The Teacher Was Golden Crocodile Douluo

After more than an hour, they finally obtained the Third Soul Ring without any real danger.

Name: Zhao Zilong;

Age: 12;

Martial Soul: Blue Silver Emperor (Intermediate Martial Soul, Blue Silver Emperor bloodline not awakened);

Innate Soul Power: Level 2.5;

Soul Power: Level 32;

Soul Rings: First Soul Ring, 999 years; Second Soul Ring, 999 years; Third Soul Ring, 5,100 years;

Soul Skills: First Soul Skill: Bamboo Leaf Sword Rain (Soul Ring taken from Ghost Bamboo; every bamboo leaf was as sharp as a blade); Second Soul Skill: Heartbreak Poison (Soul Ring taken from Heartbreak Grass; gave the Blue Silver Grass potent poison); Third Soul Skill: Spider Web Bind (Soul Ring taken from a Man Faced Demon Spider; an area-control Soul Skill usable against either a single target or a group)

Special Abilities: Tang Sect Hidden Weapon Techniques, Tang Sect Hundred Poisons...

"You're awake." Tang San watched Zhao Zilong open his eyes and walked over. "How was it?"

"I absorbed it successfully. My third Soul Skill is called Spider Web Bind, a control-type Soul Skill. The web carries poison, so it's pretty good overall," Zhao Zilong said with a nod.

Tang San could not help feeling shocked. "Congratulations, Brother Zilong."

Zhao Zilong smiled. "All right, let's get ready to leave!"

"Mm."

However, at that moment, Dragon Duke, Snake Grandma, and Meng Yiran arrived. Seeing the dead Man Faced Demon Spider, Meng Yiran cried furiously, "Who was it? Who killed my Demon Spider?"

So it still came to this. This plot really can't be avoided. Seeing Meng Yiran approach, Zhao Zilong inwardly grumbled. Still, it was good that she had come. He could win Meng Yiran over first and gain the support of the Peerless Dragon-Snake Couple. At least then he would have some backing in the future. He said, "Miss Meng Yiran, we meet again."

"You? Why are you here?" Meng Yiran saw Zhao Zilong and Tang San behind him. She had already been displeased that Zhao Zilong had made her eat that disgusting sausage earlier. Now that her Man Faced Demon Spider was gone as well, she was not swayed even when Zhao Zilong called her miss.

When Snake Grandma saw Zhao Zilong and Tang San, she asked suspiciously, "Brats, why are the two of you here? Where is Zhao Wuji?"

Tang San walked over and cupped his fists. "We got separated from Teacher Zhao."

Meng Yiran looked at Tang San and Zhao Zilong and asked, "The two of you are here, and my Demon Spider is dead. Don't tell me you two killed my Demon Spider?"

"Well... we did kill it," Zhao Zilong said awkwardly.

Snake Grandma looked utterly disbelieving. "The two of you were actually able to kill a Man Faced Demon Spider?"

Meng Yiran immediately flew into a rage and pointed at Zhao Zilong. "This is already the second time! Grandpa, this guy has stolen my Soul Ring twice already!"

Dragon Duke Meng Shu stepped forward and said, "So you're Zhao Zilong. Do you know that a Man Faced Demon Spider is far more valuable than a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent? Do you know how much effort we spent hunting this Man Faced Demon Spider? If that spider web had not been so troublesome, it would have become Yiran's Soul Ring long ago."

Zhao Zilong explained, "You can't blame us for that! This Man Faced Demon Spider wanted to kill us. How could we just wait to die? Besides, we have you, Senior, to thank. Otherwise, Tang San and I would definitely have been killed by this Man Faced Demon Spider."

Dragon Duke Meng Shu struck the ground with his dragon-headed cane and looked at Zhao Zilong. "Then you have already absorbed this Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring?"

Zhao Zilong nodded. "Yes. Thanks to this Man Faced Demon Spider, I have become a three-ringed Soul Elder."

Meng Yiran grew even angrier, pointing at Zhao Zilong. "You actually dared to absorb my Soul Ring! Grandpa, you have to stand up for me! He stole my Soul Rings twice—you have to stand up for me!"

Dragon Duke Meng Shu patted Meng Yiran's little hand and walked forward. "Boy, you killed the Man Faced Demon Spider we chased for so long and absorbed Yiran's Soul Ring. Don't you have anything to say?"

Zhao Zilong looked somewhat awkward. "Well... there was nothing I could do. The Soul Beast was dead, and it would have been a waste not to absorb the Soul Ring, so I absorbed it."

"Hmph, what a fine 'nothing I could do.' So you mean we are supposed to swallow this loss in silence?" Dragon Duke Meng Shu snapped angrily.

Zhao Zilong cupped his fists, neither servile nor overbearing. "I wouldn't dare. If you have any demands, Senior, and this junior can fulfill them, I will do my best to make up for your and Meng Yiran's losses."

At that moment, Snake Grandma whispered a few words into Dragon Duke's ear. Meng Shu's gaze at Zhao Zilong changed slightly as he asked, "Boy, I hear from my wife that you have a teacher. May I ask who your teacher is?"

I've been waiting for you to ask that. Zhao Zilong secretly laughed.

Zhao Zilong put on a troubled expression. "Senior, my teacher has retired from Douluo Continent for decades, and he does not allow me to reveal his name."

Meng Shu sneered. "Is it inconvenient to say, or is there some other reason? I, Meng Shu, have roamed Douluo Continent for decades. Even powerful figures who have lived in seclusion for many years, I more or less know of them. If you truly are the disciple of an old acquaintance, then I naturally will not blame you for taking Yiran's Soul Ring. I may even escort you to find Zhao Wuji. But if I discover that you are lying to deceive me, then that will be another matter."

Zhao Zilong sighed. "All right. My teacher is Golden Crocodile Douluo. Do you know him, Senior?"

"What? Golden Crocodile Douluo?" Upon hearing that name, Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma were both greatly startled. The shock on their faces was obvious as they exchanged glances.

They had both lived for decades. The name Golden Crocodile Douluo had already resounded throughout Douluo Continent when they were still young. He had now lived in seclusion for decades, and it was basically impossible for young Soul Masters to know that name.

Tang San, standing nearby, saw that merely revealing his teacher's name had frightened Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma so badly, and he became even more curious about Zhao Zilong's teacher.

Meng Shu had also traveled Douluo Continent for many years. Though surprised, he remained very composed and did not fully believe Zhao Zilong's words. Looking at Zhao Zilong, he said, "A disciple of Golden Crocodile Douluo? When I was young, I once met Golden Crocodile Douluo, and I hold that senior in great respect. However, you say that you are Golden Crocodile Douluo's disciple. Do you have any proof?"

Of course, Meng Shu had never met Golden Crocodile Douluo. He was merely saying it deliberately.

"Does this count as proof?" As he spoke, Zhao Zilong took a token from his Soul Tool.

"This is... the Pope's Edict?" The moment Meng Shu saw the Pope's Edict, all his doubts vanished. After all, only the elders of Spirit Hall and the three great sects possessed the Pope's Edict.

Zhao Zilong's Pope's Edict was naturally the one Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao had given Master, which Zhao Zilong had later obtained from Master Yu Xiaogang. It had to be said that this thing was quite useful for borrowing a tiger's might.