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Mo Bai walked up to Liu Erlong and crouched down. Liu Erlong suddenly looked up, a fierce glint flashing in her crimson eyes as her claws—covered in dragon scales and carrying scorching flames—snatched violently toward Mo Bai's throat!
"Careful!" the Lanba students outside cried out.
Mo Bai neither dodged nor avoided it. He simply extended his right hand, his index and middle fingers pressed together, the fingertips glowing with a deep, night-sky-like gold-red light. He tapped it lightly and effortlessly onto the inside of Liu Erlong's lunging wrist.
"Settle."
A single simple syllable was uttered.
Hum—!
Liu Erlong's whole body shook tremendously! That point of gold-red light seemed to contain infinite weight and profound rules, instantly rushing into her berserk spirit power turbulence! Everywhere it passed, the wild spirit power was forcibly smoothed and suppressed like by an invisible giant hand! What made her soul tremble even more was the will contained within that light; like a high-and-mighty monarch, it directly suppressed the restless "inner demon" and berserk dragon soul deep within her martial soul's origin!
"Woo—!" Liu Erlong let out a painful whimper, her lunging claw dropping powerless, and her entire person went limp like her bones had been removed, falling forward softly.
Mo Bai caught her falling body. It was scalding to the touch; Liu Erlong's body was still trembling slightly, and the meridians beneath her skin were writhing like earthworms. Clearly, the internal conflict hadn't fully subsided, only being forcibly suppressed.
Her forehead rested against Mo Bai's shoulder, her scalding breath puffing against his neck, carrying the scent of heat and pain. Her deep-red hair was soaked with sweat, sticking to her cheeks and neck, and her whole person exuded a strange beauty of fragility intermingled with wildness.
Mo Bai wrapped one arm around her waist and pressed the other hand to her back. Pure and vast Title Douluo spirit power slowly flowed in, helping her dredge her disordered meridians and temporarily stabilize the berserk martial soul.
In her pain and semi-consciousness, Liu Erlong felt a cool and powerful force flow into her body, like spring water pouring onto a burning desert, temporarily alleviating that body-burning pain. Her blurred consciousness captured the near, steady, powerful heartbeat of the man and that deep, cold aura. Instinctively, she leaned closer to this source of "relief," her arm unconsciously wrapping around Mo Bai's waist.
This subtle action caused a meaningful smile to curve on Dugu Yan's lips outside. Xiao Wu blinked, Ning Rongrong's face turned slightly red, while Zhu Zhuqing remained expressionless.
Mo Bai felt the softness and heat of the woman's body in his arms and her unconscious gesture of dependence, his gaze deep. He knew the problem within Liu Erlong was far from resolved. Zhu Zhuqing's "Shadow Taming" passive was just a trigger; the root cause was the fatal conflict between her years of pent-up heartbreak and the berserk nature of her Fire Dragon martial soul, forming an "inner demon." Usually, it could be suppressed, but once her emotions fluctuated violently or she fought with full power, it would easily trigger a backlash.
To heal it fundamentally, he needed to delve into her soul and reshape her perception of that relationship while harmonizing her martial soul attributes. This process... was even more private and deep than treating Ye Lingling's martial soul flaw.
"Principal Liu's condition is temporarily stabilized, but the inner demon isn't removed. It could erupt again at any time, and each time will be more severe than the last." Mo Bai looked up at the solemn Meng Shenji and the anxious Lanba students outside the barrier. "She needs long-term treatment and conditioning. I suggest Principal Liu temporarily remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with me in charge of her follow-up treatment."
Meng Shenji mused for a moment and nodded: "Everything follows Your Excellency's arrangement. Principal Liu had this accident while on an exchange at our academy; we bear the responsibility."
The three Lanba Academy students looked at each other; they couldn't make the decision and could only wait for Vice Principal Liu to wake up.
Mo Bai picked up the unconscious Liu Erlong horizontally and said to Dugu Yan: "Yan'er, go prepare a quiet treatment room, according to the highest specifications."
"Yes, Teacher," Dugu Yan responded, a flash of excitement in her eyes as she hurried away.
Mo Bai carried Liu Erlong toward his exclusive area. Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong followed silently.
The protective barrier on the training ground slowly retracted. The watching students and teachers whispered among themselves as they watched Mo Bai walk away with the unconscious Liu Erlong. Today's spar had ended in a way that exceeded everyone's expectations. Zhu Zhuqing had used Soul Ancestor strength to force Soul Saint Liu Erlong into an inner demon eruption, and Mo Bai had suppressed a berserk Soul Saint with a mere gesture... the mystery and power of the "Spirit Casting Douluo" and those around him were once again deeply branded into everyone's hearts.
The treatment room Dugu Yan prepared was in a separate small building next to Mo Bai's residence. The environment was secluded and quiet, and it was also equipped with soundproofing and protective arrays. The light inside was soft, and in the center was a wide jade bed that radiated a warm, moist coolness, helpful for settling the mind and dredging heat.
Mo Bai laid Liu Erlong flat on the jade bed. She was still unconscious, her brow furrowed, her face flushed, her breathing rapid, and her body twitching slightly from time to time. Clearly, the internal conflict was still ongoing.
"Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, Rongrong, you girls go back and rest," Mo Bai instructed. "Yan'er, stay to help."
"Yes, Master/Teacher." The three girls bowed and left, while Dugu Yan remained in the room.
Mo Bai walked to the bedside and reached out to hold Liu Erlong's wrist, his spirit power flowing in again to carefully perceive the situation inside her. It was even more serious than he had anticipated. The heartbreak inner demon and the Fire Dragon martial soul were almost intertwined, forming something like a "martial soul origin trauma." Forcibly stripping it away might damage the martial soul's foundation.
"Teacher, Principal Liu, she..." Dugu Yan leaned over, looking at the unconscious Liu Erlong on the bed. As a possessor of a dragon-type (serpent can become dragon) martial soul herself, she could faintly sense the pain and restlessness deep within Liu Erlong's martial soul.
"Heart-fire burning the soul, dragon soul weeping blood." Mo Bai withdrew his hand and said flatly, "Twenty years of pent-up obsession is no longer a simple emotional problem, but has merged into the martial soul's origin. To heal it, one must first 'vent' her heart-fire, then 'dredge' her dragon soul, and finally 'reshape' her cognition. The process will be... long, and it requires her full cooperation."
"Vent the heart-fire?" Dugu Yan blinked her emerald eyes, seemingly understanding something, and the smile on her lips deepened. "Is Teacher planning to use... the most direct method?"
Mo Bai glanced at her and did not deny it: "In her condition, ordinary medicine and spirit power dredging have limited effect. The most blazing heart-fire needs the most extreme... 'venting' to guide and transform it. This is the fastest and most thorough method. Of course, the premise is that she can accept it."