Pursuer

Le Ling suddenly shoved him away, her expression tense.

Qian Daoliu asked anxiously, "Ling'er, what is it?"

"There's something strange nearby!"

Le Ling looked at him. "Didn't you sense it?"

Qian Daoliu shook his head, frowning slightly.

As a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, if there was anything unusual nearby, there was no way he would fail to notice it.

Le Ling thought of it. The only possibility for something strange that even he could not detect was...

"Not good!"

"They're Yin Spirit users from the Five Elements Continent!!"

Yin Spirit users?

Before Qian Daoliu could ask what Yin Spirit users were, a deafening boom suddenly sounded in the distance!

All at once, around fifty black-clad figures appeared out of nowhere, each holding a one-meter-long curved blade.

At the sight of the armed black-clad figures, the people around the lantern festival screamed in fright and scattered in all directions.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu immediately summoned their Martial Souls.

Three pairs of wings spread from behind Qian Daoliu. Just as he reached out to pull Le Ling to his side and take flight, they both sensed something strange.

A long curved blade suddenly appeared between them as if tearing through the darkness, slashing down without warning.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu's pupils contracted. To evade the descending blade, they both quickly retreated.

After stepping back, Qian Daoliu saw the curved blade slash toward Le Ling and immediately flew over to help her.

At that moment, more than twenty black-clad figures suddenly appeared around him, as though they had emerged from thin air.

His eyes widened slightly in surprise!

He could not sense the aura of these black-clad figures that had appeared out of nowhere at all!

What was going on?!

"A Liu, those black-clad figures aren't human!"

Le Ling, who was battling the long curved blade from earlier some distance away, shouted to Qian Daoliu, "They're all controlled fifth-level Yin Spirit users from the Five Elements Continent."

"So don't use physical attacks. You can't hurt them!"

Hearing her words, Qian Daoliu understood at once!

They were Yin Spirit users!

No wonder a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo like him had been completely unable to detect their auras.

They were not human at all!!

At that moment, the long curved blade vanished instantly while Le Ling was distracted speaking, then suddenly flashed out behind her back and swiftly slashed at her again.

At the same time, more than twenty Yin Spirit users appeared out of thin air around her and attacked her simultaneously.

"Ling'er..."

"Don't worry about me!"

Le Ling shouted at Qian Daoliu again, "Kill all those Yin Spirit users! We can't let them go back and report this, or my identity will be exposed!!"

As soon as she finished speaking, after Martial Soul Possession, six clones instantly split off from her body and fought the more than twenty Yin Spirit users around her.

At the same time, one of her true body's tails whipped back fiercely, wrapping directly around the curved blade slashing at her from behind.

With a hard tug of her fox tail, the controlled sixth-level Yin Spirit user hidden in the darkness and holding the blade's hilt was dragged out as well!

"I've had enough of this!"

Le Ling's gaze instantly sharpened.

"Second Soul Skill, Crimson Light Storm."

A storm of light and fire surged toward the sixth-level Yin Spirit user.

Her second soul ring was the Crimson Bright Bird, possessing both light and fire attributes—natural bane to sixth-level Yin Spirit users!

Aah—

A miserable scream rang through the disrupted lantern festival as the sixth-level Yin Spirit user instantly turned to ashes!

At the same time, Qian Daoliu in the distance also unleashed his ninth Soul Skill.

A gigantic angel phantom identical to himself instantly condensed behind him.

Countless golden feathers shot forth from the phantom's wings, flying toward enemies in every direction.

The purification attack of the Six-winged Angel's sacred flames not only instantly killed the more than twenty Yin Spirit users around him!

It even instantly killed the more than twenty Yin Spirit users besieging Le Ling in the distance as well!

Just as all fifty Yin Spirit users were instantly killed, the curved blade previously wielded by the sixth-level Yin Spirit user unexpectedly moved on its own and slashed toward Le Ling once more.

Le Ling noticed it.

Her six clones instantly returned to her body. At the same time, three fox tails rose to block, and after the curved blade trembled, it was flung away.

But to her surprise, the curved blade went out of control and slashed toward a purple-haired, green-eyed girl who had boldly come over to watch the excitement behind her.

"Watch out!!!"

"Yanzi..."

Le Ling and an old man who had chased over from afar behind the girl shouted at the same time.

But Le Ling was closer to the girl. She rushed over and placed herself in front of her.

Her three fox tails immediately formed a protective barrier before her, blocking the incoming curved blade once again.

At that moment, Qian Daoliu also flashed over and seized the curved blade. The Six-winged Angel's sacred flames ignited, and the blade instantly turned to ash.

At the same time, a piercing shriek from a sinister spirit rang out!

He frowned slightly and looked at Le Ling. "Was this curved blade also one of the sinister spirits you mentioned?"

Le Ling nodded. "Yes, but it was a blade spirit, different from the dead person's spirit just now!"

At that moment, the purple-haired, green-eyed girl was curiously looking at them after hearing their conversation.

"Great Offering!"

The old man who had been calling the girl "Yanzi" from afar had already flashed over behind the three of them.

When the old man saw Qian Daoliu, surprise flickered in his eyes!

Wasn't Spirit Hall's Great Offering always stationed at the Worship Hall? Why was he here?

"Poison Douluo, long time no see!"

Qian Daoliu withdrew his martial soul and walked to Le Ling's side.

The Great Offering's strength was such that nearly no one on the Douluo Continent dared offend him. Even Dugu Bo, who had always been solitary by nature, had to show him some respect.

"Great Offering, it has indeed been a long time. Aren't you always guarding the Worship Hall? Why have you come here?"

"I accompanied my Ling'er to see the lantern festival."

As he spoke, Qian Daoliu wrapped an arm around Le Ling's shoulders and introduced him to her. "This is Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, renowned throughout the world for his poison. He is a level ninety-two Titled Douluo, and his martial soul is the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor."

Le Ling had heard of Poison Douluo's name before, though she had never met him in person.

She smiled lightly. "Hello, my name is Le Ling."

"Miss Le Ling, this is my granddaughter, Dugu Yan. Thank you for blocking that curved blade's attack for her just now."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo curiously examined the woman before him, especially Qian Daoliu's intimate attitude toward her.

It truly made one curious!

"It was only right that I blocked that blade. After all, it was coming for me. Your granddaughter shouldn't have had to suffer its attack in my place."

Just as Le Ling finished speaking, she suddenly sensed an extremely familiar aura from an alley not far away.

Without hesitation, she broke free of the man's arm around her and quickly ran toward the alley.

Qian Daoliu froze for a moment.

Then he nodded at Dugu Bo and, after several flashes, swiftly chased after her!

Watching the two depart, Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo curiously, "Grandfather, was that the legendary Great Offering of Spirit Hall, the level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo?"

Dugu Bo nodded.

"Didn't they say the Great Offering's original wife passed away many years ago? What is the relationship between the older sister who saved me and the Great Offering? They looked very close."

Dugu Bo shook his head, indicating that he did not know either.

"We can't watch the lantern festival anymore. Let's go."

With that, he left directly with his hands behind his back. Dugu Yan followed behind her grandfather in disappointment.

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