Douluo Continent: Naru Sacred Heart, Snow Shines Forever

Chapter 37: Jin Douhun, the tough-talking but soft-hearted eldest sister

The seven members of the Royal Fighting Team helped each other off the stage.

Graphite walked at the front, its tortoise shell covered with cracks, from which blood seeped.

Stone Mill walked beside him, but his demeanor was completely different.

Black blood was still seeping from the four blood holes on the tortoise shell, and the skin around the wounds was bluish-purple, covering half of its back.

His face was deathly pale, his lips were bluish-purple, and every step he took felt like he was wading through mud. He gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound.

Tianxuan supported Ye Lingling, whose face was pale and her eyes were sunken.

Tianxuan's hands were trembling, but he walked steadily.

Yu Feng's body was half burned black, his clothes stuck to his skin, and he was grimacing in pain, but he was still laughing.

Oslo had three visible claw marks on his shoulder.

Yu Tianheng walked at the back, his right arm hanging limply at his side. The wound on his ribs was bluish-purple, oozing black blood, and the poison had spread to his chest.

But his back was very straight.

.......

The door to the rest area was opened, and Dugu Yan strode in.

Her gaze swept over everyone, lingering longest on Yu Tianheng and Shi Mo. Looking at the bluish-purple wounds and black blood, her brows furrowed more and more tightly.

But she didn't say anything, stepped aside, and Chen Jieqi walked out from behind her.

"Sit down, everyone."

Shi Mo was the first to sit down, and Tian Xuan helped Ye Lingling sit in a chair while he leaned against the wall, panting.

Yu Feng lay down on the ground, while Oslo stood against the wall.

Yu Tianheng didn't move, nor did the stone mill.

"sit down."

This time everyone realized it wasn't an order.

It's worry!

The two slowly sat down, and the moment the stone mill sat down, another gushing of black blood spurted from the wound.

Chen Jieqi squatted down and examined it.

"The toxins have entered the bloodstream."

He lifted the shirt off the back of the stone mill, revealing that the bluish-purple color around the four blood holes had spread across the entire back.

"Your poison goes deeper; the eight spider spears pierce deep into the muscles."

He then looked at Yu Feng.

"That fat man's fire is unclean, it's evil fire! If it's not treated, half of his body will rot within three days."

Riding the wind with a playful smile,

"Captain Chen, you have to save me."

Chen Jieqi closed his eyes, and the Naru Heart mark between his brows lit up.

Golden holy light emanated from between his brows, like a miniature sun.

His hands hovered over Yu Tianheng's chest and Yu Feng's shoulders, and holy light seeped into their bodies.

The toxins begin to loosen and disintegrate, but the process is slow.

Yu Tianheng felt the stinging pain in his chest gradually dissipate, and the toxins retreated from his chest to his shoulders, and from his shoulders to his ribs.

On the other side of Yu Feng, the holy light gradually stripped away the evil fire, and black beads of sweat emerged from his charred skin, turning into wisps of smoke.

After a full five minutes, Chen Jieqi withdrew his hands, his face paled, and sweat began to bead on his forehead.

Yu Tianheng's right hand moved. "It can move now."

Yu Feng let out a long sigh of relief. "Thank you, Captain Chen!"

Chen Jieqi did not rest, but turned to the stone mill.

The first and second soul rings lit up one after another, and the Heart of the Naaru shone with golden light.

[First Soul Skill - Holy Protection of Light]

Golden light condensed into a beam in the palm of his hand.

[Second Soul Skill - Holy Light Praise]

The golden-white halo overlapped again, and the interwoven light was like a precise scalpel, peeling away the toxins layer by layer.

Stone Mill's hands were numb all the way to his wrists, but he gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound. He clenched his knees tightly, and black blood mist drifted out from the four holes, sizzling in the holy light.

Eight minutes later, as the last wisp of black mist dissipated, Chen Jieqi swayed and steadied himself against the table.

His face turned pale, his hands trembled, and the mark between his eyebrows began to fade.

"You cannot use your soul power for seven days. Apply warm water to the wound every day."

Shi Mo nodded with difficulty, "Thank you, Captain Chen."

Chen Jieqi leaned against the table, catching his breath.

"Tianheng cannot use his soul power for three days, Yufeng will apply ice-attribute soul power once a day for three consecutive days, and Shimo will do so for seven days."

He paused.

"You played very well!"

......

Qin Ming waited outside the door for a long time until Chen Jieqi finished his treatment before opening the door and coming in. He had a smile on his face, but his eyes showed both heartache and pride.

"Congratulations! From today onwards, Royal Fighting is the only Gold Soul Team in Soto City!"

Graphite paused for a moment, then asked, "We...won?"

"We won, and we won beautifully."

Qin Ming looked at everyone's injuries.

"You won not because you were of a higher level, but because you didn't give up."

He looked at Yu Tianheng and the stone mill.

"Tianheng's decision was correct, but remember, don't shoulder the burden alone next time."

You're the captain on the field, but you're not alone. Stone Mill, you're the defense, but you're not the shield.

The two nodded.

Qin Ming patted them on the shoulder.

"Go back and take good care of your injuries. Go pick up the Golden Soul badge tomorrow."

He turned and left.

At this moment, Dugu Yan moved.

She strode up to Yu Tianheng, crossed her arms, and looked down at him. Everyone fell silent.

Although the leader has relinquished her position as captain and is now lazy and uninvolved in affairs, no one dares to forget that when this woman gets angry, she is more terrifying than anyone else.

"Yu Tianheng".

Her voice wasn't loud, but everyone could hear it clearly.

Her gaze swept over his blood-stained face, the charred claw marks, his limp right arm, and the wound on his ribs.

Then it moves to Graphite, Yu Feng, Oslo, Tian Xuan, Ye Lingling, and finally back to him.

"Look at them! Graphite's tortoise shell is almost broken, the millstone has four holes in it, and half of Yu Feng's body is almost burned away."

Oslo's shoulder felt like it was being torn apart; Tianxuan's soul power was exhausted, and Ye Lingling could barely stand.

"And what about you? You went to carry Tang San all by yourself and almost lost your life."

Yu Tianheng opened his mouth as if to say something.

"Shut up. I didn't tell you to speak."

Yu Tianheng really shut up.

Dugu Yan stared at him for three seconds, then took out a small porcelain bottle from her soul tool. It was entirely green and had the word "poison" engraved on it.

The antidote pills prepared by Grandpa.

She poured out three emerald green pills and gave them to Yu Tianheng, Shi Mo, and Yu Feng.

"Eat it. It will clear away any remaining toxins."

Shi Mo and Yu Feng ate immediately.

Yu Tianheng looked at the pill in his palm and remained silent for a moment. The antidote pill of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo was something that the entire Heaven Dou Empire could not find better.

"Thanks."

"What are you thanking me for? If you all die from poison, who's going to fight alongside me in team battles?"

Yu Tianheng smiled and put the pill in his mouth. A cool sensation flowed through his limbs, and the remaining toxins were completely cleared away.

Dugu Yan's expression changed as she watched him finish eating.

It wasn't the cold, stern authority she had shown before, but something softer. Her gaze fell on his tired brows and the tight curve of his lips, etched with pain.

She remembered the first time she met him.

At that time, she had just returned to the academy after obtaining her third spirit ring, and was at the height of her fame. He, on the other hand, had just entered the Royal Fighting Academy, a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Proud as a little wolf cub that refused to bow its head, she couldn't quite remember what level it was.

But she remembered the look in his eyes very clearly; it was one of defiance.

Then he challenged her.

She naturally won, and initially thought he would be furious.

But the boy got up from the ground, dusted himself off, looked at her and said...

"I will be back..."

From then on, they suffered repeated defeats.

From then on, the way he looked at her changed.

She always knew, but she never took it seriously.

She thought he was just a proud young man, that his thoughts were just a momentary impulse, and that he would back down under her cold gaze like everyone else.

But today, she saw a different Yu Tianheng.

A person who was stung and poisoned by eight spider spears, and whose right arm was paralyzed, but whose back remained ramrod straight.

A vice-captain who would take damage for his teammates, a warrior who would risk everything in desperate situations.

Someone worthy of her attention.

"Yu Tianheng".

Her voice suddenly became very soft.

Yu Tianheng raised his head.

Dugu Yan looked at him, her gaze calm and earnest.

"Next time, don't be alone."

It's not an order, not a request, it's a promise.

Yu Tianheng paused for a moment, then smiled.

"good!"