Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 176, Section 194: The Death of Zhu Zhuqing

Between Tian Dou and Xing Luo lies a dense forest. If one does not take the official road, one will inevitably face the dangers and accidents in the jungle. The roaming soul beasts could bring Zhu Zhuqing deadly danger at any time. Faced with these terrifying soul beasts, she has no choice but to keep running away.

Of course, what's even more terrifying are the pursuers behind them.

She was panting heavily from running when she lay down to rest under a tree. An arrow shot over and landed on the tree next to Zhu Zhuqing's head.

"My dear sister, where are you going?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked closely and saw Zhu Zhuyun leading the family's private army of soul masters in front of her.

"Sister, even now that things have come to this, you still don't intend to let me go?" Zhu Zhuqing questioned.

"Let you go?" Zhu Zhuyun said, "If I let you go, my position as Empress will be insecure."

Zhu Zhuqing forced herself to continue towards the depths of the jungle.

"Chase after them!" Zhu Zhuyun ordered.

Thus, under Zhu Zhuyun's pursuit, Zhu Zhuqing dared not linger for a moment, and she was getting closer and closer to the border of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

Neither of the two groups noticed that on a distant mountain, sat a short man with a cloak obscuring his face. He spoke in a childlike voice: "Oh dear, little girl, I can tell you're planning to send your sister to Tiandou. Sometimes being too soft-hearted isn't a good thing. Let me help you out."

How could Zhu Zhuqing, a level 27 Great Soul Master, escape from the relentless pursuit of the Star Luo Zhu family's private Soul Master soldiers? Such an obvious flaw would be obvious to any outsider.

As they drew closer to Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun gave the order: "Fire arrows! Fire arrows!"

Her men stopped in their tracks, raised their bows and arrows, and aimed at Zhu Zhuqing, then slightly revealed a flaw.

Several kilometers away, a bow emanating a chilling aura appeared in the man's hand. He casually took out an ordinary arrow, nocked it, and locked onto it—

The arrows shot by those men swept across the area around Zhu Zhuqing like outlines.

Zhu Zhuqing nimbly dodged the arrows shot from behind. She could already see the exit of the forest, and the hope of escaping filled her heart.

We're almost there. Once we cross this forest, we'll be in the territory of the Heavenly Dou Empire. At that point, we'll be safe.

A silent arrow pierced the air from several kilometers away. Just as Zhu Zhuqing was about to rush out of the forest, the arrow pierced her heart through her back and exited through her chest.
Zhu Zhuyun, who was chasing after her, saw her younger sister's body half-bent over, her hair disheveled, and flesh and blood bursting out from her chest before Zhu Zhuqing's body fell to the ground.

"Zhuqing!" Zhu Zhuyun cried out and rushed to Zhu Zhuqing's side. She saw her younger sister lying in the mud of the forest, her eyes unfocused, and a pool of blood behind her.

Zhu Zhuyun held Zhu Zhuqing's body and wept bitterly. She had no intention of killing her sister; she still had feelings for her. However, their fates were destined to clash. In Zhu Zhuyun's plan, she wanted to drive Zhu Zhuqing to the Heavenly Dou Empire, to show her what a useless person her fiancé was, to make her completely lose the will to compete with her, and then to obediently hide away and live out the rest of her life.

This was the last thing I, as her older sister, could do for her; who knew?

Through tear-filled eyes, she glanced at the people behind her and demanded, "Who shot this arrow?"

The Zhu family archers looked at each other in bewilderment. One of them picked up the arrow and came to Zhu Zhuyun, explaining that it couldn't have been shot by them. "Not one of my men?" Zhu Zhuyun was slightly taken aback. She thought of one possibility: Davis didn't trust her and had sent another group to ambush Zhu Zhuqing on the border of Xingluo Tiandou.

This was the most likely thing Zhu Zhuyun could think of. She painfully reached out and stroked Zhu Zhuqing's cheek, closing her eyes: "Sister, this is the fate that we women of the Zhu family cannot escape. If you die, at least you won't know what kind of worthless bastard your fiancé really is. I will take back all the injustices you have suffered from him in the future."

Zhu Zhuyun collected Zhu Zhuqing's body and led her men back.

"That's it for today, let's go home." The old man with the childlike voice in the black cloak put away his bow and arrows and turned to leave.

In Soto City, Dai Mubai was kissing a pair of twin siblings goodbye. He had severed all ties he could and was preparing to welcome Zhu Zhuqing.

But suddenly, he felt a pang of panic, as if a piece of his flesh had been ripped out.

Dai Mubai felt a moment of disorientation: "What's wrong with me?"

Zhu Zhuyun returned to the Star Luo Empire with Zhu Zhuqing's body. The Zhu family held a funeral for this member of the royal family. After the burial, Zhu Zhuyun reported the results of the operation to Davis.

Davis nodded in satisfaction and said, "Zhu Yun, you did a good job. Now that Zhu Zhuqing is gone, Dai Mubai, that good-for-nothing, has absolutely no chance."

“My sister is already dead, should the ceremony still continue?” Zhu Zhuyun asked.

“Of course it will continue. Those who have been chosen as heirs will inevitably face that competition after they turn 25,” Davis said. “If you fail to keep your partner during this process, it’s because you’re not capable enough, but you still have to go on stage.”

A cold glint flashed in Zhu Zhuyun's eyes: "Davis, when that battle comes in the future, can you leave Dai Mubai to me to deal with?"

“You,” Davis said, “Of course you can, you won’t let me down, will you?”

"of course."

In Douluo Continent, death is not the end. As long as a person has a soul, he can either be reincarnated or be helped by the power of the gods to reverse life and death.

Even in death, Zhu Zhuqing's soul remained. In her soul, she saw what happened after her death, and she saw her sister collect her body and take it back to the Star Luo Empire for burial.

Only after her death did she realize that her sister did not want to kill her, and that the person who truly killed her was someone else. But since she was already dead, it was no use pursuing the truth.

Unexpectedly, I still stopped here in the end. A trace of sadness flashed in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes. Suddenly, a surge of memories flooded into Zhu Zhuqing's soul.

It was as if she had experienced a complete human life again!

She had a past life in which she escaped unharmed despite being pursued by her older sister and successfully fled to the Heavenly Dou Empire.

In Soto City, Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai holding a pair of twins. At that time, she was heartbroken, but due to the fusion of martial souls, Zhu Zhuqing eventually joined Shrek Academy and forgave Dai Mubai, who also reformed himself.

With Tang San's help, they defeated Dai Mubai's brother and their own sister, and finally won the war against the Spirit Hall, ultimately becoming gods.

(End of this chapter)