Clear Sky Douluo? Dugu Bo is Terrified! A Probe, Is Anyone There? (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

Dugu Bo's figure faltered, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Senior, in this desolate wilderness, could there really be some powerful soul beast guarding the area? Even if there were, with my current strength, anything other than a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast is nothing to worry about."

"There are no soul beasts."

Yu Nan sneered, dropping a bombshell: "But you certainly know the owner of this soul bone, and... you absolutely do not want to provoke him."

Dugu Bo's heart skipped a beat, an ominous premonition rising within him.

"Who?"

"Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao."

"Hiss--!!"

Upon hearing that name, Dugu Bo drew a sharp breath, his forward momentum coming to an abrupt halt. He even instinctively retreated several hundred meters.

His aged face was instantly etched with terror and apprehension.

Tang Hao! That ruthless man who once single-handedly crippled the former Pope of Martial Soul Hall and hammered several Title Douluos into submission! He was the acknowledged god of slaughter in the soul master world, an existence that even Martial Soul Hall found a massive headache.

Though Dugu Bo was arrogant, he knew his own worth. Among Title Douluos, he was merely a "floor tile" who played with poison. If he truly faced a pure-strength maniac like Tang Hao, he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand three hammer strikes!

"Sen... Senior, you aren't joking, are you?" Dugu Bo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice sounding somewhat hollow. "That soul bone was left behind by Tang Hao? If we go to take it, wouldn't that be... pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth?"

"What, are you afraid?" Yu Nan teased. "Wealth is sought in the midst of danger. That is a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and it possesses top-tier skills like 'Flight' and 'Wildfire Cannot Destroy the Grass, Spring Winds Bring It Back to Life.' With it, Yan Yan's survival capabilities will increase more than tenfold."

In the original story, after Tang San absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, those were the two soul bone skills. If Dugu Yan absorbed it, it might not be the same, but there was a high probability that "Wildfire Cannot Destroy the Grass, Spring Winds Bring It Back to Life" would remain. After all, it was the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone!

Hearing the benefits for his granddaughter, the fear in Dugu Bo's eyes receded slightly, replaced by hesitation and struggle. "But... what if Tang Hao is there..."

"That is why I am having you test the waters first," Yu Nan said in a deep voice. "As far as I know, although Tang Hao lives in seclusion here, he spends most of his time secretly protecting his son or drowning his sorrows elsewhere. He cannot be guarding that cave twenty-four hours a day."

"Furthermore, he has planted the most important thing to him inside that cave; he won't easily go in and disturb it."

"Now, suppress your aura entirely and descend into the forest opposite that mountain."

"Do not use your spiritual power to scan directly; Tang Hao's spiritual perception is extremely keen. Once touched, you will be discovered."

"Use your poison," Yu Nan instructed. "Release a trace of your weakest, colorless, and odorless Life-Bound Poison Qi and let it drift with the wind toward that waterfall. Use the fluctuations fed back by the poison to sense if there is any living presence inside."

"If Tang Hao is there, given his overbearing nature, your poison will be dispersed the moment it approaches. In that case, don't say a word—take Yan Yan and flee immediately, as far as you can."

"If the poison can drift in smoothly without triggering a reaction... then that means there is no one home."

After listening, Dugu Bo gritted his teeth, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

"Good! For the sake of Yan Yan, this old man will stake everything on this!"

He brought Dugu Yan with him, landing cautiously in a dense forest several miles away from the back mountain of Holy Soul Village.

"Yan Yan, stay here and don't move. Conceal your aura, and no matter what happens, do not make a sound."

Dugu Bo instructed with a grave expression.

Dugu Yan nodded obediently; she could tell from her grandfather's reaction just how serious the situation was.

After settling his granddaughter, Dugu Bo took a deep breath and sat cross-legged in the canopy of a large tree.

He narrowed his eyes and tapped his fingertip lightly.

A wisp of extremely faint, nearly invisible emerald-green air current emerged.

Following the mountain breeze like an unseen spirit snake, it drifted silently toward the roaring waterfall in the distance.

At this moment, Dugu Bo's heart was in his throat.

He was gambling.

Gambling that the Slaughter God was not home at this moment!

Time seemed to freeze in this instant.

Dugu Bo held his breath, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.

Those emerald eyes, which usually struck fear into the hearts of others, were now fixed intently on the cascading waterfall.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

That wisp of Life-Bound Poison Qi slipped through the gaps in the water and into the pitch-black cave.

Dugu Bo's heart hammered wildly; he was waiting, waiting for that potentially earth-shattering hammer, or the Slaughter God's Domain that could make even a Title Douluo tremble.

However.

Ten breaths passed.

Twenty breaths passed.

Aside from the roaring sound of the waterfall, the surroundings remained deathly silent.

The wisp of poison qi circled inside the cave, and the information fed back was only coldness, dampness, and a faint, vibrant scent of plants.

There was no aura of any powerhouse!

He didn't even sense a single hair belonging to that so-called Clear Sky Douluo!

"Hoo..."

Dugu Bo exhaled a long, turbid breath, his tense body instantly relaxing as a look of wild joy appeared on his face.

He had won the bet!

That baleful star was truly not home!

"Grandfather?"

Seeing her grandfather's signal from afar, Dugu Yan immediately suppressed her aura and glided over silently.

"Let's go! Move quickly!"

Dugu Bo dared not delay for even a second, grabbing Dugu Yan by the arm.

With soul power surging, he transformed into a blur, skimming rapidly across the surface of the water.

Although he was certain Tang Hao was not there, who knew when that madman might return?

The thrill of pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth made even an old veteran like Dugu Bo feel a sense of heart-pounding dread.

"Hold your breath and follow me closely!"

Arriving beneath the waterfall, Dugu Bo let out a low shout, and a soul power barrier instantly expanded, enveloping them both.

Boom!

Braving the immense water pressure, the two of them, like fish swimming against the current, instantly pierced through the heavy curtain of water.

Their vision suddenly darkened.

Immediately after, a cool, damp scent rushed toward them.

They landed steadily on the hard, rocky ground.

"This is... behind the waterfall?"

Dugu Yan looked around with curiosity.

It was a natural stone cave that was not particularly spacious, the interior dim with only the faint light of the water filtering in from the entrance.

The air was filled with the earthy scent of soil, but mixed within that scent was a strange, refreshing fragrance that made one feel invigorated.

Dugu Bo flicked his finger, and a ball of emerald-green soul fire ignited out of thin air, illuminating the entire cave.

"That is..."

By the light of the fire, Dugu Yan spotted the strange plant growing on a small mound in the center of the cave.

It was a Blue Silver Grass.