Martial Spirit Resonance!?

Hearing that familiar name, Wang Chuan's expression grew somewhat strange, but it also completely confirmed that this world did not strictly follow the manga version.

It was likely the natural evolution of countless planes.

Just like the theory of a monkey typing out a novel: as long as the world was vast enough and there were enough variables, two similar leaves would always appear.

With that in mind, Wang Chuan became even more wary of the future.

He also completely shelved his original idea of getting ahead of Yu Xiaogang and becoming Tang San's teacher.

Because Wang Chuan truly could not be sure whether Tang San in this world was really as kind and innocent as he appeared in the manga.

Still, Wang Chuan did not feel particularly regretful about it. It had only been a backup plan anyway. With his current strength and talent, he might as well forge his own faith and become a god.

Wang Chuan even felt that becoming a god or not did not really matter.

With his aptitude, reaching the demigod level was absolutely no problem at the very least. That would grant him a lifespan of over a thousand years, and Wang Chuan did not even know how he would spend all that time.

So Wang Chuan now had a more indifferent mindset. He would take things one step at a time.

As they drew closer to Dugu Xin's chambers, Dugu Bo's powerful Soul Power pressure was already rushing toward them.

The servants could not even get close, so they could only let Wang Chuan and Wang Lie go over themselves.

Because Dugu Bo's Soul Power was poisonous, Wang Lie thoughtfully enveloped Wang Chuan with his own Soul Power to keep him from being caught in the crossfire.

Yet even while standing amid the Soul Power pressure of two Soul Douluos,

Wang Chuan still felt that something was off.

An indescribable sensation spread from the depths of his soul, until even his bloodline Martial Spirit seemed to tremble.

The feeling was like when Golden Scale found the Spirit Beast it needed.

However, since this was ultimately a young woman's private chamber, Wang Lie did not rashly barge in with Wang Chuan. Instead, he called out from outside.

"Little Poison Snake, how is my niece? Do you need us to bring over some herbs to help?"

Dugu Bo hurriedly stopped them in alarm.

"Don't come over. My girl's poison backlash is acting strangely today. I can't get it under control for the moment and can only forcefully suppress it.

"If you come over and interfere with me, all my previous efforts will be wasted!"

Upon hearing that, Wang Lie quickly led Wang Chuan farther away, not stopping until they had left the range of Dugu Bo's Soul Power. It was as though he feared his own Soul Power might affect what was happening inside.

Dugu Xin's chambers—

Though the castle was Western in style, Dugu Xin's room was decorated in a Chinese style, ancient and elegant throughout.

Dugu Xin's gentle face was pale as paper at that moment. Coupled with the unnatural bluish-purple tint of her cherry lips, she looked like a sickly beauty who had stepped out of a painting.

Time trickled by. Dugu Bo, who had been so high-spirited before, now looked increasingly grim.

His eyes were filled with unspoken terror!

"No... no... Xin'er, you have to hold on!"

Dugu Bo let out a low, disbelieving roar.

Looking at his daughter on the bed, whose condition had not improved as usual but had instead begun to twist painfully even in her unconsciousness, Dugu Bo's emotions sank to rock bottom as panic gradually spread through him.

That feeling of helplessness reminded him of the woman who had loved him deeply.

The woman who had ultimately been infected with Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom while giving birth, yet whom he had been unable to save!

"Xin'er! Don't die! Don't die!"

By the end, Dugu Bo's voice carried a sob, making the elderly man seem incomparably desolate.

This thoroughly alarmed Wang Chuan and Wang Lie outside.

Wang Lie wanted to go in and check on his old friend, but remembering Dugu Bo's warning just now, he took a step forward only to stop in place.

At that moment, Wang Chuan's eyes flickered.

Just then, Wang Chuan had used his Super Intelligence to conduct a bout of brainstorming.

Since this manga Douluo world had already deviated from the original,

Why should he care about the plot!?

Besides, Dugu Bo was the trouble-blocking shield he had acknowledged for his future.

If he still let Dugu Bo accept the original tragedy naturally at a time like this, then would he not have come here for nothing!?

And considering this Martial Spirit anomaly, after reviewing everything he knew about Douluo, aside from absolute rank suppression between Martial Spirits causing such a disturbance, combined with Golden Scale's agitation, there was only one possibility.

Dugu Xin inside possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him!

In other words, if he could save Dugu Xin right now, not only would he gain another ally, he could also max out Dugu Bo's favorability!

He would be winning twice over—a double win!

Thus, before Wang Lie could react at all,

Wang Chuan, anxious to save her, entered Dugu Xin's chambers at a speed almost like teleportation.

Wang Lie inwardly cried that things had gone wrong, afraid that Wang Chuan would anger the emotionally unstable Dugu Bo and get caught in the crossfire.

So he could no longer worry about anything else and hurriedly chased after him.

Sure enough, Dugu Bo's mood was at rock bottom. The instant he sensed an unknown presence approaching, he struck back with a blast of poisonous Soul Power.

Then, before Wang Lie's stunned eyes,

Wang Chuan blew it apart with one punch. Once he steadied himself, he immediately said in a deep voice,

"Grandpa Dugu, please stop your Soul Power. Auntie's problem is likely not a backlash from her Martial Spirit's poison, but something else."

Dugu Bo had no time to be shocked by Wang Chuan's strength. His mind was entirely thrown into chaos by Dugu Xin, and he instinctively stopped, hurriedly asking,

"What problem?"

Wang Chuan stepped forward and directly released his Soul Power as he spoke.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be related to a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Ever since I approached this place, I've sensed an abnormality in my Martial Spirit.

"That is why your usual method of suppressing the poison with Soul Power has failed at this time, Grandpa Dugu."

Dugu Xin's reaction seemed to confirm Wang Chuan's words.

Upon coming into contact with Wang Chuan's Soul Power, the restless poisonous Soul Power within Dugu Xin became like a greedy child receiving what she wanted.

It immediately stopped making trouble and quieted down.

Moreover, Dugu Xin's originally haggard and contorted face visibly regained color, until the green tint on her cherry lips completely faded.

Seeing his precious daughter return to normal,

Dugu Bo immediately went limp and collapsed onto the floor as though all the bones had been sucked from his body, though his eyes were full of a loving father's joy.

At the same time, Dugu Bo suddenly understood. No wonder his usually foolproof method of suppressing the poison with Soul Power had suddenly failed, and Dugu Xin's Soul Power had become as difficult to suppress as a loach. So Martial Spirit resonance was the culprit.

At that thought, Dugu Bo's gaze toward Wang Chuan, who was continuously pouring out Soul Power, gradually became strange.

Just as it had in the Soul Hunting Forest.

As for Wang Chuan blowing apart his Soul Power attack with a single punch,

Dugu Bo thought it over and did not take it to heart.

After all, Wang Lie had once bragged to him about how valiant Wang Chuan was, claiming that Wang Chuan had hunted those two Spirit Beasts himself. Dugu Bo had not believed it at the time.

But now, it seemed that he had underestimated Wang Chuan.

And precisely because of that strength, Dugu Bo's gaze toward Wang Chuan became increasingly subtle.