Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 240 Are you going to stab me to death?
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In this endless darkness, Gu Yuena was swept up by Xuanming's past, those images like sharp blades piercing her heart. She saw Xuanming struggling in suffering since childhood, being bullied and betrayed, each hope shattering like a bubble, leaving only deeper despair.

He walked alone on the road. It was late, and the dim light of the streetlights cast a long, long shadow on him. The chirping of insects from the roadside grass sounded particularly jarring in the quiet night. He looked up at the sky, where countless stars twinkled, but not a single one shone for him. He was always alone. Living alone, dying alone. It was as if he were still alive, yet as if he had never lived at all.

Gu Yuena's tears fell uncontrollably. She reached out, wanting to touch Xuanming in those images, but only passed through the phantom in vain.

Gu Yuena felt a sudden dizziness. As the scene before her gradually cleared, she found herself in a cold, rainy night. At that moment, Xuan Ming was huddled in a dilapidated mud house, with the cold rain pouring down like silver needles, mercilessly lashing his thin body.

Xuanming hugged himself tightly, his body trembling uncontrollably. Rainwater streamed down his hair, soaking his tattered clothes.

Gu Yuena was extremely anxious. She rushed towards Xuanming without thinking, squatted down, and gently embraced him. Xuanming's body stiffened suddenly, and then he began to struggle violently.

"Don't touch me...don't touch me..." Xuanming's voice was hoarse and desperate, filled with deep fear and resistance. He thought this was just another round of torture, an endless cruel joke played on him by fate.

Gu Yuena hugged him tightly, her tears mingling with the rain. She whispered, "Xuanming, it's me, Gu Yuena. This isn't torture. I won't hurt you. I will protect you."

"It's fake, it's all a lie!" Xuanming roared, biting down with all his might. Gu Yuena winced in pain, but did not let go of his embrace. She only frowned slightly and said in a gentle yet firm voice, "Xuanming, feel it. This pain is real. I really am Gu Yuena. I am not an illusion, nor am I here to deceive or harm you."

Xuanming paused slightly, and the force with which he was biting Gu Yuena loosened a bit. He raised his head in confusion, looking at the face in front of him that was full of tears and rain. The familiar outline gradually overlapped with the Gu Yuena in his memory.

"Gu... Yue Na?" Xuan Ming's voice carried a hint of uncertainty, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Gu Yuena nodded vigorously, her eyes filled with heartache and pity: "It's me, Xuanming. I've come. I've come to take you away from this painful place."

A flicker of doubt crossed Xuanming's eyes. He slowly released his grip, but then abruptly pushed Gu Yuena away, shrinking back as he murmured, "No, it's all fake. You're all the same..."

Gu Yuena did not give up. She slowly approached Xuanming again, reached out and gently tugged at his clothes: "Xuanming, look, I can feel your warmth, I can feel your trembling. This is not a dream, nor an illusion. I know you have experienced too much pain and been hurt by too many people, but I will be different. I will always be with you and protect you."

Xuanming's body was still trembling, but his eyes were no longer as empty and resolute as before. He looked at Gu Yuena's outstretched hand, and a strange warmth welled up in his heart, a warmth that he both longed for and feared.

"Why...why are you so good to me?" Xuanming's voice was choked with emotion.

Gu Yuena gently wiped away the tears and raindrops on her face and said with a smile, "Because you are Xuanming, the Xuanming who, despite suffering hardships, remains strong and kind. I want you to know that you are no longer alone; you still have me, and people who care about you."

Xuanming's eyes gradually reddened, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably. He slowly reached out and gently touched Gu Yuena's face, feeling the real touch, as if to confirm that this was not an illusion.

"Kindness?" Xuanming took a few steps back.

"No, you've all been fooled."

"I'm not kind, it's all an act, it's all fake!"

Xuanming's eyes narrowed, and his body began to grow rapidly. A ferocious, roaring black dragon emerged from behind him, and a blood spear radiating a cold, bloody light appeared in his hand.

"Die!"

Xuanming's killing intent erupted, his only desire being to destroy everything. The ferocious, roaring black dragon danced wildly behind him, seemingly intent on tearing the entire world to shreds. The blood spear in his hand emitted a cold and dazzling crimson light, as if it were a weapon of death from hell.

Gu Yuena's eyes widened. She hadn't expected Xuanming's reaction to be so intense. The surging killing intent was like an invisible giant wave crashing over her, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

"Xuanming, calm down!" Gu Yuena shouted, trying to awaken the last shred of reason in Xuanming's heart.

However, Xuanming was no longer listening to anything at this moment. His mind was filled with endless pain and anger. The betrayals, humiliations, and torments he had suffered were like sharp blades, constantly piercing his nerves, making him want to destroy it all.

"Die! Disappear!" Xuan Ming roared, and with a sudden swing of his blood spear, a sharp beam of blood light shot towards Gu Yuena like lightning.

Gu Yuena was startled and quickly dodged to the side. The bloody light grazed her clothes and carved a deep trench in the ground behind her.

"Xuanming, this is not the real you! Deep down you are kind, you don't want to hurt anyone!" Gu Yuena continued to try to awaken Xuanming while dodging his attacks.

But Xuanming seemed to have gone mad, launching attacks relentlessly. The roar of the black dragon and the sound of the blood spear tearing through the air intertwined, causing the entire space to tremble.

"He's gone mad! Come out now!" The Ice Dragon King's voice rang in Gu Yuena's ears.

"Why? I didn't provoke him," Gu Yuena asked, puzzled.

"An evil aura. I didn't expect that thing to have such a great influence on him. All his emotions were distorted by this aura, and even his last bit of rationality was transformed into the purest killing intent," the Ice Dragon King said helplessly.

"He has completely gone mad. You come out first. It's impossible to wake him up this way." In that chaotic and dangerous nightmare world, Gu Yuena was filled with resentment, but she also knew that the situation was critical. She could only follow the instructions of the Ice Dragon King and, with the help of the Ice Dragon King's power, forcefully broke through the shackles of the nightmare world and returned to her room in reality.

Before Gu Yuena could speak, Xuan Ming, who was lying on the bed, suddenly became violent. A blood spear emerged from his hand, and the black dragon behind him also became ferocious.

A bloody killing intent emanated from Xuan Ming. As the blood spear was swung, Gu Yuena hurriedly summoned the Silver Dragon Spear, but she was still blasted away by this violent force.

Gu Yuena slammed heavily against the wall, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. She endured the pain, her gaze fixed on the berserk Xuanming.

At this moment, Xuanming's eyes were bloodshot, and he exuded a chilling evil aura, like a ferocious beast that had gone out of control and was about to destroy everything around him.

"Xuanming!" Di Tian quickly intervened, releasing his Dark Domain to suppress Xuanming.

Brigitte quickly went to Gu Yuena's side and helped her up, asking, "How could this happen?"

Just as the Ice Dragon King was about to use the power of the dragon bones to forcibly suppress the evil aura within Xuan Ming's body, a purple figure rapidly descended from the sky and blocked Xuan Ming's path. It was none other than Bibi Dong, who had been summoned by the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

"These people really know how to have fun," the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox murmured.

"They've driven my little cutie crazy."

"When did he become your little darling?" Bibi Dong's gaze was cold and stern, and a dense killing god domain instantly spread around her. The chilling killing intent was like tangible ice, surging towards Xuan Ming in an attempt to suppress the out-of-control evil aura on his body.

Xuanming felt the powerful suppressive force and his body paused slightly, but soon, the black dragon behind him let out a deafening roar, and the blood spear, with a world-destroying momentum, stabbed fiercely towards Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong's gaze sharpened, and she immediately activated the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor, "Eternal Creation!"

Xuanming was in a berserk state and instinctively sensed this deadly threat. He instantly activated his sixth soul skill, Evil God's Thorn. A sharp thorn flashing with gray-black light and exuding an evil aura shot out from the tip of the blood spear and collided fiercely with Bibi Dong's Eternal Wound.

In the instant the two forces collided and neutralized, Bibi Dong's eight purple wings transformed into eight spider spears, which pierced into Xuan Ming's body and began to frantically plunder the soul power within him.

As his soul power was continuously drained away, coupled with the suppression of the God of Slaughter Domain, the violent and evil aura on Xuanming's body gradually stabilized.

However, despite the chaos, Xuanming instinctively sensed the danger. He recklessly thrust his blood-red spear towards Bibi Dong, determined to perish together with her.

Bibi Dong was focused on plundering soul power and suppressing the evil aura on Xuan Ming's body, so she had no time to dodge. The blood spear pierced through her stomach in an instant.

"Damn it! Are you trying to stab me to death?!" Bibi Dong roared, activating her Killing God Domain to its maximum.

Under the influence of this energy, Xuanming's body trembled slightly, his eyes were still somewhat confused, but a trace of clarity appeared in his bloodshot eyes.

"Bibi Dong?" Xuanming shook his head and asked tentatively.

Bibi Dong was overjoyed to see that Xuanming had finally regained some consciousness, but the sharp pain in her abdomen made her frown. "You're awake now, why don't you put that piece of junk away!"

Xuanming snapped back to his senses and, seeing the shocking wound on Bibi Dong's abdomen, instinctively pulled the blood spear back.

"You bastard!" Bibi Dong felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, her body went limp, and she almost fell to the ground.

Xuanming panicked and quickly reached out to support Bibi Dong, "Are you... alright?"

Bibi Dong took a deep breath, enduring the pain, and glared at Xuan Ming, "Can't you go slower?"

If she hadn't been prepared and activated her ninth soul skill, Undying Body, she would have been seriously injured by that bastard!

Seeing this, Brigitte quickly stepped forward and unleashed her powerful healing energy, "I'll help you..."

"No need, I can handle it myself." Bibi Dong waved her hand, mobilized her soul power, and the wound on her abdomen disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After treating her wounds, Bibi Dong's gaze swept across the entire scene, lingering particularly on Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Gu Yue Na.

"Oh, aren't you going to give me an introduction?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)