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

Faced with Gu Yuena's fury, which was enough to burn mountains and boil seas, Lu Jun was not moved at all. Instead, he laughed happily. His smile was so bright that it was almost blinding, as if he was admiring some wonderful scenery.

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"

Gu Yuena trembled with rage. The nine-colored divine power that had just calmed down around her surged like boiling water again. She took a step forward, causing the void to tremble. Her slender fingers almost poked Lu Jun's nose. She was about to have a good "reasoning" with him about the deception and abuse over the past few years.

However, just a second after her momentum reached its peak—

"Snapped!"

Another familiar and precise chop, with a strange rhythm, landed squarely on her smooth forehead once more.

This strike seemed to carry the effect of some kind of calming mantra. A strange sensation of coolness mixed with a slight tingling spread from the top of her head instantly, like a sudden enlightenment, forcibly suppressing her raging anger, surging divine power, and all her excited emotions.

Gu Yuena's movements suddenly stopped, the surging power seemed to be smoothed out by an invisible hand, leaving only a sense of being forcibly calmed down, with a deep sense of frustration and bewilderment.

Hajina was so wronged.

She instinctively reached out and covered her forehead where she had been struck, feeling that if he continued to strike her like this, she, the silver dragonfish who was already not very smart in his eyes, would really be turned into an intellectually disabled person!

Those purple eyes, which had been shining with anger, were now misty, filled with seven parts annoyance and three parts pity, as they muttered irritably:
"Don't hit my head, it hurts..."

Her voice carried a hint of almost coquettish complaint that she herself was unaware of.

"Alright." The playful expression on Lu Jun's face vanished instantly, like a face-changing act in Sichuan opera, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity and reverence.

His hands hung naturally at his sides, his posture was upright, and his eyes were sharp and focused. This sudden seriousness made Gu Yuena extremely uncomfortable, as if the boy next door who was playing around just a second ago had suddenly become the supreme god-king who ruled the universe.

"Play around, joke around, let's get down to business."

His tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable weight.

"In conclusion, first of all, congratulations on your success. After more than 27 million trials, you have truly entered the hall of fame and possess the potential to rival or even surpass the ancient dragon gods."

He first acknowledged Gu Yuena's achievements, then changed the subject, his gaze falling on his own palm, which was beginning to ripple slightly and appear somewhat ethereal.

"And what you need to do next... is to give me, without reservation, the last bit of strength I have left here."

Before he finished speaking, his entire figure rippled violently, like a reflection in water, becoming more transparent than ever before.

He raised his hands, palms facing each other, and an indescribable, highly concentrated power, seemingly containing the fundamental principles of the universe's birth and death, was frantically drawn from and gathered from his illusory body.

The blinding light illuminated the entire unstable illusion, and finally, a chaotic sphere of light, no bigger than a fist, yet seemingly containing the sun, moon, and stars and flowing with countless runes of laws, condensed and took shape in his palm.

The ball of light slowly drifted toward Gu Yuena, carrying a warm yet heavy touch, and landed in her outstretched palm.

"This is……"

Gu Yuena felt the vast, abyss-like power within the sphere of light, yet it was also of the same origin and intimate with her. Her beautiful eyes were filled with shock and confusion.

"That's right, this is the last bit of strength I have left here."

Lu Jun's figure dimmed further, but his voice remained steady.

"Because you have made too many attempts at fusion, my power reserves are not inexhaustible, but rather a finite consumable."

He offered an explanation, his tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible helplessness, yet also suggesting that he had anticipated it.

“You must know…” he continued, his gaze seemingly piercing through the illusion to see the distant future, “the power I left behind, if given directly to me now, would be enough to restore me to the peak level of my former God-King days in a very short time.” “Then why didn’t you keep this power for yourself?”

Gu Yuena was even more confused, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on the ball of light.

"If you return to the level of a God-King, wouldn't all the current predicaments, the threats from the God Realm, and all other problems be easily resolved?"

"In your prime, you could even defeat the Dragon God..."

Her words were filled with urgency and confusion, but before she could finish speaking, Lu Jun raised his hand to interrupt her.

"Yes, I can use this to regain my position as God-King."

Lu Jun admitted it.

"However, this brings us back to the original dead end."

"I will be locked in by the supreme laws of this universe once again, limiting the upper limit of my cultivation, and I will never be able to take that crucial step to surpass the God King and achieve true transcendence."

His voice carried a hint of knowing fate:

"I alone cannot contend with the overwhelming force of the universe's rules."

"Therefore, I need allies, variables that can shake up the course of destiny, and companions."

"The Dragon God's path was broken; the imbalance between greed and power led to his inevitable downfall."

"Greed ruined him, but without that all-encompassing ambition, he would not have been able to ascend to the position of the strongest god-king."

"And then I thought of you, Gu Yuena."

His gaze was fixed on her, filled with scrutinizing expectation.

"Only if you perfectly inherit the power and status of the Dragon God, become the new generation of the Dragon God, and master this power to a flawless and perfectly unified state, will you be able to—no, you will definitely be stronger and more stable than the Dragon God of the past."

"And now, you've succeeded."

A faint yet genuine smile curved the corners of his lips.

"Using my remaining strength as fuel, I finally forged an ally who was stronger and more perfect than the Dragon God."

"To face the future's laws of suppression with me and deal with more unknown variables is already a very worthwhile deal."

He gazed into Gu Yuena's eyes, speaking each word clearly and solemnly:
"Gu Yuena, you are very important. You are the most crucial link in my plan."

Faced with Lu Jun's straightforward and undisguised admission and high regard, Gu Yuena's heart skipped a beat.

A complex mix of emotions welled up inside her, a thrill of being recognized, a heavy sense of responsibility, and a touch of shyness, causing her pretty face to flush with a faint blush, like a red plum blossom blooming on a snowy plain.

"Okay, I've finished explaining."

Lu Jun's voice pulled her back from her chaotic thoughts. His figure was now as faint as the mist before dawn, as if it might disappear with the wind at any moment.

"My time is running out." (End of Chapter)