Chapter 96 - I am the King of Nox

Gu Yue was completely stunned.

Her red teary eyes were wide open along with her mouth, not knowing what to say at this moment.

Huang Yu's words came from the depths of his heart, and it struck a deep chord within her.

This was something that she had been fretting about for the past few years.

Even before Na'er threatened her with this tidbit of information. Gu Yue was already incredibly worried about this.

Hence, when she found out that he was not only one of them, but also their King, she had jumped to the worst possible conclusion.

Bit by bit, little by little, her breathing slowly calmed as her rationale soon returned to her.

Whenever she was in his arms, it just made everything seem alright no matter how bad it was.

"I-I'm sorry…"

Gu Yue's voice was quiet like a mosquito's, sniffles mixing into her words.

How could she have ever doubted him?

"I-I was wrong…"

Wasn't she the clearest on how genuine his feelings were for her?

It was impossible that all those times he looked at her with that loving look in his eyes was fake!

"I shouldn't have said those things..."

Despite that, she had actually doubted him!

She didn't even give him a chance to explain himself.

How much had she hurt him with those words?

"I'm sor—"

Gu Yue's mind suddenly went blank as she felt a pair of lips connect with hers.

It was a deep and passionate kiss, one that seemed to pour out all of his emotions into her very being.

Nothing seemed to matter anymore at this moment in time.

All that mattered was that the two of them were here together.

It was only after a brief moment that Gu Yue was able to react.

Her tongue fought back against his as both sides were unwilling to give in, trying to claim for dominance whilst her arms snaked around his neck, grasping his spiky, red hair.

Their connection lasted for a very, very long time as both sides just communicated with their actions rather than words.

The two of them just stared at one another, just enjoying the sight of each other in their arms.

In their eyes, there was none of the previous bitterness.

Instead, there was a look of complete understanding between the two.

When Huang Yu had gotten his fill of the woman in front of him, he finally opened his mouth at this time.

"Hey, why don't we both reintroduce ourselves again? Without any of our secrets this time…"

A beautiful smile appeared on Gu Yue's face before she nodded her head.

Gu Yue got up, extracting herself from his arms in the process.

Letting out a deep breath, she spoke.

"My full name is Gu Yuena, and I am the King of the Spirit Beasts…"

The spectre of a silver dragon appeared behind her before she spoke her next words.

"The Silver Dragon King"

Hearing this, Huang Yu got up with a hiss.

His wounds hadn't completely healed yet, nor had he recovered his power so he was incredibly weak at the moment.

That was one of the main reasons why he was forced to be so passive as Gu Yue, struck him all those times.

Gu Yue saw this and tried to help him up. However, he raised a hand, indicating that he was fine.

As he stood to his full height, a gentle wind fluttered the sleeves of his robe as he uttered his next words.

"My name is Huang Yu,"

At those words, the Blade of Tathagata appeared, along with a strange cane that seemed to contain innumerable spatial laws.

"And I am the King of Nox."

— — — —

On a large rock within the Dragon Valley, the figures of Huang Yu and Gu Yue could be seen as they laid in each other's arms.

Surrounding it, the spirits of hundreds of true dragons were laying on the ground surrounding it as they tried their best to look cute.

"So you're telling me that Na'er is part of you that you had cast aside in your goal to make the spirit beasts great again?"

"Yes,"

"And now, she's apparently gone rogue on you since she has fallen for Wulin?"

"Sounds about right,"

"So she's been threatening you so that you wouldn't go and off Wulin anytime?"

With a last nod of her head, Gu Yue found a look of displeasure appearing on Huang Yu's face.

Despite his weakened state, a majestic pressure burst out from his body as all the dragons in the surroundings dug their heads deeper into the ground.

Squeezing his hand gently, Huang Yu noticed what his actions were doing as he quickly retracted his aura.

A sheepish smile appeared on his face as he scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry about that."

Gu Yue rolled her eyes before she opened her mouth to ask something else that had been bothering her.

"In any case, why are you here and why do you have the Dragon God's Core with you? Without the bloodline of a true dragon, you shouldn't be able to approach it without it attacking you."

A laugh suddenly erupted from Huang Yu as he shook his head.

In a flash, the seven-coloured crystal appeared in his hands once more.

"Well, it really did. Father-in-law and I had a very bonding session with each other. He even helped me to upgrade my sword."

Gu Yue was dumbstruck for a few moments before she swiftly recovered.

She grabbed Huang Yu's shoulders as her voice went up a pitch.

"You fought him? It's just a will, but he's still at least a third-class God. Are you telling me that you're at least at that level already?"

"And you're a million year old dragon milf so I don't see anything wrong with that."

Hearing this, a red blush formed on her cheeks.

She turned her head away with a snort, not willing to talk with him anymore.

Seeing this, Huang Yu shook his head in mirth as he hugged her from the back.

He grabbed Gu Yue's palm and opened it before he placed the seven-coloured crystal that was the Dragon God's Core into it.

"Here, it's for you. Father-in-law said that I should give it to you so that you can become the next Dragon God."

Looking at the crystal in her hand, Gu Yue's eyes went dull for a moment before excitement took its place.

"Thank you, this'll help me immensely."

She planted a kiss on Huang Yu's lips once more before she placed the Dragon God's Core on her ċhėst.

A rainbow light emerged from the Dragon God's Core at this moment.

It warped and distorted briefly before it began pouring into Gu Yue's body.

Countless cracked scales began appearing on Gu Yue's body. The seven-coloured light moved and filled up those cracks, allowing her to relieve a large portion of her remaining injuries.

When the rainbow light had disappeared, the crystal that had been placed on Gu Yue's ċhėst had disappeared as well.

Gu Yue took a deep breath. However, that deep breath seemed to cause the elements to shake as her eyes glowed with seven colours.

Huang Yu watched all of this quietly from the side.

Only when Gu Yue was fully done with absorbing the Dragon God's Core did he decide to ask, "Who hurt you so badly?"

There was a cold fury in his voice, sending shivers down the spines of every being there.

Gu Yue shook her head, a wry smile appearing on her face as she did so.

However, deep in her heart, she was happy that Huang Yu showed such concern to her.

"It doesn't matter anymore. It happened a long time ago in the Divine Realm. The current Divine Realm is gone, so the Gods there should most likely be gone with it…"

Huang Yu wasn't really satisfied with this answer but he chose not to pursue it.

Suddenly, two questions popped up in Huang Yu's mind.

The first was about the Sage's Body, but that could wait until later.

The other one, however, couldn't wait.

"Gu Yue,"

"Hm?"

"Why did you seem so angry when you first found out that I was the King of Nox?"

That question was one that truly confused Huang Yu.

By all means, him being the King of Nox shouldn't spark such a large reaction from Gu Yue.

Those words caused Gu Yue's expression to darken slightly.

"You really don't know?"

Huang Yu shook his head.

He wasn't too involved in Nox's expansions.

When he had first set up Nox, he had been planning to use it as a force to protect him from all the powers of this world that may go after his powers.

However, his growth of strength quickly outstripped anything this world had to offer.

Hence, Nox became more of a tool to gather followers in other to gain faith and vital energy for his cultivation.

He mostly let his Bishops do most of the work of expanding his organisation while he dealt with his personal stuff.

"Huang Yu, Nox has been collaborating with various organisations to try and completely conquer the Star Dou Forest."

"The organisation itself is incredibly pro-human, declaring spirit beasts as just a tool for them."

"They justify all of this through their beliefs, saying that their King is the one who has ordered them to go on a 'Great Crusade' to exterminate spirit beasts…"

"However, that last part shouldn't be true, should it?"

Gu Yue's voice was sombre as melancholy entered her gaze.

Huang Yu was completely stunned into silence for a few moments.

He just didn't know what to say.

It was only after a few moments did something that scared Gu Yue happened.

An expression.

An expression of horrible anger.

"How… dare… they…"

Huang Yu's face was contorted into a horrifying sneer.

His teeth were gnashed as his fists were clenched white.

Previously, he hadn't bothered too much with his followers despite their rather extreme actions since it was mostly directed to their enemies.

However, to pin all of their own greedy actions onto his name…

And to almost ruin his relationship...

Where did they gain such audacity…

"Huang Yu?"

"Gu Yue, as their King, I'll apologise for all of their actions. I'll ensure that they will never do this type of thing again."

"You don—"

She was cut off by a wave of his hand as hundreds of rough energy stones appeared in the air.

A giant stream of vital energy immediately emerged from the rough energy stones as they blew up from the strain.

The vital energy rushed frantically into Huang Yu's body, restoring him to his peak and maybe a little stronger.

His third eye blasted open as it shone brightly with a jade brilliance.

A stream of new information entered his brain at this moment, but Huang Yu was too enraged to care.

"It seems that if you don't teach your dog a lesson, they won't learn…"

Huang Yu's voice brought chills to Gu Yue.

Space-and-time seemed to break in front of him as a tear in space opened up to where the Bishops of Nox were still fighting with the Great Beasts.

In a single step, Huang Yu exited the Dragon Valley, an unstoppable coercion breaking loose from his body as he did so.

Every being in the vicinity froze in horror as thousands of premonitions of their death appeared in their heads.

"M-my King? What's going on?"

Romario uttered out in a trembling voice, causing Di Tian, Zi Ji, and Xiong Jun to gasp in shock.

Huang Yu, however, merely answered with a cold tone.

"Shut up…"

"And kneel."