The Dugu Family, the Earliest in Douluo History to Bite the Dust

"It's so, so, so, so beautiful!" Porcupinefish Douluo said in disbelief. Soft soil, medicinal herbs sparkling across the mountains and plains, and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well at the center—calling this place a paradise on earth would not be an exaggeration. It was even more beautiful than the Life Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest from his memories.

Qian Renhan was slightly moved as well. Then, his gaze began searching for Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well that best suited his Martial Soul. He reluctantly glanced at the Eight-Petaled Ice Crystal Leaf. This herb was exceptionally compatible with his Ultimate Yin Cold attribute, but unfortunately, it had to be used together with the Infernal Delicate Apricot. Ultimate fire was one of the Fallen Angel's natural nemeses.

Compared to using the fire-immune Infernal Delicate Apricot and ice-immune Eight-Petaled Ice Crystal Leaf, then tempering his body in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to raise his Soul Ring Age by several thousand years, he preferred Immortal Herbs that could directly affect his Martial Soul and stimulate Martial Soul Evolution. After all, an Angel's divine position and strength were closely tied to the number of its wings. Between gods of different ranks, a mere advantage of several tens of thousands of years in Soul Ring Age was nowhere near enough to bridge the gap.

Just then, a cold voice rang out from a wooden house nearby. "What vermin dares trespass into my herb garden? Do you not know how the word 'death' is written?"

Qian Renhan and Porcupinefish Douluo turned their heads. A middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties emerged. His entire body was green and gave off poisonous fumes, his hair was dark green, and he wore a dark green robe. His serpent-like eyes gleamed like emeralds. With every step he took, a Soul Ring appeared beneath his feet—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black. Eight Soul Rings circled beneath him as killing intent erupted without the slightest concealment.

Qian Renhan merely glanced at him and waved a hand indifferently. "Elder Pufferfish, kill him."

Naturally, Qian Renhan knew exactly who this man was: Dugu Bo, the future Poison Douluo. A gatekeeper of his level and a biological strategic weapon—someone who claimed, I may not be able to defeat a Title Douluo, but I can leave you as nothing but a Title Douluo.

Qian Renhan had no intention of subduing Dugu Bo, because he had no idea how to deal with the poison within Dugu Bo's body. Though he could follow Tang San's suggestion and channel the poison into Soul Bones, that method could never last forever.

Soul Bones were containers, just like Dugu Bo's body. And since they were containers, they would naturally fill up one day. What would happen once the Soul Bones were full? Replace them with new ones? Was Spirit Hall really that rich? Besides, who could use a Soul Bone filled with Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor venom?

As for deceiving Dugu Bo and tricking him into joining them, Qian Renhan was a ruthless Fallen Angel, not a sinister hypocrite. He could not be bothered to do such things.

"Eldest Young Master, understood," Porcupinefish Douluo replied respectfully. He sneered at Dugu Bo. "Dugu Bo, you truly have some nerve. With your mere newly advanced Soul Douluo cultivation, you actually dared unleash killing intent toward me and the Eldest Young Master."

Two yellow, three purple, and four black Soul Rings emerged beneath Porcupinefish Douluo's feet. His entire body transformed into a gigantic crimson pufferfish covered in poisonous spikes. He flew into the air, opened his gaping maw, and a terrifying suction force erupted from within.

Qian Renhan reminded him, "Elder Pufferfish, be careful. Don't damage the medicinal herbs."

"Understood." Porcupinefish Douluo immediately tilted his enormous mouth upward, aiming at Dugu Bo's wooden house. That area had been deliberately built by Dugu Bo, and there were no medicinal herbs around it.

"Poison spikes, potent poison, a Title Douluo!" Dugu Bo was horrified. He could not believe that the petty thieves he had assumed had accidentally stumbled in were actually a Title Douluo.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"

After his brief shock, Dugu Bo immediately unleashed his full strength. A gigantic Jade Phosphorous Serpent nearly a hundred meters long appeared. Its tail tightly wrapped around the wooden house to steady itself as it sprayed venom at Porcupinefish Douluo.

However, Porcupinefish Douluo swallowed every drop of venom into his stomach. He was already a poison-devourer, and his cultivation could digest toxins into Soul Power to strengthen himself. He could even fuse those toxins with his own natal poison. He was both an extraordinarily powerful poison-using Soul Master and the absolute nemesis of any poison-attribute Soul Master.

In the original story, when the equally cultivated Poison Douluo fought Porcupinefish Douluo, he did not even last half a minute before being swallowed whole. How many seconds could the current Soul Douluo-level Dugu Bo last? Before long, the wooden house shattered, and Dugu Bo's body was pulled into the air.

Just then, Dugu Bo roared, "No, don't! I'll leave! I'll leave immediately! I beg you, Your Excellency Title Douluo, spare my family!"

Behind the ruined wooden house stood a cute little girl around four or five years old, with purple hair and green eyes. Her face was filled with terror as she cried out, "Grandpa!"

Beside the little girl was a charming middle-aged woman, presumably her mother. At that moment, mother and daughter clung tightly to each other.

Dugu Yan. Eight years older than Tang San and one year younger than Qian Renhan.

Porcupinefish Douluo looked toward Qian Renhan for instructions. Spirit Hall's principle was that a person's crimes did not extend to their family. Otherwise, the four single-attribute cannon fodder families from the Clear Sky Sect in the original story, used as shields, would have long since been wiped out without a trace.

Qian Renhan waved his hand again, indicating extermination. What crimes not extending to family? What leaving a line for others? He only knew that one had to pull out the roots to eliminate the weeds. Even earthworms had to be split vertically in half, and even eggs had to have their yolks shaken apart.

"My apologies, Dugu Bo. I originally intended to spare your daughter-in-law and granddaughter, but the Eldest Young Master has spoken. This subordinate has no choice but to obey!" Porcupinefish Douluo went all out. Before long, Dugu Bo and his family of three were all swallowed into his stomach and began to be digested.

At the final moment before being swallowed, Dugu Bo howled madly, "Spirit Hall! I curse you all to die horrible deaths! Even as a ghost, I will never let you go!"

Porcupinefish Douluo's address of Eldest Young Master allowed Dugu Bo to identify them as members of Spirit Hall. Other than Spirit Hall, what successor in the world was called Young Master? The heirs of sects were all called Young Sect Masters.

After swallowing Dugu Bo's family of three, Porcupinefish Douluo let out a satisfied burp and began digesting the three people in his stomach.

Half an hour later, a Head Soul Bone shimmering with an eerie white glow was spat from Porcupinefish Douluo's mouth and presented before Qian Renhan. "Eldest Young Master, this is the Soul Bone Dugu Bo possessed. It should be a ten-thousand-year Medusa Skull."

Qian Renhan's eyes flickered. A ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone was absolutely priceless, one of a sect's foundational treasures. If it were thrown into the Soul Master world, people would fight until blood flowed like rivers for it. Yet Porcupinefish Douluo had chosen to hand it over rather than secretly keep it. Even if he feared being discovered and did not dare absorb it, he could still have secretly auctioned it off and lived a carefree life for the rest of his days.

"You obtained this Soul Bone by killing Dugu Bo, so you decide how to distribute it," Qian Renhan said after pondering for a moment. Medusa's Gaze, a long-range petrification attack, was indeed a rather suitable Soul Bone for Porcupinefish Douluo, who lacked powerful offensive methods.

Porcupinefish Douluo was overjoyed. "Thank you, Young Master!"