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

Chapter 44 lingering fears
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“Since you’re hesitant to say, I’ll see for myself,” Qian Daoliu said.

Martial Soul is the pride of a Soul Master!

The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul is the most powerful Martial Soul in the human realm!
The Angelic Realm is a crucial part of the powerful dominance of the six-winged angels, but Qian Renxue is now wavering on the issue of the Angelic Realm…

"Grandpa, how did you get him here?" Qian Renxue asked.

"Would that woman... release them so easily?"

The fact that Yue Guan personally went to rescue the person is enough to show how seriously that woman took this matter.

After meeting her in person, she didn't think that woman would hand over the person so easily.

“I’ve asked Golden Crocodile to handle this,” Qian Daoliu said.

"I don't know the specifics either, let's go out and ask."

"Wait a minute, don't show yourself yet."

……

Inside the main hall, there were not many decorations, only a huge statue of an angel.

Beneath the statue lies a large gate, leading to the true Temple of Angels, which only those possessing the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul are qualified to enter.

Other offerings, at most, stop at this gate.

The door slowly opened, and a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties or forties, with handsome features, a quiet demeanor, and dressed in a silver-embroidered gold robe, walked out.

"Great Preceptor." Golden Crocodile Douluo bowed his head in respect.

Xuanming quietly looked at Qian Daoliu in front of him, without saying a word or making any physical movements.

Golden Crocodile Douluo frowned slightly. "Boy, don't you even know the most basic etiquette for a Soul Master?"

"I don't understand, I haven't studied it," Xuanming said.

"Should I kowtow to him?"

"You!" Golden Crocodile Douluo choked for a moment.

He's almost two hundred years old, and for over a hundred years no one has dared to speak to him like that!
"Golden Crocodile." Qian Daoliu raised his hand, indicating that he didn't need to worry about it.

"Child, what is your name?"

"You tied me up here and don't even know my name?" Xuanming retorted.

Golden Crocodile Douluo's face darkened, "Boy, you..."

Qian Daoliu shook his head and asked telepathically, "What's wrong? Is he angry?"

The moment he saw the child, he sensed a suppressed anger.

“I…” Golden Crocodile Douluo’s expression was somewhat unnatural.

"When I took him away, the method was probably a bit too direct."

"Directly?" Qian Daoliu glanced at Xuan Ming, then at the two black dragons behind him, their eyes filled with coldness.

"What did you do?"

Even if they just brought the person back, it wouldn't have to be like this, would it?

“Hu Liena, Bibi Dong’s disciple,” said Golden Crocodile Douluo.

“When I went to pick up the people just now, she was with this kid, and I… couldn’t help but hit her.”

“You…” Qian Daoliu hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

Bibi Dong was very cold towards Qian Renxue, but she loved her disciple Hu Liena almost like her own daughter.

In contrast, Qian Renxue felt resentment towards Hu Liena, always feeling that the child had taken away her mother.

Jin E doted on Qian Renxue, which made him dislike Hu Liena as well.

"Did you manage to avoid any problems?" Qian Daoliu asked.

"I'm just teaching him a lesson," said Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"That's good." Qian Daoliu sighed.

If the Golden Crocodile really hurts Hu Liena, Bibi Dong will be in trouble.

"Your name is Xuanming?" Qian Daoliu asked.

"Mm," Xuanming responded.

“Elder Jin’e was just acting impulsively. The child is fine, so you don’t need to worry,” Qian Daoliu said.

"I brought you here simply to learn about some things."

"Don't be nervous."

“I’m not nervous,” Xuanming said.

"I just don't understand, is attacking a nine-year-old girl what Elder Golden Crocodile is all about?"

"You!" Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression froze.

"Alright." Qian Daoliu glanced at the golden crocodile.

"Elder Jin'e did not do anything right, but there are other reasons for this. Jin'e did not mean to bully her."

“He’s the one who hit me, he’s the one who forcibly took me away, and now he’s the one who didn’t do it on purpose,” Xuanming said.

"I am just a country bumpkin, ignorant of etiquette. May I ask, if I slap him, can I also say that I did not mean to offend him?"

"Go ahead and try if you dare," said Golden Crocodile Douluo calmly. "I certainly have the guts, but I lack the ability," Xuanming replied.

"But I'm curious, if our positions were reversed, would you dare to try it with me?"

"You!" Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyes narrowed, and a terrifying soul power pressure emanated from him.

In an instant, Xuanming was pressed to the ground, his bones clattering as if he were about to be crushed at any moment.

"Boy, today I'll teach you how to respect your elders," said Golden Crocodile Douluo calmly.

"I haven't learned respect, but I've certainly seen something new: bullying the weak and taking advantage of the small!" Xuanming said through gritted teeth.

"Your demeanor is truly superior to that of Poison Douluo!"

"This junior admires you!"

"You!" Golden Crocodile Douluo was enraged and subconsciously tried to increase his pressure.

"Golden Crocodile." Qian Daoliu glanced at it, and an invisible force instantly dispelled the oppressive aura of Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"For someone nearly two hundred years old to be provoked like this by a child's few words, your mindset is far too frivolous."

"Great Elder, I was rude." Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression changed slightly, and he bowed his head in apology.

"You're even more shameless than Dugu Bo, bullying your inferiors and currying favor with your superiors." Xuan Ming wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and forced himself to stand up.

"You should also say less." Qian Daoliu glanced at Xuan Ming.

"Knowing you are powerless to resist, yet still trying to win with words, you are truly foolish."

Qian Renxue even said that this kid has a deep mind. Is this what you call deep?

Aside from his boundless audacity, he really couldn't see anything profound about this kid.

"I'm about to die, and I'm not even allowed to utter a few curses?" Xuanming said.

"Do you think you'll let me go if I kneel down and beg for mercy?"

"Death?" Qian Daoliu was taken aback.

When did I say you were going to die?

“They’ve already kidnapped me and brought me to the deep mountains and forests to destroy the evidence, aren’t they just trying to kill me?” Xuanming said.

"Deep in the mountains and forests?" Qian Daoliu's eyes twitched slightly.

The Hall of Offering and the Hall of Douluo are both located on the mountaintop. The path up the mountain is indeed quite rugged. Apart from titled Douluo, almost no one else usually goes there. But it's not exactly a remote mountain forest, is it?
"You...didn't tell him?" Qian Daoliu looked at Jin E.

Don't tell me you kidnapped someone up the mountain without saying a word?

"This..." Golden Crocodile Douluo was somewhat embarrassed.

He wanted to explain the situation, but ever since he slapped Bibi Dong's disciple and knocked him unconscious, the kid had been looking at him like he wanted to kill him.

What else could he say?
It's good enough that they were able to bring people up.

"You..." Qian Daoliu hesitated, then finally just sighed deeply.

"This is a misunderstanding. This is a worship hall, not some remote mountain forest."

"We're not trying to kill you, we just want to know a few things from you."

"What is it?" Xuanming asked.

“Your domain,” Qian Daoliu said.

"I heard……"

Before he could finish speaking, a burst of silent white light exploded, instantly enveloping Qian Daoliu.

“This…” Qian Daoliu’s expression changed.

Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression also looked somewhat unnatural.

This is not just a simple feeling of oppression, it's death!
It's a feeling of powerlessness, as if everything about oneself is rapidly slipping away, yet there's nothing that can be done to stop it!
The feeling that Qian Renxue couldn't describe was a suffocating sensation she had never experienced before, a feeling that was infinitely close to death!

No wonder Yue Guan and the others said that even a Title Douluo would be affected by this strange domain for a moment.

It's not that this domain can truly suppress a Title Douluo, but rather that the suffocating sense of death it brings makes even a Title Douluo feel powerless!

Although it is just an illusion, it is so real that it is impossible to tell the difference between reality and illusion!
"Indeed strange." Qian Daoliu narrowed his eyes.

If you have never experienced the feeling of being close to death, you may mistakenly believe that everything about you has been suppressed or even brought to a standstill.

Having survived the angel's eight trials by the skin of his teeth, he naturally understood what it felt like to be close to death.

The Golden Crocodile possessed a ninth soul ring that had lasted for 100,000 years. The terrifying soul impact during its absorption nearly killed him.

But precisely because of this, they are even more unable to resist this illusion, and they are still filled with lingering fear...

"Do you know the effects of your technique?" Qian Daoliu couldn't help but ask.

“I know, he’s about to die,” Xuanming said.

Qian Daoliu was taken aback. "How did you know?"

“It’s not like I haven’t died before,” Xuanming said.

When his domain first opened up inside his body, he felt the same helplessness and suffocation he had experienced before, the feeling of being infinitely close to death.

The first time it was fear, but now it's only anger.

He doesn't want to die!

(End of this chapter)