Perhaps the teleportation passage had fallen into disrepair, or perhaps a certain two God Kings had "accidentally" tampered with it.
In any case, Chen Doudou and Wang Dong's flight paths quickly began to diverge.
Chen Doudou clung desperately to the walls of the passage, watching helplessly as Wang Dong's figure grew farther and farther away, until she vanished completely into the depths of the light.
"Wait! This isn't right! Something's wrong!"
"Weren't we supposed to travel together, with nationwide flight service? This is obviously malicious payback! It had to be that old geezer, God of Destruction!"
Chen Doudou cursed inwardly. So what if I slept with your wife for two days?
Did you really have to get so worked up?
Where's the dignity of a mighty God King?
Where's your magnanimity?
In a daze, a melody seemed to ring out of nowhere in his mind—
"It's been a long day without you, my friend..."
Chen Doudou's pupils shook.
No way.
What's this song supposed to mean?
This is crash-landing BGM!
Kids, we've got a problem. I think I'm about to crash. Am I going to survive?
Man!
The next second, the passage shook violently, and a tremendous force hurled him out.
"Old geezer, God of Destruction, I'm coming for you—!!!"
That was all he had time to shout before he went tumbling down toward the unknown ground like a kite with its string cut.
His final cry drifted on the wind:
"Man! What can I say!!!"
"Mamba!"
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm.
"Destruction!!!"
Asura gritted his teeth, his blood-red eyes fixed on the God of Destruction.
"Did you do that on purpose, or was it an accident?"
The God of Destruction feigned calm. "Oh, you know me. I've never paid much attention to the Divine Realm's passages. Maybe this one just fell into disrepair?"
"You really didn't do it on purpose?" Asura God's suspicions remained.
The God of Destruction patted his chest. "You bet. Why would I, the mighty God of Destruction, deliberately make things difficult for a child?"
Of course!
Of course I didn't do it on purpose, and it wasn't an accident either. I did it on purpose by accident.
Asura God snorted. "Hmph. I don't believe you. You're the only one in the entire Divine Realm who's had a grudge against my son. If it wasn't you, who else could it be?"
The God of Destruction sprang to his feet. "Asura, I'm warning you not to go around saying things like that!"
"Believe it or not, I'll report you to the God Realm Committee for slander!!!"
"He's slandering me! He's defaming me! He's defaming me!!!"
The other God Kings present covered their faces, speechless and unable to bear the sight.
After all, ever since God of Evil and Goddess of Kindness had left, Asura God and the God of Destruction had been the two strongest in the Divine Realm.
And now, the two mighty God Kings were squabbling like street vendors at a market.
What a disgrace!
Goddess of Life cut them off. "All right! Stop arguing!"
The God of Destruction shot Asura a sidelong glance. "I'll let it go for Xiao Lu's sake."
Asura God gritted his teeth. "You'd better hope I never catch you red-handed!!! Otherwise, I'll hack you apart just like I did Dragon God back then!"
God of Evil sidled up to the God of Destruction and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure you really didn't tamper with the teleportation array?"
The God of Destruction didn't even raise an eyelid. "Do I look like the sort of god who'd do that?"
"Yeah, you do!" God of Evil nodded.
The God of Destruction: "..."
Fine, fine. They say brothers would take a knife for each other, but you'd stab your brother in the back twice for a woman, huh?
Goddess of Life and Goddess of Kindness exchanged a glance and sighed at the same time.
What a hard life. It really felt like the Divine Realm would fall apart without the two of them!
Rakshasa God looked worried. "Will Doudou be all right?"
Asura God's face darkened. "What could happen to him? At worst, he'll break a bone. He's protected by a teleportation shield."
Though he said that, he was already making plans in his mind.
If Chen Doudou really got hurt, the first person he'd settle accounts with would be the God of Destruction.
"Third Brother, could something have happened to Xiao Qi, too?" Xiao Wu's face had gone pale.
"Don't worry. She'll be fine."
Tang San spoke softly to reassure her, but his gaze remained fixed on Douluo Continent.
The luck of this generation's Child of Destiny could no longer be concealed.
He'd have to think of a way to trick him into joining the Tang Sect...
In a dense, shadowy forest.
A Soul Hunting party was following a winding path deeper into the forest.
Strange cries sounded from time to time, mingling with the rustle of wind through the treetops. The air smelled of vegetation and decay.
"Ow!"
Suddenly, a dark shape plummeted from the sky and landed squarely on the chest of a woman in gray.
The soft impact made her full curves sway, sending a heart-stopping ripple through them.
It was an extraordinarily complex physical reaction.
Softness met elasticity, and elasticity came with astonishing force.
The dark shape bounced high off those astonishing curves, then fell back under the pull of gravity, flailing like a headless fly before plunging into that warm valley.
The woman in gray was a little dazed from the collision. Once she had recovered, she looked around in confusion.
Strange. Did something just hit me?
When she saw what had fallen, she instinctively reached out to catch it.
As everyone knew, anyone who'd been in a plane crash or jumped from a building knew that, just before hitting the ground, all they wanted was to grab the sturdiest thing nearby, hoping to cling to a thread of life.
Chen Doudou clung desperately to the soft rise in front of him. A faint jasmine scent lingered at his nose, and though he felt woozy, he instinctively held on tight.
"You smell so nice~ A little like my mom."
He mumbled drowsily, rubbing his cheek against the softness.
"Senior Sister, why is there someone on you?"
A horrified cry instantly shattered the party's quiet.
Everyone tensed and stopped, turning to look.
"Wait, why is it a child?"
"He looks like a little porcelain doll. Pretty cute, too. I just can't tell if it's a boy or a girl."
"Wait! How could a cute little kid fall from the sky in the Star Dou Forest? Could he be a Soul Beast Transformation?"
The woman in gray lifted Chen Doudou by the back of his collar, dangling him like a kitten, and carefully sensed his aura.
Only after confirming there were no traces of a Soul Beast did she let out a breath of relief. "Whose child are you? How did you end up here?"
Hearing the gentle question, Chen Doudou took a while to recover before finally opening his eyes.
The first things he saw were a head of smooth, flowing hair, a delicate oval face, and slender brows tinged with sorrow...
The woman wore a gray-and-white uniform and looked to be around twenty. She had a mature air and a tall figure. She seemed cool and distant, yet a hint of subtle warmth showed between her brows.
She looked young, but the magnificent curves at her chest were, by far, the most stunning sight Chen Doudou had ever seen.
Chen Doudou rubbed his still-dizzy head and looked up pitifully. "Pretty big sister, would you believe me if I said someone kicked me down here?"
The woman in gray thought it over, her wariness easing as she relaxed.
He was probably here for training with some senior.
Perhaps that senior was watching them from somewhere nearby.
If even she, a Quasi-Soul Douluo, couldn't sense a trace of his aura, then that senior's strength had to be unfathomable... They absolutely mustn't offend him.
She carefully set Chen Doudou down. "In that case, stay with us for now."
"Senior Sister, you're just letting him go?"
A question came from nearby.
"I checked. He's not dangerous. It's getting late, so everyone set up camp here, rest, and get dinner started."
The woman in gray seemed to command great authority. At her word, no one questioned her again.
"Yes, Senior Sister."
A few young men and women who seemed to be on the fringes of the group began setting up camp and lighting a fire to prepare food.
Chen Doudou looked around.
Animal cries rang out through the forest, where leaves rustled in the wind. He also noticed that the people around him all wore uniforms in matching colors.
It looked like he'd stumbled into a group from some academy on Douluo Continent, led by their instructors into the forest to hunt Soul Beasts...
Just as he stood there in a daze,
a slender jade hand reached out, up to no good.
"Hm?"
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