Crisis

Late at night, in the residential district of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The moon was hidden, the sky dark, and fierce winds howled.

Thunder rumbled through the pitch-black sky, and the air between heaven and earth became oppressively hot, like a steamer.

Thick, silver-white lightning serpents continuously flashed and writhed within the clouds, illuminating the world for an instant. It seemed as though a violent storm could arrive at any moment.

Inside the room, Lin Tianyi, who sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed in meditation, suddenly opened his eyes, his expression changing drastically.

"Who?!"

At that moment, thunder boomed outside, and pale lightning shone through the window.

Before the bed stood the silhouette of a tall figure in green robes, his face half-lit and half-shadowed.

"What keen perception. This old man had only just entered, yet you already noticed me."

In the room that had originally contained only Lin Tianyi, a figure had appeared at some unknown point, his voice aged and sinister.

Lin Tianyi remained calm, ready to activate Teleportation at any moment. In a low voice, he said:

"May I ask what business brings Senior here so late at night?"

The man smiled faintly. "I was entrusted to break your limbs. I hope you will forgive me."

Lin Tianyi's expression turned cold. "Who entrusted you?"

The man said teasingly, "Little fellow, do not ask. Rest assured, this old man will not take your life. I will merely break your limbs and leave you bedridden for several months."

Anger rose in Lin Tianyi's heart. Someone had suddenly come to his door in the dead of night and bluntly declared that he would break his limbs—how could he not be angry?

He sneered. "Break my limbs? Are you worthy?"

With that, he immediately used Teleportation and vanished from the room. He sensed a deadly threat from the other man and knew he was no match for him, so he could only avoid his edge.

The man was not angered. With a soft chuckle, he briefly extended his senses, then flickered and disappeared.

On a rooftop five hundred meters away, Lin Tianyi watched the figure drift over, his gaze grave as his heart sank. How did he find me so quickly? That shouldn't be possible.

As if seeing through Lin Tianyi's confusion, the man said teasingly:

"Hehe, since I came to break your limbs, I naturally investigated you. I knew you could Teleport, though I did not expect you to instantly move five hundred meters. Not a bad soul skill."

Lin Tianyi's brows sank. "You left a tracking mark on me!"

"Smart." The man praised him unhurriedly.

Lin Tianyi suddenly laughed.

The man asked doubtfully, "What are you laughing at?"

Lin Tianyi sneered. "Dugu Bo, you are a dignified Title Douluo, yet you would stoop to bullying the weak. Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed if word gets out?"

The man feigned ignorance. "What Dugu Bo?"

Lin Tianyi said coldly, "It does not matter if you refuse to admit it. I know where Dugu Yan lives. With Teleportation, I can find her easily."

Dugu Bo's aged face immediately darkened. "Little fellow, your thoughts are becoming very dangerous."

"Hehe, so you are no longer pretending." Lin Tianyi scoffed.

"How did you determine it was me? We should never have met before." Coldness flickered in Dugu Bo's eyes.

Lin Tianyi said indifferently, "Though I may be lacking in talent, anyone who can plant a tracking mark on me without me noticing in the slightest can only be a Title Douluo.

And in all of Heaven Dou City, there is currently only one Title Douluo—Dugu Bo."

Although he knew of the existence of Pufferfish and Snake Lance, he naturally could not reveal it.

"Very smart. But you are too smart. I originally only intended to break your limbs, but now that you can threaten Yanyan, there can be no peaceful resolution."

Dugu Bo stared at Lin Tianyi with sinister eyes:

"I will give you two choices. First, pretend you do not know my identity and let me break your limbs. From then on, we will remain at peace. I will not attack you again, and you cannot attack Yanyan either.

"Second, die here!"

Dugu Bo coldly stared at Lin Tianyi. "You are a smart child. You should know which choice to make, right?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Tianyi nodded, his expression sincere.

"I choose the first."

"Very good." Dugu Bo nodded in satisfaction, then turned to leave.

Suddenly, a drastic change occurred.

The instant Dugu Bo turned around, his figure blurred as he flashed before Lin Tianyi. His aged, withered right palm glowed with a soul-seizing dark green light as it viciously struck toward Lin Tianyi's head.

Without the slightest mercy!

As though prepared for this, Lin Tianyi immediately activated Teleportation and vanished from the spot.

High in the air, Lin Tianyi hovered with the Extreme Wind Wings behind him gently flapping. He looked coldly down at Dugu Bo below.

"Senior Dugu, I already chose the first option. Why are you still trying to kill me?"

Dugu Bo's gaze fell upon the Extreme Wind Wings behind Lin Tianyi. Surprise and greed flashed through his eyes as he said in a hoarse, low voice:

"You agreed too quickly. Do you think this old man lived for over a hundred years for nothing?"

"Hehe, it seems Senior Dugu truly does not care whether your granddaughter lives or dies. Aren't you afraid I will go kill her right now?"

"Boy, stop pretending. If you knew where Yanyan lived, would you still be wasting words here?"

Dugu Bo sneered.

Damn old bastard, he reacted quickly... Lin Tianyi cursed inwardly.

Dugu Bo vanished in a flash. With a Title Douluo's full burst of speed, his movement across short distances was comparable to Teleportation.

In the blink of an eye, Dugu Bo appeared directly above Lin Tianyi. His palm came crashing down, spewing dark green poisonous mist.

Lin Tianyi's expression changed drastically as he used Teleportation to disappear, but a wisp of the dark green mist still inevitably brushed the top of his head.

Dugu Bo laughed smugly. "Boy, once you have been contaminated by this old man's poison, just wait for death."

"Is that so?" Lin Tianyi sneered and raised a hand to touch the top of his head. Dark green poisonous mist stained his hand, and his right hand, which had shown purplish-black signs of poisoning, suddenly returned to normal, becoming fair and unblemished.

The smile on Dugu Bo's face froze abruptly, and his gaze turned sinister.

"Old bastard, your poison does not seem very effective. It is pitifully weak."

Lin Tianyi mocked him while thinking of a countermeasure.

He was absolutely no match for a Title Douluo right now, even one as weak as Dugu Bo.

He could directly Teleport to the palace and seek Qian Renxue's help. The two Title Douluo hidden at her side could completely drive Dugu Bo away.

But if he did that, Qian Renxue would most likely be exposed, causing her infiltration plan to fail after all her efforts.

He could not selfishly allow Qian Renxue's years of planning to be ruined.

Things had not yet reached the point of utter desperation.

Dugu Bo vanished.

A chill ran down Lin Tianyi's spine, and he immediately used Teleportation to disappear.

A terrifying beam of poison streaked through the spot he had occupied, its piercing wind shrieking through the air.

After teleporting a hundred meters away, Lin Tianyi grew tense. No, Teleportation consumes too much Soul Power. I'm only level sixty-seven. In terms of Soul Power reserves, I definitely cannot match a Title Douluo. I need to think of something quickly, or I will surely die!

Suddenly, Lin Tianyi's eyes lit up.

He had never used his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill from his right arm before outsiders. The Extreme Sharpness skill, Nothing Cannot Be Cut, was his trump card.

He had only one chance. Once Dugu Bo became wary, everything would be over!

Summoning the Dragon's Roar Sword, Lin Tianyi gripped its hilt tightly in his right hand and stared fixedly at Dugu Bo.

His figure instantly vanished, flashing before Dugu Bo as he fiercely swung his sword toward Dugu Bo's head.

A mocking smile curled Dugu Bo's lips. Soul Power coated his right hand as he reached out like an eagle's claw and precisely caught the Dragon's Roar Sword descending toward his head.

The sharp Dragon's Roar Sword did not injure him in the slightest.

Dark green poisonous light flickered around Dugu Bo's left hand as it ruthlessly blasted toward Lin Tianyi's chest.

Now!

A brilliant gleam flashed in Lin Tianyi's eyes as he activated two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skills at once.

Extreme Sharpness and Extreme Defense!