Dai Mubai Teases Xun'er, Stealing Her Away!

Di Tian's thoughts stirred, and his figure surged out of the stables, arriving in an open expanse of void outside the camp.

"ROAR!!!"

A dragon's roar resounded across the heavens and earth.

BOOM!

Black mist churned, and silver light exploded!

A terrifying behemoth, a thousand zhang in size, spanned across the void!

This was no longer the bloated, pot-bellied black dragon from the Douluo Continent.

The current Di Tian possessed a slender, powerful body, as if cast from steel.

His entire frame was covered in a layer of thick, obsidian-like crystalline dragon scales, the edges of each scale shimmering with sharp silver light, as if pieced together from countless spatial blades!

On his back, the bat-like wings were gone, replaced by three pairs of massive wings of light!

Those wings were not physical entities but were condensed from pure void storms; with every slight flap, the surrounding space rippled and shattered like water!

His four dragon claws had transformed into terrifying purple-gold hooks, wreathed in black lightning of destruction!

Most striking of all was the single horn atop his head.

It was a spiral-shaped silver horn that pierced the sky, its tip flickering with a heart-stopping black light—the prototype of a miniature black hole!

Void Devouring Demon Dragon!

This was a brand-new species, born from the fusion of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King's foundation and the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon!

"Is this... who I am now?"

Di Tian lowered his head, looking at his body, which was filled with the aesthetic of destruction, and at the claws that could easily tear through space.

He suddenly thought of the Dragon God, who was still on the Douluo Continent, struggling and waiting to be resurrected.

If the Dragon God of the past was a dragon that commanded the elements, then the current Di Tian was a demon god that roamed the gaps between dimensions, devouring space itself!

"Dragon God?"

A trace of disdain flashed through Di Tian's massive demonic eyes, and his enormous dragon maw split open, revealing a mouthful of jagged, saw-like fangs: "If that old fellow were to resurrect now and stand before me—"

"The Void Collapse Light shot from this single horn of mine should be able to turn him into a sieve, right?"

"What Nine Great Dragon Kings, what God Realm Committee."

"In the face of spatial laws, they are all just sitting ducks!"

SWISH!

The storm wings on Di Tian's back gave a violent flap.

HUM!

There was no sound of rushing wind.

Because the moment he moved, he had already traversed space!

The next second, he appeared directly beside an abandoned meteorite a thousand miles away.

"SHATTER!"

Di Tian merely flicked his long dragon tail.

SNAP!

The mountain-sized meteorite didn't even make a sound; it was instantly annihilated into nothingness—not shattered, but annihilated!

It had been completely erased by the power of space!

"HAHAHAHA!!"

Di Tian laughed wildly in the void, his laughter causing the surrounding space to tremble.

He finally understood why the Ancient Void Dragon clan looked down upon all other living beings.

Once you master this kind of power, everyone else looks like a two-dimensional drawing on paper!

"Mistress Gu Yuena—"

Di Tian reined in his laughter, his gaze piercing through the endless void as if looking toward that distant, low-dimensional Douluo Planet: "You just stay put at the bottom of that well."

"This subordinate is not going back."

"The fodder here is too fragrant, and the scraps here are too nourishing."

"This subordinate intends to stay here and become a demon dragon that truly soars through the nine heavens!"

Douluo Continent, Star Dou Forest.

CLATTER.

The Silver Dragon Spear in Gu Yuena's hand fell to the ground.

She watched the terrifying Void Devouring Demon Dragon in the light screen, a creature spanning the starry sky that annihilated meteorites with a casual flick, and felt a supreme pressure that froze her blood even through the screen.

She knew that the Di Tian who once obeyed her every command was gone forever.

The Di Tian of now was an existence she had to look up to.

If he so desired, he could slaughter the entire Dragon Race single-handedly!

"Evolution... is this what evolution truly is?"

Gu Yuena let out a bitter laugh, the last glimmer of light in her eyes extinguishing.

The glory of the Dragon God?

In front of the Void Devouring Demon Dragon, it was nothing but a joke.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

In the Battle Qi Continent, above the Xiao Clan's Martial Arts Arena in Wutan City.

"Whoosh!!"

A gale whistled past, whipping up dust from the ground.

Every member of the Xiao Clan, including the servants cleaning the grounds, stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky with faces full of awe.

High in the azure firmament, a black silhouette was darting through the clouds like black lightning—it was Zhu Zhuqing!

She had long since shed the somewhat thin bodysuit she wore upon her arrival, replacing it with a set of Shadow Flow Light Armor custom-made by the Xiao Clan.

The armor was matte black, perfectly contouring her explosive figure.

Third-order wind-attribute magic cores were embedded at the joints, shimmering with a mysterious luster under the sunlight.

What was most shocking, however, were the two-meter-wide purple wings on her back!

That was neither a Martial Soul Avatar nor a spirit bone skill.

It was the Profound-tier high-grade flight Dou Technique that Xiao Yan had just bestowed upon her: the Purple Cloud Wings!

"Is this what it feels like to fly?"

Zhu Zhuqing hovered a thousand meters in the air, listening to the sound of the wind rushing past her ears.

She looked down at Wutan City below, watching the Xiao Mansion—a place she once thought was impossibly grand—shrink until it looked as small as a chessboard.

In the Douluo Continent, only Titled Douluos or spirit masters with rare flying Martial Souls could fly.

As an agility-attack spirit master, she had originally been confined to the ground.

But now!

She had been at the Xiao Clan for less than half a month!

By merely cultivating Battle Qi and integrating this Dou Technique, she had broken the iron laws of the Douluo Continent and truly claimed dominion over the sky!

"Nether Ghost Shadow Steps, Instant Kill!"

With a thought, Zhu Zhuqing flapped her Purple Cloud Wings violently!

Boom!

A sonic boom erupted!

Her figure vanished from the spot instantly, and the next second, she appeared directly in front of a stone peak a thousand meters away!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The pair of third-order magic core claws in her hands danced, leaving behind countless afterimages.

There were no flashy spirit skill effects, only pure speed and power!

Crack!!

The stone peak, dozens of meters high, was sliced into hundreds of fragments in an instant and collapsed with a roar!

"So strong..."

Zhu Zhuqing landed on the ground, looking at her own hands with eyes full of ecstasy.

Although she was only a five-star Da Dou Shi by the standards of the Battle Qi Continent, with this equipment, the flight Dou Technique, and the Nether Ghost Shadow Steps, she was confident she could kill any Spirit Saint from the Douluo Continent in an instant!

She could even take on a newly advanced Spirit Douluo!

"Well done."

At this moment, Xiao Yan walked over slowly with his hands in his pockets. He looked at the pile of rubble and nodded in satisfaction. "It seems these Purple Cloud Wings suit you very well."

"From today on, you are officially promoted to Deputy Commander of the Xiao Clan's Shadow Guard."

"Your monthly salary will be doubled, and you will have all the medicinal pills you need."

"Also, there is no need to call me Young Master anymore. Just call me Boss."

Deputy Commander?!

Zhu Zhuqing's entire body trembled.

The Shadow Guard was the core fighting force the Xiao Clan had only recently established!

How could she, an outsider, possibly attain the position of Deputy Commander?

"Yes! My Lord!!"

Zhu Zhuqing knelt on one knee, her voice ringing out with strength and clarity, her eyes filled with the resolute determination of one willing to die for a master who truly understood her.

Here, she was no one's fiancée, nor was she a tool for political marriage.

She was Zhu Zhuqing!

She was the Deputy Commander of the Shadow Guard, who had earned respect through her own strength!

Meanwhile, outside the gates of the Xiao Mansion, beside the iron cage.

Dai Mubai gripped the bars with both hands, staring fixedly at the scene of Zhu Zhuqing soaring through the sky just moments ago.

He had seen the wings on her back.

He had seen the terrifying combat power that shattered a stone peak with a single blow.

And he had seen the look of admiration Xiao Yan had shown her, as well as the way she knelt before Xiao Yan, looking perfectly willing and content.

"Heh, hehehe—"

Dai Mubai suddenly began to laugh.

The laughter was hoarse, grating, and filled with malice.

He, who had been wagging his tail and begging for a scrap of a useless pill just moments ago, now wore an expression of sickening, twisted enlightenment.

"She flew, she flew away—"

"She became a Deputy Commander, someone above the masses."

"She is no longer my Zhuqing—"

Dai Mubai released his grip on the bars and slumped onto the pile of foul-smelling straw, his eyes turning icy and cold. "If that's the case, then I don't want her anymore!"

"So much for being pure and chaste; in front of that Xiao Yan, isn't she just acting like a servant?"

"For all I know, she's already been ruined by that Xiao Yan!"

An extreme sense of inferiority transformed into extreme malice.

He began to frantically disparage Zhu Zhuqing in his heart, as if only by painting her as a discarded toy could he mask his own current wretchedness and incompetence.

"Pah! You slut!"

Dai Mubai spat fiercely in the direction Zhu Zhuqing had departed. "I am the Evil-Eyed White Tiger! I am a Prince of Star Luo!"

"Since you don't know what's good for you, I'll just find another target!"

"Once I turn my fortunes around, I will definitely drag you back, break those wings of yours, and make you kneel on the ground to lick my toes!!"

Just as Dai Mubai was lost in his perverse, depraved fantasies.

Tap, tap, tap.

A light, elegant sound of footsteps, as if treading upon the very tips of one's heart, drifted out from within the Xiao Mansion gates.

Dai Mubai instinctively looked up.

The next second.

His murky, heterochromatic eyes widened violently!

It was as if he had been struck by a binding spell; even his breathing came to a complete halt!

From within the gates, a young girl in a pale green dress walked out slowly.

She appeared to be no more than fifteen or sixteen, yet her temperament was cold, noble, mysterious, and ethereal.

She was like a Green Lotus standing alone in the world, untouched by a single speck of dust.

Those features, perfect to the point of flawlessness; that hair, cascading like a waterfall; those eyes, clear as autumn water and seemingly containing golden flames—

Compared to her, Zhu Zhuqing's fiery figure seemed vulgar.

Ning Rongrong's girl-next-door charm seemed petty.

Even the so-called number one beauty of the continent, Bibi Dong, seemed far too worldly and tainted in the presence of this young girl!

Xun Er!

She had come out to look for Brother Xiao Yan.

Xun Er paid no mind to the dog in the cage by the gate; her gaze remained fixed in the direction of the Martial Arts Arena, a gentle, soft smile playing on her lips.

Gulp—

Dai Mubai swallowed hard.

At that moment, he felt as if his heart had been ruthlessly gripped by an invisible hand!

"A masterpiece, this is a true masterpiece!!"

The malice in Dai Mubai's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by a greed intense enough to incinerate his reason!

"This temperament, this appearance—"

"If Zhu Zhuqing is a wild cat of the mortal realm, then this girl is a goddess from the heavens!!"

"And judging by her attire, her status in the Xiao Clan must be incredibly high! Perhaps even higher than that Xiao Yan!"

A thought, extremely insane and death-defying, suddenly popped into Dai Mubai's mind: "If, if I can win this girl over—"

"With the charm of my Evil-Eyed White Tiger, with my wealth of experience in seducing women—"

"As long as I can coax her and make her fall in love with me."

"Wouldn't I be able to turn my life around?!"

"When that time comes, Xiao Yan will be nothing! Zhu Zhuqing will be nothing!"

"The entire Xiao Clan will be mine!!"

In this foul-smelling iron cage, beneath this wretched, inhuman shell.

The confidence of the Star Luo playboy within Dai Mubai had strangely, eerily revived!

He even forgot that he was currently eating filth!

He even forgot that his face was covered in grime!

He straightened his tattered rags, shook his golden hair matted with dog excrement, and, believing he was flashing a devilishly charming smile, let out the most suicidal voice imaginable toward the passing Xun Er: "Hey, beautiful lady—"

"Could you stop for a moment?"

"Don't you feel that there is a fated connection between you and me?"

"I am a fallen prince from a foreign royal family; might I ask you to listen to my story?"

The air suddenly went silent.

Xun Er, who had been on her way to the Martial Arts Arena, paused slightly.

She slowly turned her head, her eyes—originally as gentle as water—instantly turning cold as she looked at the man in the cage who reeked of filth, possessed a lecherous gaze, and was posturing before her.

Two tiny golden flames flickered quietly in the depths of her eyes.

At the same time, on the Douluo Continent.

The Star Luo Emperor: "It's over—"

Qian Daoliu: "This idiot—"

--

Tang San: "Boss Dai—you are stroking the tiger's backside here—"

Everyone could see it.

That girl in green, though she appeared harmless, emitted an aura far more terrifying than that of Xiao Yan.

Dai Mubai had truly reached the end of his road this time.

He wasn't flirting with a girl.

He was flirting with the Grim Reaper!

At the same time, in the Battle Through the Heavens Plane.

Outside the gates of the Xiao Clan.

The air seemed to freeze.

Dai Mubai's filthy hand was still stretched out past the bars, his face wearing a smile he thought was charming but was actually incredibly greasy:

--

"Beautiful lady, I am Dai Mubai. Although I am currently imprisoned, my Martial Soul is the top-tier Evil-Eyed White Tiger, and my sincerity is even—"

"Elder Ling."

Suddenly, a voice as cold as ten-thousand-year-old glacial spring water interrupted Dai Mubai's incessant chatter.

Xun Er didn't even look at him directly; she merely tilted her head slightly and called out calmly toward the empty space beside her.

Hum!

In the shadows that had been empty just a moment ago, the space suddenly rippled in a bizarre fashion.

An old man clad in black robes, his aura cold and profound, emerged slowly like a ghost.

His murky old eyes were currently flashing with undisguised killing intent as he stared fixedly at Dai Mubai in the cage.

Ancient Clan guard, Ling Ying.

"My Lady."

Ling Ying bowed slightly, his voice raspy and cold. "This ant, ignorant of life and death, dares to profane you with such filthy eyes."

"I shall slaughter him this instant and gouge out his eyeballs to feed the dogs."

Dou Emperor's Pressure!

Boom!

As Ling Ying's words fell, a terrifying aura belonging to a Dou Emperor descended like a massive mountain, instantly crushing down upon the iron cage!

"Pfft!!"

Dai Mubai didn't even have a chance to react before his entire body was slammed down, face-first, into the pile of excrement!