I Don't Trust You

Golden Crocodile Douluo's Death Strangling, Qian Daoliu's Angel Judgment, Light Feather Douluo's Infinite Ice Feather Arrow... the attacks of seven Title Douluos slammed into Di Tian without a shred of mercy!

Rumble--!!!!

The Lake of Life had a layer evaporated instantly by this surge of energy.

Di Tian's prideful Black Dragon body was instantly riddled with bone-deep wounds under this inhumane focused fire. He crashed into the ground like a ragdoll, his life fading away like a candle in the wind.

In the distance, Da Ming, the Sky Azure Bull Python, who had been cowering in a corner, was completely stunned by the scene. His bovine brain simply couldn't process the situation: the dignified Beast God Di Tian had been backstabbed by a fellow kin who had just appeared out of nowhere, only to be pinned to the ground and insta-killed by a group of humans?

On the lakebed, Di Tian lay dying in a pool of blood. He stared fixedly at Huang Tian as she approached, his voice as raspy as a leaking bellows: "W-why... we... were of the same root..."

Huang Tian looked down at the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King of this world, her expression complex. She slowly crouched down, leaned into Di Tian's ear, and spoke coldly in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Because I had no choice, just like you right now."

"Squelch!"

Huang Tian's right hand exerted sudden force, her White Dragon Claw completely pulverizing the last shred of Di Tian's life.

A generation of Beast God had fallen.

"Wait a moment."

Just as Huang Tian prepared to attempt to absorb his bloodline, Qian Xunji suddenly spoke up to interrupt her.

Qian Xunji turned his head, his gaze falling eerily upon the Sky Azure Bull Python in the distance, who was so terrified he had lost his wits and was just about to quietly slip into the water.

"Almost forgot about you." Qian Xunji sneered. With a flicker of his figure, he appeared instantly above Da Ming's head.

"No! My Lord, spare me--!" Da Ming let out a desperate wail, attempting to resist.

But before Qian Xunji—a level ninety-nine Eight-Winged Angel wielding a super-artifact—this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, now devoid of any will to fight, was as fragile as a large grasshopper.

"Noisy."

Qian Xunji swung the Oath of the Angel in his hand, and a golden sword aura instantly slashed across Da Ming's neck. The massive bull head soared into the sky, blood spraying out in a torrent.

Qian Xunji skillfully skinned Da Ming's corpse and retrieved a right arm bone radiating a cyan glow.

"Tsk tsk, Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Azure Bull Python Right Arm Bone, good stuff." Qian Xunji happily tucked the soul bone into his pocket, then waved his large sleeve, collecting Da Ming's massive carcass into his storage ring as well.

"Need to bring back some local specialties for my precious daughter-in-law to nourish her body."

After finishing all this, Qian Xunji strolled back to Di Tian's corpse.

Ignoring Huang Tian's ugly expression, he used the Oath of the Angel in his hand to gently dissect Di Tian's body.

Hum--

A torso bone, pitch-black as ink and radiating the ultimate laws of darkness and space, slowly floated into mid-air. Even though its master was dead, this eight-hundred-thousand-year soul bone still emitted a layer of soul power pressure.

Qian Xunji unceremoniously stowed the Di Tian Torso Bone into his ring. Immediately after, he used the massive angelic power of the Oath of the Angel to seal Di Tian's corpse, then tossed it into his storage space as well.

"What are you doing?"

Huang Tian could no longer hold back. Intense fury erupted in her silver slit pupils. She had gone to such great lengths, even betraying the bottom line of the Dragon Clan to backstab her own kind, all for the sake of devouring Di Tian! Now, not only had Qian Xunji taken the soul bone, but he had even snatched the body!

"What's the rush?" Qian Xunji patted the dust off his hands, comforting her perfunctorily.

"This is the Surface World, and the laws of heaven and earth have been repelling us the whole time. Di Tian's origin is vast; you have no time to slowly devour and fuse with it here. Once you attract the attention of the God Realm, we'll all be in deep trouble."

He looked at Huang Tian with a half-smile: "Rest assured, I'll keep the body for you. Once we return to the Inner World, back to your territory, I will naturally hand over the entirety of this black loach's physical form to you, guaranteed for you to enjoy at your leisure."

Huang Tian felt like she was going to explode, her chest heaving violently. She stared daggers at Qian Xunji's masked face, wishing she could claw it to shreds.

But in the end, she held back.

Her gaze swept across the surroundings. Qian Xunji, Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile... seven powerful figures, fierce as wolves and tigers, were staring at her with strange expressions. She knew very well that Qian Xunji had used some unknown method to summon so many human powerhouses to this world. If she turned on him now, her fate would be no different from Di Tian's on the ground.

"...You had better keep your word." Huang Tian ground her teeth, swallowing her rage and forcing it down.

"I, Qian Xunji, have always been a man of my word." Qian Xunji let out a sinister laugh, his gaze sweeping over the core of the devastated Star Dou Forest. The night wind of the Star Dou Forest still carried a faint scent of blood.

Qian Xunji turned his head to look at the group of Worship Hall elders behind him, who were still in a state of high excitement.

"Grand Elder, esteemed elders, you've worked hard tonight."

"This Star Dou Forest will soon fall into turmoil due to Di Tian's death. You shouldn't stay long; return to Martial Soul City to rest and regroup."

Qian Daoliu looked at Qian Xunji, then took a deep look at the complex-looking Huang Tian beside him. Although he had a thousand questions in his heart, he knew this was not the time to ask.

"Very well. Take care of yourself, and don't forget about Xue'er." Qian Daoliu nodded, then led the Super Douluos of the Worship Hall, transforming into several streaks of light and vanishing into the horizon.

In the vast forest clearing, only Qian Xunji and Huang Tian remained.

"Let's go, it's time for us to return as well." Qian Xunji didn't linger, taking Huang Tian back to the luxury hotel suite in Tiandou City.

As soon as they entered the room, Qian Xunji immediately cast a golden barrier to isolate them from detection.

The atmosphere in the room instantly turned heavy.

Qian Xunji walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, his back to Huang Tian, his voice suddenly devoid of emotion.

"Di Tian is dead; the first goal has been achieved. However, Huang Tian, I must be honest with you—I don't trust you."

Upon hearing this, Huang Tian's entire body stiffened. Her face was instantly covered in frost, and unmasked fury erupted in her silver slit pupils.

"Qian Xunji! What do you mean by that!" The white dress around Huang Tian fluttered without wind, and the terrifying dragon might of an eight-hundred-thousand-year Dragon Emperor rippled faintly through the room.

"You want to discard me after I've served my purpose? Qian Xunji, do you really think I'm made of clay?"

Qian Xunji turned slowly, meeting the gaze of the enraged Huang Tian without the slightest retreat:

"Don't get excited. I don't trust you simply because you are a Soul Beast. Those who are not of my race will surely have different intentions. In this Surface World filled with traps at every turn, I cannot turn my back on a King of Fierce Beasts who might bite me back at any moment for the sake of her race."