Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 424 Yu Xiaogang Takes the Blame

The battlefield was filled with the sounds of fighting.

Amidst the commotion, Dai Mubai broke out in a cold sweat, his relaxed vigilance rising to its peak.

“Davis? And those seven good-for-nothings…”

This sudden awareness alerted Dai Mubai, who immediately noticed the eight people surrounding him from all sides.

"How dare they? How dare they?"

He admitted that he panicked, and this panic gave someone an opportunity.

A subtle, almost imperceptible spatial fluctuation flashed by, and a deep, bone-revealing bloodstain appeared on Dai Mubai's left wrist. The glowing bone was clearly extraordinary, unlike anything ordinary.

"A soul bone?"

Li Cang thought to himself, but his hands did not stop moving.

While Dai Mubai was distracted examining the wound on his left hand, he once again cleaved open space with the Space Blade.

A flash of cold light, and Dai Mubai's right hand was neatly severed, the cut smooth and clean, blood gushing out.

"Ah~"

A piercing scream escaped from Dai Mubai's mouth. The sound, which should have attracted attention, seemed so ordinary in this battlefield filled with the sounds of fighting and screaming.

The intense pain caused Dai Mubai to shift his attention to his right wrist. With his left and right hands both crippled and completely useless, his face was now exposed.

Goodbye, don't bother seeing me out.

A calm voice came from behind. Dai Mubai turned around abruptly, only to see a headless corpse getting further and further away from his sight.

"One hand is half crippled, the other is missing, that's me..."

After Dai Mubai realized the truth, his consciousness faded away.

"Third brother!"

Not far away, Davis shouted loudly.

With just two words, he uttered two completely different emotions.

The first "three" signifies heartfelt joy, but the second "brother" instantly transforms into a slightly affected sorrow.

Soon, Davis arrived, picked up Dai Mubai's headless corpse, covered his face and wept bitterly. His previous unnaturalness and affectation were no longer visible. Anyone who came would only think that the two brothers had a deep bond.

On the surface: "Third brother, why did you leave so suddenly!"

In his mind: "Dai Mubai, you're finally dead!"

On the surface: "Who did it? Who did it?"

His inner thoughts: "A spatial artifact, or a knife? Is it the missing Luo Minghua? Or that chef from Tian Dou?"

On the surface: "Third brother, don't worry, your elder brother will definitely avenge you!"

In his heart: "Whoever it was, they helped me a lot. Little brother, I will accept your divine succession without hesitation."

In just a short while, the remaining seven people arrived. Davis continued to pretend to be grief-stricken, and under their protection, he carried Dai Mubai's body toward the Star Luo Fortress.

Of course, before leaving, Davis took one thing with him: the artifact of the God of Envy—the Blood of Envy. The artifacts of the Seven Deadly Sins have no physical form, so after Dai Mubai's death, the Blood of Envy, which was fused with his blood, did not manifest, but instead remained attached to Dai Mubai's body in an unknown form.

Davis was originally worried about how to obtain this invisible artifact, but unexpectedly, as soon as he had the idea of ​​obtaining the Blood of Envy, a mysterious power entered his body, and a large amount of information appeared in his mind, letting him know that he had obtained the Blood of Envy and the inheritance of the God of Envy.

"A divine artifact, and the inheritance of a divine position! This prince, no, this crown prince, has finally obtained the greatest opportunity in the world!"

Beneath Davis's grief-stricken exterior lay an intense inner excitement.

Unfortunately, he was unaware that the life essence he consumed, being artificially ripened, had the side effect of preventing him from becoming a god.

Neither creating one's own divine position nor inheriting one's own is acceptable.

……

The news of Dai Mubai's death spread rapidly after Davis carried his body back to the fortress, attracting the attention of the Star Luo and Spirit Hall leadership.

What they valued was not the death of the current third prince of the Star Luo royal family, but the fact that the inheritor of the gods was killed on the battlefield without any power to resist.

If the Star Luo royal family was furious, then the Spirit Hall's papal lineage was filled with worry and fear.

Especially Yu Xiaogang, who is one of the inheritors of the divine throne. Moreover, because he received the divine throne the latest and had the lowest cultivation level before receiving the inheritance, he is now just a minor Soul King.

If this was an assassination attempt by the Heavenly Dou against the inheritors of the gods, then of course the stronger one's own strength, the more secure one would feel. But how much security could someone with only the cultivation of a Soul King give himself?

Just as Yu Xiaogang was standing absentmindedly on the fortress wall, a voice interrupted his reverie and "politely" invited him to the tent where Jin E was to have tea.

“Someone reported that you had a conversation with the Third Prince of Xingluo before he went to war, and that he looked quite grim after the conversation.”

"We now suspect that the death of the Third Prince of Xingluo, Dai Mubai, is related to you. We have both witnesses and physical evidence, and the motive is sufficient. Do you have any excuses to say?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang was so angry that he felt dizzy. This was simply outrageous!

"I……"

He was about to retort when he was silenced by a powerful pressure that rendered him speechless.

Such unfair treatment enraged Yu Xiaogang, leaving him speechless. He glared fiercely at the Golden Crocodile sitting in the head seat.

“This matter should have been decided by the Pope, but the Pope is in seclusion with the Holy Maiden, so I can only judge this matter in my capacity as the Second Elder of the Hall of Worship.”

Golden Crocodile spoke slowly, a hint of barely perceptible pleasure on his face, adding insult to injury:

"This matter is of great importance, and the Spirit Hall must give the Star Luo Royal Family an explanation."

“Yu Xiaogang, you have committed such a grave mistake that you should be sentenced to death. However, considering that you are an honorary elder of my Spirit Hall, you may be spared the death penalty, but you will not escape punishment.”

"Look at your delicate skin, I'm afraid you can't endure the physical pain. So let's change the punishment. Hand over the Godhood you obtained from Tang San. As a sinner, you are no longer worthy of having a Godhood inheritance."

Seeing Yu Xiaogang's speechless yet struggling expression, Jin E added a few more words indifferently:
This is an order, not a request.

"There are two ways to take over a divine position. One is for the inheritor to voluntarily relinquish it while still alive. The other is something I don't need to explain, you should know."

"You must hand over the inheritance of the God of Greed that you possess. As for how to hand it over, that is up to your choice."

"I can give you time to consider, but the Star Luo royal family is waiting for the results here, so you only have one minute to think it over."

“A minute goes by quickly. A few seconds have already passed. You’d better hurry. If you haven’t made a choice by the time’s up, then it will be assumed that you have chosen the second way of giving up the divine position.”

(End of this chapter)