Taking Dugu Bo to the Divine Realm? Snake Demon Valley and the Medusa Clan?! (Please support!)

He was truly impressed.

If he had still felt some respect for Yu Nan and intended to use him before, now he was completely won over.

This senior had not only unfathomable abilities, but was also incredibly generous.

Following him was a hundred times better than serving as Prince Xue's retainer!

"Enough with the empty flattery."

Yu Nan's calm voice rang out, as if Dugu Bo's breakthrough had come as no surprise.

"You're only at Level 93. What's there to get excited about?

You still have a long road ahead."

"The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid has mild, rich medicinal properties, making it ideal for strengthening your foundations.

The toxins had accumulated in your body before, and your meridians were damaged. This Immortal Herb didn't just increase your Soul Power; more importantly, it repaired your foundation."

"On top of that, forming a Soul Core opened your Ren and Du meridians.

As long as you keep cultivating diligently, reaching Level 95 or even 96 will be easy.

Remember my promise: at least Level 98, even 99!

And becoming a god isn't out of the question!"

What, becoming a god?!

Dugu Bo's breathing quickened again.

"Senior, are you joking?"

Dugu Bo couldn't believe his ears.

"I have no reason to lie to you."

Yu Nan shook his head.

"Even if you're ultimately limited by your talent and hit a wall at Level 99..."

"Yan Yan, under my guidance, is certain to become a god!"

"As long as Yan Yan becomes a First-Class Deity, she can bring one person to the Divine Realm to enjoy eternal life!"

"And that person can only be you!"

So it really was possible?!

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"

Dugu Bo bowed respectfully once more, his fervor practically spilling from his eyes.

"All right. You can be excited, but we still have business to attend to."

Yu Nan's voice cut in at just the right moment, interrupting the grandfather and granddaughter's dreams of the future.

"Now that you've finished your seclusion, stop camping out at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. It may be a treasure trove, but what we need next isn't here."

"Where are we going?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.

"To reclaim the few pieces of 'pocket money' I buried back in the day."

Yu Nan's voice carried a hint of amusement.

"Follow my directions. They're buried in another valley, near the large crater where I underwent my tribulation—not far from where I am."

"Okay!"

Dugu Yan answered, her mind stirring.

Roar!

A high-pitched dragon's cry burst forth.

Purple-gold light blazed around Dugu Yan.

A pair of broad, green-gold dragon wings sprang from her shoulder blades, their span exceeding five meters!

Poison Dragon Possession!

Though it was only Martial Soul Possession, the terrifying might of the Poison Dragon, a True Dragon of the poison element, still made the air around them grow heavy and viscous.

"Let's go, Grandpa!"

Dugu Yan beat her wings. She shot into the sky like a streak of purple-gold lightning.

Dugu Bo watched his granddaughter's imposing figure, his eyes full of pride.

Then he, too, transformed into a streak of green light and followed close behind.

The two flew out of the poisonous formation in the Core Circle of Sunset Forest, speeding toward the place Yu Nan had indicated.

About fifteen minutes later,

the terrain below grew increasingly treacherous. Gray miasma hung all around them, so thick that even sunlight struggled to pierce it.

At last, they stopped in midair above a gloomy, eerie valley.

The valley was long and deep, like a scar in the earth.

Jagged rocks filled the valley, and not a blade of grass grew there. Only dark-red moss clung to the stones, giving off a nauseating, sickly-sweet stench.

"Wait... This place..."

Dugu Bo gazed down at the valley, his brows knitting slightly as a strange look flashed through his eyes.

"Senior, are you sure the things you buried are here?"

"What, have you been here before?" Yu Nan asked.

Dugu Bo nodded, his expression complicated.

"More than just been here.

This place is called 'Snake Demon Valley.' It's home to a group of incredibly troublesome Soul Beasts—the Medusas."

"These Soul Beasts have the gift of petrification and are viciously poisonous.

Back then, when I was trying to break through Level 90, I hunted a ten-thousand-year Medusa Queen here.

That was how I obtained my ninth Soul Ring. I even got incredibly lucky and had a Medusa Head Soul Bone drop."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo instinctively touched the space between his brows.

The Medusa's Gaze granted by that Head Soul Bone was his strongest control skill. It could petrify even a Titled Douluo.

"I see. What a coincidence," Yu Nan said with an easy laugh.

"When I chose this place to hide my treasures, I was drawn by a Myriad Poison Pool deep in the valley that had been gathering poison for a thousand years.

It was perfect for nourishing those few poison-element Soul Bones and keeping them from losing their spiritual energy."

"As for those Medusas...

Heh. They're nothing but watchdogs."

"Let's go down."

Dugu Bo still felt wary of the Medusa clan, but since Yu Nan had spoken, he could only grit his teeth and go along.

The moment the two of them landed in the valley,

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

A chorus of bone-chilling hisses rang out from the cracks between rocks all around them.

Then countless pairs of gray-white eyes lit up in the shadows.

One by one, monsters with the upper bodies of bewitching women and the tails of snakes slithered out.

Their hair was made of writhing little snakes. Now they hissed at the intruders, their eyes glinting with menace.

The Medusa clan!

Though Dugu Bo had killed the Medusa Queen all those years ago, the clan had clearly produced a new leader.

A particularly enormous Medusa slithered forward, a Petrification Scepter in her hand.

She stared straight at Dugu Bo. Clearly recognizing the killer from years ago, her eyes blazed with hatred and murderous intent.

"Hmph!

You worthless beasts!"

Dugu Bo snorted. The aura of a Level 93 Titled Douluo erupted from him, and he was just about to wipe out the insolent snakes.

"Hold it, Old Poison Freak. Don't damage my 'warehouse.'"

Yu Nan's voice rang out, brimming with the haughtiness of one who looked down on the world.

"Why bother lifting a finger against lowly, weak-blooded vermin?"

Before his words had even faded,

Dugu Yan's eyes turned pure purple-gold. The emotions that belonged to a human faded away.

In their place was an ancient indifference that looked down upon all living things.

"Kneel!"

Speaking through Dugu Yan, Yu Nan let out a low dragon's roar.

Boom!

A terrifying bloodline pressure beyond words surged out from Dugu Yan, sweeping in every direction like a tsunami!

This wasn't the suppression of Soul Power, but the pure, overwhelming dominance of a superior bloodline over an inferior one!

The Poison Dragon was an outlier among dragons, a predator at the very top of the food chain!

And the Medusas, for all their impressive name, were ultimately no more than a mutated branch of the snake-type Soul Beasts.

Before a True Dragon, a snake was always just a bug!

Crack!

Crack!

Those were the sounds of bones being crushed.