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A mysterious space beneath Star Dou Lake.
The interior opened up into a vast space. Fluorite was scattered artfully all around, its faint glow shining as bright as daylight.
"A-Jiu, I can sense my brother. The Golden Dragon King seems to have... died... Na'er's only blood relative in this world is gone..."
"I... I only have you by my side now, A-Jiu... Waaaah..."
The girl had lost her blood relative. Her sorrowful sobs rang out as cool tears fell onto the display screen of Su Jiu's clone, one drop, then another...
On the palm-sized A-Jiu's screen appeared a pixelated expression of bewilderment. It flew in front of Little Silver Dragon, and its ethereal, pure electronic voice rang out, carrying nearly ten years of companionship:
"Na'er, A-Jiu knows you're feeling especially awful right now. Cry if you want to cry. If you want some quiet, I'll stay with you. You don't have to force yourself..."
After speaking, A-Jiu flew to Gu Yuena's shoulder and leaned against her in silence, offering the helpless, fragile girl a little warmth and company.
After a long while, Gu Yuena's sobs subsided. She gently placed A-Jiu in her palm, right in front of her, and asked tentatively, a trace of anxious uncertainty in her heart:
"A-Jiu, A-Jiu, you'll stay with me forever, right?"
"Na'er, A-Jiu will stay by the side of Great Queen Na'er for a long, long time. Isn't that what we agreed?"
"Then... then, A-Jiu, am I your family?"
"Of course. Aren't we? Or have I been the only one thinking of Na'er as family all this time, while Na'er..."
A-Jiu once again put on a pixelated expression of grievance.
The next moment, Gu Yuena pulled A-Jiu into her arms. Like a child, she spoke with the excitement that followed a storm, yet with a hint of pleading in her voice:
"A-Jiu, please don't leave Na'er, okay? You're the only family I have left..."
"Okay, A-Jiu promises! And Na'er, please don't abandon A-Jiu, either."
"Heehee... I won't. Never..."
Her beautiful face still streaked with tears broke into a heartfelt smile. She smiled so innocently and brightly, as though her little dimples held all the beauty in the world.
At that moment, Su Jiu quietly recorded the scene, leaving behind irrefutable evidence.
Little Silver Dragon, since this is what you asked for, and there's a person missing from the other side of his memory-foam pillow, you can forget about running away. Hehehe~
That year, Su Jiu was eight years old, and his cultivation had reached level 20. His First Martial Soul, Sharp Bee Hunting, gained its second Soul Skill: Void Hornet Sentry Clone.
Effect: One clone with 60% of the user's strength can be summoned every 10 levels. It can travel through the void, link consciousness, and self-destruct;
The first time Su Jiu used this Soul Skill, he forgot to summon A-Qi, the artificial intelligence that came with Sharp Bee Hunting. The amount of Soul Power he channeled went wrong, and his first hornet clone, A-Jiu, traveled through the void into Little Silver Dragon's underground palace, successfully startling her.
He had planned to make A-Jiu self-destruct right away, but he hadn't expected Little Silver Dragon to use the laws of space to seal off the space around them—even the space inside A-Jiu—as well as Soul Power and all kinds of elements. She created an absolute vacuum around them, leaving A-Jiu unable to self-destruct. What a miscalculation!
But A-Jiu made Little Silver Dragon even more curious. It was a creature unlike anything she had ever seen, and she had never seen such an adorable mechanical being even around the Dragon God.
Perhaps Su Jiu's far-fetched story about being a machine life-form who had gotten lost beyond this world and somehow ended up here had struck a chord with Little Silver Dragon. She let A-Jiu go.
Su Jiu had also seen the grief and loneliness in Little Silver Dragon's eyes, too deep to fade. He thought of the loneliness he had felt during his first few years after transmigrating to the Douluo Continent. Two wanderers from the ends of the earth, meeting in a foreign world.
He decided to leave A-Jiu with her, so it could chat with Little Silver Dragon every day and ease both their loneliness.
Later, they became companions who could talk about anything and everything. They chatted for ten years, and became family to one another.
"A-Jiu, here!"
A small hand, as lovely as a carving in fine white jade, appeared before A-Jiu. Lying in its palm was an oval, silver dragon scale the size of a pigeon's egg. The girl's face was tender and full of affection.
"This is my reverse scale. If A-Jiu ever gets lost, Na'er can use it to find you!"
A-Jiu accepted the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale. Su Jiu had been planning to ask Little Silver Dragon for one, but she had unexpectedly handed it over without hesitation. He could use this Silver Dragon Reverse Scale to find Na'er if she lost her memories, too. He believed that even if Gu Yuena's own reverse scale was attractive, it still couldn't possibly be less appealing than the Golden Dragon King God Core.
"Heehee~, thank you, Na'er. A-Jiu really likes this gift!"
"A-Jiu doesn't have anything to give Na'er, so I'll wish Na'er the best of luck with her plan in advance!"
"Haha~, then I'll take A-Jiu's good wishes..."
The Legend of the Dragon King main story would begin in zero days!
That night, on a beach somewhere in Aolai City.
The stars glittered overhead, and the cold moonlight spilled over the waves like a path paved with crushed silver. The tide beat rhythmically against the beach, murmuring softly.
Two people were walking along the beach: Tang Ziran and Lang Yue. Tonight was the day Tang Wulin would arrive on the Douluo Continent!
"A-Qi, something big is about to happen. Keep an eye out for me. By the way, the other sentries are already in position, right?"
"Su Jiu, A-Qi still doesn't recommend that you—"
"Enough. A-Qi, use the void to conceal my presence as much as possible. I hope the Tang God King has never encountered the attribute of void..."
Su Jiu interrupted A-Qi's advice once again. He had come to assassinate Old Tang not only to help Gu Yuena get rid of Tang San's ever-present spiritual imprint, but also because he coveted the Golden Dragon King God Core!
For Flame Demon Roar to reach its full power, much depended on the user's physical fitness. Although Su Jiu had always focused on training in that area, and his body was already as strong as a Super Douluo's when he had just become a Titled Douluo, the recoil of Flame Demon Roar was simply too terrifying.
Human strength had its limits; there were things no one could do by sheer force.
So Su Jiu had set his sights on the Golden Dragon King God Core. There was no avoiding Tang San's Old Tang disguise in the process!
"Hey~, tonight, let's use up as many charges as we can."
A few minutes later.
A "meteor" trailing a blue tail flame streaked across the sky. It wasn't moving especially fast. Tang Wulin had arrived on the Douluo Continent!
Su Jiu immediately raised Flame Demon Roar. With A-Qi's help, the meteor slowly entered his firing range of 100,000 meters. His sights lined up on Tang Wulin amid the blue flames!
His three-word battle armor covered him, and all nine of his Soul Rings—six black and three red—flared to life!
Tool Soul True Body: Flame Demon Roar True Body!
Su Jiu's pupils became demonic slits. The muscles in his arms swelled and bunched, and blazing molten lava seemed to flow through his veins. Savage scales forged from volcanic rock tore through the surface of his skin, their dark crimson glow radiating a terrifying, ominous aura that made the heart shudder!
The demonic head at the muzzle of Flame Demon Roar abruptly opened its eyes, its scarlet pupils flashing with a strange red light. Within the gun, liquid magma surged and churned, constantly compressing until every bit of it had poured into the barrel!
Su Jiu struggled, but resolutely pulled back the gun's sharply angled bolt. The special bullet, infused with all his strength, was in place. Everything was ready!
Assassination target: 98,888 meters!
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