"You little brat!"
The Queen Mother of the West and Houtu both stepped forward to support Du Yu. He seemed largely unharmed, but something about his expression remained off.
Houtu reached out to check Du Yu's pulse, then frowned. "His heart meridians are all in disarray... What happened to this boy?"
"Lady Houtu..." Shiranui Asuka had witnessed the entire Legend, and now she spoke with worry written across her face. "Senior Du Yu took 'Xingtian' into his body, but he couldn't control his power... After a whole night of fierce fighting, he ended up like this..."
"'Xingtian'?" Lady Houtu froze for a moment. "Do you mean the 'Nameless One' from back then?"
"Yes, yes!" Shiranui Asuka jumped up and cried, "That big guy, the Nameless One!"
The moment she said it, she felt she had been a little tactless. After all, Lady Houtu and Xingtian had once been romantically involved. Was it really all right to mention his name so directly?
"I'd almost forgotten about that man... That old bastard actually showed up again?" Lady Houtu scratched her head, apparently not giving Xingtian much thought. "You're saying Xingtian is inside Du Yu's Eight Directions Ghost Record right now? What utter nonsense..."
The others wanted to speak but held their tongues. If it hadn't been to save Lady Houtu, why would Du Yu have taken such an enormous risk?
"This is all my fault," the Queen Mother of the West said. "I thought this matter was too simple... Just looking at these juniors, I can tell how much everyone suffered in this Legend..."
"Enough of that for now. I'll take Du Yu to Mount Unreturning to recover." Lady Houtu scooped Du Yu into her arms. She was about to say something else when she suddenly frowned.
"Strange..."
"What is it?" the