Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 139 Survival of the Catastrophe

Suddenly, Ning Feiliu remembered something.

He put the Golden Soul Card back into a pouch at his waist, which didn't attract much attention from the scarred-faced strongman.

Scarface didn't even notice that the soul tool Ning Feiliu had just used to take out the Golden Soul Card was completely different from the soul tool she was putting back into the Golden Soul Card.

He said, seemingly embarrassed, "A hero's words, can they be taken seriously?"

These words, which seemed to genuinely indicate an intention to follow Scarface's lead, excited both Scarface and Ye Lingling.

Ye Lingling gasped, a hint of emotion flashing in her beautiful eyes, but she shouted, "Ning Feiliu, don't be silly! Run! Don't worry about it—"

"Hmph!" Scarface tightened his grip on Ye Lingling's neck again.

Ye Lingling's voice stopped abruptly.

"You little girl, are you looking for death?" he said with an unfriendly expression.

"Stop, sir! This is between us. It's not worth taking my friend's life." Ning Feiliu seemed a little anxious. He took a step forward and stepped on the weeds in front of him, making a rustling sound.

But soon he seemed afraid that Scarface might do something bad to Ye Lingling because of his step forward, and he immediately retreated with a wary and worried look in his eyes.

"Very good... kid, you know this is between the two of us." Scarface looked quite satisfied and said, "So go ahead and kill yourself. I promise I won't hurt this little girl afterwards."

"Are you really sure?" Ning Feiliu asked, her expression still conflicted.

However, a hint of ferocity flashed in Scarface's eyes, but on the surface he coldly snorted and said, "I, Hu Da, have been traveling the Douluo Continent for many years and have always kept my word! As long as you sacrifice your life to appease my two brothers, I will have avenged my great grudge, and of course I won't harm your beautiful companion in the slightest!"

"I've never wanted to kill women, but if you don't comply with my demands, then your companion will be... a real shame."

However, Hu Da sneered inwardly. What did he mean by saying he had always kept his word after years of traveling the Douluo Continent?

He's not exactly a gentleman; his words never hold water.

Moreover, he has killed many women over the years, and Ye Lingling's fate will only be to be killed by him to silence her after Ning Feiliu dies!

"Then..." Ning Feiliu seemed to have a struggle in her eyes, but she still took out a small knife from her soul tool and placed it at her neck, as if she really intended to commit suicide on the spot as Hu Da had said.

"No...don't..." Ye Lingling's voice choked up. She looked at Ning Feiliu, her beautiful eyes already overflowing with tears, her exquisite face already tearful and pitiful.

Is Ning Feiliu really going to die because of her?

Ning Feiliu... is so intelligent. With his talent, he will definitely become a Title Douluo in the future.

Moreover, with his intelligence and his research in pharmacology and martial spirit, he will be able to spread his research and achievements throughout the entire Douluo Continent in the future.

He used his pharmacological theories to save countless ordinary people.

But... he's going to die now.

He should die because of her.

Ye Lingling felt sad, ashamed, and guilty. Compared to Ning Feiliu's life, what was so precious about her?

But because of her, Ning Feiliu was forced to commit suicide.

She wanted to tell Ning Feiliu to run away on her own and stop bothering her.

But Hu Da gripped her neck tightly, using a subtle force that prevented her from suffocating, yet left her gasping for breath and unable to speak.

Ning Feiliu, on the other hand, looked terrified. He placed the small knife in his hand against his neck and slowly cut a bloody line, but... he seemed unable to bring himself to do it.

Because of his fear of death and his yearning for life, he could never bring himself to do it.

However, Hu Da snorted coldly, raised Ye Lingling, whom he was holding, high again, and tightened his grip.

Immediately, a pained expression appeared on Ye Lingling's pretty face again.

"Hurry! Do it! Or I'll strangle her!" Hu Da threatened.

Ning Feiliu quickly said, "Okay...okay, I'll kill myself right now. Please, sir, don't hurt my friend!"

A hint of despair flashed in Ye Lingling's beautiful eyes, but at that moment she saw a fleeting glimpse of smugness and cunning in Hu Da's eyes.

Suddenly she realized something...

"He will definitely not let me off the hook in the end."

That's right. How could a despicable person like Hu Da, who even dared to launch sneak attacks on her and Ning Feiliu, two Soul Venerables, despite being only a Soul King, possibly keep his word?

After Ning Feiliu's death, she will likely also be unable to escape his clutches.

Therefore... we cannot let Ning Feiliu sacrifice herself in vain!

A resolute glint flashed in Ye Lingling's eyes. Then, she pretended to still have a pained expression on her face, gripping Hu Da's arm tightly with both hands. However, her right hand was poised to strike from the soul tool ring on her left hand.

She wanted to... retrieve the dagger from the soul tool and fight back fiercely, hoping that Hu Dayi would kill her in a fit of rage, and then she would let Ning Feiliu escape.

If only one of them is destined to escape, then let Ning Feiliu escape.

Ning Feiliu's face remained filled with fear. As if to muster his courage, he took a deep breath, but his hand holding the knife continued to tremble, and he couldn't bring himself to make the cut.

A resolute glint flashed in Ye Lingling's eyes. She made her move!

But just then...

A green shadow suddenly shot out from the bushes behind Hu Da!

It landed on Hu Da's right hand, which was gripping Ye Lingling!

"Ouch!" Hu Da suddenly felt as if his right hand had been pricked by a needle, and his arm went numb instantly!

"Lingling, get out of the way!" Ning Feiliu's extremely calm voice rang out.

However, at this moment, Ye Lingling took out a dagger from her soul tool and stabbed Hu Da's right hand several times with frenzied force.

Hu Da felt as if he couldn't exert any force with his right hand at all. His right hand had turned completely purplish-black, and it looked as if it had already died.

So much so that when Ye Lingling stabbed his right hand several times with a dagger, he didn't feel anything.

On the contrary, Ye Lingling rolled to the ground because he lost feeling in his right hand.

"What exactly happened?" Hu Da was both shocked and angry. Realizing that something was wrong, he tried to grab Ye Lingling, who had rolled to the ground, with his left hand again.

But just then...

But suddenly, an extremely strong beam of light appeared opposite him.

Ye Lingling felt a sense of crisis for a moment and immediately rolled away in a disheveled manner.

And then...

A beam of light, half a meter in diameter, shot towards Hu Da in an instant, piercing through... his head and chest!

The beam of light lasted for only one second, but its extreme heat and destructive power spread for a long time and affected an area of ​​five or six meters!

Ye Lingling opened her eyes, only to find that the surrounding area was still filled with white light. After a few seconds, she felt that her eyes could not take it and tears kept flowing out.

It wasn't until another ten seconds had passed that she noticed the white light seemed to be fading.

As her vision gradually returned, she first looked towards the spot where Hu Da had been standing, but all she saw was...

The spot where Hu Da was originally standing now has two-thirds of its inhabitants lying there—yes, two-thirds of them.

Judging from the clothes on the lower half of the body of this two-thirds of the person, it is obvious that he is Hu Da.

However, his head and upper body have completely disappeared. His shoulders are gone, and his normal hands, which are blackened from poisoning, have fallen directly to his feet. The "scar" on his chest is charred, but no blood has flowed out.

"This is..." Ye Lingling couldn't help but look curiously at Ning Feiliu opposite her.

He was now squatting on the ground, panting heavily, but in his right hand was a peculiar and cute little snake.

The little snake's body was almost transparent, about five inches long, with a hazy green light flowing inside, and a pair of small, bright red eyes that looked exceptionally cute.

There are nine horizontal stripes resembling bamboo joints on its green body.

It's currently nestled obediently in Ning Feiliu's hands... acting all cute?

"Thank you so much, you've been a great help." Ning Feiliu said breathlessly, smiling as she patted the little snake's head.

The little snake, in a very human-like manner, turned its head and rubbed against Ning Feiliu's index fingertip.

It was the exquisite nine-section jadeite, a rare and venomous snake that Dugu Bo had previously gifted to Ning Feiliu.

The nine-section jade snake, if poisoned by it, will turn into pus and die in no time. Although it looks small, it is one of the most venomous snakes.

Moreover, it is harder than fine steel and difficult to be damaged by a sharp blade.

Ning Feiliu pretended to take back the Golden Soul Coin Card, but actually released the little guy from his Ruyi Treasure Pouch. Moreover, he deliberately made a cover, letting the Nine-Section Jadeite circle around to Hu Da's back in the grass and take the opportunity to bite Hu Da's right hand.

He had also studied the venom of the nine-section jade snake. This most venomous snake venom also exhibits a mixture of neurotoxicity, hemotoxicity, and cytotoxicity.

It can be said that it is the same type of toxin as the Jade Scale Snake Venom passed down in the Dugu family.

Moreover, the poison takes effect very quickly. Although it is said to be fatal in a short period of time, the poison does not lie dormant during that time, waiting for the poison to take effect before causing the poisoned person to die.

Instead, it initially causes pain and numbness in the affected area of ​​the poisoned person. After a period of time, the poisoned person will experience dizziness and nausea.

The symptoms then worsen until the poisoned person dies as the symptoms spread throughout their body.

However, even when the venom of the nine-section jade snake took effect and killed Hu Da, Hu Da was not one to sit idly by during this time.

He might even consider attacking Ning Feiliu or Ye Lingling at any cost, hoping to take them both down with him.

For Ning Feiliu, the enemy must be killed completely. In his view, an enemy who is not yet dead is not a good enemy!

However, Hu Da made him recall his martial soul in advance, which means it will take him some time to summon his martial soul again and release his soul skill. Originally, this would only take one second.

In a life-or-death battle, especially a battle between Soul Masters, even a second's delay could put Ye Lingling, who was not far from Hu Da, in danger again.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu... chose to release the destructive power of the sun that she had absorbed and accumulated from the radiance of the sun during her practice of the Sunlight Breathing Technique without reservation!

This destructive power of the sun has been accumulating for about half a year since he absorbed the Blazing Apricot Blossom and was able to use the Moon Essence Breathing Technique to cultivate during the day.

Therefore, the accumulated power is quite terrifying.

Ning Feiliu just hadn't expected... this power to be so terrifying!

Behind Hu Da's body, the tree trunks within a six-meter radius were all destroyed.

Fortunately, Ning Feiliu didn't aim the beam of light at the ground, but instead aimed it at Hu Da's vital points, his head and chest; otherwise, it would have plowed a deep groove into the ground.

The nine-section jadeite behind Hu Da at that time was probably going to suffer as well.

The destructive power of that instant... is absolutely comparable to an offensive soul skill unleashed by a Soul Emperor.

After all, it's the destructive power of the sun that's accumulated and absorbed from sunlight...

However, Ning Feiliu was still a little disappointed. He had originally planned to use the accumulated power of solar destruction to forge a special "soul tool" using Orn's techniques after he finished this busy period.

It's such a waste to have it all on Hu Da now, what a pity...

"Fei Liu... are you alright?" Just then, Ye Lingling slowly composed herself, came to Ning Fei Liu, and asked.

"It's alright." Ning Feiliu continued to tease the nine-sectioned jade for a while, and said with a faint smile.

Although the terrifying beam of destructive light he unleashed made him slightly breathless.

However, this is not a release of a soul skill by exploding the rings, but rather a release of the power accumulated within one's body.

It's like shouting to vent when you're feeling down, burping after eating too much, or releasing your pent-up desires.

It's like a release. Although I'm a little tired, it feels good to be able to vent. I feel relaxed and free of burdens.

"What's this in your hand?" Ye Lingling asked curiously.

It seems like this little guy bit Hu Da just now, causing his right hand to go numb and loosen its grip on her?

However, she was still a little afraid of this kind of snake and didn't dare to get too close.

"This is a little... companion that my teacher gave me, called Nine-Section Jade," Ning Feiliu said with a smile. "Thanks to it, I was able to save you, Lingling."

The nine-section jade is very intelligent, mainly because Ning Feiliu doesn't know that the nine-section jade is only intelligent to him.

If the Nine-Section Jadeite could speak, it would surely say that Ning Feiliu is the only human who can understand its meaning and knows what it wants to do.

This naturally stemmed from the Wandering God series of quests, where Ning Feiliu fostered a sense of closeness with intelligent beings. As a result, the Nine-Section Jade naturally grew closer to Ning Feiliu and gradually began to understand his meaning.

"Is Nine-Section Jadeite its name?" Ye Lingling asked curiously.

Now that they were out of danger, she slowly sat down next to Ning Feiliu and began to chat with him.

"Uh... no, right, Lingling, you reminded me." Ning Feiliu paused for a moment, then said with a smile, "I almost forgot to name this little guy."

The nine-sectioned jade snake was a great help this time; he shouldn't have treated it as a tool snake.

At the very least... it needs to be given a name.

"By the way, do you prefer the name Xiao Jiu or Xiao Cui?" Ning Feiliu asked Jiu Jie Fei Cui with a smile.

"Can it understand what you're saying?" Ye Lingling asked curiously.

"Actually, I only had a vague feeling about it myself," Ning Feiliu said with a wry smile.

But at that moment, the nine-section jadeite emitted a hissing sound.

"You mean... the first name sounds nice?" Ning Feiliu asked curiously.

For some reason, he seemed to understand the meaning of the nine-section jadeite.

Immediately, the nine-sectioned jade actually nodded and hissed again.

"Then I'll call you Xiao Jiu from now on," Ning Feiliu said with a light laugh.

However, his expression suddenly became a bit strange. Three times three equals nine... Could this be another hint at his dear third brother?

"Xiao Jiu... that's a nice name too." Ye Lingling said with a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Ning Feiliu smiled, then suddenly lay back on the ground, a relaxed and contented expression on her round, oval face.

Having survived a disaster... he now has an indescribable feeling of wanting to relax.

When Ye Lingling saw him lying on the ground, she suddenly felt a strange urge to lie on the ground like Ning Feiliu.

So she carefully followed Ning Feiliu's example and slowly lay down on the ground, feeling the prickly touch of grass and the rough texture of soil behind her.

This was something she would never have done as the young lady of the Ye family, but now she felt a unique sense of comfort.

Especially... the faint, elegant fragrance emanating from Ning Feiliu mixed with a hint of sunshine and a healing aroma wafted from beside him, yet it created a deep and tranquil feeling around him.

That was the scent of him, a blend of the fragrance of tulips and the aroma of sunlight he had acquired through years of practicing the breathing technique. As for the deep, quiet feeling, it came from the moonstone martial spirit and the moonlight aura brought by the breathing technique.

The two people and the snake suddenly lay down on the ground, feeling an indescribable sense of comfort.

However, not far from them, Hu Da's headless and chestless corpse, and Xiao Jiu's right hand, gradually turning into pus and blood as the venom took effect, seemed to be faintly saying—

"You think you're so great! You're so arrogant!"

(End of this chapter)