Didn't Say We Were Stealing His Granddaughter?

Moreover, on her home turf, the effects of her soul skills would be greatly enhanced.

"Trying to run?" Hu Liena would never give her the chance to escape. With a flicker, she gave chase.

At the same time, Dugu Bo suddenly felt a pang of unease in the distance. He was startled. It was the sensation of blood ties.

"Not good. Yan'er is in danger."

Dugu Bo stopped entangling with him and turned to leave, but how could Chrysanthemum Douluo let him go so easily? More than half the allotted time had already passed, and it would soon be over.

"You damn chrysanthemum, get lost! I don't have time to play with you!" Dugu Bo roared, unleashing a burst of snake venom before taking the chance to widen the distance.

Then he hurried back to his lair without stopping.

Now, it was Chrysanthemum Douluo's turn to chase him.

"Trying to run? No chance. Today, we'll settle this life or death!" Chrysanthemum Douluo laughed loudly.

But Dugu Bo was consumed by fury, red light flashing in his eyes. "Old chrysanthemum, I should have realized it sooner. You were luring the tiger away from the mountain. Your Ninth Soul Skill just now was never used at full strength, and you didn't have the air of someone ready to die either. I knew you were deliberately draining my Soul Power. Your goal was to hold me back and buy time for your people."

"Dugu Bo, you're right. If I had used my Ninth Soul Skill at full strength, we would both have been seriously injured. There was no need for that, since I wasn't determined to fight you to the death."

"But what can you do even if you've figured it out now? To be honest, I've already bought enough time. Even if you rush back now, it'll be too late. We've already taken what we came for."

"But I truly never expected you to be hiding an Immortal Herb like the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!" Chrysanthemum Douluo said furiously.

The fact that Dugu Bo had hidden an Immortal Herb made Chrysanthemum Douluo feel as though someone had stolen his wife.

"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum?" Dugu Bo froze. "You weren't after Yan'er?"

"Yan'er?" Chrysanthemum Douluo was the one left dumbfounded. That brat Lu Leng only told me we were stealing Immortal Herbs. He never said anything about stealing the man's granddaughter! Seeing Chrysanthemum Douluo's expression, Dugu Bo's heart sank even further. "You'd better stop blocking me now. My Yan'er is in danger. If you keep stopping me, I'll make sure you stay here for good."

Dugu Bo's chilling aura forced Chrysanthemum Douluo to believe that he would truly do it. Dugu Yan was his only family. If anything happened to her, he would surely go mad and slaughter everyone in sight.

"We didn't come for your granddaughter. We only came for the Immortal Herbs. As long as you promise not to harm my people, I'll let you leave," Chrysanthemum Douluo said. The time was nearly up, and there was no need to continue this struggle.

"Hmph." Dugu Bo snorted in agreement, then immediately rushed back.

Compared to Yan'er's life, what the hell were Immortal Herbs worth?

Seeing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo hurried after him.

The two were currently quite far from the center of Sunset Forest. Chrysanthemum Douluo had done that deliberately, fighting while retreating. Now, even traveling in a straight line with their strength as Titled Douluo, it would take them an hour to get back.

Dugu Bo was frantic. For his granddaughter's safety, he directly used a soul skill to travel, greatly increasing his speed.

Meanwhile, at the center of Sunset Forest, the duration of Dugu Yan's soul skill had expired. Intense pain spread through her entire body, leaving her unable even to stand.

Hu Liena was too fast. Dugu Yan had no chance to escape. If she had not been familiar with the terrain and knowledgeable about poisonous plants, allowing Hu Liena to suffer several hidden setbacks, she would have died long ago.

"At the end of your rope, and you're still struggling?" Hu Liena slowly approached. She had also consumed a great deal of Soul Power.

She glanced at the time. She had actually been tangled up with Dugu Yan for nearly an hour.

Dugu Yan was truly like a snake, burrowing everywhere. She had used the terrain to wound Hu Liena several times, and even let poisonous plants cut her. Fortunately, those poisons were not particularly potent; they merely numbed the nerves and slowed movement.

Still, this made Hu Liena much more cautious in her pursuit. If she were cut by a truly lethal poison, she would be finished here.

Fortunately, the agreed time was nearly up.

By now, Dugu Bo should have returned as well.

"You're quite good at running, but how are you going to run now?"

Killing intent flashed in Hu Liena's eyes as she immediately struck.

But at that moment, a deep voice brimming with rage rang out. At the same time, a towering aura carrying icy killing intent appeared behind Hu Liena. "Stop!"

Hu Liena turned around and saw that Dugu Bo had returned.

Seeing his granddaughter's miserable state, Dugu Bo was even more enraged. Fury burned in his chest, and his eyes seemed ready to spit fire. "I'll kill you!"

His speed suddenly surged, instantly opening the distance between himself and Chrysanthemum Douluo. Behind him, a jade-green venomous snake opened its enormous jaws, as though it would swallow Hu Liena whole in one bite!

"Dugu Bo, you dare!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo reacted immediately, but he had originally been following behind Dugu Bo. On top of that, Dugu Bo had seized the initiative, and under the impact of his rage, his speed was twice as fast as usual.

Though Chrysanthemum Douluo immediately gave chase, he was still too late.

"Dugu Bo, she is the Pope's disciple! If you kill her, you'll die too!" Chrysanthemum Douluo shouted from behind him, able only to hope that Dugu Bo would not strike to kill.

"She dared to kill my granddaughter! Even if the Pope himself came, I would still kill her!" Dugu Bo ignored him completely. Dugu Yan's injuries had made him lose all reason.

As Hu Liena watched Dugu Bo charge at her, the overwhelming pressure of a Titled Douluo left her unable to move even a finger.

Her back turned icy. The shadow of death enveloping her transformed into despair within her heart, and her gaze involuntarily drifted toward the spring.

Am I going to die?

Hu Liena suddenly felt a little forlorn.

Not because she had come here on this mission.

But because she still had such a long future ahead of her. She still wanted to stay by his side.

"You old bastard, you're courting death!"

At that critical moment, a figure suddenly shot out from the spring. He was so fast that even Dugu Bo failed to react in time.

But Hu Liena sensed him. Her heart stirred, and her face filled with joy.

"Drawing Sword Slash!"

Lu Leng drew his blade with fierce resolve. A purple and a black soul ring shone around him. Lightning churned in his hand, while purple electric currents flickered across the wings on his back. Terrifying power continuously gathered on the blade, and a heaven-shaking, earth-rending might slashed toward Dugu Bo amid a thunderous explosion.

At the same time, his Second Soul Skill, Swallow Return Flash, activated. Combined with Thunderclap Wings, Lu Leng's speed reached its absolute limit in that instant, surpassing the speed of sound. It was as though he had teleported, appearing before Dugu Bo in the blink of an eye.

The Zhan Luo Blade slashed out with unstoppable force.

This strike was Lu Leng's strongest attack. Empowered by his speed and the lightning attribute of his God-level Martial Soul, its power completely surpassed the force of a thousand jun!