Wu Lan was confused when he saw Yu Tianheng charging at him like a madman. He knew they had suffered humiliation at the hands of Tang San, but what did that have to do with him?
He grew angry that Yu Tianheng was attacking him without reason. But since Yu Tianheng was Ye Lingling's teammate, Wu Lan didn't want to hurt him.
So, he merely dodged the attacks while Yu Tianheng grew more and more frustrated.
Ye Lingling stepped forward to stop him, but Dugu Yan quickly blocked her, snapping angrily:
"Lingling, have you forgotten the humiliation we suffered because of those bastards?"
"That's different! Wu Lan didn't do anything," Ye Lingling tried to reason with her.
But Dugu Yan was proud. With the Poison Douluo as her grandfather, she believed that anyone who insulted her must pay with their life.
Seeing that Ye Lingling still wanted to interfere, Dugu Yan remembered Qin Ming, how he had sided with those bastards, and her irritation grew even stronger. She glared at Ye Lingling and said coldly:
"Do not interfere, if you still consider me your friend."
Those words froze Ye Lingling in place. She turned to look at Dugu Yan with disappointment. She never expected that her very first friend would say something like this.
Now Ye Lingling had to choose. On one side was her best friend, the first true friend she ever had, and on the other side was Wu Lan, a boy she had just met. Normally, she would have chosen Dugu Yan without hesitation. But if she did, an innocent boy would suffer. Wu Lan hadn't done anything wrong. In fact, he had even helped her when she was in danger. He deserved her gratitude, not harm.
She struggled between friendship and kindness, her eyes filling with tears.
Hearing their conversation and seeing Ye Lingling's tears, Wu Lan's expression turned cold. He stopped dodging.
Yu Tianheng saw Wu Lan halt and assumed he was exhausted, unable to dodge anymore. With a sneer, he increased his strength and threw a punch at Wu Lan's face.
Wu Lan's eyes flashed. He raised his own fist.
Fist met fist.
The air trembled. Dust flew into the sky.
A crashing sound followed, along with a scream filled with unbearable pain.
Hearing that scream, Dugu Yan assumed Yu Tianheng had shattered Wu Lan's bones. She laughed harshly.
"Hahaha! You deserve it, bastard! This is the price for humiliating us!"
Ye Lingling's face paled. Wu Lan had only wanted to drop her at the hotel, and because of her, he had suffered this disaster. She quickly summoned her Nine Heart Flowering Apple to heal him.
The dust slowly cleared, revealing Wu Lan, completely uninjured.
Ye Lingling froze, stunned. She didn't understand what had just happened. Dugu Yan was equally shocked.
Suddenly, another scream dragged them back to reality.
They looked toward the source and saw Yu Tianheng clutching his arm, blood dripping from it, screaming in agony.
Dugu Yan rushed to him in horror. His arm felt as though every bone had been shattered. Seeing this, her fury ignited, and without hesitation, she rushed at Wu Lan.
"How dare you hurt my boyfriend! I'll kill you!"
Wu Lan was speechless. So he can hit me, but I can't hit him? What kind of logic is that?
As she closed in, Wu Lan decided to give her the same treatment. He punched, using far less power than before. It was enough to send her crashing beside Yu Tianheng, though she wasn't seriously injured.
Now both of them were on the ground, screaming in pain.
"How dare you hit us! Do you know who we are?!" they shouted, Trying to threaten him with their status.
Wu Lan looked at them with pity and replied calmly,
"I'm sorry. I really don't know who you are."
Both of them coughed up blood at his mocking words.
"You bastard! I am from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and my grandfather is Yu Yuanzhen, a Title Douluo! Her grandfather is the Poison Douluo! You're dead, our grandfathers will never spare you!"
Wu Lan's expression turned cold. So what if you have Title Douluo grandfathers? I have Limit Douluo as bodyguards. There's no danger in your threats.
Still, he disliked weaklings daring to threaten him. He slowly walked toward them, intending to give them a profound lesson.
Seeing Wu Lan approaching, both Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng panicked, desperately thinking of a way out.
Suddenly, Dugu Yan's eyes lit up. She turned toward Ye Lingling.
"Lingling, stop him! Or else our families will take revenge on him!"
Ye Lingling didn't want anyone harmed any further.
"Wu Lan… can you please spare them, for my sake?" she pleaded.
Hearing her words, Wu Lan stopped. Since I can't act openly, then I'll do it quietly, through payments.
He quietly opened his domain and sent small traces of vitality toward them.
For their "payment," he decided to test whether he could extract dragon essence.
Yu Tianheng carried dragon essence, and even Dugu Yan's Martial Spirit contained a small trace of it.
So, technically, both of them had dragon essence.
Sure enough, his choice succeeded.
[Dragon Essence] × 2
With this, he could accelerate the fusion of his Silver Dragon King and Golden Dragon King bloodlines.
He was very pleased, his first attempt at extracting payments had worked perfectly.
So, he decided to spare them for now.
"Alright. For your sake, I'll let them go," he said to Ye Lingling.
With that, he turned and left.
Ye Lingling wanted to say something to him, but after what had happened, guilt weighed on her. She couldn't bring herself to speak.
Behind her, Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng glared at Wu Lan with hatred, killing intent burning in their eyes.
Just you wait. We'll have our revenge.
Wu Lan sensed their thoughts but didn't turn back. He simply walked away.
What they didn't realize was that they had already become Wu Lan's future targets.