Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

As Lu Jun was puzzled, the next second, the scattered gray air currents seemed to be summoned by something, and quickly converged and collapsed towards a single point.

Amidst the flashes of light, a slender humanoid silhouette rapidly solidified within the gray aura, eventually revealing itself completely to the crowd.

The newcomer was covered in a set of crystal-clear armor that reflected a strange gray light, and a gray cloak behind him moved without wind.

He was extremely handsome, even with a touch of effeminate beauty. His long black hair was draped behind his head, which made his pale, bloodless face look even more eerie.

In his right hand, he held a slender, gray, transparent cross-shaped sword. Gray mist swirled and rose from the blade, emanating a deathly aura that devoured life.

His armor had no helmet, only a diamond-shaped gray crystal embedded in his forehead. The crystal had countless facets, constantly refracting the surrounding light, but only emitting a deeper gray hue.

His attire and the overwhelming aura of death and the underworld made him look nothing like a human, but rather like a grim reaper from the deepest hell, a being who had stepped out of the netherworld and was in charge of death.

He gently swung the gray slender sword forward, the trajectory of the blade's tip seemingly severing the boundary between life and death.

His handsome eyebrows furrowed slightly as he looked at the vast, boundless, icy blue tide that was temporarily blocked ahead. He sighed softly, a sigh that seemed to contain endless vicissitudes and helplessness.

"Come forth. To the underworld."

As his deep, magnetic voice rang out, clusters of pale flames, radiating extreme cold and deathly stillness, suddenly spread outwards from his body in all directions.

These flames were not scorching, but rather carried a soul-freezing cold. They burned silently, colliding, intertwining, and eroding each other head-on with Lu Jun's extreme icy tide, emitting a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound. They actually managed to completely block the surging cold tide, forming a clear dividing line between gray-white and ice-blue.

Upon seeing this person's sudden appearance, both the knowledgeable Yuanen Zhentian and the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, felt a chill run from their spines straight to the top of their heads, and the hairs on their bodies involuntarily stood on end.

The Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor exchanged a glance, both seeing an unprecedented solemnity and apprehension in each other's eyes.

The same thought arose in their minds simultaneously:
"This person...is incredibly strong!"

"The depth of its aura and its control over the laws of death... have already surpassed the realm of Limit Douluo, and are infinitely close to the legendary True God level!"

Yuan Enzhentian's face turned deathly pale as he stared intently at the gray figure, his voice trembling uncontrollably as he cried out in shock:

"Gray, gray terror... The guardian of the Douluo plane, Hades Douluo Harosa! It's actually you?"

He quickly turned to Lu Jun and reminded him urgently:

"My lord, please be extremely careful. He is an ancient being enshrined at the Spirit Pagoda, the true one..."

“I know.” Lu Jun raised his hand, stopping Yuan Enzhentian from continuing.

His gaze remained calmly fixed on Harosa, failing to stir the slightest ripple in his heart.

“Harosa…” Lu Jun spoke slowly, his voice calm, “What do you mean by this? Are you going to stand up for these immortal herbs and become my enemy?”

Upon hearing this, Harosa was not angered by Lu Jun's question. Instead, he bowed slightly and performed an ancient and elegant gesture.

He raised his head, his deep, dark eyes looking at Lu Jun with a genuine respect that wasn't feigned. "Your Excellency, you've misunderstood."

"I do not wish to be your enemy. I only implore you to be merciful and not to completely destroy this Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, as well as the immortal herbs and creatures that inhabit it."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the ferocious beasts like Qiluo Tulip, who were trembling at his presence yet seeing a glimmer of hope. His gaze sent a chill down their spines, as if an invisible scythe of death had swept across their necks.

"In any case, they are the only remaining immortal herbs in the Douluo Continent that are over 100,000 years old, and they are an important part of the life essence of this continent."

"The demise of each plant is an irreversible loss to the origin of life in this plane."

Harosa looked at Lu Jun again, her tone sincere:

"Moreover, as you just said, their improvement for you is already limited."

"It would be a real pity to destroy this once-in-a-millennium natural wonder and the seed of life for such a trivial gain."

"Perhaps... we should leave them behind, so that they might contribute a unique strength to your grand plans in the future."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun's eyes flashed with a thoughtful expression.

The terrifying chill emanating from him gradually subsided and subsided, the suffocating extreme cold slowly dissipating. He did not sheath the Ice Abyss Sword, but the sword's sharpness had already been concealed.

"Oh?" Lu Jun raised his chin, his tone carrying a hint of scrutiny. "In your opinion, what contribution can these immortal herbs, which are no longer of much use to me, make in the upcoming operation?"

Seeing that Lu Jun was willing to listen, Harosa breathed a slight sigh of relief and quickly explained:
"Your Excellency is wise. The life core of the Douluo plane, the Golden Ancient Tree, has already been forcibly occupied by a powerful soul."

"For the past ten thousand years, it has been content with its corner of the world, focusing only on using life energy to nourish Shrek Academy, while neglecting its responsibility as the core of life in the plane, which should have given back to and regulated the life cycle of the entire Douluo plane."

"Such actions have seriously affected the ecological balance and life potential of the Douluo plane, and are a malignant tumor that must be eradicated!"

"And next, the operation you have planned to wipe out Shrek Academy and set things right is not far off."

"The Qiluo Tulip and others, as the purest life forms nurtured by nature in the Douluo plane, have countless connections with the Golden Ancient Tree in terms of the origin of life."

"When the time comes to act, perhaps they can use this unique primordial connection to interfere with, weaken, or even... help us expel the alien soul that has taken over the Golden Ancient Tree!"

"Let the Golden Tree return to the control of the Douluo Plane's will and fulfill its true mission!"

After saying this, Harosa turned around, his gaze calmly fixed on the ferocious beasts like Qiluo Tulip. His voice regained its usual coldness and indifference, befitting a messenger from the underworld:

"Of course, the choice is yours. If you are unwilling to contribute to protecting the plane, then this gentleman may kill or punish you as he pleases, and I, Harosa, will not stand in your way in the slightest."

"In fact, if the other party really intended to kill you, even I couldn't stop him."

"You may think about it yourselves." (End of Chapter)