"Don't let me die?"
Qian Daoliu froze for a moment, then looked at Li Yu suspiciously.
He acknowledged Li Yu strength, but when it came to gods, how could he possibly believe Li Yu words?
Naturally, he wanted to live.
But that didn't mean he would believe just anything.
Li Yu, of course, understood what was going on in Qian Daoliu mind.
But he didn't explain further. He simply said, "I can't be certain, but I have to try."
After all, soul beasts can be revived through sacrifice, so why can't humans?
He wasn't sure now, but as his mental power continued to grow, when it completely transformed into divine consciousness, or when he ascended to godhood—wouldn't it be possible then?
He didn't believe it was impossible.
But he didn't push the point, merely offering Qian Daoliu a glimmer of hope.
Of course, this wasn't because he had developed any deep feelings for Qian Daoliu, but simply because he didn't want to see Qian Renxue saddened.
After saying this, he didn't add anything more.
Meanwhile…
On the other side.
Dugu Bo, who was similar to Qian Daoliu, asked, "You're meeting with me alone, is there something you need to say?"
However, when he said this, his eyes seemed to hold some thought, perhaps already having some inkling.
Li Yu didn't hide anything and directly clarified, "Soon, Xue'er will be leaving. After she leaves, I have my own matters to attend to. Afterward, the Heaven Dou Empire will need you to take care of it."
"Leaving?" Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow, but didn't seem too surprised.
Someone like Li Yu couldn't be bound by trivial matters.
But he didn't ask what Li Yu needed to leave for.
He only joked, "With the divine might you showed yesterday, even if you're not around, no one would dare trouble Heaven Dou, right?"
"That's true." Li Yu nodded seriously in response.
Dugu Bo: "…"
How did flattery turn into this?
"However, I'm sure you don't want to waste time on these trivial matters. So, I'll let Xue Beng act as regent for now. You just need to step in when there's trouble. I'll also leave some measures for Xue Beng." Li Yu expression shifted, and he continued.
"Xue Beng?" Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow.
He was a bit surprised that Li Yu would leave the management of Heaven Dou to Xue Beng. Previously, Xue Qing… Qian Renxue had been his rival.
Just two days after gaining the throne, Li Yu was already planning to hand it over to Xue Beng.
What had all this been for then?
"This throne isn't that important to her, and even less so to me. The reason we fought for it…"
Li Yu shook his head and stopped abruptly, not continuing. Instead, he said, "As for Xue Beng, I know he's hiding something. He's still got a bit of a brain, though not much… but it's enough."
"Aren't you worried he might undermine you?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but remind him.
"Undermine?" Li Yu raised an eyebrow, looking at Dugu Bo, then said, "We're just leaving for a while, not dying."
Even if Xue Beng tried, and even succeeded, what difference would it make?
It would only take a glance to deal with.
Dugu Bo felt a bit awkward. After spending so much time with Li Yu, he tended to forget just how powerful he was, and ended up guessing based on common sense.
"Keep this with you, it might be useful." After thinking for a moment, Li Yu touched the center of Dugu Bo forehead.
A deep purple scale imprint appeared on Dugu Bo forehead.
Meanwhile, in Dugu Bo sea of consciousness...
A gigantic dragon, over a hundred meters long, with scales like hooks covering its body, appeared.
"What is this…?" Dugu Bo voice trembled, his eyes full of disbelief.
"It's called the Venom Cursed Nether Dragon," Li Yu figure appeared beside Dugu Bo in his consciousness.
He had directly entered Dugu Bo sea of consciousness, which showed how strong his current mental power was, as Dugu Bo had no defenses against him.
"Venom Cursed Nether Dragon?" Dugu Bo murmured.
At that moment, whether it was the influence of the mark or Li Yu presence, he didn't feel any hostility from the Venom Cursed Nether Dragon. In fact, he even felt a sense of familiarity.
"You've seen it before, haven't you?" Li Yu smiled lightly.
"Seen it?" Dugu Bo was even more puzzled. He had no recollection of it.
"It's the snake from before," Li Yu chuckled.
After reaching the 100,000-year level for his third soul ring, the Hook Snake evolved, though the change wasn't particularly noticeable.
It evolved into the Venom Cursed Nether Dragon because of the Water and Fire Dragon King's soul bone.
After absorbing the soul bone, the original powers of the two dragon kings flowed into the Fire Phoenix and the Langu Fish, causing them to evolve.
But they had already reached their peak in their respective domains, so they weren't weaker than true dragons.
Thus, the core "dragon power" from the Water and Fire Dragon King was rejected.
Ultimately, this "dragon power" was absorbed by the Hook Snake, and after about two months of evolution, it transformed into the Venom Cursed Nether Dragon.
"It's really it!" Dugu Bo looked at the Venom Cursed Nether Dragon with even more disbelief.
He had thought that the evolution of the Phosphorous Snake King was unbeatable, but he didn't expect there to be another expert, even ahead of him.
It made him feel somewhat embarrassed, but when he thought about how the opportunity had come from following Li Yu, he felt a little better.
"After I leave, it will be under your command. You should try to learn from it, and perhaps your Snow Scale Heavenly Flood Dragon will also transform into a true dragon earlier." Li Yu smiled.
"That's true…" Dugu Bo nodded seriously, finally seeing the benefit.
Li Yu: "…"
This old guy was truly…
He shook his head and didn't say anything more. With a thought, the "illusion" shattered.
Qian Daoliu and Dugu Bo had just set down their teacups, as though nothing had happened.
Both of them immediately noticed this change.
Then, they both looked at Li Yu in disbelief.
An illusion was an illusion.
Creating the illusion of time passing for a long time inside the illusion wasn't difficult.
But…
They were Title Douluos, and when Qian Daoliu exerted his full power, he was even at the "half-step demi-god" level. Therefore, he could sense clearly that within the illusion they had experienced, there was no "illusion" of time passing.
Time had truly passed!
But…
Could it be that Li Yu had also mastered the element of time?
Both of them trembled in their hearts and couldn't help but recall the elemental powers Li Yu had already revealed.
Water, fire, wood, lightning, space, earth...
Only six elements, and the poison element, which only a few people like Dugu Bo knew about, hadn't been revealed in front of others.
At this moment, they suddenly realized that Li Yu had never really gone all out.