Ghost Leopard Douluo: Brother, I really want to improve!

Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo also noticed the drastic shift in Ghost Leopard Douluo's expression.

The two exchanged a sinister glance.

This pair of wicked souls completed a telepathic exchange in an instant, simultaneously releasing their grip on Ghost Leopard Douluo.

Ghost Leopard Douluo stumbled, nearly landing flat on his backside.

But he had no mind to care about such things.

Because the words Ghost Douluo spoke next made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Ghost Douluo let out a faint sigh, his voice filled with hypocritical regret.

"Very well."

"Since Elder Ghost Leopard is so resistant to this heaven-sent opportunity, it would not be right for us... to force the issue."

Ghost Leopard: ?

Chrysanthemum Douluo curled his pinky finger and covered his mouth with a feigned, helpless giggle.

"Indeed. Just look at the determination he showed yesterday."

"To escape from my grasp, he even unleashed his Avatar of the Martial Soul."

"We really shouldn't force such a man of principle."

Ghost Leopard: ??

Spirit Kite Douluo's eyes darted around, and she instantly caught on. She waved her hand to disperse the Divine Flame at her fingertips and took up the conversation with a beaming smile.

"In that case, let's just go as we did yesterday. There is no need to make things difficult for Elder Ghost Leopard."

Ghost Leopard: ???

In the end, Ghost Leopard Douluo could only cast his final, hopeful gaze in desperation toward Demon Bear Douluo, who appeared to be the most honest of the lot.

However, Demon Bear Douluo clearly still remembered Ghost Leopard calling him a fool earlier, and he simply turned his massive bear-like head to the side.

"Why are you looking at me?"

"I'm going to go get some food!"

At that moment, the final string of reason in Ghost Leopard Douluo's heart snapped completely.

And so.

Under the ghost-like stares of countless residents of Spirit City.

This ninety-fourth-level Titled Douluo, renowned across the continent for his speed, suddenly lunged forward, grabbed Chrysanthemum Douluo's leg in public, and let out an earth-shattering, miserable wail!

"Brother!!"

"My dear brother! I was wrong! I was truly wrong!"

Ghost Leopard Douluo was a mess of snot and tears, burying his entire face into Chrysanthemum Douluo's luxurious robes, his voice filled with endless remorse.

"I didn't believe your words yesterday; I'm not even human! I'm the biggest fool in the world! I'm the greatest idiot the Douluo Continent has seen in ten thousand years!"

"Beat me now! Beat me hard to vent your anger! I promise I won't dodge a single blow!"

"I beg you! Brother Chrysanthemum! Take me with you!"

Seeing Ghost Leopard Douluo lose all his dignity and weep so heart-wrenchingly, a look of ultimate, vengeful satisfaction finally appeared on Chrysanthemum Douluo's enchanting face.

"Oh my~"

He drawled, glancing down condescendingly at the attachment clinging to his leg.

"Not running anymore?"

At these words, Ghost Leopard Douluo shook his head like a rattle-drum.

"I won't run! I won't run even if I die! From now on, you are my own brother! I will do whatever you say!"

"Brother, I beg you, just take me along to see the world."

His voice was choked with sobs, filled with endless humility.

"I... I want to improve so badly!"

Just then, a middle-aged man with an aura as steady as a mountain arrived at their side, accompanied by Hu Liena and Xie Yue.

"Why aren't you all at the senior's shop for a meal? What are you gathered here for?"

The man was none other than Tuoba Xi.

His gaze swept over the group and finally landed on Ghost Leopard, who was in an extremely indecent posture, his brow furrowing slightly.

"And Elder Ghost Leopard, why are you hugging Elder Chrysanthemum's leg?"

Hearing that familiar voice, Ghost Leopard Douluo instinctively looked up.

"It's Elder Tuo..."

But before the word "Elder" could leave his lips, his voice stuck in his throat. His eyes went wide, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets!

Because at this moment, not only did Tuoba Xi look at least three years younger than he had yesterday, but the vast dragon might radiating from his body was making his own Ghost Leopard Martial Soul tremble and whimper in the depths of his soul!

Ghost Leopard Douluo tremblingly extended a finger, pointing at Tuoba Xi, his voice cracking out of tune.

"You... don't tell me that you, too... obtained that heaven-sent opportunity yesterday?!"

Hearing this, a look of fanatical, extreme devotion instantly appeared on Tuoba Xi's dignified face.

"An opportunity?"

He shook his head, his voice solemn, as if he were proclaiming a divine oracle.

"What the Senior bestowed upon me—how could the word 'opportunity' possibly encompass it?"

"That was a grace akin to a rebirth!"

BOOM!!!

Ghost Leopard Douluo instantly turned to stone.

His mind went blank, leaving only one thought echoing wildly.

So... in the entire Elder Council, besides me, the self-proclaimed clever idiot, everyone else obtained an unimaginable fortune?!

Just as his worldview collapsed, Tuoba Xi recovered from his awe of Lin Feng. Looking at the dazed Ghost Leopard Douluo, he drove the purest and most cruel blade into his already riddled heart.

"Come to think of it, Elder Ghost Leopard, why didn't I see you at the Senior's shop yesterday?"

"Could it be..."

"That you aren't interested in such a heaven-defying fortune?"

At these words, Ghost Leopard Douluo's world let out a crisp "crack."

Then, it shattered completely into dust.

"Heh... heh..."

A strange, wheezing sound like a leaking bellows escaped his throat.

He laughed.

His smile was uglier than crying.

As he laughed, two lines of scalding tears, filled with endless regret and shame, uncontrollably gushed from his wide, staring leopard eyes.

SMACK!

An incredibly crisp and loud slap rang out without warning!

Ghost Leopard Douluo suddenly raised his hand and struck his own face hard!

The force was so great that a clear five-fingered print appeared!

"I'll teach you to run!"

SMACK!

Another slap!

"I'll teach you to be clever!"

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

He acted like a madman, swinging left and right, each slap heavier and louder than the last, as if that face didn't belong to him.

Tuoba Xi was the first to react and hurriedly stepped forward to restrain him.

"Leopard! Forget it, let it go!"

He grabbed Ghost Leopard Douluo's wrist, which was still swinging toward his own face, his voice tinged with helplessness.

The others also rushed forward to prevent Ghost Leopard Douluo from truly slapping himself into a pig's head.

Chrysanthemum Douluo even took his precious "Yue Guan's Sigh" and carefully wiped the crisscrossing snot and tears from Ghost Leopard Douluo's face, saying anxiously:

"Look at you, we were just joking, why are you getting so worked up?"

"WAAAAH--!"

A wail, even more shrill and remorseful than before, soared into the sky.

Ghost Leopard Douluo went limp, clutching Chrysanthemum Douluo tightly, crying like a three-hundred-pound child.

"Brother! Brother Chrysanthemum! I'm not worked up! I'm full of regret!"

Snot and tears streaming down his face, he buried his head in Chrysanthemum Douluo's shoulder, his voice muffled but filled with a pathos that would make anyone who heard it weep.

"My guts are turning green with regret!"

"I'm a complete idiot! I'm the number one fool in the world!"

"You guys were trying to pull your brother up, trying to take me to see a heaven-sent fortune! But what did I do? I, damn it, thought you were trying to harm me! I even activated my Avatar and ran away!"

"I'm lower than a pig or a dog!"