"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
Several faint sighs, dripping with mockery, drifted through the forest thick with the stench of blood, startling a few Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that trembled in the woods.
"The Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, whose poison ruled the world, has fallen just like that..."
"A mighty Titled Douluo, reduced to a fate where not even his bones remain. Truly pitiful, truly lamentable..."
Toying with the Medusa Soul Bone in her hand, Qian Wulu shook her head in disappointment.
She had thought there would be a fierce battle between evenly matched opponents, giving her a chance to watch a clash between Titled Douluos.
She had even hoped Dugu Bo would reveal some hidden trump cards, letting her see how a Titled Douluo fought back when pushed to the brink...
Instead, he had been killed in a single move, without the slightest chance to resist. It had truly left her dumbfounded.
She had to admit, her big brother's Soul Skill was truly outrageous. He had forcibly controlled Dugu Bo, a Level 91 Titled Douluo, leaving him utterly unable to resist.
Dugu Bo had never dreamed that his own Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul would turn around and devour him!
"Enough! Stop sighing over it here!"
"Let's go pick Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well..."
Qian Wuyou lightly tapped Qian Wulu on the head.
What kind of waves could a mere Dugu Bo make in his hands?
Just then, Qian Wulu voiced the question on her mind.
"That's true, but..."
"Have you ever considered something, big brother?"
"Dugu Bo may be weak, but he's still a Titled Douluo. Why didn't you consider bringing him over to our side?"
Actually, when you put it that way, she had a point.
Dugu Bo had been killed in a single move, but that was because Qian Wuyou was too powerful.
Even if Dugu Bo's combat ability wasn't particularly impressive, there was no denying that he really was a Titled Douluo.
Add in his terrifying mastery of poison, and he could easily wipe out an entire city on his own.
When it came to large-scale slaughter and striking fear into an army, other Titled Douluos might not even match Dugu Bo.
If they could bring Dugu Bo under their command, then even if they used him as nothing more than a walking weapon of mass poisoning, he would still be a formidable asset to their side.
"Bring him over to our side?"
"Little sister, do you think a useless man who can't even control his own Martial Soul is worth recruiting?"
Qian Wuyou merely glanced at Dugu Bo, whose body had long since melted into a pool of blood on the ground. His tone was so indifferent it held not a trace of emotion.
"I admit that Dugu Bo is a formidable weapon on the battlefield."
"But Dugu Bo is narrow-minded and vindictive. Without something to hold over him, he would never truly submit. He'd only be like a venomous snake, waiting in the shadows for a chance to bite us back. An uncontrollable factor like that would be a threat if we let him live."
Qian Wuyou shook his head and walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
His steps were unhurried, but the aura radiating from him frightened the surrounding Soul Beasts away. They scattered and kept their distance.
"Our Angel Family is full of talent, and we have Tianzhen and Wuxie, two Level 83 Soul Douluos. All they need to do is take Immortal Herbs and pair them with a few high-year Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and they can break through to Titled Douluo at any time."
"With Tianzhen and Wuxie right here, why would I recruit Dugu Bo, that unstable venomous snake? I need power that is absolutely controllable and utterly loyal, not a time bomb waiting to explode."
Hearing that, Qian Wulu blinked her big eyes.
She suddenly understood. She lifted a hand and lightly patted her forehead, looking chagrined.
"Right! How did I not think of that?"
"With Big Sisters Tianzhen and Wuxie here, you don't need to recruit a ticking time bomb like Dugu Bo and create more trouble for yourself."
"Rather than exhaust yourself trying to control an unruly outsider, it's better to use Immortal Herbs to cultivate other talented members of the family. That way, you can ensure their loyalty and save yourself the effort."
Once she had thought it through, Qian Wulu looked at the Medusa Soul Bone in her hand with undisguised disdain.
"Big brother, you can decide what to do with this seventy-thousand-year Medusa Head Soul Bone..."
A seventy-thousand-year Medusa Head Soul Bone could certainly be considered a top-grade Soul Bone.
But unfortunately, its attributes didn't match her Angel Martial Soul.
And Qian Wuyou wasn't short on Soul Bones, so this seventy-thousand-year Medusa Head Soul Bone would probably have to be bestowed upon another member of the family.
And don't even start saying that other family members had Angel Martial Souls too, so the attributes wouldn't match theirs either.
There were plenty of people in the Angel Family with Angel Martial Souls, but not everyone could put together a full set of Soul Bones suited to their Angel Martial Soul's attributes.
If a seventy-thousand-year Medusa Head Soul Bone were bestowed upon Tianzhen or Wuxie, those two sisters would probably be so moved that they'd offer themselves to her and become her sisters-in-law.
After all, Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones were famed as the Blood River Treasure, enough to spark a shocking massacre that wiped out an entire clan.
A seventy-thousand-year Head Soul Bone could make even the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire tear up their peace and go to war!
"A seventy-thousand-year Medusa Head Soul Bone, huh..."
"I'll ask Tianzhen and Wuxie later and see if either of them wants it!"
Qian Wuyou nodded and put the Soul Bone into his Storage Soul Tool.
Tianzhen and Wuxie had far greater potential than Dugu Bo.
Once Tianzhen and Wuxie broke through to Titled Douluo, their fighting strength would be nothing like that of Dugu Bo, a gatekeeper who relied on poison to make himself seem impressive.
Rather than put effort into taming an unruly venomous snake, he might as well cultivate the Angel Family's own pure-blooded prodigies.
Before long, Qian Wuyou and Qian Wulu arrived at the top of a mountain.
At the bottom of the valley lay a hot spring.
It wasn't very large, but its waters were split into two different colors: one half milky white, the other vermilion.
Even more astonishingly, the two colors remained clearly divided, neither mixing nor disturbing the other.
Scalding heat and icy cold rose from the water, mingling in the air as they slowly drifted upward.
In an instant, a swirling mist of ice and fire rushed toward them, but just before it reached Qian Wuyou, it seemed to hit an invisible barrier and scattered to either side.
"Wow!"
"This place is so beautiful! It's just like a fairyland!"
The sight of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well left Qian Wulu astonished.
Everyone loved beautiful things, especially a young girl of her age.
"Big brother, is that Red and White Mandarin Duck Pot at the bottom of the valley the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well you mentioned?"
Qian Wulu pointed toward the bottom of the valley.
"Mm! That Red and White Mandarin Duck Pot you see is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well I told you about!"
"And those Immortal Herbs grow nearby!"
Qian Wuyou nodded.
Then the two leaped forward and plunged rapidly toward the bottom of the valley.
And this was where the benefits of the Angel Martial Soul really showed.
Even though Qian Wulu was only a Soul King of just over Level 50, her Angel Martial Soul could fly!
Even without Qian Wuyou, a Titled Douluo, lifting a finger, Qian Wulu still landed safely at the bottom of the valley.
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