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 Titled Douluo mercilessly slammed into Di Tian!

Rumble—!!!!

A layer of the Lake of Life was directly vaporized by that surge of energy.

Di Tian's proud black dragon body was instantly covered in bone-deep wounds under that inhumane concentrated assault. He crashed to the ground like a rag doll, his life fading like a candle in the wind.

In the distance, Da Ming, the Sky Azure Bull Python who had been cowering in a corner and trembling, was completely stunned by the scene. His bull brain simply could not process what was happening before him: the mighty Beast God Di Tian had actually been stabbed in the back by a fellow clansman who had just appeared, then pinned to the ground and beaten to death by a group of humans?

On the lakebed, Di Tian lay on the verge of death in a pool of blood. He stared fixedly at Huang Tian, who had walked up to him, his voice hoarse as a leaky bellows. "Wh... why... We... came from the same root..."

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

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

"Squelch!"

Huang Tian's right hand suddenly exerted force, and the White Dragon Claw thoroughly crushed Di Tian's last shred of life.

A generation's Beast God had fallen.

"Wait."

Just as Huang Tian was about to try absorbing his bloodline, Qian Xunji suddenly spoke up and stopped her.

Qian Xunji turned his head, his gaze falling darkly upon the Sky Azure Bull Python in the distance, who had been frightened out of his wits and was preparing to quietly slip into the water.

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

"No! Spare me, my lord—!" Da Ming let out a desperate wail and tried to resist.

But before Qian Xunji, a level ninety-nine Eight-Winged Angel who possessed a super-divine artifact, this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, utterly devoid of fighting spirit, was as fragile as a slightly larger grasshopper.

"Too noisy."

Qian Xunji swung the Oath of the Angel in his hand, and a golden sword aura instantly sliced across Da Ming's neck. The massive bull head flew into the air as blood gushed out.

Qian Xunji skillfully opened up Da Ming's corpse and retrieved a right arm bone emitting an azure glow.

"Tsk, tsk. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Azure Bull Python Right Arm Bone. Good stuff." Qian Xunji happily tucked the Spirit Bone away, then swept his sleeve and stored Da Ming's massive corpse in his storage ring as well.

"I should bring some local specialties back to nourish my precious daughter-in-law."

Only after finishing all that did Qian Xunji slowly return to Di Tian's corpse.

Ignoring Huang Tian's ugly expression, he lightly cut open Di Tian's body with the [Oath of the Angel] in his hand.

Buzz—

A torso bone, black as ink throughout and radiating the ultimate laws of darkness and space, slowly floated into the air. Even with its owner dead, this eight-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone still emitted a layer of Soul Power pressure.

Without the slightest courtesy, Qian Xunji placed the Di Tian Torso Bone into his ring. Next, borrowing the Oath of the Angel, he used immense angel power to seal Di Tian's corpse before tossing it into his storage space as well.

"What are you doing?"

Huang Tian finally could not hold back any longer. Intense fury erupted from her silver vertical pupils. She had gone to such lengths, even violating the Dragon Clan's bottom line by stabbing her own kind in the back, all so she could Devour Di Tian. Yet Qian Xunji had not only taken the Spirit Bone, but even stolen the corpse!

"What are you in such a hurry for?" Qian Xunji dusted off his hands and consoled her perfunctorily.

"This is the Surface World. The laws of heaven and earth have always been rejecting us. Di Tian's origin is immensely powerful; you simply do not have the time here to slowly Devour and fuse with it. If we attract the God Realm's attention, none of us will get away with it."

He looked at Huang Tian with a faint smile. "Don't worry. I'll hold onto the corpse for you first. Once we return to the Inner World, back to your territory, I will naturally hand this black loach's entire body over to you. I guarantee you'll be able to enjoy it slowly."

Huang Tian felt as though she were about to explode with rage, her chest heaving violently. She glared fixedly at Qian Xunji's masked face, wishing she could slap him with a claw.

But in the end, she held herself back.

Her gaze swept across the surroundings. Qian Xunji, Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile... Seven fierce and powerful experts were watching her with strange expressions. She knew very well that Qian Xunji had somehow summoned so many human experts into this world. If she turned hostile now, her fate would be no different from Di Tian's on the ground.

"...You had better keep your word." Huang Tian swallowed her rage along with her shattered teeth and forcibly suppressed her anger.

"I, Qian Xunji, have always kept my word." Qian Xunji gave a sinister chuckle, his gaze turning toward the devastated core region of the Star Dou Forest. The night wind of the Star Dou Forest still carried a faint scent of blood.

Qian Xunji turned to look at the Worship Hall elders behind him, who were still in an excited state.

"High Priest, elders, you have worked hard tonight."

"The Star Dou Forest will soon fall into turmoil because of Di Tian's death. It would not be wise for you to remain here. Return to Spirit City and rest first."

Qian Daoliu looked at Qian Xunji, then deeply at Huang Tian beside him, whose expression was complicated. Though he had countless questions in his heart, he knew this was not the time to ask them.

"Alright. Be careful yourself, and don't forget about Xue'er." Qian Daoliu nodded. Then, together with the Super Douluo of the Worship Hall, he transformed into several streaks of light and swiftly vanished beyond the horizon.

Only Qian Xunji and Huang Tian remained in the vast forest clearing.

"Let's go. We should head back as well." Qian Xunji did not linger, taking Huang Tian back to the luxurious hotel suite in Heaven Dou City.

The moment they entered the room, Qian Xunji immediately laid down a golden barrier that blocked all detection.

The atmosphere in the room instantly became somewhat heavy.

Qian Xunji walked to the floor-to-ceiling window with his back to Huang Tian, his voice suddenly devoid of sorrow or joy.

"Di Tian is dead. The first objective has been achieved. But, Huang Tian, I have to be honest with you—I don't trust you."

Huang Tian's entire body suddenly stiffened at his words. Her face was instantly covered in frost, and undisguised fury erupted from her silver vertical pupils.

"Qian Xunji! What do you mean?" The white dress around Huang Tian's body fluttered without wind as the terrifying dragon might belonging to an eight-hundred-thousand-year Dragon Emperor faintly surged through the room.

"You want to kill the donkey after it has finished grinding the mill? Qian Xunji, do you really think I'm made of clay?"

Qian Xunji slowly turned around and met Huang Tian's gaze as she stood on the brink of losing control, showing no sign of retreat.

"Don't get worked up. I don't trust you simply because you are a Soul Beast. Those not of our kind are bound to harbor different intentions. In this perilous Surface World, I cannot hand my back over to the King of Fierce Beasts, who might bite me in return at any time for the sake of her race."