Tang San: How Infuriating! If I Had Yama's Invitation, I'd Make Sure You Never Made It Out Alive!

"Who's there?!"

Dugu Xue had barely revealed a trace of his aura when Dugu Bo noticed him.

Dugu Xue walked out slowly, glanced at Dugu Bo and Tang San, then turned his gaze toward the Immortal Herbs.

Dugu Bo immediately felt an invisible pressure bearing down on him and hastily circulated his Soul Power! Anyone who could appear at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well without a sound was no ordinary person!

But as Dugu Xue drew closer, the more Dugu Bo looked at him, the more familiar the middle-aged man seemed.

Why does he look eight or nine parts like me?

Dugu Bo was uncertain. Though I've always had a strange disposition, I've kept myself pure all my life and never left any children behind outside. Wait! When Xin'er was born, I wasn't there. Could Xin'er have a twin brother who ended up wandering outside?

Dugu Bo imagined a whole story in his head... and somehow decided Dugu Xue was his son.

Dugu Bo asked, "Who are you?"

"You don't need to know who I am. All you need to know is that from this moment on, the Immortal Herbs here belong to me!"

"Arrogant!"

Dugu Bo had never been a mild-tempered man. If Dugu Xue hadn't looked so much like him, Dugu Bo would already have poisoned him to death for trespassing at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

"Hissss~"

In the next instant, Dugu Bo summoned the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. It opened its mouth and spewed a vast cloud of poison. Then Dugu Bo witnessed something he would never forget!

Dugu Xue opened his mouth and swallowed all the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's poison. Then, in an instant, he unleashed a tremendous Soul Power pressure that bore down on Dugu Bo!

Buzz!

Dugu Bo stumbled, nearly losing his footing. He was utterly shocked!

Once again, he felt that helplessness of being suppressed by someone's Soul Power pressure!

How many years had it been?

He hadn't felt this way since breaking through to Soul Emperor—and now he was a level 91 Titled Douluo! Just how enormous was the gap between them? Dugu Bo didn't dare imagine!

At that moment,

after tasting the poison, Dugu Xue said, "Your Martial Soul is the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, and your poison is remarkably similar to mine. It seems you really are my Doppelganger!"

Doppelganger?

Dugu Bo had no idea what that meant, nor did he feel like asking. All he could think was that this enemy was terrifyingly strong! Never mind the Soul Power pressure—this man had swallowed the poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, the very thing Dugu Bo prided himself on, in a single gulp!

Which one of them was supposed to be Poison Douluo?

Dugu Bo asked in a low voice, "Who are you, really?"

Dugu Xue glanced at Dugu Bo, then headed toward the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As he walked, he said, "Stay quiet over there for now. Once I've finished gathering the Immortal Herbs, we can talk about what's between us."

Dugu Bo fell silent for a moment. He didn't attack, because he couldn't gauge Dugu Xue's strength!

But Tang San, standing nearby, was growing anxious! The moment he'd arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he'd already claimed every Immortal Herb in the garden as his personal property!

Although Tang San hadn't personally experienced Dugu Xue's Soul Power pressure, he'd felt the fluctuations and seen Dugu Bo's reaction. He assumed Dugu Xue had simply caught Dugu Bo off guard, so he wasn't all that afraid of him.

Tang San cupped his hands and said, "Senior, this garden belongs to Senior Dugu. Isn't it going too far to gather its herbs so brazenly? Are you trying to rob him?"

Dugu Xue glanced at Tang San, then frowned slightly. Why does he look so much like Tang Si, too? About six parts alike! Could he be Tang Si's Doppelganger? Tang San, Tang Si... I remember Tang Si also had a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul! But his Blue Silver Grass mutated into a Blue Silver Tree. He was incredibly talented! Yet this one only seems to have level 33 Soul Power. Is he really this useless?

The thought flashed through his mind, and Dugu Xue took various metal, jade, stone, and wooden boxes from his Storage Soul Tool, along with all sorts of tools for gathering herbs—rakes, shovels, and the like.

Seeing that Dugu Xue was ignoring him, Tang San felt anger rise in his heart. Damn it! He dares to steal my Immortal Herbs? He's asking for death! But... my strength is still low, and I haven't made any powerful Hidden Weapons yet... Damn it! If only I had some time, I could use the Immortal Herbs and poisonous plants here at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine Yama's Invitation! If I had Yama's Invitation, I'd make sure he never made it out alive!

After pondering for a long while, Tang San said quietly to Dugu Bo, "Senior Dugu, are you really going to just stand there and watch him gather your herbs?"

Dugu Bo: "..."

Shouldn't you check the situation before you say that? His Soul Power pressure alone is enough to make me suffer! And you expect me to stand up for you?

Dugu Bo watched Dugu Xue gathering herbs, then finally spoke in a low voice. "You're just going to take my herbs like this? Shouldn't you at least give me an explanation?"

"An explanation?"

Dugu Xue's hands never stopped moving, and he worked with impressive speed. First he gathered the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and then a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower before answering Dugu Bo.

"By the way, what are your names? Oh, right! This kid's name is Tang San, isn't it? Who gives someone such a casual name? I bet there's someone named Little San, too. Anyone with a name like that can't be a decent person!"

Dugu Bo: "..."

Tang San: "..."

Dugu Bo said in a low voice, "I'm Poison Douluo!"

"I was asking your name!"

Dugu Bo paused, then said, "Dugu Bo."

"Dugu Bo? I'm Dugu Xue."

"Dugu Xue?" Dugu Bo frowned and asked, "Why do you look so much like me?"

Dugu Xue didn't explain. Instead, he asked, "Is this treasure basin, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, yours?"

Dugu Bo answered truthfully, "That's right! I stumbled upon this place more than ten years ago. It seemed perfect for growing herbs, so I cleared the surrounding area and planted all sorts of medicinal plants."

"You found it more than ten years ago? It's yours?"

Dugu Xue's heart sank. Dugu Bo looks to be in his seventies or eighties, not much younger or older than me. So why didn't Emperor Qingtian find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first? Why did my Doppelganger, Dugu Bo, discover it more than ten years ago instead?

Dugu Xue thought for a moment, then asked seriously, "Have you sworn yourself to anyone as your master?"

"Master?"

Dugu Bo's lips twitched despite himself. He said coldly, "Who are you insulting? I'm a mighty Titled Douluo, the greatest poison master under heaven! Why would I ever acknowledge someone as my master?"

I see. That explains it!

At once, Dugu Xue understood. Something unexpected must have happened, preventing his Doppelganger from meeting Emperor Qingtian and becoming his sworn subordinate!

His younger self had once thought the same way: he could never acknowledge another as his master!

But after meeting Emperor Qingtian, Dugu Xue had been utterly won over by his brilliance and bowed to him on the spot!