"Dou----Dou Emperor?!"
Dai Mubai was so terrified that his heart and gall nearly burst. The confidence and lust he'd felt just moments ago vanished in an instant.
A bodyguard of Dou Emperor rank?!
Who on earth was this young woman in blue?
She only seemed a little prettier and a little more graceful than most. How could an ordinary guard by her side be such a powerful expert?
Was there any justice in this?!
"No, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding----"
Dai Mubai lay in the pile of shit, struggling to raise his head as he tried to explain.
After being in this world for so long, he'd realized that if he dropped to his knees whenever he was in danger, he might still have a chance of surviving.
But if he acted as arrogantly as he had back in Douluo Continent, he'd be courting death.
The thought made him grovel even more.
"I'm a prince of the Star Luo Imperial Family. I only wanted to express my admiration----"
"Admiration?"
Xiao Xun'er finally turned around.
She looked down at Dai Mubai. Her exquisite face was utterly expressionless, as if she were gazing at a pile of irredeemable trash.
"That isn't admiration."
"Your eyes are filled with a nauseating possessiveness, a filthy animal nature."
Xiao Xun'er slowly raised a slender finger. A wisp of golden flame danced quietly at its tip.
The flame seemed faint, but the instant it appeared, the surrounding space warped and twisted as if it were being scorched!
The temperature at the entrance to the Xiao Clan suddenly soared, as though a sun had fallen from the heavens!
The fourth-ranked Heavenly Flame, Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame!
"Since your eyes are so filthy, there's no point in keeping them."
"And your tongue is far too noisy."
"As punishment for offending me----"
Xiao Xun'er flicked her finger.
Whoosh!
The wisp of golden flame instantly split into two tiny streaks of light. They passed through the iron cage without hindrance and shot with pinpoint accuracy into Dai Mubai's eyes!
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
The next second, a scream a hundred times more agonizing than a pig being slaughtered rang across all of Wutan City!
"My eyes!"
"My eyes are on fire!"
"It burns! It burns so much!!"
Dai Mubai clutched his eyes with both hands and rolled frantically around inside the cage.
That wasn't an ordinary flame!
The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame didn't burn away his eyelids. It drilled straight into his eyeballs and scorched its way along his optic nerves.
But the flame was carefully controlled so it wouldn't kill him outright.
After all, killing him would have been far too easy.
Sizzle, sizzle!
Two trails of bloody tears mixed with golden flames seeped through the gaps between his fingers.
His famously Evil-Eyed White Tiger eyes were reduced to ash in an instant by the Heavenly Flame!
Evil-Eyed White Tiger?
From now on, he was nothing but a blind, sickly cat!
But that wasn't all!
The Heavenly Flame traveled down his meridians and burrowed into his mouth.
"Mmph! Mmmph!!"
Dai Mubai's screams cut off abruptly, turning into muffled whimpers.
The terrifying heat instantly carbonized and shattered his tongue!
Blind!
Tongueless!
All because he'd looked at Xiao Xun'er a little too long and spouted a few too many lewd words.
The pride of Douluo Continent had been reduced to a cripple!
"Elder Ling, let's go."
Having finished, Xiao Xun'er's expression didn't change in the slightest. She didn't even look at Dai Mubai again.
She took out a pristine white handkerchief and gently wiped the finger she'd used to release the flame. Then she tossed it into the wind, as if it had touched something filthy.
"Brother Xiao Yan is waiting for me at the Martial Arts Arena."
At the mention of Xiao Yan, the frost on her face melted away at once. She became the same sweet and gentle girl next door, then walked lightly through the gate.
Behind her, Dai Mubai writhed in agony inside the cage, now blind and mute.
Douluo Continent, the imperial palace of the Star Luo Empire.
"No!!!"
Watching his son's eyes bleed and his tongue lie severed in the projection, the Star Luo Emperor let out a despairing roar.
"Those were the Evil-Eyed White Tiger eyes our Dai Family was so proud of!!"
"Burned away just like that?"
"Who is that girl?!"
"A single spark was enough to cripple Mubai?!"
Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.
Ma Hongjun covered his eyes, shuddering as if he could feel the pain himself. "That's too cruel. That's way too cruel."
"Boss Dai only, only tried to strike up a conversation----"
"And he got his eyes burned out and his tongue burned off for it?"
Oscar, standing nearby, was pale too. He murmured, "Fatty, don't you get it?"
"In that world, the weak don't even have the right to flirt."
"Boss Dai thought he was a lady-killer, but in that girl's eyes, he was just a toad wallowing in shit and trying to harass a swan."
"Such desecration is a death sentence."
Tang San stared fixedly at Xiao Xun'er's departing figure. Even his Purple Demon Eye felt a stabbing pain. "That golden flame..."
"It's countless times stronger than Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Flame. It's even more terrifying than Ultimate Fire."
"That girl's status must be more exalted than Xiao Yan's!"
"Dai Mubai, you really were blind!"
Battle Through the Heavens Plane, Wutan City, outside the Xiao Clan's main gate.
"What did you say?"
Xiao Yan stood on the steps, playing with a ball of green flame in his hand. In an instant, his eyes turned colder than ten-thousand-year-old ice.
Beside him, Ling Ying had just appeared. He lowered his head respectfully, his voice icy. "Young Master Xiao, the young lady passed by the gate just now. That good-for-nothing in the cage dared to harass her."
"He said he and the young lady were bound by fate, and even claimed to be some sort of prince. His gaze was extremely lecherous."
Boom!
The Green Lotus Core Flame in Xiao Yan's hand surged three feet into the air!
The surrounding temperature plunged. A suffocating killing intent burst from Xiao Yan, and even the stone lions beside him cracked under the pressure.
"Good."
"Very good."
Xiao Yan laughed in his fury, his smile so radiant it made one's blood run cold. "A toad that can only wallow in shit actually dared to set his sights on my Xun'er?"
"Looks like merely burning out his eyes and burning off his tongue was far too kind."
"Since he's so eager for fate, so eager for love----"
Xiao Yan took a crimson medicinal cauldron from his Storage Ring and slammed it onto the ground. "Then I'll grant his wish!"
"As it happens, I recently came across an interesting folk recipe in an ancient text. I haven't tested its effects yet."
With that, Xiao Yan immediately began refining a pill. It was ready in no time, and he carefully put it away.
Ten minutes later.
A strange, sweet scent spread through the air outside the Xiao Clan's gate.
A pink mist wafted about, sickly sweet and pungent. Even breathing in the tiniest bit made one feel feverish, with blood surging through one's veins.
"Rise!"
Xiao Yan slapped the medicinal cauldron.
A pink pill, its surface covered in sinister blood-red veins, shot out and landed in Xiao Yan's hand.
Fourth-grade pill, Ten Thousand Beast Joyous Union Pill (Enhanced Version)!
"This is the good stuff."
Xiao Yan held the pill and walked over to the iron cage.
Dai Mubai's eyes were now two charred, bloody holes. Blood still trickled from his mouth, and he huddled trembling in a corner, overcome by pain and fear.
"Prince Dai, I hear you're quite the ladies' man?"
Xiao Yan's voice rang out like a devil's. "Weren't you known as the Evil-Eyed White Tiger in that world, with countless women under your belt?"
"Since you're so lonely that you have to flirt with every girl who passes by----"
"Then as your host, how could I not arrange a companion for you?"
Clap!
Xiao Yan snapped his fingers.
Several Xiao Clan guards came huffing and puffing as they carried over a huge iron cage.
Inside was a Tier 2 Magical Beast weighing a full five hundred pounds. Black hair covered its body, and it reeked horribly: an Iron-Skinned Bristle Boar!
This boar usually handled the Xiao Clan's kitchen slop. It was bad-tempered and immensely strong.
Then Xiao Yan sneered and flicked his finger.
Whoosh!
The pink Ten Thousand Beast Joyous Union Pill shot straight into the sow's mouth!
"Grunt, grunt, grunt."
Only three seconds after swallowing the pill, the Iron-Skinned Bristle Boar, which had been sleeping moments before, suddenly leapt to its feet!
Even Fourth-Order Magical Beasts couldn't withstand this potent drug. Used on a Tier 2 boar, its effects were practically nuclear!
"Put it in."
Xiao Yan pointed at Dai Mubai's cage and gave the order coolly.
"Yes!!"
And so, the guards opened the cage and let the pig in.
Outside the cage.
Xiao Yan stood with his hands behind his back, watching coldly.
"Tsk, tsk, Prince Dai, you're a lucky man."
"Enjoy yourself."
She felt not the slightest sympathy.
She only watched Dai Mubai coldly, then suddenly spoke.
"Should I add a little more?"
Xiao Yan looked at Zhu Zhuqing in surprise, then burst into laughter. "Hahahaha! Good!"
"No wonder I picked you to be my deputy commander! You've got a cruel streak! I like it!"
"Approved! Go add more!"
"Roar!!!"
Meanwhile, on Douluo Continent.
At Shrek Academy.
"Ugh!!"
Liu Erlong turned away on the spot, unable to watch any longer.
Tang San, beside her, looked sickened too. He turned his head away from the projection, unwilling to keep watching. He also thought this world was far too terrifying.
"Xiao Yan is a devil through and through!"
Tang San trembled all over. "If I fell into his hands, would he----"
He didn't dare finish the thought.
The imperial palace of the Star Luo Empire.
At that very moment, the Star Luo Emperor couldn't bear to watch any longer. He knocked himself unconscious.
The members of the Imperial Family watched their prince on the projection and couldn't bear to look any further either.
All they knew was that the Star Luo Imperial Family had lost every last shred of face!
They'd lost it all the way at their grandmother's house.
Battle Through the Heavens Plane, outside the Xiao Clan's main gate.
"Boring."
He turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing, whose expression was cold, though delight danced deep in her eyes. A playful smile tugged at his lips. "Deputy commander."
"This guy was your old flame, after all, and the source of your inner demons.
"I'll leave the rest to you."
"Whether you kill him, torture him, or add a little more to the mix, it's up to you."
With that, Xiao Yan turned around, put an arm around Xun'er, who had just come out, and walked through the gates of Xiao Mansion without looking back. He left them with one breezy remark: "Don't get the ground by the entrance dirty. Remember to wash it down when you're done."
"We respectfully see you off, Boss!"
Zhu Zhuqing bowed respectfully.
After Xiao Yan disappeared from view, she slowly turned around. Her violet eyes looked down at Dai Mubai.
By now, he had lost every last shred of a prince's dignity.
Hearing footsteps, he keenly sensed that they belonged to Zhu Zhuqing.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Dai Mubai desperately slammed his head against the floor of the iron cage, frantically kowtowing in Zhu Zhuqing's direction!
He wanted to beg for mercy!
He wanted to say, "Zhuqing—for old times' sake, just give me a quick death!"
He wanted to say, "I was wrong. I really was wrong!"
But the only answer was Zhu Zhuqing's voice, colder than ice. "Old times?"
Zhu Zhuqing walked up to the cage, her slender fingers lightly tracing the cold iron bars. "Dai Mubai, the way you're wagging your tail and begging for mercy now, you look just like a stray dog whose backbone's been broken."
"Wha—"
Dai Mubai shook his head frantically, tears, snot, and blood mingling together. He looked utterly wretched.
"Oh, I nearly forgot."
Zhu Zhuqing seemed to remember something. The corner of her mouth suddenly curled into an intensely scornful smile. "You, Young Master Dai, had quite the distinctive taste back at the Rose Hotel in Suotuo City."
A terrible premonition shot straight through his mind!
"Since we're old acquaintances, I can't leave you with any regrets."
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