Gu Yuena Meets Qian Ye! Dai Mubai's Tragic Death!

Ma Hongjun's phoenix flames were extinguished instantly by an invisible force. The backlash of his divine skill forced a shrill, miserable scream from his throat as he plummeted from the sky.

In the blink of an eye, three peak-level spirit masters had been utterly defeated!

Di Tian, Zi Ji, and the other Great Beasts watched with twitching eyelids.

The Lord is even stronger!

After fusing with that fragment of the Dragon God Heart, the Lord's power has begun to transform toward that legendary realm!

Above the Lake of Life, only Tang San, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu remained.

As support-type spirit masters, Oscar and Ning Rongrong were already pale with terror, their legs so weak they could barely stand.

Xiao Wu watched Tang San, who was currently restrained, her tears flowing like a broken dam, yet she was powerless to intervene.

Despair.

A despair so thick it could not be dissolved shrouded the entire Shrek team.

Gu Yuena's gaze finally shifted from Tang San to the "ants" who had fainted, a flicker of impatience crossing her violet eyes.

Just then.

A man's voice, carrying a hint of laziness and a touch of mockery, rang out between heaven and earth without warning.

"It's been so many years, yet your temper is still as fiery as ever."

The voice was not loud, yet it reached the ears of every living creature present with perfect clarity.

Whether it was the Great Beasts kneeling on the ground, the Shrek members on the verge of collapse, or the restrained Tang San, everyone froze in that instant.

Who was it?

Who would dare show themselves at a time like this?

Gu Yuena's hand, which had been preparing to strike, stiffened in mid-air.

For the first time, an expression of astonishment appeared on her eternally unchanging, peerless face.

Immediately following, that astonishment transformed into violent fluctuations, finally settling into a complex emotion mixed with surprise, disbelief, and endless longing.

She spun around abruptly.

There, by the shore of the Lake of Life, beneath the massive Ancient Tree of Life, a figure had appeared from nowhere.

It was a young man in black, slender and handsome.

He leaned casually against the tree trunk, holding a steaming cup of tea, as if he had been standing there for a very, very long time.

It was Qian Ye.

He looked at Gu Yuena, a faint, elusive smile playing on his lips.

"Long time no see, Gu Yuena."

Boom!

This plain greeting, falling into Gu Yuena's ears, was no less than a bolt of chaotic divine thunder!

Her body trembled uncontrollably.

A mist of water instantly clouded those majestic violet eyes.

The Silver Dragon King, who commanded the seven elements and made even gods wary, now looked like a little girl who had finally reunited with a long-lost loved one.

"Qian—Qian Ye?"

She spoke tentatively, her voice trembling with uncertainty.

Qian Ye did not answer; he simply drained the tea in his cup, then began to walk slowly from the lakeshore, stepping through the void, moving toward her step by step.

His pace was not fast, yet every step seemed to land on the nodes of time, and space itself retreated before his feet.

"It is I."

Qian Ye arrived before her, stopped, and looked at the moisture in her eyes, laughing softly.

"What, don't you recognize me?"

"Or perhaps, you want me to help you recall who it was back then, crying and begging to follow me for the rest of her life?"

This remark was filled with teasing.

Yet everyone present felt their minds go blank.

Especially the Beast God Di Tian!

His dragon eyes widened until they were larger than copper bells!

The Lord—

Their Lord, who stood high above, viewing all things as mere straw dogs, dedicated solely to the revival of the spirit beasts—

How could it be—

How could she show such a girlish demeanor toward a human male?

Moreover, judging by the man's words, the Lord actually—cried and begged to follow him back then?

How is this possible!

Di Tian's worldview collapsed completely at this moment.

Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, and the other fierce beasts all stood with their mouths agape, completely petrified.

Teased by Qian Ye in such a manner, a pair of moving blushes actually bloomed across Gu Yuena's exquisite cheeks.

The majesty and arrogance that belonged to the Silver Dragon King vanished into thin air in front of Qian Ye.

Biting her lip, she said with a mix of shy annoyance and grievance.

"You—you actually know how to come back!"

"Do you have any idea how many years I have waited for you!"

"So many years!!!"

As she spoke, the tears swirling in her eyes could no longer be held back, sliding down her cheeks.

Seeing her like this, Qian Ye's heart softened; he raised his hand and gently wiped away her tear stains with his thumb.

"Alright, stop crying."

"If you keep crying, you'll really turn into a little tabby cat."

His movements were natural and effortless.

Yet this scene caused Tang San and the others in the distance to completely break down.

What were they seeing?

That terrifying existence who viewed gods as mere ants and suppressed them all with a flick of a finger, the legendary co-ruler of soul beasts, the Silver Dragon King—

Actually cried in front of a man?

And blushed like a young girl in love?

This world must have gone mad!

Tang San was imprisoned in place, unable to move, but his heart was surging with monstrous waves.

Jealousy!

Boundless jealousy gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake!

Why!

Why could this man who suddenly appeared gain the favor of the Silver Dragon King!

He, Tang San, the god destined by fate, had to be suppressed here like a dog!

While that man could touch the Silver Dragon King as he pleased!

Unfair!

The Heavenly Dao is unfair!

Just then, a roar filled with resentment and unwillingness came from below.

It was Dai Mubai!

He struggled to crawl up from the ground, half his body stained red with blood, yet he stared fixedly at Qian Ye and roared.

"What kind of thing are you!"

"A pretty boy like you dares to be disrespectful to Lord Dragon King!"

"Take advantage of the fact that Lord Dragon King isn't paying attention and get lost! Otherwise, once our allied forces trample the Star Dou Great Forest, we will surely tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

He had lost his sanity.

Having witnessed the Hell White Tiger shattered in a single blow, his pride and dignity as an assault-type battle soul master had been completely crushed.

At this moment, seeing Gu Yuena's attitude toward Qian Ye, that surge of jealousy and humiliation drove him completely mad.

He wanted to use this method to provoke Qian Ye and salvage a shred of his face.

He assumed this man had only gained the Silver Dragon King's special attention because of his face.

However, the moment his voice fell.

Qian Ye didn't even turn his head to look at him.

He merely frowned, almost imperceptibly.

"Noisy."

He spat out the two words indifferently.

The voice fell silent.

Dai Mubai's roaring voice came to an abrupt halt.

His entire body froze in place, the expression on his face still locked in that moment of ferocity.

The next second.

"Puff—"

There was no warning, nor any fluctuation of energy.

Dai Mubai's body, from head to toe, began to dissolve into the smallest of particles, drifting away with the wind.

First his hair, then his skin, muscles, and bones—