Chapter 44 Su Ling's Judgment! Gu Yuena's Heart Plunges into an Ice Cave
However, just when everyone was in despair—
A calm, undisturbed voice, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, rang out from the sky.
"Your strength is a gift from me."
The sound was very soft, as soft as a snowflake falling into a deep pool.
But across the entire Douluo Continent, billions of living beings, along with the five supreme god-kings who held power in the God Realm, all held their breath in that instant.
"You said... if we let him slaughter humanity at will..."
Su Ling paused, her tone remaining calm:
"Does that mean I killed these people?"
...
Starry Sky Forest.
Di Tian's dark golden dragon body, which was a thousand meters long, froze in mid-air as if struck by an invisible lightning bolt.
The destructive purple flames burning around him were still roaring and surging.
But his throat felt as if it were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.
He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
The arrogant and domineering declaration of revenge, which seemed to wish it could crush the divine realm, now felt like a series of resounding slaps to his face.
"Can't you... just stop causing trouble for the Lord?"
Brigitte practically forced out those words through gritted teeth.
She stood by the Lake of Life, looking up at the frozen dragon shadow in the sky, her voice trembling with barely suppressed emotion.
"That supreme being is clearly of human origin! Are you so eager to reveal your ambition? Can't you wait for the Lord to return? Can't you... be more patient?"
As she spoke, her voice became hoarse.
She knew that Di Tian had waited for hundreds of thousands of years.
The entire soul beast race waited for hundreds of thousands of years.
Tolerate?
How long do we have to endure this?
The other ferocious beast kings, such as Bear King, Ten Thousand Demon King, and Crimson King, were all lying prostrate on the ground like wilted eggplants, not daring to even breathe loudly.
...
At this moment, the Douluo Continent was completely abuzz with excitement.
"He's speaking up for us! That being is speaking up for us!"
In Tiandou City, a middle-aged man at the Soul Venerable level suddenly jumped onto the table, his face flushed, waving his arms.
"I knew it! I knew it!"
"Humans are the masters of all beings! No matter which world they are in, they are the strongest!"
"Those beasts, do they even deserve to sit on equal footing with us? Do they even deserve to become gods? Do they even deserve to clamor to slaughter the entire divine realm? Bah!"
Inside the tavern, countless people joined in, raising their arms and shouting.
The fear and despair of the past transformed into ecstasy at this moment.
"Did you see that? The moment that being spoke, that black dragon didn't dare utter a single word!"
"Hahaha! That's great! That's so great!"
...
Under the sky, by the pond.
Gu Yuena was stunned.
She had just emerged from her eggshell, her wet, silvery scales still dripping water.
The profile of the boy in blue was reflected in the dragon's purple-gold eyes.
He was still holding the emerald green bamboo fishing rod, his gaze fixed on the calm water, as if those two sentences were just casual remarks made while fishing.
This is not about convicting her.
It's not about standing up for humanity.
It's just stating a fact.
But this very fact, like an invisible thorn, pierced her heart.
She opened her mouth.
What I'm trying to say is, does that mean we soul beasts deserve to die?
I want to say, for hundreds of thousands of years, humans have hunted us, taken our soul rings, and refined our soul bones, using us as resources for cultivation—who will pay for this debt?
What we want to say is that we just want to live. We just want to avoid being killed. We just want to live openly and honestly in the sunlight.
But she opened her mouth.
The thousand words that welled up in my throat eventually turned into a silent sigh.
She suddenly remembered that this young man had recently fished her out of the sea when she was on the verge of death.
Cleanse her from defilement with a divine medicine.
Her bloodline was reshaped with the essence of a true dragon.
It propelled her from a half-step God-King to the coveted realm of Creation God.
He saved her.
He gave her a new life.
He gave her a power she had never possessed in the past hundreds of thousands of years.
Then... he said calmly: Your power was given to you by me, and you cannot use it to slaughter my own kind.
What's wrong with that?
No.
But why does my chest feel so tight?
Gu Yuena lowered her dragon head.
Silently, she turned around and drifted towards the pond.
Since he said he was missing an ornamental fish.
Then she can just be an ornamental fish.
When an ornamental fish can't speak, can't think, and can't feel sadness.
That way, I won't ask for anything more.
And there will be no more disappointments.
She stretched out her small front paw, covered with fine silver scales, and gently reached towards the clear pool of water.
The instant your fingertips touch the water's surface—
Buzz!
The scene suddenly changed.
That tranquil, clear little pond has disappeared.
Instead, there was only boundless darkness.
In the darkness, a drop of "water" drifted slowly by.
Inside that water droplet, galaxies swirl and continents rise and fall.
Hundreds of millions of lives are born, grow old, get sick, and die within it.
Then, the water droplet gently bumps into another water droplet.
boom.
Silent annihilation.
The entire universe was reduced to a wisp of imperceptible dust.
Gu Yuena's outstretched front paw froze in mid-air.
She withdrew her claws.
Then, she turned her head.
Those eyes, still misty with tears, stared fixedly at Su Ling.
It's as if it's asking: Are you serious about letting me be an ornamental fish in this pond?
She was thinking of a solution.
beg for mercy?
The moment the thought popped into her head, she ruthlessly suppressed it.
She is the Silver Dragon King, the ruler of all soul beasts.
At this moment, billions of living beings across the entire Douluo Continent are watching.
Her people are all watching.
Should she beg for mercy from a human?
It would be better to kill her.
But what can we do if we don't bow our heads?
She couldn't beat him.
Just when she was caught in a dilemma and her mind was in turmoil—
Footsteps sounded.
All of Gu Yuena's scales exploded in that instant.
It's over.
He really made it through.
Are you going to throw me back into that border sea?
Or...should we just have an extra meal?
She dared not open her eyes, but desperately shrank her head into her chest.
The silver-white dragon's body was curled up into a small ball, as if it wanted to roll itself into an egg.
A finger gently touched her forehead.
Gu Yuena froze.
Surprisingly, it didn't hurt.
I just tapped it a few times.
One tap, two taps, three taps—like teasing a young animal that had buried its head in the sand, thinking it was well hidden.
"Don't worry about it."
The sound came from above.
"That comment about ornamental fish was just said casually."
Gu Yuena was stunned.
She suddenly opened her eyes.
The boy's face, so close to his, was reflected in the purple-gold dragon's eyes.
That face was so perfect it was as if the Great Dao itself had manifested; its skin was fair and radiant, with a faint divine glow flowing through it, and its lines were as if sculpted by the Dao itself.
At that moment, there was no indifference or anger on his face, only a faint smile.
Gu Yuena has stopped shaking.
The curled-up body gradually loosened up.
The head, which had been desperately trying to shrink inward, gradually peeked out.
"Di Tian... will not slaughter humans."
Gu Yuena spoke, her voice soft and gentle.
She tried to straighten her neck to make her words sound more confident.
But her wet, silvery scales were still dripping water.
The dragon's horns, which had just hatched, drooped softly.
The tip of its tail curled up guiltily behind it, hiding in the shadows.
He looks so timid and cowardly.
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