Douluo: I, Unrivaled Thief, Explosive King Returns

Thief Father also failed to find a good opportunity to attack and temporarily gave up on attacking.

Standing at the edge of the arena, Ye Lingling finally found an opening. With a light lift of her slender hand, the Nine Heart Begonia bloomed with emerald-like radiance.

In an instant, a jade-green halo precisely enveloped the Shi Mo brothers. Fresh flesh visibly grew over their mangled legs, and they recovered completely in the blink of an eye.

"This Healing Soul Master has some skill, but an auxiliary Soul Master without protection is nothing but a live target!"

A cold gleam surged in Thief Father's eyes. As he and Rebel Son crossed paths, the two shot toward Ye Lingling like twin bolts of black lightning.

Only two afterimages remained in the air, their speed suffocatingly fast.

"Don't even think about it!"

Yu Feng beat his wings and dove down like an arrow loosed from a bow.

But Rebel Son curled his lips into a cold smile. With a flick of both hands, three Ghost Spinning Darts shot out in a triangular formation.

The first Ghost Spinning Dart shrieked through the air straight at Yu Feng's face, forcing him to twist aside.

The second was even trickier, embedding itself directly into his left wing and drawing a spray of blood.

"Ah!" Yu Feng cried out in pain, his body immediately faltering.

In that split second, Thief Father had already closed in before Ye Lingling and threw a punch.

The cool, aloof girl's eyes widened in terror, but she could only helplessly watch the heavy fist, wrapped in icy power, slam toward her.

After all, aside from healing, the Nine Heart Begonia had no means of self-defense whatsoever.

Bang!

With a muffled impact, Ye Lingling flew off the arena like a kite with its string cut, tracing a bleakly beautiful arc through the air.

"Lingling!" Yu Tianheng's eyes nearly split with rage. In that moment of distraction, Shifty-eyed Thief's Fire Cloud Blade had already slashed before him.

Rip!

The blade swept past, leaving a bone-deep wound across Yu Tianheng's chest.

Blood gushed out, yet he seemed unable to feel the pain. Instead, the fury in his eyes burned even hotter.

"You're courting death!"

Yu Tianheng threw back his head and roared, and the lightning around him suddenly went berserk.

His second soul skill, Thunderous Charge, erupted at full force, instantly flooding the entire arena with a sea of lightning.

Violent bolts of lightning rampaged across the arena like countless giant pythons, hissing and roaring.

Shifty-eyed Thief was forced back, but Yu Tianheng followed him like a shadow.

His right arm had completely transformed into a dragon's arm, dazzling lightning coiling around its sharp dragon claws.

"First soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!"

Empowered by his second and third soul skills, this claw strike was tremendously powerful, as though it would tear everything before it into pieces.

A trace of gravity flashed through Shifty-eyed Thief's eyes, but he did not retreat.

He raised the Fire Cloud Blade above his head, drawing the lightning into the blade.

"Flying Blade Rock-Breaking Slash!"

A blade aura of lightning tore through the air and collided violently with the Thunder Dragon Claw.

Boom!

Amid the deafening explosion, Yu Tianheng forcibly ripped apart the blade aura.

Even with blood dripping from his dragon claws, he seemed completely unaware of it as he continued charging forward.

"What?!" Shifty-eyed Thief's pupils contracted sharply, and he hurriedly activated his third soul skill.

"Corrosive Armor!"

In an instant, purple-black liquid covered his entire body. The droplets falling to the ground sizzled, corroding even the hard arena floor into small pits.

But Yu Tianheng ignored it completely, smashing his dragon claw heavily into Shifty-eyed Thief's chest.

Boom!

With a thunderous crash, Shifty-eyed Thief flew backward like a cannonball, his feet carving two deep trenches across the arena.

Though the strike did not directly injure him, the terrifying impact still made his blood and qi churn violently.

Seeing this, Rebel Son's eyes flashed coldly. "Fourth brother, switch."

As he spoke, he flung two Ghost Spinning Darts toward Shifty-eyed Thief.

Without hesitation, Shifty-eyed Thief likewise threw the Fire Cloud Blade toward Rebel Son.

They were not simply exchanging weapons. They had used the Shifting Forms and Shadow Exchange!

Holding the Fire Cloud Blade, Rebel Son charged toward Yu Tianheng. "Let me see just how strong you are!"

Yu Tianheng's eyes were blood-red as he let out an earth-shaking roar, turning into a blue bolt of lightning as he charged again.

Yet Rebel Son, now wielding the Fire Cloud Blade, displayed strength far beyond Shifty-eyed Thief's. His blade light poured down like a waterfall, forcing Yu Tianheng back step by step.

"Break!" Yu Tianheng shouted as he activated two great soul skills at once.

The lightning domain of his second soul skill, Thunderous Charge, suddenly contracted, gathering all its energy into his body.

The power of his first soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw, surged dramatically, and dragon scales began appearing on his left arm as well.

He took one step forward, blasting apart the arena floor. His twin claws carried a force that seemed capable of tearing space itself as they shot toward Rebel Son's throat.

"Petty tricks!" Rebel Son sneered as his body suddenly rose from the ground.

To everyone's shock, the lightning filling the sky not only failed to harm him in the slightest, but was completely absorbed by the Fire Cloud Blade in his hand. Blinding blue-purple electricity burst from the blade.

"Let me show you my Flying Blade Rock-Breaking Slash!"

He himself possessed a lightning attribute, so the falling lightning not only failed to hurt him but instead became his aid.

With a furious shout, a crimson blade aura wrapped in lightning tore through the air.

This blade aura was several times more powerful than the one Shifty-eyed Thief had used. Even the air crackled and hissed in its wake.

Yu Tianheng thrust out both claws, intending to tear apart the blade aura as before.

But this time, he had miscalculated.

The Flying Blade Rock-Breaking Slash was not torn apart. Instead, it knocked aside both his arms and savagely cleaved into his chest.

Pfft!

Yu Tianheng spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward like a kite with its string cut, dragging a horrifying streak of blood across the arena.

A bone-deep wound had appeared across his chest. Blood spurted out like a fountain, dyeing the arena beneath him crimson.

"Captain?!"

The Shi Mo brothers' eyes nearly split with rage, but there was nothing they could do.

Their defense was indeed strong, but faced with the savage attacks of Thief Father and Shifty-eyed Thief, they could only hide like turtles in their shells.

Seeing the disastrous scene from below the arena, Qin Ming hurriedly leaped out.

"Referee, the Imperial Dou Team concedes!"

The moment those words fell, the venue went silent before erupting into heated discussion.

"The Imperial Dou Team didn't even have the strength to fight back? The Villainous Thieves Team is too strong!"

"But what no one expected was that Rebel Son can not only use Shifty-eyed Thief's martial soul weapon, but also use his soul skills! What exactly is going on?!"

"But the Villainous Thieves Team treated a direct disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan like this. Won't they bring trouble upon themselves?!"

Rebel Son ignored the crowd's discussion and cast a mocking glance at the fallen Yu Tianheng.

"Hmph. The boss not making a move is already mercy toward you. Stop barking here when you don't know anything. It only makes people think you're brain-dead!"

Seeing this, the host hurriedly announced the result, afraid that the two sides would continue clashing.

"I announce that the winner of the five-versus-five team soul battle is—the Villainous Thieves Team!"

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, who had been unable to help at all, were equally shaken inside.

So Rebel Son and the others were actually this powerful!

Breaking through to Soul Elder within half a year sounded harsh, but in truth, Unrivaled Thief had already gone easy on them.

At the same time, as Unrivaled Thief rested in the Wooden Cabin outside Suotuo City, the system's voice rang out in his mind.

Ding, mission completed. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Explosive King True Body Experience Card x1.

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Soul Ring shook violently before bouncing off his body.

"Xiao San!" Yu Xiaogang hurriedly supported his swaying disciple, his voice trembling. "The Soul Ring attachment failed? How is that possible?!"

Tang San's Background Exposed?!

"Cough, cough, damn it, why did it fail?!"

Tang San wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. His face was pale as paper, clearly showing that he had been seriously injured.

Yu Xiaogang hurriedly asked for the details. "Xiao San, when you attached the Soul Ring to your second martial soul, did anything feel wrong?"

"No." Tang San shook his head. "Everything was very smooth at the beginning. It felt like it would happen naturally. But..."

"But what? Tell me quickly!" Yu Xiaogang became excited again, feeling that he was about to grasp the cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls.

"But now, my meridians can't withstand the impact of Soul Power. Several times, they nearly tore apart and caused me to explode to death!"

Tang San had wandered at death's door several times, and the lingering fear remained in his heart.

If not for the Mysterious Heaven Skill mediating the strain, his body likely would have been unable to endure it and would have exploded long ago.

Yu Xiaogang's eyes darted around before he suddenly thought of something. He began gesturing excitedly.

"Xiao San, it must be because your physique is too weak, causing the Soul Ring absorption to fail. Although the third Soul Ring of your Blue Silver Grass martial soul came from a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, this Titan Giant Ape is more than three thousand years old. So it's normal that you can't absorb it."

Tang San silently nodded. Naturally, he understood this reasoning.

But he was unwilling to give up this opportunity to grow stronger and asked,

"Teacher, what should I do? I don't want to just miss out on this thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Soul Ring!"

His obtaining this Titan Giant Ape Soul Ring had largely been due to luck.

If he gave it up now, he did not know whether he would ever be able to obtain another Soul Ring from a Titan Giant Ape in the future.

Seeing Tang San seek his guidance, Yu Xiaogang immediately put on the airs of an expert.

"Xiao San, you need to learn to think flexibly. Since you can't absorb a three-thousand-year Soul Ring, wouldn't it be enough to absorb a two-thousand-year Soul Ring instead?!"

Tang San realized it belatedly. With that small reminder, he immediately understood.

But then his brows furrowed tightly again, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Teacher, but Flender has already left. Who can help us hunt a soul beast around two thousand years old? With the strength of just the three of us, whether we can even leave the Star Dou Great Forest alive is uncertain."

"Hmph!" Yu Xiaogang glared, fury burning in his eyes. "Flender, that coward! A dignified level seventy-eight Soul Saint, yet he's so afraid of death!"

He spoke with righteous indignation, spittle flying everywhere, completely forgetting the warm wetness in his pants when he faced the Titan Giant Ape.

At this moment, his back was ramrod straight, as though he were the hero who had stayed behind to cover their retreat.

Hmph, Flender, do you think you can delay Xiao San's growth by doing this?

We must have survived because His Highness Haotian intervened. Otherwise, with Xiao San and Xiao Wu's strength, there's no way they could have survived the Titan Giant Ape's pursuit.

As long as His Highness Haotian is here, obtaining a Soul Ring won't be difficult for Xiao San!

Once Xiao San successfully attaches a Soul Ring to the Clear Sky Hammer and records this data, the Twin Martial Souls theory can be perfected.

Then I can publicly claim that I developed the cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls. Who would dare call me trash then?!

At that time, I'll gain both fame and profit. Even if you, Flender, are a Soul Saint, won't you still have to obediently and sincerely call me Grandmaster?!

Thinking of this, the contempt on Yu Xiaogang's face deepened, and he let out a disdainful snort through his nostrils.

"Hmph, let him run if he wants! Your teacher naturally has a way to help you obtain a Soul Ring and make you stronger!"

Hearing this, Tang San hurriedly asked, "Teacher, then how can I obtain a Soul Ring?"