Douluo Dragon King: Embarking on the Path to Godhood from the Start

Chapter 44: The Power of Words - The Emperor

After leaving the shop, the group strolled around the food street. Led by Xie Xie, Yu Chen and the others ate their way through the entire street, from one end to the other, their laughter filling the air.

"Wow, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to burst!" Xie Xie said happily, touching his noticeably larger belly.

"Wu Lin, I really envy you and Brother Chen, you two big eaters, being able to eat so much food. But Gu Yue, how come you, a girl, can eat so much too! You even eat more than Brother Chen! I just realized you're a hidden big eater!"

During their exploration of the food street, Tang Wulin ate the most, Yu Chen was more restrained and ate less, while Gu Yue ate quietly, albeit in small bites, but at a surprisingly fast pace, and in the end, she ate more than Yu Chen.

"Duang~"

"You, you bastard, humph, do you think I eat that much?" Gu Yue punched Xie Xie on the head, causing him to stumble and squat down, clutching his head and shutting himself in.

"Gu Yue, this charcoal grilled food tastes pretty good." Just then, Yu Chen returned with four skewers of charcoal grilled food, looking at Xie Xie who was standing aside in a daze, somewhat puzzled.

"Xie Xie, he..."

"It's nothing, he just tripped and fell."

With her hands behind her back, Gu Yue adopted a demure and ladylike demeanor, interrupting Yu Chen's question and accepting the food he offered.

"You, you scheming woman, how dare you deceive Brother Chen here! I, I will definitely expose your true colors..."

Suddenly, Gu Yue shot him a sharp look, making Xie Xie swallow the words he was muttering. "I'll die. If you keep talking, and Brother Chen hears me, I'll definitely die." Xie Xie swallowed, feeling a chill run through him.

"Xie Xie, do you still want to eat? Be careful not to overeat." Hearing Xie Xie swallow, Yu Chen thought he wanted to continue eating, so he took out a skewer of charcoal grilled meat and stuffed it into his hand.

"I..." Just then, Gu Yue looked at him with a half-smile.

"I...I want to eat." Xie Xie picked up the charcoal grill and started eating, two crystal tears welling up in his eyes.

"Wow, Xie Xie, why are you crying? Is the food too delicious?" Tang Wulin was very surprised to see Xie Xie's appearance, and then became even more excited about the food that Yu Chen had bought.

"Yes, yes, Taihao is done," Xie Xie answered indistinctly while eating, with tears of happiness streaming down his face and a smile on his lips, looking extremely happy.

With his eyes darting around, Xie Xie, who only wanted to escape, suddenly noticed a commotion at the stuffy beef shop, with a crowd gathered around.

"Buhao, oh dear, something's happened to Uncle Li!"

He immediately realized that Uncle Li was in trouble, so he quickly finished his charcoal-grilled bread and ran over.

"Go and see. With Xie Xie's belly now so big, I have no doubt that he could be knocked down with one punch."

Seeing Xie Xie run straight in that direction, Gu Yue grabbed Yu Chen's hand and walked towards him.

"Gu Yue is right, Wu Lin, let's go." The three of them followed.

"Xie Xie, leave quickly! This Light Dragon is a Great Soul Master! You are no match for him!" Before they even got close, the three of them heard a mournful cry, which was Uncle Li's voice.

"Where did this brat come from, daring to lay a hand on me? Get out of my way!"

"Ah! Brother Chen, save me!"

Soon after, Xie Xie's screams and cries for help rang out.

"Time Zero"

Upon hearing Xie Xie's cry for help, Yu Chen activated Time Zero without hesitation and went to seek Xie Xie's assistance.

Squeezing quickly into the crowd, I saw that the once clean and tidy beef shop had been turned into a mess.

Uncle Li collapsed at the shop entrance, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, with one eye swollen, his face filled with grief, anger, and guilt.

Xie Xie was kneeling on the ground, dry heaving. There was some vomit on the ground, indicating that he had suffered a heavy blow to the stomach. At this moment, a sandbag was in front of Xie Xie, with most of its fists aimed at his face.

Yu Chen's face immediately darkened. He quickly went to Xie Xie's side, placed him in a safe place, then grabbed Guanglong's fist with one hand and smashed it with the other. Guanglong's arm twisted into a strange shape. Then he kicked Guanglong away, thus deactivating the zero time limit.

"Ha, ah!"

The dragon, who had been grinning, suddenly felt a sharp pain and screamed in agony.

"Boom." Yu Chen's kick sent the light dragon flying directly into his two henchmen.

"You, you brat, ouch! Where did you come from, daring to ambush me!" Guanglong struggled to get up from the ground, the sharp pain in his arm making him gasp.

"Chen, be careful!" Gu Yue warned in time, and at the same time used wind element to enhance Yu Chen's speed, and threw another fireball at the light dragon.

"Kid, I don't care how you ambushed me just now, but you'll pay the price now."

After he finished speaking, two spirit rings, one white and one yellow, rose from beneath Guanglong's feet. His exposed skin turned completely iron-gray, and raised iron-gray scales grew on his neck.

Then his right fist struck upwards fiercely, heading straight for Yu Chen.

Yu Chen, who had always been wary of Guang Long, naturally noticed this as well. He dodged Guang Long's attack by sidestepping, and then raised his knee and bent his elbow, sending Guang Long flying again.

"Who, who are you?!" After being beaten again, Guanglong's mind cleared up a bit. Seeing that the child in front of him could defeat him so easily, he wondered what kind of monster this child was.

You have to understand that you're a level 25 Soul Master! How old is this child in front of you? Is he even 12?

Moreover, why do I feel my martial spirit is suppressed when facing him? Could it be the legendary bloodline suppression?

You must know that your martial soul has the bloodline of the dragon race! No, no matter who this kid has backing, he's not someone I can afford to offend!

"Hiss, sir, I was blind and offended you. Please forgive me." A true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm, and Guanglong immediately admitted defeat.

"Oh no, Brother Chen, what should we do?"

Tang Wulin, who was taking care of Xie Xie, was puzzled as things developed in a direction he didn't understand. In his opinion, the two of them had fought to this extent, so shouldn't this kind of scene only occur after one of them had been completely defeated?

"He's my friend. Apologize, understand?" Seeing that Guanglong was so sensible, Yu Chen pointed at Xie Xie and said.

"I understand, I understand. Young man, I was too impulsive just now and accidentally injured you. Please forgive me."

Guanglong apologized to Xie Xie again, clearly showing his genuine fear of Yu Chen.

"Well, Brother Chen, I'm fine. It's mainly Uncle Li's shop..." Xie Xie didn't care that his injuries were related to Uncle Li.

"Old Li, I was too impulsive this time. I'll waive your protection fee, and I won't bother you with your business again." Guanglong said to Uncle Li after hearing Xie Xie's words, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

He couldn't afford to offend these people, but they would be gone someday. Uncle Li's business was here, and his wife was sick. Where could he run off to? A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. At worst, he could wait twenty or thirty years and get his revenge eventually.

"What percentage of your profits do you make from collecting protection money here?"

Yu Chen didn't care about what Guang Long had just said. He knew that Guang Long thought he had some kind of powerful backer because he saw his talent, which was why he was being so humble. So Yu Chen treated all the promises Guang Long made as nonsense.

"Forty percent, I only take forty percent of the profits each month," Guanglong answered honestly.

"Forty percent!" Yu Chen murmured. Even though he had never known anything about these things, he knew that forty percent was too high.

"You just said that waiving the protection fee is fine, but the underworld has its own rules, and I won't break them."

At this point, Guanglong's eyes lit up, while Xie Xie looked at Yu Chen with disbelief.

"However, from now on, you can only collect 10% of the protection money."

"you!"

Guanglong immediately stood up angrily, wanting to fight Yu Chen again.

"Do you have a problem?" Yu Chen's golden eyes lit up instantly, staring coldly at him.

"No, no. Half-percent profit, from now on it will always be half-percent profit, I swear on my martial spirit."

Under the gaze of Yu Chen's golden eyes, Guanglong felt a sense of suffocation and could only submit.

"Alright, remember what you said." After saying that, Yu Chen activated his Blood Explosion technique, his golden pupils shining brightly. He was preparing to try out a Word of Power, a Word of Power rooted in his bloodline:

"Praise be to my King's awakening, for destruction is rebirth."

"Word of Power: Emperor"

The profound dragon script that Yu Chen spat out seemed to the light dragon hear an irresistible decree, causing it to freeze in a daze.

Seeing Guanglong like this, Yu Chen knew that his words had worked and the matter was resolved. There would be no more mecha squads surrounding Donghai Academy.

As for Guanglong's repentance and oath, Yu Chen didn't hear a single word of it.

Now that the realm of gods is gone, Yu Chen's belief that Guanglong will keep his oath is less than believing that a sow can climb a tree.

Therefore, Yu Chen naturally had to use his own methods to "help" Guang Long keep his oath. However, since he was a Great Soul Master with higher soul power than himself, Yu Chen activated a Bloodlust buff as a precaution.

"you……"

Gu Yue felt the pressure emanating from Yu Chen.

"Um?"

Yu Chen glanced at Gu Yue with his golden eyes. Their eyes met, causing Gu Yue to pause in her speech.

At this moment, she seemed to sense the aura of several dragon kings on Yu Chen's body, as well as the familiar yet unfamiliar aura of the dragon god.

Yu Chen seemed to see a silver dragon with purple eyes in Gu Yue's dark eyes.

The two subtly shifted their gazes away.

"Old Li, I'll give you a one-week grace period for the protection money you owe. After one week, pay me my half-percent protection money."

Influenced by Yu Chen's Word of Power Emperor, Guang Long came to his senses and said fiercely to Uncle Li.

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely give you that half-percent of the profit next week!"

Although he didn't know what Yu Chen had done to get Guanglong to lower the protection fee so much, Uncle Li couldn't wait to agree to such a good deal.

A moment later, Guanglong limped away. Only then did Xie Xie ask, somewhat puzzled, "Brother Chen, why did you let Guanglong continue to collect protection money?"

Yu Chen did not answer Xie Xie's question, but only said, "You are still young, you don't understand."