Participants from All Factions, Please Prepare!

[After reading the comments, I cut part of the Douluo storyline and shifted the focus toward the dungeons. So the three days mentioned earlier have been changed to three days in Teyvat, not three days in Douluo.]

"The Star Dou Great Forest faction? No, what the hell? Soul Beasts from the Star Dou Great Forest can participate too?"

"The Far North Forest? Wait, isn't that the Far North? How does the Far North have anyone who can participate?"

"My God, where did these two factions come from?"

At the Spirit Hall Empire, Rakshasa God Bibi Dong had just returned to her tent when Tianfeng Douluo and the other Titled Douluo hurried over. "Your Majesty the Tsaritsa, the Teleportation Gate's national fortune mission has started ahead of schedule. We... There's far too little time to prepare. I'm afraid..."

"Don't panic!"

Rakshasa God Bibi Dong said sternly, "First, gather all the talents we've recruited."

"Yes!"

The Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire were likewise scrambling to make preparations.

But...

"We've... been assigned to a faction too?"

At the Far North, Ice Empress stared in astonishment at Snow Empress beside her. "Snow Empress, are we..."

"Can we participate?"

Snow Empress said nothing, her gaze merely growing grave.

Her condition was terrible. If she took part in this mission, she might well lose her life.

But...

If she completed the mission, could she obtain this so-called reward and... recover from her injuries?

Perhaps even...

Become stronger!

The Star Dou Great Forest!

Chen Fan was dumbfounded.

He'd thought the three days meant three days on the Douluo Continent. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected them to mean three days in Teyvat!

From the moment the Teleportation Gate appeared until now, the Douluo Continent had gone from morning to night. Not even a full day had passed!

"That soon?"

The Silver Dragon King beside him wore the same astonished expression.

Clearly, she'd also thought the three days referred to the Douluo Continent. She simply hadn't expected...

"Cough, cough..."

Chen Fan cleared his throat, about to say something, but the Silver Dragon King spoke first. "Human."

"The Teleportation Gate has now added our Star Dou Great Forest faction."

"Are you willing to join us?"

Join the Star Dou Great Forest?

The Silver Dragon King's words made Chen Fan swallow the warning he'd been about to give. He looked up at her, then turned to the silvery-white mist beside them, as if something within it had caught his attention.

The sight made the Silver Dragon King furrow her brow.

What was this human trying to do?

He looked at her, then said nothing?

"Human, what do you mean by that?"

The Silver Dragon King narrowed her eyes and looked coldly at Chen Fan. "Do you know who helped you escape from that human god?"

"On the Douluo Planet, no one but me can protect you."

"Boy, think carefully!"

Indeed, when Rakshasa God Bibi Dong had been about to fight three opponents at once earlier, the Silver Dragon King had been the one to intervene.

Even Beast God Di Tian hadn't made a move.

During Douluo II, Huo Yuhao had defeated Di Tian before becoming the God of Emotions, a First-Level God. Rakshasa God Bibi Dong was also a First-Level God.

What was more...

Bibi Dong was now at the peak of her strength, while Beast God Di Tian was weaker than he had been during Douluo II. He was naturally no match for Rakshasa God Bibi Dong.

So, after weighing her options carefully, the Silver Dragon King had decided to intervene herself.

Of course...

With her strength, killing a First-Level God would be no harder than crushing an ant. But doing so would inevitably draw the Divine Realm's attention.

She could clearly sense a trace of Asura God's aura on Rakshasa God Bibi Dong.

Though the Dragon God Realm had now collapsed and Asura God was far weaker than before, she still had considerable wariness of the original God of Goodness and God of Evil.

For all these reasons...

She had decided to do no more than drive Bibi Dong back, then take Chen Fan, Xiong Jun, and Scarlet King away.

To keep Rakshasa God Bibi Dong from sensing Chen Fan, she had even dragged him straight into her Silver Dragon Space.

The Silver Dragon Space was a secret realm that had once belonged to a dragon clan within the Dragon God Realm. Even if all five great powers of the Divine Realm gathered, they might not discover this pocket of space. It was absolutely safe.

But...

She had never expected Chen Fan to be so ungrateful.

Was his silence a way of rejecting her?

At the thought, the Silver Dragon King's expression turned sullen. If this human was so ungrateful, then she...

Just as she was considering what to do with Chen Fan, she heard him clear his throat awkwardly. "Um..."

"Could you put on some clothes first, and then we can talk?"

The Silver Dragon King: "?"

"This puts me in a really awkward position!"

Chen Fan looked deeply conflicted.

The scene before him brought to mind a famous moment from before he'd transmigrated...

See? He felt terribly embarrassed.

But if he didn't look... talking to someone while staring off to the side instead of meeting her eyes felt kind of rude, didn't it?

The Silver Dragon King: "..."

"Don't say any more of that!"

Seeing Chen Fan's eyes darting away, the Silver Dragon King furrowed her brow even more deeply. "Don't change the subject."

"Answer me first."

"Fine..."

Seeing Chen Fan turn his head and answer so dismissively, the Silver Dragon King's expression turned cold. She said sternly, "Look me in the eye and answer!"

When Chen Fan didn't budge, she reached out and gripped his head, forcing him to face her. Their eyes met. "Join the Star Dou Great Forest faction, and I can protect you from that human god's pursuit!"

"How about it?"

Though the Silver Dragon King was injured, her strength was still formidable. With her hands holding his head, Chen Fan couldn't turn away at all. He could only stare helplessly...

Damn!

Did she know how shocking this scene was for a guy in his twenties?

"Speak!"

A pinch to his neck snapped Chen Fan back to his senses. He drew a deep breath. "I can join your faction, but..."

"If I want to leave later, you can't stop me."

He was already bargaining?

A dangerous glint appeared in the Silver Dragon King's eyes. She was about to say something when Chen Fan continued, "First of all, I'm human. Your Star Dou Great Forest faction doesn't have a single other human besides me."

"You may be willing to accept me, but that doesn't mean all the Soul Beasts will!"

"But..."

"Since you saved my life earlier, I can help you once."

Did she think she could use saving his life to force him into joining her faction?

Chen Fan wasn't falling for that!

Of course...

He'd also considered what might happen next...

"Of course, if you disagree, then do as you please."

As he spoke, Chen Fan pinched her back without hesitation.

At least then, he wouldn't die without getting even!

The Silver Dragon King: "!"

"You..."

The Silver Dragon King was just about to erupt in anger.

Then the same solemn voice as before rang out once more in everyone's mind!

[The appointed hour has arrived!]

[Now, the fourth stage will begin in sequence. Participants from all factions, please prepare!]