Douluo: I, Unrivaled Thief, Explosive King Returns

The Titan Giant Ape struggled to its feet. Because of the Thunderstorm Tiger and Titan's Wrath, it too was on the verge of death.

Its iron-hard skin had been torn away in the battle, exposing multiple vital points.

It looked at Xiao Wu in confusion, unable to understand why this human could speak the language of the Titan Giant Ape clan.

Just as it was utterly bewildered, Xiao Wu suddenly shouted.

"Xiao San, now!"

Tang San burst from the shadows like a ghost, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow in his hand erupting with deadly silver light.

Dozens of poisoned crossbow bolts tore through the air with sharp whistling sounds.

"Die!"

The Titan Giant Ape froze for a moment before roaring in fury.

However, the previous battle had left it in a weakened state, and it had no way to evade Tang San's sneak attack.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The muffled sounds of arrows piercing flesh rang out one after another, every bolt striking a vital point with perfect precision.

The deadly poison instantly spread through its bloodstream, and the Titan Giant Ape's hulking body convulsed violently.

Before long, it crashed headfirst onto the ground. A purple Soul Ring slowly rose from its still-warm corpse.

Xiao Wu was overjoyed at the sight and reminded him, "Xiao San, quickly use your second Martial Soul to absorb this Soul Ring. You might gain a powerful Soul Skill!"

"But... isn't it unsafe here?" Tang San hesitated.

This place was full of danger. Absorbing a Soul Ring recklessly would be no different from waiting to die.

However, Xiao Wu confidently patted her chest. "Don't worry. If I say it's safe here, then it's safe. Just absorb it without concern!"

She had sensed the Sky Azure Bull Python's aura and knew that they were safe.

Seeing Xiao Wu's confidence, Tang San still sat down cross-legged and began absorbing the Soul Ring.

He believed attaching a Soul Ring to his second Martial Soul would be easy, since he already had experience doing it several times.

However, he had never cultivated using the method for Twin Martial Souls. A single mistake could lead to trouble.

Seeing Tang San begin to absorb the Soul Ring, Xiao Wu did not remain to guard him. Instead, she quietly headed in another direction.

She did not want the Sky Azure Bull Python to see Tang San. Otherwise, something like what had happened when the Titan Giant Ape saw Tang San might happen again.

Of course, she would not truly leave Tang San in danger.

She had already sent a voice transmission to the Sky Azure Bull Python, telling it to drive away every Soul Beast in the area.

Otherwise, how could someone so lovestruck as her possibly leave?!

As for Flender, after escaping the Titan Giant Ape's pursuit, he directly left the Star Dou Great Forest.

Since Tang Hao had been heartless, he would be unjust.

Meanwhile, in a forest outside Suotuo City.

Unrivaled Thief slowly rose to his feet, Soul Power surging around him like boiling magma.

Four Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, and red—rose from beneath his feet. The blood-red hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

"Titan's Wrath!"

Before the low shout had faded, the muscles across Unrivaled Thief's body swelled sharply, dark-red patterns spreading across his skin like molten lava.

Violent Soul Power exploded into tangible shockwaves, sweeping away every fallen leaf beneath his feet. Spiderweb-like cracks stretching over ten meters even spread across the ground.

"So this is another Soul Skill from a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring? The effect really is powerful! It increased every aspect of me severalfold. It's practically like going berserk."

Feeling the surging Soul Power within him, Unrivaled Thief's lips curled into an arrogant smile.

He felt that in this state, he could defeat even a Power Attack Type Soul Saint.

He abruptly threw a punch at a nearby tree. Before his fist wind even reached it, the pressure of the shockwave had already bent the trunk.

"Let's test the limit!"

Unrivaled Thief slightly bent his knees, Titan's Wrath's berserk energy flooding through his entire body. Then he shot into the air like a cannonball.

In midair, he drew back his right arm. The dark-red patterns on his body blazed to their brightest as he hurled a punch at the forest!

"Rumble!"

In an instant, a visible shockwave erupted in a ring from his fist!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The moment the fist wind struck, dozens of thick trees snapped in half like fragile stalks of wheat, scattering splinters everywhere.

The ground shook violently as the soil rolled up like waves. A massive crater over twenty meters wide suddenly formed, and dust shot into the sky!

Not far away, the windows of the Wooden Cabin shattered with a bang, startling everyone awake.

"An earthquake?!"

Titan's Wrath's Side Effects, Dugu Yan's Filial Devotion

The next morning, outside the Wooden Cabin.

With his back to the others, Unrivaled Thief spoke in a low, firm voice. "Today, the Great Soul Arena will arrange a team battle for you."

Before anyone could ask, he raised a hand to stop them. "No need to ask. I had someone arrange it."

"A team battle?" Rebel Son raised an eyebrow. "Boss, what kind of opponent is worth you personally arranging a match?"

Thief Father and Shifty-eyed Thief exchanged smiles, their voices full of disdain.

"Second Brother is right. In the Soul Elder division of Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, the three of us have never encountered an opponent worthy of taking seriously. A team battle? Isn't that just bullying people?"

At those words, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong silently nodded.

This was not arrogance. It was simply the truth.

With her twenty-eighth-level Soul Power, Zhu Zhuqing had found it difficult to lose even once in the Soul Grandmaster division.

The even stronger Rebel Son and the other two likewise dominated the Soul Elder division, with barely any opponents capable of making them take things seriously.

Still facing away from them, Unrivaled Thief said sternly, "Don't underestimate them. The opponents I found for you have quite the background as well. Heaven Dou Royal Academy's team, the Imperial Dou Team!"

"The Imperial Dou Team?!" Ning Rongrong cried out. "They're the strongest team among the advanced Soul Master Academies of the Heaven Dou Empire, at least on the surface!"

As the young mistress of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she understood this team's weight better than anyone.

Given the relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire, Ning Rongrong should have joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Hearing this, Rebel Son sneered. "The strongest? That's only because they haven't met us!"

"Second Brother is right. What Imperial Dou Team? Today, we'll show them what we're made of!" Thief Father cracked his knuckles.

Shifty-eyed Thief looked even more disdainful. "We've beaten up the Golden Generation. Why would we fear some Imperial Dou Team?!"

"I won't be participating in this team battle." Unrivaled Thief suddenly interrupted. "The five of you will fight."

"Huh? Boss, aren't you interested in the Imperial Dou Team?" Rebel Son asked in surprise.

"What's so interesting about a group of opponents about as strong as you?" Unrivaled Thief's tone was calm, but his words instantly riled up the three of them.

"About as strong?! Boss, you're looking down on us too much!"

"Though we really can't compare with you, Boss, we're not just any random nobodies!"

"Boss, three days apart are enough to make you see someone in a new light. Today, your three little brothers will completely change the way you see us!"

Listening to their spirited shouting, Unrivaled Thief nodded almost imperceptibly.

This was exactly the effect he wanted.

"Remember, winning is only natural." He added fuel to the fire one last time. "If you lose, don't say you know me. I can't afford that embarrassment."

Without giving them a chance to argue, he waved them off. "Get ready to leave. Don't let anyone think we're afraid!"

Rebel Son and the other two walked at the front in a huff, constantly shouting as their fighting spirit reached an unprecedented height.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong found it strange that Unrivaled Thief had kept his back to them the entire time, but neither asked anything.

After all, they had not yet firmly established themselves within Unrivaled Thief's team.

Only after sensing that they had left did Unrivaled Thief slowly turn around.

His face looked abnormally pale under the morning light, like a sheet of bleached paper. Even the color of his lips was so faint that it nearly blended into his skin.

"Phew, I finally fooled them. If they saw me like this, wouldn't my image as their boss be ruined?!"

He clenched his weak, aching fist, secretly alarmed. I didn't expect Titan's Wrath to have such severe side effects. It left me in this state.

That brief half hour the night before had not only drained Unrivaled Thief's Soul Power, but had nearly exhausted his vitality as well.

By his own calculations, relying on his personal recovery alone, he would likely need several days to fully recover.

Of course, if there were a powerful Healing Soul Master, the recovery time would be greatly reduced.

Still, despite Titan's Wrath's tremendous side effects, Unrivaled Thief believed it was a good Soul Skill.

"Normally, no one can force me into a desperate situation. This Soul Skill can be used to save my life."

If it could let him unleash his full potential and turn the tables, how could it not count as a powerful Soul Skill?

Unrivaled Thief had not slept all night. Unable to endure any longer, he slipped back into the Wooden Cabin to rest.

Soon, Rebel Son's group of five arrived at the Great Soul Arena and were immediately arranged to battle the Imperial Dou Team on the main stage.

After all, Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, had personally arranged it, so no issue was truly an issue.

Inside a second-floor VIP room sat two figures, one old and one young. They were Dugu Bo and his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window, her emerald eyes constantly sweeping over Rebel Son and the others' preparation area below.

"Grandpa, hasn't the person you mentioned come?"

Naturally, she wanted to see the person capable of curing the poison in her grandfather's body.

Dugu Bo stood with his hands behind his back and said lightly, "To him, a Soul Battle like this is too childish. It isn't worth him making a move."

Though Dugu Yan had heard her grandfather say this more than once, she could not help questioning him.

"Childish? Grandpa, our Imperial Dou Team is the strongest among the younger generation of the Heaven Dou Empire! Tian Heng possesses the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the number one beast Martial Soul in the world, and his Soul Power has reached level thirty-nine! With such strength, he still isn't worth making a move against?!"

She had her own pride, and she was equally confident in the strength of the teammates she had chosen.

Being looked down on by her own grandfather again and again would make anyone uncomfortable.

"Yan Yan." Dugu Bo cut her off, his tone unusually serious. "You must understand that there are always greater people and higher heavens. Don't judge this world through your narrow perspective."

Dugu Yan pouted stubbornly. "Then at least tell me how talented he is. If I don't even know his age or Soul Power level, how am I supposed to accept him?"

"Twelve years old." Dugu Bo suddenly spoke, his gaze deep. "A level forty-eight Battle Soul Sect."

The moment his words fell, the air in the VIP room seemed to freeze.

Dugu Yan's pupils suddenly contracted as she looked up at her grandfather in disbelief.

"G-Grandpa, you aren't joking, are you?!"

Dugu Yan was nearly twenty years old, yet her Soul Power was only level thirty-eight.

Even Yu Tianheng, whom she admired, had only reached level thirty-nine at his current age.

Dugu Bo did not directly answer her question. Looking toward the preparation area, he said, "Other than him, his three younger brothers are two at level thirty-eight and one at level thirty-seven."

"What?!"

Dugu Yan staggered back half a step. Her purple hair fell over her face, hiding her violently contracting pupils.

There was more than one person with such terrifying talent!

At only twelve years old, his Soul Power had actually caught up to hers.

Just then, a wrinkled hand gently rested on her shoulder.

Guilt filled Dugu Bo's eyes as he spoke warmly. "You've suffered these years. You clearly don't like Yu Tianheng, yet you still had to put on an act with him. I know you did it all for my sake, but from now on, you no longer need to do those things."

"Grandpa, you knew?!" Dugu Yan abruptly looked up, her eyes glistening with tears.

"Silly girl." Dugu Bo smiled and rubbed her hair. "Did you think Grandpa truly couldn't see through it? I'm even better at those little tricks of yours."