Liu Erlong

On the other side, Zhu Huang took the drunk woman to a hotel, booked two rooms, gave her a cursory wash, dried her with Soul Power, and tossed her onto the bed.

The woman's loose hair spilled over the pillow, revealing a face of stunning beauty. She really was an exceptionally rare, top-tier beauty.

Although Zhu Huang was interested in beautiful women, he clearly was not the sort to take advantage of someone in danger. He pulled the blanket over the woman, shut the door, and stayed in the room next door.

The night passed without incident. Early the next morning, before Zhu Huang could even wait for the Heaven Dou Empire's retaliation, a piercing scream rang out and woke him up.

"What the hell? The sun just came up. Can't you let a man go back to sleep?"

Zhu Huang was full of morning temper and had not intended to get up, but very soon the door was being pounded with loud thumps.

"Women are such trouble!"

Zhu Huang climbed out of bed, got dressed, put on his mask, and opened the door. Outside stood the beautiful woman in white from last night, pretty as a picture, her hand still raised in midair in the act of knocking.

"What are you doing up so early instead of sleeping? Whatever it is, can't it wait?"

A trace of embarrassment appeared on the white-clad beauty's faintly flushed face. Her eyes flickered, as if she found it a little hard to speak.

"Y-you, hello. Thank you for last night!"

Clearly, although she had been terribly drunk, she had not completely blacked out. She still had some impression of what she had done last night. "Um, I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose."

When she thought of how she had nearly vomited all over this strange man, the woman was so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground. It was simply mortifying. It was all that bastard Yu Xiaogang's fault for breaking her heart; otherwise, she would never have gone out drinking late at night to numb herself.

"Forget it. It's already over, and I didn't suffer any loss."

Zhu Huang waved a hand and said, "If you have nothing else, hurry up and leave. I've got serious trouble around me. If you stay here any longer, it won't do you any good."

"The Heaven Dou Empire?"

The woman still had a vague memory of Zhu Huang and the Heaven Dou army's clash last night, so she knew what trouble he meant.

That made her favorable impression of Zhu Huang increase a little more. Even when he himself was in danger, the first thing he did was worry about her.

She did not think it was because she was beautiful and this man coveted her. Last night had clearly been an excellent opportunity. After she had passed out drunk and been brought to the hotel by him, if he had wanted to do anything improper to her, she would already have lost her innocence by now.

When she woke up in the morning, she had been badly frightened, because she still remembered some fragments from last night. Then, waking up on a strange bed, she had almost thought she had been violated.

But after checking carefully, she found no trace of having been assaulted. Even her clothes had not been taken off. She knew very well what certain knots and buttons inside and outside her clothing had looked like when she tied them; if anyone had untied them, they absolutely could not have hidden it from her.

While that made her grateful, it also filled her with goodwill toward Zhu Huang. He was a man with powerful strength and solid character. She understood her own charm very well. There were not many men who could remain unmoved and honorable in private when they had the chance to do whatever they wanted to her.

"It is the Heaven Dou Empire. You know how powerful an empire is. Getting dragged into this definitely won't end well. This has nothing to do with you, so hurry up and go!"

Zhu Huang spoke indifferently.

"No. You helped me. Now that you're in trouble, I have to help you too. The Heaven Dou Empire is strong, but I'm not weak either."

The woman spoke solemnly.

"You?"

Zhu Huang looked the woman up and down. He had to admit that her appearance was truly fresh, graceful, and peerlessly beautiful. She had a seductive charm, yet also a manly heroic spirit, and her figure was even more explosively attractive. Calling her an unrivaled beauty would not be an exaggeration.

But as for strength, what use could a mere Soul Emperor be?

"What, you look down on me?"

When the woman saw Zhu Huang's gaze, she immediately grew somewhat displeased. She clenched her fair fist, and an explosive force spread from it. "I, Liu Erlong, am the Killing Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle. I wouldn't say I'm world-famous in the soul master world, but everyone knows my name. Even against a Soul Saint, I have the strength to fight. There aren't many in the Heaven Dou Empire who can beat me."

Zhu Huang looked the white-clad beauty up and down. "You're Liu Erlong?"

"You know me too?"

Liu Erlong blinked her beautiful eyes. Seeing Zhu Huang's surprised expression, she could not help feeling a little proud. "See? I told you my reputation was big. Look, haven't you heard of my name?"

"Your reputation really isn't small."

Zhu Huang nodded. Anyone who had read the novel Douluo Continent would indeed have few people who did not know Liu Erlong. Now that he had seen her in person, she truly lived up to her reputation.

"Then that settles it. I'll stay and help you. If you fight them, I can lend a hand. If you want to shake hands and make peace with them, I have some standing in the Heaven Dou Empire too. I can help mediate."

Liu Erlong spoke with complete confidence.

Zhu Huang did not doubt those words. Liu Erlong's strength truly was not bad. Although she was only a Soul Emperor, the Fire Dragon martial soul was a top-tier martial soul, enough to let her fight above her level. Most Soul Saints probably were not her match.

And her identity was not simple either. She was the illegitimate daughter of Yu Luomian, the second master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Although she was illegitimate, Yu Luomian valued her greatly. Anyone who became her enemy would have no choice but to consider the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's attitude.

Even the Heaven Dou Empire would absolutely not want to offend the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. So as long as she revealed her identity, even if she could not walk sideways across the Douluo Continent, at the very least she definitely would not face any major danger.

After learning Liu Erlong's identity, Zhu Huang no longer worried about her. He said indifferently, "If you want to stay, then stay. If something happens, don't regret it."

"Liu Erlong never regrets what she does."

Liu Erlong swore solemnly. Looking at Zhu Huang's mask, she suddenly thought of something. "Right, I still don't know your name. And why are you wearing a mask?"

"My name is Zhu... Mm, my name is Zhu Di. I come from the hidden sect Sky Demon Palace on Sky Demon Island in the North Sea. As for why I wear a mask, it's because I'm too ugly and don't want to show my face. If I took off the mask, you'd definitely be shocked."

Ugly?

Liu Erlong was half convinced and half doubtful. This man was tall and well-proportioned, his bearing elegant, confident, and composed. Every movement he made carried an air of looking down on all living things. No matter how she looked at him, he seemed like an unparalleled noble young master.

She did not quite believe that someone with such confidence and composure could be an ugly man too afraid to show his face. If that were truly the case, he could not have developed this kind of temperament.

"Sky Demon Island in the North Sea? Why haven't I heard of it? And the hidden sect Sky Demon Palace is also an unfamiliar name."

Liu Erlong frowned slightly. She considered herself fairly knowledgeable. In earlier years, the Golden Iron Triangle had traveled the continent together, and Yu Xiaogang was also the most erudite among them, yet Liu Erlong had never heard of such a place or such a force.

Either they were hidden so well that they almost never appeared in the world, or the man in front of her was making it up. Liu Erlong leaned more toward the latter.

As long as something had existed in this world, it would inevitably leave traces behind. How could there be some great power that never appeared and was completely unknown?

"This world is vast, and its waters run deep. There are still many things you don't know. It's not strange that you've never heard of Sky Demon Island."

Zhu Huang said calmly, "Sky Demon Island is a large island deep in the North Sea, shrouded in mist all year round. A great formation conceals the island from the outside, and with the sea fog that never disperses, outsiders cannot see Sky Demon Island unless someone from within guides them in. The island is rich in resources and fully self-sufficient, so we of Sky Demon Palace rarely appear before the world."

"So that's how it is."

Liu Erlong looked as if she had suddenly understood, her gaze toward Zhu Huang filled with curiosity and probing.