Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

"Sisi...she's just turning back into a child, how is that divine retribution?"

"Prince Dongqing is still young, not an old man in his seventies or eighties. Suddenly turning back into a six-year-old child, is it not a punishment from heaven, or a reward from heaven?"

Just as Su Yuntao and Sisi were talking non-stop, Dongqing quietly left the room with the stove burning.

He can't be a third wheel.

Besides, he only wanted to visit an old friend on the way. Although the friend was now infected with the blood curse, he was fortunate to have arrived in time.

Don't ask why Dongqing didn't come sooner...

Why didn't they embark on the path to eliminate the blood curse the moment they discovered the true power of the Lotus Lantern, instead wasting a lot of time on the job change with Liu Erlong?

First of all.

Dongqing is not a purely good person. He has a kind heart, but not much. He will not risk his life to save others. His greatest concern is always the people around him.

Second.

If the source of the blood curse is not resolved, the person will continue to be infected by the curse, unless Dongqing is willing to inject the original power of the Lotus Lantern.

But it's obvious that this is impossible; he doesn't have that much power to extract so much of the Lotus Lantern's original energy.

His limit is simply being able to protect those around him.

.......

About ten minutes later.

Above Nottingham, an extremely pure purifying power instantly swept across the entire city.

Chapter 558, Liu Erlong's Trouble, Dong Qing Takes the Blame

This was not the first purifying force to erupt in the sky above the city, nor will it be the last.

The purifying power from the Lotus Lantern was extremely strong. Even though Dongqing could only draw out an extremely tiny wisp, it completely cleansed and purified the blood curse of the entire Notting City in just a few seconds.

Notting City, Martial Soul Branch Hall.

"Sisi, quickly bring me the latest issue of the newspaper!"

"Didn't you already see it?"

"I want to take another look."

"You're such a handful. If it weren't for seeing you so upset, I wouldn't have bothered with you!"

"I don't feel as bad now. I don't know why, but my body suddenly feels much lighter."

"Could it be... that little liar really is Prince Dongqing? Does he really possess a way to solve this unknown infectious disease?"

Sisi looked extremely surprised. She covered her mouth and quickly picked up a thick stack of newspapers from the table next to her, handing them to Su Yuntao, who was lying on the bed and looking at her expectantly.

Previously, Su Yuntao's mind was foggy and he had no interest in reading the news or newspapers, even though the latest issue of the newspaper reported that Dong Qing, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, was about to travel across the entire continent.

However, the blood curse within him has now been removed by the power of purification. His body, which had been eroded by the blood curse, has finally been revitalized, allowing him to regain his clarity of mind.

"Don't say such treasonous things. That sunny boy is naturally Prince Dongqing. Although I don't know why he shrunk back to the appearance of a six-year-old, even if my head is dizzy, I will never mistake Prince Dongqing's appearance."

"To be honest, I was dizzy and had a headache before, so I didn't look carefully at all. I couldn't concentrate either, and I didn't even know when Prince Dongqing came in or left the room."

"Now that I've finally regained consciousness, Prince Dongqing is no longer here. In that case, I'll take a look at the latest issue of the newspaper and see what it says. Perhaps I can learn something about Prince Dongqing from it."

As Su Yuntao spoke, he opened the newspaper in his hand, his dark, bright eyes fixed on the paper.

[The Spirit Hall Newspaper, Issue 163. This issue's topic: Solutions to the recent rampant spread of infectious diseases on the mainland via spirit power.]

[Editor-in-Chief: Bibi Dong]

[Editor-in-Chief: Dong Qing]

[Associate Editor: Hu Liena]

[Editors: Mei Xiangxue, Li Yuexian, Li Yuemei, DouDou.]

The following is the news details brought to you by the editor.

As is widely known, a few infected individuals have been appearing on the mainland since a month ago. When they first contracted this unknown infectious disease, they only had symptoms of a cold.

Logically speaking, since Soul Masters' bodies are constantly nourished by the energy of heaven and earth, they are unlikely to contract diseases like the common cold.

What no one expected was that this infectious disease with very mild symptoms, which was initially inconspicuous, was extremely contagious. Although it was spread through soul power, it infected half of the soul masters in the world in a short period of time.

This unknown infectious disease is very special; the symptoms are not very obvious at the beginning.

The external symptoms initially appear as a common cold, accompanied by a high fever, but it can slowly absorb the soul master's own soul power and gradually devour the soul master's life force.

The higher the soul power level, the stronger the resistance to infectious diseases, but this is not absolute. Currently, most of the core leaders of the three upper sects have been infected with this unknown infectious disease.

The only saving grace is that this infectious disease, whose origin is unknown, is basically only spreading among Soul Masters and has not yet shown any tendency to infect ordinary people.

Even so, Prince Dongqing, as the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, still searched day and night for a solution to this unknown infectious disease for the safety of all the spirit masters in the world.

It should be noted that, apart from the titled Douluo with a known soul power level of 90 or above who are immune to this unknown infectious disease, all soul masters with a soul power level below 90 will be infected with the infectious disease.

Despite the constant risk of contracting this unknown infectious disease, Prince Dongqing went through countless hardships and finally found a solution to this rampant infectious disease that was ravaging the mainland.

Just like the terrifying divine punishment the Spirit Hall faced last time, this infectious disease spreading across the entire continent is a divine punishment.

However, this time is different from the last time.

Last time, the divine punishment was withstood by the combined efforts of many Title Douluo of the Spirit Hall. This time, Prince Dongqing sacrificed himself to make a pact with the legendary god.

The agreement is as follows.

The gods favored the traces of time left on Prince Dongqing, and only when he sacrificed a portion of those traces could a city's infectious disease be successfully eradicated.

Every time Prince Dongqing sacrifices a portion of his own aging traces, his body will uncontrollably and forcibly reverse its growth.

Don't think this is a good thing. Prince Dongqing is only a teenager and in the prime of his youth. He doesn't need to regain his youth in this way at all.

To know.

When the last trace of a person's life disappears, it means that he never existed in this world, which means that this person is no different from being dead.

So here.

All staff members of the Spirit Hall Newspaper strongly urge all Spirit Masters infected with infectious diseases not to linger in remote villages and wilderness areas, and to rush to nearby cities within ten days.

At that time.

Prince Dongqing will then descend upon the city on a hundred-meter-long fire dragon, sacrificing his own traces of time to purify the city of infectious diseases.

..........

"Sisi, didn't you see the news and newspapers? How come you didn't recognize Prince Dongqing at first?"

Su Yuntao folded the newspaper in his hand and put it aside before slowly looking up at Sisi beside him.

"Look at you, you were almost dead, how could I be in the mood to read the news? And the rest of the article was like a fairy tale. If I hadn't seen you get better with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it was true," Sisi muttered under her breath.

"You don't believe in the existence of God?" Su Yuntao asked, frowning.

As the head of a branch hall of the Spirit Hall, he was full of faith in the gods and never forgot to worship the six-winged angel statue that stood in the center of the Spirit Hall branch hall every day.

“I believe that when the divine punishment descended upon the Spirit Hall, I initially wanted to drag you away, but you refused to leave, so I had no choice but to stay and wait to die with you.”

Sisi immediately revealed a big secret.

When the Spirit Hall once faced divine punishment, when the world-destroying calamity descended.

Even though she was also a member of the Spirit Hall, she didn't really have a high opinion of the Spirit Hall, nor did she believe that the Spirit Hall could successfully withstand this terrible divine punishment.

And this time.

Seemingly recalling how Sisi had twice accompanied him through life and death, Su Yuntao's expression softened, and he asked, "Then why don't you believe that Prince Dongqing can communicate with the gods?"

"Don't ask, the answer is reality. That's just how realistic I am!" Sisi said coldly, arms crossed.

“Sisi… I know you’re not that kind of person,” Su Yuntao said in a flattering tone.

He was not a prodigy like Dong Qing. Over thirty years old, he was very ordinary and only a level twenty-something Soul Master. He was no match for Sisi, whose Soul Power had reached level thirty-something.

When the man's abilities are inferior to the woman's, there is a high probability that he will become henpecked.

It is clear.

Although Su Yuntao is now the Hall Master of the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall, his henpecked nature has begun to show.

However, the more important reason is that people have no choice but to accept it as they reach middle age.

If he had even one ten-thousandth of Dong Qing's physical strength, he wouldn't be so ashamed to face his woman.

This woman!

Besides conquering their minds, conquering their bodies is also essential; otherwise, how could they be so easily obedient and compliant?

Do you really think Liu Erlong is so easy to ride?

.......

Just like that, on the other side.

Liu Erlong was also reading the latest issue of the newspaper. After reading the last line, she jumped up and slammed the newspaper onto Dong Qing's head.

"You bastard, you stinking Dongqing, how dare you scheme against me!" Liu Erlong said angrily.

"What scheming?" Dong Qing asked innocently.

"You've been wanting to ride me for a long time, haven't you, riding a hundred-meter-long fire dragon that descends upon the city?" Liu Erlong's pupils blazed with fire.

“Erlong, this is a time to save all living beings and countless soul masters from life and death.” Dongqing shrugged.

Hearing the affectionate nickname "Erlong" and glancing at Dongqing's small figure, Liu Erlong trembled, a strange and unspeakable sense of taboo quietly rising from the depths of her heart.

But she couldn't say anything, after all, the six-year-old child in front of her was actually her real man, and the only man she had in the decades since she was born.

At the same time, a strange sense of taboo inexplicably arose, making her unable to continue her anger.

"I'm just the dean of a high-level civilian soul master academy. My job is to protect the students. I don't have such lofty sentiments. Besides, aren't you afraid of repeated infections?"

"Yes, we are afraid. So we need to find the source as soon as possible. If we solve the source, we can solve the problem of repeated infections."

How do I find it?

"Keep searching!"