Douluo Dalu: The Legend of Heavenly Ruler
chapter-191

--- Chapter 190 ---

As Yunlong hugged Qian Renxue's body with a smile on his face, Qian Daoliu couldn't help but frown slightly.

Not only Qian Daoliu, but Angel God also couldn't hold her amazement of Yunlong's achievement because her trial literally makes one experience their regretted past.

"I've never seen someone finish so fast... How intriguing." Angel God touched her lips and gazed at Yunlong with a curious gaze.

Qian Renxue might finish faster than Yunlong, but it was actually because her trials were technically different from him.

In the heaven stairs, heavy pressure was still pressing Yunlong and Qian Renxue, but they did not care and hugged each other without any worry.

"Um, Yunlong...?" Qian Renxue looked at Yunlong's face. "What actually happened?"

"Hmm?" Yunlong answered with a smirk. "I just experienced some memorable events."

Qian Renxue frowned because she knew Yunlong wasn't lying, but it seemed he didn't tell her fully about it, which was kind of shady for some reason.

"Hmm..." Qian Renxue silently gazed at Yunlong's eyes.

"What?" Yunlong chuckled slightly because of her reaction.

Qian Renxue swayed her head away and released herself from Yunlong's soothing embrace.

"We can do this later, so let's focus on our current trial first." She calmly said while looking at the top of heaven stairs.

"Hee... To think my pudding-addicted sister will be able to be serious like this." Yunlong commented casually, which caused Qian Renxue's mouth to twitch in annoyance.

"Yunlong..." Qian Renxue muttered with an irritated tone.

"Okay, okay. I'll stop." Yunlong naturally raised his arm. "I won't tease you until this trial ends."

Qian Renxue released a sigh and slowly took one step forward, which caused her to frown for a moment because she didn't feel any pressure at all.

"Keep going." Yunlong's voice entered Qian Renxue's ears, which caused her to smile.

Qian Renxue continued her steps, and Yunlong calmly followed her while reducing the pressure around her slightly.

Even though the steps became slightly more manageable, Qian Renxue would still feel heaven stairs' pressure, but not as troublesome as before.

They slowly walked toward 500 steps, and a storm of pressure like ocean waves washed them, but Yunlong calmly breathed and supported Qian Renxue's back.

"Do you want to continue or rest for a moment?" Yunlong asked.

Qian Renxue shook her head and answered, "I want to keep moving because this isn't my limit."

"Very well." Yunlong nodded in consent.

Yunlong moved his gaze to the next stairs and felt a powerful spatial barrier surrounding him.

"...What a petty trick," Yunlong mumbled with a sigh.

Angel God furrowed her brow a little and looked at these youngsters with a weird gaze because this doesn't look like a trial at all since it's more like casual mountain hiking in her eyes.

"This boy..." Angel God weirdly looked at Yunlong's back.

Crack!

As Angel God quietly observed this unusual boy, Yunlong's step suddenly cracked the heaven stairs, which abruptly widened her eyes.

"Eh?" Qian Renxue moved her gaze to Yunlong. "Yunlong, Are you okay?"

"No problem." Yunlong naturally replied.

He glanced slightly at his foot and felt the heaven stairs' pressure clearly was focused on his body.

"Let's continue..." Yunlong added, to which Qian Renxue hesitantly responded with a nod.

They firmly kept moving forward without any break and gradually arrived at 680 steps, which literally were ten steps less from their goals.

"Ten last steps..." Qian Renxue muttered with slightly heavy breathing.

Qian Renxue slowly took one step forward, and Yunlong naturally followed her, but a sudden loud bone's crack noise rang across Angel God's trial.

"Tch." Yunlong clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Qian Renxue hurriedly turned around with a horrified expression.

"Yunlong!" Qian RenXue's eyes quickly shrink because Yunlong's left leg has been weirdly twisted.

"I'm fine..." Yunlong casually said while releasing a sigh because he didn't expect the pressure would be this heavy.

"You aren't! Dummy!" Qian Renxue angrily reacted.

"I'm fine... look?" Yunlong slowly pointed at his leg, which shone with dim white light and quickly restored to its original position.

Yunlong's body has exceeded some titled douluo in terms of raw power, and it was not only because of his dragon king's physique but also his innate healing skill.

He also had a fast healing factor because of his training and skill, which always healed him if he was injured.

That's why Yunlong didn't get one-shotted by Tang Hao's powerful strike when he fought him.

Qian Renxue's mouth was wide open for a moment, but then she once again realized Yunlong wasn't normal. He's a monster who exceeds everyone around him at a fast pace.

'He's only twelve and had already killed a titled douluo...' Qian Renxue's face became somewhat calm, but then she was still annoyed.

Yunlong observed Qian Renxue's expression and shook his head wryly.

'Tenji... Why? Why did you receive such a backlash only for helping this girl?' Kaguya's voice suddenly appeared in Yunlong's head.

Yunlong tilted his head slightly because it seemed Kaguya had woken up after he placed her inside of his spiritual sea.

'Kaguya, do you remember what I said when I'm not Tenji?' Yunlong casually returned while tapping his healed leg on the stair.

'I remember.' Kaguya's voice suddenly became somewhat softer. 'You are different because you'll choose love over war.'

Yunlong positively nodded and confidently answered, 'Yeah... I loved her. I want to protect her.'

"Broken leg is nothing compared to her," Yunlong continued while looking at Qian Renxue, who blushed after hearing him.

Kaguya frowned after hearing him and looked at Qian Renxue with a newfound sensation in her chest, which is kind of strange because she didn't have a body right now.

'What's this feeling...' Kaguya slowly moved her gaze back to Yunlong.

Kaguya silently saw Yunlong's eyes flared with confidence and tranquillity because he didn't even waver when he chose to protect this girl over his broken leg.

'But...' Kaguya still couldn't accept that Yunlong wasn't Tenji.

She closed her eyes and muttered softly, 'Yunlong...?'

Yunlong inwardly smirked when he heard Kaguya's whispers and shook his head because it would take some time for her to adapt, not only to him but also to this world.

"Yunlong." Qian Renxue said.

"Yes?" Yunlong looked back at Qian Renxue.

"I know your trial is to assist me, but I want us to do this equally." Qian Renxue firmly said, which caused Yunlong to chuckle for a second.

"Let's do it then." Yunlong offered his hand.

Qian Renxue quickly took his hand, and they took one step forward at the same time.

Crack! Crack!

Yunlong felt his ribcage cracked, but at the same time, he also could see Qian Renxue gritted her teeth in pain because her other hand also experienced the same thing.

"Renxue, open your mouth," Yunlong said, and Qian Renxue opened her mouth slowly.

"Eat this. It would help you." He continued while feeding her golden breath pill.

Qian Renxue swallowed the pill with a wincing pain throbbing in her hand, but she resisted and calmed her breathing.

Angel God looked at Qian Renxue with a somewhat approved gaze because her inheritor wasn't as shabby as she thought.

"When they stepped on 681 steps, the pressure basically doubled, and the same applied on the next step." Angel God commented while looking at Yunlong.

"However... At 689 steps, the pressure will rise tenfold." She continued.

"I'm good, so let's take another step." Qian Renxue released a heavy breath and looked at the next step.

Yunlong only nodded, and they took another step forward, which surprised them because it felt like a heavy mountain abruptly was thrown at them.

CRACK! Crack!

Yunlong hurriedly lessened Qian Renxue's burden and received most of the pressure.

He felt excruciating pain inside his body and sensed some internal organs heavily damaged.

"Yunlong..." Qian Renxue softly muttered with a pained expression.

"I'm okay." Yunlong wiped the blood from his mouth.

Yunlong lifted Qian Renxue's body and carried her like a princess, which caused Qian Daoliu, Angel God, and Kaguya to look at them with speechless expressions.

"Y-Yunlong!" Qian Renxue shouted.

"Here we go..." Yunlong confidently walked forward.

Crack!

"Yunlong, stop..." Qian Renxue grasped his clothes tightly.

"Nope." Yunlong takes another step.

Crack!

"..686." Yunlong wearily groaned.

Crack!

"687."

Klak..! Kacha!

"688."

Klak...! KACHA!

"689!"

KLAAAAAK! KACHA...!

Another clear yet snapped noise rang inside of Angel God's trial.

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.

Qian Renxue could feel Yunlong's ribcage cracked, no it was separated from each other, which caused her to panic.

"Haha... Just one more." Yunlong reassuredly smiled at Qian Renxue, who had a distressed expression on her face.

Qian Renxue couldn't hold her tears, not only because of Yunlong's idiotic action but also because of her weaknesses.

'Why am I so weak...' Qian Renxue silently lamented.

"Don't cry. I won't give you pudding if you cry." Yunlong suddenly whispered while wiping Qian Renxue's tears.

"...690!"

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BOOM! KLAAAAK!

The 690 steps of the heaven stairs suddenly cracked when Yunlong stepped on it.

Cough!

"This is nothing..." Yunlong coughed blood and fell onto the floor with a grin on his face.