"Then... could you hug me?" Qian Renxue pursed her lips, looking at Xuan Ming expectantly.
Xuan Ming thought for a moment, then reached out and gently picked her up.
Qian Renxue was slightly taken aback at first, then her cheeks flushed red, and she subconsciously wrapped her arms around Xuan Ming's neck, burying her head in his chest.
Xuan Ming carried her steadily to the bedside, gently placing her on the soft mattress, and carefully pulling the blanket up and tucking the corners of the blanket around her.
"Good night."
Qian Renxue gripped Xuan Ming's clothes tightly, her eyes filled with reluctance. "Could you... could you stay with me for one night?"
Xuan Ming turned around and bent down.
Qian Renxue's heart suddenly raced, and she instinctively closed her eyes.
The next instant, Qian Renxue felt a slight tingling sensation from her neck, and then her consciousness began to blur, and the hand that was gripping Xuan Ming's clothes slowly loosened.
"You bastard..."
"Swearing even while asleep, she has even less manners than me."
Xuan Ming helped Qian Renxue cover herself with the blanket, then turned and left the room.
"You two had better forget what happened tonight, otherwise, the next freeze will be permanent."
With those words, Xuan Ming vanished into the dark, empty void.
The Snake Lance Douluo and the Porcupinefish Douluo exchanged bewildered glances, both filled with shock and disbelief.
Although they couldn't hear all the conversations inside the room, the pervasive chill and the suffocating feeling of being frozen in time were a threat that surpassed even Qian Daoliu's!
"Just how many secrets does this Xuan Ming hold..." the Porcupinefish Douluo murmured softly, his eyes filled with apprehension.
Because of the stalemate between the Pope and the Elder Hall, Golden Crocodile Douluo sent him here to prevent Bibi Dong from using Dugu Bo to carry out underhanded tactics.
As a result, before he even met Dugu Bo, he almost died inexplicably at the hands of this kid!
"The relationship between the young master and him is extremely complicated." Snake Lance Douluo frowned, his expression solemn.
"We only need to follow the young master's instructions and do our duty."
"Should we report this?" asked the Porcupinefish Douluo.
"Do you want to die?" Snake Lance Douluo retorted.
The Porcupinefish Douluo was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
Snake Lance Douluo paused, "If it were before, I would definitely report tonight's events to the Worship Hall, but since what happened in Sunset Forest, I don't want to get involved in these kinds of things anymore."
"My only responsibility is to protect the young master's safety; other matters are none of my concern."
I also advise you not to meddle.
The Porcupinefish Douluo frowned. "What exactly happened back then?"
Six months ago, Golden Crocodile Douluo suddenly convened a meeting of the Elder Hall, and those enshrined figures who had been hidden in the Worship Hall for decades and had almost become legends all appeared.
The meeting's agenda was simple: remove Bibi Dong from the Pope, deploy the Angel Legion, blockade the Pope's Palace, and seize power by force!
The six retainers present unanimously voted in favor, and the rest of them, regardless of whether they supported Bibi Dong, had no choice but to support her under those circumstances.
Afterwards, Demon Bear Douluo presided over the sealing of the Pope's Palace, while the other elders remained in the Elder Hall and were not allowed to act rashly. Golden Crocodile, on the other hand, left Spirit City with several retainers.
Later, Qian Daoliu returned to Spirit City with his retainers, and the resolution to depose the Pope was rejected. Bibi Dong was still nominally the Pope, but Golden Crocodile had taken over almost all the power of the Pope's Palace.
Six months have passed, and Bibi Dong has still not returned to Spirit City.
To be honest, most people still don't understand what happened!
" Great Enshrined and the Pope fight, we'll just be cannon fodder," said Snake Lance Douluo calmly.
"I'm starting to understand Yue Guan and Gui Mei's situation more and more now."
Back then, after the Blue Silver Emperor Sacrifice, Yue Guan and Gui Mei advocated retreating when they attacked Tang Hao, as there was no need to fight Tang Hao strength had greatly increased.
Because under Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill Slaughter Barrier, Yue Guan and Gui Mei couldn't even unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill!
A direct confrontation would not yield any good, and retreating would leave Tang Hao with no way to deal with them.
But Qian Xunji was enraged and ashamed, and was determined to kill Tang Hao Tang Hao and take the Soul Bone from his body.
As a result, after chasing them for several days and already in poor condition, they were now facing Tang Hao, who had recovered from his serious injuries after accepting the Sacrifice Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and had even regained his full strength and power!
Yue Guan, a Power Attack System, Gui Mei, an Agility Attack System, risked their lives to help Qian Xunji absorb damage and barely made it back to Spirit City alive. They were almost slapped to death by Qian Daoliu because of their poor protection!
Now he's following in their footsteps.
He advised Qian Renxue and Xuan Ming on their matter, offering advice both where he should and shouldn't have!
Fearing that Qian Renxue might cause trouble, he called Qian Daoliu over.
result?
Qian Daoliu used him as cannon fodder, Qian Renxue held a grudge against him because of that incident, and he was also blacklisted by Bibi Dong!
He did his job dutifully, but after going around in circles, he offended everyone!
If this gets reported tonight, who knows what will happen?
Chapter 211 Entering the Core Area
After leaving Heaven Dou City, Xuan Ming flew south and arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest in just a few days.
Unlike before, this time he didn't choose to travel through the forest, but instead flew above it and flew at full speed into the forest according to the direction given by the Ice Dragon King.
He didn't fly like this before, firstly because flying too high would make his Soul Power unable to sustain him for long, and secondly because flying above the forest would make him very vulnerable to being targeted by Soul Beast.
Soul Beast have a very strong sense of territory. Rushing in is tantamount to declaring war. If you leave quickly, most ground-based Soul Beast will not attack rashly.
However, flying Soul Beast are particularly concerned about their airspace. Most of the time, they will ignore human Soul Master walking on the ground, but if a human spirit master flies over their head, it is as if the flying Soul Beast is defecating on their neck!
The more powerful the flying Soul Beast, the less it can tolerate others flying over its head, especially human Soul Master. Therefore, even Titled Douluo dare not fly around recklessly in the Star Dou Great Forest. If such a thing is not handled properly, it can lead to being surrounded and killed by several flying Soul Beast clans.
But now, his recovery ability is enough to support him to fly at a relatively high altitude for a long time. Moreover, his current strength is enough to deal with most Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. In addition, with the Dragon King's dragon might intimidating him, even crossing the Star Dou Great Forest would not be dangerous.
"Um?"
The night was as dark as ink, completely enveloping the entire Star Dou Great Forest.
Shortly after entering the core area, Xuan Ming suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation.
Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar came from the dense forest below, and a huge figure shot into the sky like a cannonball, heading straight for Xuan Ming.
Xuan Ming was startled. A thick white light exploded, and he tried with all his might to dodge, but the giant claw tore through his domain without slowing down, carving a dark spatial rift in the white light.
boom!!!
The enormous roar shook the surrounding air violently, Xuan Ming went Berserk Transformation almost instantly, using all his strength to resist.
The moment they made contact, he was sent flying backward uncontrollably.
"Bang!"
Xuan Ming crashed heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust, his body sinking deep into the earth, forming a huge crater.
After knocking Xuan Ming away, the enormous figure did not stop there. Instead, it exerted its power again, chasing after Xuan Ming like a moving mountain.
By the dim moonlight, Xuan Ming saw a huge body floating in mid-air, covered in thick, dark golden fur, with incredibly long arms that hung down at his sides, extending beyond his knees.
" Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?" Xuan Ming frowned.
With a single blow, his arms were shattered in an instant, all the bones in his body were cracked, and his internal organs were smashed into a mess.
Did they bump into Xiong Jun?
"What I hate most are you dragons! You dare to transform into human form and fly over my head!" Xiong Jun roared, his voice echoing like thunder in the night sky, making the surrounding trees tremble.
Before the words were even finished, its enormous body shuddered violently and pounced on Xuan Ming again, so fast that Xuan Ming barely had time to react.
At the critical moment, Xuan Ming's body shone with a bright icy blue light, and a huge ice wall appeared out of thin air, standing between him and Xiong Jun.
Xiong Jun slammed his paw heavily against the ice wall, producing a loud bang. The ice wall was instantly covered with dense cracks, but it did not break.
This further enraged the Xiong Jun, which let out a deafening roar, its dark golden fur standing on end like burning flames, as it exerted its strength once more, attempting to break through the ice wall.
"You're courting death!" the Ice Dragon King roared, unleashing a chilling aura that spread outwards like surging waves.
The Xiong Jun was instantly frozen in the ice, its massive body encased in a thick layer of ice, its dark golden fur losing its former liveliness, and the surrounding air also solidified by the extreme cold.
However, Xiong Jun is, after all, the king of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan.
Its eyes were wide open in anger, and its body flashed with a dark golden light, as a terrifying power surged out from within.
The ice layer encasing it began to develop fine cracks, which spread rapidly like a spider web.
"Roar!" Xiong Jun let out a deafening roar, and with a sudden exertion, the dark golden light on his body instantly burst forth.
With a loud "crack," the ice layer encasing it shattered instantly, sending countless ice chunks flying in all directions like bullets.
After regaining his footing, Xiong Jun's chest heaved violently as he gasped for breath. His eyes still burned with fury as he stared intently at Xuan Ming and the Ice Dragon King. A low roar escaped his throat, as if warning him or gathering the power for his next attack.
Just then, from the direction of the distant Lake of Life, a vast and ancient aura swept in like a surging tide.
Wherever this aura passed, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, the trees stopped swaying, and the entire core area of Star Dou Great Forest instantly fell into a deathly silence, with only this aura spreading freely in the air.
" Di Tian?" Xiong Jun sensed this aura, paused slightly, and a hint of apprehension flashed in his eyes.
The next instant, a dark void appeared above the battlefield, and a tall figure dressed in black emerged from it.
Seeing the Ice Dragon King fighting Xiong Jun below, Di Tian was somewhat taken aback. "Aunt Bing? What are you doing...?"
"This is the army you brought?!" The Ice Dragon King sneered, glaring at Di Tian.
Di Tian was slightly taken aback, then his gaze swept over the heavily injured Xuan Ming and the still furious Xiong Jun. His brows furrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, " Xiong Jun, what happened?"
Xiong Jun glanced at Di Tian, then at Xuan Ming, and finally at the illusory ice dragon hovering behind him.
Aunt Bing? Di Tian's elder?
Xiong Jun's gaze fell on the heavily injured Xuan Ming, as if he could already see his own fate.
It's over!
Without hesitation, Xiong Jun suddenly transformed into a dark golden light and galloped into the depths of the forest. His speed was so great that he disappeared into the night in an instant.
" Xiong Jun, come back here!" Di Tian roared, his voice echoing in the night sky, but it was too late to call back Xiong Jun, who had already run far away.
Di Tian stared at the direction Xiong Jun had fled, a hint of annoyance on his face, but he knew now was not the time to chase after that guy.
He flashed to Xuan Ming's side, his brows furrowing as he looked at Xuan Ming, Xuan Ming was severely injured by Xiong Jun and almost crippled. He turned to the Ice Dragon King and said, "Aunt Bing, it's my fault for not disciplining him properly. Please calm down. I will definitely bring him back."
The Ice Dragon King snorted coldly, ignoring Di Tian, and turned to Xuan Ming, asking worriedly, "Does it hurt?"
Xuan Ming looked at his arms, half of which were severed and not yet fully repaired. "It's alright."
When he was practicing Thunderclap Body Tempering in Thunder Valley before, he felt like he was going to die. Compared to that, the pain he felt now was nothing.
"Aunt Bing, is he... that person?" Di Tian asked.
"What do you mean 'that person'? He's my brother, you should call him uncle!" The Ice Dragon King turned around and glared at Di Tian.
Upon hearing this, Di Tian's body trembled slightly. "Aunt Bing, you..."
"Hmm?" The Ice Dragon King narrowed his eyes.
"You have a problem with that?"
Meeting the threatening gaze of the Ice Dragon King, Di Tian remained silent.
younger brother?
The Ice Dragon King, the most temperamental and arrogant of the original Dragon Kings, found a human to be his younger brother?
"Let's heal first." Di Tian opened the Dark Void again, taking Xuan Ming and the Ice Dragon King with him, and teleported to the other side of the Lake of Life.
The lake shimmered under the moonlight, resembling a giant silver mirror, exuding a mysterious and tranquil atmosphere.
Di Tian, along with Xuan Ming and the Ice Dragon King, landed steadily in a secluded spot by the lake. The grass was lush and green, and a few unknown spiritual flowers emitted a faint fragrance, blending with the vibrant Life of the Lake of Life, making people feel refreshed and relaxed.
Sensing Di Tian's arrival, the numerous Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast gathered nearby became tense.
Ignoring the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Di Tian looked at the figure they were protecting at the back. " Bi Ji, help him recover."
Before Bi Ji could respond, Di Tian turned to the Ice Dragon King and said, "Aunt Bing, I'll go and bring that guy back."