zhu Zhuqing was still shaken, her body limp on the ground as she gasped for air.

She looked up at the young man before her, who looked like a god descended to earth, her eyes filled with wariness.

"Who are you..."

The young man turned around.

By the moonlight, everyone could clearly see his face.

It was none other than the Dai Mubai of the White World.

Compared to the one from the Black World, who always wore a gloomy expression with sunken eye sockets, this Dai Mubai was incredibly handsome.

Even as a youth, he carried an indescribable air of nobility and composure.

He did not answer Zhu Zhuqing's question.

Instead, he bent down and reached out a hand toward her.

There was no unnecessary chatter.

There was no greasy flirting.

He simply looked at Zhu Zhuqing, his heterochromatic eyes shining brilliantly in the night.

"Can you still stand?"

His voice was very soft.

Yet it carried a power that put one at ease.

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned.

She looked at that hand; it was clean, with long, slender fingers.

As if possessed, she placed her own hand into his.

Dai Mubai exerted a little force and pulled her up.

Because her legs were weak, Zhu Zhuqing stumbled and fell directly into Dai Mubai's arms.

"Be careful."

Dai Mubai held her shoulders to help her steady herself.

Then.

He performed an action that no one had expected.

He reached out and gently wiped a smudge of dirt from Zhu Zhuqing's cheek.

The movement was as natural as if he had done it countless times before.

"Little wildcat."

"Running around in the forest alone so late at night is very dangerous."

Zhu Zhuqing's face turned red in an instant.

She took a flustered step back, but her eyes could not tear themselves away from the young man's face.

"I... I understand."

She recognized him.

The person before her.

Was her fiancé.

The person who had saved her before.

The person she had longed to see day and night within the Star Luo Imperial Family.

"You are... Dai..."

Zhu Zhuqing was just about to speak.

Dai Mubai raised a finger and gently pressed it against her lips.

"Shh."

He turned around and pointed at the corpse of the Nether Wolf.

"The spirit ring of this thing is quite compatible with your attributes."

"Do you want it?"

Zhu Zhuqing nodded blankly.

"I do..."

"Then go take it."

Dai Mubai stood to the side with his arms crossed, acting as her guardian.

The moonlight stretched their shadows long.

At this moment.

The scene was as beautiful as a painting.

There was no heart-pounding escape, no heart-wrenching betrayal.

There was only the stunning impact of a boy and girl meeting for the first time, and a sweetness that overflowed from the screen.

Black World.

Reality.

Star Luo Square was deathly silent.

But this silence was different from the previous anger.

It was the silence of people who had just been force-fed a mouthful of romance.

Immediately after.

Bursts of exclamations erupted from the crowd.

"This is the gap..."

"Look at them! This is what a prince should be! This is what a man should be!"

"He killed a thousand-year Spirit Beast with one kick and is still so gentle; I'd be moved too!"

"I feel like vomiting just thinking about that coward who pushed someone else to take the hit earlier."

Countless girls cupped their faces, watching the Sky Screen with stars in their eyes.

"So sweet!"

"Is this the legendary hero saving the beauty?"

"If I were Zhu Zhuqing, I'd be devoted to him too!"

On the side of Shrek Academy.

Zhu Zhuqing stood in the ranks, her entire body trembling.

She stared fixedly at the image on the Sky Screen.

She stared at the version of herself being protected behind Dai Mubai, her face full of shyness.

That was the scene she had dreamed of.

That was the encounter she had fantasized about countless times.

However.

Reality had dealt her a harsh slap.

In this world, all she had received was coldness, avoidance, and that back turned to her in the Imperial Garden telling her to get lost.

An emotion called jealousy grew wildly in her heart.

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