111 Di Tian’s Sorrow

A/N: Dab

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Struck with fright, Di Tian's body involuntarily returned to his human form as he took multiple steps back from the radiant light.

"Y-you! What are you doing here?!"

"Dude, you attacked my Bishops. Of course I'll be here." Huang Yu replied as a matter of fact. As he scratched the back of his head, the imposing aura that he had built up all this time just went down the gutter.

Di Tian instantly felt as if a massive mountain had been lifted off his chest as he took a deep breath.

Stabilising himself, a serious expression appeared on his face as he looked at Huang Yu. "You still dare to show up here after what you've done?"

"What have I done actually?" Huang Yu said with a soft laugh, "I kinda just arrived."

Di Tian clenched his fists as he heard these words. An image of a blackish dragon appeared behind him as he slowly turned red from anger. "The Dragon Bones! You stole them from the Dragon Graveyard and betrayed our Lord's trust in you!"

"The Dragon Bones?" Huang Yu asked innocently with a tilt of his head. "Do you mean… this Dragon Bone?"

As Huang Yu uttered those words, he dug into the pocket of his Robe of the Sage. In a swift movement, he flung his hand out along with a brown femur in his hands.

Seeing this, Di Tian's eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets. He looked at the Dragon Bone that seemed to belong to the Mountain Dragon King, he looked at Guang Biao before he looked back at Huang Yu.

Just as Di Tian opened his mouth to speak, Huang Yu cut him off, "And this?"

He pulled out another Dragon Bone.

"And this?"

And another.

"And this one too?"

And another.

Soon, an entire pile of Mountain Dragon King femurs were stacked up into a small mountain behind Huang Yu.

Looking behind him, Huang Yu couldn't help but shrug. "Huh, I guess I really have a lot of them. You gonna fight me too?"

At this point, Di Tian felt as if his worldview was collapsing around him.

In what universe could anyone just toss around the spirit bones of a True Dragon like that?

Scrap that, in what universe could someone just throw away the spirit bones, of not only a million-year-old spirit beast, but also one of the Mountain Dragon King like Chinese Cabbage?

That was completely incomprehensible.

"H-how… did you get so many Mountain Dragon King femurs…"

"I made them." Huang Yu said as he blew on his fingernails. 'I really hate it when bits of those old bones get in my nails..."

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Seeing this, Xiao Chen and Guang Biao couldn't help but sweatdropped. But just as their impression of their King was about to degrade, Romario suddenly sent a spiritual message to them.

"Hey, what's with those faces of yours?"

Xiao Chen let out a grimace as she smoothed her skirt. "Um, is this King of ours an imposter? He's pretty sus to me…"

As these words were transmitted to Romario, his face contorted into a sneer. "You fool Xiao Chen! Do you not understand the sagacity of our King?"

"What?" Guang Biao and Xiao Chen had a question mark on their heads at this time.

"You fools don't realise that our King is merely showing his utmost supremacy at this moment!!"

"??"

"Our King is merely proving his utter superiority over the Beast God DI Tian while treating him like a fool in order to show him the impossibly large chasm between them!"

"Yet at the same time, he is playing low-key. Our King doesn't wish to show himself as a figure of hubris and conceit. Don't you know that our King is magnanimous and humble despite his grandeur? He wishes to sow in our hearts that one must be humble in spite of one's strength."

"All of these actions are instilled in this one simple choice by our King. The two of you should get yourselves together and look properly between the lines!"

At those words, a look of realisation appeared on the faces of the other two Bishops. It immediately shifted into one of self-derision as Guang Biao slammed his fist onto the ground.

"Damn it! So this was the intention of our King all along! He trusted us to construe his actions, but the two of us were too thoughtless to do so..."

Xiao Chen let out a sigh as tears streamed down her face. "I can't believe I doubted our King! He merely wished to be a brilliant role model for us. How foolish I am for not realising sooner!"

A sagely look appeared on Romario's face as he looked on at Xiao Chen and Guang Biao in pity. "The two of you shouldn't beat yourselves up over this. The only reason that I could do is because I have dedicated my life to studying the hidden meaning between the actions of my King."

"In fact, I have even written a book all about the profundities of our King's actions,." Romario said as he brought out a book, "I call it the Sacred Scriptures. It's only 399 Federation Credits. Get now before the sale is over."

"..."

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Turning his head up, Di Tian really wanted to shout at Huang Yu. However, thinking about it after being forcefully calmed, his words did seem plausible now.

The number of femurs there dwarfed the amount of Mountain Dragon Kings that had existed back then already, so stealing them was out of the question.

Along with the fact that Huang Yu was a person who couldn't be measured by common sense, it may actually be true.

A grim expression appeared on Di Tian's face at this time. It was at this moment, he knew… he fucked up.

He opened his mouth to apologise to Huang Yu who was leisurely standing over there, but seeing Huang Yu twirling a mini-sized Dragon Bone like a pen, he tossed aside that thought in rage.

"Hmph, I see. In that case, I shall leave now." said Di Tian as a pair of wings burst out behind his back.

"Oh? You don't think that there are consequences for your actions?" Huang Yu asked.

Di Tian sneered. "Only my Lord is deserving of judging me. A human like you has no right to do so."

Hearing this, Huang Yu's eyes turned slightly cold. Letting out a sigh, he tossed aside the bone he was twirling. "I see that Gu Yue's description of you isn't that different from what I'm facing."

"Oh? My Lord said something about me?"

Huang Yu just shrugged. "Yup. But it wasn't anything much though. Just that you were a big douchebag."

A scowl appeared on Di Tian's face, but he chose not to comment further. He wasn't a match here and he knew better than to poke the hornet's nest.

With a flap of his magnificent pitch-black wings, the winds rustled the clothing of everyone in the surroundings as he took off into the skies.

Seeing this, Huang Yu smirked. Pointing his index figure at Di Tian's quickly disappearing figure, a pulse of energy flashed on it before he retracted that same finger.

Sword Intent + Time Loop

In the skies, Di Tian suddenly felt a sharp line slash millions of times into his prided wings in an instant.

Letting out a roar of pain, he found himself falling from the skies as sword intent raged through his body.

That wasn't the end of it however.

Di Tian felt space and time distorting around him as he was forced to backtrack each and every motion he did previously.

In but a few seconds, he was back in front of Huang Yu, on his knees and without his wings.

'What is this?' Di Tian asked himself in shock.

The usage of the laws of time like this was nigh-impossible by even the Dragon God back then.

It was true that time was not one of the elements that the Dragon God had mastered, but it wasn't a slouch in it either!

Di Tian was so lost in thought that he hadn't even realised it when Huang Yu was crouching in front of him.

It was only when Huang Yu spoke up with a soft voice that Di Tian was woken from his stupor.

"Hope you don't mind, but I clipped your wings since they brought you away without my permission."

Huang Yu slapped Di Tian two times softly on the cheek. "So, what do you want as punishment? I've already tolerated you twice before. Humans usually say that three strikes and you're out y'know?"

An expression of fear flashed on Di Tian's face as he heard these words. However, he deftly hid it again with a glare. "Just kill me if you want to. I will not be humiliated by the likes of you."

"Kill you?" Huang Yu said with surprise. "No, I don't want to kill you. You'd be such a good paw– ally if you'd just humble yourself a bit. Gu Yue would be a lot more happy with you too if you did that."

"You were about to say pawn weren't you?"

"Bah, semantics." said Huang Yu as he waved his hand.

"Back on track, since you are clearly rebellious, I think you need a little… leash y'know?"

As Huang Yu's voice entered Di Tian's ears, he suddenly felt something poke on his chest before he could react.

"There. I've placed something akin to a bomb in your chest. If you are a bit naughty..." Huang Yu said with a cheerful smile on his face. "You'll get a 'Sheer Heart Attack'."

In actuality, this was Huang Yu using the strong force to build up massive amounts of potential energy within Di Tian's heart.

If Huang Yu were to make the command, the potential energy would instantly erupt.

If this was before, then this usage of the Strong Force would definitely be impossible for him. However, Huang Yu had been training like hell with Hui Mie every other day.

There were potential threats that could possibly harm him in the future, and he didn't want to potentially lose everything just because he failed to make preparations.

Letting out a soft sigh, Huang Yu pushed on his reddish-brown pants to get back to his feet.

As he took a look at the Di Tian who was staring at him with unadulterated hatred in his eyes, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Giving a signal to his Bishops who were doing… who the hell knows what, he disappeared from the area in a flash of light.

The Bishops, having received this signal, stopped their actions as their eyes regained their seriousness.

They hurriedly picked up the unconscious Ha Luosa who was on the ground before they quickly flew off back to HQ.

When everyone had left, Di Tian was the only one still kneeling there.

He glanced at the spot where his wings once were before he gritted his teeth in anger.

Slamming his dragon claw into the ground, the earth trembled as he let out a loud cry to the sky.

"Damn that human! How dare he do this to me?!"

Di Tian continuously cried out to the Heavens as a tear slid down from the left side of his face. Noticing this, he rubbed his eye before he smiled in self-derision.

"To think that I, the Beast God Di Tian, the one who had been favoured by the Dragon God would be brought to this point by a mere human…"

Curling up into a little ball, Di Tian couldn't help but truly cry for the first time in his life.