Ice and Fire Dragon King's Skeleton—Dugu Bo: Who the Hell Are They?! Please Read On

"Alright. It had been a long time since I'd stretched my muscles. Leave this Dugu Bo to me."

Jiang Mo Douluo slowly rose to his feet.

Dugu Bo had already arrived behind the two of them. His face was cold as he said icily, "Do you two not know that this is the territory of me, the Poison Douluo?"

Jiang Mo yawned and turned lazily to face Dugu Bo. "Isn't Sunset Forest a habitat for soul beasts? Since when did it become your territory, Dugu Bo?"

"Heh. So you two know full well that this is my, Dugu Bo's, domain, yet you still dared to trespass without permission. You truly have the nerve!"

"Who do you think I, Dugu Bo, am?!"

"I am a Titled Douluo!!"

As Dugu Bo roared, his aura surged. A cold, sinister, enormous green Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul appeared behind him, while nine soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black—shone beneath his feet.

Dugu Bo was neither wholly righteous nor wholly evil, and he was no kind man. His first reaction toward anyone who threatened him was to eliminate them.

His nature was as vicious and ruthless as a serpent's. If he did not act, then so be it—but once he did, he would go all out.

"How dare you run wild on my territory? You must be tired of living!"

"Die!"

Dugu Bo was brimming with arrogance and imposing might. Instantly drawing upon his immense Soul Power, he charged fiercely at Jiang Mo Douluo, looking incredibly badass and powerful.

Beside him, Dugu Yan looked on with worship in her eyes. "Grandpa! Take them down!"

However, at that very moment—

Soul rings emerged one after another beneath Jiang Mo Douluo's feet as well: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black. All nine rings were revealed.

A staff carved with dragon patterns also appeared in his hand.

This was the Coiling Dragon Staff, within which a Heavenly Awakening Sacred Golden Dragon was sealed.

"What?! A Titled Douluo? Such a powerful aura—who exactly is he..."

"This is bad!"

Dugu Bo was stunned, but it was already too late.

"A mere Rank 91 Titled Douluo dares to act so presumptuously before me, Jiang Mo." Jiang Mo Douluo swung his staff.

"Get lost!!"

Bang! Boom boom!

Pshhk!

"Ahhh—!"

The previously swaggering Dugu Bo was blasted away on the spot, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

He was heavily injured by a single blow from Jiang Mo and sent crashing to the ground!

"Grandpa!!!!" Dugu Yan was dumbfounded.

Dugu Bo: ??????

What was going on?

I... I was seriously injured on the spot without being able to withstand a single blow?

A dignified Titled Douluo like me was badly injured by one move?

Dugu Bo was completely stunned. He had never imagined that the man before him would be this strong!

No, who the hell were these two?!

"Who exactly are you? I do not know how I, Dugu Bo, have offended you two for you to come here specifically to kill me." Dugu Bo half-knelt on the ground, his face pale and somewhat fearful.

Killing intent had already appeared in Jiang Mo Douluo's eyes. "I am Jiang Mo Douluo, the Seventh Worship Elder of Spirit Hall."

"Y-you're Jiang Mo Douluo!!"

Although these Enshrined Elders of Spirit Hall had long since withdrawn from the world—

Just because they were no longer active did not mean that their legends had vanished from it.

Dugu Bo had heard of him, and he could feel Jiang Mo Douluo's killing intent.

In an instant, the fear of death spread throughout his body. He was not particularly afraid of dying himself; the main thing was that his granddaughter was still beside him!

"Yanyan! Run!!"

Dugu Bo's arrogant air had completely vanished, and he had already lost the will to fight. He immediately scrambled up from the ground, intending to flee with Dugu Yan.

"Trying to leave? It won't be that easy."

Jiang Mo Douluo moved to intercept them.

Lin Yu still had no idea that a fight had broken out outside. At this moment, he had finished absorbing the Immortal Herbs, and his body and physique had been enhanced to an unprecedented degree.

Under the effects of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, his Soul Power had also improved somewhat, reaching the peak of Rank 18. (To emphasize again: Octagonal and Infernal are Immortal Herbs that strengthen one's physique. They do not have the effect of consolidating one's foundation and increasing Soul Power; this is the original setting.)

For the moment, Lin Yu had no intention of leaving. Instead, he planned to swim into the deepest part of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to investigate.

"The Ice and Fire Dragon King's Skeleton is buried beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Those were the Nine Great Dragon Kings of the Divine Realm back then!"

"If hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were guaranteed to produce soul bones, then the Ice and Fire Dragon King was also highly likely to yield a god-level soul bone. If that was truly the case and I absorbed it, it would surely be a tremendous aid before I became a god!"

Lin Yu dove five hundred meters down in one breath. The surroundings had long since become pitch-black.

It also seemed bottomless.

After continuing downward, he found, first, that he was struggling to withstand the immense pressure underwater.

Second, it was at that moment that Lin Yu discovered an energy barrier blocking his path.

It prevented him from diving any deeper.

"Sure enough, with my current strength, trying to covet the Dragon God Bone is still too soon. I'll wait until I'm stronger and come back to try again."

Lin Yu temporarily gave up on the idea and swiftly swam back to the surface.

Splash!

The moment he burst out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he saw Dugu Bo being mercilessly beaten down by Jiang Mo Douluo.

Facing Jiang Mo Douluo, who was at the peak of Rank 96, Dugu Bo, with only Rank 91 Soul Power, was no match for him no matter how desperately he fought!

Every rank within the Titled Douluo realm carried an enormous gap in Soul Power. The distance between Rank 95 and Rank 96 in particular was an insurmountable chasm.

Dugu Bo was soon beaten half to death. With one strike of Jiang Mo's staff, he was forced to his knees on the ground.

Bang!

Pfft—

"Urgh..." Blood streamed from the corner of Dugu Bo's mouth as he knelt on both knees, looking up at Jiang Mo, who was preparing to unleash his Fifth Spirit Ability.

It was like Mount Tai bearing down on him, filling him with despair.

"Fifth Spirit Ability, Demon Subduing Coiling Dragon Strike!"

Dugu Yan cried out, "No! Don't! Grandpa!!"

"Am I, Dugu Bo, really going to die here today without ever knowing why?" Looking at the absolutely powerful Jiang Mo Douluo in the sky, Dugu Bo's face was equally filled with despair.

Just as Dugu Bo believed there was no doubt he would die—

A young voice rang out from nearby.

"Wait!"

"Grandpa Jiang Mo, please show mercy!"

Hearing the voice, Jiang Mo Douluo immediately withdrew his power.

Lin Yu arrived just in time and said to Jiang Mo Douluo, "Grandpa Jiang Mo, we don't necessarily have to kill Dugu Bo."

"Xiao Yu, if we don't eliminate this man, he'll become a future threat!"

Lin Yu naturally knew that Dugu Bo was a major problem. Although people from Blue Star called him the weakest Titled Douluo—

There was a saying about him: Dugu Bo could not defeat a single Titled Douluo, but he could leave his opponent with only Titled Douluos remaining.

Though that was somewhat exaggerated.

Still, in the battle of Jialing Pass in the original work—

Dugu Bo used his Eighth Spirit Ability in conjunction with his Ninth Spirit Ability to poison tens of thousands of soldiers within Jialing Pass to death in a short time, becoming a legend in a single battle.

Leaving someone like that alive was indeed a potential threat.

But!

Lin Yu said, "Grandpa Jiang Mo, eliminating a threat doesn't necessarily mean killing it. We can also persuade it to surrender."

Qian Jun and Jiang Mo did not think highly of this idea. In their view, Dugu Bo would not sincerely submit to Spirit Hall.

Qian Jun shook his head. "Xiao Yu, even if we used forceful methods to win Dugu Bo over, he would never sincerely serve our Spirit Hall. He might even turn against us in the future."