Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 401 Yandere Hanabi
Just as Hanabi was in shock, pondering how to escape again, a warm and strong hand unexpectedly and gently touched her shoulder from behind.

Hanabi froze instantly, as if her blood had frozen in that moment.

She could even feel the chilling presence emanating from behind her.

Lu Jingming appeared behind her like a ghost, almost touching her.

He didn't use any rough methods; he simply wrapped his arms around her in that position, pulling her into his embrace with an irresistible yet strangely intimate gesture, holding her tightly.

A warm and soft touch came from his arms, carrying the fresh scent unique to young girls, but Lu Jingming's heart was like a deep pool, without the slightest ripple.

He lowered his head slightly, his lips almost touching Hanabi's sensitive earlobe, and whispered slowly, word by word, in his unique, slightly cold and magnetic voice:
"Hey Hanabi, you think you can just run away after playing a prank? Don't you... underestimate me?"

His tone was calm and even, yet colder than Mirror Flow's sword, and more suffocating than the Death Domain of the Butterfly.

Hanabi knew perfectly well that this time, she, the butterfly who loved to stir up trouble, had truly fallen into a spider web that had been woven for her long ago, one from which there was nowhere to escape.

Holding herself firmly in Lu Jingming's arms, feeling the abyss-like dragon might of Gu Yuena behind her, the chilling sword intent of Jing Liu that freezes the soul, and the silent blockade of Liu Ying and Xia Die on her side, Hua Huo's usually unruly little head, which enjoys stirring up trouble, finally started working at an unusually fast pace.

A head-on clash? Don't be ridiculous. Either Gu Yuena or Jing Liu could easily crush her, not to mention the other two who are eyeing her covetously, and the unfathomable Lu Jingming behind her who can command all these powerful figures at the same time.

Escape? She had already tried. With such a clear disparity in strength and a premeditated encirclement, her exquisite illusions and spatial techniques were utterly ineffective.

Those who understand the times are wise, and while a masked fool may enjoy having fun, it doesn't mean he's stubborn enough to deliberately bang his head against a wall.

Almost instantly after weighing the pros and cons, the initial shock of being forced to reveal her true form vanished from Hanabi's face, replaced by a pitiful, tearful expression. She twisted her restrained body, pleading softly in a voice trembling with sobs:
"Waaah... Brother Lu, I know I was wrong~ I really know I was wrong, please let me go? I surrender, I promise I'll be good and listen to you from now on, and I'll never do anything reckless again."

She blinked her large, expressive eyes, trying to squeeze out a few tears, her tone so sincere it seemed to come from the bottom of her heart.

However, Lu Jingming simply lowered his eyelids and watched her performance expressionlessly.

He knew this little devil too well; her promises were more fragile than bubbles in a sea of ​​stars, and her current concession was merely a stopgap measure forced by circumstances.

If you don't teach this unruly brat a lesson she won't forget, she'll definitely forget the pain once the wound heals and turn around and cause you even bigger trouble.

It's in the Masked Fool's nature to cause trouble, but Lu Jingming has no intention of indulging her bad habit.

"wrong?"

Lu Jingming's voice was flat and emotionless, revealing no emotion.

"It's not enough to just admit your mistake verbally."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly exerted force in his arm, and with a short cry of surprise from Hanabi, he easily flipped her petite body over so that she was face down and back up, and then pressed her down onto his bent legs.

This pose left Hanabi's pert buttocks, encased in her fiery red dress, completely exposed to the air and to the gaze of everyone around her.

"What...what do you want to do?!"

Hanabi finally realized something was wrong and struggled to get up, her voice filled with genuine panic.

Her response was Lu Jingming's hand, which he raised high and then brought down mercilessly.

"Snapped!"

The crisp, loud clapping sound stood out starkly in the quiet alley.

Hanabi was completely stunned, her mind went blank, and she even forgot to struggle.

It wasn't until a sharp, burning pain exploded from the spot where she had been struck in the back, shooting through her body like an electric current, that she suddenly realized what had happened—

She, Hanabi the Masked Fool, was actually... spanked while being held down on someone's lap?!

What a shame, what a shame!
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Lu Jingming showed no sign of stopping, his palms falling continuously, the force neither too light nor too heavy, but enough to cause pain and humiliation.

He wanted to use this most primitive and direct method to shatter all her pretense and wishful thinking, and make her remember this lesson.

Even the aloof Gu Yuena and Jing Liu, who were standing to the side, showed a strange expression on their faces when they saw this scene.

Liu Ying subconsciously turned her face away, her shoulders trembling slightly, clearly trying her best to suppress her laughter.

This scene was simply too dramatic for the lawless Masked Fool.

Hua Huo was initially filled with shame and indignation, but her violent struggles and sobs were easily suppressed by Lu Jingming.

The pain was clear and persistent, causing physiological tears to well up in her eyes.

But gradually, an extremely strange feeling began to grow and spread in her heart.

She is a masked fool, a fateful traveler who chases pleasure and embraces chaos.

Everything in the world, whether noble or base, orderly or chaotic, can ultimately become nourishment for joy.

So, at this moment, the extreme humiliation, the physical pain, the feeling of powerlessness and being controlled by others... and the subtle stimulation brought about by the powerful figures watching from the sidelines...

All of this combined creates an unprecedented, distorted, and extreme experience of "pleasure."
"what…!"

But this voice was completely different from the previous sobs and cries of pain. There was an indescribable tremor in the voice, and the last syllable rose slightly, with a strange quality...?
He had expected Hanabi to be furious and fight back desperately, and he had even been saving his strength to guard against her counterattack.

However, she didn't.

Her body seemed to relax a little, her struggles weakened, and she even seemed to be subtly... yielding?

He slowed his movements slightly, puzzled.

Just then, Hanabi turned her head slightly, revealing half of her face.

Her face, which had been flushed with pain and shame, now blossomed into an extremely morbid yet eerily alluring smile. Her eyes shimmered with tears, but deep within her pupils burned a twisted flame of excitement, and the corners of her mouth curved into an almost manic arc.

Lu Jingming: "???"

His hand, which was raised in mid-air, paused. Looking at Hanabi, who was completely immersed in some kind of strange pleasure, his lips twitched involuntarily.

Even with his extensive experience, he was somewhat bewildered at this moment.

Although he knew that the Masked Fools were all "crazy," he didn't expect that Fireworks could be "crazy" to this extent.

This is no longer just being heartless; it's... terminally ill.

Especially when Hanabi blushed, even Lu Jingming, whose heart was as hard as iron, felt a chill run down his spine and subconsciously loosened his grip on her.

This lesson... seems to be developing in a direction he never expected at all.

Meanwhile, the smiles on the faces of Liu Ying, Xia Die, and the others had vanished, replaced by a complex expression that mixed shock, speechlessness, and deep wariness.

They realized that this masked fool was far more troublesome and incomprehensible than they had imagined.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Hua Huo slid off Lu Jingming's leg, staggered a bit before regaining her balance.

She rubbed her still burning, sore buttocks, but her sickly smile grew even brighter as she stared intently at Lu Jingming, as if she had discovered some extremely interesting new toy.

"Brother Lu... I'll remember today's 'lesson' very well~"

Her voice was sweet with a hint of hoarseness, full of danger.

Looking into her eyes, Lu Jingming felt a sense of uncertainty for the first time—was it really the right decision to win over this little devil?

She's like an uncontrollable flame; if you try to extinguish her with water, she might burn even more fiercely and strangely.

Lu Jingming's original plan was that if Hua Huo resisted fiercely, he would be ruthless and eliminate her completely to prevent future troubles.

He was never one to hesitate; he was decisive in wielding the sword against anything that hindered his plans, regardless of its form.

However, current developments have completely deviated from his expectations.

Instead of struggling at all, after the initial shock, Hanabi raised the white flag decisively and swiftly in an almost submissive manner.

Even under his humiliating punishment, she only let out some ambiguous sobs, her body trembling slightly, but she had no real intention of resisting. What flickered deep in her eyes was not humiliation or anger, but... a strange, ignited light.

This completely illogical reaction, like a soft punch, shattered the murderous intent he had gathered.

Lu Jingming sighed silently in his heart.

Ultimately... it's still different.

If it were some complete stranger, someone who doesn't know what's good for them, daring to act so recklessly and disrupt his plans, he would have already crushed them to dust, leaving not even a trace. Why would he only give them such a minor punishment?
Ultimately, this was one of the fictional wives he had poured his emotions into and gazed at through the screen countless nights.

This one-sided connection that transcended global barriers left him with a sliver of unnecessary patience and tolerance in his subconscious.

To be fair, Hanabi's actions this time were utterly lawless, directly shattering the barrier between two worlds with a massive explosion; her behavior itself could be described as a disaster.

But in the end, the chaos miraculously did not really cross his bottom line—it did not harm the lives of those he cared about, nor did it destroy the foundation of his plan.

This level of prank, while disrupting his routine and causing many unexpected troubles, was still within his tolerance.

In fact, in a sense, establishing a stable channel between the two worlds was part of his long-term plan.

The accidental explosion of the fireworks was merely a dramatic and far more costly way of bringing this step forward significantly.

Like Vita, who is equally troublesome, beings like the Masked Fool, though constantly causing trouble and like fireworks that could explode at any moment, can be turned into useful tools if properly guided, and do not necessarily have to be killed.

Just as Lu Jingming's mind raced, rapidly weighing the pros and cons—

On the ground, the fireworks had barely recovered from the aftershocks that had left them weak in the knees and their hearts pounding.

Far from being listless, her bright and cunning heterochromatic eyes blazed with an unprecedented, burning light, like an explorer discovering a lost treasure.

Did they fail? Were they caught? Were they treated like that?
No, these are completely unimportant.

The important thing is the man in front of me, this being named Lu Jingming.

He not only accurately predicted her seemingly flawless actions and laid a trap that led her headlong into, but he also gathered so many powerful and unique followers around him.

He himself is shrouded in an impenetrable fog, powerful, mysterious, and unfathomable, yet possessing a fatal attraction.

Follow him, cling to him, hold on tight. There will definitely be more exciting and unimaginable fun things to happen around this man.

That would be an unparalleled and magnificent pleasure, far exceeding anything she could derive from playing those tedious pranks alone.

So, under Lu Jingming's slightly surprised gaze, Huahu raised her still-blushing face, a bright, almost eerie smile spreading across her lips, her tone filled with undisguised, intense interest:
"Oh dear~ it seems they really kicked a rock this time~~ a solid block of iron!"

She deliberately dragged out her words, her eyes sparkling.

"However... what do you, my noble and powerful one who has captured me, intend to do with me next?"

She winked playfully, her long eyelashes fluttering lightly like butterfly wings, carrying a hint of provocation and nine parts anticipation.

"Should we lock him up in a dark, damp cage? Or... keep him by our side and watch over him closely?"

The rising intonation at the end of her note, the fearless and even eager expression, clearly showed that she was not worried about her own situation, but rather eagerly anticipating a future she longed for.

(End of this chapter)