Spirit Kite Douluo spun around. Her pupils shrank to pinpricks.
A gigantic golden chrysanthemum hurtled toward her with thunderous might!
A voluptuous figure stood atop its petals. It was none other than Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan!
"Oh, my god!"
Spirit Kite Douluo's face turned as pale as paper. Her usually cool, beautiful eyes were filled with terror.
As a ninety-third-ranked Titled Douluo, what storms hadn't she weathered?
But the sight before her was simply too shocking, as if a mountain were crashing down on her!
In her desperation, this woman, whose mind usually knew nothing but charging headlong, somehow got her long-rusted CPU running.
"You go left, I'll go right!"
She screamed at the top of her lungs, her voice cracking.
Chrysanthemum Douluo sensed something was off, but instinctively did as she said, desperately veering to the left.
Spirit Kite Douluo clutched her bags and dodged to the right.
But...
They were facing each other. Wasn't Chrysanthemum Douluo's left Spirit Kite Douluo's right?
"Boom!"
The two collided with a thunderous crash!
Spirit Kite Douluo flew backward like a cannonball, tracing a graceful arc through the air.
The shopping bags in her hands burst open. Fine clothes, jewelry, and cosmetics scattered in every direction like flowers raining down from the heavens.
"Thud!"
Spirit Kite Douluo slammed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The expensive silk was torn to shreds, the precious jade jewelry smashed to pieces, and the imported perfume bottles lay shattered across the ground.
"My treasures!"
Spirit Kite Douluo ignored her pain as she looked at the "corpses" scattered everywhere, her heart aching as if it had been cut with a knife.
Two bright red streams of blood flowed from her nostrils, drawing vivid lines down her delicate face.
Trembling, she picked up a mostly intact scarf, tore it, and stuffed the strips into her bleeding nostrils.
Then she leaped to her feet and lunged at Chrysanthemum Douluo like a deranged female leopard.
"Yue Guan! You sick pervert!"
"Pay for my clothes! Pay for my jewelry!"
"Do you know how much all this stuff costs?!"
She cried as she kicked and punched Chrysanthemum Douluo. It was a truly miserable sight.
Chrysanthemum Douluo was about to apologize. After all, he'd damaged her belongings, and he did feel bad about it.
But then his eyes lit up as he realized she was a Titled Douluo too!
"Right! She's another leek!"
Ghost Leopard had gotten away, but now he had Spirit Kite. No loss!
Noticing Chrysanthemum Douluo's sudden, excited look, Spirit Kite Douluo instantly went on guard.
That look... why did it feel like he'd spotted his prey?
Terrifying!
She instinctively took two steps back, no longer daring to press him.
"You... What are you going to do?"
Spirit Kite Douluo's voice trembled. Chrysanthemum Douluo's gaze felt far too dangerous.
Chrysanthemum Douluo, meanwhile, was so excited his eyes were shining. A strange smile crept across his alluring face.
"Ling Yuan, don't be afraid! Just come with me!"
He rubbed his hands together, looking as if he'd just laid eyes on some priceless treasure.
"I guarantee you'll experience a kind of happiness you've never known before!"
To Spirit Kite Douluo, those words sounded more terrifying than a demon's whisper.
She broke out in goosebumps and instinctively took two steps back.
"Yue Guan, calm down!"
Spirit Kite Douluo's voice trembled. The Chrysanthemum Douluo before her seemed like a completely different person.
"We can talk this out. Don't look at me like that!"
But Chrysanthemum Douluo wasn't listening anymore.
His mind was filled with Senior Lin's words: experience life in the mortal world.
Senior Lin needed more guests!
And Spirit Kite Douluo was the perfect leek... No, the most esteemed guest!
"Enough talk!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes narrowed, and he vanished from the spot.
Alarm bells rang in Spirit Kite Douluo's mind!
She tried to retreat, but Chrysanthemum Douluo was far too close.
Worse still, there were two full ranks between their levels of strength!
Chrysanthemum Douluo flickered into view like a ghost and subdued her with a textbook grappling hold.
"Yue Guan! Have you gone mad?!"
Spirit Kite Douluo struggled in terror, but she couldn't break free of his iron-clamp grip.
"I was wrong! I really was!"
Her voice shook with fear.
At that moment, those expensive clothes and jewels seemed utterly insignificant.
"I don't need you to pay for anything! Please, let me go!"
But Chrysanthemum Douluo remained unmoved.
A fervent light gleamed in his eyes.
It was absolute loyalty to Senior Lin!
He had to bring Spirit Kite to Maple Dye Pavilion!
It was all so Senior Lin could experience a richer life in the mortal world!
This was a sacred mission!
"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."
Chrysanthemum Douluo's voice was unusually gentle, but he didn't loosen his grip one bit.
A pang of guilt welled up inside him, but his sense of duty quickly smothered it.
"I'm just taking you somewhere. I guarantee you'll thank me."
As he spoke, he grabbed Spirit Kite Douluo by the arm.
He dragged her toward Maple Dye Pavilion at a rapid pace.
"Move!"
Spirit Kite Douluo looked desperately at the passersby.
Seeing that it was a "private dispute" between two Titled Douluos, they all kept their distance.
No one dared to interfere in a matter between two Titled Douluos.
Let alone when they were both elders of Spirit Hall!
"No! I'm not going!"
Spirit Kite Douluo struggled with all her might, her beautiful face twisted with fear.
But against such overwhelming strength, her resistance was utterly futile.
Seeing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo steeled himself.
There was no time to lose!
Senior Lin was waiting for his guest!
He summoned the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and flew off with her standing on it.
Their figures vanished from the street in an instant.
All that remained was a street littered with the wreckage of shopping bags.
And the shocked chatter of the passersby.
"Was that Elder Ju just now?"
"Looked like it. Who was that woman with him?"
"No idea, but she looked miserable..."
"What's Elder Ju planning to do?"
Meanwhile, Spirit Kite Douluo was being forcibly carried by Chrysanthemum Douluo as they raced between the buildings.
The wind howled past her ears.
Her heart was filled with fear and despair.
Was she really going to fall into the hands of this pervert today?
Elsewhere, Demon Bear Douluo had already arrived at the entrance to Maple Dye Pavilion, led there by Ghost Douluo.
Before he even entered, Demon Bear Douluo was stunned by the restaurant's exterior.
The place was as plain as could be, nothing like the grand restaurants elsewhere in Spirit City.
Was this the mysterious restaurant Old Ghost had told him about?
Demon Bear Douluo felt his nerves tighten.
"Old Ghost, are you sure this is the right place?"
Demon Bear Douluo asked in a low, cautious voice.
"This dump doesn't even look like it has a proper chef."
Ghost Douluo glared at him.
"What the hell do you know!"
"The more unremarkable a place seems, the greater the opportunities it hides!"
"When you meet Senior Lin, you'd better behave yourself!"
With that, Ghost Douluo pushed open the restaurant door.