Dugu Bo, Like Something Out of a Horror Movie; I Am the Thunder God

The blazing sun shone overhead, but the dense forest remained chilly and desolate.

Su Chen strode past an ancient tree and, without looking back, thrust his spear behind him.

A thick, arm-sized snake sprang down from the canopy, only to have its head pierced in midair. After hitting the ground, it could only twitch unconsciously.

Only after Su Chen had gone far away did a white Soul Ring emerge from the snake's body.

Su Chen had already encountered ambushes like this many times.

If his perception of life energy had not been exceptionally sharp, he probably would not have made it even halfway.

At last, a mountain peak shrouded in mist appeared in Su Chen's field of vision.

And this was precisely his destination.

"Stop first," the God of Destruction said.

Even if the God of Destruction had said nothing, Su Chen would not have rashly charged in.

Seeing the clouds and mist lingering endlessly over the mountain, Su Chen was certain that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was there.

He did not dare guarantee that the Blessing of the Goddess of Life on him could withstand the poisonous miasma on the mountain.

Just as Su Chen wondered what method the God of Destruction would use to get him into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a flash of lightning emerged from his Pendant.

The lightning instantly pierced through the poisonous miasma from where Su Chen stood, reaching the mountaintop and opening a passage completely free of poisonous gas.

Moreover, the lightning did not make the slightest sound, utterly unlike ordinary violent Thunder.

"Follow the passage upward. A surprise awaits you at the end."

When the God of Destruction had unleashed the heavenly tribulation in the Star Dou Forest last time, he had helped Su Chen seal away Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's energy while also leaving some power within his Pendant.

Although Su Chen's Pendant had come from a certain god, it was not a true divine artifact.

The God of Destruction could leave behind only a small amount of power, and once it was used up, it would be difficult to replenish.

But it was already enough.

The guardian he had found for Su Chen would soon take up his post. From then on, there should be little need for the God of Destruction to act personally.

Worried that the passage would not last long, Su Chen quickened his pace and ran up the mountain.

The moment he reached the summit, Su Chen saw an old man with a head full of green hair leap out of a mountain hollow and meet his gaze head-on.

"Brat, how did you get up here?"

Su Chen was not exactly timid, but even he was startled.

He had considered that Dugu Bo might be at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. What startled him was not fear that Dugu Bo would attack him.

It was entirely because Dugu Bo looked too frightening.

The place was already shrouded in clouds and mist, with extremely low visibility.

Dugu Bo had also shot up far too quickly. Su Chen had only just sensed life energy approaching when he emerged from the fog.

His hair was completely green, and even his eyes glowed green. Appearing abruptly from the mist, he looked exactly like something out of a horror movie.

Su Chen had been startled, but the shock in Dugu Bo's heart far surpassed Su Chen's.

The poison formation he had set up around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was difficult even for Soul Sages to withstand. How had this child passed through it unharmed?

"Senior Destruction."

"I'm here!"

Su Chen's Pendant glowed again. This time, it was no longer a faint glimmer, but an incomparably brilliant radiance.

At the same time, a bolt of purple-black lightning shot from the Pendant and reached Dugu Bo's forehead in the blink of an eye.

"What is this?"

The shock had only just appeared on Dugu Bo's face when, before he could dodge, the purple-black lightning struck him.

"Ah—"

Dugu Bo's entire body went numb, and he collapsed to the ground as if all his bones had vanished.

"Senior Destruction, you didn't kill him, did you?"

With Dugu Bo lying there like a limp noodle, Su Chen found it difficult to tell whether he was still alive.

"Don't worry. He won't die."

After all, this energy had been left behind in advance by the God of Destruction. It was equivalent to a preprogrammed procedure, so its control was not particularly precise.

"Senior Destruction, this man should be the Soul Master you mentioned finding to protect me, right?"

"That's right. His strength is not especially high, but he will suffice."

Watching Dugu Bo's chest gradually begin to rise and fall, Su Chen asked,

"How do you plan to persuade him?"

He had been knocked down in a single exchange. If this was physical persuasion, that should already be enough, right?

The God of Destruction's answer was equally direct, only four words.

"Persuading him right now."

Within Dugu Bo's Sea of Consciousness stood an enormous body formed from lightning.

Against the backdrop of that body, Dugu Bo seemed utterly tiny.

"What are you?"

Dugu Bo's spiritual body was terrified.

He had been perfectly fine in his own medicinal garden, taking supplements and humming songs, when he discovered a flash of light suddenly appearing atop the mountain. He had gone up to investigate, only to find that a child had somehow passed through the poison formation he had laid down.

And that was not even the end of it. A black bolt of lightning had emerged from the child's chest and directly shocked him senseless.

Now this monster had appeared in his mind. What kind of bad luck had he run into? So many strange things had happened in a single day.

As soon as Dugu Bo voiced his question, the enormous body formed from lightning released an overwhelmingly powerful pressure.

Even within his own Sea of Consciousness, Dugu Bo was pressed flat onto the ground.

"I am a god."

Dugu Bo could not speak.

But he believed it. Other than a true god, who could possess such immense power? Who could wield such extraordinary methods?

If a Soul Master possessed such abilities, that would have been even more unbelievable than this being a god.

He desperately wanted to say that he believed him, but he could not utter even a single word.

He did not know how long passed. To Dugu Bo, it seemed like several years had gone by before that pressure finally began to recede.

"Please forgive me, honored god. I did not know you were a god just now and offended you greatly. Please forgive me."

Dugu Bo could still put on airs before ordinary people.

But when facing a god, Dugu Bo wisely became obedient and submissive.

There was no shame in bowing to a god.

"Honored god, may I ask what instructions you have for gracing me with your presence?"

Although the Angel God was known to nearly everyone on the Douluo Continent through Spirit Hall's propaganda, few people knew that gods truly existed.

With a god suddenly descending into his mind, Dugu Bo felt some excitement beneath his terror.

This was a real god.

If this god gave him even a little opportunity or guidance, the problem of his Martial Soul's toxic backlash that had plagued him should be easily resolved, right?

If this god took a liking to him and considered him worth cultivating, perhaps becoming a god would not be impossible either.

Dugu Bo's heart began to pound.

"I have a task for you."

"Please give your orders. Dugu Bo will certainly do everything in his power to complete it."

Dugu Bo had already prepared himself to face a god's trial.

"Protect that child you saw just now. Serve as his guardian and protect his safety at all times. If anything happens to him, I will turn you into ash in an instant. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand. I will remember."

He had thought it would be some incredible task. It turned out he only had to protect a child.

Dugu Bo could not help feeling curious. Just what was that child's background, to be valued so highly by a god?

"Good that you understand."

"Honored god, may I ask which god you are?" Dugu Bo asked cautiously.

God of Destruction: ...

"I am the Thunder God."