Legend Management Bureau Chapter 374

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“In that case, you guys should go,” Shiranui Asuka said. “Brother Kashin, Sister Tsukimizake, you should take our clansmen and Brother Jinjianglang and leave as soon as possible.”

“What kind of talk is that?” Shiranui Kashin grabbed Asuka’s arm, speaking patiently. “Little Xiang, if we wanted to leave, we would have left long ago. Aren’t we doing this to take you with us?”

“I can’t go,” Asuka shook her head.

“Why?!” Kashin asked anxiously. “Little Xiang, did you forget? Your visit to Huaxia is, at most, an ‘exchange program.’ You came with an attitude to learn and gain experience. There’s absolutely no need for you to throw your life away for the Immortal Realm of Huaxia.”

Shiranui Asuka thought for a moment before replying, “Brother Kashin, you are right. But I still can’t leave.”

Shiranui Kashin cast a troubled look at Tsukimizake.

Tsukimizake also frowned. “Little Xiang, do you know what you are doing? All the experts of the Shiranui Family are here. If something happens, the family will suffer a devastating blow.”

“I, I know… that’s why I asked you older brothers and sisters to leave first…”

Shiranui Kashin truly could not understand his younger sister’s actions. “Little Xiang, is someone blackmailing you?”

“Is someone threatening you?”

“Also no.”

“Then why exactly are you insisting on staying in Huaxia?” Shiranui Kashin was growing frantic. “Do you want us to watch you die helplessly?”

Shiranui Asuka lowered her head deeply, twisting the hem of her clothes with her fingers. “Brother Kashin, aren’t there still an hour or two left? Perhaps… things will take a turn for the better.”

“Enough nonsense, Little Xiang.” Shiranui Kashin cut her off. “Give me a reason, a reason why you ‘absolutely have to stay in Huaxia.’ Otherwise, even if we have to knock you out today, we are taking you with us.”

Shiranui Asuka looked up at the group with a troubled expression. She opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but the words wouldn’t come out.

“What’s wrong, Little Xiang?” Kashin asked sternly. “Do you think you are being a bit too willful?”

Shiranui Asuka paused for a long time before finally lifting her head. With a blushing face and a shy smile, she spoke slowly, “Brothers and sisters, I… I think I like Senior Du Yu.”

“Eh?!” The many Time Masters present all wore expressions of sheer astonishment. “Little Xiang, what did you say?!”

“Although it’s a bit embarrassing… I really do like Senior Du Yu.” Shiranui Asuka giggled shyly, covering her face. “Ah… this is so embarrassing…”

Shiranui Kashin stood stunned for a long while before finally letting out a bitter smile. “So our Little Xiang is all grown up now.”

“S-so… brothers and sisters, you should leave first!” Shiranui Asuka said. “I know this is my own problem, so I will face it myself!”

Tsukimizake snorted coldly, stepping forward and speaking in an exasperated tone. “Leave? How can we possibly leave now?”

“Huh? Sister Tsukimizake…” Shiranui Asuka was a little confused. “Why can’t you leave either?”

Tsukimizake unhooked the large Scissors from her back and stabbed them heavily into the ground. “You just said it yourself, didn’t you? There’s still over an hour left. For this next hour, let us risk our lives right alongside you.”

“Ah?!” Shiranui Asuka was so frightened she hurriedly waved her hands. “That won’t do! Nothing can happen to you guys… This is my own problem…”

“Enough nonsense.” Tsukimizake’s tone remained icy. “Little Xiang, that man in the center of the Battlefield is our brother-in-law. If we are leaving, we are taking him with us.”

Before Asuka could react, the ten Time Masters stood in tight formation, revealing their magical artifacts.

“Brothers and sisters… you…”

But the ten of them completely ignored Asuka’s words and marched forward in unison.

“In this final hour, let us go bring our ‘brother-in-law’ home together.”

“Ah!” Shiranui Asuka’s face turned a deep shade of crimson. “Stop calling him ‘brother-in-law’! Senior Du Yu hasn’t even agreed to date me yet…”

“He wouldn’t dare refuse!” Tsukimizake snorted. “A younger sister of mine is so outstanding. It is his immense fortune that you have taken a liking to him. How could he possibly reject you?”

…

Du Yu flew through the air for a while, his attention inevitably drawn by a particular skirmish.

Not far from him, two figures engulfed in roaring flames stood off against each other.

Like two suns in the sky, they radiated an intense, scorching heat.

Although it was not as massive in scale as Medusa’s battle, the two were clearly locked in a fight to the death.

“After taking so much of my True Samadhi Fire, you can actually still stand?”

From within the flames, a figure asked coldly.

Du Yu had a bad feeling about this. The man appeared to be one of the Ten Great Disciples, and his opponent was highly likely an Immortal Being of Huaxia.

“Heh heh…” A young boy’s voice drifted out weakly, sounding heavily injured. “Of course I can still stand. Although my element is wood, I carry the ‘trend.’ If you want to kill me with those fake flames of yours, you’re still lacking a bit of heat…”

Du Yu instantly realized something was terribly wrong upon hearing that voice. He hurried forward, with the Northern Emperor closely following behind.

“Nezha?!” The moment Du Yu approached, he immediately recognized the young boy before him.

However, large portions of his body were already charred black, exposing pure white bones.

Right now, he looked like a broken porcelain doll, tottering on the verge of collapse.

“G-God of Trends?” Nezha raised an eyebrow. “Why are you here? Quickly, leave!”

Du Yu’s eyes widened in alarm. “Nezha! You are heavily injured. You are the one who should leave!”

He immediately stepped forward, trying to extinguish the flames on Nezha’s body.

But the fire seemed to possess a strange stickiness. When Du Yu slapped at it, the flames instantly clung to his hand.

An agonizing, heart-rending pain shot up from his palm in an instant. The fire was incredibly bizarre; no matter how hard he shook his hand, he couldn’t fling it off.

“Dammit! What the hell is this stuff?!”

When he used his right hand to smother the flames, they stuck to his right hand; when he used his left hand, they clung to his left hand.

Du Yu felt like he was playing with a ball of scorching hot glue. Even though it was constantly burning him, he just couldn’t break free from it.

Sensing the danger, Nezha quickly reached out and grabbed it. The cluster of fire immediately leaped onto his own hand, roaring back to life.

“Nezha, you…”

“God of Trends, hurry up and go. It’s too dangerous here. I am the only one who can deal with this monk.”

Du Yu turned his head to look at the monk, his jaw dropping in shock.

How was the person in front of him still a monk?

He was clearly nothing more than a skeletal frame burned down to the bone.

Without a single inch of skin left, his charred black bones were exposed, his entire body engulfed in that bizarre fire.