Camouflage

For reasons unknown, after the Douluo Continent lost Tang San-or rather, after the allied forces of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire lost Tang San-their battle reports suffered consecutive defeats.

Originally, the coalition of the two empires could not match the Spirit Hall Empire, and had it not been for Tang San's bolstering luck, they would have suffered defeat after defeat much earlier.

Because of Zhu Zhuqing's departure, Dai Mubai became consumed by indulgence and neglect of duty, while no matter how Zhu Zhuyun tried to comfort him, Dai Mubai acted as if he neither heard nor saw her.

Over on the other side, Oscar watched Flender and Liu Erlong, lovers finally united, and shed tears of happiness.

Their happiness also reminded Oscar of the past. Back then, he still harbored a secret crush on Ning Rongrong, thinking that with strength he could accomplish anything, but he had been far too naive back then.

Had it not been for Teacher Zhao's guidance, he might have continued to run himself ragged chasing after Ning Rongrong; though he was still constantly running himself ragged now, it was for himself, not for anyone else.

"Headmaster, Teacher Erlong, you must be happy."

"Thank you, Oscar."

Flender's inner emotions surged in a complex mix. Although being with Erlong was a matter of great joy, the process had been truly agonizing.

"Headmaster, don't think too much about it. Since you don't want to participate in the war, hurry and leave Heaven Dou City to live in a remote little mountain village. With the two of your strengths, you can definitely be together happily."

However, Oscar's words drew the opposite advice from Yu Tianheng, "Erlong Aunt, I plan to rebuild the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, are you not going to help me?"

This was moral kidnapping, yet the weight of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did not hold all that much sway in Liu Erlong's heart. "Tianheng, you know my identity as well; I am merely an unacknowledged illegitimate daughter. What am I supposed to use to rebuild the sect?"

"Aunt!?"

Yu Tianheng had helped them get together not so they could distance themselves from the war, but so that Flender and those close friends could stand on his side with justified reason.

"Tianheng, I know that if I leave like this, the heavy burden of the clan will fall upon your shoulders. But right now I only want to live for myself, to live for Flender who waited for me for so many years. I don't want to keep busying myself for anyone else anymore."

Liu Erlong's words were a declaration born of profound personal realization. When she was young she was an illegitimate daughter, but because her awakened martial soul was a dragon martial soul, her father had not abandoned her, though she had never been entered into the clan genealogy.

Back then, Liu Erlong believed that as long as she achieved some sort of accomplishment, she and her mother could become a true family with her father.

During her youth, because she grew utterly disappointed in her father, she chose to run away from home and met Yu Xiaogang and Flender. She admired Yu Xiaogang's talent, and thus she stayed with him.

Liu Erlong had always wanted to resolve the bottleneck in Yu Xiaogang's martial soul, so she constantly forced herself to study knowledge she detested. She simply wanted to make Xiaogang happy, but fate thwarted her wishes-she and Xiaogang turned out to be cousins.

Unable to accept his identity, Yu Xiaogang left her, yet Liu Erlong never gave up. Throughout the twenty years she spent waiting for Yu Xiaogang, she constantly searched for medicinal herbs that could resolve his martial soul.

After reuniting with Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong discovered that he had grown old, and the soul power within his body was gone as well. Yet even so, Liu Erlong harbored no disdain for Yu Xiaogang and still loved him just the same.

Throughout her life, Liu Erlong had lived for her mother, lived to gain the approval of her father, and lived to resolve the troubles of her beloved Yu Xiaogang. Yet nobody knew that Liu Erlong had never once lived for herself.

Although she possessed a fiery and willful temper, all of this was simply Liu Erlong's camouflage. Deep down, Liu Erlong was merely a person who yearned to be loved, but none of this had been discovered by anyone else-only Flender had pierced through Liu Erlong's facade.

"Aunt..."

Yu Tianheng initially wanted to dissuade her, but upon seeing the look of release on Liu Erlong's face, or rather, the expression of pure internal joy, he no longer knew what to say.

This was because Yu Tianheng's life was the complete opposite of Liu Erlong's. He was born the rising star anticipated by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and he lived up to expectations, becoming the very head of the clan's numerous talented disciples.

Precisely because of this, when such a massive setback struck his perfect life, he was utterly at a loss and wanted to seek help from relatives or elders.

Oscar patted Yu Tianheng on the shoulder. "Tianheng, could we go chat over there?"

Yu Tianheng nodded and followed Oscar to a secluded spot.

"Tianheng, I know your choice of me is meant to enlist my help in rebuilding the sect. After all, food-system soul masters play an immense role on the battlefield."

"Yes. From the very day I chose you, I stated it clearly: the reason I chose you is simply because your abilities are useful to me."

Oscar nodded. "I know, but can you let the headmaster and the others go?"

Yu Tianheng widened his eyes. "Oscar, do you know what you're saying? Headmaster Flender and the others possess the combat power of Spirit Saints and Soul Douluos, and you just want to let them leave like that?"

"But the headmaster has finally found happiness now, and if he continues to go to the battlefield, I'm afraid..."

Oscar truly did not want Flender, who had finally attained happiness, to continue galloping across the battlefield, but lacking the authority to make decisions himself, he could only ask Yu Tianheng for help.

Right at that moment, the assembly horn sounded from the main camp, "Will all soul masters please come to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, His Majesty summons you."

"Understood."

Divine Realm.

Wuxie sensed that Tang San, whom he had left behind on the Douluo Continent, had been killed by Shangguan Li, and even his soul was left with nothing.

Yet he felt no vexation; instead, he felt pleased.

"Since that's the case, then let me see what this girl is capable of."

"And that detestable main body, do you really think you could finish me off by draining yourself? I now possess a physical form. Even if you return to your former world and find a way to resolve that forbidden technique, what of it? It's already too late; I am now an independent entity."

Hearing Wuxie's continuous, uproarious laughter, Shaohua far away in another world darkened completely in expression. Within my perception, you are still a part of me. Do not forget, I am the primary body, and you are merely an unnecessary entity that was cast off and separated out.

Wuxie only laughed even more frantically. "In that case, come and eliminate me then. Aren't you unable to eliminate me? That is precisely why you allowed me to develop up to this point, isn't it?"

Yet Wuxie himself did not even know that he had already developed a severe self-destructive tendency, and the source of this self-destructive tendency was none other than his main body, Shaohua.

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