Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo also noticed Ghost Leopard Douluo's wildly changing expression.
The two exchanged a sly glance.
The shameless couple instantly finished communicating through their divine senses and let go of Ghost Leopard Douluo at the same time.
Ghost Leopard Douluo staggered, nearly falling flat on his backside.
But he had no mind to care about that.
Because Ghost Douluo's next words made him feel as if he'd fallen into an icy abyss.
Ghost Douluo let out a faint sigh, his voice filled with hypocritical regret.
"Forget it."
"Since Elder Ghost Leopard is so opposed to this heaven-sent opportunity, we... shouldn't force him."
Ghost Leopard: ?
Chrysanthemum Douluo raised a delicate finger, covering his mouth with an affected, helpless smile.
"Indeed. Just look at how determined he was yesterday."
"He even activated his Martial Soul Avatar just to escape from me."
"With such backbone, we really shouldn't insist."
Ghost Leopard: ??
Spirit Kite Douluo's eyes shifted. She immediately understood, waved away the Divine Flame at her fingertips, and picked up the conversation with a radiant smile.
"In that case, we'll go like we did yesterday. Just the few of us. Let's not make things difficult for Elder Ghost Leopard."
Ghost Leopard: ???
In the end, Ghost Leopard Douluo could only turn his last desperate, hopeful gaze toward Demon Bear Douluo, who looked like the most honest one of them all.
However, Demon Bear Douluo clearly still remembered Ghost Leopard calling him stupid just moments ago. He simply turned his enormous bear head away.
"What are you looking at me for?"
"I'm going to get some food!"
At that moment, the last thread of reason in Ghost Leopard Douluo's heart snapped completely.
And so...
Under the ghost-struck stares of countless Spirit City residents...
This ninety-fourth-level Titled Douluo, famed across the continent for his speed, suddenly lunged forward and clung tightly to Chrysanthemum Douluo's leg in full view of everyone, letting out a heart-rending wail that shook the heavens!
"Bro!!"
"My dear bro! I was wrong! I really was wrong!"
Ghost Leopard Douluo's nose was running, his tears streaming. He buried his entire face in Chrysanthemum Douluo's luxurious robe, his voice filled with boundless regret.
"I didn't believe you yesterday! I'm not even human! I'm the biggest fool under heaven, an idiot the likes of which the Douluo Continent hasn't seen in ten thousand years!"
"Hit me right now! Beat me as hard as you want to vent your anger! I promise I won't dodge!"
"Please! Ju bro! Take me with you!"
Seeing Ghost Leopard Douluo stripped of all dignity and sobbing his heart out, Chrysanthemum Douluo's alluring face finally showed the ultimate, deeply satisfying pleasure of having avenged an old grudge.
"Ooh~"
He drew out the sound, glancing down at the human accessory hanging from his leg.
"Not running away anymore?"
At that, Ghost Leopard Douluo shook his head like a rattle drum.
"I'm not running! I wouldn't run even if I were about to die! From now on, you're my own dear bro! I'll do whatever you say!"
"Bro, please, just take me along so I can see the world."
His voice broke with tears, full of abject humility.
"I... I want to get ahead so badly!"
Just then, a middle-aged man with an aura as imposing as a deep lake and towering mountains arrived beside them with Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
"Why aren't you eating at the senior's shop? What are you all doing gathered here?"
The newcomer was Tuoba Xi.
His gaze swept over everyone before settling on Ghost Leopard, whose pose was extremely undignified. He furrowed his brow.
"And, Elder Ghost Leopard, why are you hugging Elder Ju's leg?"
Hearing that familiar voice, Ghost Leopard Douluo instinctively looked up.
"Elder Tuoba..."
But before he could get the word "Xi" out, his voice caught in his throat. His eyes instantly went wide, as if they were about to fall from their sockets!
Because Tuoba Xi looked at least three years younger than he had yesterday. Even more terrifyingly, the vast dragon might radiating from him made Ghost Leopard Douluo's Martial Soul tremble and wail deep within his soul!
Ghost Leopard Douluo shakily raised a finger and pointed at Tuoba Xi, his voice changing pitch.
"Y-you're not telling me that you... also received that heaven-sent opportunity yesterday?!"
At that, Tuoba Xi's stern face instantly took on an expression of fervent, utmost devotion!
"An opportunity?"
He shook his head, his voice solemn, as if proclaiming a divine oracle.
"Can what the senior bestowed upon me be summed up by the word 'opportunity'?"
"It was a kindness that gave me a new life!"
Boom!!!
Ghost Leopard Douluo turned to stone on the spot.
His mind went blank. Only one thought kept echoing frantically.
So... everyone in the Elder Council had received unimaginable blessings except me, the self-important dumbass?!
Just as his worldview crumbled, Tuoba Xi recovered from his awe of Lin Feng. Looking at the stupefied Ghost Leopard Douluo, he drove the purest and cruelest blade into his already battered 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 weren't interested in a blessing capable of defying the heavens and changing your fate?"
At that, Ghost Leopard Douluo's world gave a sharp crack.
Then it shattered completely into dust.
"Heh... heh..."
A strange, wheezing sound rose from his throat, like air leaking from a bellows.
He laughed.
His laugh was uglier than crying.
As he laughed, two streams of scalding tears filled with endless regret and shame poured uncontrollably from his wide, leopard-like eyes.
Smack!
A crisp, deafening slap rang out without warning!
Ghost Leopard Douluo suddenly raised his hand and struck himself hard across the face!
The blow was so fierce that it left a clear five-fingered mark!
"I told you to run!"
Smack!
Another slap!
"I told you to think you were so clever!"
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Like a madman, he swung from side to side, each slap harder and louder than the last, as if the face he was hitting didn't belong to him.
Tuoba Xi was the first to react. He hurried over to stop him.
"Leopard! That's enough, that's enough!"
He grabbed Ghost Leopard Douluo's wrist as it swung toward his face again, his voice tinged with helplessness.
The others rushed forward too, lest Ghost Leopard Douluo really slap himself into looking like a pig's head.
Chrysanthemum Douluo even took out his precious Yue Guan's Sigh and carefully wiped the crisscrossing snot and tears from Ghost Leopard Douluo's face, asking anxiously,
"Look at you. We were only joking around. Why are you getting so worked up?"
"Waaah—!"
A wail even more heart-rending and remorseful than before soared into the sky.
Ghost Leopard Douluo's whole body went limp. He clung tightly to Chrysanthemum Douluo and cried like a three-hundred-pound child.
"Bro! Ju bro! I'm not worked up! I'm full of regret!"
His tears and snot streamed down his face as he buried it in Chrysanthemum Douluo's shoulder. His words were muffled, but they carried a sorrow so profound it could make anyone who heard it weep.
"I regret it so much I could turn my guts green!"
"I'm an idiot! The biggest, most magnificent fool in the world!"
"You were trying to give your brother a hand! You wanted to take me along to witness a heaven-sent blessing! But what did I do? I fucking thought you were trying to hurt me! I even activated my Martial Soul Avatar and ran!"
"I'm worse than a pig or a dog!"