Douluo: I, Unrivaled Thief, Explosive King Returns

Ning Rongrong Temporarily Leaves, Setting Out for Sunset Forest

"What? He's Spirit Hall's Holy Son?!"

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing froze on the spot.

They had never expected that the figure who had stirred up the continent some time ago was right beside them.

Everyone's gaze focused on Unrivaled Thief.

Unrivaled Thief had no idea what was happening outside and was still working hard to absorb the Soul Power brought by the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

His body was like a balloon at that moment, slowly swelling as air was pumped into it.

Once the injected air exceeded its limit, he would explode and die.

This was also one of the most dangerous aspects of absorbing a Soul Ring beyond one's limit.

For others, this step might have been the most difficult.

Yet for Unrivaled Thief, it was not the hardest step.

Because he possessed the North Profound Divine Art. Not only could he absorb others' Soul Power for his own use, but he could also release Soul Power directly.

Whenever Unrivaled Thief reached his limit, he used the North Profound Divine Art to release the Soul Power.

Watching him repeatedly hover on the verge of exploding nearly gave Mighty Lion Douluo a heart attack.

Meanwhile, Rebel Son and the other two looked utterly unconcerned, humming and muttering to themselves at the side without a care in the world.

Several hours later, the scarlet Soul Ring pulsing around Unrivaled Thief suddenly contracted.

Boom!

A bloody wave of energy exploded around him, and the red Soul Ring finally stabilized completely.

Unrivaled Thief slowly opened his eyes, feeling a ceaseless wellspring of power surge through his body.

"So this is the power brought by a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring? This risk was truly worth it!"

At the sight, Mighty Lion Douluo was instantly moved to tears.

He rushed forward in one stride and carefully inspected Unrivaled Thief's condition.

"It's good that you're fine, good that you're fine. If anything had happened to you, I'd have had no way to answer to the Grand Venerable!"

Unrivaled Thief brushed aside Mighty Lion Douluo's hand with distaste and said smugly, "Didn't I tell you already? I don't do things unless I'm sure of them!"

"You brat!" Mighty Lion Douluo slapped him irritably, but Unrivaled Thief did not dodge.

Instead, he willingly took the slap.

Because Unrivaled Thief knew that forcibly absorbing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring had truly frightened Mighty Lion Douluo badly.

After finding no problems, Mighty Lion Douluo finally let out the breath he had been holding.

But his curiosity was piqued as well. "Kid, you absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring as your fourth Soul Ring. How many levels did your Soul Power increase?"

"Three levels. I'm level forty-three now," Unrivaled Thief said.

"Only three levels? Why so little?" Mighty Lion Douluo was deeply puzzled. He thought absorbing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring should have raised his Soul Power by at least five levels.

After all, Unrivaled Thief was only a Soul Ancestor now.

A single level of Soul Power for a Soul Ancestor could not compare to a single level for a Titled Douluo. If the former was a scoop of water, the latter was a whole vat.

No matter how he looked at it, it should not have increased by only three levels.

Mighty Lion Douluo was not a theory Grandmaster and only had a partial understanding of such matters.

In truth, it was much as he thought. The main reason was that Unrivaled Thief had wasted a great deal of Soul Power using the North Profound Divine Art.

Otherwise, he would not have gained merely three levels.

Unrivaled Thief shrugged, pretending he knew nothing.

He had no intention of exposing a miraculous technique like the North Profound Divine Art.

Knowing he could not pry out any useful information, Mighty Lion Douluo simply could not be bothered to pursue the matter.

Then he pointed at Ning Rongrong. "She's from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Decide how you want to deal with her."

Unrivaled Thief nodded. He knew Ning Rongrong would likely be unable to remain with the same team from now on.

The relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall was not good, and the former was especially close to the Heaven Dou Empire.

A direct disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect naturally could not mingle with Spirit Hall's people.

Seeing this, Ning Rongrong panicked. "Y-you, what are you trying to do?! My father is the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! You can't kill me!"

Against anyone else, she might have been able to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's name as a deterrent.

But against Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect held no deterrent power at all.

The corner of Unrivaled Thief's mouth twitched. Helplessly, he said, "I really don't understand what you people are thinking. Just because my name has the word 'thief' in it, does that make me unreasonable?"

"Isn't that exactly what you are?"

Ning Rongrong still vaguely remembered what Unrivaled Thief had done at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City and at the hotel outside the Star Dou Great Forest that day.

That was no longer merely unreasonable. It was utterly brutal!

Mainly because Ning Rongrong did not know that Ma Hongjun had a blood feud with Unrivaled Thief and his three brothers.

When dealing with an enemy like that, what reason was there to speak of reason?!

Unrivaled Thief rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I'm not that tasteless. Although you're from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, you were my companion for a while. I won't make things difficult for you. I'll have someone safely escort you back to Suotuo City."

"R-really?" Ning Rongrong looked suspicious. "You're not planning to have someone kill me on the way back, are you?!"

"If I really wanted to kill you, I could do it right now. Why would I go through all that trouble?"

Unrivaled Thief was speechless. Was his image really that brutal?

Shrek's group: Wasn't it?!

Hearing this, Ning Rongrong did not ask any further questions. Her life was in someone else's hands now.

She was afraid that the more she said, the more likely she was to make a mistake.

After settling Ning Rongrong's matter, Unrivaled Thief said to Mighty Lion Douluo.

"Fourth Brother, take Tang Hao back to Spirit Hall first. Have Fifth and Sixth accompany me to Sunset Forest. We can't let them come all this way for nothing."

"Fine. I'll personally escort Tang Hao back to Spirit Hall and let the Grand Venerable deal with him himself."

Mighty Lion Douluo did not set out at once. Instead, he sent a voice transmission to Unrivaled Thief. "Kid, what about that rabbit? Should we take her back and raise her, or kill her now and take her bone?"

"No. She's still useful. I have a feeling she can draw out another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"

Unrivaled Thief wanted Xiao Wu to continue putting her remaining value to use and see whether she could lure the Sky Azure Bull Python out from the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Mighty Lion Douluo had long been won over by Unrivaled Thief's "treasure-hunting talent" and had no objection to the decision.

Now that Tang Hao, who knew Xiao Wu's identity as a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Transformation, had been captured, she was already effectively in Spirit Hall's grasp.

After their voice transmission ended, Mighty Lion Douluo grabbed the unconscious Tang Hao and shot into the sky.

Noticing the dazed Ning Rongrong, Unrivaled Thief also kept his promise and had a red-robed bishop escort her back to Suotuo City.

"Boss, aren't we going back?"

Watching Ning Rongrong leave, Rebel Son and the other two asked in confusion.

Unrivaled Thief did not explain. He ordered, "Quit acting like girls. We're heading to Sunset Forest. I'm taking you there to get stronger!"

He took the Titan Giant Ape's left arm bone from Thousand Jun Douluo, stored it in his Soul Tool, and immediately headed toward Sunset Forest.

At the mention of getting stronger, everyone, including Zhu Zhuqing, became incredibly excited.

They all followed behind Unrivaled Thief and set out for Sunset Forest.

Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduer Douluo temporarily replaced Mighty Lion Douluo as the bodyguards of Unrivaled Thief and the others.

Elsewhere, inside the main hall of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo paced back and forth anxiously like ants on a hot pan.

"Three days!" Sword Douluo suddenly shattered the jade table beside him with a slap. The flying fragments scraped across the green jade floor with piercing screeches. "If anything has happened to Rongrong, I won't forgive any of you!"

His sharp gaze, like an unsheathed sword, swept back and forth between Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, Gu Rong.

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo knew they were in the wrong and had no way to refute him, so they could only grit their teeth and endure it.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded outside the hall.

A disciple stumbled into the main hall. His knees slammed heavily against the threshold, but he ignored the pain and hurriedly shouted.

"S-sect master, there's news of the young miss!"

Unrivaled Thief's Scheme

"Boss, is it really all right to let Ning Rongrong leave just like that?!"

Unrivaled Thief smiled softly. "What, do you want to kill her to silence her?"

"Not necessarily." Rebel Son scratched his head awkwardly. "But at least make her swear an oath not to reveal your background, Boss. After all, she's from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

His concern was not without reason.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was closely tied to the Heaven Dou Empire and had often caused trouble for Spirit Hall. It was a confirmed potential hostile force.

If war broke out in the future, whoever exposed their secrets would likely be targeted first.

Unrivaled Thief had considered this before Rebel Son did, yet he still let Ning Rongrong leave without doing anything.

Because he had plans for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is no match for Spirit Hall in strength, eliminating them would not be easy either. Rather than gain another enemy, it would be better to gain another ally."

"An ally?" Rebel Son widened his eyes. "The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is rich enough to rival a nation and deeply trusted by the Heaven Dou royal family. Why would they submit to Spirit Hall?"

As he said, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was immensely wealthy and nearly equal in status to the Heaven Dou Empire.

If they joined an alliance, would that not mean placing themselves beneath Spirit Hall?

"There are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests. Others may not have interests that can move them, but that doesn't mean I don't."

Unrivaled Thief had no confidence in making the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submit to Spirit Hall, but forming an alliance was still possible.

Rebel Son's eyes lit up when he heard this. He knew his boss already had a plan.

So he did not dwell on it any further. Having a boss really did make things easy.

Unrivaled Thief did not explain anything either, because he had already shown Ning Rongrong everything that needed to be said and seen.

As for whether things would develop beyond his expectations, it did not matter.

Because he was confident that Ning Fengzhi would personally send Ning Rongrong back to their team.

Unrivaled Thief stopped thinking about Ning Rongrong and glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, who was silently hurrying along.

"This has hit her quite hard, but it's also a good opportunity for her. If she seizes it and joins Spirit Hall, even the Star Luo Empire won't be able to do anything to her. Of course, if she wants to leave, I won't stop her."

Zhu Zhuqing was not all that important to their team, and her role somewhat overlapped with the others.

There would be no loss if she stayed, and if she left, they merely had to find another teammate.

As for what Zhu Zhuqing would think after learning he was Spirit Hall's Holy Son, Unrivaled Thief did not care.

They traveled in silence, rushing tirelessly toward Sunset Forest.

Because that place held something that could immediately narrow the Soul Power gap between the four brothers and the Golden Generation.

Elsewhere, under the escort of the red-robed bishop, Ning Rongrong safely returned to Suotuo City.

The moment she appeared, people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect took her back.

After returning to the familiar home of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong finally relaxed.

"Rongrong, are you all right?!"

The moment she entered the main hall, three figures hurriedly gathered around her.

"Father!"