Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Although he had sent people to Sunset Forest to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yu Yuanzhen, the clan leader, remained behind to hold the fort.
He had dispatched one of the clan's Title Douluo elders to Sunset Forest.
Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was no longer what it once was, it still had two Title Douluo.
Even if that Title Douluo elder was already old and likely did not have much time left, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would not collapse.
Because there was still a Title Douluo ready to take over.
Yu Yuanzhen had only become clan leader after becoming a Title Douluo himself.
His strength was improving rapidly. Within a few years, he would break through to level 95 and become a Super Douluo.
Now, seeing the old-man version of Grandmaster on the Sky Screen use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his younger brother's illegitimate daughter and an older brother he had met outside, all to fight a Title Douluo—
With his discerning eye, he could naturally tell that the Title Douluo named Dugu Bo was in poor health.
A poison user, a Title Douluo whose title was even based on "poison," had actually been poisoned.
That was truly ridiculous.
Still, even if Dugu Bo had been poisoned and his physical condition was far worse than before, the three of them could not defeat him merely by using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
The gap between both sides was simply too great.
A Martial Soul Fusion Skill formed by two Soul Saints and one Soul Grandmaster could not defeat a Title Douluo even if it summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon.
However, this was a chance to verify the true nature of this Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Hopefully, its power would be decent.
"Sun-Moon Radiant Golden Transformation!"
Flender and Liu Erlong stepped forward, placing Grandmaster behind them and forming a triangular formation.
The three of them summoned their Martial Souls at the same time.
With Three-Eyed Demon Fox as the core, they activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
"What is this?"
Dugu Bo had truly never seen a Martial Soul Fusion Skill used by these three together.
While he was momentarily stunned, Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong successfully unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Three-Eyed Demon Fox flew into the sky first.
Flender's Martial Soul and Liu Erlong's Martial Soul flew into the sky as well.
The three merged into one.
The originally ugly-but-adorable Three-Eyed Demon Fox transformed at that moment into a majestic Golden Sacred Dragon.
Its powerful pressure even offset the aura of Dugu Bo, a Title Douluo.
Dugu Bo could also sense a trace of fear coming from his Martial Soul.
When he became a Title Douluo, Dugu Bo's Martial Soul had evolved by sheer coincidence.
It had transformed from an ordinary Jade Phosphorous Serpent into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
The majesty of an emperor was enough to suppress any snake-type soul beast below ten thousand years, as well as any snake-type Martial Soul possessed by a soul master below the Title Douluo level.
Yet now, from the brand-new Martial Soul created by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong, it felt a trace of fear.
For his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul to feel even slight fear, the new Martial Soul born from this Martial Soul Fusion Skill had to be extremely powerful.
Still, even if this new Martial Soul was powerful, Dugu Bo was not afraid.
The difference in strength could not be erased simply because one's Martial Soul was powerful.
"Could it be the legendary leader of the dragon clan... the Sacred Dragon?"
Dugu Bo looked suspiciously at the Golden Sacred Dragon flying overhead.
He had the summoned Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul take the initiative and attack the Golden Sacred Dragon.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's probing attack was blocked by the Golden Sacred Dragon.
But that single strike left Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong, who were maintaining the Golden Sacred Dragon, in considerable pain.
Grandmaster, the weakest among them, even coughed up blood.
Yet for the sake of his pride, he did not spit it out. Instead, he swallowed it back down.
"If you can block one attack, can you block a second?"
Dugu Bo sneered and had the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor launch a second attack at the Golden Sacred Dragon.
However, with its nimble body and superb flying skills, the Golden Sacred Dragon dodged the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's attack.
Unwilling to accept this, Dugu Bo had the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor attack the Golden Sacred Dragon several more times, but none of them hit their target.
He could not have the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor use large-scale destructive Spirit Abilities either, lest it damage his herb garden.
These three had clearly calculated that he would not dare make too much of a mess.
But if he could not attack the Golden Sacred Dragon controlled by their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he could attack their actual bodies.
Under Dugu Bo's mental control, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor abandoned the Golden Sacred Dragon and charged toward Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong on the ground.
Grandmaster realized that Dugu Bo intended to have the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor attack their bodies.
He hurriedly controlled the Golden Sacred Dragon to unleash a Spirit Ability.
Three-Eyed Demon Fox's exclusive Spirit Ability, when used through the Golden Sacred Dragon of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, became a tremendously powerful offensive Spirit Ability—and one with lightning attributes!
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor took that brutal beating head-on.
Rage surged within Dugu Bo, and he used the Spirit Ability granted by his head spirit bone—Medusa's Gaze!
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor released petrifying rays from its eyes.
The Golden Sacred Dragon bore the brunt of them.
Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong could no longer sustain the Soul Power expenditure required by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Once they could no longer maintain the Golden Sacred Dragon's existence, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's spirit bone ability, "Medusa's Gaze," also took effect.
Unfortunately, the effect was not very obvious. It merely turned the Golden Sacred Dragon's attack into stone rather than petrifying the Golden Sacred Dragon itself.
Seeing this, Dugu Bo could only activate his eighth Spirit Ability—Time Freeze!
This Spirit Ability consumed a massive amount of Soul Power. It froze a section of the surrounding time, and together with "Medusa's Gaze," it finally made Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong unable to maintain the Golden Sacred Dragon's existence.
They had exhausted too much Soul Power and all collapsed to the ground.
Grandmaster, whose constitution was weak, coughed up blood again.
"Your Martial Soul Fusion Skill is quite impressive!"
Dugu Bo praised them. "Among all the Martial Soul Fusion Skills I've seen, yours is definitely the strongest. Unfortunately... your strength is insufficient. If all of you were Soul Saints, perhaps even I, a Title Douluo, would not be your match."
His gaze fell on Grandmaster.
The Martial Soul Fusion Skill was very powerful. It had actually fused into a Golden Sacred Dragon, enough to make even his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor feel fear.
But the three soul masters using the Martial Soul Fusion Skill were far too weak.
The two Soul Saints were acceptable, but the other was a Soul Grandmaster... Was he really here as a joke?
The key was that the Soul Grandmaster was even the one leading the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Dugu Bo was well-traveled and knowledgeable, but today had truly broadened his horizons.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Seeing the battle between the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and the Golden Sacred Dragon, Ning Fengzhi exclaimed, "What a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Three soul masters were actually able to fight a Title Douluo."
"The Martial Soul Fusion Skill is powerful, but the people using it are not. He's only a level 29 Soul Grandmaster, which lowers the Martial Soul Fusion Skill's power," Madam Ning said.
Like Dugu Bo, she had noticed the flaw in their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
If they replaced Grandmaster, that level 29 Soul Grandmaster, and found a Soul Saint to take his place, such a Martial Soul Fusion Skill would absolutely be capable of contending with a Title Douluo.
Just like the Martial Soul Fusion Skill used by Spirit Hall's two deacons, which could also briefly contend with a Title Douluo.
"They should be members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan." Ning Fengzhi said regretfully, "There's no way to recruit them into our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"Stop always thinking about recruiting people into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. You should be thinking about how to increase your own strength," Madam Ning said.
"I want to improve too, but I encountered a bottleneck at level 79. As long as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul does not change, I'll never be able to break through to Soul Saint," Ning Fengzhi said helplessly.
He also wanted to break through to Soul Saint. Even if he could not become a Title Douluo, becoming a Spirit Douluo would be enough.
But the flaw in his Martial Soul blocked his path to advancement.
"Now that the Sky Screen has appeared, and there are Immortal Herbs that can improve one's talent, if we can find the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, we may be able to find an Immortal Herb that can make up for the flaws of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul." Madam Ning said, "Even if the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well does not contain such an Immortal Herb, we can still participate in the Prize Quiz on the Sky Screen and obtain rewards."
"The rewards given out by the Sky Screen's Prize Quiz may indeed be able to improve my talent, but I haven't been chosen. What do I need to do to be selected?" Ning Fengzhi envied those chosen to answer questions.
Madam Ning was also one of the lucky people selected by the Sky Screen.
She had no idea how she had been selected. She had simply been chosen for no reason at the time.
On this matter, Madam Ning could not offer Ning Fengzhi any advice.
Clear Sky Sect.
Tang Xiao and Tang Hao also saw the Golden Sacred Dragon battle the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
Two Soul Saints and a Soul Grandmaster had actually managed to exchange several moves with a Title Douluo.
Tang Hao was so fired up that he wished he could take their place and battle a Title Douluo himself.
"This Martial Soul Fusion Skill is incredible. It would be great if we could learn it too," Tang Xiao said admiringly.
"Big Brother, our Clear Sky Sect's unique arts are not weak either," Tang Hao said.
"Hao, you misunderstand." Tang Xiao explained, "This Martial Soul Fusion Skill is very powerful. If we learned it, with the strength of our Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls, it might not be impossible for Soul Saints to fight Title Douluo."
"Big Brother is right. Soul Saints fighting Title Douluo—if they could even win..." Tang Hao let his imagination run wild, filled with wonderful fantasies.
"Y-you win. Do whatever you want with me, but Tang San is my disciple. He has nothing to do with the two of them. Let them go."
Grandmaster coughed up several mouthfuls of blood. Looking at Dugu Bo slowly approaching them, he loyally excluded Flender and Liu Erlong from the matter.
"You have no right to negotiate terms with me," Dugu Bo said with a cold sneer.
A Soul Grandmaster had brought two Soul Saints to cause trouble for him, a Title Douluo. If he let them go so easily, would that not mean Dugu Bo feared them?
If word got out, anyone who wanted fame would dare come looking for trouble with him.
"Senior Dugu, we indeed have no right to negotiate with you, but I believe you must have recognized our Martial Souls." Liu Erlong looked at Dugu Bo. "Xiao Gang and I are from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. We are no match for you, but..."
"Can you afford to offend our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"
Liu Erlong truly did not want to mention her own origins, but she had no choice now. She could only hope Dugu Bo would spare the three of them out of respect for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
"Good. I didn't expect you to be from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. But if I kill you and destroy the evidence, who would have proof that I killed you? Would that person from your clan come looking for trouble with me over the likes of you?" Dugu Bo said coldly.
He had truly developed killing intent now.
Although he had tacitly allowed his granddaughter to date the grandson of the current Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader in order to find her a backer, that did not mean he had joined the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Even if members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan provoked him, he would not show mercy.
"Senior, you are right. However, Flender has no connection to our clan. Could you spare him and kill only Xiao Gang and me? Even if you let him go, if he alone goes to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to report this, I fear no one would believe him," Liu Erlong said.
"Erlong, do you take me for someone who fears death?" Flender said angrily.
If they could not be together while alive, then after death... being together would not be so bad.
"Dugu Bo, I'm not afraid to tell you that Xiao San's father is someone you cannot afford to provoke."
Flender looked at Dugu Bo and threatened, "If we do not return, my people will notify Xiao San's father. He is far more terrifying than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
Tang Hao, one of the Clear Sky Twins, had inherited the title of Clear Sky Douluo and hammered Spirit Hall's Pope to death...
Of course he was more terrifying than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
After all, that Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader had never hammered a Super Douluo to death.
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
"More terrifying than our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"
"What nonsense is this Flender spouting? Our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is the strongest!"
"Hmph, that Dugu Bo is no good either. He knows they are from our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, yet he still dares to harbor killing intent!"
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members were dissatisfied with Flender's threat toward Dugu Bo, feeling that he looked down on their clan.
Only Yu Yuanzhen, as the clan leader, had some self-awareness.
At present, he was not the Super Douluo of decades later. He was merely a Title Douluo who had broken through a few years ago.
He knew that the Xiao San's father Flender referred to was Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect.
At present, Tang Hao was just a little brat around ten years old.
Who would have thought that decades later, he would be so formidable? Not only did he know how to play around, his strength was actually quite impressive.
Having just broken through to Title Douluo, he had actually hammered Spirit Hall's Pope to death.
It seemed perfectly normal for the Clear Sky Douluo of that time to be more terrifying than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Clear Sky Sect.
"Hao, decades from now, you become so terrifying that even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is less frightening than you," Tang Xiao teased.
"Big Brother!" Tang Hao glared angrily at Tang Xiao.
If he did not want to know about the future, he would not even bother watching the Sky Screen.
The future version of himself shown on the Sky Screen, decades later, was simply too pathetic!
He did not like that slovenly future self who had become an old man.
Yet his big brother kept using that to tease him.
Damn it!
His big brother was truly hateful!
It was only because he could not beat his big brother right now. Otherwise, he would definitely give him a vicious beating!
Tang Hao made up his mind. Once he cultivated hard enough to surpass his big brother, he would definitely give him a vicious beating.
That was what brotherly love truly meant.
"Oh? That brat has someone backing him?"
Dugu Bo was instantly interested. He strolled over to Flender, his emerald-green eyes filled with icy killing intent. "Tell me, who is backing that brat? There are truly not many people on this continent that I cannot afford to provoke."
Poison Douluo's strength was not particularly impressive.
But his poison was terrifying.
No one dared provoke a Title Douluo who specialized in poison.
Even if he could not beat you, he could still disgust you to death.
"His surname is Tang, and he's someone you can't afford to provoke. Who else could it be on this continent?" Flender sneered.
He did not even need to state directly that Tang San's father was Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo.
Given Dugu Bo's intelligence, he could figure it out.
"Tang... San? His surname is Tang? Could he be from the Clear Sky Sect...? But Tang San's martial soul is Blue Silver Grass..."
At that thought, Dugu Bo felt that he had been deceived. His killing intent-filled gaze turned toward Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong.
Grandmaster hurriedly added on Flender's behalf, "Senior Dugu, you've only seen one of his martial souls. But what if he has two?"
Two martial souls?
Dugu Bo immediately thought of the rare Twin Martial Souls on Douluo Continent.
To confirm it, he looked at Grandmaster and asked, "That kid Tang San has Twin Martial Souls?"
"Yes."
Grandmaster nodded.
To survive, he could only reveal Tang San's secret, hoping that Dugu Bo would spare the three of them out of respect for the Clear Sky Douluo.
Sigh, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan really had no clout at all. Even bringing them up as backing didn't frighten anyone.
After getting confirmation from Grandmaster, Dugu Bo fell into a dilemma.
He had thoroughly offended Tang San.
That kid's fate was still unknown. There was a very good chance he was already dead.
After all, no one except Dugu Bo himself could approach that medicinal garden—not even his granddaughter.
He did not believe Tang San could hold on until he returned alive.
The best way to handle this now was to kill these three, destroy their corpses and erase all traces, then go back to check on Tang San. If he was still alive, he would kill him too.
He could not afford to provoke the Clear Sky Douluo, but he could run away.
As long as he ran fast enough, even the Clear Sky Douluo would not be able to find him.
Dugu Bo quickly made up his mind.
Since he had already offended them, he might as well see it through to the end.
He would eliminate the root of the problem.
Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong were all in a "half-crippled" state right now. Their Soul Power was practically depleted, and recovering would not be quick.
They sensed Dugu Bo's killing intent.
They had thought that invoking the Clear Sky Douluo would save them. Who knew it would instead provoke Dugu Bo and make him want to silence them?
What kind of situation was this?
They had lifted a rock only to drop it on their own feet.
Grandmaster was utterly depressed.
Just as Dugu Bo was about to make his move against Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong, Tang San suddenly rushed over.
Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he had used the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, tempering his body with the cold and hot springs. He had completely absorbed the energy contained within those two Immortal Herbs and forged a Water-Fire-Immune Body.
"Dugu Bo, how dare you!"
From far away, Tang San saw that Dugu Bo seemed ready to strike ruthlessly at Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong. All he could do was shout before using the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to rush over at high speed.
"Xiao San, are you all right?"
Grandmaster hurried over and asked after Tang San with concern.
"Teacher, I'm fine."
Tang San smiled faintly, then turned to face the murderous Dugu Bo and said bluntly, "Senior Dugu, have you forgotten the three requests you promised me?"
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